In Brief
Lankans suffer third defeat
RUGBY: Sri Lanka crashed to their third successive defeat while going
down to Thailand 39-51 in their 2011 Junior Rugby Asiad match worked off
in Hong Kong yesterday.
Sri Lanka who had earlier lost to the defending champions Japan and
the hosts Hong Kong once again failed to make an impact and were
trailing 22-41 at half time.
Inter-University VB tourney July 8 to 10 in Matara
by Priyan de Silva -Matara Sports Corr
Volleyball: The 11th Inter-University Volleyball Championships will
be held from July 8 to 10 at the Indoor Stadium of University of Ruhuna
in Matara. The Department of Physical Studies of the University of
Ruhuna is organising this year's championships.
There will be 52 teams from the universities of Colombo, Peradeniya,
Kelaniya, Sri Jayawardenapura, Moratuwa, Jaffna, Rajarata, Sabaragamuwa,
Eastern, Wayamba, South Eastern, Aesthetics, Uva and Ruhuna, There will
be the men's tourney and the women's tourney too. Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Ruhuna professor Sirith Mendis will declare open the
tournament at 8 a.m. on July 8.
Last year, the University of Ruhuna won the men's tournament while
the University of Kelaniya were the championships in the women's
section.
Dinesh on SLBC tomorrow
Dinesh Weerawansa will be interviewed as the guest media personality
on SLBC's Sinhala Commercial Service, Kreeda Sangrahaya (Sports Edition)
program tomorrow at 5 p.m. It will be broadcast on FM 93.3 (Colombo) and
106.9 (Islandwide).
Former Royal cricketer passes away
by Channa DE SILVA in Melbourne
Former Royal College Cricketer, "Harish Amarasekera", passed away
peacefully after a brief illness in Melbourne at the age of 44, on
Saturday (Yesterday).
Harish was a good cricketer and a fine athlete. He played under the
captaincy of Sandesh Algama and Heshan de Silva. As soon as he played
for the Big match in 1985, he migrated to Australia.
He was a member of the 4x100 relay team which holds the school record
up to now, comprising Nadeeja Jayaratne, Janaka Lenaduwa and Ramil
Mohammad.
During his life in Australia, he was an active member in the Old Boys
Royal Thomian Big matches. Apart from his sporting abilities, he was a
loving husband to Sharon and a loving father to his three children. Not
to forget the fact, that he was a good friend to many people.
He will be sadly missed by everyone who knew him.
His funeral will take place on Tuesday July 5, 2011 in Melbourne. |
