Old Bens veterans meet Old Mazedonians in their annual soccer encounter today. The Old Bens team will be lead by that evergreen Waldo Fernando who captained the St Benedict’s College team in 1978 and toured Bangladesh with the Sri Lanka Youth team.The Old Bens team will be chosen from following members ,Johnson Fernando ( Goal keep), Tony Anandappa, Ravi Alphonso, Athula Perera, Samatha Fernando, Jude Peiris, Sharmen Caldera, Donald Fernando, Sisira Kumara Perera, Neville Perera, Nishantha Perera, Adrian Vindurampulle, Mohan Saverimuttu, K. Ravi, Sajith Gomez, Nishan Caldera, D. Srikkanth, Wilfred Fernando (G.K), Sudhagar Nattar, Ramesh Kumar, Lakshman Caldera (payer cum coach), Vijitha Perera , T. Valentine and Mr Anura De Silva a former Sri Lanka Captain as the Manager.
The Mazedonian team will be captained by Murphy De Sliva , with Provincial Councilor Milroy Perera as the manager and rest of the team comprises, Reginald De Franz (Coach cum vice captain), Susantha Payo, G. Devaraj, Kithsiri Perera, Sunil Fernando, Srinath Gunasekera, Lakshman De Silva, Aubrey Gray, Lalantha Kumara (Goal Keeper) Upul Perera, Frank De Silva, Ajith Perera (G.K),Rohitha Costa, Jeeva Fernando, Matelo Miranda, Chandi Amerasekera, Anura De Silva and Sandagomi Karunaratne.
Last year the Old Bens veterans won the match at the Mazedonian den beating them by 3 goals 1. |