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| Sunday, 22 May 2005 |
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Madras - Colombo Regatta next month in Colombo by Leslie Fernando The Colombo Rowing Club who created history last year beating Madras Boat Club (MBC) in the 67th edition of the Madras-Colombo Regatta held June 29 on the Adyar River, Chennai, India have begun intensive training on the Beira Water in preparation for the 68th edition regatta to be held next month in Colombo. Chanaka Wickremasooriya, the captain of Boats and CRC coach told the Sunday Observer that team's success last year was due to systematic training and the experience of oarsmen who had completed in Madras before which had helped to work out strategies. Wickremasooriya added that the CRC crew composed of Devaka Seneviratne, Kushal Abeyratne, Dejan de Soyza, Udesh Hettiarachchi, Mehan Careem, Sheran Kannangara, Mohamed Ali Fatharally, Padma Priyan, Sanjeeva de Silva, Shehan Wanigasooriya, Gayajith Dassanayake, Chamara Kottehewa, Gayan Kaushalaya, Mevan Gunawardena, Isuru Perera, Meshan Henry, Chrisan de Silva, M. Gamage, Niranjan Nanadas, Lashika Weerasinghe and Mahangu Weerasinghe train on both sessions morning and evening. The Colombo Rowing Club beat arch rivals Madras Boat Club by 22 points 20 to retain the Deepam Challenge Trophy for the second successive year. The Colombo Rowing Club won the 'A' Pair, 'B' Pair, ' B' Men's Fours Madras Boat Club however won the 'A' Scull and 'B' Scull (men) and the Challenge Fours - the main boat race event. In the Ladies events CRC won the pairs, Madras won the fours and scull. Veteran Fours went to Madras Boat Club. The team was led by national oarsman Diluk Aluvihare and coached and
managed by national coach Lakmal Wickremage and John Dinese. |
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