DIG Lewke to contest Presidency

by Lal Gunasekera

RUGBY: For the first time in the history of the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU), there is going to be a contest for the post of President at its annual general meeting scheduled to be held on January 6.

The incumbent President, Priyantha Ekanayake, completes his two-year term in office.

The normal practice is for the Deputy President to take over the top slot. The Deputy President is Michael Jayasekera, a former top centre three-quater hailing from S. Thomas' College (Mount Lavinia), who later turned out for Havelocks and Sri Lanka with distinction.

However, DIG Nimal Lewke, the Commandant of the Special Task Force (STF),a former Kandy Sports Club, Police and Sri Lanka flanker of repute, is to contest Jayasekera for the post of President. Lewke, is a former national coach too.