Dharmaraja felicitate top sportsmen

by Upananda Jayasundera - Kandy Sports Special Corr.

Dharmaraja College felicitated cricketer Chamara Kapugedera and three other sportsmen who did the country proud by winning medals at the recent South Asian Games were felicitated by the Dharmaraja College authorities and parents of the schoolboys at a ceremony at the school premises recently.

Besides cricketer Chamara Kapugedera deeds as a Test cricketer, three other athletes who won medals at the SA Games - P. K. N. Dayan (Silver medal in weightlifting in 75 kg events), Gihan Madhushanka Liyanage (Silver medal in TT team championship and Bronze medal in individual game) and Rajitha Sandeepa Dahanayake (Silver medal in badminton).

The principal of Dharmaraja S. M. Keerthiratne seemed to be overjoyed at the ceremony and said that the four young sportsmen, two of them still schoolboys have brought honour to the school and the country and all Rajans should be very proud of them.

Chamara Kapugedera who played cricket for the school until the end of the 2005 season, is one of the best that the school had produced in recent times and has now established his place in the Sri Lanka Test and limited overs team. One record that will to the credit of Chamara Kapugedera is the fact that he is the first Rajan to play Test cricket and this achievement will take a long time to equal.

The athletes who won medals at the SA Games too should be commended for the hard work they put in so that Sri Lanka could collect some medals. N. P. K. Dayan - the Silver medallist in the 77 kgs event, have broken established many records and represented Sri Lanka at the Commonwealth Games.

Gihan Liyanage - the TT player and Rajitha Sandeepa Dahanayake have also put the name of Dharmaraja College high up the list in the achievements.