{"id":65599,"date":"2021-05-28T05:33:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T05:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=65599"},"modified":"2021-05-28T05:33:34","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T05:33:34","slug":"sydneys-royal-thomian-derby-at-memorial-oval-ingleburn-tradition-lives-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/sydneys-royal-thomian-derby-at-memorial-oval-ingleburn-tradition-lives-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney\u2019s Royal Thomian Derby at Memorial Oval Ingleburn, Tradition lives on"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"entry-title entry-title--large p-name\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-content-field=\"title\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Sydney\u2019s Royal Thomian Derby at Memorial Oval Ingleburn, Tradition lives on<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65600 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Royal-Thomian-Derby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"347\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800000;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stcobasydney.org\/articles\/sydneys-royal-thomian-derby-at-memorial-oval-ingleburn-tradition-lives-on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stcobasydney<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">A change of day from the traditional \u201cAustralia Day\u201d encounter and the \u201cVenue\u201d was ominous at the start of the day with grey skies and early morning showers as the players drove in for an early morning start of the Classics game. What greeted them was a typical Sri Lankan breakfast organised by Royal. By the time all enjoyed their fill, the skies cleared on the picturesque Ingleburn Oval, the picket fenced \u2018turf wicket\u2019 for the open game and the synthetic wicket for the Classic and Masters encounters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Ingleburn ground management had taken great care in preparing the grounds and all facilities, this enabled teams to settle in quickly for the matches in time. Ingleburn management had decided to make a donation of the grounds hire charges to the McGrath Foundation, hence the wickets were \u2018pink\u2019, a very worthy and deserving gesture. The day turned out to be pleasant, exciting and enjoyable in every sense, with many loyal old boys\u2019 families and friends supporting and cheering on the keen cricketers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Three matches were played on two grounds. Each age group reflected their levels of agility and fitness. The classics batted, bowled and fielded with surprising quickness to make the encounter a thrilling one. The Masters were more focused and buoyant displaying signs of preparation for an eager dual. The open game was the most professional exercise in as close to schoolboy tradition as possible. No favours were asked for or expected. The youngsters all played with plenty of focus and purpose. The watching crowd was entertained to some wonderful batting, bowling and fielding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">There was a great display of sportsmanship displayed by both sides. Classics and Masters games were played in the best spirit of the game rules with the Thomians winning comfortably with close to half the overs to spare. Great team effort by the Thomians. The traditional rivalry continues in the Opens, a low scoring game on the turf wicket an indication of the well-prepared hard surface and the quality of bowling. Consistent and dogged top order batting saw the Royalists retain the trophy for another year. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">he awards ceremony at the end of the day displayed the true spirit of friendship and mateship between Royalists and Thomians. Many were the friendships that were rekindled on the day. Kumar Rasiah conducted proceedings in a timely and professional manner introducing the \u2018Guest of honour\u2019 Kamal Samarasinghe, a Thomian cricketer and coloursman in the early \u201870s. Kamal delivered his message evoking the experiences at his Alma mater that moulded his character. That was a testimony to a generation of Thomians that shaped the corporate and business worlds during that era. Kamal spoke with passion and respect about Royal resilience and Thomain grit briefly touching on his experiences as a player for STC and a Schoolboy International. He spoke with passion and down to earth sincerity that captivated an appreciative audience and supporters from both schools. Following his speech the Presidents of RCOBA,Theo Soumyaraj and President of STCOBA, Kulasiri Jayasinghe spoke on the importance of the event and thanked the organisers and others who helped in numerous ways. The main item on the agenda was awarding the individual trophies. OBA\u2019s joint committee appointed independent adjudicators, Sinthujan Sudarshan from RCOBA and Nihal Dias Abayasinghe from STCOBA who witnessed all games throughout the day and made their decision based on overall performance. Each award winner was introduced by inviting them to receive their respective awards presented by Kamal. Kumar was gracious in his vote of thanks to Kulasiri, President of the STC OBA for the organisation and operation of the big match by the STC OBA. A presentation of a \u201ccitation\u201d in memory of the event was handed over to Kamal. The Challenge Shields were presented to the winning Captains, Classics to Lasa Peris (STC), Masters to Richie de Silva (STC) and the Opens to Pruthuwi Attanayake\u00a0 (RC)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The day ended by singing of College Anthems, Old Boys of both schools stood up to sing their college songs lustily, full of spirit and passion. In a wonderful display of mateship many were the Royalists who lent their voices to the Thomian anthem as