Desmond Kelly DVD launch for charity nets $2500 BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE Veteran crooner Desmond Kelly was overjoyed that the proceeds from the sale of his DVD launched last year raised $2500, (Rs. 280,050) and the proceeds was handed over to an orphanage in the land of his birth, Sri Lanka. The legendary performer signed off his lengthy musical career spanning several decades with a DVD which encompasses the beauty and splendor of Sri Lanka along with some humorous Video clips and a fine selection of his favourite songs delivered in his own inimitable style. Desmond Kelly has over the years entertained countless fans in Sri Lanka and worldwide not just as a singer but as an actor and in numerous other roles including as a writer which he still plays a starring role for the Website Elanka and Editor of the Lanka Times in Melbourne. His number one ...
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Bumbling fumbling Sri Lanka crash out of Champions Trophy – Pathetic fielding costs a semi-final berth BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE Sri Lanka lurched like a drunken sailor at the Champions Trophy in England before being unceremoniously dumped before the semi-finals thanks to pathetic fielding against Pakistan in a crucial game that decided the final four spots. Team manager Asanka Gurusinha’s assertion that only the best fielding team would make up the final composition for the tournament irrespective of batting or bowling strengths came back to haunt him when the team delivered him and the team management a slap in the face against Pakistan as they literally found a way to kick themselves out of the tournament due to butterfingered fielding. Compounding the dropped catches was the poor ground fielding which at times made them look amateurish and begged the question whether they were good enough at international level. The ...
Read More →Elvis ‘Ricky’ Thurgood feted at Easter Sandown races 37 years after tragic mishap Elvis ‘Ricky’ Thurgood with parents Noel and Doris. BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE The Horse racing fraternity in Australia are a rare breed as envisioned by their tender loving care for a fallen mate, Elvis ‘Ricky’ Thurgood, a champion Jockey who was literally stopped in his tracks on a fateful Easter weekend at Caulfield racecourse and left quadriplegic for the past 37 years. The horse that Ricky was astride on that terrible Easter Cup day, Taras Regent, unfortunately suffered a heart attack in full stride throwing the champion jockey to what was considered a fatal fall but he has hung on in a quadriplegic state since and has recently shown miraculous signs of some form of recovery. ...
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