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Eric Roles at Cricket in Perth: Rendering Service-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Veedhi Pelpola’s Speech at the Willetton Cricket Club, Perth …. “Eric Role’s Life Membership Induction Speech” ….. as supplemented with pertinent photogaphs on 23 April 2023. Good evening, Everyone, I am honoured to stand before you to talk about Eric Roles, who has dedicated a large portion of his life to the Willetton Junior Cricket Club and the improvement of young cricketers going through the ranks. As a coach, Eric has coached Willetton Junior Cricket Club teams since the 2012/2013 season therefore accumulating in 11 years of coaching, 10 of those without having a son or grandson in the team, a testament to his unwavering dedication and service. ...

Tribute to Nimal Maralande – By Errol Fernando (16th March 1939 – 31st July 1997) My dear friends, my dear fellow-Trinitians, there are times when it is easy to speak and there are times when it is difficult to speak. I thought that it was difficult for me to speak at my father’s funeral service a few months ago. But in some ways it is more difficult to speak here today because it was only this morning that I heard of Nimal’s death. My thoughts were with Nimal as I drove to school this morning, unaware that he had died. I had planned to phone him from school in response to three messages that he had left for me during the last three days. He left one message with my wife and two messages with my daughter – messages that contained Nimal’s usual humour and a couple of jokes which only he and ...