Victoria Lakshmi the President of the Netball Federation (third from left) receiving Netball Sponsorship from Ashani Senaratne Head of Marketing Dialog Axiata. Vindana Dayatatne the Secretary of NFSL (left) and Padmini Horanage the Treasurer of the NFSL (right) also present.
Dialog Axiata PLC, reaffirmed its commitment to support national sports by coming forward to extend its corporate backing to the Netball Federation of Sri Lanka (NFSL) till 2024.
Dialog support is really appreciated for Sri Lanka netball to go beyond the Asian level, said President of the Netball Federation of Sri Lanka (NFSL ) Victoria Lakshmi at the simple ceremony to launch the Netball sponsorship recently.
The National Team has consistently performed well at the Asian Championship and at present are the reigning champions. Our National Netball team will be led by Gayanjali Amarawansha which will take part in the Asian Championship which will be held from September 3.Our team is fully geared under the guidance of Hayscinth Wijesinghe to take on this challenge said Netball Chief.
Dialog first entered into a partnership with NFSL in 2018, and over the years have continued their support to uplift the game and develop the champions of tomorrow by sponsoring the National Junior and Senior Netball.
Actually during the last Asian Netball Championship Dialog also associated with us. With their sponsorship and their continued support is a boost for us, said Victoria Lakshmi.
“In the last few years despite the challenges we faced due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we conducted the national senior championship which would not have been possible without the corporate backing of our sponsor; hence, the National team is in a state of readiness to defend the Asian title.
I would like to thank Dialog Axiata for extending their partnership to support the sport of Netball in Sri Lanka,” said Victoria Lakshmi.
“As a supporter enriching Sri Lanka sports and developing the champions of tomorrow, Dialog is pleased to continue the partnership with NFSL.
The national netball team has continuously performed in the Asian circuit and I’m confident the team would continue this momentum at other international tourneys as well,”said Ashani Senaratne, Head of Marketing Dialog Axiata.