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Rohan Dissanayake still plays netball at the age of 68-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Source:Dailynews Age is not a barrier to take part in sports and a good example is Rohan Dissanayake the 68 year old sportsman who is still playing Netball in Victoria league, Australia. He is a product of Wesley College Colombo having being involved in Badminton as well as Netball in Sri Lanka. He used to play Badminton and Netball though Netball was not familiar with men but Rohan used to play mixed Netball and was a very active player on the courts .He was the only International Badminton Federation and Asian Badminton certified Badminton umpire those days and at one time he was holding top posts in the Mercantile Badminton. Federation Rohan Dissanayake contacted Daily News for an exclusive interview and said” Before migrating to Australia I worked at Sri Lankan Airlines for nearly twenty years .I was ...