The night belonged to Josephian allrounder Sadeera
St. Joseph’s College allrounder and Sri Lanka Under-19s deputy skipper Sadeera Samarawickrama became the 35th Bata-the Sunday Times Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2014 at a glamorous awards ceremony held at the Musaeus College Auditorium on Friday. Sadeera becomes the second Josephian to win this coveted award since Rohan Weerakkody won it in 1987. The [...]
Uneasy limbo prevails at Maitland Place
Definitely there is a buzz in the air and a hum in the corridors. No 35 Maitland Place, Colombo 7 is back at work after a short limbo. Or is it an optical illusion like the famous Muralitharan action which was responsible for over two thousand victims at the end. Right now there appears to [...]
Brad Haddin Australia’s next Test captain if Michael Clarke is ruled out
Brad Haddin will replace Michael Clarke as Australia’s captain in the upcoming Test series against Pakistan if the injured incumbent is unable to play. Clarke has already been ruled out of Australia’s one-day international series starting on October 6 in the United Arab Emirates after scans revealed tendon damage around the injured hamstring he aggravated [...]
From the crease to the pedestal: It was a night to remember
The night belonged to all those teenagers who had made it big and their alma maters proud by being selected as the best schoolboy cricketers in the island. As expected it was they who were in charge of the proceedings of the night when the Bata Shoe Company held its 35th annual Schoolboy Cricketer of [...]
Richmond record first innings win over gritty Thomians
Helakamal Nanayakkara and Sachitha Jayatileke led S. Thomas’ College recovery in the morning session of play against Richmond College who had to be satisfied with a first inning win in the Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounter concluded at Mt. Lavinia yesterday. The pair came to the rescue of the Thomians when they were in deep trouble [...]
Sri Lanka beaten on mid-court play
Sri Lanka depended too heavily on their six-footed plus Goal Shoot Tharjini Shivalingam in the final of the 9th Asian Netball Championships concluded at the OCBC Arena, Singapore Sports Hub last Sunday. Sri Lanka’s mid-court play was slow compared to the Singaporeans. Also Sri Lanka lacked the ability to score when in Singapore territory. The [...]
Joint winners at MCA cricket
The MCA Veterans and the Lanka Cavaliers were declared joint winners, in their 11th Annual Cricket encounter played for the ‘Tyronne de Silva’ Challenge Trophy at the MCA Grounds last weekend. MCA Veterans put into bat, finished with a challenging total of 171 for 8 in 20 overs, riding on a splendid 85 runs stand [...]
DS smashes 2014
The Badminton Development Foundation of the Old Boys’ Association of D.S. Senanayake College will be organising DS Smashes 2014. This will an Age Group Open Schools Badminton Championship in aid of the development of the Badminton in the school and with the intention of promoting the sport at national level. This tourney is scheduled to [...]
Cricket with a special flavour
The 4th edition of the Coca-Cola Cricket Pathways super camp began at the Singhalese Sports Club grounds on Friday. The motive of having this type of cricket camps for schoolboys is to groom them to be national players in the future. Aravinda de Silva Foundation joining hands with Coca-Cola had produced many cricketers through this [...]
MCA ‘B’ begins September 27
Close on the heels of the Premier League is the MCA Division ‘B’ 50-Over League Tournament 2015, commencing during the weekend of September 27 and 28. The tournament opens a new leaf as the Divisions ‘B’ and ‘C’ are amalgamated and the period being advanced. The amalgamation and the advancement was taken in consideration of [...]
Schools’ regatta to be held from Sept. 23 to 27
The third consecutive Schools Regatta organised and conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools’ Rowing Association (SLSRA) will take place on the waters of Beira Lake at the Colombo Rowing Club from September 23 to 27. The SLSRA, which functions amidst many setbacks, is determined to push rowing further among schools. Yet, sans a sponsor their [...]
Age Group Swimming from September 25 to 27
Top swimmers to reach the qualifying marks are expected to compete in the final round of the National Age Group Swimming Championship 2014 which will be held at the Sugathadasa Swimming Complex from September 25 to 27. The three-day aquatic extravaganza will feature outstanding swimmers from 41 Colombo district schools, 87 outstation schools and 43 [...]
Sunday Sports Guide
Local RUGBY: JWRT Under-20 Asian Qualifiers at Racecourse Hong Kong vs Chinese Taipei at 2.30pm South Korea vs Sri Lanka at 4.30pm CRICKET: MCA-Singer Premier League Sampath Bank vs HNB at De Soyza Moratuwa John Keells vs Seylan Bank at FTZ Katunayake Schools Under-17 Division III final Kalmunai Zahira vs Hungama Vijayaba at Central college [...]
ARFU appoints Dilroy as CMO
The Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) has appointed Dilroy Fernando as Coach of Match Officials (CMO) for the Asian Games Rugby in Incheon, South Korea which will be held from September 28 to October 2. Fernando’s appointment at the 17th Asian Games follows the assignment he completed as CMO at the Asian Sevens Series held [...]
Karate team in Malaysia
A team of six athletes left Sri Lanka for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last Thursday to represent the country at the 15th Asian Full Contact Karate Championship. The five-day championship which began yesterday will end on Wednesday at the Titiwangsa Gymnasium. The competition will feature 20 countries from the region including Australia, Iran and Mauritius. Sri [...]
‘Wake up’ to the ‘exodus’ from Tennis
Between the starting block and the finishing line of being a good Tennis player, the world over, numbers that vanish into thin air are in the thousands. Nothing seems to challenge Tennis players more today than trying to remain as a recreational player or as a competitor, regardless where one lives. From owning a racquet, [...]
