1st April 2001
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Shooting Club N'Eliya sweep board
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Shooting Club of Nuwara-Eliya swept the board winning all the five titles
at the 7th action challenge shooting meet held at the Sport Shooting Club
Range at Nuwara-Eliya.
This range which was further developed with a new pavilion was declared open by the Minister of Sports, Lakshman Kiriella.
The first title to be won was the Civilian team championships comprising, I.M. Mohideen, Saman Herath, A.L.M. Zubair and Shirantha Peiris.
Nalin Wickremasinghe was the winner of the overall champion while Suren Samarasinghe won the Man vs Man shoot and annexed the Shot Gun overall championship too. Jony Daniel won the Civilian Rifle semi auto event.
The Club in its short period has produced a national champion in practical
pistol shooting and the record holder for skeet shooting which enabled
Sri Lanka to win a silver and bronze at the SAF shooting championships.
Umpires manhandled but Sastralians win
By M. Shamil Amit
Ananda Sastralaya Kotte had the honour of producing the first result in a big match this season when they defeated St John's Nugegoda by an innings and three runs in the 11th annual big match which ended at the P.Sara Stadium yesterday.Immediately after the match ended an ugly incident took place when the two umpires were manhandled by a section of the crowd. The Sastralians were led by allrounder Imran Samsudeen.
It was very discouraging to see the umpires running in front of the whole crowd. Later Police had to lock them in a room for their safety. However the incident did not end there.
Some others then started banging the door and tried to manhandle the umpires again.
When asked by reporters why they were manhandled, the umpires Rohitha Kottahaachchi and Wasantha Ariyawickrama were at a loss for words. Both the Principals of the schools were dissapointed at the unruly incident.
These kind of incidents has become a nuisance of late and if any action is not taken it will spread like a decease.
St. John's continuining from their overnight score of 40 for 6 were bowled out for 80 with Ramoorthy Ashok doing the damage taking 5 for 17. Asked to follow on they fared a little better but could not avoid an innings defeat.
Ananda Sastralaya-195 (Ramoorthy Ashok 45, Imran Samsudeen 12, Yohan Bandara 14, Manjula Perera 13, Dinesh Chaturanga 16 not out; Lalinda Sampath 3 for 22, Anuradha Peiris 3 for 21)
St John's - 80 (R.Rajapakshe 22, S.Ruwan 19 not out; Ramoorthy Ashok
5 for 17, Sandakelum Perera 1 for 14, Dinesh Chaturanga 1 for 8, Imran
Samsudeen 1 for 26) and 112(Lalinda Sampath 14, A.Costa 14, D.Roshan 38;
R.Ashok 3 for 30, Yohan Bandara 1 for 14, Dinesh Chaturanga 1 for 4, Sandakelum
Perera 2 for 25, Imran Samsudeen 2 for 19)
Bens hold DSS
By. S.M. D. Sirisena
D.S. Senanayake MV, set with the impossible task of scoring 176 runs to win in 25 overs over St.Benedictfs, were 104 for 6 at close in their friendship game which ended in a draw at the C.C.C. grounds yesterday.Resuming from their overnight score 76 for 3, the Bens were 110 for 7 dec. in reply to D.S.S. total of 101. Mahes Perera top scored with 52 which included seven boundries and was scored in 143 minutes. A.Dharmapriya took four wickets for 25.
In the second Innings D.S.S. scored 184 for 6 dec. in 58 overs and set the Bens the difficult target of scoring 176 runs to win in 25 overs. M.De Silva (36) and K.Gunawardana (77) put on 54 runs for the first wicket. K.Gunawardana scored 77 run with eight boundries in 205 minutes.
D.S.Senanayaka - first innings 101 and 184 for 6 dec in 38 over ( M.De Silva 36, K.Gunawardana 73. N.Wickramasinga 22. T.Perera 12 n.o. J.A.Priyantha 3 for 55, S.Perera 4 for 30, j
St, Benedict's - first innings (76 for 3 overnight) 110 for 7 wkts.
dec. in 45.5 overs (M.Perera 53 n.o, V.Fernando 12; T.Perera 2 for 17,
A.Dharmapriya 4 for 24) and 104 for 6 ( L.Hettiarachchi 19, M.Imran19,
M.Ajmeer 15, J.Severimuthupillai 24 n.o; T.Perera 2 for 24. V.Varuna 2
for 23)
President's College demolish Royal
By Bruce Maurice
Presidents College, Kotte created a big upset in the Lemonade Cup Limited Over tournament when they demolished Royal by 4 wickets at Reid Avenue yesterday.Winning the toss the vistors put the home side into bat and at the end of the 17th over Royal were sitting pretty at 74 for the loss of 2 wickets.
