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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

Hemantha Yatawara was a top class ruggerite, athlete and hockey player-by Althaf Nawaz Hemantha Yatawara Source:Dailynews The outstation schools played a pivotal role, especially in the Central Province by producing some quality players with a sound educational background. Hemantha Yatawara is no stranger to that category who was a robust player who engaged in several sports while reaching the pinnacle in the game of rugby. Hemantha Yatawara popularly known as ‘Yatta’ in the sporting circles hails from a family of six brothers and a sister. His father B.D.Yatawara was a former Sri Rahulian while mother Leela Dissanayake studied at Poramadulla Central Hanguranketha. Both his parents have stood as a pillar of strength in supporting him and Saman the elder and Udaya the younger brother throughout their sporting career from the childhood days, even though they were not from a sporting background. They were especially very supportive by feeding them with ...

Oct 9, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Ajantha Samarakoon, Asoka Jayasena, Chandrapalan, Dharmakeerthi, Gunatilleke Damith Jayawardena, Hafees Marso, Hemantha Yatawara, Judy Preena, Leslie de Silva, Nazeeb, Neranjan Abeywardena Hector, Nimal Lewke, Nizam Jamaldeen, Norman Silva Palitha Siriwardana, Roger Rodrigo, Rohan Gunaratne, Saman Kotalawala, Sudath Sampath, Sunil Sahabandu, Tuan Hajireen, Upali Vithanage Comments 0

Norman Silva the athlete turned ruggerite-by Althaf Nawaz Norman Silva A man renowned for good human qualities and sportsmanship, who ultimately ended up as one of the finest rugby players Sri Lanka has ever produced, who had never handled the oval shaped ball in his school career was Norman Silva. Born to a family in Nittambuwa, where his father Francis Silva, was a renowned businessman. While being the youngest member amongst his nine siblings including one sister, he hung up his Police uniform as a Deputy Inspector General after serving 38 years, from the time he joined as a Sub Inspector way back in 1982. Norman joined St. Anthony’s College, Wattala which was a prominent Christian school, where the game of Rugby was not very well established at that time. His elder brother Jerard Silva who was a leading athlete held the National record in discus throw which influenced Norman ...

Oct 5, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Ajantha Samarakoon, Asoka Jayasena, Chandrapalan, Dassanayake, Hafees Marso, Hector Gunathilake, HemanthaYatawara, Ivan Ekanayake, K P Subasinghe, Kotelawala, Leslie de Silva, M. Dharmakeerthi, Mahesh Perera, Nazeem, Niranjan AbeywardEna, Nizam Jamaldeen, Palitha Siriwardana, Roger Rodrigo, Rohan Gunaratne, Sarath Paladeniya, Sudath Sampath, Sunil Sahabandu, Vikum Perera Comments 0

Rugby star Saman brought honour and fame to Sri Lanka-by Althaf Nawaz Saman Jayasinghe captained Sri Lanka at both Hong Kong Sevens and Singapore Rugby Asiad in the same year (1982) Source:Dailynws Royal College, Colombo has produced many academics and top class sportsmen in the 1980’s. Thejana Saman Jayasinghe is one of them who excelled at school, Club and at International level bringing fame and honour to the country. Popularly known as ‘Saman’ in sporting circles is in his sixties and is a member of a family of seven children with five boys and a girl. From his small days he had a close bond with sports and after joining Royal College he got pumped up watching the seniors engage in sports. When he was 14 years old he opted to play cricket which apparently became his stepping stone in sports, also turned out to be his first love. He ...

Sep 28, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Angelo Wickremaratne, Bharatha Hegoda, C.P. Abeygunawardene, H.K. Sisira, Hisham Abdeen, Lanil Tennekoon, Monash University in Australia, Nalin de Silva, Rohan Gunaratne, Saman Jayasinghe, Tikiri Marambe Comments 0