Vidyartha College who were thrashed in the last outing by St. Peter’s College will scrum down with St. Sylvester’s College . The rugby encounter will take place on the 5th of August at the Bogambara Stadium, kick off is at 4 pm and they treat this as their big match in rugby. In the year 2010 a trophy was introduced, in memory of two past principals Bertie Nillegoda and P.M.L. Banda. Today both schools give a big hand for the game of rugby with limited facilities.
KDHA Hockey tourney
Kandy District Hockey Association inter club league tournament is expected to start from 8th of August at the Peradeniya Campus grounds, where eleven teams are expected to take part. KDHA President R. Maheswaran, Secretary M. Ashraff and the rest of the committee are going all out to make the event a grand one and the players are sure to give of their best. All in all it should be a good interesting tournamentwhere Kandy has some top class hockey players at club level.
CP men’s and women’s hockey champs
Hockey, Men’s and Women’s hockey players have made Central Province proud, both teams did well to win the championship at the 47th National Sports Festival held at Police Park Colombo. Damika Ranasinghe and K.L.S. Kumari were the best players in the men’s and women’s event.
Visuvious SC win by one wicket
Match results of the Kandy District Cricket Association – Division III Tournament matches played at the Prisons grounds Pallekelle.
Visuvious Sports Club beat Madawala Cricket Club by one wicket. Madawala C.C. 178 all out in 30overs – Mohamed Razmy 55, Mohamed Rifai 29, Hishara Bandara 4/42, RuchiraChamara 3/24 Visuvious S.C. 183 for9 in 22.5 overs- Sameera Lokusooriya 32, Buddhima Jayaweera 25.. M. Amsar4/54, Mohammed Jazil 2/25
Sylvestrians CC beat Old Rathiyanz CC by 96 runs in a 43 over’ game. Sylvestrians CC 315 for 7 wickets in 43 overs, Naveen Amarasinghe 117, Anusha Balasooriya 67 not out, Sasanka Nawarathna 50, Nilana Nayanaka3/39. Old Rathiyanz C.C. 219 all out in 41.3 overs. Malindu Pawan 67 not out, Nilana Nayanaka 40, Themura Samarawickrama 3/33
Kandy Zeylanikans Cricket Club beat Southerland Sports Club by 91 runs. Kandy Zeylanikans C.C. 308 all out in 42 overs – Udara Jayasooriya 102, Harsha Aththanayake 57, Lahiru Viranga 45, Nuwan Senadeera 3 / 53 and Isura Wathsala 2 / 58. Southerland S.C. 217 for 9 in 42 overs- Asanka Bandara 83, Isura Wathsala 50, Lahiru Herath 6 / 35.