Isipathana Old Boys' Rugby Sevens on June 17

RUGBY: The Rugby Committee of the Isipathana College Old Boys' Association headed by Retired Navy Cmdr H.K. Sisira a former Sri Lankan Player and National Selector, is organising a Seven-A-Side Tournament which will bring together all Old Isipathanians who have donned the green jersey.

The Rugby Committee is busy working out the details for the Tournament to be held on Saturday, 17th June 2006. The proceedings will take off at 2.00 pm at the Havelock Sports Club ground in a carnival atmosphere.

The spectators can expect the Rugby dished out to be of the highest quality with Isipathana holding the record for winning the schools 7-a-side Tournament for the most number of times. There will also be a match between a combined old boys' team and the present boys, which will bring the curtain down on the proceedings.

This occasion will also see the launch of the Isipathana Rugby Task Force (IRTF) T'Shirt. The day's proceedings will culminate with a Fellowship Dinner. All funds generated by this Tournament will be utilised for the development of Rugby at Isipathana College.

The Teams would be categorised based on the year the old boys have represented the College. The Old Boys who wish to take part in this Tournament are requested to contact the following Committee Members to register themselves:

Upto 1980 - H.K. Sisira (0777224232), Hisham Abdeen (0777543772)

From 1980-1990 - Sheham Siddik (0777760764), Viran de Alwis (0772220250), Pradeepan Ramanathan (0777309110)

From 1991-2005 - Bimal Perera (0773291264), Keerthi Weerasinghe (0773684676), Jaliya Perera (0714816212), Mohamed Irshard (0777314570), Vidura de Silva (0777712895).