Regaining ‘A’ Division League Title is CR’s main ambition

Ranjeeva Seneviratne

The main ambition of the Ceylonese Rugby and Football Club this year is to clinch the ‘A’ Division League Rugby Title which has eluded the club since 1998.

The newly elected President of the Club Rienzie Fernando said that it could be achieved if the players could give of their best in the 2011 rugby season.

He said that the club will field a strong outfit this year under the able leadership of Dushanth Lewke and with Australian Grant Dwyer to guide them this year they are confident of ending the 13 year wait by bagging the League Title, having ended up second best for the last seven years.

Fernando an outstanding lock forward turned out for S Thomas’ in 1975 and 1976 along with players like Michael Jayasekera, P L Munasinghe, Shane Pinder, Theodore Thambipillai, Stefan D Silva, Pat Jecobs and Darup Peiris.

He joined CR and FC in 1978 and turned out for the Red Shirts till 1982 with players of the calibre of Chula Dharmadasa, Ransiri Sahabandu, Noel Vanlangenberg, Michael Mathysz, C P Abeygunawardena, Iqbal Musafer, Rohantha Peiris, S Sukumar, Zubair Doray and Wimal Epparachchi.

Former Thomian and CR prop forward Gerald de Seram was elected-Deputy President at the AGM held on Sunday while, ex-Thomian, CR and Sri Lanka centre Christopher Jordashe is the Vice President with Shantha Kurumbalapitiya remaining as Secretary for another year.