Down Memory Lane

In Sri Lanka, cricket is not just played in the back yard; it is played on the roads, beaches, alley ways, paddocks and strips of land By Lawrence Heyn Summer in Australia conjures up images of beaches, barbecues and backyard cricket. A tradition born from a desire for families to …

This write-up is based entirely on: The Royal College – School of Our Fathers – A Brief History and the Essence of its Spirit compiled by D.L Seneviratne for RCU, History of Royal College by S.S Perera, A History of the Diocese of Colombo – Edited by F. Lorenz Beven, M.A, History of Education in …

Iron resolve took Premalal  far in sporting and professional career   A cricketer, a sound leader and a man with an exemplary career who rose to fame with his simple life and uncompromised loyalty, Premalal de Silva talks to us about his life at the Quadrangle school at Katugastota and his exceptional career at Singer. Premalal …

I had the pleasure of meeting one of the favourite sons of St Benedict’s College, an iconic figure and an expert in the tourist industry in Sri Lanka. He not only championed the blue chip company Aitken Spence Group to achieve great success but, as the president of the Tourist Hotels’ Association …

Nimo Ramchand made his triumphant debut at  Table Tennis at the age of 12 on being selected as a member of St. Joseph’s College team in 1954. Nimo represented St. Joseph’s from 1954 to 1959 improving on his performances each succeeding year and was awarded colours in 1955. In following the victory trail …

Remembering that historic Benedictine triumph in 1964 BY NEIL WIJERATNE The warning sign was very clear: The Josephians were about to face the toughest challenge in the history of Josephian-Benedictine inter-collegiate cricket. True, the Benedictines couldn’t record a win against the Josephians since 1917. But it’s history. Now things looked different. …

The President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka The desk in his office was slightly better than most lawyers’ desks in that it had less paper lying about on it but the office in his home town of Bambalapitiya was a typically bookshelf lined lawyer’s office. The spacious desk behind which he sat had 4 …

Their sesquicentennial calendar for 2015 comprises the College sports meet on January 31, the Benedictine Walk and Carnival and the launch of the special sesquicentennial song on February 7, the College sports activities in May, the Benedictine Musical show at BMICH on June 6, the College Day jubilee mass at the Cathedral and the launch of the commemorative stamp at the …

Bens’ cricket thrived on leadership and team ethos In the history of cricket at St Benedict’s College, Kotahena, the best captains ever produced were Lovelyn Rayen and Sunil Fernando. Both were captains incomparable and natural, born leaders; and then there was the best-ever Prefect of Games A. Gnanapragasam. The school with the green, white and green colours, …

Glory Days : Reliving the batting exploits of Charlie Joseph By Bernard VanCuylenburg With grateful appreciation to Tilak Pananwela.   The title I originally chose for this article was Two Days in March when I realised that a few years ago, there was a movie with a name that was almost similar – I …