14 Wednesday 29th June, 2011 Under-15 Division I Cricket Establishment of Nationalised Services K-O TT Central Bank win ‘A’ Div. title Past The Nationalised Services Table Thimira plays Tennis Knock-out Tournament 2011, was held on June 22, at the Indoor Stadium of S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Rugby Players Association Lavinia. The tournament was conducted under three Divisions; viz, A, B and C. captain’s knock The Central Bank of (CBSL) emerged ‘A’ Division champs. On the way to the title, they beat Lake House, National Savings Bank, People's Bank and Rupavahini Corporation. for Thurstan Initially, the CBSL competed at the Chasing a target of 255 runs to win, Royal College 101 for 1 wkt in 13.1 overs Nationalised Services Table Tennis were 31 for three wick- (Avinash Devarajan 14, Capt. Chamika Knock-out Tournament in 2009. ets at one stage before a captain’s knock Karunarathne 51 n.o., Harith of 101 runs from Thimira Jayasinghe Samarasinghe 23 n.o.) powered them to a four-wicket victory Under-17 Division 1 Cricket over Ananda College in their Under-15 Sachin scores unbeaten 86 as Joes Get on with it Division I Cricket encounter played at win Picture shows the establishment of the inaugural Isipathana College Past Rugby Players Thurstan Ground yesterday. Sachin Hewawasam scored unbeaten 86 Association (ICPRPA) in progress. man... Jayasinghe was involved in a decisive runs inclusive of 14 fours as St. Joseph’s BY SHARM DE ALWIS 158 run partnership for the fourth wick- College registered a seven-wicket victory Establishment of the inaugural The Inaugural Committee of the et with Sajith Gunathilaka who made 62 over Sri Dharmaloka College, Kelaniya Isipathana College Past Rugby Isipathana College Past Rugby I do not read the weekly column of runs. Jayasinghe’s innings included 14 in their Under-17 Division I cricket Players Association (ICPRPA), com- Players Association (ICPRPA) the self advertised pundit, because I fours. encounter played at Darley Road on Patron: A. C. Perera – Principal & avoid dignifying trash, but my atten- ing under the Isipathana College Old tion was drawn to last Sunday's tripe Scores: Monday. Boys’ Association, took place on 24th President of Isipathana College OBA and hence this response. Ananda 254 all out in 49.4 overs Scores: June, 2011. The meeting was chaired President: Ana Saranapala The columnist should put behind (Ashen Dassanayake 43, Nisal Francisco Dharmaloka 142 in 47.4 overs (Prabath by the Principal, Mr. A. C. Perera, Vice Presidents: him the ignominy he faced at 41, Pasindu Lakshanka 38, Chamod Hasritha 29; Moditha Weerasinghe 2/27, 1. Sriyantha Rajakaruna Pallekella six/seven years ago and get Umayanga 30; Senal Wijesinghe 3/52, Shammi Seneviratne 2/03) and the objectives of the formation of 2. Group Capt. Nalin de Silva on with the work assigned to him by Gihan Shashira 2/19) St. Joseph’s 143 for 3 wkts in 30 overs such ICPRPA was for the purpose of the respected journal without casting 3. Dilroy Fernando Thurstan 255 for 6 wkts in 46.2 overs (Duran de Alwis 22, Sachin Hewawasam establishing strong fellowship aspersions. His sentence, "every dog 4. Hisham Abdeen (Thimira Jayasinghe 101, Sajith 86 n.o., Arvindh Fernando 20 n.o.) amongst the past rugby players of has his day...." is downright insulting 5. Commd. H. K. Sisira and how it went un-noticed by the sub- Gunathilaka 62, Charana Nanayakkara Isipathana College and also with a 52n.o.; Chamod Umayanga 2/32) Dayan in match- 6. Saman Manchanayake – Chairman of editor is a moot point. view to support to continue main- winning spell Rugby OBA ExCo (Ex officio basis) The columnist writes of the need to taining of the dominance of Royal in nine wickets win Dayan Perera picked up five wickets for Secretary: Anura Serasingha improve the standard of refereeing, when he mentions that coaches and Royal College beat Basilica College by 12 runs for Mahanama College to record Isipathana College to be a leading Treasurer: Nimal Luxshman nine wickets as skipper Chamika a huge 155 runs victory over St. Thomas’ rugby playing school in the years referees will engage in discussions, Committee: thereby admitting that his house Karunaratne with a good double of two College, Kotte in their Under-17 Division ahead too. Isipathana College within 1. Dayalu Perera should be put in order. He writes of a wickets and an unbeaten 51 and B. P. I match played at Malay Ground last the last four decades has the distinc- 2. M. D. Ifthikar vanishing breed of referees. It is not a Arsakularathne with a four-wicket haul week. tion of producing a proud record of 3. Sajith Mallikaarachchi vanishing breed but a perishing breed excelled for the home team in the Under- Scores: from what has been observed of their 54 rugby players to represent the 4. Shiam Siddik 15 Division I match played at Reid Mahanama 231 all out in 49.4 overs lacklustre performances. I have seen Avenue on Monday. (Senura Welagedara 93, Pavan Devinda nation team. Further several out- 5. Shamly Nawaz referees blow from 1944 and never Scores: 22, Nipuna Medanga 23, Dayan Perera 21; standing personalities of Isipathana 6. Viraj Prasantha have such low depths been registered. Basilica 100 all out in 31 overs (Chamith Rashmika Peiris 2/40, Yohan Kulathunga College old boys have made invalu- 7. Wing Comd. Sanjaya Fernando Most importantly, on the Bradby Rishitha 53, right-arm fast bowler B.P. 2/46) able contributions towards the 8. Nizam Jamaldeen which has given the self-proclaimed 'guru' to vent his ire, the 'guru' knows Arsakularathne 4 for 11, Chamika St. Thomas’ 76 all out in 37 overs ‘National Rugby Administration’ of 9. Selvin Salley Karunarathne 2 for 23, Minura (Kalana Silva 14; Nayana Prabath 2/26, as well as I, as to who was culpable for Sri Lanka in the past few decades. 10. Hassan Sinhawansa Punchihewa 2 for 14) Dayan Perera 5/12). (RF) the sinister move that was eventually out-witted by the Principal of Triniy College, Kandy.

