Lumbini, President's College poised for 'big match'
Dennis is keen to take hockey to Jaffna
Hatton National Bank will meet David Pieris Motor Co. in the finals of
the Women's Inter Club Basketball tourmament played for the "Otter Aquatic
Club Trophy" at Otter Aquatic Club Basketball court next month and conducted
by Colombo District Basketball Association & Amateur Basketball Federation
said Mark Fernando, President CDBA.
Runner-up will be awarded the Gamini Nethicumara Trophy (President -
Otter Aquatic Club).
In the semi-final matches played recently Hatton National Bank girls
out-played he novices of the game, National Youth Services Council by 57
points to 15 points after leading by 27 points to 05 points at lemons.
In the other semi-finals played in wet conditions David Pieris Motor
Co's young girls showed their skills when they scored win over the favourites,
Ramblers by 46 points to 38 points after the winners led by 22 points to
17 points at short whistle.
Motor racing fans sure had real value for money at the Colombo Super
Cross 2002, concluded on Sunday 25th when all favourites of team Caltex
in their Havoline branded cars went past the chequered flag in style one
after the other.
Aravinda Premadasa, proved himself yet again with a magnificent display
of guts and skill winning the Motor Cars Group M over 1665 cc in his Havoline
Subaru Impreza. Also as a result of action seen at the recently held Katukurunda
races, to the crowd this was the much-awaited event.
However, to the dismay of all, Dinesh Deheragoda was struck with mishap
and had to move his New Mitsubishi Evolution 7 out of the track. But action
continued as, spectators rose to their feet in a moment of sheer thrill
to see two Havoline cars in tough competition, the other being none other
than Nalin Perera also of Team Caltex who also as usual displayed his wit
at the sport. Mishap made Nalin move away from the track in this event
but won the Motor cars group A up to 10 Kg in his Caltex Reno and also
placed 2nd in over 6kg/h event.
Rizvi Farook secured himself right from the start in his Caltex Honda
winning the Motor cars group M over 1350 cc event. Nishan Wasalathanthri
in his Caltex Ford took the lead in the group A over 12kg/hp event placing
Upulwan Serasinghe of team Caltex in 3rd place. Upulwan in his Toyota won
the Group A 14/ cg/hp event.
What a day it was for Caltex, the pre-eminent lubricant marketer, when
Prasanna Ranasinghe placed 1st in jeeps and both Javid Wahab and Zakie
Ismail secured 2nd and 3rd places in the up to 10Kg./hp event.
ISO standard to help fight against misuse of drugs
SLSI (Sri Lanka Standards Institution) - declares that its apex body ISO
(International Organization for Standardization) is helping the fight against
the misuse of drugs in sport by developing the first International Standard
for doping control.
The international protocol for doping control, which is a comprehensive
approach to managing and improving the quality of anti-drug programmes
in sport, will be further developed from its current status as an ISO Publicly
Available Specification (PAS) to become a fully fledged ISO International
Standard.
The first drafts are expected to be completed by the second half of
2002 and the interested parties could obtain copies of these drafts through
SLSI.
Top slots for Ranjan, Asoka in the Caribbean
Sri Lanka's Ranjan Madugalle, the Chief Referee of the International Cricket
Council, has been appointed for the five Test and five One-Day-International
series between the West Indies and India in the Caribbean beginning on
April 11, the ICC announced.
Asoka De Silva, also from Sri Lanka and a member of the Elite Panel
of Umpires, will also officiate in the Caribbean series, in the first three
Tests.
These are among the first appointments for the new Elite Panel Umpires
and Referees who were appointed recently by the ICC. The schedule of assignments
will see each of the five referees and eight umpires in action during an
intense period of international cricket over the next month.
ICC Six Nations Challenge: The ICC Six Nations Challenge tournaments
in Namibia (6th to 15th April) will be a first posting for new referee
Wasim Raja. The former Pakistan all-rounder will take charge of the event
that features ICC Associate Member Countries Canada, Holland, Kenya and
Namibia preparing for the 2003 World Cup, in competition with A teams from
Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, Elite Panel Umpire Rudi Koertzen will be the senior
field official and will stand with umpires from each of the participating
countries, including Sri Lanka's T.H. Wijewardena.
