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The Governor-General and Mrs Hurley, at Canberra Grammar School for the DreamCricket Gala Day – by Johann Dias Jayasinha Source : What’s Doing In Melbourne The Dreamcricket Gala day was held at Canberra Grammar School on Friday17th November 2023, organised by The Rotary Club of Canberra Sunrise the proud sponsor and coordinator of Dream Cricket in the ACT and surrounding regions. Yohan Ramasundara President and DreamCricket Coordinator – Rotary Club of Canberra Sunrise program said, primary school students in Years 3 – 6 with a disability physical, sensory and/or intellectual, the opportunity to learn and practice the skills of cricket in a supportive and fun environment. The Governor-General and Mrs Hurley had a terrific time at Canberra Grammar School (CGS) participating in the 2023 Gala Day. They enjoyed meeting the students and took the opportunity to thank the volunteers for bringing the day and clinics to life. Students are ...

Dec 3, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged "CRICKET, allabilities, allable, Canberra, Canberra Grammar School, Canberra Grammar School for the DreamCricket Gala Day., children, create you own rules, dream, dreamcricket, inclusion, Johann Dias Jayasinha, Melbourne, rotary, Rotary Club of Canberra, rotary international, SNNI, Sports, The Dreamcricket Gala day, Yohan Ramasundara

The Sri Lanka Cricket Museum – By Prashanth Sentilkumar Source : Prashanth Sentilkumar Linkedin The Sri Lanka Cricket Museum is one of a kind Museum which beautifully takes you through a journey in history of the sport in Srilanka which showcases important milestones embodied In the walls of the museum and also memorable trophies that have been won by Srilanka Cricket in terms of both the Mens and Womens sports. It was a beautiful sight to see some wonderful trophies won over the years, I saw trophies that were won in the 1950s Gopalan trophy till the Asia Cup victory last year.And also it reminded me of some of the memories I had over the years of Sri lanka teams that lifted some beautiful silverware which you watch on TV and crave to also lift it with the team since they are beautifully crafted. My Favourite of them of all is ...

Jun 20, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Asia Cup victory, Cricket World Cup, history, Sports, Sri Lanka Cricket, T20 trophy, The Sri Lanka Cricket Museum

“Greatest Test-Batsmen of all time” – by Des Kelly So Cricket is on the boards again. Australia is the greatest Sports – loving Country in the World. There is no doubt about it, at all. Some of the greatest Sportsmen & Women also come from this huge Island Continent, proud to call themselves Aussies. When I happened to see the ‘post’ about the famous ‘Stars’ who carried their bat’s out to creases all around this planet of ours, I watched with great interest, all the accomplishments of the greatest batsmen ever, and was very proud indeed to notice the name of Kumar Sanghakara, Sri Lanka’s greatest batsman among them, fairly high on the list, as well. What made me prouder still, was the fact that the “TOP” Batsman was Sir Donald Bradman who, in retirement, was also a Director of the South Australian Rubber Mills and decided to pay a ...

Nov 22, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged "CRICKET, Australia, Kumar Sanghakara, Sir Donald Bradman, Sports, Sri Lanka

Contours for a new Constitution with a difference, for the future, not for the past By Raj Gonsalkorale But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain – that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist- Lysander Spooner By Raj Gonsalkorale Lysander Spooner is the well-known author of the book “No Treason” thought by some to be the most subversive thing ever written in the United States. However, as a reader had commented “the premise of “No Treason” is that the United State is not a legally constituted government because people can only be governed by consent and no one consented to the “social contract” we call the Constitution. Spooner writes, “The constitution not only binds nobody now, but never did bind anybody. It never bound ...

Sep 18, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Raj Gonsalkorale Tagged Agriculture, Banking, Business, Contours, Education, Export industries, Fisheries, George Bernard Shaw, Health, Higher Education, Legal Bodies, National Parliament, NPMC, Plantation Industries, Raj Gonsalkorale, RPMC, Sports, Technology and Innovation, Unions.