Commander of the Navy Chief Guest at the Inter Command Rugby Tournament 2016
 

Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, as the Chief Guest, graced the finals of the Inter Command Rugby Tournament 2016, held at Welisara Rugby grounds on 7th and 8th October 2016.

At the final encounter, the Eastern Naval Command beat the Training Command and became the champions winning the Cup Championship. The Training Command won the second place of the tournament being the runners-up of the Cup Championship. The Western Naval Command secured the third place and the Plate Championship was won by the Afloat Command. The Bowl Championship was won by the South Eastern Naval Command. In the women's category, the Training Command became the Champions and Western Naval Command became the Runners-up. The third place was secured by the North Central Naval Command.

The trophy for the Best Ruggerite (Men) was won by Lieutenant RPNWP Rajapaksha of the Training Command and the Best Ruggerite (Women) was awarded to Lady Midshipman OSS Dannoruwa of the same command.

The Chief Guest of the event, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne gave away the trophies and certificates to the winners of the tournament. The occasion was also attended by Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy, Rear Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe, Deputy Chief of Staff and Commandant Volunteer Naval Force, Rear Admiral Neil Rosayro, Commander Western Naval Area, Rear Admiral Jayantha De Silva, senior officers and a large number of naval personnel from the Naval Headquarters and Western Naval Command. On completion, Commander of the Navy posed for a group photograph with the winning ruggerites as well.