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By Theara Hallock 26th May 2024 St. Peter’s College, the defending double champions of school rugby, along with the Rugby Foundation, hosted a gala felicitation ceremony at Cinnamon Grand, Colombo on the 21st of May evening in honour of the silent strength behind their first XV rugby team – the …

Petes edged out Joes 25-24 at the 62nd Josephian-Peterite encounter as Vindya De Mel scored the match-winning drop goal. By Jason Perera   St. Peter’s College registered a shocking win in their 62nd Rev.Basil Wiratunga shield encounter by overcoming fancied St. Joseph’s College by 25 (3 tries, 2 conversions, 1 …

Thomians retain Archibald Perera Memorial Trophy By Jason Perera The firm favourites S.Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia edged out a fighting St.Peter’s College Bambalapitiya by 23 points (4 tries, 1 penalty) to 23 (3 tries, 2 conversions, 1 penalty) in their 62nd Traditional encounter played for Archibald Perera Memorial Trophy at St.Peter’s …

By Algi Wijewickrema (with a little bit of help from the Peterines and also a Peterite) Boys attending a girls’ school as pre-school students is commonplace. But girls attending a boys’ school at A Level! That was (and probably still is) sensational!   In 1966, there were three girls from …

By Upali Obeyesekere The sports scene in schools sparkled in the 1950-60 era that witnessed a slow transition of rugby taking the edge over cricket from a spectator interest standpoint. It is interesting to step back and reminisce how and why rugby took pride and priority over cricket. During the …