Amila's sporty declaration nearly pays off dividends

By Saif Izzadeen

President's College captain Amila Gunawardena's sporty declaration nearly brought them victory against Mahanama yesterday as they were made to struggle at 164 for 6 at close of play.

The second annual big match between these two schools ended in a draw at the R.Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, not before giving some exciting moments.

Mahanama set with a victory target of 205 in 53 overs with an asking rate of 3.6 per over got their innings to the worst possible start as they were made to reel at four wickets down for eight runs.

This was due to some fiery fast bowling by P.Jayawickrema who had all Mahanama batsmen at sea in a devastating opening spell which fetched him three of the first four wickets to fall.

When it seemed that fast bowler Jayawickrema will run through the Kollupitiya schools innings dogged batting by P.Jinasena, Pubudu Sathyapala, D.Ratnayake and D.Bandara took their side safely to a draw.

When Pubudu Satyapala joined no.3 batsman P.Jinasena all seemed gloomy for Mahanama as they were wobbling at 8 for 4 and in danger of losing the match.

However unruffled by this, the fifth wicket pair of Sathyapala and Jinasena frustrated the Rajagiriya school's bowling attack and were associated in a partnership of 95 runs which came almost in two hours batting.

Pubudu Sathyapala and P.Jinasena's partnership of 95 runs took the Mahanama score from a wobbly 8 for 4 to 103 for 4. At this stage P.Caldera got the all important breakthrough by having Satyapala bowled for a well made 40 and Mahanama were 103 for 5

Then D.Ratnayake joined P.Jinasena and the sixth wicket pair added 24 runs and with the score at 127 for 5 Parneeth Jayasundara who had taken 91 wickets for the season caught Jinasena plumb in front after he missed a straight delivery.

With the score at 127 for 6 Ratnayake was joined by Bandara and the seventh wicket pair put on an unbroken fighting 37 run partnership which saw them to 164 for 6 at which stage the stumps were drawn.

Early in the day Mahanama were bowled out for 157, after starting from their overnight score of 101 for 8. This was in reply to President's first innings score of 243

President's batting in their second turn with a lead of 86 runs went for quick runs and made 118 for the loss of seven wickets and declared their innings 10 minutes after lunch.

This set Mahanama 205 to win in 53 overs in nearly one and half sessions but the Kollupitiya school never seemed to go for that target and were 164 for 6 at the close.

President's College - 243 in 62.4overs(L. Fassi 20, N. Perera 109, P.Jayasundara 29, C. Silva 19, S.Kankanamge 10; D.Ratnayake 2 for 54, P.Sathyapala 3 for 84)

Mahanama - (101 for 8 overnight) 157 in 48 overs (P.Sathyapala 17, S. Ganganath 10, D. Ratnayake 52, A. Perera 20, N.Samarajeewa 17, A.Jayasinghe 21 n.o; S.Kankanamge 5 for 42, R.Jayawickrema 2 for 28)

President's College

N. Perera bowled Jinasena 17

(tried to drive missed the line of the ball and bowled

A.Gunawardena ct Sathyapala b Ratnayake 1

(mistimeed a drive, caught at extra cover)

D.Silva ct Gamlath b Sathyapala 22

(Caught at squre-leg trying to sweep)

P.Jayasundara ct Bandara b Jinasena 12

(Mistimed a pull caught at fine leg)

S.Kankanamge ct Sepala b Sathyapala 0

(caught behind trying to cut)

C.de.Silva ct Bandara b P.Jinasena 26

(mistimed a sweeo shot caught at deep squre leg)

P.Munasinghe bowled Sathyapala 20

(trying a lofted drive and yorked hinself)

R.Jayawickrema not out 16

P.Caldera not out 2

Extras(Lb 1 W1)

Total (for 7 wickets in 26 overs) 118

fall of wickets- 1- 3 (Gunawardena); 2 - 20 (Perera); 3 - 50(Jayasundara); 4 - 52(Silva), 5 - 53(Kankanamge); 6 - 94(Silva), 7 - 109(Munasinghe)

Din not bat - D.Sooriarachchi, LFasay

Bowling - D.Ratnayake 5-0-25-1, P.Jinasena 12-2-50-3, P.Sathyapala 8-1-30-3, C.Fernando 1-0-11-0

Mahanama

Y.Gamlath ct Gunawardena b Jayawickrema 2

(mistimed a back foot-drive caught behind)

C.Fernando lbw b S.Kankanamage 0

(trying to Galance missed the line caught plumb in front)

