Friday 5th December 2008 15 Standard Chartered RGOE Marathon Father and sons scrum down at Mercantile Sri Lankan marathon quartet Rugby Sevens by Farook Lantra It’s almost amaz- departs for Singapore ing but true! Dad Shanaka by Reemus Fernando members of the team event of Fernando repre- the Standard Chartered GROE sented Maj. Lal Jayasekara, the Marathon were schedule to Metropolitan at one coach cum manager of leave for Singapore early today. stage and now his two sons both his sons are products of Harshamali Gunaratne and Sri Lanka Army’s Shehan and Chrishan are St. Peter’s College, Colombo. Indika Ajith Rathnayake who Harshamali Gunaratne and employed at Metropolitan. Shanaka played rugby for will compete in the Standard Indika Ajith Rathnayake will The two sons will lock St. Peter’s as a wing three Chartered Singapore Marathon compete in the men’s and horns with their father, quarter during in 1981 and said that the training provided women’s individual events Shanaka, at the 38th 1982 and then joined Health to the athletes in Nuwara Eliya while Jeevakumaran Mercantile Rugby Sevens and Company. This will be should help them immensely, Sivaperumal and Ruwina which will commence today his 27th appearance at the when they compete in the will help them to cope with the Sri Lanka’s two member Deepani will compete in the and end on December 7 at CR Mercantile Rugby Sevens. marathon in Singapore. situation there and I hope that team for individual events of team event. Sivaperumal and & FC grounds. The tourna- Shehan and Chrishan “We expect the weather to be they will produce some good the Standard Charted Marathon Deepani are running the second ment is sponsored by Dialog also played as wing three cold in Singapore these days. performances,” Jayasekara told left for Singapore, accompanied leg of the Standard Chartered TV together with Dialog quarters for St. Peter’s with The athletes had training ses- ‘The Island’ before his depar- by Maj. Lal Jayasekara early Greatest Race on Earth series in Blackberry. distinction in 2006 and 2007, sions in Nuwara Eliya and that ture. Thursday morning, while the Singapore. Shehan Fernando and respectively. Sri Lanka almost made to eat humble pie! Man of the Series Ajantha Mendis Kumar Sangakkara: consistent Muttiah Muralidharan Jehan Mubarak Though the Sri Lankan crick- gutsy Zimbabweans rocked the spinner Ajantha Mendis and a Lankan triumph. In this backdrop whitewash was in the balance. in the series. This may have left a eters made a clean sweep of the boat, in the third encounter, courageous back to the wall two gutsy players, skipper From 130 for six, with their exit, bitter taste in the mouth of the lit- five ODI series against underdogs where Sri Lanka escaped by the innings of 60 not out by J. Prosper Utseya (31) and Keith Zimbabwe collapsed to 133 all out. tle master of the willow. If not for Zimbabwe, who lie low in the ICC skin of their teeth, to register a Mubarak. If not for their valiant Dabengwa (39 runs) had other The Zimbabweans, though defeat- Kumar Sangakkara’s consistency rankings, there was nothing much five run victory. efforts that ideas. They got ed, were by no means disgraced. and some bright individual per- for the Sri Lankans to crow about. The Zimbabweans, playing match would their act, The bottom line in this series, formances from Jehan Mubarak, This was the second clean against a powerful opposition and have gone Letter together in a was the pathetic batting perform- Thilina Kandamby and Upul sweep against the hapless facing great odds, were up to the Zimbabwe’s way. fighting part- ance by skipper Mahela. One won- Tharanga and the remarkable Zimbabweans. The Lankans hav- task. In the final encounter at the nership of 72 runs and not even ders weather it was the dark cloud bowling feats of Murali and ing won the first two ODIs with In the 4th ODI, they made Sri Harare sports club ground, Sri the wiles of Murali or the magic that hung over him; the IPL Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lanka would ease, may have presumed the rest Lanka struggle to gain a two wick- Lanka achieved their whitewash, of of Ajantha Mendis could dis- episode. In the final match, in des- have had to eat humble pie. of the matches, were their’s for et victory, which was solely possi- with a mere 19 run victory. With lodge them, while they were on peration, he opted to open the bat- the asking. It was not to be, as they ble due to the brilliant bowling Zimbabwe reeling at 6 for 48, the the rampage. ting, which was a futile exercise, Rex Wijewardene, were in for a rude shock, when the performance of Lanka’s mystery writing was on the wall for a Sri Lanka’s prospect of a as he was out for the second duck Dehiwela. Ananda win Rear Admiral Weerasekara Gateway Under-17 joint champions Challenge Trophy The Gateway College team Standing (L-R): Aalam Gulam, Lakshan Kodagoda, Pramuka Perera, Dhananjana Seneviratne, Uttunga Jayawardene, Pasindu Gamarachchi, Mark Perera, Rajeer Sri Keerthiwardena, Ushan Kodagoda. Seated (L-R): Ramesh Weerakoon (Assistant Cricket Coach), Sunil Koralagama (Master-in-Charge), Somabandhu Kodikara (Head Master), Dinusha Karunatilleke (Captain), Pulasthi Ranasinghe (Vice Captain), Dr. Harsha Alles (Director), Gilson Peiris (Deputy Head of Sports & PE) and J. W. K. Boteju (Cricket Coach). Absent: Jezlan Nawaz, M. Fariq and Denujan. Sathasivam. Gateway College and Royal vs. Lyceum International School 22, Rajendra harishanth 2 for 28, Institute were declared joint (Wattala) Shaji Ryan 2 for 26) champions in the Under-17 Inter Gateway won by 2 runs (via International Schools Cricket the parabola system) Lyceum International Tournament, conducted by (Wattala) 155/9 in 36.0 overs Wycherly International School. Scores: (Tharusha Thilakarathna 44, The annual football encounter between Ananda and Nalanda Colleges for the Rear Admiral Ananda The final on November 27, was Gateway 166 all out in 40.0 Yokantha Ravichandran 39, Shjaji Weerasekara Trophy was played at the CR&FC grounds recently. Ananda beat Nalanda by four goals to abandoned due to rain. overs (Jezlan Nawaz 54, Rajeer Ryan 19, Dhananjana Seneviratne nil. Rear Admiral Sarath Weeerasekara is seen presenting the championship trophy to Krishna Satish, the Semi-final: Keerthiwardena 23, Dhananjana 2 for 26, Pasindi Gamarachchi 2 captain of Ananda College. Nalanda Principal H. K. Premathilaka is also in the picture. Gateway College (Colombo) Seneviratne 23, Gaurav Deva 2 for for 14).