Once again Kandy Sports Club will participate at the Asia Rugby Western Club Champions League tournament. Last year for the first time Kandy hosted the matches played at Nittawela from September 15 and 22. This is a scrum down where the league winners from each country meet on the global stage. Last year Bahrain RFC emerged victorious against Kandy SC outfit 24-23. This time only three teams are involved and on 31st August Kandy SC will play their first game against Bahrain Lions RFC at Nittawela and on 7th of September against Abu Dhabi Harlequins in Abu Dhabi. The top clubs from Baharain, Abu Dhabi and Sri Lanka will lock horns to decide who is the best of the best. This year’s tournament will be the fourth in the series, Kandy SC having participated from the inauguration of the tournament in 2015. Kandy SC will be led by Richard Dharmapala.
KDCA president Thilian shows appreciation to Roland
Thilina Tennakoon, president of the Kandy District Cricket Association, has come out to salute his senior vice president Roland Perera. “I want to express my sincere gratitude for all the support, encouragement, and cooperation you have given me to make our cricket get together a grand success. It enabled us to raise funds for cricket. Your help opened my eyes to opportunities I never thought of before. I look forward to maintaining a good honest relationship with you for many more years to come to promote cricket'. This appreciation was made at the last committee meeting.
Some top sports lovers and CM
Some for Kandy sports lovers together with the Chief Minister Sarath Eknayake are teaming up to deliver a program which is expected to reach the primary school students. The program will see physical education trainers armed with the knowledge and equipment necessary to introduce sports into primary schools.
Old Antonians fail
Old Antonians failed to do well in the annual Quadrangular old boys cricket tournament where old boys of the four premier Catholic schools, namely, St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota, St. Benedict’s College, Colombo 13, St. Joseph’s College, Colombo 10 and St. Peter’s College, Colombo 4 held their 51st tournament. Old Peterites comfortably toppled Old Antonians by 5 wickets at Bambalapitiya on the opening day and lost the final to their arch rivals Old Josephians who won the final after seven years.
Kandy District Div III ends
Though it took time to finish the tournament, the champions were found last Saturday, where Onslaught CC emerged champions beating Liverpool CC in the Division III final of the Kandy District cricket tournament. The final took place on the Police ground matting wicket. Twenty-six teams took part.
Manilal Fernando trophy football 7’s
Football lovers of Kandy will host the first ever football tournament for a trophy in the name of former football strong man Manilal Fernando. He will be invited to grace the occasion as the chief guest at the awards ceremony. Chief Minister Sarath Ekanayake will open the tournament as chief guest. The tourney is open to every club playing football in Kandy. The ultimate aim is to have fun and promote football as a sport with prize monies.
Randel Hills cricket coaching academy
Kingswood College’s cricket wing has introduced the “Randle Hills” cricket academy, to uplift the standard of future cricket at Kingswood College. Cricketers in the under 10, 12 and 14 are being helped to follow classes through a academy, which is held on week days from 2 to 5 pm at the school grounds, and on Saturdays a bowling clinic program is conducted. The coaching team is headed by Malcolm Perera, the former Director of coaching of Sri Lanka Cricket, who held this post for 13 years. He was also the junior cricket coach of Bangladesh. He is a qualified coaching instructor and level 4 qualified coach. He is well supported by former Antonian captain a level II qualified coach Prasad Ranawake, Harshana Udana, a qualified level II coach and former Kingswoodian skipper Ruwantha Hathurusinghe. Deputy Principal and POG Lanka Francis and Gayan Fernando of the cricket wing are the managers of the entire project
Only two from Kandy
A product of St. Anthony’s College Dinuka Amarasinghe plays for Havelock SC and Heshan Jansen product of Kingswood College and plays for Kandy SC are the two ruggerites who have been selected for the Sri Lanka Under-20 rugby team, who are at the moment playing in the Asian Rugby Sevens 2018 at Kings Park Sports Cub ground in Hong Kong. The head and assistant coaches are Kingswoodians Nilfer Ibrahim and Fazil Marija, and the performance manager is Old Trinitian Duminda de Silva. Sri Lanka is in Group “B” with Taipei, Singapore and China.
Mercantile cricket
The Kandy District Cricket Association Management is making every effort to bring in all cricket enthusiasts to one forum. In view of this a tournament is designed to cater to the needs of the Mercantile sector. All of whom are keen to take part are requested to be present at the KDCA Asgiriya office on Tuesday August 14 at 5 pm.
Geetha Bandara makes Kandy proud
SWRD Bandaranayke MV Kandy’s Geetha Bandara is the only girl who has got a chance to represent Sri Lanka at the under 15 women’s national football team that is in Bhutan for the SAFF tournament.
Kandy enjoyed the two one day matches
Kandy’s cricket lovers particularly enjoyed this ODI victory as the earlier games went in favor of the South Africans. Two one day games were played at Pallekelle, a big hand to CPCA President Sarath Ekanayake the Chief Minister, secretary Janaka Pathirane and the rest of the committee. The spectators were happy with the arrangements. For the third ODI on August 5 there was a crowd of 19,768 and for the fourth which was a rain hit game the crowd was 17,890.
Hillwood U17 runner up in netball
Hillwood College Kandy were placed number two in the 27th All-Island Schools Netball championship played at the Bogambara Stadium in Kandy last weekend. In the final they were beaten by Musaeus College by 19 points to 30. In the under 15 final Buvenakubhu Balika Vidyalaya emerged champions beating Sujatha BV Matale 22-3.
George Hemachandra remembered
Sportsman and promoter George Hemachandra was remembered by Kandy's sports loving fraternity, on his first death anniversary last Tuesday. He was a well-known senior gem merchant of Kandy and was respected by all communities, elders, and youth and sports bodies in the hill capital. It was he who donated the C. E. Simithraaratchy Cup for the Trinity-Royal junior rugby match. At one time when KDCA was having domestic tournaments he came forward to sponsor the Kandy clubs limited over cricket tournament for many years with the winners being presented with the George Hemachandra trophy. He also gave a hand for football and cue sport. A product of Trinity College he was an athlete at school and later a top class cueist he played in the Lanka Plate Billiards tournament.
Kandy’s sports fraternity remembers Denzil
Kandy’s late Lt. Gen. Denzil Kobbekaduwa was remembered by Kandy’s sports loving society on his 26th death anniversary. Denzil was a colorful military officer and a fine rugby personality.
He died 25 years ago on 8 August, whilst commanding the security forces in the north. He was a gentleman on and off the rugby field. After hanging up his boots he continued his contribution to rugby as a reputed referee, coach and an able administrator
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