Lewke and Kandy set to win

Dushantha Lewke (1,310) is heading for his third successive win as the Most Popular Ruggerite 2006 and his club Kandy SC (1,116) will most probably take the Most Popular Team Competition award at the end of penultimate count (12) in the Sunday Observer organised, Caltex Lubricants sponsored Observer-Caltex Most popular Ruggerite and Rugger Team Competition.

Lewke and Kandy SC maintained a steday lead from the beginning without much opposition. Sanjeeva Jayasinghe also from Kandy is placed second with 360 votes while Asanga Rodrigo of CR&FC is in the third place with 248 votes.

The competition will come to an end with this week's coupon number 13. Voting on coupon No. 13 ends on Sept. 1, 2006.

Most Popular Ruggerite 2006. 1. Dushantha Lewke (Kandy SC) 1,310, 2. Sanjeeva Jayasinghe (Kandy SC) 360, 3. Asanga Rodrigo (CR&FC) 248, 4. Sameera Silva (Kandy SC) 163,

Most Popular Rugger Team 2006. 1. Kandy SC 1,116, 2. CR&FC 239, 3. CH&FC 145, 4. Army 128. The readers prize for the Most Popular Team 2006 goes to Ananda Jayatileka 233\1, Kurunegala Road, Narammala. The award for the Most Popular Ruggerite has not be awarded as there were no foils attached to the coupons.