Malik Samarawickrama Archives

140 years of cadetting at Royal-By Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne Source:Island (Retired from Sri Lanka Navy) Former Chief of Defence Staff A long time ago, on 01 April 1881, Royal College (then known as the Colombo Academy) in Mutwal, Principal Mr John B Cull started a School Cadet Platoon. The idea was to train students on drill so that they would be more disciplined. Mr Cull believed such students would become responsible and disciplined men when they grew up. He received unstinted support from the then British Lieutenant Governor and Commanding Officer of Ceylon Light Infantry (CLI) (Volunteers), which started in the same year and consisted of British Officers and largely Burghers as soldiers. Lieutenant Colonel John Scot Armitage was the first commander of CLI (V). Cadetting was introduced to other schools also, which included S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia, Trinity and Kingswood, Kandy. When World War 1 started in ...

Jeewa Galgamuwa the swimmer turned ruggerite-by Althaf Nawaz Source:Dailynews The players occupying the position of prop-forwards compete for the ball in scrums and line-outs and are generally bigger and stronger than the backs. Props forwards push in the scrums, while the hooker tries to secure the ball for their team by hooking it back with their feet. Jeewa Galgamuwa was one of the players who played in this key position while he was representing school, club and at National level becoming the cynosure of all eyes in the rugby football arena. Jeewa who is 39 years old was highly influenced by his father Jayalath in getting into sports,being a retired Army officer while mother Manel, a great rugby enthusiast, never missed her son’s rugby matches and remained as the biggest fan. His only brother Chathuranga who is a chef by profession works for Perera and Sons. Jeewa was admitted to ...