Memories of the death of two gifted sportsmen - a Royalist and a Sylvestrian - come flooding back and are still fresh in the minds of the Kandyan community. Royal’s first Bradby captain, a fine cricketer and sports promoter Dr. C.D.L. Fernando passed away on 22 September 1987 marking his 32nd death anniversary and the other M. Enver Marikar, a well known sportsman, promoter and sportswriter and first Sylvestrian to play division one cricket who died on 19 September 1996, 23 years ago.
Nadesha Illukumbara Trinity’s first ever Lion karate winner
Nadesha Illukumbura Bandara won the Karate ‘Lion’ becoming the first Trinitian to get the highest award of the school for the sport. He was awarded the ‘Lion’ by the principal Andrew Fowler-Watt. The Trinity ‘Lion’ is the most prestigious award a sportsman can achieve. The first Lion was awarded in 1915 for cricket, rugger, athletics and boxing. Since then there have been Lion winners in hockey, swimming, basketball, etc.
Youth boxing champions and runner-up from Kandy
The Selection Trial Boxing Meet for Junior Boys and Girls worked off at the Jayatilleke Sports Complex in Nawalapitiya saw St. Sylvester’s take 3 Gold and 1 Bronze in the boys events to win the Gen. Jagath Jayasuriya Trophy.
The medal winners were Thenabadu, Kapukotuwa, Deneth and Kapukotuwa. Trinity College were runners-up with Rahul Danaraj winning a gold, Miranga Subasinghe a silver and Nathan John a bronze. Some of the other boxers who did well from the hills are R.A.S.C. Ranasinghe (Vidyartha), M.Z. Mohamed (Pilimathalawa MMV), S.H.W.T.N. Dilshan (Peradeniya MMV), Abeykoon (Kingswood), M.U. L. Ratnayaka (Sri Sumangala, Kandy), G.S.C. Gunathilake
(Vidyartha), J.K.R.P. Jayakody (Kingswood), Rathnasiri (Peradeniya MMV), P.G.D. Dilshan (Sri Sumangala, Kandy), A.G.H.D. Premasiri (Pilimathalawa MMV), R.G.T.W.K. Rajapaksha (Kingswood), W.A. Asanka Sampath (Sri Sumangala, Kandy), L.M.V.D. Kularatne (Dharmaraja), T.M.C. Bandara (Peradeniya MMV), Hamdan Faizal (Trinity College), M.N.M. Alli (Sri Sumangala, Kandy), Y.M. Hossen (Sri Sumangala, Kandy), Attaab Manzil (Trinity College), D.M.T.R.B. Dissanayake (Vidyartha) and A.G.D.N. Kumarathunga (Vidyartha). The meet served as a trial to select boxers to participate in next month’s Asian Junior Boxing Championship to be held in Fujairah, UAE.
Gateway netballers do well
Gateway College netballers excelled at the annual netball encounter held at the Gateway College – Ratmalana. They were represented by Sandaru Kumarasinghe, Yasasri Kodithuwakku, Sayali Amarasena, Rachelle Bandaranayake, Zuhaira Zilmy, Rashmi Rajapaksha, Emina Buksh, Shenali Jayaweera, Nima Denn, Limansa Premasara, Budmi Rajapaksha, Gihansa Nakandalage, Lasanthi Jayawickrama (TIC/coach).
Antonians qualify for U15 cricket finals
St. Anthony’s College qualified for the finals of the inter-school under 15 division one final on bonus points beating arch rivals Trinity College in the semi-finals played at Veyangoda. Antonians batting first scored 177 for 6 in 54.4 overs and Trinity in reply were 49 for 5 in 17 overs. The final will be between St. Anthony’s College and St. Joseph Vaz College, Wennapuwa.
CDL Fernando-Gamini Hemamalika trophy softball cricket
The Dr. C.D.L. Fernando/Gamini Hemamalika memorial T20 cricket tournament is organized by the Mahiyawa CC on Sunday. The sponsors will be Gamini Brothers. The registration of teams will take place at 8 a.m. and the first ball will be bowled at 9 a.m. This tournament is played in memory of two great sports promoters in Kandy, late Dr. C.D.L. Fernando and late Gamini Hemamalika.
