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Sports in brief
Trinity opens season with Old Boys Match
A far improved Trinity Rugby Team will take on the past greats of TCK
rugby at a friendly match at CH & FC on the 5th Saturday at 4.00 pm.
This is Trinity's curtain raiser this season and is bound to be a
hard fought affair with big names such as BNR Fernando, Suranga
Puhpakumara, Haris Omar, Sean Wijesinge, Kavinda Jayasena, Rajiv
Ganapathy, Dilip Selvam, Sean Wanigasekera, and Saliya Kumara turning up
for the Old boys. The organisers - Old Trinitians Rugby Scrummage ( OTRS)
has promised a fun time for all, with food stalls, music and a gift pack
get the die hard Lion supporters ready for the season.
President's College in eight wicket win
President's College outplayed their traditional rivals Asoka MV by
eight wickets in their second annual limited overs cricket encounter
worked off at the R. Premadasa Stadium yesterday.
Soniya Perera and Maduka Liyanapathirana of President's College were
named man of the match and best bowler respectively while Dinuka Rukmal
of Asoka MV was picked as the best bowler.
Asoka MV: 102 in 45.3 overs (D. Rukmal 26, M. Liyanapathirana 4 for
13, M. Hewagama 2 for 16, S. Perera 2 for 22, R. Chaturanga 2 for 15).
President's College: 105 for 2 in 20 overs (S. Perera 35 ret, S.
Silva 25 n.o, N. Geethanga 20 n.o, D. Rukmal 2 for 12).
Volleyball tourney at Panadura
A volleyball tournament organised by Mithrodaya Society of Panadura
as part of their New Year Festival will be held on April 6 (Sunday) from
8.30 a.m. on wards at Betthegama Grandma playground, Panadura. The
tournament will be conducted in the men's, women's and open categories.
Easy for Panadura Royal
Royal College Panadura trounced their traditional rivals St. John's
College by nine wickets in their annual limited overs cricket encounter
worked off at Panadura yesterday.
St. John's: 89 in 21 overs (S. Chaturanga 24, S. Sameera 18, S.
Chandima 4 for 22, D. Ranawaka 3 for 23, R. Silva 2 for 3).
Royal: 94 for 1 in 12.2 overs (S. Ranjan 50 n.o, K. Dinidu 16). |
