COLOMBO : Former Royal College vice captain of the cricket team and HSBC staffer, Zulki Hamid passed away at a private nursing home in the morning on Friday, August 20 and funeral arrangements to be notified later.
Zulker who celebrated his 48th birthday on July 29 was the son of
Retd. SSP Marhoom Ibrahim Hamid who passed away on the previous day in Colombo. Both father and son died of the deadly Covid virus.
Zulki was a shining star at Royal College, Colombo playing Rugby and Cricket! He was an active member of the trade, who had worked for Shams,Classic and Gulf Air.He was also an active member of the Royal Thomian Big Match Organizing Committee.
An old boy of Royal College and staffer at the SriLankan Airlines Fawzan Fareid said : “ Zulki was a childhood friend as we grew up together at Royal College. Hailing from a sporting family.
A die hard Royalist who was the cricket vice captain of Royal College in Year 1992.
He Represented Sri Lanka youth team along with national players in the caliber of Chaminda Vaas, Russel Arnold .
Since he left school he was a key member of Royal Cricket Advisory committee and transforming some young talents from present day national cricket Kusal Perera , Bhanuka Rajapaksha, Chamika Karunaratne. Zulki was loved by entire Travel industry of Sri Lanka as he started his working Career at Gulf Air subsequently working for TGL Travel , Shums Travel and Classic Travel before embarking on his own.Zulki is leaving behind his wife and 2 beautiful daughter.”
We give below some comments from his colleagues in FaceBook.
“ Goodbye my friend… untill we meet again woke up to the devastating news of passing away of Zulki Hamid. Lost his father famous former Ruggerite Tanker Hamid yesterday and today, Zulki is gone. Just a week ago he messaged me and all his friends, loved ones thanking all for the prayers after recovering from Covid and now this. We all gonna miss him terribly, we were to do a show on Quadrangle with few of his Cricketing friends Roshan Antony Prasann Leanage Naresh Adhikaram in March but due to various reasons it got postponed. I regret it very much, now. Zulki was a great servant of Royal College Cricket and a livewire at Royal-Thomian Joint Committee for a long time. A wonderful friend, a beautiful soul.”
Shihar Hassan from Colombo, Sri Lanka.
“ Sad news this morning.
Mr. Zulki Hamid, former Sports Committee Chairman, All Ceylon YMMA Conference and former Special Member passed away this morning.
I happened to know him and work with him in YMMA and he was a wonderful and charming personality with a charisma parallel to none.
He was a devout social worker and a kindhearted person.
I hear his father passed away yesterday and today it’s him.
All the good people of the world are leaving!
Innaa lillahi wainnaa ilaihi rajioon
Allahum maghfirlahu Warhamhu wa’aafini wa’fu anhu.
You go ahead my friend. We shall follow soon! “