But then came a sensational Royal collapse and if not for Ratnayaka's unbeaten 40, Presidents College would have had an easier target to chase.
When Presidents College set sail, Chamara Kodituwakku led the run chase with a hard hit 57 and victory was sealed by Poorna Munasinghe who also made a half century and Tharaka Hewamana who were associated in an unbeaten 80 run stand for the seventh wicket.
Royal - 190 (G. Ratnayaka 40 n.o, K. Edirisuriya 38, M. Keenawinna 34; D. Silva 2 for 34, P. Caldera 3 for 26).
President's College - 194 for 6. (C. Kodituwakku 57, P. Munasinghe 52 n.o., T. Hewamana 22 n.o; S. Dinushan 3 for 34).
Malin the star
By Shanaka Silva
A fine all-round performance by Peterite skipper Malin Silva, enabled their team beat Nalanda College by five wickets in a pre -quarter final Lemonade Cup Limited over cricket encounter at Bambalapitiya yesterday.Malin Silva's spell of ten overs troubled the Nalandian batsmen restricting them to 159 all out in 49 overs, Malin captured four important wickets conceding just 26 runs and then made an unbeaten 28 runs.
He was well supported by S.Mendis who captured 3 wickets.
Nalanda -159 all out in 49.1 overs (M.Porage 29, G.Chandrakurara 24, U.Dissanayake 20,Malin Silva 4 for 26,S.Mendis 3 for 46.)
St. Peter's -162 for 5 in 42.1 overs (D.Faux 66, Malin Silva 28 not out,J. Jayasuriya 31, A.Garumanne 25; G.Chandrakumara 2 for 33,D.Jayasundara 2 for 32)
Match winner
Left arm bowler Denham Williams bowled S. Thomas' Mount Lavinia to a 77 run win over St. Sebastian's in a Lemonade Cup limited over match played at Moratuwa on Friday.Batting first. The Thomians made 295 for 6 in their alloted overs, with Jeewan Mendis leading the way with 57.
St. Sebastians were then demolished for a paltry 128 with Williams claiming 6 for 22.
S. Thomas' - 205 for 6. (Jeewan Mendis 57, M. Peiris 21, D. Gunawardena 32, A. Rajawasam 31, A. Bandaranayaka 23 n.o).
St. Sebastian's - 128 (L. Fernando 15. S. Perera 36, M. Fernando 19, D. Williams 6 for 22).
The line-up for the four quarter finals fixed for tomorrow, Monday April
2, is as follows: S. Thomas' vs Maris Stella at Wijerama Mawatha; Lumbini
vs Prince of Wales at Moors Grounds, Braybrooke Place; Kalutara MV vs St.Peter's
at NCC Grounds, Maitland Place and Thurstan vs President's College at the
CCC Grounds Maitland Crescent. - B.M
Senaratne is NAASU head
Wing Commander D.S.B. Senaratne was elected President of the National Amateur Aquatic Sports Union (NAASU), at a keenly contested election on Wednesday.Mr. Kithsiri Dayananda SP, Mr. Somaratne Epa and Mr. J.A.S. Somachandra came in as Vice Presidents, along with Mr. Gavin Amarasinghe as Secretary. The Assistant Secretary is Mr. Sunharsha Jayatissa and Treasurer Mr. Michael Anthonisz.
The Swimming Controller is Mr. Shantha Wijeratne, Officials and Meet Controller Mr. I.P.A. Kekulandara, Acquatic Sports Development Controller Mr. C.C. Bamunuarachchi, Waterpolo Controller Mr. P.S.R. Dayananda, Synchronized Swimming Controller Ayomi Wickramasinghe, and Diving Controller Mr. Ranadeva Dayananda.
The next event on the swimming calendar is the Pentathlon Swimming Championships
which is scheduled for the 4th - 6th of this month.
