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Foxhill Supercross 2012 Diyathalawa
| Fox Hill Supercross 2012 |
Sri Lanka’s No. 1 ‘Diyatalawa Fox Hill
Super Cross’, the year’s biggest motor racing event that brings
thousands of fans to the chilly garrison town, ended on Saturday (21)
evening with several distinguished guests, including First Lady Mrs
Shiranthi Rajapaksa, Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath
Jayasuriya and his spouse, Mrs Manjulika Jayasuriya in attendance.
This year’s event, held for the 20th consecutive year, in its unique track of 2 km long, organized by the Army in coordination with the Sri Lanka Association of Racing Drivers and Riders (SLARDAR), coincides with the ‘Wasantha Senakeliya’ in Nuwara Eliya and succeeded in making a few new records with Gayan Sandaruwan (Champion for the 6th time in motorbike category), Sasindu Peiris ( Champion in motor racing) and the budding racing driver, Rohitha Rajapaksa winning an event for the first time in ‘Fox Hill Supercross’.
First Lady on arrival at the venue was warmly received by Commander of the Army, Mrs Manjulika Jayasuriya, Seva Vanitha President and Sri Lanka Military Academy (SLMA) Commandant Brigadier Priyantha Jayasundera before she was ushered to the grand stand. Raising of the National Flag and a two-minute silence in memory of fallen War Heroes signaled the start of the mammoth and exciting event.
Proceeds from this mega event that collects the country’s cream of racing and riding experts to one single location every year are used to raise professional standards and infrastructure facilities of the Army’s premier seat of military learning and training, the SLMA in Diyatalawa.
More than 170 riders and racing veterans participated in the event as some 30 racing and riding competitions added thrill and sensation to the grand event that drew a record number of spectators exceeding more than 25,000. For the last 20 years, ‘Diyatalawa Fox Hill Super Cross’ has earned the reputation of being the most thrilling racing event in the country and funds thus collected enabled the SLMA to construct its language laboratory, IT unit, swimming pool, gymnasium and a few other necessary units.
Presentation of trophies and merit awards was made by First Lady, Commander of the Army, Mrs Manjulika Jayasuriya and a few other senior officers.
In the meantime, SLMA Commandant Brigadier Priyantha Jayasundera, extending the SLMA’s contribution to the upcoming ‘Abimansala’ (wellness resort) in the South, made a donation of Rs 2 million to the architect of the ‘Brave Hearts’ project, Commander of the Army and Mrs Manjulika Jayasuriya at the same occasion as the event drew to a close.
This year’s event, held for the 20th consecutive year, in its unique track of 2 km long, organized by the Army in coordination with the Sri Lanka Association of Racing Drivers and Riders (SLARDAR), coincides with the ‘Wasantha Senakeliya’ in Nuwara Eliya and succeeded in making a few new records with Gayan Sandaruwan (Champion for the 6th time in motorbike category), Sasindu Peiris ( Champion in motor racing) and the budding racing driver, Rohitha Rajapaksa winning an event for the first time in ‘Fox Hill Supercross’.
First Lady on arrival at the venue was warmly received by Commander of the Army, Mrs Manjulika Jayasuriya, Seva Vanitha President and Sri Lanka Military Academy (SLMA) Commandant Brigadier Priyantha Jayasundera before she was ushered to the grand stand. Raising of the National Flag and a two-minute silence in memory of fallen War Heroes signaled the start of the mammoth and exciting event.
Proceeds from this mega event that collects the country’s cream of racing and riding experts to one single location every year are used to raise professional standards and infrastructure facilities of the Army’s premier seat of military learning and training, the SLMA in Diyatalawa.
More than 170 riders and racing veterans participated in the event as some 30 racing and riding competitions added thrill and sensation to the grand event that drew a record number of spectators exceeding more than 25,000. For the last 20 years, ‘Diyatalawa Fox Hill Super Cross’ has earned the reputation of being the most thrilling racing event in the country and funds thus collected enabled the SLMA to construct its language laboratory, IT unit, swimming pool, gymnasium and a few other necessary units.
Presentation of trophies and merit awards was made by First Lady, Commander of the Army, Mrs Manjulika Jayasuriya and a few other senior officers.
In the meantime, SLMA Commandant Brigadier Priyantha Jayasundera, extending the SLMA’s contribution to the upcoming ‘Abimansala’ (wellness resort) in the South, made a donation of Rs 2 million to the architect of the ‘Brave Hearts’ project, Commander of the Army and Mrs Manjulika Jayasuriya at the same occasion as the event drew to a close.
Foxhill Supercross 2012 diyathalawa
