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In Honour of the Great Guru – Mr . E.C.Gunasekara – on his 27th Death Anniversary – 10th June : EDWIN (PETER) CHRISTOPHER GUNASEKARA OF ROYAL COLLEGE – “E.C.Gunasekara” – “V.P.” – “E.C.” – “Christy” – “Kataya” – By Saman Amarasinghe, former Senior Prefect   In Honour of the Great Guru Mr . E.C.Gunasekara on his 27th Death Anniversary – 10th June :EDWIN (PETER) CHRISTOPHER GUNASEKARA OF ROYAL COLLEGE “E.C.Gunasekara” – “V.P.” – “E.C.” – “Christy” – “Kataya” By Saman Amarasinghe, former Senior Prefect, Hon.General Secretary (1992/93) & Vice President (1994/96) of Royal College Teachers’ Guild. “TO SIR WITH LOVE” : Mr.E.C.Gunasekara, member of Tutorial Staff of St. Joseph’s College,Colombo10 (1949 to 1954), member of Tutorial Staff,Royal Cologe,Colombo 7 (1955 to 1971), Deputy Principal (1972 to 1977) and the Vice Principal, Royal College,Colombo 7 (1978 to 1984) was a Perfect model of a Right Royalist, Exemplary Teacher and a Great ...

Jun 30, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , ,
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Conrad Francis – first Lankan to swim the butterfly stroke under 56s Conrad Francis Source:Dailynews Conrad Anthony Francis is a former Sri Lankan swimmer, who specialised in the butterfly events. He is a two-time Olympian, a three-time swimmer at the Commonwealth Games, and a double Gold Medallist in the 50m and 100m butterfly events at the Asian Age Group Championships. Francis was born on August 8, 1981 and had the distinction of representing Sri Lanka at two Olympic Games in 2000, Sydney Australia and in 2004, Athens, Greece. ...

Jun 16, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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Joes savour Under-19 Tier ‘A’ cricket title-by Reemus Fernando Source:Island St. Joseph’s College clinched the Under-19 Division I Tier ‘A’ Limited Overs Cricket title as Shevon Daniel with an unbeaten century and Lahiru Amarasekara with a four wicket haul excelled in the final played at NCC ground on Saturday. The Darley Road team ended the unbeaten run of Royal when they contained the latter to 190 runs. Royal were chasing a target of 288 runs. Royal’s formidable batting line up suffered early blows when Mithira Thenura and Deshan Seneviratne took the first three wickets for just nine runs. Seneviratne accounted for Isiwara Dissanayake and Sadisha Rajapaksha in the same over. Skipper and Sri Lanka Under-19 batsman Ahan Wickramasinghe joined Sineth Jayawardena to steady the innings, adding 71 runs for the fourth wicket. But both fell in quick succession when Lahiru Amarasekara jolted the middle order with a four wicket haul. ...

May 9, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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THE HISTORY OF MURALI-VAAS TROPHY AND BEYOND by AFZAL LAPHIR When St Anthony’s College Kandy (SACK) host St Joseph’s College (SJC) Colombo next week (30th April & 1st May 2021), the two Saints schools will meet for the 109th occasion, spreading across three centuries. From the time the first game was played in 1899 when St Joseph’s came out victorious by 90 runs, this encounter has continued to maintain its rich traditions of fair play and great sportsmanship.  Gihan Ebert (SACK) and Dunith Wellalage (SJC) will be the respective captains. The two schools have produced cricketers of the highest class with several going on to represent Sri Lanka. The most legendary of them all, Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas are proud products of SACK and SJC respectively. They had the distinction of ‘carrying’ the Sri Lankan attack in over 100 tests and 300 ODIs, with a combined wicket tally of 1155 in Tests ...