P.Jinasena lbw b Jayasundara 46

( trying to Galance missed the line caught plumb in front)

U.Sepala bowled Jayawickrema 0

(trying to drive yorked and bowled)

S.Ganganath bowled Jayawickrema 0

(Trying to drive yorked and bowled)

P.Sathyapala bowled Caldera 40

(trying to galance missed the line and bowled)

D.Ratnayake not out 34

D.Bandara not out 11

Extras (Lb 11, b15, b 4) 30

Total in 53 overs for 6 wickets 164

Fall of wickets - 1 - 2(Fernando), 2 - 3(Gamlath), 3 - 8(Sepala), 4 -8(Ganganath), 5 - 103(Sathyapala), 6 - 127(Jinasena)

Did not bat - SAmarajeewa, Perera, Jayasinghe

Bowling - P.Jayawickrema 15-4-37-3, S.Kankanmage 11-2-29-1, P.Munasinghe 2-2-0-0, P.Jayasundara 14-3-42-1, C.de.Silva 6-0-15-0, P.Caldera 5-1-10-1

Briefly

Nalanda beat Cambrians 4-0

Two goals each by Kavishka Amarasinghe and Charuka Sankajaya enabled Nalanda to beat Prince of Wales by four goals to nil in the Colombo District boys under 17 hockey encounter played at the CR&FC hockey grounds at Longden Place.

In the other two matches played in the same group at the same venue, Ananda beat Wesley 3-0 with C.Ratnawardena scoring two goals and C.S.Kumara the other while Isipatana beat President's College by 2 goals to nil with Y.G.Lewke and K.A.Abeygunawardena sounding the boards.

In an under 19 game Isipatana beat D.S.Senanayake by two goals to 1 with Rifkahn Fazul and U.A.Ranasinghe scoring for the winners and A.M.Rilwan scoring the solitary goal for the losers.

Whitaker to lead Leicestershire

James Whitaker will lead the Leicestershire cricket team during their tour of Sri Lanka to play a limited-over series between Lanka A and B teams from March 18 onwards.

The Leicestershire team will arrive on Tuesday (March 16). Matches will be played at the P.Sara Stadium,NCC, CCC, Galle and also at the Moratuwa and Premadasa Stadiums.

The Leicestershire team will comprise of: Chris Lewis, Scott Boswell, Matthew Bosswell, Carl Crowe, Jon Dakin, Aftab Habib, Ameen Khan, Darren Maddy, Tim Mason, Paul Nixon, James Ormond, Ben Smith with Jack Birkenshaw as Manager.

The first limited overs match will be played at the P.Sara Stadium against Sri Lanka A led by Russel Arnold.

Jacques Kallis heads CEAT ratings

Jacques Kallis with 93 CEAT Rating points remains a strong contender for the CEAT International Cricketer of the Year award. He has topped the CEAT ratings for the eighth consecutive week.

Daryll Cullinan's 275 not out moved him up in the rankings to number 13 with 54 points but he is still far behind the leaders.

Kallis leads the closest contender Sachin Tendulkar by 12 points. His superb all-round performance during the last few months includes seven half centuries and two tons. He has also been bagging wickets constantly.

The top ten as at March 10 are: Jacques Kallis (93 pts), followed by Sachin Tendulkar (81), Anil Kumble (78), Allan Donald and Saqlain Mushtaq (72 each), Glen McGrath 71, Muttiah Muralitharan and Shaul Pollock (70 each), Alec Stewart and Javagal Srinath (60 each).

South Africa with 80 points heads the CEAT International Cricket Team of the Year followed by Australia (69), India (49), SriLanka (44), England (37), Pakistan (34), Zimbabwe and New Zealand (27 each), West Indies (6), Kenya (4) and Bangladesh (2). - Issued by kind courtesy of R.S.G Hartley & Company Private limited.

Batting practice

By S.M.D.Sirisena

The 49th encounter between Prince Of Wales and St Sebastians ended in a tame draw at the De Soysa Stadium in Moratuwa yesterday.

Resuming from their overnight total 69 for one, Prince of Wales College scored 246 for eight wickets declared in reply to St.Sebastian's total of 218 for nine declared.

Rashan.Pieris (30) and Janaka. Goonaratna (55) put an 67 valuable partnership for the second wicket. Gooneratne passed his half century with 10 boundaries

Skipper Hasantha Fernando, who was adjugded best all rounder, scored 57 with nine boundries. Baby of the side, 14-year-old Shan Wijeratna scored 14 runs with three boundries an over.

