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Englishman Martin Ebert, who Malinga - is no stranger to this course has won the Donald Steel Trophy three Kent target, Victoria all set for times. Former Test cricketer and Farbrace selector Sidat Wettimuny won it in 2000 after a tough battle with his son Sanjay Wettimuny. At 15 years, Sinupa Wijesinghe is the youngest Donald Steel Trophy to have won this trophy. The prestigious Pam Fernando Trophy, named after one of the greatest lady golfers produced by this country, has been dominated by that versatile golfer Suwen golf tournament Selvaratnam. She was the first winner since it was offered in 2000. Malinga Bandara by Rukshak Razak in Kandy She has won it five times and Niloo Kent coach Paul Jayatillake has won it twice. Farbrace says that The Victoria Golf and Country Pauline Morley has won the Sri Lankan leg-spin- Resort will host the 12th Annual Victoria Bowl twice while the oth- ner Malinga Bandara Donald Steel Golf Championship ers have won once. The Ebert Pot was always the coun- for men and women which will be too has been won only once. ty’s Number one tar- get in their quest to worked off at the picturesque The awards ceremony will be sign a second over- Victoria golf course at Rajawella held at the club house on the same seas player this sum- off Kandy next Saturday, February day commencing at 8.00 p.m. and mer. 13, with the first tee off at 7.00 a.m. the occasion will be graced by the The 30-year-old According to the organisers, Chairman of Victoria Holdings, arrives at Canterbury over 80 golfers, from Sri Lanka and Chris Holloway, Director, Christie to play in the second abroad have entered to participate Thornton, Consultant, Tony half of the season and will replace in this prestigious championship Witham and General Manager Australian paceman which was the maiden champi- Errol Johnston and many others. Stuart Clark. onship to be held after the course Past winners: It will be his sec- was opened to golfers in 1998. DONALD STEEL TROPHY: ond spell in English Since then this championship has 1999 - Chamath Kulasinghe, 2000 - first class hav- grown in stature. With four days to David Griffiths, 2001 - Martin ing played half a sea- go, the total number of entries is Ebert, 2002 Alain Gyi, 2003 Martin son for expected to reach the century Ebert, 2004 Martin Ebert, 2005 - Gloucestershire in 2005, when he took 45 mark or even exceed it. Binupa Wijesinghe, 2006 - Romesh . The main competition is the Abhayaratne, 2007 - Sujeewa Malinga will be the Donald Steel Trophy, which is Lankatillake, 20008 - Sidath second Sri Lankan awarded to the gentleman golfer Wettimuni, 2009 - Ian Tait. after Aravinda de returning the best gross over the EBERT POT: 2000 - Ajith Silva and Muttiah single round. Nishantha, 2001 Helmut Suchy, Muralitharan to join The other top events are Ebert 2002 - Malik Ahamedeen, 2003 - Kent. “He was always Pot for the best Nett score, the Pam Rohan de Silva, 2004 - D. A. Perera, our 100 per cent first Fernando Trophy for the lady 2005 - Roshan Dias, 2006 - Ian choice and has been golfer returning the best gross Walder, 2007 - Andrew Udesh, 2008 ready to sign since score and the Victoria Bowl for the - Charlie Worrel, 2009 - Suren the end of November lady golfer registering the best Waas. but has been patient Nett score. PAM FERNANDO TROPHY: - and understood our Apart from this, there will also 2000 - Suwen Selvaratnam, 2001 - situation,” Kent be separate longest drive and near- Anouk Chanmugam, 2002 - Filoo Director of Coaching Paul Farbrace said. est to the Pin events for ladies and Jayatillake, 2003 - Jackie Dias, 2004 “Malinga is a good gentlemen. There will also be a and 2005 - Suwen Selvaratnam, solid performer. He putting competition for the caddies 2006 - Thuhashani Seneviratnam, bats down the order to raise funds for the caddies fund 2007 - Suwen Selvaratnam, 2008 - and has a brilliant through a process of auctioning Niloo Jayatillake, 2009 - Suwen arm too. He should the players. Selvaratnam. have played more Donald Steel, the famous golf VICTORIA BOWL: 2001 - Test cricket, but unfortunately for him architect from the United Kingdom A section of the picturesque Victoria golf course. Sally Collins, 2002 - Usha de Silva, came along with Martin Ebert designed 2003 - Indira Tibblin, 2004 - Niloo on the scene from the Victoria golf course on a 500 this plantation into one of the defending champion of the Donald Suren Waas, Pam Fernando Jayatillake, 2005 - Sandie Mo nowhere and had a acre coconut plantation. finest golf courses in the world. Steel Trophy. The others who will Trophy - Suven Selvaratnam and Andrew, 2006 - Suwen Selvaratnam, wonderful 12 months Using his vast experience and Ian Tait, a former Cheshire be defending the trophies which the Victoria Bowl - Roshni 2007 and 2008 - Pauline Morley, 2009 which set him back.” knowledge, Donald Steel blended cricketer and ruggerite, is the they won last year are; Ebert Pot - Sangani. - Roshni Sangani. “Experience and availability were two key factors in signing Bandara and Australian fast bowler Stuart Clark. Under-19 Tournament Standings We