Down Memory Lane

By Franklyn Amerasinghe I was associated with the General Manager of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese, Rev Fr. Ivan Perera at the turn of the Millennium, and during that period there were issues that the schools experienced in relation to leadership and an erosion of values. All four of the leading …

They made Bens unofficial cricket champs in 1957 – Elmo Rodrigopulle I would like to introduce the first unofficial inter-school champion team of St. Benedict’s College. It was 1957 – 57 years ago – when a transition took place in the game at the Kotahena school. After the previous year’s …

Tyrone Le Mercier Represented St. Peter’s College for five years best remembered for his brilliant 235 n.o. against Antonians Going down memory lane, one cannot forget a name that was synonymous with school cricket in Ceylon, in the late fifties and early sixties. Tyrone Le Mercier was a household name …