Tag Archives: St.Peter’s College

Schools Rugby League 2022 – 1st Round Div 1, Group A By Jason Perera The last-minute try scored by Peterite winger Chathumina Nethsara secured a thrilling 17(3 tries, 1 conversion) to 17 (2 tries, 1 penalty) draw for St.Peter’s College Bambalapitiya over Wesley College Colombo in their Inter-School’s Rugby League …

JOSEPHIAN DUNITH WELLALAGE SET TO LEAD SRI LANKA U19 IN ODI SERIES AGAINST BANGLADESH U19 By Kiyasha Kohombanwickramage The Sri Lankan U19 team, is set to take on Bangladesh U19, in the upcoming five-match Youth ODI series from the 15th-25th October, at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium. Josephian cricket …

Algi Wijewickrema From the 02nd Issue (Volum 02, 2015) of Quadrangle Magazine When you have an email address like “noproblemperera” I’m sure you readers would expect an out of the ordinary person. Out of the ordinary is an understatement really for arguably Sri Lanka’s most versatile and entertaining musician. He …

By Algi Wijewickrema A few months back Sri Lanka’s first ever television station, ITN (Independent Television Network), concluded a competition among Sri Lanka’s schools, titled “Band the Band” (thankfully it wasn’t ban the band) and Holy Cross College, Grampaha were crowned champions. Not to be left out, St. Peter’s College, …

Tribute to Lester James Peiris By Algi Wijewickrema To say that Lester James Peiris turned the then cinema industry upside down – if a cinema related industry existed in the 1950s in Ceylon – would be an understatement. At a time when what passed off as cinema craft in Ceylon …

From the 12th edition of Quadrangle Magazine; Quadrangle interviewed former Captains, Players, and Principals during the 2019 Schools Big Match coverage.  By Kineta Fernandez When it comes to traditional school cricketing battles in Sri Lanka, a ‘Big Match’ is more than just an ordinary cricket encounter between schools. Cricketing battles …

Lawrence Heyn was sports editor of the SUN and WEEKEND newspapers in Colombo in the 1970s and early ’80s. He migrated to Australia in 1984 and worked for 27 years as an editor and production editor for a newspaper group in Brisbane. He is a partner in a design company, …

Down memory lane with Ronnie Guneratne By Algi Wijewickrema   Ronnie Guneratne perhaps is not a household name in Sri Lanka. It’s no fault of his as he was a sportsman in an era when there was no TV, no email, Facebook, Twitter, etc. and only the newspapers carried news, …

Review on 2019 All Island Inter-Schools Tennis Tournament by Kavinka Fernando On the back of a rain-stricken period, the under 15 Boys and Under 19 All Island Inter-Schools Tennis Tournament commenced on the 30th of September and came to an end on the 02nd of October and was held at …

Very Rev. Fr. Joseph Emmanuel Wickremasinghe By Algi Wijewickrema A grateful Old Peterite   Fr. Wickremasinghe or Fr. Joe as he was affectionately known, and he must be one of the few Rectors who did not cop a nickname, presided over the affairs of St. Peter’s from 1978 to 1994. …