Tsunami Relief Rugby Football match tomorrow
The Sri Lanka Society of Rugby Football Referees in
collaboration with the Puffins RFC is organizing a charity fund raiser
match between the Mighty Puffins XV vs Select Sri Lanka XV (over 35), on
this Saturday, 5th March 2005, 4.30 p.m.
The funds collected from the match will be used for the
assistance of the unfortunate victims of the Southern Province rugby
fraternity of the recent tsunami that devastated a major portion of Sri
Lanka's coastline.
The following ex-national players have already confirmed
their availability for the match:
Norman Silva, Shehan Sideek, Santhi Kumar, Shantha
Rohana, L.V. Ekanayake, Chaminda Rupasinghe, Shanitha Fernando, Palitha
Siriwardena, Leslie De Silva, Lalith Weeraratne, M.H. Marso, Asoka
Jayasena, Baratha Hegoda, P.G. Gunawardena, P. Karunaratne, Jayasooriya,
C.P. Abeygunawardena, Tikiri Marambe, Sudath Sampath, Asanga Seneviratne,
Saman Kotelawala, Grahan Roux, Aruna Uduwalagedera, Hemantha Yatawara,
Dilroy Fernando, Rohantha Peiris, Michael Jayasekera, Ajith Upawanse,
Nizan Jamaldeen, Alex Nishantha, Jude Pillai, Vimal Epparachchi,
Priyantha Ekanayake, Hisham Abdeen (Captain) Narantota, Ananda Fernando,
Aruna De Silva, Nalin De Silva, Hilmi Sahid, Tony Wimalasuriya, Anura
Dhammika, Macro De Silva, Saman Jayasinghe, Zubair Doray.
Kick-off 4.30 p.m.
Venue: CR & FC Grounds, Longden Place, Colombo 7.
Proceeds collected from the event will be channeled
through the Ruhunu Province Rugby Football Union for the development of
identified grounds and purchasing rugby equipment for the affected
schools in the Southern Province.
There will be a gate charged for the above game to
collect funds and the tickets have been priced at Rs. 200 for Pavilion
and Rs. 100 for Terraces.
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