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Salute to a popular sportsman – Benjamin Vere La’Brooy   Benjamin Vere La’Brooy, sad to say, passed away into the Lord’s Realm on 16th.October 2020 and was cremated at the Mt. Lavinia Crematorium two days later.  It was most disappoiinting that there was hardly a soul to farewell Benji due to the restrictions of the pandemic. Benji, as he was popularly known,  enjoyed a most illustrious and colourful sports career whilst serving in the Sri Lanka Navy for 22 long years. His work, which he thoroughly revelled in, was in the sports and physical fitness sectors involving  organising, management, training and the implementation of sports programmes. Prior to retirement he was a senior Physical Training Instructor and served in many ships and shore establishments around the island.. His recruitment to the Navy was at a time when the armed services were bristling with sportsmen and colourful personalities of various skills..The ...