The finals and awards ceremony of the 17th Junior National Squash Championship 2006, will be held this Saturday at the Gymkhana Club Squash Complex from 4.00 p.m. onwards.

Dr. David Ponniah, Warden of S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia, will be the chief guest and Shammi Silva Chairman, Gymkhana Club, the guest of honour at the finals and awards ceremony.

Eranga Alwis of S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia and Nirasha Guruge of Elizabeth Moir International, formerly of Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya are expected to defend their Under-19 titles they won last year.

The Sri Lanka Squash Federation plans to give away attractive cash awards this year too and all those reaching the semi-final stages will receive a cash award. In total, a sum of Rs. 150,000/- will be given away as prize money at this prestigious and much looked forward to event in the annual squash calendar.

The main sponsor of the Junior Nationals this year is C — DAX (Colombo Direct Access Exchange).

The co-sponsors are Datamation (Pvt) Ltd., Delvon Security & Investigations (Pvt) Ltd., David Peiris Motor Company, Elephant House, Asian Alliance (Pvt) Ltd., Prince Sports, United Sports, Global Baggage (Pvt) Ltd., Amaya Resorts & Spas, BRH Logistics (Pvt) Ltd., Just in Time, Crescat Boulevard and Relhum (Pvt) Ltd.