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Singer Akai Nidahas Tournament The fourth Singer Akai Nidahas Trophy limited over cricket tournament match which was to be played at Galle International Cricket Stadium between Sri Lanka and India was called off due to rain yesterday. As expected, heavy monsoonal rains lashed the venue overnight as well as in the morning ruling out any chance of play at the ground, notorious for inadequate drainage facilities. Anyway, with the amount of rain experienced no play would have been possible even in the world's best cricket ground. Strong gusts which accompanied the heavy deluge, forced the tin roof of the temporary spectator stands at one end of the match to fly-off. The game was finally called off by umpires after an inspection at 11.30 a.m. India and Sri Lnaka received one point each. Kingswood out to retain trophy Kingswood College play host to Wesley College in their 2nd leg of the L. E. Blaze Trophy game, at 4.45 p.m. today. In the 1st leg played in Colombo, Wesley College, had the opportunity of beating the Kingswoodians. Out of the twelve games played Kingswoodians have dominated the series with nine wins, with Wesley winning only two, and one ended in a draw in 1990. Kingswoodians will be all out to, give off their best, to retain the Trophy for another year in the hills. Kingswoodians led by M. K. D. Ranasinghe should be at full strength if they are to hold the Wesley side led by Asanka Gammanpille who is leading a well talented side. Kingswoodians though going into the game with slight edge will not have things as rosy as they think, Wesley side is capable of giving a good run to the Kandy schoool. Wesleyites, who are blessed with a good set of forwards, will be hoping to keep the play with their eight, with skipper Asanka Gammsnpille, operating from the No. 8 position, will be expecting a lot from his forwards. The "Clasic Badminton Tournament 98" organised by Western Province Badminton Association (WPBA) will be held from July 31 to August 2 at S. Thomas' Mount Lavinia gymnasium. The tournament will be staged for Novices Men's and Women's over 25 and all other events for Men's and Women's over 35 and 45 respectively. According to the WPBA Secretary, Ranjini Perera the basic idea of holding this tournament is to promote and encourage the medium standard players. Entry forms are available at S. Thomas', Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka Badminton Association headquarters, Maitland Place and at Otters Aquatic Club. Entries close on July 8. (AN) Nine teams qualify for k/o tourney Nine schools Royal, Thurstan, Trinity, Isipatana, Kingswood, Zahira, Wesley, S. Thomas', Mount Lavinia and St. Sylvester's have already qualified to play in the President's Trophy Knock-out Rugby Tournament conducted by Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Union (SLSRFU) and sponsored by Nestle's Lanka Limited will get underway in early July. After completion of inter schools the matches above teams head their respective zones. Teams were selected on their overall averages. Royal leads with (2.094) with two more matches remaining. Thurstan the only unbeaten team so far had an average of (2.093) in seven matches. Trinity (1.779), Isipatana (1.762), Kingswood (1.750), Zahira (1.706) (one match left), Wesley (1.477), S. Thomas', Mount Lavinia (1.417) and St. Sylvester's (1.383) obtained the above averages. The draw will be finalised after the completion of the remaining matches. The Sri Lanka Army clinched the Layton Cup when they won five out of the twelve final bouts in the inter-club boxing championship which were worked off at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium yesterday. Results are as follows: LIGHT FLY WEIGHT - D. M. S. S. Dissanayake (Vidyartha) beat D. D. C. Ranasinghe (Nugegoda BC). FLY WEIGHT - R. M. A. B. Rathnayake (Peradeniya BC) beat M. D. K. Wanniarachchi (Vidyartha). LIGHT WELTER WEIGHT - A. G. N. Premachandra (Army) beat C. L. K. Anthony (Army). MIDDLE WEIGHT - K. Kiribanda (Army) uncontested. LIGHT HEAVY WEIGHT - L. T. Bandara (Army) beat H. M. S. P. Wanninayake (Army). HEAVY WEIGHT - R. M. S. N. Bandara (Air Force) beat H. A. U. Rupasena (Army). SUPER HEAVY WEIGHT - D. I. U. K. Wijeratne (Mirigama Lions) uncontested. BANTAM WEIGHT - R. M. U. Bandara (Vidyartha) beat A. B. Weeraparakrama (Air Force). FEATHER WEIGHT - K. S. Rajapakse (Air Force) beat D. P. R. Dayananda (Army). LIGHT WEIGHT - L. J. Perera (Army) beat R. P. Weerasinghe (Air Force). LIGHT MIDDLE WEIGHT - G. D. S. Wijesinghe (Air Force) beat H. M. N. Herath (Central YMCA). WELTER WEIGHT - R. K. Sumith Prasanna (Army) beat R. H. Hettiarachchi (Nugegoda BC) (RN). The third annual, Old Boys Six-a-Side soft ball Cricket Tournament of the Thurstan College Junior Old Boys Union, will be held on Sunday June 28 at 8.00 a.m. at the College ground at Bauddhaloka Mawatha. All Old Thurstanites are welcome. For further details contact Daminda Cooray on Tel. 591070-1. The Olympic Day run which is scheduled to be held on June 27 (Saturday) at Dambulla has attracted 850 competitors. The event commences at 7.30 a.m. Hemasiri Fernando speaking at a press briefing regarding the event said the main intention behind this is to develop Friendship and Equality among all Communities. Though it is conducted in the form of competition it really is not. All participants will be awarded with certificates by the NOC which are signed by International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranayake. The event will cover a distance of seven kilometers. S. B. Dissanayake Minister of Sports, Youth Affairs and Samurdhi will be the chief guest at the commencement of the run. Nandimithra Ekanayake, Minister for Enviornment and Forestry, Deputy Minister for Labour Janaka Tennekoon and Keerthi Abeysuriya General Manager Pure Beverages Ltd., the main sponsors of the event too will be in attendance. Sunil Jayaweera vice president of the AAA speaking said that Dambulla was selected for this event as three of the best life savers has come from the area and also with a view in promoting sports in rural areas. He also stated that 75 acres of land had been earmarked to put up an international Cricket Stadium. National hurdles champion Yamuna Yapa who participated at Barcelona Olympic run and Thilina Piyadasa Sri Lanka's leading paddler who took part at the Atlanta Olympic Day run with four other leading National athletes to a are expected to take part in this event. The Olympic Day run will be followed by a cultural pageant with the participation of 400 school children. Jagath Pattiarachchi speaking on behalf of the sponsors Pure Beverages said that his company is happy to be associated with the Olympic Day run and also will be giving every support to promote sports. SLADAR 1000 km rally from July 10-12 The SLADAR 1000 kilometres rally will be held from July 10 to 12 starting from Sri Jayawardenapura, Kotte. Twenty seven participants inclusive of two motor cyclists will be in the fray for honours. The rally will be run in five stages starting from Kotte and finishing at the same venue. The first stage will be from Kotte to Mawathagama and from there the riders will run from Mawathagama to Kandy in stage two. There they will have a seven hour break in Kandy. From Kandy the rally begins in front of Indra Traders (Kotugodella Veediya) at 2 p.m. on July 11. Apparently Indra Traders are one of the co-sponsors of this event who had sponsored for several occasions. From Kandy the rally will run up to Mahiyangana and return back to Kandy. At this point the rally would have covered 250 kilometres. The fourth stage will be once again from Kandy towards Talawakelle where the riders will have a testing time running on the gravel and estate roads. The final stage of this rally will begin from Talawakelle to the finishing point through the Avissawella Road. There will be 75 Marshals utilised to witness the check points. Meanwhile, on July 7 there will be a briefing for the riders at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute while the penultimate day before the rally the vehicles will be displayed in front of Oberoi Hotel. This year's race which costs about Rs. 950,000/- is covered from four co-sponsors namely Park N'Shop, London Fog, Lakfoil, Korean Limited and Splan Industrial Private Limited. |
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