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Joes Sports News First XI St Joseph’s College won the St Peter’s College T 10 Centenary Celebration Cricket Quadrangular tournament by beating St Peters College by 7 wickets St Peter’s College 67 for 8 in 10 overs St Joseph’s College 68 for 3 in 8.4 overs Under 17 St Joseph’s College tied with Trinity College in the Final of the Under 17 Cricket tournament and declared as Joint Champions Trinity College 198 fir 8 in 50 Overs Kaven Pathirana 3 for 28, Yenula Dewthusa 2 for 20 St Joseph’s College 198 all out in 50 Overs Sahan Dabare 57, Naren Muralidaran 20, Kenneth Liyanage 20 Match Tied Under 13 Division 1 St Joseph’s College beat Prince of Wales College Moratuwa on the first innings in a match played at Moratuwa Prince of Wales 1st innings. 98 all out in 42.3 overs. Gayasha Fernando 6 for 14 St Joseph’s College 1st ...

Ardnaree Kandy – The story of a bungalow-By Anil Ellepola Ardnaree Kandy, as it was in 1915, Source:Sundaytimes ‘Ardnaree’ the official bungalow of the Principal of Dharmaraja College Kandy has had its share of distinguished residents and visitors over the years. When George Morrison Reid Henry, the ornithologist whose magnum opus was ‘A Guide to the Birds of Ceylon’ (OUP 1955), took over the post of acting Assistant Entomologist to the Department of Agriculture and moved to Peradeniya Botanical Gardens on June 28, 1915, he took up residence at Ardnaree Bungalow. In 1916 his sons Jim and Bob had attended Trinity College while living at Ardnaree. G.M. Henry says the hill on which Ardnaree was situated was clothed with a mixture of cocoa, coconut and areca palms, jak and breadfruit trees, Dadap and others, all rather neglected and forming a rich paradise for the birds characteristic of that kind of ...

Dec 29, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Ananda College, Charles Godage, Dharmaraja College

Ananda College Colombo stands tall at 135-by Vithanage Rukmal Ananda College, Colombo Source:Dailynews “Ananda College imparted education to many men of action, who played a prominent role to uphold the interests of the people, country, religion and culture by infiltrating the slaves who embraced the alien culture then, and held in high esteem the worldly pleasure provided by them, than the freedom of the people and religion,” states a passage written by old Anandian and anti-imperialist freedom fighter Philip Gunawardena. The above passage clearly illustrates the reasons for the birth of Ananda College, Colombo, which is engaged in social service and walks majestically even today, after 135 years to the day (November 1). Despite the fact that the Anandians were more proficient in the English language than the Englishmen, they stood by their principles without becoming slaves to it. Then principal of Ananda College, L.H. Mettananda and the academics at ...

Nov 6, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged A.P. Gunaratne, Ananda College, Col G.W. Rajapaksa, Col V.S. Kudaligama, D.B. Jayatilaka, Kularatne Hall, L.H. Mettananda, M.W. Karunananda, P. De S. Kularatne, Prof. G.P. Malalasekara

A Golden Period-by Meghavarna Kumarasinghe A batch of Ananda Colloge Prefects Source:Dailynews In 1995, A.P. Gunaratne completed 60 years and had to retire, but on an appeal by the Ananda College Old Boys’ Association and the College Parent–Teachers’ Association, President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga gave an extension of service for three years. It was the first time that a school Principal in a National School had been granted a service extension, but the official letter of extension of service was not received by him. After verifying the position from the Secretary of the Ministry of Education, he was informed that the letter had been issued, but the Minister of Education had wanted to personally grant the letter to him. Gunaratne had informed the Secretary that he was not willing to meet the Minister personally to accept the letter of service extension as the Minister was not on good terms with him ...

Nov 6, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Ananda College, Dharmaraja College, Maliyadeva College, Olcott Hall, R Premadasa

Dyan Pathiravithane passes away Source:Island Former Ananda College cricketer and vice captain (1964) Dyan Pathiravithane (74) passed away in the early hours of Wednesday after a brief illness and his last rites were performed at the general cemetery Kanatte yesterday. Dyan played for Ananda when he was only 14 years and was the baby of the side. The crowning glory of his cricket career was when he was selected to play for the Ceylon Schools XI under Anura Tennakoon against the visiting Indian schoolboys in 1964. The Indian team included among others, Mohinder Amaranath and Eknath Solkar who later became top international cricketers. He was also a promising athlete. ...

May 30, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Ananda College, Anura Tennakoon, Dyan Pathiravithane, Mohinder Amaranath

Centre Yugantha proud product of Ananda-by Althaf Nawaz Source:Dailynews Ananda College, Colombo is the leading Buddhist school in the country which has contributed immensely towards the success of Education while unearthing sportsmen excelling in various sporting disciplines, where some of them reached the pinnacle by representing the country at International tournaments. Yugantha Karunarathne who had an illustrious rugby career was one of the finest products of Ananda who brought honour and fame to his school and country wearing the National jersey. Yugantha, better known as ‘Yuga’ in rugby circles, was born in 1975 in Colombo. His father was late Lt. H.K. Karunaratne who served in the Sri Lanka Army and a former Olympic and, Asian Gold Medallist and an Army Boxer. Nimala Athukorala was his mother, a housewife while he also had a brother Rohana. ...

May 17, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Ananda College, Bimal Perara, Duminda De Silva, Graham Raux, Milinda Jayasinghe, Nalin Dissanayaka, Nishantha Dias, Sameera Wijesinghe, Sashika Corray, Thushara Jayalath

Spread of Buddhist Education in Sri Lanka; the role played by Col. Olcott and Theosophists-by Dr D Chandraratna The Olcott Oration delivered to the Old Boys Association of Ananda College (November 2020, Perth, Western Australia) Source:Island It can be gauged from the Buddhist publications in and around 1880s that the ordinary Sinhalese were experiencing an acute sense of despair and disquiet that colonialism had brought about a social degeneration evidenced by increased consumption of liquor and associated problems of family violence, cattle stealing, gambling, and crime. Even the colonial civil servants from numerous districts complained to the Governor that social disorganization was affecting administration, revenue collection and policing. The Sinhalese Buddhist revivalist movement and a proper assessment of Col Olcott’s contribution must be understood in this context of the rising tide of Sinhala nationalism, Buddhist confrontation with Colonialism, Christian missionary activity and increasing westernization. The elite Buddhists including those culturally ...

Jan 1, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Anagarika Dharmapala, Ananda College, Maha Bodhi Society, Migettuwatte, Siyam Nikaya, Vidyodaya Pirivena

Demise of SHIRALI PEIRIS, the fmr. Police rugby player This is what S. Sivendran, his 1967 skipper of 1967 Clifford Cup finalist said; “It was with great shock I heard about the sudden passing away of former Police dashing winger T. Shirali Pieris in Las Vegas. He played under my captaincy contributing to the rise of Police rugby with his daring runs as a wing three quarter. Last week when I phoned him from my home in Boston he appeared to be healthy and expressed his desire to returning back to Sri Lanka. But fate decided otherwise ending his wish to return to his motherland. ...

Sep 4, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Ananda College, SHIRALI PEIRIS Comments 0