Lumiere To Power Isipathana Rugby - 2013 With “Green” Rugby Initiative.

Isipathana College Signed a new sponsorship deal with Lumiere Textiles Limited that will see the Sri Lankan based fabric manufacturing company power the Isipathana College Rugby team for the 2013 inter school rugby season. This was announced at a media briefing held at CH & FC yesterday.

With this lucrative and ambitious deal,together with their new partner Lumiere, the Isipathana Rugby Committee are planning to launch a “Green Rugby” Concept which delivers a strong message to the Rugby Fraternity by keeping the environment clean along with the governments vision to make the city a greener city.

Speaking at the gathering Co-Chairman of Lumiere Textiles Mr.BandulaWeerasinghe said he was extremely delighted for his organization to scrum down alongside his beloved Alma mater for the 2013 schools rugby season. "Being an Isipathanian I always had the passion for rugby and Isipthana is a great platform for producing top quality rugby players”. He added that Lumiere Textiles which hopes to be the world’s first “truly Green” textile mill in the world has ambitions and qualities which go hand in hand with Isipathana Rugby. “Our organization is based on four core pillars which is; Quality, speed, green and talent and when you look at Isipathana’s rugby players they have these attributes as well. I’m very confident that this venture will be a highly successful one where we can create awareness through the game of rugby on how we could save our environment while helping Ispathana to achieve their goals for the 2013 season.”

Mr. A.C Perera,Principal of Isipathana College stated that this will be a huge boost for his school both on and off the field. “We have produced so many outstanding rugby personalities and achieved so much in the  field of Rugby in our comparatively short history yet I don’t think there are many teams out there who could even come close to match those achievements. But we have achieved all this without a playground of our own. Last year we weren't even able to practice at Havelock SC as the ground was under renovation. My students had to practice at various places like Ashoka College grounds in Battaramulla, Colombo University Grounds and Air Force grounds. Yet we still managed to win the league and the Milo Knock-outs. At Isipthana, rugby is a passion, a way of life. If you come to the school during the interval it wouldn't be a surprise to see the little kids playing “tap rugby” with Mango seeds. That’s just what this sports means to us,and today we are delighted to partner Lumiere Textiles and are thankful to them for coming forward to sponsor our rugby team this year.

Mr.Perera also explained why Lumiere’s support was of huge significance to the school and just not the rugby team.” We have started various “Go Green” Projects inside as well as outside the school premises. And keeping up with Lumiere Textiles “Green” policy starting from this year the Isipthana rugby team will not be using plastic bottles. Further we have taken steps to make sure the carbon emission is at its minimum when the Rugby team travels for its domestic matches.  Together with Lumiere we are trying to create the awareness through the rugby fraternity of living Eco friendly and I’m confident that this is going to a be successful partnership” concluded Mr. Perera.