May 3, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , ,
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Annesley has contributed immensely to promote softball cricket-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Annesley Mendis Source:Dailynews Annesley Mendis the veteran sports administrator has held several top posts in the Sri Lanka Softball. Federation . A man of vast experience in softball cricket having being involved in the game since 1981 was a founder member of the Softball Governing Body. An old boy of St Mary’s College Dehiwela he has been the softball coach of Girls High School Mt Lavinia, St Josephs College Nugegoda and Kalubowila MV since 1985. In addition he was the former Secretary of the Federation, former Chairman of the selection committee and also one time National coach of the Sri Lanka soft ball team. He also did a superb job to promote Gampaha district women’s cricket as chief organizer and coach of the Gampaha Distract Women’s Softball Association . He initiated women’s cricket in Sri Lanka and started a cricket ...

May 2, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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The first chronicle on the history  of St. Joseph’s College, Colombo 10 titled, *Till the mountains disappear: The Story of St. Joseph’s College* initiated by the independent research of the late *Rev. Dr. Stanley Abeysekera* (the 10th Rector) The first chronicle on the history  of St. Joseph’s College, Colombo 10 titled, *Till the mountains disappear: The Story of St. Joseph’s College* initiated by the independent research of the late *Rev. Dr. Stanley Abeysekera* (the 10th Rector), and further researched for *six years* by the young Old Josephian, *Avishka Senewiratne* was launched on 19 January, 2021 in the presence  of *His Lordship, Rt. Rev. Dr. Anton Ranjith, the Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo, Rev. Fr. Victor Silva, Rev. Fr. Sylvester Ranasinghe  and Rev. Fr. Travis Gabriel* (former Rectors),  *Rev. Fr. Chrispin Leo and Rev. Fr. Joseph Benedict Fernando* (former Vice Rectors), priests, past and present teachers, distinguished  Old Boys from the 1950s ...

Jan 26, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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St. Joseph’s college – 1927 – a couple of photos Most interesting. Highly disciplined students. Eyes down hard at work under the supervision of an ever watchful teacher. A picture paints a thousand words. Extrapolating, I cannot see anyone of these being around. Back in the day, the students used to sit two by two on similar desks, maybe they are still around! Many thanks to the eLanka member who sent these two photos… ...

Nov 28, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged
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Capt. Trevor Vanderstraaten flies West Source:Island The death occurred recently of Capt. Trevor Vanderstraaten, in Melbourne, Australia. He was a senior airline captain of Air Lanka and SriLankan Airlines. He was an old boy of St Joseph’s College. We were fellow trainee pilots at the Flying Training School (FTS) at the Ratmalana Airport, in the late sixties. The school was run by the Civil Aviation Department and like today, although our training was relatively expensive, there was no guarantee of an airline job. The only airline in existence was Air Ceylon. We were all from middle class families, full of passion for aviation and spent many hours, rain or shine, between training flights, seated on cane chairs, by the hangar door watching aeroplanes fly and drinking cups and cups of tea at the CAD’s (Civil Aviation Department’s) canteen behind the Fire Station. He was trained by late Capt. S B ...

Nov 23, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , ,
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TOWARDS THE PETERITE CENTENARY – 6TH RECTOR – REV. FR. CLAVER PERERA (1975-1976) Today being the 18th of October and only 15 months away from celebrating the centenary of our beloved Alma Mater, as undertaken, we bring to you a few details of another Rector. Having written about the Pioneering efforts of Rev. Fr. Maurice Le Goc who was responsible for starting the College as St. Joseph’s College, Colombo South, the 1st Rector of St. Peter’s, Rev. Fr. Nicholas Perera and the longest serving Rector, Rev. Fr. Joe Wickremasinghe, we write today about Rev. Fr. Claver Perera, the 6th Rector, who served for a short period of two years (January 1975 – December 1976). So why write about him one might ask. Fr. Claver qualifies to have special mention as he was the first Peterite Rector to head this prestigious institute. The following is based on the eulogy delivered on 16th ...

Oct 19, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , Comments 0
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