Rimzan Hameed from Classic Travels created history by emerging as the very first winner of the Yenesha Travels (Pvt) Ltd., sponsored, Travel Trade Sports Club,introductory Pool Tournament 2014, concluded on Saturday, 31st May at the“Shotz” Pool Lounge, Excel World, Colombo 10.
Hameed who was a stylish and accomplished player over came the very promising, Vivek Kerkovan from Kingsbury in the “Cup” Final (2/1).54 players from 17 member firms participated in the inaugural tournament. Thetournament was conducted on a best of 03 frames, Knock-out format up to thequarter-finals.
The Quarter Final results : Vivek Kerkovan (Kingsbury) beat AkhilaThiranagama (Hayley’s Travels & Tours) 2/1; Shalutha Puwasaru (Classic Travels)beat Viral Nallawansa (Walkers/ Whittlers) 2/1. Rimzan Hameed beat JameelMohamed Ackeil (Amadeus Lanka) 2/1 ; Dilshan Gnanapragasam (Amaya Resorts& Spa) beat Hussain Habeeb (Serendib Leisure) 2/1 ; In the “Cup” Semi-Finals, Vivek Kerkovan (Kingsbury) beat Shalutha Puwasaru(Classic Travels) 2/1; while Rimzan Hameed (Classic Travels) beat DilshanGnanapragasam (Amaya Resorts & Spa) 2/1.
In the play off for the 3rd Place for the “Plate” , Shalutha Puwasaru (Classic Travels) beat Dilshan Gnanapragasam (Amaya Resorts & spa) 2/0In the “Bowl” Final, Jameel Mohamed Akheil (Amadeus Lanka) beat Akhila Thiranagama (Hayley’s Travels), 2/0In the “Shield” Final , Hussain Habeeb (Serendib Leisure) beat Viraj Nallawansa (Walkers & Whittalls), 2/0
Shanka Fernando General Manager, Yenesha Travels (Pvt) Ltd, Seeduwa, who was the Chief Guest, gave away the awards, along with Denesh Silva, President, Bonita Odayar, Vice President, Shan Perera, Tournament Co-ordinator, Dilshan Gnanapragasam, Committee Member & Cammie Gunasekera, Committee Member (all from the Travel Trade Sports Club).
