Sep 30, 2010

Commonwealth Games 2010 - Making Slimline Proud

The management team of Slimline had the honour of meeting with the team of boxers representing Sri Lanka (and Slimline!!!) at the Commonwealth Games to be held in India shortly. The images were taken at the last day of practice this morning at the Slimline Gym in Pannala. Plant Manager Bandula Arunasiri 'Bandu' addressed the team and mentioned how proud we were as members of the Slimline family to see our very own reprent the nation at such a high level. He went on to say that even though we would not be there physically at the games to support them, our prayers and support were always with them. Team Slimline wishes our team of Boxers the Best of Luck at the Games.

Sep 29, 2010

10th Colombo Marathon

Sandeepa works at Slimline. She's pretty impressive having represented the country in Rugby and Fencing. She's also an athlethe looking to be amongst the top 10 at the 10th Colombo Marathon to be held on Sunday the 3rd of October.

She will be joined by fellow teammate Kanchana Sandalanka. We wish them both the very best.

In the pictures we see Slimline Production Departments' Channa Dilhan supporting Sandeepa at the Annual Pannala Meet. Dian Gomes presenting an award to Sandeepa and MAS' Damayanthi Dharsha making an award to our great runner. 



Sep 28, 2010

Medals at the Mercantile Athletic Association Meet (MMA)

Slimline's Athletes made the company and MAS Intimates proud by winning a total of 53 medals at the MAA Meet held at the Sugathadasa Stadium on the 11th and 12th of September 2010. The medal's tally is as follows;

  • Gold 20

  • Silver 20

  • Broze 13
Congrads Team Slimline!



They continue to marvel...

Anusha progresses to final 16 : AIBA WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Sri Lankan women pugilists, Anusha Kodithuwakku and Nilmini Jayasinghe, took part in their Preliminary Round two matches on last Saturday (11) and Sunday (12) respectively, at the Sixth Edition of AIBA Women’s World Championships in Barbados.

Victorious Anusha
Kodithuwakku took over China’s Jiaoling Luo in her match where she defeated her Chinese counterpart by 7-5. The fight was worked off as the Bout 86 & was not an easy fight compared to the earlier fight she had against USA’s Jessica Ponce. The first round was grabbed by Kodithuwakku, leading the fight by 2-1. However, Luo made a similar come-back grabbing the Second round of the fight (1-2) and managed to level the points at ‘Three all’.

Mighty Kodithuwakku however with a differentiated approach, managed to grab both the third and fourth rounds of the fight, 2-1. This paved the way to Kodithuwakku to be triumphant at her fight by 7-5 and enter into the Quarter Finals of the Light Fly weight (48 kg) category.

Kodithuwakku would be competing against Philippine’s Alice Kate Aparri, who had defeated Russia’s Gnevanova Svetlana by 8-3, in their Preliminary round two match. The fight with Aparri: the South East Asian games winner, would be a challenge and also a great learning curve for Kodithuwakku.

Beaten Nilmini
Nilmini Jayasinghe who fought against China’s Ren Cancan in her Flyweight (51 kg) category could not make it through to the final 16, in her weight category. Jayasinghe, who fought in the Bout 117 at the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex in Bridgetown, was defeated by Cancan 11-3.

Cancan was hardly hit by Jayasinghe in the first three rounds where Cancan recorded marginal victories 4-1, 3-0 & 3-0 respectively. Though Jayasinghe was triumphant in the fourth round as she defeated Cancan by 2-1, Cancan managed to clinch the winning title by a record margin of 11-3.

Ren Cancan who was the world champion, back in 2008 has stimulated hopes for a Second World title.

Both Anusha Kodithuwakku and Nilmini Jayasinghe were the first to be invited for the AIBA Women’s World Championships, in the country’s boxing history. 

Source: ThePapare.com

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Indo Sri Lanka Boxing Tournament 2010

Some Clippings from the local papers. In the pictures, Slimline boxers Manju Wanniarachchi, Chaminda Tennekonne and others in action.


MAS Slimline - One Team, One Company

It is a place like no other. It is a organization like no other. Our People and our Sports are our backbone. We pride in our sports. Be it Athletics to Fencing, Boxing to Rugby sports help mould chamipions of good character. The blog has been initiated to showcase what this Team is about; A Team with a Passion for Excellence, A Team with a drive to win. This is Team Slimline.