Sri Lanka, July 12 -- One of the top class cricket coaches over here in Kandy was the late TB Marambe. He was one of the famous Trinity College and Kandy sportsmen, sportswriter and commentator.

TB as he was known by every sportsmen, left this world in 1986, but still sportsmen talk about his great contribution to sports and sports journalism.

He won the coveted Ryde Gold Medal award for the best all-round student at Trinity College in 1938 and was also the senior prefect of the school that year. The Ryde Gold Medal is the highest honour that the school bestows on its students and he became the 31st in line to win it. This is awarded in memory of Rev. W. Ryde the principal from 1900-02.

In the year 1938, it was TB Marambe who gave the ...