Samaposha Continues To Pave Way For School Football Success
Powers Under 14 Inter-School Football Tournament for 9th consecutive year
The ‘Samaposha Under-14 Inter-school Football Championship 2017’ organised in collaboration with the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) and Sri Lanka School Football Association (SSFA), kicked off recently.
Once again the tournament has received an overwhelming response with over 12,000 students, representing 534 Boys teams and 167 Girls teams from schools islandwide expected to participate. A total of 32 centers will host the tournament encompassing all districts in the country. The final round is scheduled to be held in January 2018 under floodlights at the Colombo Racecourse.
On the final day, awards will be presented to the Best Player (Boys), Best Player (Girls) and also the Best Goalkeeper of the tournament.
Commenting on the Tournament, Anura de Silva, President, FFSL said, “The Under-14 Inter-school Championship is recognised among students as decidedly the most competitive but friendly tournaments held. We strongly believe this football competition will bring together the cream of young football talent and generate a lot of excitement and interest in the sport across the nation. It also provides us an ideal platform to identify talented players.”
“We are extremely grateful to Samaposha who continue to sponsor this annual event. Samaposha has been contributing and working towards the development of school football for nearly a decade and we look forward to taking youth football in the country to the next level,” de Silva added.
Hemantha Abeykoon, President, SSFA added, “We sincerely thank CBL for coming on board and helping us nurture the talent of young teenagers for the sport,” added
Shammi Karunaratne, Director/CEO of Plenty Foods (Pvt) Ltd expressed the company’s commitment in uplifting school football. He said, “Energy is not the only thing that matters in sport. Other aspects such as skills, the necessary endurance, self-belief and discipline are also important. To achieve all these factors it is paramount to have proper nutrition.”
He further noted, “Samaposha is a brand manufactured according to international standards using nutritious local grains, providing nutritional requirement for energetic sports such as football. Our continuous commitment to support this tournament stems from the objective of developing the talents of our youth in sporting realms generating world class players.”
Samaposha manufactured by Plenty Foods (Pvt) Ltd, is a subsidiary of Sri Lanka’s one of the largest FMCG conglomerate Ceylon Biscuits Limited. As the undisputed market leader for processed cereals, Samaposha is a 100% local brand, sourcing only home grown produce such as corn, soya, rice and green gram manufactured under ISO, GMP and HACCP international standards. It is also the only processed cereal brand in the country with SLS certification. The company has in place a successful backward integration which helps nurture the livelihood of more than 8,000 farmers, contributing significantly to enhance Sri Lanka’s rural economy.
