[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Lanka Sportreizen (LSR) is making arrangements to organize and conduct an Open / National Surfing event with the blessings of the Sports Ministry and the Surfing Federation of Sri Lanka (SFSL) on September 26 and 27 at Arugam Bay.

This event will coincide with the World Tourism Day which falls on September 27. More than 70 surfers both local and foreign are expected to take part in this event.

Local surfers who have been ranked will take part in the National competition while over 2,000 foreigners who are stranded in the country since the COVID-19 outbreak will also be given an opportunity to participate in this event. The Open competition will be held on September 26 and the National tournament on September 27.

This is the second national level sports event to be held in Sri Lanka following the viral outbreak; the first being the highly successful FFSL President’s Cup 2020 tournament. LSR organises three events in Sri Lanka as part of their international calendar – LSR International Colombo Marathon, Rumble in the Jungle and UCI Sri Lanka T-cup. Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd Sri Lanka and Lin Asia Holdings (Pvt) Ltd will be the main sponsors for this event.

LSR Founder and Chairman Thilak Weerasinghe said they hope to conduct their local and international events which were postponed because of the pandemic.

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