Rixon named Lankan U-21 women stickers win silver in Bangkok new Australia The Under-21 Sri Lanka women's hockey team won the silver medal at the 3rd AHF Sri Lanka met Chinese Taipei in the final while Thailand secured 3rd place. Sri fielding coach Cup hockey tournament held in Bangkok, Thailand from June 4 to 12. Lanka now qualifies for the Asia Cup tournament to be held in 2012, in China. MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Former Australia Test wicketkeeper Steve Rixon was appointed as the national team's fielding coach on Tuesday. The 57-year-old Rixon replaced American Mike Young, who is also fielding coach for the Deccan Chargers of the Indian Premier League. Rixon, who played 13 Tests and six one-dayers for Australia during the late 1970s and early 1980s, will join Australia on its upcoming tours of Sri Lanka and South Africa, acting Cricket Australia chief executive Michael Brown said. "I am thrilled with this appointment and look forward to working with the Australian team over the next two tours," Rixon said in a statement. "Fielding skills play such an important role in the modern game and often proves the difference between winning and losing." Since retiring as a player in 1988, Rixon has coached New Zealand, Australian state team New South Wales and Indian Cricket League side Hyderabad Heroes, and is currently fielding coach of the IPL's Chennai The team: Standing left to right: Mrs. Evon Darling (Judge), S. R. Illangakoon (), Jayamini Bandana (Christ Church Sports Club), Harshani Kumari (SL Navy), Mrs. Super Kings. Sunethra Rupasighe (Asst. Manager), Chamini Gunawardana (Vice Captain, Christ Church Sports Club), Vincent Dias (Manager), Nadeeka Kumari (Captain, SL Navy), Rohan Dissanayake "I feel my experience firstly as a player and, more importantly, a success- (Coach), Maithri Vithana (Official), Manisha Welaratne (Visakha Vidyalaya), Geethika Damayanthi (SL Navy) and Mrs. Sanoja Mendis (Official). Seated left to right: Buddika Gunaratne (SL ful coach across the world can help Navy), Chathurika Ekanayake (Pushpadana Kandy), Dilhani Karunanayake (Christ Church College), Dharshani Herath (SL Navy), Samadara Chandrika (Seethadevi Balika), Prarthana many of these young Australian play- Upeksha (Yasodara Vidyalaya), Imesha Lakshani (Janadhipathi Vidyalaya), Risini Perera (Sirimavo V), Nilushi Weerasinghe (Seethadevi Balika), Ashwini Madanayake (Visakha Vidyalaya) ers, together with the outstanding and Chathurika Premasiri (SL Air Force). group of assistants (coach) Tim Nielsen has at his disposal," Rixon said. Ananda Under-17 cager champs Ananda College, , emerged win- ners at the All Island Schools Under-17 ‘B’ Division Basketball Championship, when they beat Kingswood College, Kandy, 67-28 in the final played at Kingswood College courts, recently. At half time, the score read 31-12 in favour of Ananda College. The top shooters for Ananda College were Dilka Sakuranga (17), skipper Avishka Siriwardana (10) and Sachin Wijayasinghe (8). For Kingswood College, skipper Thishika Walisundara (16) did the bulk of the scoring.

Awards: Most Valuable Player: Dilka Sakuranga (Ananda) Best Defensive Player: Missaka Munasinghe THE CHAMPION TEAM (Ananda) Front row: Jeewanthe Krishan, Uditha Wijemuni, Chanaka Prabath, Rangana Divakara, Devin Heenwella, Laksman Kavinda and Dushan Wanaguru. Back row from left: Shriyantha Jayaweera Best Offensive Player: Thishika Walisundara (Consultant), Dilka Sakuranga, Missaka Munasinghe, Sanju Jayaratne, Muditha Gunasekara (V. Capt.), L. M. D. Dharmasena (President, Sri Lanka Schools Basketball Association and Principal Ananda (Kingswood). College), Avishka Siriwardana (Capt), Kumara Rodrigo (Deputy Principal), Sachin Wijayasinghe, Nisal Balasuriya, Yohan Vithanage, Sampath Herath (Coach) and Gaya Kirihena (Teacher-in-Charge).