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Refurbished Rugby Boots Project – By Senaka Amerasinghe Source : Old Antonian Social Club Australia 41st Annual Dinner Dance Souvenir Diehard old Antonian Palitha Anthony, based in Negambo, Sri Lanka in his quest to find solutions to the multitude of issues facing the Antonian fraternity was instrumental in initiating this project. Cost escalation of all items in Sri Lanka is the order of the day and Rugby boots are no exception. Purchasing a pair of Rugby boots is prohibitive to most households in Sri Lanka. Palitha spoke to his good friend in Sydney Shane Thambimuththu on the issue and Shane immediately started collecting boots in Sydney. Shane wanted our assistance to collect boots from Melbourne and so we did and along with the boots collected by Shane, in 2023 we dispatched 65 refurbished boots and Rugby shorts to college in 2 boxes (Tea chests) and we also added an additional box ...