The LAUGFS Sports Club of the diversified conglomerate, LAUGFS Holdings, announced yet another series of wins by its team members at mercantile-level table tennis and badminton competitions. Launched as part of its many initiatives to create a platform to nurture employees’ talents as well as to build teamwork and camaraderie, the LAUGFS Sports Club has been actively taking part in mercantile-level championships.
The teams recently won the 35th Mercantile Inter-firm Badminton Tournament 2018 and the Mercantile League Team Championship 2018 for table tennis. Many recreational activities are promoted among employees through the LAUGFS Sports Club, where staff from over 20 diverse businesses across the LAUGFS group come together to demonstrate their sporting prowess and teamwork.
The LAUGFS badminton team led by the Team Captain Nirmal Ranathunga emerged Division Champions of the “Janaka Gamage Memorial Challenge Trophy” at the division finals triumphing over Nestle. Charith Amarasena was also awarded the title of “Best Player” of the Division. The victory ensures that the LAUGFS badminton team will secure their position in the upcoming divisional level championship to be held in 2019.
The winning team consists of Captain Nirmal Ranathunga – Executive LAUGFS Import and Export and the team represented by Charith Amarasena – Junior Executive, Group IT, Indika Gunawardena – Chief Information Officer of LAUGFS Holdings, Janaka Batuvita – Filling Station-In-Charge of LAUGFS Southern Petroleum, and Mahesh A. Weerasena – Director/Chief Executive Officer of LAUGFS Southern Petroleum.
In its path to glory, the LAUGFS table tennis team has also secured victory at the Mercantile League Team Championship 2018, emerging as Champions in the Men’s F Division. The winning team consisted of Yohan Probodha – Accounts Executive at LAUGFS Supermarkets, Janith Perera – Accounts Executive at LAUGFS Property Developers Limited, Mahesh A. Weerasena – Director/Chief Executive Officer of LAUGFS Southern Petroleum and Darshana Gajaweera – Executive at LAUGFS Eco Sri.
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