24th August 2019 18:06:31 Hours
General Mahesh Senanayake laid the foundation stone for a newly designed Sport Complex and ceremonially declare opened the newly constructed Squash Court at ‘Home of Sappers’ Mattegoda amidst religious observances during a brief ceremony held. The Chief Field Engineer Maj Gen Thissa Nanayakkara welcomed the Twenty Second Commander of the Sri Lanka Army General Mahesh Senanayake the Chef Guest on his arrival and bestowed with a guard turnout at Home of Sappers Mattegoda on 23 August 2019. The Twenty Second Commander of the Army General Senanayake threw two courts by making the first service and appreciated construction work carried out by 4 (V) Engineer Troops.
Major General Jagath Gunawardana the Commander, Security Forces (Wanni) and the Colonel Commandant Corps of Sri Lanka Engineers, Major General Tissa Nanayakkara Chief Field Engineer of the Sri Lanka Army, the Commander Engineer Brigade, the Commander Plant Engineer Brigade, Centre Commandant SLE, past Colonel Commandants, retired senior Sapper squash players, senior officers of the Corps of Sri Lanka Engineers and large gathering of Other Ranks were presented at the ceremony.