The Sapper Officers Annual Cricket Encounter was kicked off at pm hours on 12 (Friday) February 2016 at Sapper Cricket Stadium Mattegoda, generating a wave of overwhelming enthusiasm and drawing a big crowd of sapper cricket fans to the pitch. The Cricket encounter was organized by Independent Workshop Corps of Sri Lanka Engineers under the supervision of Lieutenant Colonel M P K Madurapperuma RSP psc SLE. Major General S Ranasinghe RWP RSP ndu psc, Commander Security Force Headquarter (West) graced the event as the Chief guest.
Team A (Blue Colour) consisted with:
• Major General A L D M Gunasekera RSP USP psc
• Col D P Jayasinghe RSP
• Lt Col A H L G Amarapala psc SLE
• Lt Col M Mayadunna USP SLE
• Lt Col T C Peiris RSP USP SLE
• Lt Col H K P Karunathilaka SLE
• Maj H M P Herath SLE
• Maj C M Liyanage SLE
• Maj G G C L Kulathunga RSP psc SLE
• Capt D M A M Bandara SLE
• Capt R M S Pushpakumara SLE
Team B (Red Colour) consisted with:
• Major General G D I Karunarathne RSP psc
• Major General D S Weerasekera USP
• Col P Wimalasiri RWP
• Lt Col M P K Madurapperuma RSP psc SLE
• Lt Col B S Ahamat psc SLE
• Lt Col T D P Siriwardene psc SLE
• Maj R M Subasingha SLE
• Maj W D D N Weerasinghe psc SLE
• Maj L L C S Kabral SLE
• Capt W V S M Weerasinghe SLE
• Lt L M J Sudarshana SLE
The “B†Team led by Major General G D I Karunarathne RSP psc became the champions. Major General S Ranasinghe RWP RSP ndu psc, presented the Championship Trophy to the winning “B†team amidst a thundering applause.