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eLanka Newsletter – 27th July 2022 – 8th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “A PRIYA PEIRIS DOUBLE” – by Des Kelly Christmas in July at Strike It at the Dandenong Workers Club – photos by Trevine Rodrigo “A PRIYA PEIRIS DOUBLE” – by Des Kelly President vows tough line against troublemakers Sri Lanka’s Future – By Dr Harold Gunatillake As Sri Lankans in Australia fill trolleys with goods to send home, some doubt the country’s new president will end crisis – By Joshua Boscaini and Vidita Sharma Good News From Jayam August 1, 2022 Pls Scroll Down 35 items All You Need is Love’ is a live concert which will be held on the 31st of July 2022 @ Timbre +Eastside from 6pm to 8pm (Singapore Time ) and live streamed In Support of Sri Lanka: The ...

Jul 27, 2022 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , , ,
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Thilan Samaraweera in Australian Coaching Set-Up-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Thilan Samaraweera may not have possessed the natural talents of an Aravinda, Kumar or Mahela, but he was (and is) an intelligent and industrious man who worked at his trade. He also faced that traumatic episode when the Sri Lankan coach was attacked by Pakistani jihadists as they headed for the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore on the 3rd March 2009.  He was one of those injured by shrapnel (like Tharanga Paranavithana) and despatched to hospital. Sri Lankan player Thilan Samaraweera is taken aboard an ambulance on March 4, 2009 shortly after flying home from Pakistan where the Sri Lankan team was ambushed by gunmen just before entering a cricket stadium in Lahore. Seven players were wounded in the attack that also killed eight Pakistani nationals and drew wide spread international condemnation. AFP PHOTO/ISHARA S. KODIKARA ...

Jul 25, 2022 Posted by In Michael Roberts Tagged ,
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Lest We Forget: That Day at Lahore on 3rd March 2009 When Cricket was Assailed – by Michael Roberts “Test cricket returned to Lahore on Monday for the first time since a horrific attack in 2009 saw the venue … shunned by nations …,” says Peter Lalor in his article on the Lahore Test Match in today’s (22 March 2022) AUSTRALIAN newspaper. Lalor, perhaps deliberately (?,) avoids reference to the team that underwent this terrorist attack on 3rd March 2009: Sri Lanka.   He did not need to go far to seek the horrendous details about that attack. Ahsan Raza is umpiring the present match. He was reserve umpire for the Lahore match in March 2009 and received a bullet in his guts when the mini-van bearing officials was embraced in the terrorist assault. The mini-van driver was killed and this vehicle remained on the road as a sitting duck.** No one knows why the officials in the ...

Mar 22, 2022 Posted by In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged , , , , , ,
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Local stars from Dandenong area – Female team – Kethmi Ekanayake, Poppy Gardner and Uvindee Wijesena-By Nick Creely Emerging Casey-South Melbourne all-rounder Harrish Kannan Source:Dandenong.starcommunity There is no shortage of cricketing talent within the south east. Cricket Victoria has named its 2021/22 Under 19 representative male and female squads, with a total of 109 players selected as part of the Emerging Players Program. The players will get the chance to impress coaches and selectors from next month at the CitiPower Centre and the MCG with a number of training sessions, with players then in the running for the Under 19 National Championships to be held later this year, in Adelaide for the male and Perth for female. The 2021/22 Under 19 Male Victorian squad of 61 will be put through their paces by an incredible coaching group, which included Sheffield Shield winning coach Greg Shipperd, six-time Shield winner and ex-Australian ...

Jun 30, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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From the tallest clock tower to smallest sand clock in Sri Lanka Published 3 hours ago on September 5, 2020 By Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne (Retired from Sri Lanka Navy) Former Chief of Defence Staff Galle is a fascinating place to work in. I was the Commander Southern Naval Area (Comsouth) from 3rd August 2008 to 10th August 2009. For me nothing was more refreshing than the early morning beach run on the world famous Unawatuna beach as well as the one-kilometer swim (before tourists invaded the beach).  The Galle Clock Tower (or Dr Anthonisz Memorial Clock Tower) was built in the central moon bastion of Galle Fort, in 1883, and the clock was presented by Maha Mudaliyar Samson de Abrew Wijegunaratne Rajapakse of Kosgoda (1831- 1888) in appreciation of Dr PD Anthonisz, (1822 – 1903), who served as Colonial Surgeon in the Southern Province and had treated Maha Mudaliyar ...

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