Another crack at our Sevens rugby in Incheon
The Sevens as I said last week showed that we can match the better teams of Asia in open play. That can be fruitful only and when we have the ball with us. Play at the breakdown and in ball retention is areas that Sri Lanka has to improve to get ahead. Sri Lanka would [...]
Lankans in Incheon looking for medals
A total of 80 athletes and 31 officials, which made up a contingent of 111, are gathering to the Games Village in Incheon, South Korea to discover Sri Lanka’s medal prospects at Asia’s biggest sporting event, the 17th Asian Games. The Games officially began amidst a colourful opening ceremony which featured some of the top [...]
Sheikh RKC and Manang Marshyangdi triumph
Sheikh RKC of Bangladesh and Manang Marshyangdi of Nepal emerged victorious in the (AFC) Asian Football Confederation President’s Cup Football Championship which kicked off at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday. In the opening game played at 1.00pm Sheikh RKC beat FC Erchim of Mongolia 1-0 after African striker Kingsley Chigozie struck the solitary goal [...]
Rajans trounce Dharmasoka
The Rajans scored their first tournament win, with a fine team effort, when they trounced Dharmasoka by an innings and 13 runs at Lake View. A sparkling 106 off 138 balls by Raveen Tharindu was the highlight of the first day’s play. A total of 190 was never going to be enough on the fast [...]
Saracens down Peradeniya Campus
A superb allround effort by Sunimal Dissanaike helped Saracens CC Kandy to defeat Peradeniya Campus by 6 wickets in a second round match of the Kandy Tournament at Peradeniya. Dissanaike smashed three sixes and six fours in his 65. This was after his off spin had accounted for three batsmen. Left-armer Kithsiri Subasinghe with three [...]
TTSC Badminton next Sunday
The 19th Travel Trade Sports Club Badminton Championships 2014, sponsored by Serendib Leisure for the fourth year, will be held on Sunday, September 28 at S. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium, Mt. Lavinia, commencing 8.30 am. The closing of entries has been extended from Friday 18th to Monday, September 22 at 3.00 pm with Dilshan Gnanapragasam [...]
Nalandians win Under – 15 hockey final
Nalanda College beat Prince of Wales College by a solitary goal to emerge under 15 champions of the Western Province hockey tournament conducted by the WPHA for the Dennis De Rosairo challenge shield at Shalika grounds last Friday. At half time neither side had opened their account. After the change of ends, in the 30th [...]
Junior paddlers return
The Sri Lanka junior paddlers returned home after an admirable performance at the Asian Junior Table Tennis Championship 2014 held in Mumbai, India last week. Seven youngsters — two boys and five girls represented Sri Lanka at the five-day competition held at the NSCL Stadium in Mumbai. Sri Lanka was positioned overall ninth in the [...]
Thamadi Mendis wears TT double crown
Thamadi Mendis of Girls’ High School Mt. Lavinia grabbed a double as she won the Girls’ Under-18 Singles and Under-15 Singles titles at the All-Island Novices Intermediate Table Tennis Championship 2014 held at the S. Thomas’ College Indoor Complex in Mt. Lavinia. Thamadi beat Dinali Bimalka of Visakha Vidyalaya to win the Girls’ Under-18 Singles [...]
OKI International okay at shuttle sport
OKI International School Wattala shuttlers showed their prowess at the National Badminton championship – Gampaha District Age Group tournament 2014 conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Badminton Association which was worked-off at the Gampaha Rathnavali Balika Vidyalaya Indoor Stadium recently.. The young shuttlers of OKI won the Under 15 Singles and Doubles championships and sixteen [...]
Royalists young and old let their hair down
Royalists young and old together with their families let their hair down when the 14th Annual Inter batch Cricket Carnival organised by the Royal College Group of 2001 was held at the Bloomfield ground on Sunday and more than 700 old boys and their families made the most of it. The Cricket Carnival was initially [...]
Yeshan leads Tendulkar to victory
Tendulkar House, led by Yeshan Wickremarachchi became the overall champions of the annual 8-a-side Inter-House Cricket Championship of CCC School of Cricket held at the Thurstan ground in Colombo. Tendulkar House emerged champions pushing down Sobers House into second place and defending champions Jayasuriya House to the third slot. The overall winners Tendulkar House won [...]
Four teams into the Girls U-19 cricket semi-finals
With the semi-finals of the Under-19 Girls Cricket Tournament 2014, organised by the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association (SLSCA) being scheduled for tomorrow at Wesley College Ground Colombo, four teams representing Gampaha Rathnavali Balika Maha Vidyalaya, Anula Vidyalaya Nugegoda, Vijayabahu Maha Vidyalaya Okkampitiya and Deva Pathiraja Maha Vidyalaya Rathgama, that clinched the victory at the [...]
Gateway shines at Carlton Basketball tournaments
Gateway teams, both Senior and Junior, have had a very successful few weeks of Basketball. The newly formed Gateway Basketball Club where there is participation of both senior players as well as Alumni have made an excellent entry to this highly competitive tournament. Taking part in Carlton Cup Division II, they beat Sri Lanka Navy B [...]
Commercial Credit wins CMA tourney
Commercial Credit won the annual cricket encounter of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka (CMA) Students Guild which took place at Shalika Ground in Park Road, Narahenpita on September 8. Altogether 14 teams took part and as the team representing Commercial Credit and Finance emerged winners to snatch the Founder President Prof. [...]
Catch them young for canoeing and kayaking
The month-long workshop for beginners and coaches conducted by the National Association for Canoeing and Kayaking in Sri Lanka (NACKSL) ended last week with success. The workshop mainly targeting the talents of schoolchildren was conducted by world champion kayaker Gergely Gyertyanos from Hungary whose entire stay was sponsored by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). NACKSL [...]