Sharjah Champions Trophy: Gundappa Viswanath will referee the Sharjah
tournament between Pakistan, Sri Lanka and New Zealand (8th to 17th April),
together with Elite Umpires David Shephered, Russell Tiffin and Srinivas
Venkataraghavan.
West Indies v India: Chief Referee Ranjan Madugalle has been appointed
for the five Test and five ODI series between the West Indies and India
in the Caribbean, beginning on 11th April in Guyana. Daryl Harper and Asoka
De Silva will stand in the first three Tests, followed by David Shepherd
and Russells Tiffin of the fourth and fifth.
The Sri Lanka team will leave for Sharjah on the 4th of April 2002,
to participate in the Sharjah Cup 2002 Tournament to be held in Sharjah
from the 8th to the 17th April 2002, featuring Sri Lanka, Pakistan and
New Zealand.
The team will assemble at the BCCSL Headquarters at 35, Maitland Place,
Colombo 7, at 11.00 a.m. on the 4th of April, prior to leaving for the
Bandaranaike International Airport to board Flight UL227 to Dubai which
is scheduled to depart at 14.15 hours (2.15 p.m.).
The Sri Lanka 'A' team will leave for Windhoek, Namibia on the 3rd of
April 2002 to participate in the ICC Six Nations' Challenge Limited Overs
Tournament from the 7th to the 14th of April.
The team will assemble at the BCCSL Headquarters at 6 a.m. on the 3rd
of April, prior to leaving for the Bandaranaike International Airport to
board Flight EK551 to Dubai which is scheduled to depart at 10.20 a.m.
Zimbabwe v Australia: Clive Lloyd will be Match Referee for this series
of three ODIs and two Test matches, beginning on 13th April, Dave Orchard
will be the Elite Panel Umpire for the One Day games and he and Srinivas
Venkataraghavan will stand in both Tests.
Pakistan v New Zealand: This will be Mike Procter's first appointment
since joining the Referees panel. The rearranged tour by the Kiwis will
feature three ODIs (21st, 24th and 27th April) and two Test matches. Steve
Bucknor will stand in each match and will be joined for the Tests by Rudi
Koertzen.
"These appointments mark the start of a new era of full time match officials
for international cricket. Each of the 13 members of the new panels will
go into these series very well prepared, following their intensive induction
at the recent Umpires and Referees Conference in Cape Town", commented
ICC Chief Executive Officer Malcolm Speed. "They have been selected for
their skills, experience and standing in the game and I have every confidence
that they will bring new levels of authority and consistent decision making
to the game", he added.
The new umpiring and refereeing panel system is effective from 1st April,
but for practical reasons the ongoing series between South Africa and Australia
and New Zealand and England will continue to operate under the existing
panel system.
Several new faces in the WCASL
The Annual General Meeting of the Women's Cricket Association of Sri Lanka
was held at Colombo Colts CC over the weekend. Gwen Herat was re-elected
as President uncontested.
New membership was approved as well as the amendments to the present
Constitution in keeping with the Constitution of the Internatonal Women's
Cricket Council of which the WCASL is the official member. Several new
faces were elected while all the posts were uncontested. However, a new
Treasurer was elected as the former did not wish to contest. President
Gwen Herat Vice Presidents M. Rajasingham, Christobel Thilaratne. Secretary
C. Munaweera Asst. Secretary Susilough Wijeratne. Treasurer A S K Ravindran.
Asst. Treasurer Palitha Gunasekera. Coaching Committee Nihal Kodituwakku,
Rohan Fernando. Tournament Committee Usilough Wijeratne, Vanessa de Silva.
Selection Committee A R M Aroos Sarath Wickramaratne, Mercian Fernando.
Executive Committee Ravith Hettiarachchi, Deepthi Gunaratne, Darrel de
Silva, Vanessa de Silva Dharshika Karunanayake, Amitha Pieris, Jeanette
Perera, M. Zanher Niluka Gunasekera. |
