Homagama lads remain unbeaten
Homagama MMV won all their Under 15 division III matches and ended up as the winners of their respective group in the tournament conducted by the SLSCA. Beat Rajasinghe MV Colombo 9 by 296 runs Homagama MMV 397 for 5 in 50 overs (K.T. Chandima Rukshan 121, K. Sandeepa Nisal Anjana 115, R. Malindu Uthpala [...]
Juniors crowned at All island tennis
Lehan Koswatte (Maliyadeva Kurunegala), Vibuda Wijebandara (Ananda College Colombo), Ananda Gunawardane (St. Thomas’ Mount Lavinia), Neyara Weerawansa (British School Colombo), Umeshi Ranaweera (Ratnapura) and Jayathma Nawaragodagedara (Vishaka Vidyalaya Colombo) walked away with Tennis Singles Crowns at the SLTA all island open junior ranking (C Grade) Tennis Championship 2012 concluded last Sunday at the Matale District [...]
Kavinda padded up for captaincy
Young Peterite Kavinda De Tissera is faced with a fresh and stern test this cricket season. Bestowed with the honour of captaining the school’s Under 17 team, Kavinda will not only have his skills as a middle order strongman measured, but also his ability to lead and make quick and effective decisions. The task though, [...]
Who can salvage Lanka’s cricket?
Paradoxically, cricket in Sri Lanka is at crossroads. Fundamentally, the game is well established and has one of the longest histories – though the country was admitted to the big league only in 1982. Yet Sri Lanka’s achievements in that short period surpass the deeds of some of the giants in the game. Yet, ironically [...]
Lankans ready for T-20 challenges
If the weather gods smiles and leaves a shiny corridor during the next five weeks, Sri Lanka is ready to take up the ICC’s World T-20 championships on its stride. The Secretary Sri Lanka Cricket Nishantha Ranatunga speaking to the Sunday Times said “It was a huge advantage to us to have the Sri Lanka [...]
Defending champ Thangaraja and Dulal enter final
Defending Sri Lanka Amateur golf champion Nadarajah Thangaraja kept up to his supporters’ expectations when he cruised through to the final of the 125th Sri Lanka Amateur Golf Championship with a 3 and 2 win over his teammate N. Ranga in the semi final played at the RCGC yesterday. This was one of the two [...]
Nepal give notice of their intentions
Completely devoid of offensive direction or defensive intensity, Pakistan’s women’s football team were obliterated by 8 goals to nil by a Nepal side which completely dominated their South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship fixture, at Longden Place yesterday. Jamuna Gurung was in sublime form on the day, waltzing into her opponents’ penalty area at will [...]
CF & R pocket a shuttle double
Consumer Foods and Retail pocketed a double at the John Keells Inter Company shuttle championships that was worked off at S. Thomas’ Indoor Stadium recently. They won the Men’s Open championships defeating SAGT ‘A’ 3-1 and the Men’s Over 40 downing Leisure Group 2-0. In the Women’s Open Championship, John Keells Hotels comprising Leezel Daniel, [...]
CH and FC ‘A’ triumph over BRC
CH and FC ‘A’ triumphed over BRC by two goals to nil in their Andriesz Shield hockey fixture at the Colombo Campus grounds recently. At the short whistle CH and FC ‘A” held a 1-0 lead. In the first half of the game left extreme Sandun Gajanayake put CH and FC ‘A’ one up and [...]
Women stickers for FIH qualifier
For the first time Sri Lanka’s women stickers will be participating in a tournament conducted by the FIH when they play in round one of the qualifying World Ranking and World League to be held in Kuantan, Malaysia from September 14 to 16. Sri Lanka are scheduled to play Kazakhstan, Singapore and Malaysia. The team [...]
Tyronne qualifies for Mercedes Trophy Golf World Finals in Stuttgart
Tyronne Weerakkody topped the Mercedes Trophy, a renowned international golf tournament of reputation sponsored for the 21st consecutive time by Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC. Tyronne, who had an aggregate of 67 stable-ford points after two rounds of play qualified to represent Sri Lanka in the East Asian Team at the World Finals to be [...]
Lefties smashed in the hills
Nuwara Eliya Golf Club was buzzing over the long week-end with an influx of Golfers from Colombo and Victoria bombarding the Course with their families. It was an enjoyable and memorable week-end for the Golfers when the ‘Left Handers’ VS ‘Right Handers’ Challenge for the Dr. C. Thurairaja Trophy was played for the 2nd year [...]
Next step from the Bowl
Sri Lanka beat hosts Malaysia and successfully defended the Bowl while Japan defended its Borneo Sevens title in a gripping final against Hong Kong. The Borneo Sevens is the first of four events on this year’s HSBC Asian Sevens Series 2012. Although trailing 12-17 in the first half, Japan rebounded in the second half with [...]
