System failure: Senior-six saga exposes Lanka’s woes
Though it was always expected and even we too had spoken about it, when I saw the six faces placed in-a-row in our sister paper with the story saying that the ‘six seniors’ in the Lankan side were contemplating retirement in the near future. At once my train of thought began to ‘chug’. The contribution [...]
Another Lankan mess-up and another huge debacle
It was only the other day, a senior spokesman of Sri Lanka Cricket had stated that they are contemplating to sustain the present under 19 squad and train them to be the inputs to the national grid in the future. Ironically this under 19 squad made a mess of itself in the last Junior Asia [...]
England Lions take three match series
England Lions clinch the three match unofficial Test series when their third and final unofficial Test match against Sri Lanka A ended in a tame draw at the R. Premadasa Stadium yesterday. With 13 overs of play left the match was called off with the consent of the two captains. An inevitable draw was on [...]
Randev bounces back into the lead
Randev Pathirana of Royal College Colombo has done it again. Randev who lost his top spot of the All-Island contest of the 35th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2014 a fortnight ago has regained his position in style with a staggering count of 3526 votes in the concluded week. This [...]
Deviant behaviour, rugby culture
The behaviour associated with rugby was recognized as a deviant sub culture by Kevin Young in his research and writing on deviant behaviour. He recognises a group of characteristics around which a subculture is formed. Rugby has had its own boundaries and exclusivity. The characteristics he talks of are behaviour related and include merriment and [...]
Havelocks survive Army scare to enter semi-finals
Havelocks, last year’s League Champions, weathered a stormy rally and finally managed to register a 29-14 win over a rugged Army outfit in a quarter-final game of the Dialog knock-out rugby championships under floodlights at the Race Course Rugby grounds yesterday. Havelocks gained their points through 4 tries and three conversions while Army’s points were [...]
Kandy wade off Police
In an interesting game of rugby played at the neutral venue of Pallekele, Kandy SC ran out 41-30 winners over a spirited police side. The winners scored 3 goals and 4 tries, to the Police’s 2 goals, 2 tries, a penalty and a drop goal. At the break, Kandy led 19-15. Samisori (2) Oshan Perera, [...]
No semi-final in Kandy
President of the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) Asanga Seneviratne has responded to Kandy SC’s request to host the knock-out semi-final encounter in Kandy. Originally the SLRFU decided to host the quarter-final in Nawalapitiya and changed to Pallekelle after Kandy SCs request. Further Kandy SC president Dr Sarath Kapuwatte wrote back requesting for the [...]
Laga to coach Trinity
Former Kandy SC, Havelocks SC and present CR & FC head coach Laga will take over the Trinity juniors from next month onwards. He will be the Head Coach from Under 10 to Under 18 level this school season. Trinity College Kandy will be led by Tharindra Ratwatte this year. Trinity will open the season [...]
Dharmaraja outclass DSS by innings
Dharmaraja College Kandy outclassed D.S. Senanayake College in their own den by an innings and 13 runs in their Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Wijerama Mawatha yesterday. The foundation for their win was laid by Ramesh Ranasinghe who cracked a 120 helping his side taking first lease of the wicket make a formidable [...]
Saints clash for supremacy at P. Sara Stadium
All roads for the past and present boys of St Joseph’s and St Peter’s will lead to the P. Sara Stadium on March 7 and 8 when the two traditional rivals clash in their annual Battle of the Saints big match. The clash which is the 80th in the series is fought out for the [...]
Keen tussle expected at Moratuwa
The big match fever for the year 2014 gets underway next week with two matches down for decision and one of these encounters is in the cricket crazy town of Moratuwa where the two leading cricket playing schools St Sebastian’s and Prince of Wales will clash in the 64th Battle of the Golds scheduled to [...]
Mauled on the court, the Lankan shooters learn a bitter lesson
Netball is gradually drifting away from its identity as a ladylike sport stated former national netball player turned coach Yasa Ramachandra. She made this observation after her recent visit to Hong Kong with the Sri Lanka netball team in an official capacity. The tour was however reported as an unsuccessful assignment by netball experts, but [...]
Sri Lankan to coach badminton in Thailand
Dharshana Fernando, former Sri Lanka badminton player who is based in Canada has been invited by a leading badminton academy in Thailand to conduct a series of coaching programmes for their students. Fernando migrated to Canada soon after his playing career to pursue a new life as a badminton coach and is considered as one [...]
Propelling young athletes to stardom
As part of its commitment towards empowering Sri Lanka’s youth, Janashakthi Insurance recently launched its Rural Athletic Scholarship Programme for the 6th consecutive year. The programme saw 3 new young and promising School athletes as well as two outstanding young Tennis players being brought into the programme. This programme handpicks these young athletes based on [...]
Old Joes Stag Nite on March 6
The traditional Stag Nite organised by the Old Josephians Sports Club will take place at the main College grounds, Darley Road on March 6 starting at 7.30 pm.
Training College grounds lack facilities
The Training College ground in Balapitiya is the home cricket ground of Revatha College and is an alternate ground for schools from Ambalangoda to Galle for their school cricket fixtures. It is also used by students of surrounding schools for their sports meets and sports practices. Located near the beach the TC ground has a [...]
Super Series 2014 motor race
The second stage of Sri Lanka Super Series 2014 motor race, under the tag of Carlton Super Cross, will be held at the Kirindi Oya Naval Detachment in Tissamaharama on March 8 and 9. The Carlton Super Cross, the second leg of six installments will feature four motor car races and two motorcycle events. Events [...]
Trinity Army to keep sports alive
The object of the ‘Trinity Army’ is to be the largest group of organised supporters to represent any sports event that ‘Trinity College, Kandy’ participates in. The movement began with supporters gathering to cheer and encourage the Trinity College rugby team endorsing their ‘Trinity Army T-shirts’ at the venue. Rapidly gaining momentum the movement now [...]
Richmond end season in style with tenth win
Last year’s Under 19 inter-school cricket champions Richmond College Galle ended their cricket season in style when they secured their tenth outright win for the season with a crushing innings and 181 runs against S. Thomas’. The specialty of their wins was that they won their last five matches by innings. The Thomians were no [...]
Kick-Start for national Tennis
Benefits of sport are multifaceted. Nations strive to enhance sports which suits their people, culture and climate most of the time. In recent years internationally known Sports has become a noticeable segment for the promotion of ‘national identity’ and a strong contributor to the economic equation of developed countries. Availability, affordability, convenience, mass participation, social [...]
Carlton biking on March 7
Carlton super mountain biking cross country 2014 is organized for the 8th consecutive year, under the patronage of Tharuniyata Hetak and the National Mountain Biking Association initiated with the intention of “gamata supiri kreeda” a brain child of Namal Rajapaksa, on March 7. Time to report to the Rally 7.30 am. Place of assembling Debarawewa [...]
Nirmala Jayasinghe wins Men’s Open Singles TT title
Nirmala Jayasinghe of MAS Intimates won the Men’s Open Singles title at the 56th Open Mercantile Table Tennis Championships conducted by the Mercantile Table Tennis Association at S. Thomas’ College indoor Stadium tables. Three former men’s singles, women’s singles and veteran’s singles national champions Nirmala Jayasinghe, Srimali Wimalaratne and Rajiva Wijetunge of MAS Intimates came [...]
Club loyalty, commercialism and other nitty-gritty’s of rugby administration
Interviews by Naushad Amit and David Stephens
