Tag Archives: St.Peter’s College

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 …

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 …

Rugby an essential strand in Van Langenberg DNA By Algi Wijewickrema Many brothers have played rugby for many a school from the time the game was introduced to Sri Lanka’s schools (Ceylon then). This is true of those schools, Kingswood, Trinity, Royal and St Peter’s, that adopted rugby from the …

By LAWRENCE HEYN There is a saying: an apple does not fall far from the tree. In this instance, three “apples” fell close to the tree – the Paternott family tree that is. In very much a case of like father, like sons, Norman Paternott, and his three boys Aubrey, …

The Cricket Seasons of 1946 and 1947 By  Algi Wijewickrema and Sujith Silva Having featured the 1957 school cricket season in the 1st Issue of QUADRANGLE we were determined to stay with school cricket for the 2nd Issue as we will be in the height of the school cricket season …

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 …