Vidyartha-Ananda match postponed

S M Jiffry ABDEEN-Kandy Sports corre

The Second leg of the much awaited William Gopallawa Shield rugby encounter between Vidyartha College and Ananda College which was scheduled to be played at Nittawela today (Saturday July 23 has been indefinitely postponed)

Rugby coach of Vidyartha College Anil Jayasinghe said that this postponement is at the request of Ananda College who indicated their desire to participate at the Zahira College Sevens scheduled for this weekend.

Vidyarthians are a disappointed lot as the arragnements for this second leg was made a long time before and they had also invited the chief guest, the former Minister of Sports C B Ratnayake who excelled for Vidyartha in sports including rugby as a stand off and was instrumental in developing the Vidyartha College grounds at Nittawela.

He said that they had indicated to Ananda College that this match be played on July 29 and this was not acceptable to them on grounds that it was closer to the GCE Advanced Level Examination.