The Commander of the Navy attends the inter-house sports meet of Defence Service College as a guest
 

The inter-house sports meet of Defence Service College, in Kurunegala was held today (01) with the precedence of the State Minister of Defence Hon. Ruwan Wijewardene. The Deputy Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, Hon. Ashok Abeyshinghe, Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Eng. Karunasena Hettiarachchi, the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Gagan Bulathsinhala, the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratna and host of invitees participated in this event.

On arrival the invitees were accorded a warm welcome by the students of the collage and the invitees were accompanied by the principal of the school to main stage in the ground. The event was made colourful by the performance of the students of the college. On completion of the event the State Minister of Defence Hon. Ruwan Wijewardene presented awards for the students those who excelled in the sports events.

This Defence Service College has been established in view of uplifting the educational standard of the tri-force and police personnel and the construction of the college is still underway under the careful supervision of the Ministry of Defence. The Sri Lanka Navy has been instrumental in this regard by providing the required man power for the construction of the college. Thus far 44 naval personnel have been employed for the construction purposes of the college by the Sri Lanka Navy.