Terrific tussle on between Milan Abeysekera and Minhaj Jaleel
by Ranjan Anandappa
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Picking the readers winning coupons...... (from left): Sujani Perera
(Secretary to the Editor Sunday Observer), S. Thilainathan
(Chief Editor, Thinakaran/Thinakaran Vaaramanjari) and
Rohana Ariyaratna (Consultant, Sinhala and English
Publications) picking the lucky winners at the end of the
16th week count of the Sunday Observer/Mobitel Most Popular
Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year Contest 2013. Pic: Susantha
Wijegunasekara
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The intense struggle between the first two candidates, Royal’s Milan
Abeysekera and Thurstan’s Milhaj Jaleel is building up as the gap
between the two have narrowed down to 118 votes in the Platinum Segment
for schools playing in the SLSCA Division one tournament in the Sunday
Observer/Mobitel Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of The Year 2013
Contest at the end of the 16th week count.
Jaleel (45,783) who was placed first last week dropped to number two
paving the way to Abeysekera who polled in (45,901) votes and had a
majority of of only 118 votes. Sebastianite Anusha Perera was placed
third with 43,998 votes.In the Gold segment for schools playing in
division 11, Sakunda de Silva (37,001) of Sri Devananda, Ambalangoda
took over the lead from Yamal Siriwardena (36,932) of St. John’s,
Nugegoda. The majority between de Silva and Siriwardena is only 69
votes.
In the ‘Silver’ Sahan Dharmakeerthie (34,281) of Ananda Sastralaya,
Kotte, took over the first place from Trishan Rodrigo (33,993) of Loyala
College, Negombo. Ishara Hewage of Sri Rahula, Katugastota is in the
third place with 30,905 votes.
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Readers prizes after the last two
weeks of voting
1. Bernadette de Soysa, 33/31, Obawatte Road, Madiwela,
Kotte. Rs. 2,500 2. K. H. Saman Tillekeratne, Palam
Handiya, Weraganthota. Rs. 1,500
3. Nicholas Malcolm Jansz, (Opposite SLTB), Ekala,
Ja-ela. Rs.1,000 |
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