Post by Acumen on Nov 3, 2020 18:32:46 GMT
We regret to announce the death of Ajith C S Perera, aged 64, on 29th October 2020.
He had umpired cricket for several years in Sri Lanka and spent 1990 summer season in Lancashire Leagues. He qualified as an ACU&S Instructor.
Unfortunately he was paralysed in 1992 as a result of a tree crushing his car.
He continued to take an interest in cricket but also founded idiriya campaign to improve accessibility in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka Daily News features a lengthy tribute on 02nov20 and a formal Obituary on 03nov20.
Cricket Archive records:
12 Jan 1990 Lakspray Trophy
05 Aug 1991 Pakistan A in Sri Lanka
25 Oct 1991 Saravanamuttu Trophy
29 Nov 1991 Saravanamuttu Trophy
18 Jun 1992 Singer President's Trophy
He is mentioned in 17 of Leslie Cheeseman's annual reports for ACU&S starting in 1983/4 when he attended Keele Instructors' Seminar.
see also his WiKiPedia entry
More details will be posted here - you can also share your own memories by posting here.
Some other articles on Daily News:-
232869 04Nov20 Former Test Match Panel Cricket Umpire Dr. Ajith Perera dies
186467 25May19 Implementing SC Orders is “Acid Test for the State”
183335 19Apr19 STATE VIOLATED FR OF DISABLED PERSONS
174022 12Jan19 Accessible Tourism is Tourism for All
170094 03Dec18 IMPLEMENTING ACCESSIBILITY LAWS IS IMPERATIVE
165118 11Oct18 Perera re-agitates invocation of FR petition
164105 01Oct18 Enable them, NOT dis-able!
142142 07Feb18 Make the disability vote count
129208 25Sep17 Accessible tourism for all
119288 20Jun17 Navy pays tribute to late Commander M.G.S. Perera
105314 21Jan17 Turning obstacles into opportunities
101513 09Dec16 Rights to be enjoyed equally by everyone
96971 25Oct16 Dr. Ajith Perera receives UNASL APEX Award
95889 14Oct16 Imperative in national development: Standards build trust and bring acceptance
94932 29Sep16 Two cricketing heroes befittingly recognised
94094 26Sep16 Dr. Ajith C. Perera adjudged “The Unsung Hero”
90346 13Aug16 Unsung hero of Sri Lanka cricket
sports 06Jan16 Accessible Cricket where ‘Everybody’ is included
feature 03Dec15 Don’t ‘dis’ the ability of the largest minority
local 18Jul13 National development thwarted by failure to enforce accessibility
He had umpired cricket for several years in Sri Lanka and spent 1990 summer season in Lancashire Leagues. He qualified as an ACU&S Instructor.
Unfortunately he was paralysed in 1992 as a result of a tree crushing his car.
He continued to take an interest in cricket but also founded idiriya campaign to improve accessibility in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka Daily News features a lengthy tribute on 02nov20 and a formal Obituary on 03nov20.
Cricket Archive records:
12 Jan 1990 Lakspray Trophy
05 Aug 1991 Pakistan A in Sri Lanka
25 Oct 1991 Saravanamuttu Trophy
29 Nov 1991 Saravanamuttu Trophy
18 Jun 1992 Singer President's Trophy
He is mentioned in 17 of Leslie Cheeseman's annual reports for ACU&S starting in 1983/4 when he attended Keele Instructors' Seminar.
see also his WiKiPedia entry
More details will be posted here - you can also share your own memories by posting here.
Some other articles on Daily News:-
232869 04Nov20 Former Test Match Panel Cricket Umpire Dr. Ajith Perera dies
186467 25May19 Implementing SC Orders is “Acid Test for the State”
183335 19Apr19 STATE VIOLATED FR OF DISABLED PERSONS
174022 12Jan19 Accessible Tourism is Tourism for All
170094 03Dec18 IMPLEMENTING ACCESSIBILITY LAWS IS IMPERATIVE
165118 11Oct18 Perera re-agitates invocation of FR petition
164105 01Oct18 Enable them, NOT dis-able!
142142 07Feb18 Make the disability vote count
129208 25Sep17 Accessible tourism for all
119288 20Jun17 Navy pays tribute to late Commander M.G.S. Perera
105314 21Jan17 Turning obstacles into opportunities
101513 09Dec16 Rights to be enjoyed equally by everyone
96971 25Oct16 Dr. Ajith Perera receives UNASL APEX Award
95889 14Oct16 Imperative in national development: Standards build trust and bring acceptance
94932 29Sep16 Two cricketing heroes befittingly recognised
94094 26Sep16 Dr. Ajith C. Perera adjudged “The Unsung Hero”
90346 13Aug16 Unsung hero of Sri Lanka cricket
sports 06Jan16 Accessible Cricket where ‘Everybody’ is included
feature 03Dec15 Don’t ‘dis’ the ability of the largest minority
local 18Jul13 National development thwarted by failure to enforce accessibility