Baptist top class ruggerite and coach-by Althaf Nawaz Bryan Baptist Source:Dailynews A person to prosper in life, in any field has to be influenced and guided by someone in life to reach the pinnacle, in that particular segment. Bryan Baptist one of the greatest ruggerites Sri Lanka has ever produced played a pivotal role in developing the game in the country as a player, coach and as an administrator. Bryan was encouraged by a few school mates at Royal College, Colombo who said that “You are strong and have so much of energy, , why don’t you play rugger” to him about six decades ago. He had never seen a rugger match and was taken by two classmates to witness a club match at the Race Course involving CH and FC. The game was so, physical which stunned him, when a player was tackled on the touch line close to ...

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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.   ...

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