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Burgher Tennis Club in Galle, circa 1928-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Left to right – Standing: Messrs R. W. E. de Vos, Vyvil Loudowyk, Fred Bastiansz, E. F. C. Ludowyk Jnr., R. A. de Vos, Bubsy Austin, E. F. C. Ludowyk Snr, W. Colin-Thomé, Dudley de Kretser, Arthur Arndt, Bertie Toussaint Seated: Miss Mina de Vos, Miss E. Koch, Mrs Glen Altendorf, Mrs Bertie Joseph, Mrs R. A. de Vos, Mrs Bertie Toussaint, Miss Rita Kale, Mrs E. F. C. Ludowyk, Mrs W. Colin-Thomé, Mrs Dudley de Kretser, Mrs Bessie Bartholomeusz, Seated on ground: Earnleigh de Krester, Miss Owen Ludowyk, Miss Ina de Zilwa, Miss Mabel Arndt, Miss Mavis Ludowyk, Miss Dagmar Toussaint, Francis Toussaint. A NOTE: I discovered this photograph mounted on cardboard in my Mss depository. I could not recollect how I got it but on my recent trip to Sri Lanka David Colin-Thome informed me that his mother ...

Nov 6, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Dagmar Toussaint, Francis Toussaint, Fred Bastiansz, Messrs R. W. E. de Vos, Michael Roberts, Vyvil Loudowyk

The Unity in A Contradiction Over Time: Top Dog Bullying in Cricket-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Michael Roberts in Email Chat with Errol Fernando, 3 November 2023: “Indian Cricketers Today Emulate the Aussies of Yesterday” Mike Roberts: responding to a cricketing point made by Errol Fernando, on 3 November 2023, re some unplayable balls produced by the Indian pacemen in the World Cup Match at Mumbai on 2nd November 2023 “I agree with you about some of the UNPLAYABLE BALLS, Errol; BUT MY FOCUS HOWEVER IS GOING TO BE on * Mohmmed Siraj’s threatening verbals. ...

Nov 6, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Michael Roberts, VIJITHA YAPA PUBLICATIONS

“Corridors of Time” Painting Exhibition at Lionel Wendt, Colombo-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Corridors of Time – Artistic Narratives of Heritage and Nature …. at … the Harold Peiris Gallery at the Lionel Wendt, Col-7 ,,, Opening: 2nd November 2023 @ 6pm …. continuing from 3rd-5th November … with Paintings from Royden Gibbs & Joseph Rodrigo About the Artists: Royden Gibbs is one of the senior-most contemporary artists in Sri Lanka and is known internationally with a career spanning six decades. He is best known for his watercolours on historical sites and landscapes, but is equally versatile in many other media such as oils, pastels, ink, line and wash, to mention a few, and is proficient in a wide variety of subjects from still life, figures, portraits, wildlife, to landscapes and buildings. With a deep connection to Sri Lanka’s cultural heritage, his works often explore themes of conserving tradition and history. Joseph Rodrigo is an artist/advertising creative director. ...

Nov 4, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Michael Roberts, Royden Gibbs

More on Senanayakes and Cricket – By KKS PERERA Dr. Michael Roberts’ enthralling exploration of the Senanayake family and their ties to cricket in last week’s E-lanka provided the inspiration for me to craft this anecdotal script. Don Spater Senanayake, was the son of the lesser-known Don Bartholomeus, a native of the picturesque town of Mahiyangana. According to family lore that has been passed down through the generations, the Senanayake family’s roots can be traced back to an ancient era—the Anuradhapura period, specifically between AD 253 and 266. The tale recounts that during this time, a benevolent King dispatched a delegation from Mahiyangana, entrusted with a sacred Bo sapling. Their mission was to plant this revered sapling at a hallowed location in Attanagalle. The delegation journeyed toward their destination, they decided to rest for the night and carefully placed the Bo sapling in a specially chosen spot. The next morning, ...

Oct 15, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged "CRICKET, KKS PERERA, Michael Roberts

eLanka Newsletter – 8th October 2023 – 3rd Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter India has the wood on Australia but South Africa looms as the biggest threat. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports editor) නළියන දිය බුබුලක් වටකර තැනූ පනාමුරේ ඇත්ගාල – By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම්. Sri Lanka get a mauling from South Africa but show a bit of pulse. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports editor) ICC introduces ‘Cricket’s Greatest Canvas’ with Padma Shri Indian painter Paresh Maity to immortalise the biggest Cricket World Cup – Article Courtesy of ICC. © ICC 2023 (media contact; Trevine Rodrigo – ICC approved media partner) Enchanting Ella- Sri Lanka – By Dr Harold Gunatillake Review: Pride Without Prejudice – An inspiring Life – Beverley Pinder Bares Her Soul In Her Inspiring Life – By Lawrence ...

