The 2nd annual Karachi-Colombo Regatta was worked off between the Colombo Rowing Club and the Karachi Rowing Club at the Beire Lake on Saturday.The event is held annually with Colombo and Karachi alternatively hosting it.
The oarsmen and oarswomen of Colombo Rowing Club put up a dominant performance to claim both the men’s and the women’s overall trophies, winning all their races bar the women’s exhibition scull.
Winners
SCULLS
Mens: Mubarak Mansoor (CRC) def Imran Khan (KRC)
Womens: Janethri Marapana (CRC) def Myra Conasjee (KRC)
DOUBLE SCULLS
Mens: Ashan Pitiyatatchi/Sriwanth Kotelawala (CRC) def Agha Hussain/Amin Arshad(KRC)
Womens: Anukshi Sumanapala/Amani Tissera (CRC) def Eman Siddiqui/Myra Conasjee (KRC)
PAIRS
Mens: Visal Thennakoon/Charles Leo (CRC) def Imran Khan/Murtaza Jafrani (KRC)
Womens: Thiranya Fernando/Isabella Sansoni (CRC) def Maryam Khan/Basima Dodhy (KRC)
FOURS
Mens:
Sanjiva Jayasuriya def Imran Khan
Sajeev De Silva Agha Shhuja Hussain
Shehan Muthugala Amin Arshad
Manilka Gunaratne Murtaza Jafrani
Peter Christy (cox) Meekail Asim (cox)
Womens:
Anoushka Tissera def Eman Siddiqui
Tarea Karunaratne Nehan Asad
Davina Koch Maryam Khan
Chanika Goonetilleke Basima Dodhy
Ashmitha Gunaratne(cox) Myra Conasjee (cox)
