Former Trinity boxer dies

Former Trinity College boxer R.S. Ramanayake and a long standing member of the Trinity College Old Boys Union, passed away on Sunday morning, at the age of 89.

At Trinity he excelled in boxing and athletics in the early 1930s. He was at Trinity when Rev. J. Mcleod Campbell and Rev. R.W. Stopford were the principals.

Late Ramanayake was a close associate of late E.L Senanayake from the school days and later in politics.

He was a good boxer and some of his boxing friends were M.S. Daniel, H. Young, O.L.Z. Abdeen, J.S. David.

After leaving school he captained his sports at the University of Colombo, where he obtained his degree.

He was a long standing staffer at the Ceylon Administrative Service as a District Revenue officer and had served in many parts of the country.

He was also a close associate of late J.R. Jayawardene and served as Ambassador in Belgrade.