It's good, but how can it happen when officials are more keen to go on trips than promoting the sport, picking themselves first even before the competitors. The outstation clubs attending the swimming coaches clinic were charged Rs. 1,000 each. The clinic concluded last week at the Sugathadasa Stadium pool. Oldest Tennis Club taken over Cosmopolitian Sport Club, one of the oldest clubs involved in the promotion of tennis in Dehiwela has been taken over by the authorities with a hope of opening up a bar. At a tidy sum Rover learns that the AAA headquarters situated at Torrington Square is to be furnished at an expence of over Rs.
Rover wishes to know from whose money the furniture is to be purchased.
Big mouth resigns It is in the air that the 'big mouth' has resigned from the post of President of a Government Services Sports Association, since he is not a government servant anymore. One wonders whether the big mouth who was supported by a leading telephone company on vital issues and will have to resign from the post of President of a leading athletic body as well if he has stood for the elections. National player as national coach Rover is informed by leading coaches who have produced results in the recently concluded Women's Basketball Tournament that the National Coach appointed to coach the National Women's team is a player at present in the Men's National Team that participated in the ABC Championship. Why no selection from coaches association Members of the Sri Lanka Basketball Coaches Association are highly disturbed about the manner the National coach for the Women's Team was selected because no applications were called from the members of the Coaches Association. This ruling was given because it has been a habit of the Vice President taking unlimited and unauthorized players to foreign countries and issuing Sri Lanka National Colours to players who are not eligible.