The Mercantile Volleyball Association (MVA) will be conducting the 7th Mercantile Volleyball Tournament during September and November this year at National Youth Services Council, Maharagama. The preliminary round matches will be held on September 1 and 2 while the finals will be conducted on November 10 and 11 at the same venue.
The MVA's main competition, the Mercantile Volleyball Tournament, is one of the key competitions of the island next to the national championships and draws a large team participation annually. It has become a regular feature of the annual sports calendar in the mercantile sector. This year s tournament has attracted over 100 teams
The tournament will be held under three categories – Super League, Championship and Division ‘A’ for both men and women. Winning teams will be offered Rs. 1.5 million and the best players in the men's and women's categories will receive motorcycles and scooters respectively.
The key objective of MVA is to provide a meaningful avenue for mercantile employees to be free of mental fatigue,whereby their performance can be enhanced by participating in sports.Volleyball being a team sport helps to build team spirit among the employees, thereby benefiting the organization they work for. The game also helps to unearth hidden sporting talent among the employees while helping them to improve their fitness.
A number of well-known firms have joined in the excitement by coming forward as sponsors: Platinum Sponsor – MAS, Gold Sponsors – Sri Lanka Telecom, Sunquick, Lanka Tiles,Brandix, Expo Lanka Holdings PLC (EFI), and David Pieris Motor Company, Silver Sponsors – Damro and Omega Line.
To make this competition more viable, the MVA has already begun to register teams for this year's edition of the tournament and applications will be accepted until August 20. To qualify for participation, the players should have served in their respective companies for a minimum of three months.
Further details can be obtained by contacting the MVA official through email on mvsrilanka@gmail.com or by calling Chandana on 0710682682 or Buddhi on 0776485456. MVA official website www.mva.lk has more details on the competition.
Applications can be posted to The Mercantile Volleyball Association, No 33, Torrington Place, Colombo 7 with the envelope marked ‘Mercantile Volleyball 2018’ on the top left-hand corner.
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