Suranga de Silva and Taraka de Mel took three wickets each. In the first innings St Sebastian's were in deep trouble at 44 for 5, but skipper Nuwan Fernando, who adjuged the best batsman, scored 119 with 20 boundreies and a six, to pull them out of trouble.

But in the second innings the Sebastianites had batting practice for today's limited over match against the Cambrians.

K.Cooray and S.Perera put on an106 partnership for the first wicket. Sumalka Perera scored an unbeaten 71 with ten boundaries and a six.

St Sebestian's first innings; 218 for 9 dec. (Nuwan Fernand0 119)

Prince Of Wales' : First innings (overnight 69 for 1)

Rashan Pieris B. S.de.Silva 30

Shammika Fernando b. S.de.Silva 01

Janaka Gunaratna ct,K.Cooray b Mel 55

Hasantha Fernando c.S.de.Silva b Mel 57

Kalpa Fernando b S.de.Silva 15

Janaka Wannakuwatta ct.S.Perera b.N.Fernando 30

Pubudu Ranaweera ct.P.Perera b Mel 01

Shan Wijeratna Ct (Sub) b.Mel 13

Manjula Bandara not out 01

Extras 43

Total (For 8 wkts dec. in 69.4 overs, 303 mts) 246

Fall Of Wickets : 7,73,130,175,207,216,245,246

Bowling : Nuwan Fernando 9-3-17-0, Suranga de Silva 14-2-44-3, Himal Perera 4-0-11-0, Sumanjan Fernando 17-1-44-0, Dilip Fernando 9-3-26-0, Malshan Fernando 14-0-14-2., Taraka de Mel 13-349-3, Manoj Jude Fernando 1-1-0-0

St.Sebestian second Innings

Kanchana Cooray run out 42,

Sumalka Perera n.o 71,

Suranga de Mel b.S.Rajith 11,

Manoj Jude Fernando not out 1

Extras: 8

Total: 133 for 2 in 43 overs

Can South Africa beat the rain?

CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday (Reuters) - Herschelle Gibbs and Jacques Kallis, unbeaten by New Zealand's bowlers, were defeated by the country's weather when just 40 balls were possible on the third day of the second test at Lancaster Park on Saturday.

South Africa's young batting stars advanced their second wicket partnership from its overnight 102 to 120 before the grey, clinging drizzle that prevented play from starting until 3.15 p.m. (0215 GMT) returned and drove the players from the field after just 29 minutes.

Gibbs, who resumed on 101 not out from 286 balls in six hours and 52 minutes, immediately tried to raise the tempo in the short time available adding two boundaries to reach 113 with a total of 13 fours and one six.

Kallis, who resumed on 53, square drove Vettori through point and added a single to move his score onto 58.

Having bowled their hosts out for 168 on the first day, South Africa's lead stands at 79 runs with nine wickets in hand.

An extra hour will be added to the fourth and fifth days play in an attempt to make up lost time although a total of seven hours and 35 minutes, equating to 116 overs, has been lost already.

"There are still around 210 overs left in the match and, although it's been badly frustrating, we believe there's still enough time left in the match to produce a result," Hansie Cronje said when play was finally abandoned at 4.55 p.m.

South African coach Bob Woolmer confirmed that Allan Donald, who left the field prematurely on the first day, would almost certainly not bowl again in the match.

New Zealand 168

South Africa (overnight 229-1)

G.Kirsten c Astle b Vettori 65

H.Gibbs not out 113

J.Kallis not out 58

Extras (7lb 4nb) 11

Total (for one wicket, 107.4 overs) 247

Fall of wickets: 1-127

To bat: Daryll Cullinan, Hansie Cronje, Jonty Rhodes, Shaun Pollock, Mark Boucher, Lance Klusener, Allan Donald, Paul Adams.

Bowling: Doull 19.5-7-26-0 (1nb), Allott 28.4-9-76-0 (1nb), Nash 17-5-38-0 (2nb), Astle 5.1-1-12-0, Vettori 24-6-73-1, Stead 1-0-1-0, Harris 12-6-14-0

Wesley ends the season with draw

By Nadarajah Gokulan

The Inter-School Lemonade Trophy cricket match between Richmond College and Wesley ended in a draw at Campbell Park yesterday.

Batting first Richmond scored 143. Wesleyite Farvis Maharoof bowled a nagging length to take 5 for 21.

