Laksiri, Issadeen clinch SLAF Open squash titles

All winners with Air Force Commander Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana   

By Susil Premalal   

Ravindu Laksiri and Fathoum Issadeen clinched the Men’s and Women’s Open titles respectively at the Air Force Open Professional Squash Association Satellite Squash Championship 2022, held at the SLAF Base in Ratmalana.   

Laksiri, the nine-time national champion defeated Pakistan’s Farhan Zaman in the Men’s Open final while Issadeen had the better of Yeheni Kuruppu in the Women’s Open final.   
Results (All finals)

Girls’ Under-13: 1st place - Ifra Booso (St. Paul’s Girls’ School, Milagiriya), 2nd place - Punsara Wickramasinghe (Anula Vidyalaya, Nugegoda), 3rd place - Thedara Liyanage (Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya); Boys’ Under-13: 1st place - Manuth Dassanayake (Gateway College), 2nd place – Linuka Silva (D. S. Senanayake College), 3rd place – Thevan Gunawardena (St. Joseph’s College, Colombo); Girls’ Under-15: 1st place - Punsara Wickramasinghe (Anula Vidyalaya, Nugegoda), 2nd place – Nethmi Wickramasinghe (Ladies’ College, Colombo), 3rd place – Ifra Booso (St. Paul’s Girls’ School, Milagiriya); Boys’ Under-15: 1st place – Matheesha Wijesekara (Royal College, Colombo), 2nd place – Bihandu Nanayakkara (Gateway College), 3rd place – Tharul Pinwatta (Royal College, Colombo); Girls’ Under-17: 1st place – Adhithi Gunasekera (Ladies’ College, Colombo), 2nd place – Irudinithi Wood (Lindsay Balika Vidyalaya), 3rd place – Miyuni Weerasinghe (Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya); Boys’ Under-17: 1st place – Matheesha Wijesekara (Royal College, Colombo), 2nd place – Mohamed Rilwan (St. Joseph’s College, Colombo), 3rd place – Tharul Pinwatta (Royal College, Colombo); Girls’ Under-19: 1st place – Chanithma Sinaly (Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya), 2nd place – Irudinithi Wood (Lindsay Balika Vidyalaya), 3rd place – Anargi Perera (Visakha Vidyalaya); Boys’ Under-19: 1st place – Nevndu Lakman (D. S. Senanayake College), 2nd place – Thinura Randina (Nalanda College, Colombo), 3rd place – Seniya Jayatilleke (Royal College, Colombo); Men’s Over-35: 1st place – D. E. Silva (Sri Lanka Air Force), 2nd place – K. G. Prabath (Sri Lanka Army), 3rd place – D. M. R. Dissanayake (Sri Lanka Army); Men’s Over-40: 1st place – Eranda Geeganage (Sri Lanka Air Force), 2nd place – A. C. C. Kumara (Sri Lanka Navy), 3rd place – Commander W. J. S. Fernando (Sri Lanka Navy); Men’s Over-45: 1st place – Abdul Cader, 2nd place – Duleep Hewavitharana (Sri Lanka Air Force), 3rd place – Kaminda Silva (Sri Lanka Army); Veterans Over-50: 1st place – Abdul Cader, 2nd place – Mevan Rajeeve, 3rd place – Upali Wijeweera (Sri Lanka Air Force); Women’s Novices: 1st place – Senuji Jayarathne (Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya), 2nd place – Dahami Peiris (Kotelawala Defence University), 3rd Place – Sadini Rathnayake (Kotelawala Defence University), (Men’s Novices): 1st place – A. J. A. I. Dilan (Sri Lanka Army), 2nd place – R. M. S. V. P. Rathnayaka (Sri Lanka Army), 3rd place – Supun Jayanath (Sri Lanka Army); Men’s Plate: 1st place – R. M. S. L. K. Ekanayaka (Sri Lanka Army), 2nd place – E. A. H. M. Edirisinghe (Sri Lanka Air Force); Women’s Open: 1st place – Fathoum Issadeen, 2nd place – Yeheni Kuruppu, 3rd place – Chanithma Sinaly (Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya); Men’s Open: 1st place – Ravindu Laksiri, 2nd place – Farhan Zaman (Pakistan Air Force), 3rd place – Shamil Wakeel