Sport in brief
Dharmaraja OBU to hold sports carnival
Upananda JAYASUNDERA -Kandy sports special corr.
Old Boys Union of Dharmaraja College, Kandy will be organising their
annual sports carnival for their families on April 25 at the Pallekelle
Open Prison Camp grounds commencing at 8 a.m. Six-a-side cricket,
seven-a-side soccer, netball tournaments along with races for various
age groups including walking races for men and women will be held at
this sports carnival.
Chief organiser of this festival, Dr. Vajira Jayasinghe told the
Daily News as this is held during the New Year period some avurudhu
kreeda will also be held and the main attraction will be selecting the
Avurudhu Kumara and Kumari for 2009. The prizes will be distributed by
the Principal of Dharmaraja College, S. M. Keerthiratne and the
cordinators of this event are:
Senarath Jayasundera - phone 081-2240624 and Tissa Jayasinghe -
081-2420055.
Annual colours night of Peradeniya University
Upananda JAYASUNDERA -Kandy sports special corr.
Over 360 students (boys and girls) of the University of Peradeniya
will receive colours and half colours at the annual Colours Night to be
held on April 24 at the Peradeniya University gymnasium commencing at
5.30 p.m. under the patronage of Vice Chancellor Prof. H.
Abeygunawardena. The Directress of Physical Education of the University
of Peradeniya, Arosha Perera is organising this annual event.
Chula retires from the Royal Colombo Golf Club
Chula de Silva retired from the RCGC after having served as its first
General Manager/CEO for 5 years. He joined the RCGC in March 2004, which
was the 125th Anniversary of the Club and retired on March 31.
He was in the organizing committee of the 125th Anniversary
Celebrations where many Royal Golf Clubs from all over the world
participated.
This was the biggest celebrations the Club had. During the Tsunami of
2004 many Golf Clubs from abroad donated money to build Houses for those
affected by the Tsunami and he was involved in supervising the
construction of these 15 Houses that were build in Habaraduwa. The
cattle at the club has been a nuisance and a major problem for over 50
years. He was instrumental in obtaining a Court Order through the
Colombo Municipal Council to evict the cattle. In the year 2008, the
Royal Colombo Golf Club was awarded "The Best Restaurant" in Colombo by
the Colombo Municipal Council. He also increased the F & B income by
more than double and was involved in building the New Caddies, Staff
Rest Rooms, Work Shop and the Generator Rooms during his period as
General Manager.
Chula was very friendly with the Press and is to organize Press
Conferences, Golf Tournaments and Social Evenings at the RCGC very
efficiently.
Chula is an Old Royalist and during his College days was a athlete
and a Basket Ball Player. He together with Darell Leversz, Vijaya
Malalasekera and Gunasekera Held the 440 yds Public School record in
1962.
This was not broken for many years. He also represented Ceylon in
Basketball in 1962 while still in College. He played under the Captaincy
of Major General C. Thuriraja and was the youngest player of that Ceylon
team. He also played rugger for Uva. He is now a keen Badminton Player.
He joined Planting in 1964 and was a Superintendent. Manager,
Agricultural Advisor and a Regional Director of the JEDB. He joined
Renuka Hotels as GM in 1995 and was also Director of Cargo Boat
Development Co.
Gaudio re-lives the past
The 2004 French Open champion Gaston Gaudio, rehabilitating his
tennis after dropping off the rankings map in recent seasons, revealed
Tuesday he has asked for a wild card for the French Open. The
30-year-old South American was ecstatic after beating compatriot Diego
Junqueira 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in the Barcelona Open first round as he played
only his third match of the season at ATP level.
"I'd love to play in Roland Garros. I've requested a wild card and am
hoping to get it. This win is unbelievable, it's great to win a match at
this level again," he said at the venue where he lifted the first of his
eight career titles in 2002 over Albert Costa. BARCELONA, Wednesday,
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