Overnight Wesley were 111 for 5 wickets. They went on to score 163 runs thanks to some fine knocks from Rakitha Wijethunga (63) and Darshana Medagethera (31). Manoj Chaturanga (5 for 43) excelled for Richmond.

For the second time Richmond were shot out for 190 runs leaving Wesley to chase a target of 170 runs in 20 overs to win. But the Richmond bowling restricted them to 69 runs for 2 wickets when play ended.

This was Wesley's final encounter for the season. They are unbeaten and have only one victory to their credit this season. Last year they won one lost one.

Richmond 142 ( Chamil Perera 39, Nuwan Ratnayake 33, Chandimal Gunasekara 17 n.o ; Farvis Maharoof 5 for 21, Subiyan Faiz 2 for 31, Sajith Colombage 2 for 39) and 190 for 9 ( Chamil Perera 49, Awantha Rethigammanagethera 28, Dilantha Sumathipala 27; Subiyan Faiz 3 for 54, Farvis Maharoof 2 for 28, Sajith Colombage 2 for 28).

Wesley 163 ( Rakitha Wijethunga 63, Darsana Medagethera 31, Danushka Dissanayake 18; Manoj Chaturanga 5 for 43) and 69 for 2 ( Naleen Balasuriya 40, Darsana Medagethera 18; Chamil Perera 2 for 24).

Duleep, Chaminda help Colts to win

By Saif Izzadeen

The Premier inter-club cricket tournament was over- shadowed with the inter-school big match season starting over the past weekend.

From the eight Premier inter club cricket matches played during the past week Tamil Union, Bloomfield, Colts Cricket Club and BRC were able to taste victories.

The teams which had to be at the receiving end were Matara Sports Club, Singha Sports Club Ambalangoda, Sebastianites and Wattala Antonian SC.

At the P.Saravanamuttu Stadium Tamil Union scored a thumping eight wicket victory over Matara Sports Club. Tamil Union were having a splendid time during the last three weeks.

Matara SC batting first were bundled out for 149. Tamil Union in reply made 248 for 9 declared. They made the score thanks to a valuable 65 from N.Weeraman.

Matara SC batting in their second turn with 99 runs behind were bowled out for 150.This was due to some good right arm fast bowling by Indika Gallage.

Gallage who followed his last weeks eight wickets with a another five wicket haul, which has now given him 13 wickets from three innings. has really impressed this season.

After bowling out Matara Sports Club for 150 in their second innings Tamil Union were left with a victory target of 51 which they got by losing one wicket.

At Reid Avenue Bloomfield scored a resounding six wicket win over Singha SC Ambalangoda which should have given them good chance of winning the tournament.

Bloomfield batting first made 334 thanks to pleasing knocks from Sri Lanka cap Kumar Dharmasena(78) and former Nalandian Sanjaya Rodrigo(52).

Singha SC Ambalangoda in reply were bowled out for 146 due to some great bowling by Priyankara Wickremasinghe(5 for 39) and Bateesha de Silva(4 for 33).

Singha SC following on with 188 runs behind gave a improved batting display which enabled them to avoid an innings defeat.

The Ambalangoda Club in their second innings were all out for 279 which left Bloomfield 91 runs to win. The Reid Avenue Club raced to victory losing four wickets.

Two Swashbuckling knocks from Duleep Samaraweera(156) and Chaminda Mendis(112) who were associated in a stand of over 200 runs for the first wicket helped Colts to record a handsome five wicket victory over Sebastianites.

Sri Lanka left arm pace bowler Chaminda Vaas who was dropped from the Asian Test championships match against Pakistan at Lahore made welcome return to form with a five wicket haul in the Sebastianites second innings.

Six centuries featured during the past week. The batsman to score them were- Duleep Samaraweera(Colts), Damitha Hun- ukumbura(CCC), Chaminda Mendis(Colts), Saman Jayantha(Singha SC), Buddika Perera (Panadura SC) and M.Vandort (CCC)

Sanjeewa Silva of Sebastianites missed his century by nine runs against Colts Cricket Club. Sanjeewa made 91 runs. This week's batting honours goes to former Sri Lanka and Ananda player Duleep Samaraweera who made a cracking 156 against Sebastianites.

Duleep Samaraweera was a member of the Sri Lanka team who scored their first Test win abroad over New Zealand by 241 runs at Napier in 1995.

W.Kumara who took 6 for 71 for Kurunegala YCC against Colombo Cricket Club took this week's bowling honours.

