Sean Mark Wijesinghe has started work again as Kandy SC’s coaching guru for the fourth year and has high hopes to continue his good work. At present he is busy with the team, who are hard at training for the Asia Rugby Western Club Champions League tournament. The first match is on 31st August against Bahrain Lions RFC at Nittawela and the second game on 7th September against Abu Dhabi Harlequins in Abu Dhabi.
Then their first inter club league game is on November 11th. Sean learnt his rudiments of rugby at Trinity College and while at school he represented Kandy Sports Club and under his leadership the Nittawela club won the triple in 2011. Again in 2014 he led the club and also Sri Lanka. He is one of the best, balanced and knowledgeable coaches who Is dedicated to his job.
Piyal Kandy’s T20 coach
Former Antonian cricketer Piyal K Wijetunga who was a right hand bat and left arm orthodox bowler is the Kandy cricket coach for the SLC Twenty20 league cricket tournament conducted by Sri Lanka Cricket. The tournament commenced on 21st and will come to an end on 2nd September. Piyal played in one Test in 1993 was an active member in the domestic arena, where he played 65 first-class matches and took 161 wickets while playing for SSC, Bloomfield C & AC, Moors SC and Kandy CC.
He served as a spin bowling coach for the Sri Lanka national team, where he trained international players. Sad to say Kandy were beaten in their first two games by Dambulla and Colombo.
Academy coaches should not be entertained Parents who do a lot for their children are worried because it is learnt that most of the school junior coaches are running rugby academies and only
their students are included in the school teams. Those who don’t go to their academy are not considered. In the recent under 14 competition, an injured player from the schools was included in the squad because he was from the coach’s academy. What schools should do is they must not employ coaches who run academies.
Dharmaraja u17 and u15 lose
Dharmaraja College under 17 cricketers came up with a good performance and entered the pre-quarter finals but lost to S. Thomas’ College by 7 wickets. The Rajans batting first made 148 in 49.2 overs and the Thomians scored 150 for 3 in 36.3 overs.
Then in the u15 game they lost on first innings in the division one second round game to Prince of Wales College. Dharmaraja scored 92 in 43.4 overs and Prince of Wales replied with 179 for 4 in 18.5 overs.
Arfat heads Kandy SC get-together
Once again Kandy SC will have the red carpet sewn up where the players and rugby lovers of the hills will be at a Dinner Dance, the last was held in 2016. Thanks to Arfat Abdeen, who did a wonderful job and this time too he has been asked to run the show. It was one of the best get-togethers of that year in the hills. So, there is going to be plenty of glamour as all rugby lovers will join the get-together.
Trinity’s cricket preparation starts
Preparation has begun for the fast approaching 2018/19 Trinity College Cricket season. Trinity will be fielding a talented and experienced side with several of last season's players. Trinity is one of the oldest cricket playing schools in the country. This is one school, which enjoys all the
facilities for the sport; they have a superb indoor net, bowling machine and an international stadium. This time too they are handled by one of their products Kavinda Jayasuriya as head coach, Navin Ekanayake fielding coach and another product Rushan Jaleel is the head of cricket strategic planning and development and implementation, The MIC is the experienced
Dammika Kulatunge
The team is getting the fullest backing from the principal Andrew Fowler-Watt and the vice principal a well-known man in cricket and former coach J. A. Shaw Wilson.
Over 1500 participants
Sri Chandananda Buddhist College, Kandy housed at Asgiriya, have finalized all arrangements for the schools under 13 double schools badminton championship which is organized by this school on behalf of the Sri Lanka Schools Badminton Association. Over 120 schools will be seen in action with nearly 1500 players. This event is sponsored by Perera and Sons. The event draws is on September 2nd and the tournament will start on the 3rd and end on 5th at the Municipal indoor stadium at Katukalle. The winners will be presented with medals, certificates and the champion trophy.
U18 football
Kingswood College though they lost all the four games in the under 18 inter school national football league tournament against Holy Cross, Royal, St. John’s and Zahira gave their best. What this school lacks is a proper place to train and play matches. Their last match against Zahira was played at Digana.
Kandy rugby academy will start soon
An overseas ruggerite who is in Kandy for the Perahera is keen to help Kandy’s young ruggerites. He is hoping to come out with an academy. Classes will be for three days for a month. Coaches too will be overseas past players. All schools will be informed to send male and female players age 14+ (players will be segmented by age and ability) free of charge.
The three day a month rugby training academy will establish a strong technical foundation for the game understanding, accelerated skill acquisition and encourage players to apply their technique under increased pressure, and act instinctively in both attack and defence
. The Academy’s purpose is to not only develop players on the field and provide pathways to the top levels of rugby, but most importantly to help them develop excellence off the field.
Pooranawatha Dynamic SC cricket
The third Poornawatha Dynamic Sports Club softball cricket tournament will be conducted on 8th September. The matches will start at 7:00 am and end at 5:00 pm. Twenty-five teams will be seen in action. The teams participating in this cricket fiesta will be from Kandy and people from all over the city are expected flock at the Police grounds to witness this spectacular event. It is going to be a very exciting and vibrant days cricket. There will be trophies to the winners and the runners up and also for the best batsmen, bowler, fielder, man of the final and man of the tournament. Further details and entries can be obtained from M. Azari on 0777298799.
Vidyartha sports night
Old Boys of Vidyartha College in aid of the proposed Sports Complex have organized a sports night on 8th September at Earls Regency. On this day most of their best sportsmen are expected to attend. Further details can be obtained from Chandika on 0774775361, Mahesn 0777136331 and Thivanka 0712 770345.
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