‘The last one hundred metres, I knew I could do it’ – Sanjaya
Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage sees the achievement of 400m differently-abled Paralympic runner Pradeep Sanjaya’s achievement as unique.Commenting Sanjaya’s Bronze winning effort, the Minister said “Even the normal athletes who took part in the main games did not enjoy such success. As soon as the elections are over I am hoping to get Sanjaya down to [...]
Randika Alwis leads Sri Lanka Youth Rugby Team
Sri Lanka Youth Rugby team will be on show at next week’s with Trinity lockforward Randika Alwis leading the side. Division II Junior Rugby Asiad which will be worked off at Havelock Park in Colombo. Two wins is a must for the locals in order to gain promotion to Division I in 2013 to play [...]
Ansar honoured at Wesley cricket celebration
Wesley College cricket stalwart, the late Ansar Fuard, who captained a 1954 cricket team teeming with talent, was posthumously felicitated for his immense contribution on the field, during a special ceremony which celebrated the school’s120-year cricket history. Honoured with him were eight other Wesley cricket legends: batting maestro Mahadevan Sathasivam, spin wizards Sridharan Jeganathan and [...]
From a doyen of medicine to a doyen of batting artistry
As far as I know Ravindra Fernando (Now professor of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology at the University of Colombo) at Ananda College was a pure academic. What amazes me most is how, in between his devoted medical life, he has found sufficient time to produce 16 books. The last one he wrote happens to be [...]
Where have all the good men gone?
Three or four decades ago, our local sports structure had at its apex and around it, brilliant men who were matchless in knowledge of the sports, peerless in commitment and integrity and selfless in service. All these virtues and attributes woven togethe made them as priceless silk upon which they left an indelible imprint that [...]
United Nations recognises large hearted cricket coach
The desire to contribute to the common good, out of freewill and in spirit of solidarity, without expectation of material award”- this was the wording of the rationale for the United Nations Outstanding Volunteer Award 2011. This was held with the collaboration of International Year of Volunteers which celebrated their tenth year. The I.Y.V. was [...]
Clifford Cup to be worked off this month
The inter club knock rugby encounter for the Clifford Cup will be worked off from September 28-30 and two likely venues being Kandy (Bogambara Stadium) and Colombo (Havelock Park). Havelocks SC, Kandy SC, Navy SC and Upcountry Lions have already qualified from the Cup segment while from Plate segment Army SC, Police SC, Air force [...]
Richmond in semis, Zahira, St Benedict’s in quarters
Richmond Galle was the first team to book a berth to the semi finals of the Zahira Invitation Schools Six-a-Side cricket tournament when play ended on day one of the two day tournament played at the Zahira ground in Maradana yesterday.St. Benedict’s and host Zahira ‘A’ advanced to the quarter final after having drawn a [...]
Police outclass tired Red Shirts
Police SC not only overpowered a tired and a broken hearted CR & FC but also gained the much needed bonus points and went on to win by 29 Points (4 Tries, 3 Conversion, 1 Penalty) to 14 Points (2 Tries, 2 Conversions) win in their Dialog Inter Club Plate rugby encounter at the police [...]
Southern Monsoon Rally speeds off on September 22
The much looked forward to motor rally event the Southern Monsoon Rally conducted by the Southern Motor Sports Club (SMSC) is scheduled to be held on September 22 and 23. The rally popularly knowned as the “Journey through the Wilderness” which is held for the 14th successive year will cover approximately just under 600kms that [...]
LRCA the new U-15 champs
LR Cricket Academy emerged the new under 15 champions when they defeated the defenders MCA Cricket Academy ‘Blues’ by 33 runs to win the under 15 final of the 7th edition of the Inter Academy Invitational Cricket Tournament played at the MCA grounds recently. Winning the toss and taking first lease of the wicket, were [...]
MCA CA Blues’ dethrone SSC SC
MCA Cricket Academy ‘Blues’ dethroned SSC School of Cricket by two wickets to win the under 13 final of the 7th Inter Academy Invitational Cricket Tournament that was played at the MCA round recently. The SSC School of Cricket who were the defending champions, batting first, were able to muster only 111 runs for nine [...]
Trinity tame Royal to clinch U-16 Rugby title
Trinity College Kandy beat archrivals Royal College Colombo 10-nil to clinch the All-Island Schools Under-16 12-a-side Rugby Championship, which was held at the Bogambara Stadium in Kandy last week. The contest in the final was a showpiece of lightning fast Trinity three quarters against the neat forwards’ play by Royal, who also reached the Western [...]
