Show goes on

Ranjan Madugalle

Arjuna Ranatunga

Roshan Mahanama

Marvan Atapattu

Sanath Jayasuriya

Traditions are corner stones of any given society. Then traditions are born within such societies getting accustomed to certain patterns or happenings through a given period of time. Bata Shoe Company, with 29 years of experience behind it in the noble cause of nurturing and harnessing future cricket stars of Sri Lanka, has joined hands with The Sunday Times to march forward with the tradition of the “Bata-Sunday Times Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year show” from this year onwards.

Through the years this show has brought to limelight a galaxy of stars, including the likes of Ranjan Madugalle, Arjuna Ranatunga, Roshan Mahanama, Marvan Atapattu and Sanath Jayasuriya. This effort will continue with the show being a feeding point to the national grid.

Starting from this year, the competition will be run in three segments. As usual it will be the main section of Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year and the Outstation Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year segment along with the Most Popular segments of both competitions. Besides, the organisers have also decided to recognise the talents of those cricketers who emerge from international schools. The international school category will also have the same two segments as above. All in all, there will be 142 proud Schoolboy Cricketers at the end of this competition

The coupons for the Most Popular Contests will be published in The Sunday Times and on weekends while Daily Lankadeepa and the Daily Mirror will also carry the coupons from this Wednesday. The coupon will also be published in the Sinhalese Weekly “Tharunaya” on Thursdays.

The voting readers will also be in the way of luck, as Bata Shoe Company will come out with three vouchers to the value of Rs 1500/-, Rs 1000/- and Rs 750/- for three lucky winners every week.

The show is scheduled to be held in August this year.