Lankem patronage for ‘Robbialac Nil Ahase Wasanthaya’

4 September 2015 06:30 pm

Lankem Ceylon PLC Director Ruwan T. Weerasinghe (third form left) and Kite Sri Lanka President Prasanna Atulugama exchanging sponsorship documents in the presence of (from left) Lankem Ceylon PLC Paint Marketing Manager Chanaka Tissera, Lankem Ceylon PLC Paint General Manager Daminda Siriwardena, Kite Sri Lanka Member Mahesh Ranasinghe and Lankem Ceylon PLC Paint Senior Product Manager Dilukshan Jayasekera

This year’s National Kite Festival and Competition enjoys the premier patronage of Lankem Paints Ltd, manufacturers and marketers of Robbialac Paints. 
This mega event organised by Kite Sri Lanka, has been aptly named ‘Robbialac Nil Ahase Wasanthaya’ and is expected to attract over 500 kite enthusiasts from Sri Lanka, in addition to several international competitors. 

In fact the second day, Sunday, will feature games which are open to everyone. ‘Robbialac Nil Ahase Wasanthaya’ is also supported by the Presidential Task Force on Drug Prevention.

“We’re delighted to lend our patronage as the title sponsor of this much-awaited event. In keeping with its theme ‘Enna Ahasa Paata Karamu’, it certainly will explode in a riot of colour across the skies over the Galle Face Green during the weekend of September 12 and 13,” said Lankem Ceylon PLC Director Ruwan T. Weerasinghe.

“It is an accepted fact that the two sports which remain unchanged from childhood are cricket and the flying of kites. Colour, with its life, passion and vibrancy is the common bond we share with the National Kite Festival. A pioneer in Sri Lanka’s paints industry, Lankem is today one of Sri Lanka’s largest manufacturers and marketers of coatings with an extensive palette of various hues and shades of colours. This is thus fitting that we join support ‘Robbialac Nil Ahase Wasanthaya’ and transform the skies into a gigantic palette of colour,” he added.

Kite Sri Lanka President Prasanna Atulugama revealed that plans are currently underway to take this event forward as a national sport. “Now in its seventh successful year, this festival has great potential to further enrich Sri Lanka’s offering as a multi-dimensional tourist destination. We are expecting a crowd more than 100,000 this year. We’re thankful to Lankem Robbialac for coming on board and look forward to a greater collaboration in the years to come.”