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The Hook

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The boots may be well past their prime, but the wearers aren’t giving any ground, as the Old Wesleyite Sports Club battles the Wesley College First XV for the Danton D’Abrera Shield. Campbell Park, May 2023.

• 400mm • f/5.6 • 1/1250 • ISO800 • Canon R6, with an EF100-400/4.5-5.6L II courtesy Canon/Metropolitan

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Breaking

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Campbell Park, Colombo. May 2023.

• 400mm • f/5.6 • 1/1600 • ISO800 • Canon R6, with an EF100-400/4.5-5.6L II courtesy Canon/Metropolitan

Blink and You’ll Miss it

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Lineout, Campbell Park, May 2023.

• 100mm • f/4.5 • 1/4000 • ISO800 • Canon R6, with an EF100-400/4.5-5.6L II courtesy Canon/Metropolitan

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The High Road

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Chamath Gomez sails one to the boundary, as Wesley mount a spirited but ultimately futile chase, the Double Blues falling at the double Nelson, 19 runs short of St Benedict’s 241, in the Luke Shield one-day encounter at the Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo. 25th May 2023.

• 800mm • f/11 • 1/1250 • ISO1250 • Canon R6, with an RF800/11 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan

Contortions Pay Off

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Dinath Senila of St Benedict’s (above) sends Wesley batsman Sanithu Amarasinghe (below) back to the pavilion, caught behind.

• 800mm • f/11 • 1/1250 • ISO1600 • Canon R6, with an RF800/11 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan

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The Bens celebrate the dismissal on their way to beating Wesley College by 19 runs in the Luke Shield one-day encounter at the Sinhalese Sports Club. Colombo, 25th March 2023.

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The Yorker

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Wesley’s Chamath Gomez scrapes one off his toes, as they chase the Bens’ total of 241, in the Luke Shield one-day match, at the Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo. 25th March 2023.

• 800mm • f/11 • 1/1250 • ISO1600 • Canon R6, with an RF800/11 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan

‘Taking Cool What E’er Befall…’

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Spirits flag in the Wesley stands as their team mounts a futile chase of the Bens’ 241 runs, at the Sinhalese Sports Club, in Colombo. 25th March 2023. By close of play, St Benedict’s College had retained the Luke Shield, Wesley College falling short by 19 runs.

• 800mm • f/11 • 1/1250 • ISO3200 • Canon R6, with an RF800/11 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan

Front Foot, Back Foot

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St Benedict’s skipper, Chamath Chathurya, pulls one to the boundary on his way to 46, as the Bens beat Wesley College by 19 runs at the Sinhalese Sports Club to retain the Luke Shield, on 25th March 2023.

• 800mm • f/11 • 1/500 • ISO800 • Canon R6, with an RF800/11 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan

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Left Arm, Over the Wicket

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Wesley spinner Jathon Wieman bowls against St Benedict’s, during the Luke Shield one-day encounter on 25th March 2023. St Benedict’s College retained the shield, beating Wesley College by 19 runs.

• 800mm • f/11 • 1/1000 • ISO800 • Canon R6, with an RF800/11 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan

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The City Mission

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Methodist Church, Pettah
In stark contrast to the brightly coloured mosques nearby, the Methodist Church Pettah on Dam Street reflects the austere outlook of its missionary founders, who built it in 1816. Still often referred to by its original title of the Colombo City Mission, the building houses Asia’s first Methodist church. The mission building was also once home to the first classrooms of Wesley College, Colombo, a primary and secondary boys school, which opened in 1874. Sri Lanka. September 2020.

*shot with an M6MkII and 15-45mm/3.5-6.3 lens, provided by Canon Sri Lanka.

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