Defending champions Kandy Sports Club will go all out to clip the wings of the Airmen and assert their supremacy when they play in their Clifford Cup quarterfinal fixture at Trinity College rugby grounds, Pallekelle today at 4.00 pm. On current form Kandy SC will not have any difficulty in crash landing the Airmen whom they have twice thrashed in the league matches. Kandy is expected to carry on from where they left off last Sunday and continue their winning streak into the knockouts.
For today’s match Kandy SC will include the best young talent they have at their disposal. Kandy SC has been playing cohesive rugby which has unsettled many of their opponents. Another incentive to the Kandy SC side is the encouragement given by their trustee ‘Mr. Rugby’ Malik Samarawickrema. Kandy SC had their final work out last morning and the coaches Sean Wijesinghe and his assistant Saliya Kumara who put the players through their paces has in consultation with the rugby committee decided to make a few changes from the side that played Havelock SC last Sunday. In the forwards play, Kandy SC should get the better of their opponents and give the Colombo lads a torrid time. Their backs have been performing with good understanding as they have proved in the league games. Their backs have regularly provided that extra pace which has made their task easier. Their strong point against Airmen will be their back division. Air Force will be at full strength, but will face a tough task to stop their opponents from going on another scoring spree. A better show is expected from the Airmen. But whatever they do it is going to be a difficult task for them to match the champion Kandy SC outfit.
Postponed AGM on Sunday
The Central Province Rugby referees AMG which was postponed at the eleventh hour last Sunday, will now take place tomorrow Sunday at the same venue Kandy Sports Club pavilion. Holding an annual general meeting in the correct manner is essential. It is in this forum that decisions are made regarding annual budgets, annual contributions, referees insurance, the election of the committee. It will be ideal if they can bring in an efficient personality as the president.
Trinity-Royal celebrate 125 years
Kandy’s oldest inter-school cricket match between Trinity College and Royal College will be played at Asgiriya Stadium on February 23 and 24 for the 125th year. The first game between these two schools was played in 1893 and it went in favor of Royal College. Trinity recorded their first win in 1896 by nine wickets under the captaincy of A Coskatte.
Sports promoter Kesara is Mayor
Old Trinitian Kesara Senanayake will take the chair as the Mayor of Kandy, for the second time. A keen follower and supporter of sports he is all out to bring back the sporting standard where it was at one time. During his Mayorship earlier he gave a big hand for sports, through the sports committee chairman H Marikar.
Donald Steel golf
The 2018 Donald Steel Golf tournament will start today at 7.30 am at the Victoria Golf and Country Resort course. This tournament will be played over 18 holes. It will be interesting to see some of the local and overseas golfers in action. The defending champions are Nimal Wettimuny in the men’s and Anouk Chitty in the ladies.
House Champions
The Trinity College Inter House Track and Field Competition 2018 was held on Friday 9 February at their Stadium, Asgiriya. Chief Guest was Samantha Samarasinghe, the Athletic Captain of 1989. This is the first time in the history that the sports meet was postponed by a week due to bad weather.
Rugby chuckers game
St Anthony’s College and Dharmaraja College met at a chuckers game of rugby at Rajawella grounds where both schools had some good players, and there was good rugby. At the end it was the Antonians who had the highest number of points.
House Football
The Trinity College Inter-House Football tournament 2018 was held at the Pallekele Rugby Stadium, where a good day’s football was presented. The winners: Junior Houses - Squealery House - 1st, Sahayam House - 2nd, Pilcher House - 3rd, Gibson House - 4th and Saunders House - 5th. Senior Houses - Garret House - 1st, Central Boarding House - 2nd, Simithraaratchy House - 3rd, Oorloff House - 4th, Lemuel House - 5th.
Antonians make Kandy proud at cricket
St Anthony’s College cricketers who are under Sampath Perera’s coaching recorded their ninth win of the season. It is great of these cricketers after losing the first game to win nine games. They are the only Kandy school to do so this time.
Under 15 basketball
Kandy boys school like St. Sylvester’s, CIS Kandy, St. Benedict’s Kandy ae among 30 schools that will be seen in action at the All Island ‘C’ Division boys basketball tournament from March 1 to 7. In the Girls tournament which commenced yesterday, 23 schools are in action. The Kandy schools taking part are CIS Kandy, Good Shepherd Convent, Gateway, A. Ratnayake Central and Mahamaya.
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