Sri Lanka’s longest rivalry in schools cricket comes alive this May as Royal College Colombo and S. Thomas’ College Mt. Lavinia battle it out once again for the 142nd uninterrupted blue ribbon cricket encounter, the “Battle of the Blues” played for the prestigious Rt. D. S. Senanayake Memorial Shield, from May 6 to 8, at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Sooriyawewa, Hambantota.
Western Wind ridden by Jockey Vivek claimed a resounding victory in the EFL Governor’s Cup for Class 1 & 2 at the Royal Turf Club (RTC) organised RTC Governor’s Cup 2021 carried out at the picturesque Nuwara Eliya racecourse yesterday.
Former Isipathana and national hockey player Mervin Preena won the Captain’s Cup while former Kingswoodian Nayana Dehigama accounted for the President’s Prize at the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club (NEGC) conducted Foursome, Captain’s Cup, President’s Prize and Aitken Cup which concluded in the Hill Country yesterday. More than 80 golfers teed-off in the blue ribbon golf event of the year in Nuwara Eliya.
Trinity put up a formidable 243 on the board with the help of fine half centuries by Umair Raizan (71) and Ranuda Somaratne (52). With this win Trinity booked their berth for the quarter-final encounter which will take place after the Sinhala and Tamil New year.
The news comes a month after the Tillakaratne Dilshan-led Sri Lanka Legends side came runners-up in the Road Safety World Series tournament held in India where they put together a string of memorable performances that captured the attention of fans back home.
Issuing a statement on Tuesday’s COPE hearing, the parliament media unit stated that the committee’s Chairman Prof. Charitha Herath had also instructed the Ministry Secretary to conduct an inquiry and submit its findings within three months.
Speaking on the Sri Lanka national team’s next assignment which is an inbound series with Bangladesh, de Silva said that the matches will be worked off sans-spectators as was case during the recent series with England as well as last year’s Lanka Premier League.
The Old Boys of Trinity College defeated the Old Boys of Royal to win the G. C. Wickremesinghe Challenge Trophy at the Victoria Golf and Country Resort, Digana last weekend. Trinity won six team events while the Royalists accounted for three of them with one game ending in a tie.
John Keells Properties (JKP) participated as a silver sponsor for the annual Dialog Enterprise Rotary Metropolitan Par 3 Golf Classic, highlighting its contribution over the years to the golfing community in Sri Lanka.
Contrary to reports that an exhibition match between Sri Lanka legends and the current national team could be organized in April, the Sports Minister said; “The match will probably be played before or soon after LPL although we haven’t really finalized exact dates.”
“I haven’t actually received such a letter thus far, but I really want school rugby to start. Obviously, the schools should follow the health guidelines and get the practices started as soon as possible. I have no objections with this,” Rajapaksa told ‘Daily Mirror’.
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