Dialog Powers 17 Schools Cricket Encounters
Sri Lanka’s flagship telecommunications services provider, Dialog
Telekom, will power 17 annual cricket encounters in 14 towns around the
island including the North and East, in Sri Lanka’s biggest-ever
schools’ big match season. The season kicked off on February 25 and will
come to a close on March 28.
Demonstrating its commitment to foster local sporting talent in an
equitable manner, Dialog has pledged its support to a total of 34
schools and 374 players from across all provinces of the country, making
way for several new outstation schools to enter the schools’ big match
arena.
Commenting on the company’s association with this year’s big match
season, Nushad Perera, Group Chief Marketing Officer of Dialog Telekom
said, “Dialog is honoured to once again be the largest sponsor of sports
in Sri Lanka. We enjoy a long-standing relationship with Sri Lankan
cricket, and the schools’ tourney is the primary channel for identifying
and developing talent for our future.
In addition to our efforts in the past, Dialog will play a much
larger role in developing schools’ cricket this year, and we will
promote and foster our young talent in a sustainable and meaningful
manner. In 2010, we are transcending boundaries, and have reigned in
schools from all over the island including the North and East – a clear
demonstration of our will to empower and philosophy of inclusion.”
Dialog will power the Thurstan - Isipathana (big match & one day),
Joe - Pete (one day) and Royal - Thomian Twenty20 encounters in Colombo,
the Kingswood - Dharmaraja big match and Trinity - St. Anthony’s one day
encounter in Kandy, the Rahula- St. Aloysius big match in Matara,
Richmond - Mahinda encounter in Galle, Dharmashoka - Devananda big match
in Ambalangoda, Kalutara Vidyalaya - Tissa Vidyalaya encounter in
Kalutara, St. Sebastian’s College - Prince of Wales (One day) in
Moratuwa, Jaffna Central - St. Johns big match in Jaffna, Hindu College
- Vishananda Vidyalaya big match in Trincomalee, St. Mary’s -Zahira
College encounter in Hambantota, Seevali Central - Gankanda Central big
match in Ratnapura, St. Thomas - Science College in Matale, St. Mary’s -
Kegalu Vidyalaya in Kegalle and the encounter between Bandaranayake
College, Gampaha and Bandaranayake Central College, Veyangoda.
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