The CR&FC Rugby Side in 1965: A Classic Picture-by Michael Roberts Presented here courtesy of Dr Deepal Lecamvasam of STC, University of Ceylon & Adelaide Source:Thuppahis A Note from Mohan Sahayam in Brisbane, 14 May 2023: Thanks Michael….. 1965 Great side and a bunch of fantastic guys. One person missing in this pix is Eric Roles. He was in Pulmoddai loading one of our ships: one which we were agents for at Hayleys. Both Eric & I worked for the shipping department and one of us had to go and he always put his hand up as he loved the east coast and loved his Fishing. ...
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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
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Maralanda played for ‘fun’ but his deeds were professional – BY HAFIZ MARIKAR Source:Sunday Observer Nimal Maralanda was a famous Trinity College and Sri Lanka rugby player and cricketer who was a classy fly half of the calibre of Archibald Perera, Ago Paiva, Mohan Sahayam, Glen Vanlangenberg, Irwin Howie, Frank Hubert, Omar Sheriff. Maralanda first played rugby for his school in 1956 under the guidance of late Col. Bertie Dias and the leadership of DN Frank and that year Trinity was rated as the best school team. His team mates were Ken de Joodt, MV Boteju, AJW Baalthazar, Franklyn Jacob, RJ de Silva, G. Weerasinghe, U. Attanayake, J. Dias de Singhe, Uvais Odayar, RN de Alwis, SP de Silva, ASB Ellepola and Mike de Alwis and that year they won both the Bradby legs 15-0 and 11-0. ...
Oct 10, 2020
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Tagged Ago Paiva, Archibald Perera, Glen Vanlangenberg, Irwin Howie, Mohan Sahayam, Nimal Maralanda
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