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Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Lakshman Kiriella will be elected President uncontested at the annual general meeting of the Association of Cricket Umpires to be held on May 8 at the banquet hall of the BMICH.

When nominations closed, only Mr. Kiriella's name was submitted for the post of president. In addition D.L. Weerasinghe will be elected uncontested as the assistant assignments secretary.

However ten umpires are in the fray for the vice presidents' posts out of which only five will be elected. The ten candidates are D.H.M. Dissanayake, T. Junkeer, E.K.G. Wijewardena, Saman Amarasinghe, M.D.D.N. Gunaratne, D.N. Pathirana, W.A.U. Wickramasinghe, Daya Boteju, A.J. Jayasundera and Ignatius Anandappa.

Meanwhile Dickie Dunuwille and Ryle de Silva will contest for the post of general secretary while Christy Silva and C de S. Weerakkody will contest the post of assistant general secretary. S. Ponnuthurai and E.K.G. Wijewardena will contest the post of treasurer.

The two umpires contesting for the post of assistant treasurer are M.S.C. Salgado and D.L.Wanaguru. Those contesting for the committee are Siri Fernando, B.K. Ramachandra, T. Massalage, Wasantha Ariyawickrema, Rohitha Kottachchi, U.N. Rodrigo, D.G.J. Welikala, A.S. Hettiarachchi, A.G. Udahage, Lester Fernando, S.L. Gunaratne, S.S.K. Perera, L.H. Sunil, H.J. Caldera, M.A.D. Kumar and Philip Mendis.