Astron Are Overall Best Performers
PPA 35th Outdoor Sports Festival 2023 – MCA Ground, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo – concluded after 02 days
Athletics : 100 M
Women : Fastest Runner
Vibhashini Jayathunga – Astron (14.40 sec )
Runners Up – Sunshine Healthcare
Champions – Astron
06th Overall & 05th Consecutive Title
Men : Fastest Runner
Kaveesh Madushanka – Astron ( 10.70 sec )
Runners Up – Gamma Interpharm
Champions – Astron
14th Overall & 07th Consecutive Title
Tug of War : Semi Finals
Baurs Healthcare bt Sunshine Healthcare 2 – 1
Gamma Interpharm bt Darley Butler Healthcare 2 – 0
Runners Up – Gamma Interpharm
Champions – Baurs Healthcare
04th Overall, Retained Title
06 Runners Up Awards
Netball : Semi Finals
Astron bt Gamma Interpharm 14 – 04
Baurs Healthcare bt CIC Health & Personal Care 07 – 06
Final
Astron bt Baurs Healthcare 12 – 06 ( H / T 07 – 01 )
Runners Up – Baurs Healthcare
Champions – Astron
10th Overall, Retained Title
08 Runners Up Awards
Best Centre – Dilrukshi Perera ( Baurs )
Best Defender – Vibhashini Jayathunga ( Astron )
Best Shooter – Presanshi Weerasooriya ( Astron )
Cricket : Quarter Finals
Baurs 71 / 5 bt Astron 62 / 4 by 09 runs
Gamma 76 / 1 bt Citihealth 73 / 1 by 04 wickets
Morison 72 / 3 bt Slim 70 / 2 by 02 wickets
Hemas 52 / 2 bt CIC 51 / 4 by 03 wickets
Semi Finals
Baurs 109 / 0 bt Gamma 46 / 4 by 63 runs
Morison 58 / 3 bt Hemas 42 / 3 by 16 runs
Final
Baurs 64 / 4 bt Morison 57 / 4 by 07 runs
Runners Up – Morisons
Champions – Baurs Healthcare
04th Overall, Retained Title
04 Runners Up Awards
Highest Sixers : 08 – Vimukthi Madushanka ( Baurs )
Best Fielder – Pradeep Sampath ( Baurs )
Best Bowler – Damitha Hasith ( Baurs )
Best Batter – Gayana Kahawita ( Morisons)
Player of the Final : Damitha Hasith ( Baurs )
Player of the Tournament : Madhawa Anuruddha ( Baurs )
Best Batting : 48no – Madhawa Anuruddha ( Baurs ) vs Gamma
Best Bowling : 2 / 00 – Damitha Hasith ( Baurs ) vs Gamma
Highest Partnership : 109 runs unbroken opening stand Vimukthi Madushanka / Madhawa Anuruddha ( Baurs ) vs Gamma
Highest Team Totals :
109 / 0 ( Baurs ) vs Gamma
85 / 2 ( Gamma ) vs Cliniqon
Lowest Team Totals :
06 / 5 ( Emerchemie ) vs Astron
17 / 1 ( Euro Asia ) vs Hemas
20 / 4 ( Mansel ) vs CIC
22 / 4 ( ABC ) vs George Steuart
Chief Guests : Opening Ceremony
Azam Jaward
Chief Executive Officer / Managing Director
Breathfree Lanka
Senior Vice President,
Sri Lanka Chamber of the Pharmaceutical Industry
Closing Ceremony
Erandajith Ranasinghe
Managing Director, George Steuart Health
Guest of Honour : Opening / Closing Ceremonies
Shantha Bandara
Chief Executive Officer, Sunshine Healthcare
Report assisted by Roshan Latiff & Bhanuka Gunasekera
Photos courtesy Ruwan Fernando & Kavan Gangoda
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