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Since its inception in
1989, FOC has grown
to be the most
popular event in the social calendar of
the Sri Lankan community in the UK,
where they enjoy the day watching
24 teams displaying excellent cricketing
talent combined with a very enjoyable
party atmosphere - Sri Lankan style!
Royal College OBA-UK team
was crowned Champions of the Festival of
Cricket tournament last year and
received the 'OBA
Challenge Trophy' whilst,
Thurstan OBA-UK, were the runners-up.
Zahira OBA-UK won the Plate and the
runner-up was Mahinda College. Man of
the Tournament award was won by Royalist
Malinda Thotiwilage and Best Batsman
Award was won by Thurstanite Damith
Indika.
Preparations are already
underway for the much awaited Festival
of Cricket 2010. This year’s executive
committee is led by Azahim Mohamed (Tel:
020 8952 2105)
the Hon. President of FoC
(Wesley OBA-UK), ably supported by Dr.
Gnana Sankaralingam (Tel: 020 8579 7986)
the Hon. Secretary (Old Royalists’
Association in the UK) and Wikrama De S.
Waidyanatha (Tel: 020 8408 0184) the
Hon. Treasurer (Richmond OBA-UK).
Sub-committees to manage
all organisational aspects of the FoC 2010
led by their respective chairmen are as
follows:
Charity: N Wimalendran (De Mazanod),
Cricket: Jay Edirappuli (Ananda),
Finance: Wickrema Waidyanatha (Richmond),
Fund Raising: Rohan Pathirana (Isipathana),
Hospitality: Aruna Tiskumara (Nalanda),
Media: Shanaka Herath (Royal),
Secretariat: Gnana Sankaralingam (Royal),
Security: Mahen Abayasekera (St.
Thomas), Services: Methsiri Wijeratne
(Nalanda) Contact No: 0795 6576768,
Souvenir: Terry Jay Lowe (St.
Sebastians), and Stewards: Upul
Ekanayake (Dharmaraja). The FoC
Web-master is Bernard Fernando
(Holy Cross)
Festival of Cricket 2010
will be held on Sunday, 11th July at
the Winchmore Hill C.C. Grounds, London
N21 3ER. Visit
www.festivalofcricket.org for
more information. |