Results

Panadura SC -300 and 260 for 8 vs NCC - 351 - draw. Matara SC - 149 and 150 lost to Tamil Union - 248 for 9 dec. and 52 for 1 by 9 wickets.

CCC - 174 and 243 for 4 dec. vs Kurunegala YCC - 163 and 167 for 7 - draw. Police SC - 252 and 233 vs SSC - 327 and 46 for 5 - draw.

Bloomfield - 334 and 94 for 4 beat Singha SC - 146 and 279 by 6 wickets. Sebastianites - 148 and 286 lost to Colts - 345 for 4 and 91 for 5 by 5 wickets.

BRC - 177 and 238 beat Wattala Antonian SC - 126 and 257 by 32 runs. Galle CC - 166 and 406 for 9 dec. vs Moors SC - 104 and 89 for 9 - draw.

Batting(over 50 runs)

156 - D.Samaraweera (Colts) vs Sebastianites

119 - D.Hunukumbura (CCC) vs Kurunegala YCC

112 - C.Mendis (Colts) vs Sebastianites

109 - S.Jayantha (Singha SC) vs Bloomfield

104 - B.Perera (Panadura SC) vs NCC

100 - M.Vandort (CCC) vs Kurunegala YCC

91 - S.Silva (Sebastianites) vs Colts

87 - C.Hewamanna (Galle CC) vs Moors SC

79 - S.Weerasinghe (NCC) vs Panadura SC

78 - K.Dharmasena (Bloomfield) vs Singha SC

71 - P.Hewage (NCC) vs Panadura SC

68 - S.Kalavitigoda (SSC) vs Police SC

65 - N.Weerasinghe (Tamil Union) vs Matara SC

63 - S.Liyanage (Panadura SC) vs NCC

62 - S.Kumara (Panadura SC) vs NCC

61 - D.Sudarshana (Galle CC) vs Moors SC

61 - S.Kumara (Panadura SC) vs NCC

59 - R.Peiris (Galle CC) vs Moors SC

59 - T.Samaraweera (SSC) vs Police SC

56 - C.Mudaliage(BRC) vs Wattala Antonian SC

52 - N.Perera (Sebastianites) vs Colts

52 - N.Tharanga (Matara SC) vs Tamil Union

52 - S.Rodrigo (Bloomfield) vs Singha SC

51 - R.Galapathi (SSC) vs Police SC

50* - D.Gunawardena (Police SC) vs SSC

50* - I.Keerthi (Panadura SC) vs NCC

50 - R.Yasalal (Sebastianites) vs Colts CC

50 - R.Wimalasiri (Police SC) vs SSC

*Denotes not out

Bowling(over 4 wickets)

6 for 71 - W.Kumara (Kurunegala YCC) vs CCC

5 for 18 - K.Perera (Galle CC) vs Moors SC

5 for 39 - P.Wickremasinghe (Bloomfield) vs Singha SC

5 for 43 - I.Gallage (CCC) vs Kurunegala YCC

5 for 52 - D.Hettiarachchi (Colts) vs Sebastianites

5 for 60 - C.Vaas (Colts) vs Sebastianites

5 for 85 - D.Fernando (SSC) vs Police SC

4 for 9 - N.Rajan (CCC) vs Kurunegala YCC

4 for 33 - B.de.Silva (Bloomfield) vs Singha SC

4 for 40 - D.Perera (BRC) vs Wattala Antonian SC

4 for 48 - H.Jayasuriya (SSC) vs Police SC

4 for 54 - M.Villavarayan (Tamil Union) vs Matara SC

4 for 85 - S.Sanjeewa (Singha SC) vs Bloomfield

4 for 86 - V.Ranaweera (Police SC) vs SSC

Bloomfield, NCC and Moors obtain first innings points

Bloomfield, NCC and Moors have already obtained first innings points in their Inter-Club Division One Premier Championship matches played yesterday.

Bloomfield who totalled 382, shot out Matara for110 at Reid Avenue while Moors who scored 264, bundled out Singha SC for 112 at Braybrooke Place and NCC who hit 289, bowled out Sebastianites for 225.

At Reid Avenue.

