Chapa Weeraratne's team win sixes
Upananda Jayasundera Kandy Sports Special corr.
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Picture shows the victorious Chapa Weeraratne’s team - (from
left - Chapa Weeraratne (Capt.) Udaya Yatawara, Ajith
Naranpanawa, Prasanna Walalawala, Senaka Dissanayake, P. V.
Gunaratne, Senaka Peiris, Sarath Munaweera (Manager), Saliya
Jayasundera, D. D. Hemapala (Coach). |
The 1983 cricket team led by Chapa Weeraratne won the 6th annual
six-a-side Cricket tournament organised by the Dharmaraja College
Cricket Foundation held at the Lakeview Grounds recently.
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Picture shows the distinguished spectators who came to
witness their annual event from left: D. Gunaratne, I.
Ekanayake, P. Ekanayake, Jagath Samarasinghe, Dananjaya
Nawaratne, S. Samarasinghe, Pujith Jayasundera, DIG (CP), S.
M. Keerthiratne - Principal Dharmaraja, Sarath Fernando,
Senarath Jayasundera - President OBU, Dr. Asoka Hewage -
President - Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association, Janaka
Hettiarachchi and Sarath Mataraarachchi (POG- Dharmaraja).
Story and pictures by Upananda Jayasudera-Kandy Sports Spl.
Corr. |
22 teams participated and in the semi-finals Chapa Weeraratne's 1983
team beat Kegalle branch to enter the finals and in the other
semi-finals 1971 team led by Ranjith Herath beat Anurahdapura Branch to
enter the finals.
Final Match scores: Chapa Weeraratne's team 60 for 3 in 5 overs.
(Udaya Yatawara 12, Chapa Weerarante 10, Senaka Peiris 11, Senaka
Dissanayake not out 10, Prasanna Walalawala not out 12, Priyantha
Weragoda 2 for 16.)
Ranjith Herath's team 46 for 5 in 4.5 overs.
(Janaka Hettiarachchi 10, Ranjith Herath 11, Channa Wickremasuriya
15, Ajith Naranpanawa 2 for 15, Lalith Weragoda 2 for 10, Saliya
Jayasundera 1 for 10.)
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Picture shows some of the past Cricket Captains of
Dharmaraja College at the tournament. (Seated from left)
Channa Wickremasuriya (1973), Ananda Wijesekera (1971), D.
D. Hemapala (1962), Upananda Jayasundera (1965), Ajith
Naranpanawa (1978), (Standing from left) Priyantha Weragoda
(1986), Pubudu Seneviratne (1999), Senaka Dissanayake
(1984), Prasanna Dahanayake (1989), Damith Kulatunge (1992),
Saliya Jayasundera (1993), Buwaneka Ekanayake (2008). |
This tournament was also a get-together of Old Rajans and their
families |
