{"id":124174,"date":"2023-11-06T16:54:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T16:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=124174"},"modified":"2023-11-06T16:54:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T16:54:35","slug":"hall-of-fame-barclay-george-buddy-reid-a-phenomenal-sportsman-and-role-model-by-ravi-rudra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/hall-of-fame-barclay-george-buddy-reid-a-phenomenal-sportsman-and-role-model-by-ravi-rudra\/","title":{"rendered":"HALL OF FAME &#8211; BARCLAY GEORGE \u2018BUDDY\u2019 REID A PHENOMENAL SPORTSMAN AND ROLE MODEL &#8211; By Ravi Rudra"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>HALL OF FAME &#8211; BARCLAY GEORGE \u2018BUDDY\u2019 REID A PHENOMENAL SPORTSMAN AND ROLE MODEL &#8211; By Ravi Rudra<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124175 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BARCLAY-GEORGE-e1699283658353.png\" alt=\"BARCLAY GEORGE\" width=\"600\" height=\"630\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Dr. Buddy Reid&#8217;s achievements in Table Tennis, for Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and Australia, are remarkable to say the least. With dedication and a committed work ethic he has established several records, culminating in being recently inducted to Table Tennis Australia\u2019s prestigious Hall of Fame. It is indeed a fitting honour for a sportsman and gentleman of Buddy\u2019s calibre and character.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Dedication, discipline, and perseverance have been constant in his approach to sports, work, and life, in general. He is a surgeon and his success in sports and a highly demanding profession are remarkable and inspiring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Former Thomian Buddy, was a Double International, sportsman for Sri Lanka. He also captained Sri Lanka at both Cricket and Table Tennis. Furthermore as a brilliant Table Tennis player he has represented both Ceylon (as a young schoolboy and in his twenties) and Australia, winning numerous National and World Veteran Titles, as well as captaining the Australian Veterans at Table Tennis.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">BUDDY REID<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>INDUCTED TO THE PRESTIGIOUS HALL OF FAME BY TABLE TENNIS AUSTRALIA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124176 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BARCLAY-GEORGE-2.png\" alt=\"Buddy Reid, who turned a youthful 83 on 04 Nov 2023, receives his prestigious Hall of Fame award\" width=\"571\" height=\"733\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>Buddy Reid, who turned a youthful 83 on 04 Nov 2023, receives his prestigious <\/em><em>Hall of Fame award.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124177 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BARCLAY-GEORGE-3.png\" alt=\"\u201cI owe my Veterans career with Australian and World championships and the Hall of Fame to my wife Peace\u2026 All my medals hang around her photograph\u201d - Buddy \" width=\"456\" height=\"606\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cI owe my Veterans career with Australian and World championships and the Hall of Fame to my wife Peace\u2026 All my medals hang around her photograph\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>&#8211; Buddy<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Performance Criteria for the Induction into the Hall of Fame (Table Tennis, Australia)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Inductees had to have had at least won one World Championship medal and a specified number of Gold medals in Australian Veterans Championships at multiple age levels. Buddy not only achieved these challenging targets but exceeded them by far.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124178 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BARCLAY-GEORGE-4.png\" alt=\"Buddy Reid \u2013 World Singles Gold Medal (Over 75) \u2013 Spain 2016\" width=\"547\" height=\"693\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Buddy Reid \u2013 World Singles Gold Medal (Over 75) \u2013 Spain 2016<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">These are some of Buddy\u2019s Table Tennis Highlights as a Veteran:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>World Championships<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>World Singles Champion <\/strong>&#8211; Over 75yrs (<strong>Gold medal<\/strong>) in Spain 2016<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>World Doubles Champion <\/strong>&#8211; Over 75yrs (<strong>Gold medal<\/strong>) in the USA 2018<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>World Doubles Silver medal <\/strong>&#8211; Over 65yrs in Germany 2006<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>World Doubles Silver medal <\/strong>\u2013 Over 75yrs in Spain 2016<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>World Singles Bronze medal <\/strong>&#8211; Over 75yrs in the USA 2018<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">*Buddy\u2019s doubles partner Igor Klaf is also from Melbourne. In 2018 Buddy &amp; Igor won in 5 sets against the same pair (Weinprecht and Lemke of Germany) who beat them in a tense 5 sets in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Australian Championships<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Australian Singles Champion <\/strong><strong>(Gold medals) 5 times <\/strong>in the Over 65 and Over 75 Australian age groups<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Australian Doubles Champion <\/strong><strong>(Gold medals) 11 times<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Australian Mixed Doubles Champion <\/strong>(<strong>Gold medals<\/strong>) <strong>twice<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In