Bloomfield: 316 for 6 overnight - 382 all out (Hemantha Alles 16, Taruka Gunaratne 16 n.o; N.Cooray 4 for 87, N.Dissanayake 2 for 58) and 222 for 6 (Pubudu Dassanayake 49, Pulasti Gunaratne 52 n.o, Bateesha de Silva 32, S.Rodrigo 39; I. Priyantha 3 for 55)

Matara - 110 in 34.1 overs (N.Dissanayake 23, S.M.Ramsan 22, I.Priyantha 26; Pulasti Gunaratne 4 for 47, Priyankara Wickremasinghe 3 for 15, Bateesha de Silva 3 for 38).

At Maitland Place

Sebastianites - 225 (Ravindra Pushpakumara 4 for 76, Chintaka Jayasinghe 2 for 31, Lester Hannibal 2 for 45).

NCC - 289 (Pradeep Hewage 23, Naveed Nawaz 70, Anil Reedigamgedera 28, Chintaka Jayasinghe 43, Asela Pathirana 42; N.Fernando 3 for 36, C.Liyanage 3 for 46, Nimesh Perera 3 for 99).

At Braybrooke Place

Singha SC - 112 and 245 for 5 (N.Thenuwara 29, Saman Jayantha 104, Thushara Sampath 52; Rangana Herath 3 for 77).

Moors - 264 (M.S.Sampan 35, H.Perera 71, Nilan de Silva 16; S.Sanjeewa 5 for 48, R.Kottachchi 4 for 79)

At Maitland Crescent

CCC - 282 (Hemantha Boteju 63; Champika Ramanayake 5 for 48)

Galle - 175 for 6 (Duminda Wickremasinghe 44, Varuna Waragoda 35 n.o; Hemantha Boteju 2 for 10)

At Havelock Park

Panadura - 285 (Manjula Jayasena 38 n.o; C.Mudalige 4 for 77; Deepal Maddurupperuma 2 for 36)

BRC - 223 for 7 (R.Weerakoon 42, Indika Batuwitarachchi 37; M.Silva 2 for 50)

Kandy hotel left high and dry

Food and what not was ordered by a prominent figure from a popular sports controlling body for a function in Kandy on the promise that the bill would be settled in no time. Rover understands that this bill is still pending!

On an earlier occasion too this same hotel was played out as the bill for a special function was not settled. Rover is informed that the 'same prominent figure from a popular sports controlling body' was involved in the earlier incident too.

Return mobile phones

A strict order has been sent out by the Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka to return all mobile phones provided to members who should treat this as a general requirement before the annual general meeting fixed for Sunday March 28.

Another record indeed.

The minutes of the Exco meetings of the Cricket Board numbering six were proposed and seconded all on one day, February 12, and more, only one person was involved in doing so.

Believe it or not?

Rs 400 million has been set aside for the new cricket grounds which is to be set up in Dambulla on a 62-acre plot of land. The project will be completed in four stages.

Rover learns that the grounds will be better equipped than the R. Premadasa International Stadium.

Rs. 190 million is to be budgeted for Stage 1 with the hope of having it ready for the mini World Cup in January 2000.

Eight bowlers to be screened.

The Cricket Board had identified eight bowlers with suspect action. Rs 60,000/- is needed to screen their suspect actions through video.

Rover scores again

The Treasurer of the Cricket Board had suggested that Rs 928,000/- which has been outstanding for a period of two years be written off as no documents could be traced for recovery.

Go-Karting spills

on March 28

Go-Karting and outdoor Pro-Karting will gather momentum and race towards championship laurels with the first in a sequence of six due to be flagged off on Sunday, March 28.

The championships promoted by the De Zoysa Organisation (Security Services) and conducted by the Ceylon Motor Sports Club will see the cream of the racing Karters including the best Pro-Kart drivers in the fray.

It will be recalled that karting was revived on January 24 at the most challenging track ever designed, the Alcatras Car Park opposite the Parliament.

The track can easily be compared to any international kart track installed by the Ceylon Motor Sports Club promoted together with rally wizard Richard de Zoysa.

This novel championship of six rounds will be sponsored by six motor sports promoters and is certain to havea large spectator turnout.

Motor sports lovers will be given the opportunity to witness Karting stalwarts like Romani de Silva, Yoga Perera, Aravinda Premadasa, Sheran and Ranjitha Cooke.

In Pro-Karts Dibesh Deheragoda, Randy Batcho, Ameen Deen and Dejan de Zoysa will thrill the racing fans.

Entry forms will be available from Monday (March 15) at Jinasena Limited, No 4, Hunupitiya Lake Road, Colombo 2 and De Zoysa Organisation, No 93, Maya Avenue, Colombo 6.

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