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CEYLON’S SOLITARY SILVER MEDAL-by ECB Wijeyasinghe Source:Island Thanks to a satellite in the firmament, the Moscow Olympiad is now viewed in armchair comfort even in the middle-class homes of Sri Lanka.There was a time when admirers of the culture and games of Ancient Greece had to be satisfied with taking Homer to bed and dreaming of Helen of Troy or Ulysses till the crack of dawn. T.V. and other Olympics have changed all that. Owing to their possession of an enormous vocabulary the Greeks had a word for everything and a name for every game under the sun. In the field of athletics, however, they excelled to such an extent that it was the secret ambition of every young man to look like a Greek God. All the classical deities were supposed to be physically perfect with a chiselled grin or grizzled chin according to the specifications of the patrons ...

Aug 22, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , , ,
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BARCLAY GORDON ‘BUDDY’ REID Elmo Rodrigopulle Source:-www.dailynews.lk There have been a few instances of sets of brothers playing for their schools, clubs and with some of them going on to sport Sri Lanka caps. Among them the leaders were the nine Fernandopulle brothers who played and all kept wickets for St.Benedict’s College, Kotahena which deserves mention in the Guinness Book of the records, AMENDRA brothers from Mahinda College Galle, the RANATUNGA and WETTIMUNY brothers from Ananda College also come to mind. But five brothers to play school cricket and excel for St. Thomas’ College, the school by the sea at Mount Lavinia were the REID brothers – CLAUDE, RONNIE, BUDDY, BARNEY and TINY. It is said that there were five Saram brothers who played for the Mount Lavinia school before the REID’S. Most outstanding But of the five brothers the most outstanding and who became a double international was BARCLAY ...

Oct 1, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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Kandy sports lovers mourn Elmo Rodrigopulle’s death-By Hafiz Marikar Elmo Rodrigopulle (extreme right) in Knightsbridge, London with England cricketing legend Jim Laker and Mrs. S. Goodhew during his visit to England to cover the 1975 World Cup cricket tournament Source:Dailynews Kandy’s sports lovers are sad over the death of award-winning sports reporter, Elmo Michael Rodrigopulle who died on Tuesday at the age of 80 years . Elmo was one of the most well-known sports reporters for Daily Mirror and Sunday Times where he worked together with my late uncle M.E. Marikar and later for the Daily News and Sunday Observer. Elmo was a sports reporter for well over fifty years and a man who loved his job. He made his last journey yesterday and was buried at the Madampitiya cemetery, He leaves behind his wife Gina. After his school cricket career he played for Tamil Union, the home of cricket ...

Jul 24, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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Veteran sports writer Elmo Rodrigopulle embarks on last journey today – By Susil Premalal   Source:-dailymirror By Susil Premalal Former St. Benedict’s College, Kotahena cricket captain Elmo Rodrigopulle will go on his last journey today after a distinguished career as a sports journalist spanning over five decades. Elmo passed away after a brief illness just a day after his 80th birthday on July 19. He literally died with his boots on after having penned his long-running ‘Sportscope’ column which appeared on July 11 in the Sunday Observer, where he served as Associate Editor (Sports) at the time of his death.The right-arm leg spinner and handy lower order batsman played for Tamil Union and Saracens SC, which he also captained, and gained international honours when he represented the Ceylon Board President’s XI led by Michael Tissera against Hong Kong.  He gained more prominence after he embarked on a career in journalism in ...

Jul 23, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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