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The Invincible 1967 Trinity ‘Lions’ began without a coach By Shamzeer Jaleel Source:Sundaytimes Trinity College one of the core schools to produce some outstanding rugby players for both the Kandy school and country had some outstanding outfits. A few of them were the 56, 67, 69, 77 and 87 outfits. But in the recent past they have lost the grip which made them fall down the ladder for many reasons. The invincible 1967 outfit was led by Ajith Abeyratne where they ended unbeaten in the season. Abeyratne represented his alma mater both in cricket and rugby scoring the fastest century between Trinity and Royal in only 62 balls at the Asgiriya Stadium in his last year. He led the Trinity College rugby teams in 1967 and 1968 and won colours in cricket and Lion in rugby as well. He was awarded the Ryde Gold Medal for the best student at ...

Jun 9, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Alex Lazarus, Anil Siriwardena, B. Shanthi Kumar, Dudley Dissanayake, Errol Warne, Gamini Udugama, Gogi Tillakaratne, hafie Jainudeen, Iswan Omar, Jadi Dissanayake, M. Affif, Mahendra Thalwatte, Mark Sundaralingam, Mohan Balasuriya, NTB Dassanayake, Rafi Ismail, Ranjan Nadarajah, Stephen Paul, TRINITY COLLEGE

Memories of Oman – Lankans upset fancied team in Gulf Sevens – By Clifford Lazarus Rugby in the Arabian Peninsula was first played by British military and expatriate oil workers in Kuwait in the 1940’s. Following the accession of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said in 1970, several expatriates arrived in Oman to work on various Government projects. Three of these: Hamish Donald, Brian Fawcett and Tony Jenkins contacted a number of individuals they thought may be interested in their beloved rugby and on July 26th 1971 The Muscat Rugby Football Club was founded and His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said accepted to be Patron of the Club. Around that time, rugby clubs had also been established in UAE (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah), Saudi Arabia (Dhahran), Qatar (Doha), and Bahrain culminating in the formation of the Arabian Gulf Rugby Football Union. A site in Wattayah was allocated to the club ...

May 24, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Indraj Waas, Mohan Balasuriya, Raja Sahabandu, Rugby Football Club

Alex Lazarus resurrected many a team in Kandy-BY HAFIZ MARIKAR Alex Lazarus Source:Sundayobserver Kandy’s sporting fraternity paused for a moment on October 30 to remember Alex Lazarus for his good work in the rugby field. At the time of his death he was the Director of Sports at Trinity College after serving as the senior boarding house master. It was under his coaching in 1987 and captaincy of Tyrell Rajapakse that Trinity College last won the school League championship. He died at the age of 71 on October 26 and was buried on October 30 two years ago. Lazarus hailed from the famous Lazarus family and was a well known personality in the rugby field. ...

Nov 14, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Anil Siriwardena, B.Shanthi Kumar. NTB Dassanayake, Dudley Dissanayake, Errol Warne, Gamini Udugama, Gogi Tillekeratne, Iswan Omar, Jadi Dissanayake, M. Affif, Mahendra Talwatte, Mark Sundaralingam, Mohan Balasuriya, Rafi Ismail, Ranjan Nadarajah, Shafie Jainudeen, Stephen Paul

Reggie Bartholomeusz the athletic and rugby star-by Althaf Nawaz Source:Dailynews It is very rare to witness a person engaged in several sporting disciplines especially in the school arena later transforming himself to a top sportsman in one or more sports which enabled him to reach the pinnacle to bring honour and fame to his School, Club and the Country. Reggie Bartholomeusz was one of the finest sportsmen who had a profound career with his school Wesley College later had an enthralling club career finally ending up donning the National jersey for the country handling the oval shaped ball. ...

Nov 14, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged (captain 1974) Nizam Hajireen, (M.P. Amaradasa, Ajith Abeyratne, Bandula Wijesinghe, Bryan Baptist Nimal Malagamuwa, Bumpy Jayasekera, Desmond Harridge, Dr. Maiya Gunasekera, G.B. Gunadasa, George Jayasena, Hamzie Hameed, Indrajith Coomaraswamy, Jagath Fernando, Japana Jayawardena, Jeffrey de Jong Jeffrey Yu, Jeyer Rodriguesz, Lofty Perera, M.F. Fernando Basheer Musafer - all from Army) Anton Benedict, Mahes. Sabaratnam, Mohan Balasuriya, Omar Sheriff, Reggie Bartholomeusz, Rohan Gunaratne, Ronnie Schokman, Roy Balasuriya, Shafi Janudeen, Tony Sirimanne, Tyrone Holdenbottle, Viper Gunaratne

Rugby star Mohan Sahayam also shone as a cricketer and athlete at Trinity-by Althaf Nawaz Mohan Sahayam Source:Dailynews One of the prominent schools in , Kandy is Trinity College. It has a distinguished history in unearthing several personalities, who reached the pinnacle not only in the field of education but also in sports, who glittered like gems, especially in rugby and cricket and hit the top. Mohan Sahayam was one of them who brought great honour to the school and country handling the oval shaped ball. Mohan Sahayam’s father was G.A.Y.Sahayam a leading Maths teacher in that era who served for a long time at Trinity College later retired as Vice Principal. Elsie was his mother who was a housewife. He was born to a family of five with three boys and two girls. His elder brother, Baskaran who is in his 90’s is the oldest living hockey Lion from ...

Oct 21, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Chang Faa Ching, Deeplal de Zoysa, Denzil Kobbekaduwa (Capt) and Jayantissa Ratwatte, Dr. D. Makuloluwa, Fredrick Prins, G. Stevens, Gamini Udugama, George Jayasena, Jadi Dissanayake, Lakshman Samarawijaya, Mohan Balasuriya, Mohan Sahayam, Rohan Abeysundara, Shafie Jainudeen, Y. C. Chang Comments 0