17th January 2019 17:39:46 Hours
Inter-Regiment & Injured War Heroes Chess Championship 2019 was concluded at MSTS, Diyathalwa on 11th January 2019. Major General (Dr) S.H.Munasinghe RWP RSP USP (who was a previous Army chess player in 1988), Director General Army Medical Services graced the event as the Chief Guest.
24 x 117 competed representing 16 Regiments and 5 war heroes’ welfare centres. Inter- Regiments Tournament was held from 08th to 10th January at Auditorium, MSTS and simultaneously Injured War Heroes Championship was held at Abhimansala 3 - Pangolla from 09th to 10th January. Arbitration team was headed by Mr Werochana Perera (Coach of the Sri Lanka Army) with the group of undergraduates from Sabaragamuwa University. Winners’ Details as follow:
Inter-Regiments Men Teams Category
Champions - Sri Lanka Signal Corps
1st Runners up - Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps
2nd Runners up - Sri Lanka Army Service Corps
Inter-Regiments Women Teams Category
Champions - Sri Lanka Corps of Military Police
1st Runners up - Sri Lanka Signal Corps
2nd Runners up - Sri Lanka Army Women Corps
Inter-Regiments Men Individual Category
Champion - Pte Rathnayake RMNK -SLASC
1st Runners up - Sgm Madusanka LD - SLSC
2nd Runners up - Capt WVN Vimaladewa - SLSC
Inter-Regiments Women Individual Category
Champion - Sgw Alwis JIM –SLSC
1st Runners up - L/Cpl Dasanayaka IND - SLCMP
2nd Runners up - L/Cpl Ariyarathna WDGSM - SLCMP
