Malcolm Perera heads Tape Ball Cricket Federation
View(s):The inaugural Annual General Meeting of the newly formed Sri Lanka Tape Ball Cricket Federation took place recently at the Carlton Sports Network Auditorium.Experienced veteran cricket specialist Malcolm Perera was unanimously elected as the Hon. President while Anura Ratnayake and Saman Grero respectively assumed the posts of Hony. General Secretary and Hony. Treasurer through unanimous decisions.
What took route as the Sri Lanka Tennis Ball Cricket Federation later blossomed out as the Sri Lanka Tennis Ball and Tape Ball Cricket Federation.
The Sri Lanka Tape Ball Cricket Federation which quickly realised the revolutionary explosion that could be visualised in Sri Lanka Cricket through the introduction of the Tape Ball, are in the process of planning and organising Tape Ball cricket in a systematic manner with the decisive intention of taking it to international levels.
Following office-bearers were elected for the year 2014/15:
Patrons: Navin Dissanayake MP, Deputy Minister, M. Udaya Kumar and Palitha Gunasekera
Chief Adviser: Varuna Kularatne
President: Malcolm Perera
Deputy President:
Susil Rajapaksa
Vice Presidents: Chitrasenan Muttiah, Wilmot Jayasinghe,
P. Ravindranathan,K.D.S. Kanishka and Zulki Hameed
General Secretary:
Anura Ratnayake
Asst. Secretaries: Ravi Mahawaduge and M.M.M. Nilam
Coordinating Secretary:
K. Yogaratnam
Treasurer: Saman K. Grero
Asst Treasurer: Susil Perera
National Organiser:
Duncan Weerasinghe
Tournament Secretary: Robinson Fernando
Media Secretary: Udaya Rupasinghe
Recorder: Shiran Seneviratne
General Committee
Members: M.S.M. Shiyam, Sunil Perera, Kamal Wettasinghe, Jeevana Priyadarshana, Champika Weeratunga, Thusitha Jayawardena, Rohan Karunaratne and I.M. Kathafi
Honorary Members: Suresh Nazarene, S.K. Ravindran and Harsha Abeykoon
– LR