Sri Lanka Navy women’s Baseball team clinch their first overseas title

The Sri Lanka Navy women’s Baseball team emerged champions at the Baseball tournament organized by the Amateur Baseball Association in Bangkok, Thailand during the first week of this month. Along with this achievement, they also made history becoming the first Sri Lanka women’s Baseball team to record a victory in an overseas Championship.

The Navy team managed to record wins against all teams that took part in the tournament and beat Kasetsart University women’s Baseball team in a neck and neck encounter in the finals. The final score was recorded as 8 points to 7 points.

The contributions made by Sri Lanka Baseball Association, Colombo Dockyard PLC, Bank of Ceylon, Metropolitan (Pvt) Ltd Colombo Branch and Sri Lanka Navy Director Sports, Captain Pradeep Rathnayake in different capacities, were very much instrumental for the successful completion of the tour. Moreover, the spirited motivation and commitment of the President of Navy Baseball Association Commodore Udeni Serasinghe and Secretary of the association, Lieutenant Commander Harsha Udawatta were also prominent in this crowning achievement.