addition<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Australian Inter State Champion <\/strong>(playing for <strong>Victoria<\/strong>) <strong>10 times<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Buddy also has won <strong>16 silver and 25 bronze medals in Australian Veterans Championships<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Other achievements for Australia though not specified requirements for the Hall of Fame, were playing for Australia in the &#8220;<strong>Test Matches<\/strong>&#8221; against New Zealand six times and <strong>Captaining Australia <\/strong>in his age group four times,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Winning the New Zealand Veterans Open Championships four times including the Triple Crown 3 years in a row \u2013 a record feat not been achieved by any other Australian or New Zealand man<\/strong>, but a New Zealand Women&#8217;s champion achieved it about 40 years earlier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">These highly noteworthy achievements were in addition to numerous silver and bronze medals that Buddy won in New Zealand Championships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">*To watch a video chat with Buddy Reid, back from Spain after taking out the Gold for Over 75s at the Veteran World Championships-cut and paste on your browser. <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=884400315036712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=884400315036712<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">EARLY DAYS<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Buddy\u2019s cricket career was born on the gravel pathway of Hamers Place, Wellawatte (Colombo 6) with the other famous Reid brothers \u2013 Claud, Ronnie (Ronald), Barney (Bryan) and Johann (\u2018Tiny\u2019) \u2013 and neighbouring boys. Simultaneously, Buddy\u2019s Table Tennis career began on the dining table at home, and the full-sized table of Uncle Felix Rudolph next door..<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-124179 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BARCLAY-GEORGE-5.png\" alt=\"BARCLAY GEORGE \" width=\"586\" height=\"710\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Standing: Ronald(Ronnie), Buddy (Barclay), Johann (Tiny). Seated: Bryan(Barney) and Claud<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">*Photo taken at their home: 4 Hamers Place, Wellawatte, Colombo, when Barney was adjudged Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year (1965).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Inspiration and Gratitude<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Buddy owes his early cricket career to his elder brothers Claud and Ronnie. After learning the basics from the great legendary Thomian coach Lassie Abeyawardena in the under 16&#8217;s in College, the rest of his coaching was watching Claud and Ronnie in every match they played.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He played for S. Thomas&#8217; at all age levels from under 12 to 1st XI. He played only one year in the Royal Thomian (under the captaincy of Dennis Ferdinands), receiving the delightful news on the first day of the Royal Thomian of 1959 that he had been successful in the entrance exam for Medical College<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">His hero and role model in Table Tennis was Thomian National champion Norshi Lakdawala. However, Buddy feels uncomfortable that he won his first and third Ceylon National singles titles by beating Norshi Lakdawala in the finals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Similarly he came into cricket prominence by overcoming his Thomian cricketing hero <strong>P.I. \u2018Ian\u2019 Pieris <\/strong>when he played for the SSC and Buddy played for the University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124180 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BARCLAY-GEORGE-6.png\" alt=\"BARCLAY GEORGE\" width=\"584\" height=\"510\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124181 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BARCLAY-GEORGE-7.png\" alt=\"BARCLAY GEORGE \" width=\"469\" height=\"484\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Buddy owes his later cricket career to the legendary <strong>Dr. H.I.K. Fernando<\/strong>. Buddy had intended to give up cricket for studies when he entered the University but Herbie (H.I.K) came to the chemistry lab to meet Buddy and persuaded him to play. In spite of many failures in his first year H.I.K. encouraged Buddy until he finally made good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Fascinatingly, Buddy owes his Table Tennis career to a quiet gentleman called <strong>&#8220;Master&#8221; Nadarajah<\/strong>. He sponsored Buddy and paid for his first two trips to India to play in the Ceylon junior team. He ran a Table Tennis club called <strong>Mackenzie House <\/strong>entirely at his own expense and Buddy learned by watching the greats like Chris Guneratne and Charlie Daniels who were members of the club. Buddy had no coach but he did have a panel of great Indian players giving instructions in a training camp in New Delhi for a month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Buddy recalls, with an immense sense of loving gratitude, his beloved wife and soul mate Peace who has been the inspiration and driving force for his brilliant resurgence over the past two decades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>&#8220;I retired from Table Tennis at the end of 1969 at the age of 29. I did not play again for 32 years except for a few months in 1975. I owe my resurrection to Table Tennis in 2002 to my wife Peace who persuaded me to return to Table Tennis just before she prematurely passed away. My Veterans career with Australian and World Championships and the Hall of Fame belong to her. I have no doubt she played a few shots for me from above at crucial stages. All my medals hang <\/em><em>around her photograph.