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‘A’ team cricket: How serious are we?
The uncertainties in the great game of cricket do not apply only to the game itself, now it seems the theory applies to all aspects of the game. Maybe six months ago, it would have been almost sacrilege to think of a player like Kusal Janith Perera along with names like Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, [...]
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Jaleel keeps building his castle
BATA – Sunday Times SchoolBoy Cricketer 2013 The Status quo almost remains the same as the 34th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2013 competition enters its seventh week. Yet Minhaj Jaleel of Thurstan College is building his huge castle and now has entered the five figure mark as he finishes [...]
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Josephian win was the best of the week
Under 19 Review By M. Shamil Amit The end of this week of the Under 19 inter-school cricket season saw 11 outright wins being recorded with the best being by St. Joseph’s against St. Anthony’s Katugastota when they turned a game which was heading for a draw into victory. The other wins were achieved by [...]
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Vandort slams career best 247
Premier league Cricket Moors SC, SSC amass mammoth scores By M. Shamil Amit Moors SC and SSC amassed totals of over 500 runs while Ragama CC opener Michael Vandort slammed a career best knock of 247 not out as proceedings on day two ended favouring bastmen at the Premier League cricket encounters yesterday. Moors SC [...]
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Sorry no Nalanda details
Something has gone radically wrong at Nalanda Vidyalaya. It is customary that as a newspaper with a wide readership, we give publicity to all school events. However when our reporters arrived at the Nalanda grounds having a prior appointment with the Master-in-Charge of cricket, a person who identified himself as the head of security of [...]
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Golf trainer Mark Chambers in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Golf Union will organise a Professional Training Camp beginning from March 2 at golf courses in Colombo, Nuwara Eliya and Digana, Kandy. The series of professional training camps will be conducted by Australia teaching professional Mark Chambers, who will engage in a seven-day training programme in Sri Lanka. On March 3, 4, and [...]
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Amarapadma clinches February Pin Fernando GP
M. Amarapadma shot a brilliant round two under par 69 to win the February Pin Fernando Grand Prix which concluded at Royal Colombo Golf Course in Colombo yesterday. Amarapadma finished three under par for a total of 281 in four rounds. In second place, A. Rohana finished behind three shots with a total of 284 [...]
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Dharmapala dominate Battle of the Golden Lions
By M. Shamil Amit Dharmapala Panniptiya dominated the day two proceedings of the 2nd Battle of the Golden Lions big match against traditional rivals Rahula Matara as it ended in a draw at De Zoysa Stadium in Moratuwa yesterday. Rahula rode on a stubborn knock from Shehan Kahandugoda who put up a stiff resistance to [...]
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Richmond records eighth outright win
Under 19 Cricket Richmond College Galle outclassed Revatha MMV Balapitiya by eight wickets in their Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter played at Balapitiya and in the process recorded their eighth outright win in the ongoing inter-school cricket season. The heroes for Richmond were right arm spinner A.K. Tyron who had a seven wicket haul (7/9) [...]
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Squash juniors off to Korea
Sri Lanka National Junior squash team leaves to Seoul Korea 18th February 2013 to take part in the 15th Asian Junior Team championship in Korea. Ravindu Laksiri of D.S. Senanayake College and National women champion Mihiliya Methsarani of Sirimavo Bandaranayake College have emerged top performers in trials retaining they superiority as junior National champions. Squash [...]
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RCG ’88 celebrates silver jubilee
The Royal College Group of ‘88 have organised a Fellowship Dinner to be held on March 6 at the Galadari Hotel Colombo. For the Old Royalists and families who are eagerly awaiting the action packed 134th Battle of the Blues following the very next day, this occasion will be an opportunity to recapture the old [...]
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JMC sports meet
JMC College International will hold their annual inter-house sports meet on February 28 at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo. The Chief Guest at the occasion will be B.A. Aberathne – Director of Sport Education Ministry.
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Big match fever in the hill country
Not withstanding the early start to the Inter-School rugby season, March is traditionally the month of the Big Matches. The Trinity-Anthonian kicks off at Katugastota on March 8 and 9. On the same dates, Vidyartha taken on St. Sylvester’s at the Asgiriya Stadium. The one dayers between these two schools will take place on March [...]
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Cooray and Fernando win all three carrom games
The 14th Grand Slam Carrom Championship 2013 conducted for national ranked players began yesterday at the Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka headquarter in Maharagama with top seed players recording wins. Among the top winners were reigning national champion Chamil Cooray and former national, reigning world champion and defending title holder Nishantha Fernando who won all [...]
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Should sports bodies be left alone?
Fresh amendments to the sports law have given the Sports Minister increased authority over sports bodies, with some of them enabling him to decide the eligibility of senior board members as well as their length of service. Is this a smart move or do sport associations need to be left in charge of their own [...]
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Isipathana rugby to go green
Isipathana College Colombo who make rugby their pride now introduce the “Green Concept” as they scrum down in 2013 with a new partner Lumiére Textile Limited. The sponsors hope to use the Brand Image “Pathana” to deliver a message for preserving the environment for future generations. They intend to spread the environment friendly gospel. The [...]
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Randika Alwis to play for Kandy SC
By Shamseer Jaleel Former Trinity Rugby “Lion”, Second row and Sri Lanka Youth skipper Randika Alwis will turn out for the Champion Kandy Sports Club this year. Randika who led the national team is an outstanding player both in loose as well as in attack. He has the canny ability to split the opponents defense [...]
