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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 In Articles Tagged , , , ,
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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 In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , , , , ,
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Royal players avert show spoiler as Peterites win blockbustre Centenary Rugby Sevens-BY CALLISTUS DAVY Source:Sundayobserver The champion St. Peter’s College team comprising Dulaj Navodya, Vishenka Silva, Yometh Shehara, Ashen Madugaspe (captain), Emith Jayaweera, Praneeth Silva, Salith Gallage, Kushan Tharindu, Sulaimaan Riyaz, Pasindu Thakshila, Kalindu Nimnajith, Janaka Ranasinghe, Vindya de Mel, Jamal Wahab and Rahul Peter Denish celebrate on the podium after winning the schools segment of the CR and FC Centenary Rugby Sevens at Longden Place in Colombo last Sunday. The Peterites beat Royal College in the final 21-0 after knocking out Trinity College in the semi final (Pix by Sudath Nishantha) Members of the Royal College team came in for high praise after they made a timely intervention to hold back a team-mate who behaved like a street thug as he attempted to attack a player from St. Peter’s College as both schools contested a most eagerly awaited final ...

Apr 13, 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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Sri Lanka win in German Source:FT South Asia made headlines this year with a stunning win at the recently concluded Mediation Competition by the Bucerius Law School in Germany. Shayhum Aboosalih a past pupil of St. Peter’s College representing both Sri Lanka and the University of London together with Rishika Pandey from India, a Final year Law student at Jindal University- Delhi, caught the attention of judges and expert mediators, as they negotiated their way through the cases ranging from areas in Space Travel, International Business and Intellectual property. Shayhum Aboosalih A Mediation Competition is a simulation of what occurs during a real Mediation, a form of Alternate dispute resolution or ADR where disputing parties try to resolve matters outside court while protecting their privacy. The negotiations have an expert mediator present who helps the conversation by being impartial and guiding parties where the structure may help make the conversation ...

Jan 17, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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Vale: Preofessor Merlin Peiris, A Classicist Par Excellence – By Michael Roberts Source : thuppahis Punsara Amarasinghe, in The Guardian, 18 December 2022, where the ttile runs thus: “Prof. Merlin Peiris: The last of the Mohicans leaves the stage” The greatest quality that would aggrandize Merlin’s name above the current mediocre scholars in Sri Lanka is his intellectual tolerance towards dissent. The demise of Prof Merlin Peiris embodies the end of an epoch representing the humanities academia in Sri Lanka as he was obviously the last of those great doyens who lived when the country’s humanities education was prospering in those halcyon days at the edge of the British rule. Prof. Merlin was one of the first students of the maiden batch of Peradeniya University when it was shifted from Colombo in 1950 and began his flair for classics even before he entered the university under the wings of Noel Phoebus at St. Peter’s ...

Dec 28, 2022 Posted by In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged , , , ,
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VALE’, CLIVE INMAN – By Des Kelly VALE’, CLIVE INMAN, yet another ‘Legend’ from  Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and someone who was both a friend and College-mate of mine, back in the “fab-fifties”, as I remember them. As everyone knew, this guy was a top Cricketer, we were all very proud to have him at St.Peter’s College, by far, the best College in Colombo, at the time, as well. Clive was in the same ‘form’ & I was proud & privileged to keep his company & boast about his superb prowess on the field,to all & sundry. Then, sadly, we parted company due to mass-migration of the Burghers to various Countries in the World, thereby also losing touch with close friends, in the process.  I would like to say “thank you” to both Michael Tissera & Joe Paiva for informing e’Lanka of this sad news, condole with the family, other ...

Dec 22, 2022 Posted by In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged , , ,
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eLanka Newsletter – 27th November 2022 – 7th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter THE GOVERNOR’S LOVER – by Des Kelly Photos from the The Ceylon Society of Australia – 25th Annual General Meeting and Social held on Saturday 19th Nov 2022 (Sydney event) – Photos thanks to Mahal Selvadurai. Afganistan conquer the hills of Pallekelle – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (eLanka Sports editor) Sri Lanka’s Advocata Institute Wins 2022 Templeton Freedom Award PUNYA HEENDENIYA PERHAPS THE MOST ACCLAIMED CLARITY ACTRESS IN THE ARCHIVES OF SINHALA FILMS IDEAL TO PORTRAY ANY PROTAGONIST – by Sunil Thenabadu Sri Lanka for tomorrow – By Dr Harold Gunatillake A TRUE AND GREAT STORY & A BEAUTIFUL VOICE – HE RAISED ME UP – By Lawrence Machado More Photos from the The Ceylon Society of Australia AGM & Social – Photos ...

Nov 27, 2022 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , , , ,
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{PeteriteNET:363} NEARING THE CLOSING OF THE CENTENARY YEAR Yesterday, being the 18th of October, we completed nine months of the centenary year of the College beloved to us all Peterites young and old and in three months, on 18th January 2023 the centenary year will come to a close. As Chief Editor of the Centenary Publication (Coffee Table Book), I am deeply conscious of the many photographs that could not be published in same due to space constraints and believe it would be a pity if the many Peterites out there should not see them. Perhaps some may even wish to have them saved for posterity in private albums of their own.  Having given much thought to this need particularly of Old Peterites, I have decided to publish all photos available with me in a series of posts through these three months leading up to the closing of the Centenary year. ...

Oct 21, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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