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">1955 STC TABLE TENNIS TEAM<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124182 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BARCLAY-GEORGE-8.png\" alt=\"BARCLAY GEORGE\" width=\"504\" height=\"635\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong><em>WINNERS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Standing (L-R): <\/strong>The Warden (Rev. Canon de Saram), R. Praisoody, <strong>B.G.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u2018Buddy\u2019 Reid.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Seated (L-R): <\/strong>R.W. \u2018Rupert\u2019 Ferdinands, N.M. Lakdawalla (Capt.), R.J. \u2018Ronald\u2019 Reid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In Table Tennis in Ceylon, he won all the Public schools and National titles: Junior singles and doubles and Men&#8217;s singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Singles three times (1959, 60 and 62), doubles six times (four times with Nimo Ramchand; once with Charlie Daniel and once with brother Barney) and mixed doubles once, with Srini Lucas (1966), the latter a thrilling five- setter 22\/20 win against Leonie Ratnayake and Barney.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-124183 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BARCLAY-GEORGE-9.png\" alt=\"BARCLAY GEORGE\" width=\"380\" height=\"440\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Dr. Buddy led the Ceylon team in the Peking International Tournament (1966), Asian Games in Bangkok in 1966 and the Asian TT Championships hosted by Singapore in 1967. Subsequently he was National Coach, Secretary and, later, Vice President of the Table Tennis Association of Ceylon.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Buddy\u2019s First Class Cricket highlights<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Winning the Sara trophy in 1963 for the Ceylon University team under the captaincy of former Josephian, Carlyle Perera. Buddy was vice captain that season.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The following season (1964), under Buddy Reid\u2019s captaincy, the University team were runners-up to Bloomfield in the Sara Trophy, losing by the barest of margins of 0.14 points.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Winning the Macan Markar trophy for the highest individual score (<strong>177 <\/strong>runs) in the Sara Trophy tournament in 1960, his debut first class season.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Heading the Sara Trophy batting averages in two consecutive years 1963 (<strong>50.0<\/strong>) and in 1964 (<strong>42.1<\/strong>).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Heading the Sara trophy run aggregate in two consecutive years 1968 (<strong>692 <\/strong>runs) and 1969 (<strong>702 <\/strong>runs).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Making his first-class debut for the Ceylon Board President&#8217;s XI in a Gopalan Trophy match against Madras in 1964, batting at number three and scoring 46 (the innings top score) and 22 in a six-wicket victory.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Playing for Ceylon against Australia in 1964 and 69 against Pakistan in 1964,<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">against England in 1966, 69 and 70.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">and captaining Ceylon against England in 1969.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Having an unbroken 50 run partnership with brother Ronnie against England in 1965.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He captained Ceylon against Colin Cowdrey\u2019s MCC in 1969, making his highest score, 50 not out, in the second inning which involved an unbroken opening partnership of <strong>118 <\/strong>run with Ranjit Fernando (59*). This was an unofficial test record which stood for around 10 years.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Few days earlier against Cowdrey\u2019s 1966 team both Buddy (57) and Ranjit Fernando (58) compiled a <strong>121<\/strong>-run opening partnership in the 60 over match. This was the first match in which a Ceylon team ever beat England, and<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Finishing his career for Ceylon by top scoring in both innings against Tony Lewis\u2019s England in 1970. (*The great <strong>M. Sathasivam <\/strong>commented on Buddy\u2019s batting, \u201c<em>Reid was the only batsman with the correct technical approach. Against good nagging bowling he proved it beyond reasonable doubt by giving solid displays in both innings.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124184 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BARCLAY-GEORGE-10.png\" alt=\"BARCLAY GEORGE\" width=\"459\" height=\"617\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It is also worth noting that Dr Buddy Reid was the first doctor to examine Muralitharan in Melbourne in 1996 and explain the optical illusion created while bowling due to the deformity in his arm.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">University of Ceylon Team \u2013 1963 Sara Trophy Champions<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124186 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BARCLAY-GEORGE-11-e1699287372934.png\" alt=\"BARCLAY GEORGE\" width=\"600\" height=\"334\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>Buddy Reid (Vice Captain) is seated 3<\/em><em>rd <\/em><em>to the left and in the centre is Captain <\/em><em>Carlyle Perera.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The 1963 Sara Trophy Champion University squad were: Carlye Perera (St. Joseph\u2019s), B.G Reid (STCML), U.R. P. Goonetilleke (STCML), N. Gurusinghe (STCML) ), M. Fernando (Ananda), K. Fernando (St.