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First Bradby captain no more-SO 4Oct20-by Hafiz Marikar 4 October, 2020 The first Bradby Shield captain of Trinity College in 1945 Robert Sourjah passed away in Sydney on Thursday. Sourjah’s side was made up of players like A. Ratwatte, S. Mediwake, A. Yatawara, J. Kuruwita, PS Dedigama, TB Madugalle, SB Pilapitiyta, H. Jones, R . Vancuylenberg, G. Sanmugam, H. Ranasinghe, RV Mottram, KA Gunawardena and W. Thurairatnam. His sons Rohan and Lalin also played for Trinity. Rohan was the captain of the Trinity team in 1975. Robert Sourjah was one time President of the TCK OBA. ...

Oct 10, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged A. Ratwatte, A. Yatawara, G. Sanmugam, H. Jones, H. Ranasinghe, J. Kuruwita, PS Dedigama, R . Vancuylenberg, RV, S. Mediwake, SB Pilapitiyta, TB Madugalle, TRINITY COLLEGE Comments 0

Gamini Fernando: A man of great club loyalty and still a follower-BY HAFIZ MARIKAR Gamini Fernando Source:Sunday observer There have been many greats in rugby from Kandy and one of the stars of yesteryear was Gamini Fernando who is now 60 years with his favourite club Havelock Sports Club that he joined straight form school. Gamini was one of the finest forwards the country has seen on the rugby field during his playing days and had the unique achievement of being a member of a Clifford Cup wining team on his debut in club rugby, as the captain and later as coach of the club. Known in the rugby circle as Gamma, he was an outstanding flank forward and had the rare distinction of refereeing a match between the French University and London RF in 1979, the first time two Europeans teams played in Sri Lanka. ...

Aug 24, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Gamini Fernando, Hafiz Marikar, Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union, TRINITY COLLEGE Comments 0

Y. C. Chang, a rugby stalwart with immense potential-by Hafiz Marikar Source:Dailynews Y. C. Chang’s contribution to rugby is immense. YC was one of the finest rugby players to emerge from Kandy. He started his education at Carey College and later crossed over to Trinity College, where he excelled in both rugby and studies. His ambition was to take up medicine after his school career, but had to end up only with rugby. Speaking of the present day rugby Chang said that “the game has improved very much in recent times”. Chang at Trinity first excelled at junior level rugby, but it was at Havelock SC that he first played premier rugby. YC as he was fondly known later crossed over to the hills to take up planting and joined Kandy Sports Club, in 1964, and got a chance to polish his rugby playing with English planters, and was the ...

Aug 15, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Carey College, Denzil Kobbekaduwa’s Cup final team, R. Premadasa Trophy club, TRINITY COLLEGE, Y. C. Chang Comments 0

S .THOMAS COLLEGE MOUNT LAVINIA 2018 RUGBY DINNER.THE SLIDE SHOW AND VIDEO PRESENTATION – thanks to Shanaka de Livera THE RUGBY FOOTBALL TEAMS OF S.THOMAS COLLEGE, ROYAL COLLEGE AND TRINITY COLLEGE OF 1977,1978 AND 1979, A TRIBUTE TO THE COACHES OF ALL THREE SCHOOLS OF THE SAID ERA , A SEMI FINAL AND FINALS OF THE FIRST EVER SCHOOLS RUGBY FOOTBALL KNOCKOUT TOURNAMENT PLAYED IN 1978 WITH SNIPPETS OF BOB HARVEYS LIVE RADIO COMMENTARY , THE SECOND DE SARAM SHIELD MATCH PLAYED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN COLOMBO IN 1979 AND A BRIEF CLIP OF THE LATE COACH MR QUENTIN ISRAEL SINGING MY WAY AND THE THOMIAN SONG IN THE 80″S. ...

May 8, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Royal College, S. Thomas' College, THE RUGBY FOOTBALL TEAMS, TRINITY COLLEGE Comments 0