Yoshitha and Navy win top awards

Rugby: Navy SC captain Yoshitha Rajapaksa and his team was voted as the Most Popular Ruggerite and Most Popular Team 2009 respectively at the end of the final count (13) of the Sunday Observer organised and Caltex Lubricants sponsored contests.

Yoshitha Rajapaksa who has been the driving force of the Navy ruugerites in the concluded Club rugby season received 13957 votes while Navy SC secured 13,366 votes.

Most Popular Ruggerite 2009. 1. Yoshitha Rajapaksa (Navy SC) 13,957. 2. Sanjeeva Jayasinghe (Kandy SC) 12,792. 3. Dushantha Lewke (CR&FC) 10,071. 4. Kosala Ranasinghe (Air Force) 7,241. 5.Fazil Marija (Kandy SC) 6,849. Dilanka Wijesekera (CH&FC) 5,117.

Most Popular Team 2009. 1. Navy SC 13,366. 2. CR&FC 11,331. 3. Kandy SC 9,492. 4. Air Force 3,875. There were no winners among the readers as none had attached a foil of a Caltex product in their coupon.