SportAt the SLT SILK Sports Awards 2017, Woman FIDE Master Suneetha Wijesuriya was awarded the SLT SILK for Outstanding Dedication and Contribution to Promote Sports, and the 25th Anniversary of her winning a Gold Medal at the 30th World Chess Olympiad in Manila, Philippines, in 1992. Between 1980 and 1997, Suneetha won the Women's National Chess Championship on 10 occasions. She received this award not only for her victory which brought glory to the country but for her dedicated and tireless promotional work throughout the country. Suneethaa has already conducted 490 Chess coaching camps islandwide in schools, private institutes, Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy and the Mercantile sector. The annual SLT SILK Sports Awards 2017 - Sri Lanka's 1st Annual Sports Awards for Sports Excellence and Contribution, is organised by SPORTSINFO, Sri Lanka's premier sports promotion network, and sponsored by Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) was held at the BMICH recently.

Source: Sunday Times January 22, 2018 01:07 UTC