Kandy SC AGM today

by Hafiz Marikar

The defending triple crown rugby champions, Kandy Sports Club will hold their Annual General Meeting today (12) at 10.30 a.m at the Lt.General Denzil Kobbekkduwa pavilion. The reputation and respect that this club has achieved wherever the game is played has been a result of the consistent success spanning over several decades and also due to the talent harnessed mainly from school leavers in Kandy and the enthusiasm by the senior players. Many famous rugby players have emerged and reached great heights playing for this club and thereafter representing the country at the highest level and ending playing overseas .

This club has been the most successful Sri Lankan rugby club after the resurgence in 1992 winning all titles in the local rugby scene such as the Clifford cup knockout tournament , the rugby sevens on numerous occasions. Kandy SC is one of the oldest clubs in the country dating back to 141 years and was founded by a group of expatriate coffee planters in 1874 as the Kandy Athletic, Boating, Cricket, Football and Dancing Club. In 1888, after 14 years, the name was changed to 'Kandy Sports Club' when it started playing rugby, hockey and polo. Their home grounds was the Bogambara Stadium until 1939 when the British Colonial Army took over during the Second World War. Later the buildings was taken over by the General Hospital to house its offices. However Kandy SC continued to play rugby at the Bogambara grounds without a club house.