All in a happy
mood.... Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year Bhanuka Rajapakse
of Royal College receives the award from chief guest
Minister of Mass Media and Communication Keheliya
RAmbukwella. (From left): Dinesh Weerawansa -
Editor-in-Chief Sunday Observer, Suren J. Amarasekera - CEO-Mobitel,
Greg Young - Chief Executive Officer, Sri Lanka Telecom,
Bandula Padmakumara - Chairman, ANCL.
Schoolboy Cricketer
Outstation Chathuranga Gunasekera of Tissa MMV, Kalutara
receives the award from Bandula Gunawardena - Minister of
Education and next to him is C.B. Ratnayake - Minister of
Sports. In the background are Waruna Mallawarachchi - Head
of Corporation Relations, ANCL, Bandula Padmakuamra -
Chairman, ANCL and at extreme right is Pramod de Silva -
Associate Editor, Sunday Observer.
Kithruwan Vithanage
of Royal College receives the Best Batsman’s Award from
first Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year. Ranjan
Madugalle - the Chief Match Referee of the ICC and on his
right is Editor-in-Chief of Sunday Observer Dinesh
Weerawansa.
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Chathura Peiris of St. Peter’s College receives the award
for the Best Captain from C.B. Ratnayake - Minister of
Sports. the others from left: Waruna Mallawarachchi - Head
of Corporate Relations ANCL, Minister of Education Bandula
Gunawardena, Pramod de Silva - Senior Associate Editor,
Sunday Observer
Best Bowler -
Outstation: Ruwantha Kellapotha of St. Thomas’ College,
Matale receives the award from Janaka Jayalath - Senior
General Manager, Corporate Planning - SLT-Mobitel. Others in
the picture are: Rajitha Udawatte - Design Editor, Sunday
Observer, Sureka Galagoda - Deputy Editor Business, Sunday
Observer, Chandika Vitharana - Senior General Manager, Sales
and Distribution of SLT-Mobitel.
Best Batsman -
Outstation Pubudu Hasanka of Royal College, Panadura
receives the award from K. Sivasubramaniam - Chief Editor,
Thinakaran and looking on are: Rohana Aryaratna - CAO, ANCL
and Abhaya Amaradasa - General Manager, ANCL.
Best Bowler -
All-Island: Anushka Samaratunga of Isipathana College
receives the award from Chandika Vitharana - Senior General
Manager Sales and Distribution of SLT-Mobitel. Others in the
picture are: Rajitha Udawatte Design Editor, Sunday Observer
and Sureka Galagoda - Deputy Editor(Business, Sunday
Observer) and Janaka Jayalath - Senior General Manager,
Corporate Planning, SLT-Mobitel.
Chief Executive
Officer SLT Greg Young handing over the Award for Best Team
All Island St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa skipper. Others
in the picture are Advertising Consultant ANCL Chanaka
Liyanage, Editor-in-Chief Sunday Observer Dinesh Weerawansa
and CEO/Mobitel Suren J. Amarasekera.
Best All-rounder Outstation..... Chathuranga Gunasekera of
Tissa MMV, Kalutara receives award from Abhaya Amaradasa -
General Manager, ANCL. Others (from left): Ananth Palakidnar
- Deputy Editor, Sunday Observer, Rohana Aryaratne - CAO,
ANCL, K. Sivasubramaniam - Chief Editor, Thinakaran and
Karunadasa Sooriyarachchi - Chief Editor, Silumina.
Best Team North Western Province.... Sithara Jayakody,
Captain of Wickremabahu MV, Giriulla receives award from
Abhaya Amaradasa - General Manager, ANCL with K.
Sivasubramaniam - Chief Editor, Thinakaran and Karunadasa
Sooriyaarachchi - Chief Editor, Silumina also in attendance.
Most Popular
Schoolboy Cricketer All-Island: Kithuruwan Withanage of
Royal College receives award from Dinesh Weerawansa - Editor
in Chief of Sunday Observer. Also present were: Leslie
Fernando - Senior Sports Journalist, A.C. de Silva - Deputy
Editor (Sports)Sunday Observer.
Best Fielder
Outstation.... Isuru Uditha Kumara of Royal College,
Panadura (left) receives award from Jayatilleke de Silva -
Chief Editor, Daily News and (from left): Saman Malalasekera
- Design Editor, Daily News and Mahinda Abeysundera -
Editor, Dinamina.
Best Behaved Team —- Captain of Maris Stella
College Malinda Samarasekera receives the award
from Bandula Pathmakumara - Chairman, ANCL.
Others from left: Waruna Mallawarachchi,
Minister Bandula Gunawardena Minister C.B.
Ratnayake and Promod de Silva of Sunday
Observer.
Best Team Southern Province - Dharmasoka
College, Ambalangoda captain Chalitha Madushan
Helambage receives award from Upul Dissanayake -
ANCL Director Operations. Others from left:
Abhaya Amaradasa, General Manager ANCL, Rasanga
Harischandra - Director Legal ANCL.
Best Up-and Coming Team - Kokuvil Hindu College,
Jaffna Skipper K. Nirojan receives award from
Rasanga Harishchandra - Director Legal ANCL.
Others from left: Abhaya Amaradasa - General
Manager, ANCL, Upul Dissanayake - Director
Operations, ANCL; Seelaratne Senarath -
Director, Editorial.
Editor-in-Chief Sunday Observer Dinesh
Weerawansa, Chief Executive Officer SLT/ Mobitel
Suren J. Amarasekera, Chief Executive Officer
SLT/Mobitel Greg Young, Chairman ANCL Bandula
Padmakumara, chief guest Minister of Information
Keheliya Rambukwella applaud the arrival of the
Observer Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer.
Best Team Outstation.... Pubudu Hasanka, Captain
of Royal College, Panadura receives award from
Greg Young - Chief Executive Officer, Sri Lanka
Telecom. Others present (from left): Chanaka
Liyanage - Advertising Consultant, ANCL, Dinesh
Weerawansa - Editor-in-Chief, Sunday Observer.
Best Team North Central Province.... Lasith
Srimal, Captain of Anuradhaprua Central College
receives award from Saman Amerasinghe -
President (SLCUA). Others (from left): M.T.A.
Rauff - Secretary, SLSCA, Dilshan de Silva -
Secretary, SLCUA, Rohana karunaratne - President
SLSCA and Principal of Prince of Wales College,
Moratuwa.
Best Fielder All Island.... Andy Berenger of St. Peter’s
College (left) receives award from Jayatilleke de Silva -
Editor, Daily News and in the centre is Saman Malalasekera -
Design Editor, Daily News.
Best Team Central Province.... M.H.M. Sajid, Captain of
Trinity College, Kandy receives award from Rohana
Karunaratne - President, Sri Lanka Schools Cricket
Association (SLSCA) and Principal of Prince of Wales
College, Moratuwa at left Saman Amarasinghe - President of
Sri Lanka Cricket Umpires Associations.
Pictures by Kavindra Perera and
Chintaka Kumarasinghe
Best Team
All-Island.... Anuk de Alwis, Captain of St. Sebastian’s
College, Moratuwa receives award from Greg Young - Chief
Executive Officer, Sri Lanka Telecom and (from left):
Chanaka Liyanage - Advertising Consultant, ANCL, Suren J.
Amarasekera - Chief Executive Officer, SLT-Mobitel.