Oct 11, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged Cricket World Cup, Lawrence Machado, Michael Roberts, Stefan D'silva, Sunil Thenabadu

eLanka Newsletter – 4th October 2023 – 2nd Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter New Zealand stun England in World Cup opener with a sensational 9 wicket win – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports editor) JOSEPH VERNON FORBES – celebrates his 100th Birthday Sri Lanka stutter in warm up games but may still provide some fireworks. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports editor) Doctor, my morning fasting blood sugar is always high. Do you have any clues as to why this might be happening? – By Dr Harold Gunatillake Asian Games: More Medals Secured by Sri Lanka-by Michael Roberts මන නන්දණීය,නන්දා මාලිණිය , 80 වන වියට පිය තබන්නී…. By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම්. Coconut- an Asian dietary essential- was bashed again by Western researchers, despite its increasing popularity in the West. – By Harold Gunatillake ...

Oct 9, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged Ash Guruge, eLanka Newsletter, Harold Gunatillake, Michael Roberts, Ravindra C Wijegunaratne, Upali Obeyesekere

eLanka Newsletter – 4th October 2023 – 2nd Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Sri Lanka women claim Silver in Asian Games Cricket – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE – (eLanka Sports editor) Highlights from The Old Joes Golf Day – Awards & Lunch in Sydney – Sunday 1st October 2023 (Photos thanks to Brad Stevens ) UNIQUE SRI LANKA LIBRARY අකුණු සරින් ශාප ලද – දේශයේ ඇතුන් දහස් ගණන් නැසූ බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය පාලකයෝ – By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම් The Dutch Fort in Gurunagar, Jaffna – By Michael Roberts Dust Divine (The C-Theory) – By Lakshman Navaratne The Cheiftains Of Sri Lanka Bradman at Brockton Oval in Vancouver in 1932 during Australian North American Tour-by Michael Roberts The Long weekend – By Dr harold Gunatillake The Burgher Association Australia Annual General Meeting 2023 Bill Nighy reads Sri Lankan Journalist ...

Oct 5, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged eLanka Newsletter, Kusal Janith, Lasantha Wikrematunge, Michael Roberts, World Children’s Day, World Elder’s Day

Bradman at Brockton Oval in Vancouver in 1932 during Australian North American Tour-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis “The Brockton Oval in Vancouver hosts an over-40s league game. Did you know that Don Bradman once described the ground as “without question the most beautiful ground in the world”?” …. https://twitter.com/espncricinfo/status/1034432962530488321 … and, as it happens, one of the Curators at this ground at one point in the ltter half of the 20th century was a Sri Lankan migrant and cricket buff named CJ Van Twest (whose Ceylon news cutting in 1957 have been recently featured in this site: https://thuppahis.com/2023/09/22/cjs-cricket-news-cuttings-in-1957-ceylon-the-cricket-world/ The location in Vancouver …. AND …. some pictures of cricket in progress there during the Canadian summer A picture of Bradman in North America For FURTHER DATA, visit these sites among many possibilities https://cricketique.live/2012/12/26/don-bradmans-north-american-tour-opens-up-on-film/ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7802445-the-don-meets-the-babe …. AND ….. https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/362387v …. “The Don meets the babe : the 1932 Australian cricket tour of North America / Ric Sessions ...

Oct 1, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Australian cricket tour, Michael Roberts

Michael Roberts Papers now at Barr Smith Library, Adelaide University – By Michael Roberts Source : thuppahis http://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/special/mss/roberts/ All enquiries on this subject should be addressed to library@adelaide.edu.au OR cheryl.hoskin@adelaide.edu.au Michael Roberts will NOT field inquiries Note that such items as the DR Wijewardena scrapbook and the James Peiris material are copies because the provided by the Dept of National Archives in Colombo with the technology available in the late 1960s after I mediated the temporary loan of these documents to the Archives. Fortunately I was able to mediate the donation of other bulky sets of documents to the Archives: notably those belonging to Gilbert Perera, EAP Wijeyeratne (donated by his son, Tissa) and the enormous pile relating to the Ceylon National Congress (donated by JR Jayewardene). Most of the latter are in print form in M. Roberts (ed.) Documents of the Ceylon National Congress, 4 vols.(Colombo: Department of National Archives, 1977). MSS 0031Series 1 ...

Sep 30, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Michael Roberts

Danushka Gunathilaka’s Travails Over: Free to Cricket … so to speak – By Michael Roberts Source : thuppahis Lauren Ferri & Steve Zemek in The AUSTRALIAN, 29 September 2023, where the title reads ‘I’m happy that my life is normal again’: Cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka not guilty of sexual assault” .… with highlighting imposed b The Editor Thuppahi Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka says he is looking forward to resuming his playing career after a Sydney judge acquitted him of sexual assault facing a judge-alone trial in the Downing Centre District Court, Mr Gunathilaka was on Thursday found not guilty of one count of sexual intercourse without consent relating to an allegation that he had removed a condom without a woman’s knowledge during sex. Mr Gunathilaka has spent 11 months unable to leave Australia as he fought the charges. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has been found not guilty of sexual ...

Sep 30, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Judge Sarah Huggett, Michael Roberts, Sri Lankan cricketer