know both of them well and what we are getting. They will both be able to Thurstan tops Group A focus and concentrate on playing for Kent,” by Reemus Fernando Farbrace added. close tussle to take the top spot in Group B. Aloysius’ College, Galle. ries to their credit and have a strong chance Farbrace was Sri Thurstan College advanced to the top spot The two schools were separated by a sin- After suffering three outright defeats, they of dislodging the Joes from the top spot as Lanka’s assistant in the points table, recording an outright vic- gle point at last week’s points table. have now two consecutive outright victories they have three more matches to go. coach working with tory and a first innings victory during the Dharmasoka beat Trinity on the first innings in the tournament. Dharmapala, who are in the second spot for course of the past week in the on-going Inter last week to claim the top spot for a short Isipatana and St. Joseph’s Colleges both in the points table in Group D, are likely to three years before he School Under-19 Division I Cricket tourna- while, but the latter pulled off an exciting topped their groups as they completed their take the top spot when they play their last took the assignment ment. Thurstan’s victory over Maliyadeva first innings victory over Maris Stella league tournament matches, but they have match. They trail Isipatana by two points. with Kent. Farbrace has invit- College, Kurunegala and the first innings vic- College, Negombo, over the weekend to regain left a chance for their opponents to overtake Meanwhile, Wesley College, Colombo, who ed three other seam- tory over Mahinda College, Galle, helped the top seat. Their ninth pair put on a them. The Joes ended their tournament were the woodenspoonists in Group A, man- ers to join in train- them oust Ananda College, Colombo, who partnership of 97 runs and posted 263 runs, in matches with a first innings victory over the aged to end their bad phase last week by ing, former were reigning at the top of the Group A. reply to Maris Stella’s 260 runs to earn first Bens on Saturday. recording an outright victory over Zahira Gloucestershire man Neither Ananda nor Royal (placed third) innings points. D. S. Senanayake College advanced to the College, to settle at sixth spot. While other Will Rudge, David had tournament matches last week and they Revata College, Balapitiya, also made a second spot in Group B by virtue of their out- teams are egding close to the completion of Burton who has could not better their points. notable improvement by reaching the fifth right victory over Kalutara Vidyalaya over their group matches, Wesley have five of played for Middlesex and Gloucestershire, Trinity and Dharmasoka are engaged in a spot with an outright victory over St. the weekend. They have three outright victo- their tournament matches still to be played. and Jahid Ahmed released by Essex at This points table has been projected by ‘The Island’ to shed some light on the standings of the teams taking part in the Under-19 Division I cricket tournament and is not the official points the end of last sea- table of the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association. son. The points table of the Inter School Under-19 Division I Cricket Tournament as at Sunday February 7, 2010.

Group ‘A’ Group ‘C’ MP WO LO WF LF ND RS WT Points Thurstan 7203112133 85 95.58 MP WO LO WF LF ND RS WT Points SLSCA requests Ananda 6103201700 85 76.25 St. Joseph’s 8205102309 111 118.84 schools to Royal 6004111481 85 71.06 DSS5301101803 80 84.03 St. Anthony’s 5002301784 66 50.34 Moratu V 6211201620 78 69.70 hand over Maliyadeva 5111201300 68 50.00 St. Benedict’s 6004111617 67 67.92 Wesley 3110009614639.11 De Mazenod 5201201266 64 62.66 score sheets Mahinda 5001228556238.05 St. Sebastian’s 5102201590 67 62.65 Dharmaraja 5000131265 33 35.90 Kalutara MV 6040201238 68 29.38 Nihal Zahira 6030211558 61 33.83 St. Sylvester’s 50203011245324.49 Fernando, the President’s 4030016312816.31 Under-19 tourna- ment secretary of Group ‘D’ the Sri Lanka Group ‘B’ Schools Cricket MP WO LO WF LF ND RS WT Points Association MP WO LO WF LF ND RS WT Points Isipatana 8223011745 134 103.95 requested the Trinity 6302101677 105 97.02 Dharmapala 7312101884 106 101.34 schools taking part Dharmasoka 6203101955 81 89.80 Nalanda 5300111299 76 74.99 in the Division I Richmond 5212001398 79 77.73 Lumbini 7220301920 96 67.20 tournament to Holy Cross 6131101625 77 57.50 St. Peter’s 7012222235 83 65.10 send the score Revata 5230001331 62 54.81 S. Thomas’ 5102201279 75 59.54 sheets of the tour- Maris Stella 41012011066749.81 Prince of Wales 4101111054 47 45.29 nament matches Kingswood 5012201083 55 40.58 Joseph Vaz 6031201553 62 39.03 immediately for St. Aloysius’ 50113011897739.14 Mahanama 5031011388 55 38.63 him to prepare the St.Anne’s 4020206924919.17 points table as the Abbreviations: Mathches played MP, Matches won outright WO, Matches lost outright LO, Matches won on tournament is edg- first innings WF, Matches lost on first innings LF, Matches ended on no decision ND, Total runs scored RS, Total ing close to the fin- wickets taken WT ish.