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Trinity Rugby Carnival on March 2
Trinity College Kandy will kick off their Singer Inter-School Under 20 rugby league season with the game against Dharmaraja College Kandy in mid March. The Trinitians are led by Full Back Halique Wadood, a Trinity Lion, this year. Wadood can also fit in as a Scrum Half if the need arises. Once again the ‘Lions’ [...]
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Roger Federer – A ‘King’ stepping down?
‘Kingship’ in men’s Tennis is to be the number one in the ATP world ranking. Right now, that position belongs to Novak Djokovic. Staying in the top five of ATP is a hard job. Roger Federer was number one and still holds a place in the top five. He has 76 career titles to his [...]
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SLRFU should give more emphasis to 7s rugby
The lions were humbled on the first day while the Royals had to eat humble pie on day two. The glory boys of whom people asked, CWW Kannangara: who are they? They have proved themselves as worthy of being recognised in rugby circles. The school named after the father of free education though rubbing shoulders [...]
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Pulling one’s legs
Pulling one’s legs A new fast bowling coach has been recruited but those who have been doing this job earlier are against it and have been causing problems to the new coach. The new coach when questioned about this has said that there are some who have been ‘pulling his legs’ as they are against [...]
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Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: Women’s cricket -Sri Lanka vs West Indies, 2nd ODI at Dambulla SLC Inter-Club Premier -Bloomfield vs Lankan at Bloomfiel -BRC vs Moors at BRC -Panadura vs Saracens at Panadura -Air Force vs Ragama at Rifle Green -Army vs Colts at Panagoda -Chilaw Marians vs CCC at CCC -Galle vs Kurunegala YCC at Galle [...]
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Harsha – the man in the women’s world
Guiding the women to play a man’s game By Naushad Amit If you take honest look inwards, you will admit that until the year 2013 you did not take Sri Lankan women’s cricket seriously. Yes, the game has been on this soil for the last few decades, but the focus and attention paid to it [...]
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An opportunity for the young guns
By Aubrey Kuruppu Barely two months after the wounds inflicted on the cricketers’ psyche at Bellerive, Melbourne and Sydney, the Sri Lankans have an opportunity to return to winning ways. The tour by Bangladesh certainly represents the calm after the storm. To be sure, there were some crumbs of comfort from the tour Down Under. [...]
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Veteran paddler Dr. Lucas has golds galore in Kiwiland
Dr. Nimal Lucas, who captained the Sri Lanka National Table Tennis team from 1966 to 1971, won three gold medals and four silver medals at the New Zealand Masters Games held in Wanganui, New Zealand. He won golds in the over 70 men’s singles, doubles and over 65 men’s doubles events. He won silver medals [...]
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Can Joes spoil Petes party?
The most positive and result oriented encounter among big matches could be the annual Joe-Pete encounter. Even at this 79th Battle of the Saints will surely promise a thrill-fill clash this year when it is played on March 1 and 2 at the P. Sara Oval. In the past five years this encounter has yielded [...]
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Yawn on the cards – prove them wrong
The 84th Battle of the Maroons will take place at the SSC ground in Colombo on March 2 and 3. Interestingly this exercise is more or less as a battle for honour between the two brother schools — Ananda College and Nalanda College. Both schools go out for the battle with hoping to walk out [...]
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De Saram House dash to victory at STC meet
De Saram House ran ahead to bag 598 points and clinch first place at the S. Thomas’ College Inter House Athletic Meet, which was held at Mount Lavinia recently. Stone House came a close second with 580 points, while Buck House ran into third place with 485 points, Wood House were fourth with 393 points [...]
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Natasha sets Chundikuli Girls’ College putt shot record
Hannah Natasha Hariharan of Hophen Gartner House set the grounds ablaze with a record-breaking throw in the Under 19 Putt Shot event of the Inter House Athletics Meet of Chundikuli Girls’ College, Jaffna, held last Saturday. She threw a distance of eight metres, which was a significant improvement on the1988 record of 7.67 meters, set [...]
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Graduates – What next?
The aforementioned rhetorical question evokes various types of responses – some assumed – as if it’s a given that ANY graduate MUST be employed gainfully and that life thereafter will be a ‘bed of Roses’! The reality is that nothing can be ‘assumed’ – life does not pan out ‘the way we want’! Period! Harking [...]
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Red House victorious at Nuffield athletics meet
The Nuffield School for the Deaf and Blind in Jaffna organised their annual Inter-House Athletics Meet for both boys and girls recently, in the presence of an appreciative and encouraging crowd. Red House retained the House Championship with a score of 448 points. The second and third slots were secured by Yellow House (440 points) [...]
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Stafford emerge champions
The students of Stafford International School won the Under 19 senior category of the sixth All Island Inter-International Schools’ Scrabble Championship. From Left to Right (standing) Ryan de Vas Gunasekera (Captain), Dharshan Kanagaraj, Praneetta Vasudevan, Viggnah Selvaraj and Mukkesh Selvaraj. From Left to Right (seated) Ms. Althea D’ Rosairo (Teacher – in – charge), Mrs. [...]
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Basil House triumphant at Peterite Athletics Championship
Basil House, with an overall tally of 364 points, won the 74th Inter-House Athletics Championship of St. Peter’s College Colombo. The meet was held at the school ground with Rear Admiral N.E.L.W. Jayasekara as the chief guest. Maurice House, with 322 points overall, were placed second while Arthur House, with 312 points, came in third. [...]
