Lanka Cavaliers complete successful year of coaching (18 October 1998)
LANKA CAVALIERS - a band of experienced cricketers, all over 40 years of age, have completed a successful year, spreading cricket throughout the country with their coaching stints and helping cricketers in the outstations
18-Oct-1998
18 October 1998
Lanka Cavaliers complete successful year of coaching
The Daily News
LANKA CAVALIERS - a band of experienced cricketers, all over 40 years
of age, have completed a successful year, spreading cricket
throughout the country with their coaching stints and helping
cricketers in the outstations.
The Lanka Cavaliers were led by Sri Lanka first Test captain Bandula
Warnapura - a former Director of Coaching.
The response the Lanka Cavaliers got from the outstations was
positive and there was much enthusiasm from the District Cricket
Associations which helped them in their outstation development
program.
In August 1997, Lanka Cavaliers embarked on an ambitious program of
conducting every month a two-day coaching clinic/match in the
outstations. The coaching clinic is in three parts and consist of a
lecture followed by a practice session and a video analysis of
talented players filmed during the practice session with a view to
rectifying any defects they may have. On the next we play a match
against an Invitation XI arranged by the local organisers. At the end
of the program cricket materials are presented to the organisers to
be used in the development of the game in the area. Value of
materials presented so far is around Rs. 200,000.
The launch was in Anuradhapura, followed by Buttala, Matale, Badulla,
Ratnapura, Kandana, Tissamaharama, Kurunegala, Kegalle, Nawalapitiya,
Ambalangoda and Nuwara-Eliya. The next three programs have been
scheduled at Dambulla, Galle and Hatton.
Hatton National Bank, headed by Mr. Rienzie T. Wijetilleke which has
been always lending a hand for the development of cricket in the
country through their general sponsorships, once again recognised the
good intentions and the value of such a program responded positively
by sponsoring the first three programs. Mr. N. M. Manjula Narayana,
Managing Director/CEO of N. M. K. Products & Agencies Lanka (Pvt)
Ltd, was very generous in sponsoring 5 programs. Mr. A.
Wickramanayake, Chairman of Master Divers sponsored the Program at
Deberawewa, Tissamaharama in the Hambantota District. Mr. K.
Mathivanan, Managing Director of East-West Marketing (Pvt) Ltd, also
sponsored one program.
Lanka Cavaliers have been invited by 'Lanka Lions' of Dubai, the
leading Sri Lankan Sports and Social Club in the UAE to tour the
Emirates end of November to play four matches with Indian, Pakistani,
British and Sri Lankan veterans teams and conduct two or more
coaching clinics for the students living there. Arrangements are
being finalised for this tour at present. The proposed overseas tour
is also in line with our objectives of playing cricket for Peace,
Service and Goodwill and is an extension of our domestic program.
Lanka Cavaliers consist of Bandula Warnapura (Capt), Jayantha
Seneviratne (V. Capt), Jerry Woutersz, Kirthi Gunaratne, S.
Illangeratnam, Basil Perera, Bandula de Silva, Damian Fernando, Mervyn
Fernando, K. H. Nandasena, C. P. P. Raj, Dushan Soza, Daya Sirisena
(Treasurer), Chitral Mendis, Zareen Hameed, Mahes Jayasekera, Ranjith
Rajapakse, Dr. Ananda Gunasekera, Pemlal Fernando, Desmond Woutersz
(Secy) and Lakith Peiris (President/Manager).
Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)