The league title is already in the hands of Kandy Sports Club but they have two more games, one will be played today against Sri Lanka Army at Ratmalana. The two teams go head-to-head for the second time. Kandy have won all 12 games they have played and scored 506 points (77 tries, 50 conversions and 7 penalties) this season. When Kandy has the ball in hand they know how to move it around and make play that has resulted in these points. They have a fantastic style of rugby where the ball is kept moving from player to player for long periods of play. When it comes to winning, no one does it quite like giants Kandy. They are hot favorites to beat the soldiers — and with good reason — they have tasted victory in all the matches they played and they hold a dominant record over every rugby game this season. Kandy SC grades all its players by weight, so players always play against other players of similar weight and what differentiates them is skill. As they develop the most skilled players rise to the top and there are clear pathways to representative that nurture talent and feed into the team. Today everyone likes the play of Kandy SC and no one will be against this team in a blind fit, but there are some who usually stab from behind. Kandy’s attacking style of play helps drive their ability to demolish opponents. The biggest gift for Kandy SC is that they are blessed with some of the country’s best rugby brains, including the current rugby committee.
Lashan off to Australia for higher studies, rugby
Trinity College fly-half Lashan Wijesuriya who did well in the rugby and education field will leave for Australia for higher studies shortly. Lashan at Trinity was also a School Officer and President of the Commerce Society. He was a top rugby player since 2007 and played for all age group teams from Under-12 to the senior side. He was vice captain of the under-14 and 16 teams and a member of the senior rugby team from 2015-17 and won his rugby colors. He was the highest scorer last season with 81 points, and has played in six Bradby legs. A ruggerite with all round ability and a skillful player on the field he will continue his rugby in Australia.
Trinity-Dharmaraja cricket
This time there is no Dharmaraja College vs Trinity College cricket game according to the Trinity College cricket fixture list that has been released. The two schools first met in 1899 and it has been a traditional fixture since then, but sad to say at present due to league games the traditional games are dropped.
Kandy Rugby Referees AGM
The Central Province Rugby Referees Society will be holding their annual general meeting on February 11 at the Kandy SC at Nittawela. This time they are hoping to elect a senior hand to the top position. Their present president is out of the country for the last eight months. The Central Province Rugby Referee’s Society, was formed during the CPRFU presidency of Maurice Perera and the secretaryship of Iswan Omar on 25 November 2001. At that time one of the Kandy school products Brig. Jupana Jayewardene was the Sri Lanka Rugby Referees president.
Kandy hockey 6’s
The second 6-a-side hockey tournament will take place at the Peradeniya
Campus grounds on 24 and 25 February for A & B division for men’s and women’s teams, in which a Pakistan team too will take part. It is organized by the Seethadevi Balika Vidyalaya Hockey Club in association with the Kandy District Hockey Association. In the first tournament both men’s and women’s title went to Sri Lanka Air Force. Further details can be obtained from M.A.M. Ashraff on 0777 802 645
Udaya pockets fifth title in a row
Vidyartha College’s Udaya Ranasinghe won the boys most outstanding players award at the 71st National Table Tennis Championship which was held last Sunday. He also won the men’s singles for the fifth time. He is a defensive stroke player. He is one of the best in the sport and has represented Sri Lanka on several occasions.
Nugawela Girls reach quarters at cricket
Nugawela Central came up to the quarterfinals in the Singer cup under 19 girls
inter-school cricket tournament, where they were beaten by Ratnavali Balika. In the pre-quarters they beat Ethiliwewa MV.
Antonians, Trinitians well off at cricket
St. Anthony’s College who started the inter-school cricket season with a defeat have now won seven games thanks to their coach Sampath Perera who has put the Katugastota boys back in a match wining mood. The Trinitians who started with a win have now won five games under the guidance of Kavinda Jayasuriya.
Kandy Gateway does well
Kandy Gateway basketball ‘A’ team coached by Anuradha Wijesinghe emerged runner-up in the under 18 boys event and the ‘B’ team second runner-up at the Achievers Kobe Junior Cup 2017. Disura Dissanayake won the Best Offensive Player award. At the Sri Lanka Schools’ Basketball ‘C’ Division competition the Under 19 girls team were runners-up and Anjali Ullandupitiya was the best offensive player. This side is also coached by Anuradha Wijesinghe and assisted by Hasanthika Dharmawardane. In the Kandy District Schools’ Basketball Tournament (Under 13 Girls and Boys) 1st runners-up (Girls and Boys teams) the best Offensive Players were Gihansa Nakandalage (Girls) and Ganeth Amodoru (Boys). This team too is coached by Anuradha Wijesinghe and assisted by Hasanthika Dharmawardane. A big hand should go to their principal Gladwin Canagasabey, a national champion in Javelin throw and Shot Putt who gives a big hand for sports.
Bad weather halts Trinity’s athletics
Rain washed out the annual athletics meet of Trinity College on Tuesday. This is one one of the most important events of the year. The meet will be now held on February 9 Friday weather permitting at the same venue Asgirya Cricket Stadium.
Kandy’s rugby fans to celebrate
Kandy Sports Club rugby fans around the country are arranging to celebrate their clubs 20th league championship victory. In every game, some of the committee members will be missing, but the fans cram around the ground cheering, chanting, singing and exploding with joy at every try and tackle. One of the leading supporters known as Kandy Faa said pride is not enough; it was the spirit individually and collectively among the team.
74th Bradby
This year’s Bradby 1st leg will be played in Kandy on 21st April and the 2nd leg on 5th May. The 1981 captains Trinity College’s Ravi Bandaranayake and Royal College’s Sujeeva Cooray will grace the matches as chief guest.
Schools Sports Meet
Girls’ High School - 139th sports meet will be held at the Bogambara Stadium on February 15. This is a public girls' school and the oldest school for girls in Kandy. This school has over 4000 girls and a good standard of athletics is expected from the houses Lawrence, London, Samson and Eaton.
Hillwood College - Annual sports meet will take place on 8 February at the Trinity College grounds Asgiriya Stadium. The houses are Irelanjones, Berledy and Mash. Founded in 1889, it is one of the well-recognized sports promoting girl’s school.
Wariyapola Sri Sumangala (St. Paul’s College) – The sports meet will take place on February 20 under the patronage of Chief Minister Sarath Ekanayake. The four houses taking part are Parakrama, Tissa, Gemunu and Vijaya.
St. Anthony’s College - Sports meet was held few days back at Katugastota, under the patronage of chief minister Sarath Ekanayake. Maroon house won the event with Light Blue and Dark Blue houses taking second and third places.
Dharmaraja College held their sports meet on February 26 at Lake View grounds. Ananda House won first place.
0 comments:
Post a Comment