History of Royal College Crest – By Dr. Gnana Sankaralingam (Excerpts from the book History of Royal College published in 1981) Royal College crest serves to identify the school from other schools and gives a seal and significance to documentation. However it had not been mentioned in any writing prior to 1892. As Ceylon was crown colony of the British Empire, the imperial emblem – The Lion and the Unicorn was the badge of the country. As Royal College, then known as Colombo Academy, was a government educational institute, it had to use the British Royal Arms. The first display of Royal crest was in the first College magazine of 1893. Subsequently there had been alterations made to Royal crest in 1910 and 1912. In 1922, the government sanctioned the issue of the new crest in place of the one used in the past. Description of the ...
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Brief History of Royal College Boarding House (Hostel) – By Dr. Gnana Sankaralingam (Excerpts from the book “Royal College School of our fathers” compiled by D.L. Seneviratne) The first boarding house of the Colombo Academy was established in San Sebastian in 1868. It had about 20 to 30 boys and the principals who lived in the premises, joined the boarders often for breakfast and dinner. Mr. Ashley Walker became the first boarding master in 1876, and cricket teams at the beginning were composed mostly of boarders. The boarding was on top floor of the main building, which was previously the Government House overlooking the Beira Lake, with a splendid view of the sea. The boarding was closed on around 1905. There was stern resistance to establishing the boarding again, as it was deemed to be a day school. However in 1939, due to much effort by RCU, a spacious bungalow ...
Oct 17, 2022
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Off the beaten track for leopard or dragonfly-By Yomal Senerath-Yapa Source:Sundaytimes Growing up, Riaz Cader loved nothing better than an escape into the remote rural wilderness; whether it be the dry zone wildlife bungalows of Mahasilawa or Thalgasmankade in Yala with leopard and bear at a waterhole; the fecund darkness of a rain forest with endemic frog and loris and lizard; or to dream of the dry Indian scrub where the tiger hunts and dhole calls out. Today at 37, Riaz is content having carved out of his passion for wildlife a career as a nature tourism professional, with his own company, Natural World Explorer, curating special safaris with many itineraries focusing diversely on butterflies, birds, wild cats and even dragonflies; while also being a local ‘ground handler’ for big documentaries by the big names including National Geographic, BBC and Animal Planet. ...
Oct 4, 2022
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Obituary notice – Dr Channa Wijesinghe Dear Royalist We have received the sad news of the passing away of Dr Channa Wijesinghe last Sunday the 18th of September 2022. Channa was a highly respected Old Royalist who was on the Committee of the RCOBAA and served a term as President. Later he was awarded a Life Membership for unbroken membership years and his strong support to the RCOBAA. Dr Channa Wijesinghe won the Rupasinghe scholarship at Royal College. He was the foundation professor in psychiatry in Colombo University. He later migrated to Australia and was the Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Monash University and a board member of the Medical Board of Victoria. His funeral will be on Saturday 24th September at 11.30 am at the Boyd Chapel, Springvale Cemetery. ...
Obituary Notice: SRIPAL RANJAN RODRIGO (Royal College, class of 1955) Beloved husband of Shirani; Loving father of Maryse; Loving father in law of Jude; Loving Grandpa of Cruz; Loving son of late Beryl Rodrigo and JBC Rodrigo, passed away peacefully in Sydney. The funeral will take place on Saturday the 10th of September at 11am at the Mary Mother of Mercy Chapel, Lot 4, Barnet Avenue, Rookwood Cemetery. A livestream of the funeral will be available at https://www.oneroomstreaming.com/login Email sam@sgfunerals.com.au Password 7SX8WY ...
Sep 8, 2022
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Don Weerasinghe. – By Gamini Seneviratne Source : island When our lot entered Royal College over 70 years ago, Tony was yet there at a distant remove as Head Prefect and, at closer quarters, muddied, on the rugger field. He was also visible commanding the cadet battalions. His brothers, Trevor the place-kicker and Maurice the wizard scorer over the line eclipsed him at rugger but in and around the school he was instantly placed as its leader. Trevor took to medicine and migrated to Oz via Diyatalawa; I last met Maurice in Perth, Oz: he was on the water wagon. Their father was an iconic character too, making the Hostel a place that provided such comfort as schoolboys had a right to expect. Tony passed away last week – at, maybe, a little over 90.In the shadow of the coup attempted in 1962, my acquaintance with him occurred at some distance: ...
Sep 6, 2022
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SCHOOL CRICKET IN SRILANKA – By Dr. Gnana Sankaralingam First school to start playing cricket in Sri Lanka was St. Thomas’ College in 1864, which was first at Mutwal, and later shifted to Mt. Lavinia, followed by Royal College in 1878, which was then at San Sebastian, and later moved to its present location. They were followed by Richmond College Galle in 1887, Ananda College Colombo in 1892, Trinity College Kandy, Wesley College Colombo, Kingswood College Kandy and Dharmarajah College Kandy in 1893, St. Benedict’s College Colombo in 1895, St. Joseph’s College Colombo in 1896, Prince of Wales College Moratuwa in 1897, St. Anthony’s College Kandy, St. Thomas’ College Matara and St. Servatius’ College Matara in 1899, Central College Jaffna in 1901, Mahinda College Galle in 1902, St. John’s College Jaffna in 1904, Nalanda College Colombo in 1924, St. Peter’s College Colombo in 1933. Since then several other schools had ...
Aug 7, 2022
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Two Lankan referees for Asian Rugby Sevens-by Hafiz Marikar Source:Dailynews Two of Sri Lanka’s top referees, Aaqil Jamaldeen, a Sri Lanka Division One referee and a product of Royal College and Dilum Deeshan, who is also a Sri Lanka Division I referee and a product of Vidyartha College, both of whom are ARFU 7’s panel referees, will be handling the whistle in ARST 2022 Asian Rugby Sevens which will take place in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 6 and 7. Aaqil Jamaldeen who started refereeing when he was 19 years in the year 2015 is a top-class ruggerite who learnt his rugby at Royal College, and after taking up refereeing he has done his best. In the same way, Vidyartha College’s Dilum Deeshan was a player who gave his best for his school and later as a referee. ...
Akila Perera missed the rugby bus? Source : sundayobserver Former Royal College and Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club cricketer Akila Perera finds himself as a man who perhaps emphasized in the wrong sport and was left behind only to realize that rugby would have made him a better exponent. Always wanting to get the simple things right, Akila is a person who will welcome constructive criticism and take it in his stride like a true professional that he could not be or perhaps was to some extent. “If I make an impact on anyone, that’s the best I have done,” Akila whose passion is sports and favourite colour is green told the Sunday Observer in an interview. Q: Describe yourself in one word Focused -humble Q: Any words or phrases you overuse? Pressure is a privilege Q: What is your most marked characteristic? Honesty Q: If you could edit your past, what would ...
CHIEF GUEST – SCHOOLS RUGBY LEAGUE – By Dr Gamini Goonetilleke Source : drgamini.org It was a great pleasure for me to be invited by the Rector Rev. Fr Ranjith Andradi and the Rugby Committee of St Joseph’s College as the Chief Guest for the Schools Rugby League encounter between St Joseph’s College and Royal College, played at the Havelock Park on 22nd July 2022. It definitely brought back memories of my Rugby playing days for my Alma mater, St Joseph’s College, Colombo in the ’60s (1966 /67) Royal College won the match 17 points to 3 Congratulations to the Royal College Rugby team ! ...
Jul 28, 2022
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