Top flight entertainment will glitter OBSERVER-BATA Show
Top musical fare will illuminate the 29th
Observer - Bata Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year awards ceremony to
be held on August 9 from 6.15 p.m. onwards at the BMICH. A whole lot
of cricketers who fared prominently in the past school cricket
season with both bat and ball will get awards in the Observer-Bata
Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year Main Contest, Outstation Schoolboy
Cricketer of the Year and there will be a host of winners in other
sectional contests at a show that is bound to be remembered for a
long, long time.
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Japan, Hong Kong, Arabian Gulf now agree to play
International 7's in Kandy
Japan (who skipped last year's event), Hong Kong
and Arabian Gulf, who were reluctant to play in last year's Asiad in
Colombo, citing security concerns, have now agreed to play at the
9th Singer-SriLankan Airlines International Rugby 7's organised by
the Kandy Sports Club at Nittawela on September 7, 8 and 9.
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A life lived to the fullest
'C.I.' - the great cricketing giant recalls early days
The cynosure of all eyes of a bygone era of
explosive entertainment of matches packed with sixes, a versatile
cricketer and then Captain of the Ceylon cricket team way back in
1962, I am told, is non-other than the eminent C.I. Gunasekera whom
I was fortunate to have the pleasure of talking to; which inspired
me to write about the intriguing way of life of a great gentleman,
now turned geriatric and who now stays aloof and very modestly
dispelled all attributes to his credit.
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