The cricket committee of Isipathana College will be holding a meeting at 4.00 p.m. on August 7. The committee requests and would look forward to meet all past cricketers who are invited to join the committee. For more information please contact Chethaka Perera on 0777-815995, K.H. Nandasena on 0757-199896 or Sampath Liyanage on 0773-237470.
Colombo and Kandy Rugby Schools clash
The inaugural rugby clash between the combined schools teams of Kandy and Colombo, titled ThePapare Yes FM Dialog All Star Encounter, is due to kick off at Longdon Place on August 7 at 4.30 pm.
The game will serve as a platform for many of the top players from Sri Lanka’s two major rugby breeding grounds to show off their skills. The two teams will be called the Kandy Reds and the Colombo Blues.
ThePapare.com says that the final team selection will only be made on Tuesday by a selection committee compiled by the SLRFU. They further state that to ensure that the best talent is on display, players for the two squads were selected from both the A and B divisions, regardless of how their teams fared.
The game will also serve the purpose of identifying the likely candidates to represent the U20 Sri Lankan squad for the forthcoming Junior Rugby Asiad, which will we held in Bangkok from August 21-28.
British Open victor Sunil key to Lankan success
By David Stephens
A team of five wheelchair tennis players from Sri Lanka, including British Open second draw winner, Sunil Fernando, will fly off to Thailand to participate in the Bangkok Cup from August 4-6, just a few days after the ongoing Malaysian Open draws to a close.
The other players in the contingent are Upali Rajakaruna, D. Gamini, Basanayake, and D.N Pathmasiri. Most of the hope for Sri Lankan success at the tournament will lie with Sunil Fernando, winner of the second singles draw at last week’s British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships.
Sunil, a former soldier attached to the Gemunu regiment, won the British Open second draw by beating players from India, Israel and Great Britain. In the finals he came on top over Britain’s Peter Moore in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1.
Amith Tillekaratne 117
A maiden hundred in Sara Trophy cricket by last year’s Sri Rahula College skipper Amith Tillekeratne was the high point of the first day’s play in Matale CC’s U 23 match against Kurunegala YCC at the Aluvihare Stadium.
Tillekeratne shared a fourth wicket stand of 99 with Madushan Bototage – also an ex-captain of Sri Rahula.
Vajira Kumara (5 for 61) bowled best for the visitors who were trailing Matale by 191 runs with six wickets standing.
Matale CC 297 in 64.1 overs (A. Tillekaratne 117 (4x20), M. Bototage 63, A. Weerasinghe 42, C. Kumarasiri 25; V. Kumara 5 for 61, D. Dhanushka 3 for 96).
Kurunegala YCC 106 for 4 in 32.1 overs (C. Nuwan 32, D. Dhanushka 27; A. Tillekaratne 1 for 22, D. Dhanushka 27; A. Tillekeratne 1 for 22, P. Samaranayake 1 for 17) – A.K.
Bogambara taboo for Kandy SC
By Shane Seneviratne
The Kandy Sports Club has not been allowed to train at the Bogambara Grounds by security personnel but the Navy rugby team has been training regularly at the ground which is the venue for today’s Caltex Trophy rugby final between Kandy and the Navy.
Up Country Rugby Football Union officials, under whose purview, Kandy SC falls, have been prevented from checking the ground to see whether everything is in order.
As a result, the Up Country Rugby Football Union headed by Mohan Samarakoon, has decided to boycott today’s game |
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