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 RCOBA NSW and ACT Winter 2023 Secretary’s Update Dear RCOBA NSW and ACT Member, Welcome to the 2023 winter update.   Sri Lankan Schools 7 a side touch footy competition The RCOBA NSW and ACT supported this popular event held on 23 April at the Kellyville Memorial Park Sydney for a second consecutive year. Two teams represented Royal college in the Open and Over 40 categories. Well done to both teams and thank you to all those who participated and were present to support Royal. Friendship Cup 2023 The RCOBA supported the Royal College Open team to participate in this inter school cricket carnival held on 25 April held at Jamison Park Penrith.  Royal won all three group games vs Prince of Wales, DS Senanayake and St Anthony’s losing in the semi final to Maris Stella College who went on to become the Cup champions. Well done all, and Congratulations Maris Stella ...

Jun 22, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , ,
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Darrell Lieversz – Double International – Sri Lanka Cricketer and Athlete – 80 years not out! Source:Island Darrell Lieversz born on June 7, 1943 attended Royal College, Colombo, daring seam bowler, captained the cricket team in 1962. In 1961 he toured India with the Ceylon Schools Cricket team and same year he captained the Royal College athletic team. At the Public Schools Athletic meets 1960 and 1961 he won the finals of the 220 and 440 yards. He was a member of the Public Schools Athletic team that toured Australia in 1960. After leaving school he joined Colts Cricket Club, and in his first season of level one club cricket, he took 72 wickets at an average of 9.78, setting a new record for the number of wickets in the tournament. Continuing his athletics career, he broke the 400 metre Ceylon record and represented Ceylon in the 100, 200 and 400 metres in ...

Jun 13, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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BURGHER RECREATION CLUB’S GREATEST SON DESHABANDU MAJOR GENERAL BERTRAM RUSSELL HEYN (Born October 1, 1912) – A COLOSSUS AMONG LEGENDS – By Dennis de Rosayro ROYAL COLLEGE, COLOMBO Educated at Royal College, Colombo, and passed the Cambridge Junior Examination   in 1927. Represented Royal College at Cricket in the 1929 and 1930 Annual Royal-Thomian big matches, and also in Rugby Football and Athletics. He coached the Cricket Team from 1945 to 1947. GOVERNMENT TRAINING COLLEGE, MAHARAGAMA Successfully completed his studies and training for Teachers. PETER’S COLLEGE, COLOMBO He coached the Cricket team in 1946 who beat St. Joseph’s College in the big match for the 1st time, and again in 1947. He also served as a Teacher for a period of time.  BURGHER RECREATION CLUB I first met this legend when I joined the Burgher Recreation Club as a Benedictine schoolboy, 2 days before my 17th birthday on 8th March 1954. ...

Apr 26, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , ,
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THE MAGNIFICENT  MEN OF THE  43 GROUP OF ROYAL COLLEGE – By Hugh Karunanayake I state without any fear of contradiction that the Group of one hundred 10 and  l1year olds who entered the portals of Royal College in 1943, will go down in history as the most outstanding and influential batch of students to enter Royal College or for that matter,  any school in Sri Lanka during the nation’s long and proud history. The 10/11 year olds entered Royal during the middle of World War 2 and attended classes in buildings temporarily made available for the school in Turret Road, Kollupitiya. The Principal was EL Bradby who the students remember with awe and admiration and to whose worthy guidance and that of the other teachers, they attribute their success in later life. The list of names of the 43 Group is a virtual  roll call of the Creme de ...

Apr 19, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Hugh Karunanayake Tagged
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Former Champion Athlete of Royal R. K. Thas dies-by D.L.Seneviratne Source:Dailynews Dr. R. Kethar -Thas who hailed from Batticaloa was born on 5th February 1936 and passed away on 21st March 2023. He entered the first Form of Royal College in 1948, and to us his colleagues of this ‘48 Group he was known as R K Thas. He was tall, strongly built and was an outstanding sportsman. Athletics was his forte and he excelled in the 120 yards hurdles and hop step and jump events. At the annual Royal College Inter- House athletic meet, he holds a unique record where he won the coveted Marlowe-Reed challenge cup for the champion athlete during the possible three years he competed as a senior athlete in 1952, ‘53 and ‘54 i.e the years he was over 16 years till he was under 19 years. ...

