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Boxing in two rings at Intermediate Championship Meet
The Intermediate Boxing Meet conducted by the Amateur Boxing Association of Sri Lanka will be held at Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium on May 28, 29, 30 commencing at 5.30 pm on each day.

The tournament is open to those boxers who are between 17 and 34 years of age and have not won at the Finals of any meet conducted by the ABA/SL, except at the Novices and Junior Championships.

For the first time in the annals of local boxing, the ABA hopes to conduct the tournament simulataneously on two rings at the same venue to cope up with the expected large number of entries and also to prevent boxingcontinuing lat into the night which is inconvenlent to both boxers as well as to officials.

Hence the ABA anticipates the full cooperation of all Referees and Judges to be present in time on all three days. Two young Trinco athletes in luck's way
The North-East and Trincomalee have produced some outstanding sportsmen, in the past who did proud for the country at national level. This brought about reconciliation via sports.

After the peace accord, the powers that be and organisations are striving to revive sports activities in the region. Ceylinco (Life) Insurance has been constantly helping rural athletes and other sportsmen to improve their skills with men and material through their sports foundation. It was initiated by former old Thomian ruggerite, Rajkumar Ranganathan.

Many benefited from these sports development packages. One of them was the Ampara athlete Damayanthi Dharsha. Ceylinco has decided to sponsor two promising young athletes from St. Joseph's College Trincomalee, who have excelled at national and Public schools meets. The two juvenlies are Thevarasa Rajan and M. Farukuddin. Rajan a promising sprinter won the U-15, 200m and 400m events, at the Sri Lanka Public Schools meet. - B.W

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Elephant Lemonade Cup, Schools Cricket Awards Ceremony
The awards ceremony for the Elephant Lemonade Cup schools premier cricket tournament will be held at the BMICH on June 01, 2002. The Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association conducted the tournament. This is the 4th successive occasion. Elephant Lemonade sponsored the tournament .

A total of 133 schools took part in the Under-19 cricket tournament which was concluded last month. Schools from around the Island were seen in action at the tournament. Around 1000 matches were played throughout the season. In addition to the well-known schools in the Island, 7 more new schools took part for the first time.
The results of the tournament are as follows:

League Tournament, Group A - Champions - Lumbini WV and Runners up - St. Peters College, Colombo. Group B - Champions - Richmond College, Galle and Runners up - Kingswood Collage, Kandy. Group C - Champions - Harischandra MV, Negombo and Runners up - St. Aloysius, Ratnapura.

Limited Over Tournament: Champions - St. Thomas' Collage, Mt. Lavinia and Runners up - St. Peters Collage, Colombo. The sponsorship of the Tournament by Elephant Lemonade is very much appreciated by the Schools Cricket Association and the Sri Lankan future cricketers' who took part in the tournament

Ceylon Cold Stores, a company, which has more than 100 years of history in Sri Lanka, has invested around Rs. 450,000 for the gifts for this great event. One of the main objectives of the company in sponsoring the tournament was to develop cricket in the rural areas of the Island.

This year one of Sri Lanka's most popular music groups, the Gypsies will be entertaining the participant of the Ceremony. The Chairman of John Keells Holdings, Mr. Vivendra Lintotawala will be the Chief Guest, whilst Mr. Hemaka Amarasuriya, Chairman, Interim Committee, BCCSL will be the Guest of Honour for the event.

Royal rugby fiesta
The Royal College Group of 91 has organized a touch rugby tournament to be held on June 1, 2002. This will be open to old boys' groups and will be played at the sports complex rugby grounds. Kick off at 8.30 a.m.

"The tournament will be played under four (4) categories and will have four finals in order to have the participants occupied the whole day. We have organized food and drink stalls, DJ music, Papare band together with a kiddie's corner to encourage the families to be there to cheer their loved ones," says the organizing committe. "We want this event to be more than just a one-off rugby tournament. Our aim is to make this the second biggest event in the Royal calendar next to the 'Bradby Shield", they added. The group wishes to thank all their sponsors who have shown their support towards this event.

Balthazaar is no more
One of Trinity's outstanding wing forward's Wilhelm Balthazaar who played in 1955 Bradby Shield winning team under D. Frank, passed away suddenly. His funeral took place last morning (Saturday) at the General Cemetery before a big gathering.

According to Nihal 'Baila' Samarasinghe Wilhelm a Trinity 'Lion' played a dynamic role in this 1955 team, who went unbeaten. Besides him there were four other "Lions" Franklyn Jacob, Raji de Sylva, Gamini Weerasinghe and skipper David Frank.

althazaar played with much success for Kandy SC. After joining the planting fraternity he played for the Up-Country Planters and for Dimbula C and AC. He did much to uplift the sport among the planters. Later he became the first Chairman of the Ex-Planters Association. (B.W.)

Bar Association Sports Gala
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka has organised a Sports Gala 2002 for lawyers and their families at St.Joseph's College Grounds, Colombo10, on July 14 from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Members from Outstation Bars as well as from Colombo are expected to participate.

Burghers at cricket
The Burgher community will get-together on June 1 at the Sara Stadium to take part in a six-a-side cricket tournament for men and ladies and a fun day. Handsome awards will be made to the winners and there will be special events for the ladies.

Those who are interested in taking part are requested to contact Mr. Wayne Jansz. Tel: (O) 074-717942-44 (Mobile) 077-886260 or Mr. Maxi Rosairo. Tel: 685877.

Eight wicket win for Ananda
Ananda College, Colombo registered an easy eight wicket win over Zahira College, Maradana in their Under 17 Division One fixture at Maradana recently. Batting first, Zahira were restricted to 159 in their quota of overs and Ananda replied with 172 for 2 with Duminda Kularatne scoring a match winning 72 not out.

Zahira - 159 for 9 (M. Saleem 38, m. Naleem 21, A. Ranawaka 3 for 54, A. Niruksaka 2 for 1). Ananda - 172 for 2 (D. Kularatne 72 n.o., T. Dissanayaka 47, M. Udawatte 41).

Germany vs. Colombia (1990)
The last match of the memorable classics of former world championship Games: Germany versus Colombia (1990) will be screened at the German Cultural Centre, (Airconditioned auditorium), 39, Gregorys Road, Colombo 7. (Opposite Colombo International School) on May 28 (Tuesday) at 5.30 p.m.

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