A J M Mushtaq Archives

eLanka Newsletter – 22nd October 2023 – 7th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter All Blacks storm into final and look set to win fourth William Webb Ellis World Cup – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports editor) Vale Felix Perumal: A Leader of Cricketing Men-by Michael Roberts Angelo Matthews and Dushmantha Chameera rushed in as injury replacements as Sri Lanka reassess lack of experience – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (eLanka Sports editor) පතිවත වෙනුවෙන් දිවි පිදූ – රූමත් රූප්මතී දේවිය – By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම්. Photos from the Sri Lanka Australian Malay Association – 25th Anniversary Cultural Show and Dinner Dance held on 14 October 2023 at the Don Moore Community Centre, Carlingford, NSW GEORGE SENANAYKE AN UNSELFISH MULTI TALENTED MUSICIAN,MUSIC COMPOSER DIRECTOR, SOUND ENGINEER AT APEX OF FAME FOR DECADES –By Sunil Thenabadu The ...

Noteworthy Boxing History of St. Anthony’s College, Kandy – By A J M Mushtaq Source : Antonian Newsletter – September 2023 Boxing was introduced to the schools in Ceylon during the first decade of the 20th century. Two Old boys, Messrs. Cyril E. S. Perera (later Queen’s Counsel & MP for Colombo North) and M. J. Taylor, were instrumental in bringing the game to St. Anthony’s College, Kandy, inspired by Mr. L. Mc D. Robinson, a lecturer at the Government Training College. St. Anthony’s was fortunate to obtain the services of the famed boxing trainer, Mr. John Gaye. Boxing had become so popular that it was hard to decide which of the two games, cricket or boxing, was more popular, with a large number of athletes taking up the sport. In the STUBBS SHIELD tournament, which started in 1914, St. Anthony’s participated for the first time in 1918 and became ...