
Carlton Super Sports Festival, the annual Sports Festival organized by Tharunyata Hetak Foundation will again be conducted on February 27, 28 and March 1 at the Ceylon Autodrome Complex at Tissamaharama.
The main theme of the festival is to give the youth of this country the opportunity to prove their abilities and to improve them to serve the country in whatever possible ways. Towards this goal the Foundation, Tharunyata Hetak has done a yeoman service for the youth of this country. While helping them the Foundation also undertook the responsibility to serve the Armed Forces generously.
The first target was to build a fully equipped hospital for the benefit of soldiers sustaining injuries in the battle front. This costs Rs. 100 million which was the proceeds from the first Super Cross held in the year 2007. The proceeds from last year's event will completely be utilized to construct a swimming pool in Jaffna Central College. This was one of the most important necessities for the youth of Jaffna.
In 2009, there will be seven sporting disciplines lined up to be worked off during three days of activity. The events are mountain biking, horse racing, windsurfing, water skiing, rowing, motocross and the 4x4 challenge.
The main sponsors of the Carlton Super Sports 2009 are National Lotteries Board and Bank of Ceylon. There are many other organizations as co-sponsors for the events.