The competition was run for three months earlier in the year by Lankem Consumer Products Ltd to promote one of their leading brands, Top Fulli Batteries. The battery is widely used by the Agrarian and fishing communities in hand torches.

‘It is the second promotion we have run in ten years’ said Lankem Business manager, Jeeva Renganathan. ‘Giving motorbikes as prizes is our way of saying thank you to the rural areas for their loyal custom’.

Samarasinghe had entered the competition, along with thousands of others, which required entrants to enclose two Top Fulli wrappers. ‘I intend to ride the bike back to Galle’ he told The Island.