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Rev. Fr. Peter Pillai – Apostle of Social Justice by Stanley E. Abeynayake Rev. Fr. Dr. Peter A. Pillai Source:Archives The 39th death anniversary of Rev. Fr. Dr. Peter A. Pillai, OMI fell on September 27. Peter Alcantara Pillai was born on 19th October, 1904 at Wennappuwa. His parents Jacob and Anna Pillai, school teachers hailed from Kayts, Jaffna. His schooling began in his mother tongue Tamil in the school where his parents were teachers. Later he joined St. Benedict’s College, Kotahena, Colombo at the age of nine years. In 1918 he passed the Cambridge Junior with eight distinctions. He was then only 14 years. He passed the Cambridge Senior at the age of 16 years in 1920 also with eight distinctions becoming the first in the whole of the British Empire. Subsequently he became an undergraduate of the then University College of Colombo and obtained the BSc degree with ...

Apr 12, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Fr. Cadjetan Pillai, Rev. Fr. Dr. Peter A. Pillai, St.Peter's College, University of Cambridge

St. Peter’s Bambalapitiya cruises to final Source: Dailynews St. Peter’s College Bambalapitiya entered the final of the Under 19 division 1 Tier B inter schools 2 day cricket tournament conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association and sponsored by Sri Lanka Cricket yesterday. St. Peter’s College Bambalapitiya recorded a bounce back win against Isipathana College Colombo by 60 runs in the semi final played at Navy Camp ground Welisara yesterday. ...

Apr 5, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Dilana Damsara, Ishira Ayupala, Isipathana College, Sithuka Gunawardene, St.Peter's College

NIHAL FONSEKA – international tenor Nihal was a star athlete and boxer at St. Peter’s College Colombo in the 50s. He always won the Pole Vault event at the sports meet. Nihal took the leading role iunder Douglas Ferdinand’s direction in “Trial by Jury” opera presented by SPC. It was a huge success. Nihal was Sri Lanka’s leading tenor who turned international in the sixties going forward. Immigrating to Canada in the late sixties, Nihal has lived in Mississauga, a suburb of Toronto. Warm wishes to Nihal and his wife Caroleve! Please take a moment to listen to Nihal’s rendition of AVE MARIA sung at the famed Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto – a concert hall located downtown in the city’s entertainment district, it is home to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Nihal Fonseka – Ave Maria (J.S. Bach/C. Gounod) Click here to receive your free copy ...

Apr 3, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Nihal Fonseka, St.Peter's College

When St. Peters of Adelaide toured Ceylon in January 1928-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis St. Peters College in Adelaide is an elite boys public school that has produced several Prime Ministers of South Australia and schooled many prominent figures in Australian life. The school’s cricket team chose to tour Ceylon in the month of January 1928 and played matches against Royal College, S. Thomas’ College and Trinity; and also against a team of planters at the grounds in Darrawella in the hill country. Image Source:Thuppahis The scoring book is part of the school archives and so too a photograph of the whole squad intermingled with the Thomian squad. This picture can be considered a “treasure” because of the personnel embraced therein: notably Canon de Saram (then Vice-Principal of S. Thomas); one Dudley S. Senanayake (who became one Ceylon’s Prime Ministers); Richard Hermon (captaining S. Thomas); Robert Senanayake (later a President of the Board of Control for Ceylon Cricket in the 1950s ...

Jan 7, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged RICHARD HERMON, St.Peter's College

BAMBALAPITIYA FLATS IN THE SWINGING SIXTIES ‘N’ SEVENTIES – By Asiff Hussein Source : Ceylon Then / Sri Lanka Now Bambalapitiya Flats was the place to be back then, as any good ole’ Bamba boy or girl will tell you. Built in the 1950s, the 16 blocks of buildings between Galle Road and the Indian Ocean comprised of two to four storeys built in such a way that the balconies gave a splendid view of the sea to the west. The blocks back then were colour coded for easy identification, with gelati colours like yellow, orange, pink, sky blue, lime green, and sandstone brown giving life to the scheme, especially in the evening when the golden orange orb of the sun set in the sea and bathed the flats with a beautiful sundown glow. The flats were meant to nurture community life with all sharing a common space that included a ...

