Airtel Lanka touches down Kingswood Rugby for second year

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Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the renewal of its partnership for the second time as the principal sponsor of the Kingswood College rugby team.

Kingswood College created history by introducing rugby to Sri Lanka in 1891 under the guidance of the school’s founder L.E. Blaze. In 1906, the first ever match between two schools were played between Kingswood College and Trinity College. The match ended in a draw. At the moment, the Kingswood College rugby team is placed at Division 1 Group A.

From left: Charith de Chickera – Head of Brands and Marketing Communications, Bharti Airtel Lanka, Ananda Weerasooriya – Principal, Kingswood College Kandy, Suren Goonewardene – CEO/MD, Bharti Airtel Lanka, Chandrashekhar Singh Chauhan – Head of Marketing, Bharti Airtel Lanka, Ananda Kasturiararchchi – Head Coach, Kingswood College along with the Kingswood First XV team – Rumesh Premathilake, Aruna Perera, Bandara Maliyagoda, Janith Amarasinghe, Malith Priyankara, Dushmantha Herath, Nisal Perera, Tharindu Chathuranga, Ravindra Illagangedara, Fariz Ali, Thivanka Bandara, Sanjaya Jayathilaka, Asela Wijesinghe, Pradeep Kumara, Riza Raffaideen, Nimesh Premathilake, Dishantha Lakshan, Asela Weerasekara, Chinthaka Kumara, Shezan Salli, Himantha Jayathilaka, Buwenaka Wijebandara, Imthishan Jaleel, Mahela Singharachchi and Ushan Atigodage