Tennis in Sri Lanka: Halcyon Days, 1915–1990-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Lam Seneviratne, compiler of a booklet published by the Sri Lanka Tennis Association, 45 Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha, Colombo (Rajagiriya, New Lanka Printers, June 1990 … with blocks by Two P. Graphic Reproduction Services, Dehiwela). The compiling of this book to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Tennis Association quite unexpectedly devolved on me. I realized very quickly that it would be a big task to trace the events of 75 years. There were no similar publication to commemorate the silver or golden jubilees, which meant that a start had to be made from the very beginning. I had to interview the oldest officials, administrators, players and the relatives of those who have passed away, to obtain information, documents, souvenirs, paper clippings and photographs in order to record the history of these years. I say thank you to Doris Somanader, Coo Coo Jilla, Ranjani ...
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Bertie Wijesinha cricketer, commentator and coach par excellence – Hafiz Marikar Source:Daily News Kandy remembers one-of the top class cricketers Bertie Wijesinha who breathed his last at the age of 96 in 2017. His name was a household name in Sri Lanka whether it was as a cricketer, coach, writer or commentator; he was versatile in every field. He was the son of former Trinity cricketer Alexander Wijesinghe Bertie has he was popularly known played for S. Thomas’ College Mt Lavinia from 1936-1939 and in that period distinguished himself as an outstanding all-round cricketer. Later he moved to SSC to display his skills and then represented his country from the late 1940s. ...
Aug 5, 2020
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