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All Set for Singer Srilankan Rugby 7S

All Set for Singer Srilankan Rugby 7S

Tuesday 29th August, 2006 11

10th SAG ends on a grand note

The 10th South Asian Games, held in Sri Lanka from August 18 to 28, ended with a colourful closing ceremony, at the Sugathdasa Stadium, in Colombo, Monday night. Our staff photog- rapher Kamal Wanniarachci captured this scene, Monday night. All set for Singer SriLankan Rugby 7s by Dayawansa Withanachchi Limited, Asitha Abeysekera noted; “Singer Sri Lanka has always been com- SriLankan Airlines, Singer Sri Lanka mitted to assist rugby for the last seven and Kandy Sports Club have teamed up years and we were are pleased that the again to stage South Asia’s most coveted company’s investment has been a suc- rugby tournament, the Singer cess as we have helped produce talented SriLankan Airlines International Rugby young men to represent the country.” 7s, for the eighth consecutive year. Chandana de Silva, Head of The invitational tournament will see Corporate Communications, SriLankan the region’s top teams battle it out for Airlines and Priyantha Ekanayake, three days from September 15 to 17 at the President, Sri Lanka Rugby Football Nittawela Rugby Stadium, Kandy. Union (SLRFU) also addressed the gath- “Twelve top teams from the ering. IRB/ARFU rankings will be in the fray. Connaissance Holdings, the co-spon- There is bound to be thrilling rugby,” sor of this tournament from the very Gough returns for England inception, John Keells, Elephant House said Iswan Omar, the Chairman of the by David Clough Organising Committee, at a press confer- and the Lion Brewery Ceylon Ltd, will Yardy, while there was also an expected England won the toss and opted to bat in ence held at Colombo Rugby and support the tournament as product spon- return for veteran seamer Darren Gough. the game against . Football Club, Longden Place, Colombo, sors while Rolls Royce PLC, CFM A capacity 15,000 crowd packed out Pakistan selected both Shoaib and Pakistan were looking for their first on Friday. International, HAESL, Airbus Bristol's Nevil Road as tried to put Rana to play their first international win of the summer against the home side The twelve teams will be placed in Industries and SITA will come in as team ball-tampering controversies behind it in match since ankle and groin injuries after losing the Test series 3-0. four groups. Korea, Hong Kong and sponsors. Monday's respectively. , Rana Naved-ul-Hasan Malaysia are in Pool ‘A’, Chinese Taipei, Twelve local schools, Kingswood, St. between England and Pakistan. Paceman and all-round- and returned after injury. Kazakhstan and Philippines in Pool ‘B’, Anthony's, Vidyartha, St. Sylvester's, Eight days on from the abandonment er Michael Yardy were handed debuts as (sportinglife.com) Sri Lanka, Arabian Gulf and Pakistan in Isipatana, Ananda, St. Peter's, St. of the fourth Test at following ‘C’ and China, Thailand and are in Joseph's, Science College Mt. Lavinia, Pakistan's refusal to take the field after ‘D’. Dharmaraja College and Wesley College, tea, attention shifted back to action in the Marketing Director, Singer Sri Lanka will compete in the schools tournament. middle. Walcott hailed as unifying force ' England side drew West Indies legend Sir Clyde Walcott, "Sir Clyde was an inspiration to many an embarrassing blank in the NatWest who died at the weekend, has been hailed South African cricketers as a magnificent Mayor’s Cup for Nuwara Eliya MCSC one-day matches against Sri Lanka earli- as an inspiration to South Africa crick- batsman, fierce opponent of apartheid in er this summer while Pakistan, back to eters. sport, and latterly as a most valued ally of by T. Rajah - Badulla Sports which was organised by the Nuwara Eliya Football full strength with the return of pace pair The tribute came from Cricket South unified cricket in South Africa," said Correspondent League. Municipal Council SC scored two goals Shoaib Akhtar and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan Africa chief executive officer Gerald Majola. Nuwara Eliya Municipal Council Sports Club won through S. Gunasekera and T. Candy while Red to their squad, were disappointed to lose Majola. "As a player, he was instrumental in the Mayor's Cup when they beat Red Wings Sports Wings SC scored one goal through Sampath Perera. the Test series 3-0. Walcott was one of the West Indies' changing the face of West Indies cricket Club in a tie-breaker penalty shoot out, at the Race The Governor of the Central Provincial Council, England gave international debuts to most famous batsmen, who later went on and helped revolutionise world cricket Course, recently. Tikiri Kobbekaduwa was the chief guest and distrib- young Leicestershire pace bowler Stuart to be president of the International which had then been very much a colo- Sixteen teams participated in the tournament, uted the awards. Broad and Sussex all-rounder Mike Cricket Council. nial sport.”

St. Peter’s College, Colombo (L) and Musaeus College, Colombo who emerged boys’ and girls’ champions at the Sir John Tarbat Junior Athletic Championships worked off recently at Sir Albert F. Peiris Stadium, Wennappuwa, pose after the meet. – Pix Kamal Wanniarachchi.

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