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The Invincible 1967 Trinity ‘Lions’ began without a coach By Shamzeer Jaleel Source:Sundaytimes Trinity College one of the core schools to produce some outstanding rugby players for both the Kandy school and country had some outstanding outfits. A few of them were the 56, 67, 69, 77 and 87 outfits. But in the recent past they have lost the grip which made them fall down the ladder for many reasons. The invincible 1967 outfit was led by Ajith Abeyratne where they ended unbeaten in the season. Abeyratne represented his alma mater both in cricket and rugby scoring the fastest century between Trinity and Royal in only 62 balls at the Asgiriya Stadium in his last year. He led the Trinity College rugby teams in 1967 and 1968 and won colours in cricket and Lion in rugby as well. He was awarded the Ryde Gold Medal for the best student at ...

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Bertie Dias left an indelible mark in the history of SL rugby-by Hafiz Marikar Bertie Dias Source:Dailynews Colonel Bertie Dias was one of the finest sportsmen to come out of Trinity College in the 1950s. Bertie can be rated as one of the finest scrum-halves this school has produced. Bertie was under the watchful eyes of Philip Buultjens at rugby. He had an illustrious career and left an indelible mark in the history of Sri Lanka rugby. He was one of the finest ruggerites who made the rugby circle colourful and courageous as a player, referee, and coach. Under his coaching, Sri Lankan emerged number two in Asia in 1974. ...

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Bevishan Wijewickrema the rugby and weightlifting star-Upananda Jayasundera Bevishan Wijewickrema with his weightlifting coach. (Pix By Upananda Jayasundera-Kandy Sports Spl.corr Source:Dailynews 21 year old Bevishan Wijewickrema, an old boy of Trinity College,Kandy is an outstanding Weightlifter who started weightlifting at the age of 11 years and he played rugby for the school too. He started to play rugby In the Under 14 age category in the year 2014 and for the Under 16 age group in the years 2013and 2014. After that he played for the Under 18 team in 2016. He finally played rugby for the first Fifteen team of Trinity College in the year 2017. ...

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Anil Jayasinghe excellent ruggerite, referee and coach-by Hafiz Marikar Anil Jayasinghe Source:Dailynews One of the top rugger players to come out of Vidyartha College is Anil Jayasinghe,who was a great sportsman, coach and referee. Born in Kandy at Nittawela just behind the famous Nittawela grounds. he had his education at Vidyartha College, where he excelled in sports, especially rugby and cricket and led the rugger and the cricket teams in 1984 He was an outstanding rugby player for the Outstation Schools, Kandy Sports Club and Up-Country, He was also in the national pool and had the privilege of leading both Kandy Sports Club and Up-Country. He led the Up-Country side against Hong Kong under 24 in which the Hong Kong side beat Up-Country by 23 points to 13 at Bogambara. ...

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Ex-Antonian fast bowler Jayampathy Weerasekera no more-BY HAFIZ MARIKAR Weerasekera Source:Sundayobserver Former St. Anthony’s College and Kandy CC fast bowler Jayampathy Weerasekera passed away at the age of 73 and his funeral was held last week (December 26) at the Mahiyawa cemetery. He was not only regarded as a top class fast bower but also a capable allrounder and one of the highlights of Jayampathy’s career was that he took a match bag of eight wickets in the big match against Trinity College in 1967. ...

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Trinity’s cheer-man Perumal no more-by Hafiz Marikar Source:Dailynews Kandy’s rugby cheering man Sadden Perumal, a keen rugby supporter of Trinity College for almost 50 years passed away at the age of 75. He was seen at almost every rugby game and has never missed a Bradby games in the last fifty years. Where ever Trinity College plays a rugby game he was there. He also supported Kandy Sports Club and was a very friendly person. He hails from Mahiyawa and his funeral arrangements will be notified later. ...

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OTRS out to promote rugby at Trinity College-by Hafiz Marikar Source:Dailynews Trinity College’s governing body Old Trintians Rugby Scrummage was the brainchild of Kenneth Boteju who played for Trinity in the late 1940’s. Boteju started it around 1992 together with his friend Rajah ‘Dabar’ Adihetty. He gathered some former players including M.T..M.Zarook, Dr. Robert Sourjah, Dr. Abeyratne, Dr. KennethGunawardena, Wilhelm Balthazaar, and Ken de Joodt. Dr. Robert Sourjah was the first chairman with Dr. Kenneth Gunawardena as vice chairman, Kenneth Boteju as secretary, Dabar Adihetty as treasurer. ...

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Tyrell Rajapakse led the invincible Trinity team of 1987-by Hafiz Marikar Trinity College skipper Tyrell Rajapakse being introduced to then President J.R. Jayewardene who was the chief guest at the Second Leg of the Bradby Shield against Royal College at the Sugathadasa Stadium Tyrell Jason Rajapakse known as ‘Tikka’ a Trinity College rugby Lion was an outstanding rugby player and a top leader who marshalled his equally talented team of players to become their last Invincible 1st XV Rugby side. That was in 1987, precisely 33years ago. The 1987 team is regarded as one of the best teams. This is because for the clean sheet they maintained against formidable sides, for the brand of rugby they dished out and for the abundance of talent they possessed. It was under him, they won the league title last in 1987. Tyrell’s team , that year was coached by Alex Lazarus. They won ...

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Health & Views – October 2nd Issue – by Harold Gunatillake   Download the PDF file . Disclaimer: The information contained in this article is for general information purposes only, and whilst the author will endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, eLanka makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the eLanka website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained in this article for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk. In otherwords, eLanka In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website / ...

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Odayar introduced rugby to Thalathuoya Central-by Hafiz Marikar Ikram Odayar It was Ikram Odayar a top class boxer and ruggerite of Trinity College, who introduced rugby to Thalathuoya Central. He was a versatile all-rounder who was a top player and a coach. He coached Trinity College and gave up coaching in 2001 when the team’s performance was at its peak. Ikram was the youngest Trinitian to win the Trinity Lion in 1981, at the age of 14, for Boxing. He won the rugby Lion in 1986. He played for Trinity in 1984 and 1985 under D. Wijesinghe and Manoj Jayatissa and in 1985 was the vice captain.. In 1983 he played for the team which toured overseas under the captaincy of Ashan Ratwatte.   ...

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