March, 2016

• 1 March

  Lions set to roar but eagles hope to soar

  

  99th Battle of the Blues in Kandy By Chamal Weerakkody Many would predict an easy win for the young lions of Trinity as they head to the 99th Kandy’s Battle of the Blues, one of the oldest rivalries in school cricketing history, yet, the Antonian eagles may upset the Trinitians …

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• 1 March

  Rectors play with straight bat in Battle of the Saints

  

  Josephian-Peterite Battle of the Saints   The 82nd Battle of the Saints, one of the most looked forward to cricket encounters between arch rivals St. Joseph’s College and St. Peter’s College for the Rev. Fr. Maurice J. Le Goc Trophy, will take place on March 4thand 5that the P. Sara Oval Stadium, Colombo, …

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February, 2016

• 19 February

  Shepherdians bounce to basketball double Battling Joes clinch boys’ title

  

  Good Shepherd Convent, Kotahena, achieved a championship double among girls’ schools in basketball after winning the 2015 Inter-School Under-19 A Division All Island Basketball Championship conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Basketball Association recently. The title followed the school’s win in the All-Island National Schools Games Basketball Championship in September. …

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• 19 February

  BENEDICTINES- EMERGING POWERHOUSE IN ATHLETICS

  

  St. Benedict’s College which is celebrating its Sesquicentennial this year has seen an unparalleled feat by their athletes with consistently high performances right throughout 2015 culminating in winning the Sir John Tarbet Junior Public Schools Athletic Championship held in Anuradhapura from 15th – 18th September 2015, where over 6000 athletes …

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• 5 February

  Real buzz as HORNETS put sting back into Josephian rugby

  

  They do not fly, they do not sting and they don’t have a queen or a king. They have a history as long as their rugby pedigree can be traced.   ornets are a type of insect, also called wasps, that gather and live in colonies, and they sting. We find many varieties of them in Sri Lanka, notoriously at Sigiriya. They are often …

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January, 2016

• 26 January

  ASIA’S FASTEST MAN CLOCKS…

  

  From the 3rd edition of Quadrangle, published in 2015. It was such a joy and honour to meet up with an active living legend, Summa Navaratnam, at the Royal College Sports Complex in Colombo recently. Still brisk and bright and actively involved in a Junior Rugby Academy he set up at Royal. …

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• 19 January

  A Tale Of Two Brothers…

  

  It must be a unique experience for a writer to meet two eminent persons at the same interview and when it is two brothers it really must be special. Well, at least that was how I felt when I met Nihal Amerasinghe and his brother Franklyn who are both well …

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• 19 January

  LC BC Hockey Encounter 2015

  

  Colombo’s leading girl’s schools – Bishop’s College and Ladies College – battled it out at the Astro Turf Grounds on Saturday, the 03rd of October, at the 11th annual LC BC hockey encounter. Both schools valiantly strived to keep the flags of their alma maters flying high in both, the …

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• 11 January

  That ‘1957’ School Cricket Season

  

  LP steered St. Benedict’s College to became the ‘Unofficial Champions’ something St. Benedict’s couldn’t achieve almost for four decades since the early 20th century.   Inspired by legendary individuals, sports teams of yesteryears and their mavericks, I ventured into those golden years in search of the ones who excelled in …

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• 2 January

  OF MEN AND MATTERS AS MICHAEL SEES THEM..

  

  When one interviews an eminent literary personage, the interviewer has to pay attention to how he conducts the interview as the interviewee himself would have conducted many an interview, so I thought I had to be careful about the manner in which I approached this task. But Michael Roberts said “you’re …

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