State Administration Council Chairman Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing presents the championship shield and cash awards to the Commander-in-Chief (Navy) team yesterday in Nay Pyi Taw.
Yangon Command team claims championship in 61st Tatmadaw open-class football tourney
Chairman of the State Administration Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attended the awarding of the 2024 Tatmadaw (Army, Navy and Air) Sports Competitions at Zeyathiri Tatmadaw Sports Ground in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday afternoon.
At the 61st Defence Services Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy Tatmadaw (Army, Navy and Air) Football Tournament 2024, the Central Command team and the Yangon Command team opened attacks in controlling football bilaterally as both teams were powerful enough to play the final match. In 37 minutes, the Yangon Command team scored an opening goal, and it led the game till the end of the first half. Both teams could not break the deadlock of the 1-0 result. As such, the Yangon Command team won over the Central Command team with a 1-0 victory.
Next, Chairman of the Tatmadaw Sports and Physical Education Administration Committee Adjutant-General Lt-Gen Soe Min Oo presented best player awards in relevant positions and the best player of the tournament to respective players and the fair-play award to the Commander-in-Chief (Army) Office team in the football tournament; Lt-Gen Phone Myat of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army), the third prize to the Commander-in-Chief (Army) team; Commander-in-Chief (Air) General Tun Aung, the second prize to Central Command team; and Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Htein Win, individual medals, the first prize trophy, the duplicate trophy and cash awards to Yangon Command team, respectively.
SAC member Chief of the General Staff (Army, Navy and Air) General Maung Maung Aye awarded the third championship trophy of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services and cash awards to the Central Command team, which secured the third largest number of medals in the 2024 Tatmadaw (Army, Navy and Air) Sports Competitions.
SAC Vice-Chairman Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win handed the second championship trophy and cash awards to the Yangon Command team, which won the second largest number of medals in the competitions.
The Senior General presented the overall championship shield and cash awards to the team manager, officer and athletes of the Commander-in-Chief (Navy) team, which swept 65 gold, 43 silver and 41 bronze medals, totalling 149 in the competitions.
When 17 sports teams led by the parade commander left the sports ground, the Senior General, his wife Daw Kyu Kyu Hla and guests waved to them.
In commemoration of the successful completion of the awarding ceremony, fireworks were launched to conclude the ceremony.
Also present at the ceremony were Daw Kyu Kyu Hla, wife of the Senior General, Daw Than Than Nwe, wife of the Vice-Senior General, union-level dignitaries, Union ministers and their wives, senior Tatmadaw officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief and their wives, the commander of the Nay Pyi Taw Command, senior officer trainees from the National Defence College, Tatmadaw members and their families. — MNA/TTA