Friday, 2 July 2010
St. Sylvester's College, Kandy, a household name in boxing in the fifties and sixties stamped their class and bounced back into recognition when they became champions at the 40th L.V. Jayaweera Memorial Boxing Champion organized by the School Boxing Association of Sri Lanka and sponsored by MAS Linea Clothing - a subsidiary of MAS Holdings of BOI, Pallekelle and worked off at the Kengalle Navodaya Maha Vidyalaya last Tuesday night.
It was a night of Sylvestrians moment of glory as their boxers fought with a lot of ferocity to vanquish their opponents reminiscent of the days in the sixties boxers in the calibre of Olympic boxer Malcolm Bulner, Michael Bulner, Christopher Bulner and Tito Bulner, Lloyd Hope, D.C. Weerasinghe, G.A.S. Gunasinghe, Nimal Lewke, just to name a few who use to demolish their opponents in the sixties. The Silvestrians had five winners in a competition which permitted only a maximum of 7 participants from each and this will give some indication to the extent the Sylvstrians would have denominated the meet.
The Sylvestrian boxers produced exhilarating displays in the semi-finals and there was a clear indication by day 3 that they will have a tilt at the trophy. The winners for St. Sylvester's were V.S.B. Senanayake, W.A. Sampath, M.N.M. Rimshard, Y.R.C. Bandara and M.A.M. Ashik.
The Principal of St. Sylvester's College Ranil Meetiyagoda who was present throughout the finals said they are great and once again the boxing in the school has been brought back to its pristine glory. Our next target is T.B. Jayah Memorial Boxing meet and the coveted Stubbs Shield.
St. Sylvester's College accumulated 34 points to become clear winners against the 23 points collected by the runners-up Vidyaratane University Pirivena, Horana. In third place was little known Kantale Maha Vidyalaya, Kantale with 15 points. In fourth place was Sri Sumangala College with 11 points. Royal College, Colombo, Dharmaraja College, Kandy and the defending champions Peradeniya Central College were placed fifth with each collecting 10 points.
The results
Light Weight 'A' 41-43 kgs and 15-16 years.V.S.B. Senanayake (St. Sylvester's College) beat P.S.I.J. Fernando (Sri Sumangala College, Panadura) 12/3 on points.
Light Welter Weight 'A' 43-45 kgs. 15-16 years
W.A. Sampath (St. Sylvester's College) beat H.W.T. Maduranga (Mahanama College, Moneragala) Referee stopped contest in round 1
Feather Weight 'B' 50-52 kgs and 15-16 years.
M.N.M. Rimshad (St. Sylvester's College) beat A.C. Dilshan (St. John's College, Nugegoda) on points 8/2
Light Feather Weight 'B' 52-54 kgs. 15-16 years D.M. Pelpola (Royal College, Colombo) beat K. Senaratne (Carey College) on points 9/7.
Light Fly Weight 'B' 44-46 kgs. 15-16 years
Y.R.C. Bandara (St. Sylvester's College) beat A.A.C.D. Weerasinghe (Pilimathalawa MV) Referee stopped contest in round 2.
Feather Weight 56-60 kgs. 17-18 years.
M.A.M. Ashik (St. Sylvester's College) beat K.L.A.S.D. Senaratne (Bandaranaike MV, Gampaha) on points 7/1.
