19 Participants Awarded Diplomas In Management of Olympic Sport Organisations
ICC NOCSL 08th Advanced Sport Management Course 2021 / 2022 – Diploma Certificates awarding ceremony – Olympic House, Colombo
In the year 2007 Olympic Solidarity of the International Olympic Committee invited the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka, National Federations of the country & Organisations responsible for the development & management of Olympic Sport in Sri Lanka to join this unique opportunity. 02 years later the training programmes commenced.
The objective of the Advanced Sports Management Courses is to equip the participants with the knowledge & tools to help them to bring about change & improvements in their respective sports organisations for volunteers & paid staff in them. Olympic Solidarity strongly encourages National Olympic Committees to promote women sports administrators by ensuring equal access to professional training opportunities for women & men.The courses are managed by a Programme Director appointed by the Olympic Solidarity of the International Olympic Committee who has been qualified by appropriate training. Course Facilitators & Local Experts assist the said Programme Director & are collectively responsible for the delivery of the programme. Advanced Courses are based on the Managing Olympic Sport Organisations manual & are to comprise of 06 chapters. Distance learning ( self learning ), Residential learning, Presentation of Case Studies, Completing the corresponding Learner’s Guide are some aspects of the course structure. Participants are volunteers & paid staff of executive level of the National Olympic Committee, National Federations & other organisations / bodies responsible for the development of Olympic Sports.
Successful recipients of Diploma Certificates :
1. Wing Commander Jayarathna Amarasinghe Masters In Human Rights, Human Resources Management, Post Graduate Diploma in Defence Management, Diploma in Counselling Psychology Secretary, Sri Lanka Air Force Karate pool
2. Brigadier Vipula Chandrasiri Deputy Vice Chancellor, General Sir John Kothalawala Defence University. Chairman, Sports Council of Sir John Kothalawala Defence University & Sri Lanka Army Badminton Committee
3.Wing Commander Samila Kanchana Dharmawardana Chief Instructor, Ground Training Wing, Sri Lanka Air Force Academy, China Bay. Secretary, Sri Lanka Air Force Karate & Wushu pools
4. Commodore Manjula Dissanayake Chairman, Musketry of the Sri Lanka Navy Cricket Umpire & Range Officer
5. Colonel Tilak Dissanayake Coach for Shooting. Judge for all disciplines in Sport Shooting. Chairman, Jury of Appeal – World Championship South Korea
6. Sasheen Divanjana Instructor in Physical Education, University of Ruhuna Bachelor of Business Administration, Management & Finance. Coach in Taekwondo
7. Nadeera Ginige Industrial Engineer, MAS Intimates – Unichela, Panadura Bachelor ( Special ) of Physical Education, Partial coaching experience in Cricket, Table Tennis & Swimming. Volunteer at FIFA World Cup qualifiers
8. Ashan Alexis Jayasinghe Co – founder of an IT Firm in Sri Lanka Part of the FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee 2022 Promoter / Organiser of muli cultural / multi industrial events
9. Commodore Pradeep Karunathilake Chartered Electrical Engineer Masters Degrees in Management & Defence Studies Director, Naval Electrical Engineering & Head of Cyber Security of the Sri Lanka Navy Vice President, Sri Lanka Tennis & Chairman, Navy Football
10. Hiruni Udara Munasinghe International Relations Executive, National Olympic Committee & Commonwealth Games Association of Sri Lanka. Co-ordinator of courses for Olympic Solidarity Sports Administrators & Advanced Sport Management
11. Ted Hiran Muttiah Chief Commercial Officer, South Asia Gateway Terminal, Port of Colombo. President, Ceylonese Rugby Football Club
12. Shirantha Peiris Diploma in Marketing, MBA Executive Committee Member & Chairman, Junior Development Committee of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka. President, National Shooting Sport Federation, Sri Lanka & President, Clay Target Shooting Club, Colombo
13. Rabi Rajkarnikar Managing Director, Sun International President, Nepal Equestrian Association Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Executive Master’s Degree in Olympic Sports Education & Management
14. Trevor Reckerman Managing Director & Principal Consultant to Talisman Enterprises – consultancy organisation with key commercial sectors, former General Secretary & incumbent Chief Executive Officer, Sri Lanka Badminton, associated with Football Federation of Sri Lanka & Federation of International Football Associations
15. Samith Thilina Full time senior volunteer at Sri Lanka Life Saving Association. Bachelor in Sports Science & Management
16. Supriya Wickramasekare Head of Sports, Gateway College, Dehiwala Diploma Holder in Exercise & Sports Sciences
17. Amila Wijekoon Professional strength & conditioning coach, Fitness transformation specialist. Former General Secretary, Mercantile Athletic Federation. Title holder of Masters Javelin Throw.
18. Madhubashi Yasasvi Wijerathne Sports Co-ordinator & Physical Education teacher, Gateway College, Colombo. Masters in Education Management & Leadership, Business Administration.
19. Thanura Navodya Wijewickrama Sports Journalist – content creator / administrator ThePapare.com
K D S Ruwanchandra – former secretary of many ministries, participated as the Chief Guest.
Report assisted by Hiruni Munasinghe
Photos courtesy Gobinath Sivarajah