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COLOMBO (Sri Lanka) - The FIBA Regional Office Asia held a two-day statisticians workshop in Colombo from last week as the South Asian National Federation prepares to host upcoming FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifier games.
The workshop was held at the Colombo Sri Lanka Olympic House, attended by 15 participants who the federation will be aiming to use for their home games during the Asia Cup Qualifiers. Sri Lanka will be hosting their first home Asia Cup Qualifier on 26 November against Kazakhstan, an event which will be highly anticipated by the fans.
The workshop was the first ever held in the country, signifying the National Federation’s dedication to raise the level of basketball in the country.
"Sri Lanka will reach new heights in basketball statistics with the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers," said Dr. Chulapadma Senaratne, Secretary General of the Sri Lanka Basketball Federation (SBF).
"In view of this, the Sri Lanka Basketball Federation is grateful for the Regional Office in Asia in organizing this FIBA Statisticians workshop."
Sri Lanka will be hosting 3 home games throughout the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers. After playing against Kazakhstan on 26 November, they will then host Jordan on 29 November. They will then welcome the visiting Palestine team in the third window on 22 February, 2021.
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Dr. Chula Senartne – Secretary General, Sri Lanka Basketball Federation who is recently appointed to the FIBA International Medical Commission is also appointed to the FIBA Asia Medical Committee for the period of 2019/2023.
FIBA Asia – Permanent Committees for 2019/2023
Finance Committee
1.Mr. Maulana Fareza TAMRELLA (Indonesia)
2.Mr. Christie Mariathasan (Sri Lanka)
3.Mr. Mohamed Naji Musleh AL NAMER (Brunei)
4.Mr. Dounit KALLAB (Lebanon)
5.From Central Asia to be appointed
Medical Committee
1.Dr. KIM Jinsu (South Korea)
2.Dr. Jose CANALAS (Phillipines)
3.Dr. Chula SENARATNE (Sri Lanka)
4.Dr. Nasser Ali Asad AL ANSARY (Qatar)
5.Dr. Mohammad Hussein POURGHARIB SHAH (Iran)
The inaugural meetings of the committees are scheduled to be held in New Delhi ,India in the 2nd week of March 2020
Mr. Christie G. Mariathasan – Treasurer, Sri Lanka Basketball Federation is recently appointed to the FIBA Asia Finance Committee for the period of 2019/2023.
He was also the Asst treasurer of the SLBF from 2015 to 2017 and also the team manager of Sri Lanka Senior women and Junior Women Basketball Team
He has represented his school St. Peter’s College , Colombo 04 in basketball in all age groups in his school days.
Mr. Christie G.Mariathasan a well experienced professional in commercial banking and financial sector for over 25yrs with MBA(Isles International University, Belgium) BBA ( Trinity College and University, U.S.A.) specializing in Financial Management and
International Banking. He is also a qualified Chartered Business Administrator (Canada), Member, Association of Business Executives.
In 2017 he received the Prestige “The CEO’S Award “ for the Most Outstanding Employee of the Year in 2016, from the Chairman of DFCC Bank.
