Down Memory Lane

Naren Dambawinna By Sujith Silva My earliest memory of the Trinity-Antonian encounter was in 1970 when I was a youngster. Lalith Ramanayake made quick-fire century and I think it was one of the fastest centuries in the series. Niroshan de Silva played in that year too. If I am not …

By Michael Wille I have been asked to write an article to Quadrangle about my cricketing journey from Colombo to Melbourne.. I have some reservations about how relevant my article will be. However, I trust that it will serve essentially as an insight to the exhilarating schoolboy cricketing era of …

Memories of Josephian Athletics and Athletes QUADRANGLE SPECIAL BY NEIL WIJERATNE   We were awaiting the arrival of those flying runners. They will outclass all other competitors, as we were told, and would bring glory to our school. Unbelievable.   I had a hurried lunch, a few slices of “seeni sambol” …

Rugby an essential strand in Van Langenberg DNA By Algi Wijewickrema Many brothers have played rugby for many a school from the time the game was introduced to Sri Lanka’s schools (Ceylon then). This is true of those schools, Kingswood, Trinity, Royal and St Peter’s, that adopted rugby from the …

By Eric Motha Firoz Nilam commenced his meteoric rise to fame in 1961 on being selected for training at the Ceylon Table Tennis Association coaching camp conducted by V. Sivaraman All India Mens Singles Champion of many years reckoning   The thirteen year old student from Royal College, buoyant from …

By Bernard VanCuylenburg The year is 1954. The place, standard 4 in the lower school of St Anthony’s college. The protagonists, a stern Mr P. B. A. Weerakoon taking the English lesson, a schoolboy standing before the class trembling in his Bata shoes, and the rest of the students, this …

By Rohan Wijesinghe Snr (Former Josephian, Sri Lanka Under 19 and NCC opening batsman) It is with the heaviest heart that I pick up my quill to pen a few lines on the head and heart of my late skipper Gary Melder. Gary, of Dutch Burgher extraction, born to Errol …

A JOURNEY THROUGH QUADRANGLES Quadrangle will embark on a journey to search and record the History of Schools (College Education) in Sri Lanka. A series of articles on each school to follow and here’s the story from early days… By Sujith Silva Prof. W. I. Siriweera, (Emeritus Professor of History …

By Algi Wijewickrema What surprised me when I first saw Tara Bolling was the difficulty with which she walked but if that was surprising, to hear of her indomitable courage was awe inspiring and what a pleasure it was to talk with her.   Since we agreed that she’ll start …

Invincible ‘87  By Sujith Silva   Tyrrell Jason Rajapakse and Trinity’s 1st XV of 1987, a name and a team written in Golden letters in the Rugby annals of Trinity College Kandy. Tyrrell known as ‘Tikka’ a Rugby Lionsman,  an outstanding rugby player was also an inspirational leader who marshalled …