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eLanka Newsletter – 8th May 2024 – 3rdEdition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter SAnnual Eighty Club dinner dance at the Grand on Princes Australia to commence ICC Men’s T20 World Cup preparations today An Inspirational Message for the Month of May 2024 – By Charles Schokman An African Safari – By John de Silva Sri Lanka stun Kazakhstan 45-7 in a brilliant demolition job to advance to the big stage. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports Editor) Your Support, Our Shared Triumph Stagnating Oil Prices: can OPEC+ ever provide the crucial spark? – By Hemantha Yapa Abeywardena IN MEMORIAM CAPT. EMILE JAYAWARDENA – By Elmo Jayawardena Level Up Your Math Skills with Free Algebra Equation Generators in English, Sinhala, and Tamil – By Hemantha Yapa Abeywardena New Plan to Drive Growth in Women and Girls’ Cricket ...

May 9, 2024 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , , ,
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Happy 133rd Anniversary to Kingswood College Kandy Source:Instagram Happy 133rd to Kingswood College Kandy and to all Kingswoodians! Blaze’s School was modelled on the English Public School system and traditions, and has been a testament to its founder L.E. Balze’s mission and vision, enduring and overcoming many challenges through its journey since founded as ‘Boys’ High School Kandy’ in 1891 with just eleven students at Pavilion Street. School was later moved to Brownrigg Street and finally settled down at the more spacious Randles Hill at Mulgampola in 1925, where it stands majestically today. The story of Kingswood College is one for the ages, from a humble beginning to what it has achieved today. College owes so much to it’s great educationist Blaze and successive Principles and Alumni who kept the traditions and vision alive. Here’s wishing the school all the best in developing Kingswoodians with valour and faith to face ...

May 6, 2024 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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FREDERICK WHITE BORN 1930 – 13 AUGUST 2022 – ONE OF CEYLON’S BEST EVER SPORTSMEN – by Dennis de Rosayro It is with utmost sadness that I received the news today of the demise on the 13th August, of affectionately well known Freddie, my teammate at the Burgher R.C. from 1954, in Perth, Australia. Freddie made his debut as an 18 year old schoolboy from Kingswood College, Kandy versus the Indian Olympic Team in 1948. How does one describe Asia’s best Goalkeeper when India and Pakistan were the two top teams in World Hockey. In 1960 when Ceylon hosted Olympic Champions India for 2 Tests, the Indian team Manager, Dr. B.L. Gupta and 4 times Olympian and Captain, Leslie Claudius told the media, if Freddie was an Indian they would have taken him to Rome as their first choice Goalkeeper for the 1960 Olympics. His glittering career ended in 1967, captaining ...

Aug 18, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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