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Under 17 Boys and Girls teams of Basketball club C.D Magec Tias,from Lanzarote,Spain is making a tour of Sri Lanka for 10 days to explore this beautiful island and play friendly games in Colombo.
The Boys will play with the Gateway International School , Rajagiriya on 02/03/19 @ 5.30pm at Gateway International outdoor court ,Rajagiriya
# Girls will play with the St.Joseph's Girls School Nugegoda on 02/03/19 @ 4.30pm at Gateway International outdoor basketball court ,Rajagiriya
SLBF has organised these 2 matches with the assistance of Sri Lanka Basketball Coaches Association.
Please come and witness these matches and encourage the Sri Lankan girls and boys
SRI LANKA BASKETBALL FEDERATION INVITES 3X3 TOP 100 RANKING PLAYERS (MEN/WOMEN) IN SRI LANKA TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
“100 CAGERS - OPEN PICK UP GAMES”
DATE: 1st march 2019 6.00PM VENUE: Gateway College,Nawala DRAW: will be held on 27th February 6.30pm @ ST. Joseph Girls School Nugegoda
ALL 100 TOP RANKED PLAYERS ARE INVITED!
(PLEASE REFER THE TOURNAMENT RULES)
SLBF APPROVED TOURNAMENTS WILL BE MONITORD BY THE NATIONAL SELECTORS AND PLAYERS WILL BE NOMINATED FOR 3X3 NATIONAL POOLS.
🏀 Sri Lanka Basketball Federation is delighted to inform that Sri Lanka has been included in the National Federations Long Term Development Program of FIBA International from 2019-2023. Out of 213 National federations only 13 are selected for this program from all over the world. Sri Lanka is the only country from Asia.
--- Mr. Florian Pasquet - National Federations & Sports Manager, FIBA International --- Ms. Andrea Paoli - National Federations & Sports Manager, FIBA Asia
🏀 In Sri Lanka on a very short visit of 1 1/2 days to officially deliver the good news. On their visit they met the following officials in Sri Lanka ,
--- Mr. Chulananda Perera - Secretary , Ministry of Telecommunication,Digital Infrastructure, Foreign Employment & Sports --- Mr. Suresh Subramanium - President , NOC , Sri Lanka --- Mr. Maxwell De Silva -Secretary General , NOC , Sri Lanka
🏀Following SLBF officials also accompanied them for these meetings.
--- Dr. Chula Senaratne - Secretary General --- Wing Cmdr(Rtd) Chandana Liyanage - Vice President --- Mr. Paul Newman-Vice President --- Mr. Hashendra Fernando - Vice President --- Dr. (Mrs) Samantha Nanayakkara -Vice President --- SSP T. Ganeshanathan - Asst. Treasurer --- Mr. Ajith Kuruppu - Senior National Coach/President -Sri Lanka Coaches Association.
🏀 Mr. Florian Pasquet and Ms.Andrea Paoli also had a meeting with the EX Co of the SLBF to discuss their plan in detail.
🏀 Sri Lanka Basketball Federation would like to extend their heartfelt gratitude for all the FIBA officials involved in this programme for having such a big confidence in Sri Lanka Basketball.
Also SLBF would like to extend their heartfelt gratitude for Hon Minister Harin Fernando and the Secretary , Ministry of Telecommunication,Digital Infrastructure, Foreign Employment & Sports, President , NOC , Sri Lanka and Mr. Maxwell De Silva -Secretary General , NOC , Sri Lanka for their co-operartion.
Last but not the least SLBF would extend their heartiest gratitude to Office Bearers and the Ex Co of SLBF and the Basketball community in Sri Lanka for their support in this great achievement.