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Sebastain\u2019s), V. Sivanandan (St. John\u2019s Jaffna), M. L Idroos (STCML), C. Ernest (St. Benedict\u2019s), H.I. Fernando (Royal), M. Ponniah (STCML), H. Samarajeewa (Royal), K. Wimalaratne (Royal), N.J.S.de Mel (Royal), M. Guneratne (St. Peter\u2019s) and A. Anghie (St. Peter\u2019s).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">*Guneratne and Anghie are not in the picture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124187 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BARCLAY-GEORGE-12.png\" alt=\"BARCLAY GEORGE\" width=\"398\" height=\"483\" \/><em>Under Buddy Reid\u2019s captaincy (1964), the University team were runners-up in the Sara Trophy, by mere 0.14 points<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Sporting disappointments<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Buddy\u2019s low points in cricket were making his debut for S. Thomas&#8217; in the under 12&#8217;s with a duck and finishing his career with the University of Ceylon with a duck!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He also with typical humility acknowledges couple of his biggest disappointments in Table Tennis. First in1966 at the height of his career for Ceylon, being thrashed 21\/2 by a Chinese junior and secondly going all the way from Melbourne to Stockholm to lose in the preliminary round robin stage and not getting even into the first round in the World championships in 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Major achievements<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">However Buddy\u2019s major achievements in Table Tennis far exceeds his very few regrets:-<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">As a 16 year old, taking a set off the Mens World number 2 Ivan Andreadis of Czechoslovakia in a practice match.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Being the only winner in singles and the only winner in doubles (with partner Nimo Ramchand) against the USA Mens team in 1956.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Captaining one country in two sports (Ceylon Cricket and Table Tennis) and two countries in one sport (Table Tennis Ceylon and Australian Veterans).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">His <strong>best sporting and academic season <\/strong>was 1959-60 when he entered Medical College, won the Ceylon National Table Tennis title and also won the Macan Markar trophy for the highest individual score (177) in the Sara Trophy competition.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u2018THE FAMOUS FIVE\u2019<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">One of Buddy\u2019s proudest moment is to be part of the Five Reid Brothers &#8211; all of whom have the unique distinction of gaining 1<sup>st<\/sup> XI Cricket Colours at Thomas&#8217; College.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124188 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BARCLAY-GEORGE-13-e1699288302923.png\" alt=\"BARCLAY GEORGE\" width=\"600\" height=\"417\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>The Reid Brothers (L-R) &#8211; Claud, Ronnie, Buddy, Barney and Johann each represented the S. Thomas\u2019 cricket team at some point during the period 1955 to 1968<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In this regard they hold an unique record of sorts, tied with the De Saram brothers (1879-1885) for the most number of brothers to play for S. Thomas\u2019 College. What an Incredible Achievement!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">(Photo Courtesy: Corinne King)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Few unusual yet interesting happenings<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Buddy represented STC in Cricket, Table Tennis, Badminton and Junior athletics. He participated in the 80 yards hurdles, high jump, 440 yards and javelin. Buddy says that he held the junior 440 yards record because Maurice Fairweather did not run the 440 yards as a junior. He established the record in the heats and lost in the finals to Baila Samarasinhe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Along with partner P.S. Kumara, Buddy won both the Table Tennis and Tennis doubles titles at S. Thomas&#8217; College in 1958. In the Tennis doubles they beat the Public Schools Champions Michael Sproule and A.E. de Silva in the finals. According to Buddy, he only served and received service while Kumara (later National Champion and Davis Cup player) played 90% of the shots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Much later in Wangaratta Australia in 1975, Buddy was unbeaten in singles and doubles in the country league. His table tennis doubles partner at that time was Rex Hartwig the Australian Davis Cup tennis player who was also a good table tennis player.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Buddy\u2019s best performance in Australia with the bat was against poor opposition &#8211; 200 not out and 7 wickets for 27 runs in a grand final in Darwin in 1973.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Best batting performance<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The best batting performance of Buddy\u2019s life was an innings of 95 against the SSC in the Sara trophy final round in 1963 when he went in to bat with the score at 49 for 5 wickets and stayed there until they had passed the SSC total of 181. The only ball that beat Buddy\u2019s bat during that gutsy match- winning innings was a leg cutter from former Thomian, Cambridge \u2018Blue\u2019 and Sri Lankan star P.I. Pieris.