Gateway swimmers do well
Gateway College, Kandy swimmers who performed well at the Central Province Swimming Meet 2019 organized by the Department of Education Central Province are Panchalee Mavithana (first place in the 50m Butterfly, 50m freestyle and second in the 100m free style) and Ayodhya Weerakoon (second in the 50m backstroke, 50m freestyle and third in the 100m freestyle) in the under 16 girls. In the U14 boys section, Raaid Inthikab was second in the 50m breaststroke and Sajith Jayasinghe was second in the 100m freestyle. The swimmers are coached by Indika Dehigama and U.H. Pemlath and the MIC is Priyantha Rathnayake.
Peradeniya University hockey champs
Peradeniya University gave a superb display of hockey to win the men’s title at the University games which was organized by the Ruhunu University. This was the 13th edition. In the quarterfinals they beat Jaffna University, Rajarata University in the semifinal and in the final they beat Colombo University.
Judo champs Sakindu and Yemeena
Trinitian Sakindu Dassanayake and Girls High School Yemeena Rifaz made Kandy proud by winning the boy’s and girl’s judo championship at the all Island Schools event held at Nawalapitiya. The Trinitian won the gold medals in the over 73kg and Open events, and High School girl Yemeena clinched gold in the under 63kg and Open events.
Advance spin bowling clinic
An advanced spin bowling clinic will be held on October 6 at Axion sports complex Ambathane for 15-17 age groups from 9.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. and above 17 years from 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm. More details can be obtained from Prasad on 077 322 6658 or Laksiri 077 641 1377. The clinic will be conducted by former spin bowler Piyal Wijetunga who was spin bowling coach of Sri Lanka Cricket and record holder Rangana Herath.
Carrom bronze for CP in team event
Central Province men’s team won the 45th National Sports Festival 2019 Carrom Championship. The team comprised S.A.S. Senadhi, W.M. Mufees., K.G.S.J. Prasad and A.N.M. Amer. Over 90 players from nine provinces took part in the competition. The Sports Development Department of the Ministry of Sports organized the event at the Badulla Public Library premises.
Antonians promoted at senior cricket
St. Anthony’s College, Kandy have been promoted to the Singer Trophy under 19 Division 1 inter-school cricket tournament for 2019/20 season. In division I, each team will play eight tournament matches and a maximum of seven traditional fixtures. All teams should play a minimum of three tournament matches and two traditional matches before 31 December 2019.
This time they are in Group B: with schools like S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia, Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa, St. Anne’s College, Kurunegala, St. Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya, Dharmapala College, Pannipitiya, Moratu Vidyalaya, Dharmaraja College, Kandy, and Dharmashoka College, Ambalangoda.
The season will open with a game against Moratu Vidyalaya on September 27 and 28.
Chandula to lead St. Sylvester’s
Chandula Jayakody a top right hand batsman and the stumper has been picked to lead St. Sylvester’s College in the 2019/20 cricket season. Last year he was the vice captain. St Sylvester’s play their first game on September 26 and 27 against Isipathana College at BRC grounds. Krishantha Gunawardena is the coach and is backed by the MIC Champika Wijetunge and principal P.G.S. Bandara.
Old Trinitians tag rugby
The tag rugby tournament organized by the Old Trinitians Sports Club in collaboration with the OBA exclusively for Trinitians took place at the Asgiriya stadium last Saturday, where seven teams were seen in action. The games were played at different age levels, below and above, in addition, the OTSC Rugby Academy kids too played exhibition games. All kids were
presented with medals for their participation and as an encouragement to take a liking towards rugby.Results: Below 40 Wolf Pack, Above 40 Dragons were the winners and the runners up bBelow 40 Perfect 5, Above 40 Batch of 95. OTSC president Lakmal Tenakoon should be lauded for his support.
Baseball seminar in Kandy
A seminar was held on Thursday at Kingswood College to promote Baseball in the presence of Priyantha Ekanayake.
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