A successful training programme to present Air Badminton was held within the Matale District-based schools from the Educational Zone of Haranthota, Ukuwela by the Regional Development Committee of Sri Lanka Badminton (SLB).
The training programme, detained at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Vidyalaya in Ukuwela, was attended by 50 teachers and coaches of 25 schools from the Ukuwela Educational Zone.
A parallel training programme with attendance of 50 teachers and coaches for 25 schools from the Raththota Educational Zone was held at the Auditorium of the Matale Provincial Secretariat, where the distribution of badminton equipment for 50 schools was held.
On behalf of Sri Lanka Badminton, SLB Regional Development Committee Chairperson and SLB Vice President Roshan Gunawadena, and members of the SLB Regional Development Committee, Palitha Hettiarachchi and Indika Upendra, along with SLB Coordinator Thilina Dhanasinghe, attended the training programme.
The training programme was led by Bandara Samarakoon, Lecturer of the University of Peradeniya and a qualified SLB umpire, while the programme was attended by Coordinating Secretary to the Ministry of Education for Matale District Rohana Dissanayake and SLB Matale District Badminton Coordinating Officer Dayan Dissanayeke.
In addition, officials representing Regional Educational Zones and the Principal of Mahinda Rajapaksa Vidyalaya, Ukuwela were present at the occasion.
The Regional Development Committee of SLB means to conduct an assessment programme following the commencement of training at the 50 schools that attended the training programme.
SLB will conduct an Air Badminton tournament among the 50 schools in the near future, with the meaning of selecting players to the district squad.
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