The beginning of the Schools’ Rugby Season for 2024 is 17-days away from us as the Sri Lanka Schools’ Rugby Football Association prepares to host the U19 Elite Rugby 7’s tournament on the 20th and 21st of April 2024. The tournament is set to be played at the Royal College Sports Complex with the participation of 19 teams. Notably, S. ...
Three games in the U19 Division I schools cricket tournament semi-final stage were played today, with Richmond College, Galle, securing their spot in the finals in tier ‘A’. The remaining semi-finals in tiers ‘A’ and ‘B’ commenced today for day one. Richmond College, Galle capitalised on their dominant performance on day one today by restricting St. Sebastian’s College well short ...
The first semi-final in the U19 Division I tier ‘A’ schools cricket tournament commenced today at Kirimandala Mawatha between Richmond College, Galle and St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa. St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa skipper Manuja Chanthuka won the toss and invited Richmond College, Galle to have a bat first. Richmond College did not have the best of starts with the bat in ...
Kingswood College, Kandy registered a thrilling win over Dharmaraja College, Kandy to clinch the 35th Annual Limited Overs Encounter between the sides played yesterday (31st March) at Pallekele. After winning the toss, Kingswood College opted to bat first and posted 233 runs for 9 wickets in the allotted 50 overs courtesy of Kavija Gamage’s brilliant century. Gamage scored 102 runs ...
Sri Sumangala College registered a convincing win over Moratu Maha Vidyalaya to clinch the 31st Annual Limited Overs Encounter between the sides played today (31st March) at Tyrone Fernando International Cricket Stadium, Moratuwa. Moratu Maha Vidyalaya skipper Mahith Appuhami won the toss and invited Sri Sumangala College to have a bat first under the sunny skies in Moratuwa. Half centurion ...
The first semi-final in the U19 Division I tier ‘B’ schools cricket tournament concluded today at the Nalanda College Grounds in Colombo, with Lumbini College, Colombo clinching a spot in the finals. Lumbini College, Colombo secured a remarkable win against Thurstan College, Colombo today, defying all the odds. >>Sithuka and Kevin Forge Pathana’s Path to Semifinals<< Batting first Lumbini College ...
First semi-final in the U19 Division I tier ‘B’ schools cricket tournament commenced today at Nalanda College Grounds Colombo. Lumbini College,batting first suffered an early setback as they were bundled out for a paltry 74 runs, courtesy of the superb bowling display by Thurstan College’s medium pacer Yovun Silpa. Yovun ended up with figures of 6 wickets for 33 runs, ...
The prestigious 2024 Battle of the Golds Uva, the annual cricket match between St. Joseph’s College Bandarawela and Central College Bandarawela, is set to unfold at the renowned Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium (MRICS) in Sooriyawewa from April 5th to 6th. In a significant boost to the event’s profile, the Ovitiyas Group, a leading figure in hotel management, recently announced ...
One powerful statement by Plato about philosophy and spirituality comes from his work "Phaedrus." In this dialogue, Plato writes:"The soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her education and her culture; and these, it is said, are of the greatest service or of the greatest injury to the dead man, at the very beginning of his ...
The 72nd Battle of the Golds between Moratu Vidyalaya, Moratuwa and Sri Sumangala College, Panadura commenced today (29th March) at De Soysa Stadium in Moratuwa. After been put into bat first, the boys from Panadura managed to post a solid total – 282/8 on the board for their first innings before calling the declaration. The opening batter Krishan Eranga (63), ...
The ultimate game in the U19 Division I schools cricket tournament quarter final phase ended today with Isipathana College reserving their spot in the semifinals in the tier ‘B’. Batting first Isipathana College, Colombo Posted 156 thanks to Kevin Samuel’s valuable 53 runs. In reply St. Aloysius College, Galle fell 6 runs short of the Pathana 1st innings total. Isipathana ...
Three games in the quarterfinals phase of the U19 Division I schools cricket tournament ended today with Mahanama College, Colombo securing an outright victory in their tier ‘A’ quarterfinal match while Lumbini College, Colombo also achieved an outright win in their tier ‘B’ quarterfinal game, additionally the fourth and final quarterfinal in tier ‘B’ commenced at Kirimandala Mawatha for day ...
Three games in the quarterfinals phase of the U19 Division I schools cricket tournament kicked off today, two games in Tier ‘A’ and one game in Tier ‘B’. Trinity College, Kandy, faced off against D.S. Senanayake College, Colombo, in the 3rd quarter-final of Tier ‘A’ at Surrey Village Grounds in Maggona. Trinity, batting first, declared their innings after posting a ...
Trinity College, Kandy registered a convincing win over St. Anthony’s College, Kandy to clinch their 42nd Annual Limited Overs Encounter played at St. Anthony’s College Grounds in Kandy. After been put into bat first Trinity College posted a competitive total – 228/9 on the board courtesy of half-centuries from Supun Waduge (56) and Dimantha Mahavithana (55). Janith Ravishka also ...
Dharmaraja College, Kandy registered an innings win over Kingswood College, Kandy in their 117th Battle of Maroons encounter played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. After been put into bat first, Dharmaraja College posted a solid first innings total – 325/2 before declaring their innings. Isuru Pannala and Onajith De Silva stroked fine centuries while Pulindu Perera notched up vital 92 ...
The 90th edition of the Battle of the Saints Annual encounter played for the Maurice J. Legoc Memorial Trophy between St. Joseph’s College and St. Peter’s College ended in a draw yesterday (23) at the SSC grounds in Colombo. Even though St. Joseph’s College managed to claim more victories in the tally throughout history, St. Peter’s took the trophy back ...
The 90th edition of the Battle of the Saints Annual encounter for the Maurice J. Legoc Memorial Trophy ended in a draw yesterday (23) at the SSC ground in Colombo. Even though St. Joseph’s College managed to claim more victories in the tally along the history, St. Peter’s took the trophy back to Bambalapitiya as they were the last victorious ...
St. Joseph’s College went to take on St. Peter’s College at the 90th edition of the Battle of the Saints at SSC grounds today (22nd of March) in Day 01 action. Lahiru Amarasekara, the skipper of St. Joseph’s College won the toss and choose to field first inviting the Peterites to put runs on the board. – St. Peter’s College ...
One game in the ongoing U19 Division I Schools Cricket tournament ended today with St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa beat their archrivals Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa in the 1st innings and qualified to the semi-finals. Archrivals St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa met Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa for the 2nd time this month just having played their big match just two ...
Two games in the U19 Division I schools cricket tournament ended today, with Richmond College, Galle and Thurstan College, Colombo securing their spots in the semi-finals. Richmond College, Galle cruised through to the semi-finals by winning the 1st innings comprehensively against Nalanda College, Colombo at Kirimandala Mawatha. A superb bowling display from the Richmond College bowlers paved the way for ...
