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Jaffna schools for Old Wesleyites Cricket Sixes
" Daily News " Aug 30th 2002
Schools from Jaffna, Batticaloa, Polonnaruwa or Anuradhapura will feature in the
invitation "sixes" organised by the Old Wesleyites Sports Club (OWSC) and
sponsored by Ceylon Cold Stores (CCS) under the Lemonade label. This will be the
10th year of the competition when 24 schools will compete for the "Lemonade
Trophy" at the Wesley grounds, Campbell Park on October 12 and 13.
The matches will commence at 8 a.m. on both days and on the first day the action
will be described live on radio while on the second day the matches will be
telecast on Rupavahini. Last year Royal won the Tournament while De Mazenod
Kandana were runners up.
The draw for the Tournament will take place on October 1 at the OWSC Club house.
The Principal of Wesley, M.A.P. Fernando said that about 15 years ago Wesley
played a match against St. John's Jaffna and he went with the team to Jaffna and
they reciprocated by coming to Colombo. " This Tournament gives the outstation
schools a chance to play with the Colombo schools and schools like Kalutara
Vidyalaya, De Mazenod have performed well and even won the Tournament.
Sri Lanka schools
Lemonade Trophy Cricket tournament
Organise by
the Old Wesleyites Sports Club and sponsored by Ceylon Cold Stores Limited
Lemonade Invitation Schools sixes
by Chris Dhambarage (Daily News Sept 5th 2002)
The tenth annual schools invitation six a side cricket tournament organised by
the Old Wesleyites Sports Club and sponsored by Ceylon Cold Stores Limited will
be worked off on October 12 and 13 at the Wesley College grounds, Campbell Park.
A total of 33 teams including two international schools and three outstation
teams from Jaffna, Batticaloa, Polonnaruwa/Anuradhapura will participate in this
tournament. Last year a total of 28 teams participated with Royal College
winning the title and De Mazenod College Kandana were the runners up. The losing
semifinalists were Ananda College and Nalanda College.
There will be a three member tournament committee running the tournament and
their decision on any matters arising will be final. The umpires will be from
the Association of Cricket Umpires. In addition the third umpire will be in
action on the second day. The adjudicator will be appointed for both days.
The champions will receive the Lemonade trophy from the sponsors Ceylon Cold
Stores. The runners up will receive a trophy from the Old Wesleyites Sports
Club. In addition the players of the champion and the runners up teams will
receive a replica each. There will be special awards to the best batsman of the
tournament, best bowler of the tournament, best fielder of the tournament and
for the man of the final.
The letters have already been posted to the respective schools and their entries
will close on September 26. The draw for the tournament will take place on
October 1, at the Old Wesleyites Sports Club house at 6.30 p.m.
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Seven new schools join the fray
by Mike Andree (The Island)
A total of 28 schools will be in the fray, for the Elephant Lemonade Trophy, in
the Schools six-a-side cricket tournament, organized by the Old Wesleyites
Sports Club, which will be conducted on October 20 and 21 at Campbell Park.
Amongst the 28 teams are seven new schools including Colombo International
School and Wycherley.
Play will commence at 8.00 a.m on both days and all participating teams are
expected to be at the venue 45 minutes prior to the start.
Arrangements have been made for SLBC to give ball-by-ball commentaries on
Sunday, October 21. The awards that are on offer apart from the championship
trophy, which is the Lemonade Trophy, are individual awards for the champion
team and runners up, Best Batsman, Best Bowler, Best Fielder and Man of the
Tournament.
The participating schools:
Lumbini, President’s College, Thurstan, Ananda, Royal, St Joseph’s, Sri
Pangnananda, Nalanda (defending champs), Wesley, Joseph Vaas, Zahira, Mahanama,
Sri Jayawardenapura, DS Senanayake, St Peter’s, Isipatana,S. Thomas’ (Mt Lavinia),
Maris Stella, St. Benedict’s Kalutara Vid. and De Mazenod along with Wycherley
International, Colombo International, Moratu Vidyalaya, Holy Cross (Kalutara),
Veluwana, Carey and CWW Kannangara Vidyalaya.