Pace Ace 2006 attracts over a thousands bowlers

Ten fastest bowlers selected under the Pace Ace 2006 programme will start training at the end of May 2006 for a period of five months, under the SLC National fast bowling coach Champaka Ramanayake.

Nearly 1400 bowlers participated in this programme which was conducted in March/April at Provincial Level at Dambulla (North Central), Asgiriya (Central), Badulla Stadium (Uva), Galle Stadium (Southern) and De Mazenod Grounds, Kandana, De Zoysa Stadium, Moratuwa and R Premadasa Stadium (Western), Sixty bowlers faced the finals at the SSC .

The Pace Ace Winners are as follows:

   
      Name              Age	      Club/School       Speed   Results
1.Madura Lakmal	       20 yrs	  Panadura CC	    138.7	Winner
2.Manoj Chanaka        21 yrs	  Chilaw Marians    138.0	1st Runner up
3.Dakshina Liyanage    25 yrs	  Singha SC         136.5	2nd Runner up
4.W L Manoj            18 yrs	  Gampola           135.8	4th
5.R Kaluarachchi       21 yrs	  Habarana          134.2	5th
6.Shaminda Eranga      20 yrs	  Wennappuwa CC	    133.2	6th
7.L A S Vishwaranga    23 yrs	  Kelaniya CC	    133.2	7th
8.Amila Prasad	       23 yrs	  Colts S.C.	    131.9	8th
9.Kanishka Elvitigala  19 yrs	  Thurstan College  131.7	9th
10.Dinesh Deshappriya  22 yrs	  Ragama CC         131.0	10th

The above ten bowlers are to be provided accommodation, traveling allowance (only for outstation players) meals, training clothes etc. Some of them are to be selected to the National Academy for further development.