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Greatest joy<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Buddy reckons his greatest joy in sport was winning the Sara trophy in 1963, holding off the great paceman Darrell Lieversz with the score at 30 for 4 and sticking there with Nihal Gurusinghe till they reached 74 for 4 to win the trophy by 4 runs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cA team victory beats an individual victory any day\u201d \u2013 Buddy<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-124189 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BARCLAY-GEORGE-14-e1699288427619.png\" alt=\"Buddy Reid with Jasik from Poland whom he beat in the 4th round at the 2016 World Championships in Spain.\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>Buddy Reid with Jasik from Poland whom he beat in the 4th round at the 2016 <\/em><em>World Championships in Spain<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124191 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BARCLAY-GEORGE-15-e1699288622498.png\" alt=\"BARCLAY GEORGE\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>TABLE TENNIS TRIO \u2013 Medal winners Mick Wright, Buddy Reid and Craig Campbell at the Table Tennis World Championships in Spain (2016).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">BUDDY REID WINS KEN COLE TROPHY<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124193 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BARCLAY-GEORGE-16.png\" alt=\"BARCLAY GEORGE \" width=\"507\" height=\"671\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>Victorian Buddy Reid was named winner of the Ken Cole Trophy as the Australian Veterans Player of the Year at the closing function of the 2018 National Veterans Championships in Bendigo &#8211; the highest honour in Australian Veterans table tennis<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201c<em>After becoming world champion in Over 75 Men\u2019s Doubles earlier this year with Igor Klaf, Buddy Reid claimed the national Over 75 Men\u2019s Singles crown and a <\/em><em>swag of medals in Bendigo. <strong>On top of all that, he\u2019s a true gentleman and you\u2019d struggle to meet a nicer man. <\/strong>Congratulations Buddy, you\u2019re a worthy winner!\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8211; Table Tennis Australia, 21 Oct 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-124194 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BARCLAY-GEORGE-17.png\" alt=\"BARCLAY GEORGE \" width=\"436\" height=\"645\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>Buddy (right) with Igor Klaff (left) and a friend of Igor (centre), soon after winning Gold in the doubles finals at the 2018 world championship in Las Vegas, USA.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124195 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BARCLAY-GEORGE-18-e1699288893750.png\" alt=\"Veterans (L-R): Dr. Nimal Lucas, Pushpa Colombathanthri, Mohamed Lafeer (Captain) and Buddy Reid, at the end of the Australian Masters around 2014, when Buddy was co-opted into a team of Sri Lankans to make up the numbers, and they ended up as Silver medallists.\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>Veterans (L-R): Dr. Nimal Lucas, Pushpa Colombathanthri, Mohamed Lafeer (Captain) and Buddy Reid, at the end of the Australian Masters around 2014, when Buddy was co-opted into a team of Sri Lankans to make up the numbers, and they ended up as <\/em><em>Silver medallists<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-124196 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BARCLAY-GEORGE-19.png\" alt=\"BARCLAY GEORGE \" width=\"500\" height=\"618\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>Barney Reid, Buddy Reid, Darrell Lieversz and Claud Reid (L-R) at the launch of the documentary \u201cSri Lanka\u2019s Journey to Test Status\u201d by Alston Mahadevan in the Keith <\/em><em>Miller Room at the MCG on 03 June 2017<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124198 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BARCLAY-GEORGE-20-e1699289092946.png\" alt=\"BARCLAY GEORGE\" width=\"600\" height=\"404\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Happy Reid Brothers <\/em><\/strong><em>\u2013 Buddy, Claud, Ronnie, Tiny &amp; Barney &#8211; celebrating<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>Mum Pearl\u2019s 90<\/em><em>th <\/em><em>Birthday in Melbourne \u2013 April 2008.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-124199 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BARCLAY-GEORGE-21.png\" alt=\"BARCLAY GEORGE\" width=\"315\" height=\"489\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cDr. Buddy Reid, an unassuming personality whose simple demeanour, sense of camaraderie and exemplary sportsmanship on and off the field has endeared him to a wide coterie of colleagues in the Medical profession friends and sports fans in<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>Sri Lanka, Australia and countries around the world.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8211; Eric Motha, Sunday Observer<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-124200 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BARCLAY-GEORGE-22.png\" alt=\"BARCLAY GEORGE\" width=\"469\" height=\"685\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>In September 2018, Reid was one of 49 former Sri Lankan cricketers felicitated by Sri Lanka Cricket, to honour them for their services before Sri Lanka became a <\/em><em>full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>Congratulations Buddy on a phenomenal career and the Very Best Wishes to you on your 83<\/em><em>rd <\/em><em>Birthday. May the Blessings of the Divine continue to shine radiantly <\/em><em>within you for many more years<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>&#8211; Ravi Rudra (Auckland, NZ)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HALL OF FAME &#8211; BARCLAY GEORGE \u2018BUDDY\u2019 REID A PHENOMENAL SPORTSMAN AND ROLE MODEL &#8211; By Ravi Rudra Dr. Buddy Reid&#8217;s achievements in Table Tennis, for Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and Australia, are remarkable to say the least. 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