Slimline's Manju create's history! GOLD!

Manju - Either a GOLD OR SILVER for Sri Lanka!

The entire Slimline team cheered Manju. Even the Kitchen stopped functioning to support them! By the Manju's heading for the Finals and we are sure he'll come on top. Either we are proud of him.

Slimliner to create history!

Reports reaching from Delhi state, Sri Lankan pugilist Manju Wanniarachchi had entered to the medal zone in the 56kg Bantam weight category and secured him a bronze medal at the 19th Commonwealth Games.  The delighted Sri Lankan boxing team is now gearing up its all action stations towards supporting Manju in reaching the ‘Silver’ and ‘Gold’. Interestingly, Manju’s bronze would be Sri Lanka's first boxing medal since 1950! The manager of the Sri Lankan Boxing team Dian Gomes had stated, “This is a historic moment for Sri Lanka”.  

Sri Lanka’s Manju Wanniarachchi had been performing aggressively in his 56kg Bantam weight and had reached the Semi Finals in the category. In the Pre-Quarter Finals Wanniarachchi showcased an astonishing victory over Seychelles’s Andrique Allisop by 23 – 3 in a three round fight. In his Quarter Final match, Wanniarachchi defeated his Kenyan counterpart Nicholas Okoth by 10-1 & ensured that he’s highly capable of grabbing a medal in his event.  

This afternoon Wanniarachchi would be competing for the Silver medal, with Botswana’s Tirafalo Seoko in their semi final match. The other bantamweight semi final will be contested between Sean McGoldrick of Wales and Louis Julie of Mauritius. Both Chaminda Tennakoon and Kamal Sameera could not come up with their unique performances as expected. In a recent interview, Sri Lanka’s Boxing manager and former president of the Amateur Boxing Association of Sri Lanka Dian Gomes stated, that Manju Wanniarachchi carries the required potential to showcase a significant medal winning performance for Sri Lanka. 

Source: ThePapare.com

Colombo Marathon 2010

Slimline continued to impress the in field of sport bagging two top 10 placing at the recently concluded Colombo Marathon.

• Kanchana Sandalanka was placed 5th in the Full Marathon
• Sandeepa Sandamali was placed 9th in the Full Marathon

Hope to see more of Team Slimline at the next marathon. Not just to support, but to run. Its loads of fun. A few people we met included;

• The Kenyan Runners who won the competition (Pic 2)
• Vikas Grover from India who also runs for Charity http://www.vikasgrover.com/ (Pic 2 # 255)
• Mohan the Marathon Man from Singapore who ran his 103rd Marathon
• A father proud of his daughter's (Kanchana's) achievements (Pic 2 right)