Sri Lanka University Games
sri lanka university game multisporting event held public university sri lanka interuniversity sport championship organized since latter part first university sport festival held university peradeniya response suggestion made director physical education university peradeniya mr lesley handunge mr lesley handunge graduate university peradeniya skilled sportsman represented sri lanka twice boxing olympic game furthermore led sri lankan team world university sport festival number international sport festival mr handunge able organize festival among university keeping standard tradition olympic game thus following tradition sri lankan university organize festival three year wayamba university sri lanka organized xii sri lanka university game first sri lanka university sport festival organized university peradeniya held first sri lanka university game saw participation six public university participation risen university first sri lanka university game included event risen event sport category university kelaniya origin historic vidyalankara pirivena founded centre learning buddhist monk one two great national centre traditional higher learning heralding first phase national movement national resurgence establishment modern university sri lanka vidyalankara pirivena became vidyalankara university later vidyalankara campus university ceylon ultimately university kelaniya today university kelaniya one major national university located outside municipal limit colombo ancient historic city kelaniya north bank kelani river two major campus seven location six faculty four institution participant university take part th university game festival starting november university kelaniya around event different category sport event held different place including university kelaniya sugathadasa stadium royal college sport ground national youth centre chief guest festival minister higher education vishwa warnapala minister sport gamini lokuge chairman university grant commission professor gamini samaranayaka vice chancellor university kelaniya professor jayantha wijerathne vice chancellor dean university addition director sport university director sponsoring company also present occasion logo slug shape letter “u” selected competition letter “u” selected kelani river flow shape letter “u” pass kelaniya letter “u” symbolizes whole university system green represent greenish lawn ground ball represent university take part slug oriole mascot year sport festival olympic game mexico pet used mascot used control antiolympic idea stirred student revolt spread good among people first time mascot used slug oriole chosen mascot familiar sri lankans also close affinity area kelaniya selalihini sandeshaya oriole eye catching bird shining body golden neck leg selected mascot year oriole ideal pet represents ethic principle university game httpslugmoraspiritcomcomponentcontentarticleid