Alex Lazarus, and the missing school bell – by GEORGE BRAINE The year would have been 1964 or 65. At Trinity, the end of each class period was signaled by the ringing sound of a large bell which hung on a low branch of a pine tree above the quadrangle. The bell ringer, I’ll call him Arnolis, was a rotund man who wore an oversized shirt and a sarong worn high above his waist, held up by a thick black belt. At the end of each period, Arnolis would approach, carefully put on filthy ear plugs he kept hidden on a nearby crevice, and beat the bell with a metal rod. The noise rang out throughout the upper school, and the boys would stream out of class rooms. All was well. Then, one morning, the bell was missing. Gone without a clue. Chaos reigned. That was a time when few teachers, let alone students, had wristwatches. Without the ...
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The Invincible 1967 Trinity ‘Lions’ began without a coach By Shamzeer Jaleel Source:Sundaytimes Trinity College one of the core schools to produce some outstanding rugby players for both the Kandy school and country had some outstanding outfits. A few of them were the 56, 67, 69, 77 and 87 outfits. But in the recent past they have lost the grip which made them fall down the ladder for many reasons. The invincible 1967 outfit was led by Ajith Abeyratne where they ended unbeaten in the season. Abeyratne represented his alma mater both in cricket and rugby scoring the fastest century between Trinity and Royal in only 62 balls at the Asgiriya Stadium in his last year. He led the Trinity College rugby teams in 1967 and 1968 and won colours in cricket and Lion in rugby as well. He was awarded the Ryde Gold Medal for the best student at ...
Jun 9, 2021
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Tagged Alex Lazarus, Anil Siriwardena, B. Shanthi Kumar, Dudley Dissanayake, Errol Warne, Gamini Udugama, Gogi Tillakaratne, hafie Jainudeen, Iswan Omar, Jadi Dissanayake, M. Affif, Mahendra Thalwatte, Mark Sundaralingam, Mohan Balasuriya, NTB Dassanayake, Rafi Ismail, Ranjan Nadarajah, Stephen Paul, TRINITY COLLEGE
Brigadier Japana Jayawardena excellent ruggerite and coach-By Hafiz Marikar Source:Dailynews Turning the pages of time, I go back to a outstanding rugby player, Brigadier J.P.A. (Japana) Jayawardena, who played for Trinity College in 1966 under Glen Vanlangenberg as a scrum half and was a very knowledgeable player. This combination of Glen at fly-half and Japana turned out to be a fine combination. His correct name is Jayadeva Parakrama Amarasekera Jayawardena. The name sounds J– P – A with N-A at the end as ‘Jayawardena’. He was a boarder from Junior School and it was in school he was nicknamed Japana “Japana”as he was affectionately known, won his rugby colours with Alex Lazarus, C.A. Chitty, M. de Silva,Shafie Jainudeen, R.T. Siriwardene,. P..S. Sundaralingam and R.W. Tillakaratne. He won the coveted ‘Rugby Lion’, along with Glen Vanlangenberg and P.S. Sundaralingam in 1966 During the time Japana played, Trinity won the Bradby Shield ...
Dec 20, 2020
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Tagged Ajith Abeyaratne, Alex Lazarus, B.K. Jirasainghe, C.A. Chitty, G. Weerasinghe, M. de Silva, M. Jiffery, P.S. Sundaralingam, R.S.Howie, R.W. Tillakaratne N.T.B.Dissanayake., S. Jayasekara
Niyaz Majeed top weightlifter and ruggerite-By Upananda Jayasundera Niyaz Majeed Source:Dailynews Niyaz Majeed, an old boy of St.Anthony’s College,Katugastota was an International Weightlifter and a fine rugby player who captained the first Kandy Lake Club team. His contemporaries were Didacus de Almeida, Gavin Stevens, Maurice Perera, Alex Lazarus, Farouk Dole, and Maurice Windus to name a few. At School he played Tennis, Rugby and Basketball besides taking part in Boxing & Karate. Majeed said that Covid – 19 epidemic is well controlled in Sri Lanka due to the great efforts of the Government, Health Services and Armed Forces. ...
Aug 13, 2020
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Tagged Alex Lazarus, Kandy Lake Club team, Maurice Perera, St.Anthony’s College-Katugastota, University of Peradeniya, Upananda Jayasundera
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