Former Rugby players of CH & FC hosted a night of fellowship for the past Captains and ruggerites who represented the Club from 1964-2000. Here are the photos from the event as exclusively covered by Quadrangle Photography by Peter de Croos. The pictures posted here have been restricted from sharing …
Read More »Ceylon’s first rugby International – All Blacks
When the All-Blacks played in Colombo in 1907 By Neil Wijeratne The first rugby team from parts beyond the seas to play in Sri Lanka, as per the recorded history of the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (now Sri Lanka Rugby), was the “All Blacks” Northern Union team. They arrived …
Read More »Played the game straight and kept the good old name respected
Geoff Garnier By Neville Athukorala It has been our good fortune to be associated for 51 long years and now write about a thoroughbred Peterite in Geoffrey Aubrey Garnier affectionately known by us all, as the one and only ‘Geoff’. Born on the 24th of May 1932, he received …
Read More »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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