In brief
Sisters top at cycle race
Sister fought sister for first and second places at the 11th Annual Singer Raja Rata Savariya that took place on March 24, 2001. W.A Indika Priyadarshini came first and her sister W.A. Insara Iroshini came second amidst about 20 other female participants all from the North Central Province. The twins are from Rajanganaya. Two hundred young men from the North Central Province lined up early at 7.30 a.m. on March 24th to complete the 150 km Men's Category. K.M. Anton from Kekirawa came first and A.M. Palitha Sunil Bandara from Polonnaruwa came second. A hundred rider made it to the finish line and received certificates of merit for participating in the race. For the last 10 years, Singer Sri Lanka together with the North Central Provincial Sports Ministry and the Cycle Federation of the North Central Province have successfully implemented the Singer Raja Rata Savariya Cycle Race to boost the morale and spirits of those in the Anuradhapura area. The cycle race is limited to residents of the North Central Province and there is no entry fee involved. No long drawn out registration process is involved as just a simple walk in registration. All participants are treated to breakfast and a high- energy drink before they cycle 150 kms. All participants are also given a Singer branded T-shirts.Suranga dazzles
By Sanath Weerasuriya
Suranga de Silva, the vice captain of the St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa has became the very first Sri Lanka schoolboy to score golden 1000 runs in a three consecutive year. He established this new school record last week, when he played his 17th match for the 2000/2001 season. Suranga's average for the current season is 48.09 in 21 innings. Also he recorded the average of 50.00 in 1990/2000 season (1051 runs) and 41.2 in the 1998/1999 season with 1026 runs. Talented, capable but mysteriously 'discarded' from the touring Under 19 team, Suranga is the only school cricketer to milestone........ Suranga would have reached his third milestone this year before the 'Big Match' if not for his missing two matches due to trials for the Sri Lankan Under 19 pool. But it was a waste of time for him. Suranga is also a capable right arm off break bowler. He bagged 20 wickets in average for all three seasons. He is an excellent fielder specially within the circle. He scored a brilliant 135 at the Battle of The Gold and annexed the Best Fielder Trophy. Suranga scored half centuries against Nalanda and St. Anthony's Wattala in all three seasons. Two seasons consecutively half centuries against St. Sylvester, DS, Thurstan and St. Joseph's Colombo. Suranga's Centuries for 2000/2001:-135 Vs De Mazenod; 135 Vs Prince of Wales. Half Centuries:- 77 Vs Trinity; 69 Vs Sri Jayawardenapura; 54 Vs St. Anthony's Wattala; 65 Vs Nalanda; 61 Vs Wesley; 70 Vs Thurstan.Pakistan cricket team to tour Sri Lanka
The Pakistan Christian Cricket team has been invited to play in a cricket festival involving five other schools organised by Holy Cross College, Kalutara commencing April 16. The Pakistan team will arrive in Sri Lanka on April 11 and leave for their tours to Sharjah and Nairobi too. The team will comprise of 15 players and will be led by Sashif Bashir. The other members of the team will be, Fraz Roshan, Shawar Saleem, Aqeel Ejaz, Babar Sohail, Sunil Amanat, Imran Shah, Atif, Kashif Gill, Iraj Gill, Wasif Randawa, Shakeel Peter, Waqas Anjam, Shafqat, Yousaf Arif and Philip Elahi. The Pakistan Christian cricket team will play, Wesley on April 16, Maristella on April 18, Kalutara MV on April 20, Tissa Central on April 22 and Holy Cross on April 24th.Yes-FM Nuwara Eliya Road Race 2001
The YES-FM Nuwara Eliya Road Race 2001 organised by the Sri Lanka Motor Cycle Club (SLMCC) in association with the Nuwara Eliya Motor Racing Club (NEMRC) is scheduled to be held on the 21st and 22nd April 2001. Officials from the Sri Lanka Motor Cycle Club visited Nuwara Eliya on 21st March 2001, and inspected the Track. Thirteen events will be worked out commencing at 8.30 a.m. and scheduled to finish by 2.00 p.m as per the programme that has been drawn up with practices on the previous day.Learn-To-Swim
The inaugural Learn-To-Swim campaign organised by the Thurstan College Aquatic Club will be conducted on two week-ends by reputed coaches. The first week-end will be April 7 and 8 and the second on April 11 and 12. All participants will be awarded certificates on the completion of the campaign. The fee will be Rs. 300 and those wishing to attend this Campaign are requested to contact the Manager, Pool Office at Thurstan College Swimming Pool.
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