Dec 23, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Australia, Burgher families, cowboys, Elvis Presleys, Galle road, St.Peter's College

Peterites stun Australians as Vidyartha snatch last minute win over Malaysians in Centenary Sevens Source:Sundayobserver St. Peter’s College scored a shock win over the Australian team from the University of Technology in Sydney beating them by 24 points to 5 in their Centenary Rugby Sevens match at Bambalapitiya yesterday. The first half ended in a close 5-5 score but the Peterites out-ran and outsmarted the Australian boys in a one-sided contest in the second half. The Peterites started off the first day’s proceedings by smashing off Thurstan 29-0 and then went on to beat Zahira College 38-8 before taking on the foreign team. ...

Oct 16, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Centenary Rugby Sevens match, St.Peter's College, Zahira College

The first winning Peterite Cager team – By James Alagaratnam It’s been 60 years since. When five friends won it all at the inter-school basketball championships. (The 1963 All-Island Basketball Champions, St. Peter’s). Noting with pride, the current successes of St. Peter’s at the interschool basketball championships, I felt it appropriate, to write of the first championship team of college in 1963. We won it all. My interest in Basketball started at Junior level, grade 6 or 7 when older brother Stephen was playing for the college team, coached by – Mr. Jackie van Twest- of the tutorial staff(inset). The courts were at the north east corner of then grounds, running parallel with Davidson Road. The north perimeter walls bounded two houses that belonged to the Wiratunga’s and the Chandraratne’s. Lynn and brothers, Daya and Tissa ...

Sep 24, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged St.Peter's College

Isipathana – St. Peter’s Cup final after 15 years-by Chris Dhambarage Action from the league tournament match between Isipathana and St. Peter’s. (Pic courtesy ThePapre.com) Source:Dailynews Isipathana College and St. Peter’s College will revive their rivalry once again as the two top teams this season are set for an epic clash in the Inter-Schools Under-19 President’s Trophy Knock-Out Rugby Tournament final on Sunday at the Royal Sports Complex in Colombo. This match will have a great amount of significance for both teams as they will be meeting in the President’s Trophy Knock-Out Tournament final after a lapse of 15 years. In fact, it was way back in 2008 that Isipathana and St. Peter’s last met in the knock-out final where the lads from Bambalapitiya emerged victorious 16-11 after a thrilling contest at the Royal Sports Complex. It was a jubilant Captain Poornaka Delpachithra who received the Milo Presidents Trophy from ...

Sep 8, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Dinusha Chathuranga, Isipathana College, Lahiru Udayanga, Lakith Perera, Roshan Fonseka, Shenal Dias, St.Peter's College

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES THAT PETERITES STARTED BEFORE THE JOSEPHIANS – Algi Wijewickrema St. Peter’s College was launched as St. Joseph’s College, Colombo South by Rev. Fr. Maurice Le Goc, the visionary Rector of St. Joseph’s College in 1922 and obviously sports and many other extracurricular activities were introduced by St. Joseph’s from early years. Two examples are Cricketers studying at St. Peter’s playing for St. Joseph’s College up until a separate team represented St. Peter’s in 1927 and Football launched at St. Peter’s in 1925 while it was still St. Joseph’s College Colombo South. Although it is obvious that this should be the natural order of things, as St. Peter’s progressed as a College independent of St. Joseph’s after 1927, there are at least three activities that St. Peter’s College introduced before its brother school. This should not come as a surprise to anyone, least of all to Peterites as their ...

Sep 4, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Algi Wijewickrema, Rev. Fr. Maurice Le Goc, Rev. Fr. Nicholas Perera, Sri Lankan school's Past Stories, St.Peter's College

eLanka Newsletter – 23rd July 2023 – 7th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Anton’s Swan Song – by Lal Wickrematunge Sri Lanka Lions Sports Club – NSW SEEKING FOR NEW PLAYERS Australian passports just became more powerful: Here are the countries you can now enter visa-free-by Low De Wei ANOTHER REQUEST BY DIMUTH ON TEST CAPTAINCY – By Sunil Thenabadu Noel News Health & Views – July 1st Issue – By Dr Harold Gunatillake Reminiscing – by Charmaine Candappa EU funded SEDR Project completes 5-day training programme for Mediation Training Officers SUNDAY CHOICE – Your grace is sufficient for me – by Charles Schokman Australia retain the women’s Ashes in thrilling fashion Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 167 20 07 23 The Brad and Kiara Show Podcast – 2023-7-22 How not to lose a fortune – combating the ...

Jul 24, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged Annual Esala Perahera Festival begins, Ciara Hain, Denzil Kobbekaduwa, Dr Sagara Lakmal de Mel, eLanka Newsletter, Madhura Seneviratne, Mahnaz Angury, St.Peter's College