were Thomians who did the same when the Royalists sang \u2026\u2026. \u00a0such is the Royal Thomian spirit that simply uplifts and empowers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Esto perpetua<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Disce aut discede<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Classics Game for \u201cRama Sellamuttu Challenge Shield\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">RC Captain: Janaka Subasinghe<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">STC Captain: Lasa Peris<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>RC &#8211; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a079 all out, off 20 Overs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>STC &#8211; 81\/2 off 11 Overs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Royal Innings \u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Ranjan Sivagnasundaram &#8211; 17<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Shantikumar Ratnam &#8211; 8<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">STC bowling &#8211; Chitral Perera \u2013 2\/5 : Stanley Jayanthakumar \u2013 1\/12 : Lasa Peris \u2013 1\/5<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>STC Innings \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Nihal Ramanayaka \u2013 20 retired<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Lasa Peris \u2013 21 retired<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Jerome Gasperson \u2013 12 not ot<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Chitral Perera \u2013 13<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">RC bowling \u2013 Kesara de Costa 1\/17 : Janar Weerasingham 1\/9<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Awards <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Best Batsman \u2013 Nihal Ramanayaka (STC)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Best Bowler \u2013 Chitral Perera (STC)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Man of The Match \u2013 Lasa Peris (STC)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Masters Game \u2013 for \u201cMabel Morrell Challenge Shield<\/strong>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">RC Captain: Jonathan Krishnamoorthy<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">STC Captain: Richie de Silva<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>RC \u00a0\u00a0&#8211; 121 for 8 off 30 Overs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>STC &#8211; 124 for 4 off 19 Overs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Royal Innings <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Chanaka Gunasekara \u2013 15<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Selvan David \u2013 20<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Panjan Nagaratnam &#8211; 22<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Praba Sivapathasunderam -14<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">STC bowling \u2013 Don Jayasinghe 2\/21: Richie de Silva 2\/31: Chaminda Thirimanne 1\/24: Ruwan Senaviratne 1\/6<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>STC innings <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Richie de Silva \u2013 33 retired<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Chaminda Thirimanne \u2013 30 retired<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Lal Samuel \u2013 26 not out<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">RC bowling &#8211; Panjan Nagaratnam 1\/9 : Saman Mahaarachchi 2\/19<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Awards <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Best Batsman \u2013 Chaminda Thirimanne (STC)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Best Bowler &#8211; Saman Mahaarachchi (RC)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Man of The Match \u2013 Richie de Silva (STC)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Open Game \u2013 for \u201cE C Gunasekara Challenge Shield\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">RC Captain: Pruthuwi Attanayake<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">STC Captain: Anuk Silva<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>STC \u2013 142 all out in 39.1 overs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>RC \u2013 \u00a0\u00a0143 for 2 off 36 Overs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>STC Innings <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Sean Gunasekera \u2013 33<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Amila Wijedasa \u2013 44<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Rajeeva de Alwis \u2013 17<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">RC Bowling \u2013 Vineetha 4\/31 : Charith 2\/16: Kogulan 1\/19:Hiran 1\/16: Ruwan 1\/28 : Pruthuwi 1\/8<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>RC Innings <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Lalin De Silva \u2013 77<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Kogulan Baskaran \u2013 50 not out<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">STC Bowling \u2013 Ruwan Gunasinghe 1\/31: Sean Gunasekera 1\/18<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Awards <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Best Batsman \u2013 Lalin De Silva (RC)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Best Bowler \u2013 Vineetha Rajakaruna (RC)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Man of The Match &#8211; Kogulan Baskara<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney\u2019s Royal Thomian Derby at Memorial Oval Ingleburn, Tradition lives on Source:Stcobasydney A change of day from the traditional \u201cAustralia Day\u201d encounter and the \u201cVenue\u201d was ominous at the start of the day with grey skies and early morning showers as the players drove in for an early morning start of the Classics game. 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