Mar 30, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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The Royal-Thomian Cricket Match: Its History–by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Uthpala Wijesuriya, in The Island, 17 March 2023,where the title presented is  “The Earth’s Greatest Rivalry” … while the highlighting in this presentation has been imposed by a Thuppahiyaaaaaaaaa. The Royal-Thomian or the Battle of the Blues, the world’s second oldest uninterrupted cricket battle, will unveil for the 144th consecutive year this week. The encounter pits the boys bearing the crests of the Elephant and Palm Tree against those bearing the Cross and Dove. The Royal-Thomian is in many ways greater and more epic than the three matches that can be most favorably compared to it: St Peters–Prince Alfred in Australia, Eton–Harrow in Britain, and the Ashes. This is particularly so in the annals of schoolboy cricket in Sri Lanka. Indeed, the history of Sri Lankan cricket cannot be written without the Battle of the Blues. Chandana Panditharathna once observed, “The magic of the match ...

Mar 25, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged , , ,
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When Royal Toured Australia in 1936 Pat McCarthy impresses Woodful by Richard Dwight – Daily News, Saturday 14 Feb 2004 The Royal College cricket team of 1936 which toured Australia. Standing (L-R): Lucien de Zoysa, Pat McCarthy, S. Pathmanathan, W.B.V. Thiedeman, David Vollenhoven, E.F.E. de Krester, J.W. Subasinghe, D.R.R. Porritt. Seated (L-R): F.H. de Saram, Mr. L.H.W. Sampson (Principal), Ryle de Soysa (Capt.), Mr. L.V. Gooneratne (Master-in-charge), M. Sivanathan. Seated on Ground (L-R): A.I. Macan Markar, Robert de Krester. In the sphere of annual cricket encounters Royal College and S. Thomas’ College have since the series began in 1880 done exceedingly well to arrive at this point of time to notch its 125th encounter next month at the SSC grounds – a veritable landmark indeed in the annals of cricket of these two leading colleges. A sustained unbroken partnership of 125 years maintained without interruption even during the period of ...

Jan 24, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , ,
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Authorship of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS)A Plea for Reparative Justice: – By Senaka Weeraratna Source : dailynews Concerning the injury suffered by Senaka Weeraratna consequent to the denial of a rightful hearing of his claim of invention, copyright and authorship regarding a critical issue in the regulation of the game of Cricket. http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/10/15/z_p26-theContovacy.jpg Senaka Weeraratna – an enthusiast since his school days at Royal College, Colombo on matters pertaining to cricket – felt strongly that field decisions by Umpires that are questionable – in some cases outrageously wrong – because they share the heat of the action and are not at their best in quick judgments, and which umpiring errors were vividly displayed to the public on television through video replays should be corrected using the same technology. At the same time Weeraratna realized that patently wrong umpiring decisions were allowed to stand because of the absence of a ...

Jan 9, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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RCOBA NSW and ACT Secretary Update Summer 2022 Dear RCOBA NSW and ACT Member, Firstly, for those celebrating Christmas, Wish you a very Merry Christmas!   I would also like to wish everyone a great Australian summer ahead.   Please find below the final update from the RCOBA NSW and ACT Committee for 2022 and the exciting events you can look forward to in the new year.   Sports Corner – Year of Tennis and summer of Cricket The year of sports continued with a second successful tennis tournament between Royal College and Jaffna Hindu College held on 18 September at the Parramatta City Tennis Centre.  Alas, our rivals were the better team on the day, but it has motivated us to reach out to other OBAs to promote getting out on the court and enjoying a volley with friends, and we are hoping to organise a tournament with S. ...

Dec 25, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , ,
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VALE – MICHAEL JOHN WILLE It is with great sadness that we announce the passing away of Michael John Wille (Royal College 1950 to 1957). Mike to his friends was an outstanding Cricketer, superb Bat and most importantly a noble Sportsman par excellence. Mike Captained Royal in 1957. Prior to the Big Match, he told his team-mates that he would score a 100 in the match and wanted the rest of his team to aggregate another hundred jointly. He did score a hundred and twenty one runs. Mike first played for Royal in 1954 at the age of 15 years. Mike left for Australia soon after the Royal Thomian and became a Civil Engineer specializing in tunnelling. He had the rare distinction of being the Project Engineer for the first road tunnel built in Melbourne, the Burnley and Domain tunnels.  The Funeral will take place on Tuesday 6 December at 11 AM at the Boyd Chapel in Springvale.  May his Soul Rest In Peace. ...

Nov 29, 2022 Posted by In Obituaries Tagged ,
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