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PREFECTS BODY – ST. PETER’S COLLEGE – By: Upali Obeyesekere – Josephian-Peterite News Network Source:  Josephian-Peterite News Network The history of St. Peter’s College Colombo has been chronicled many times over in numerous write-ups over the last ninety-nine years, since 1922. I will not dwelve into all the logistics involved in establishing St. Peter’s College but would only salute the utopian founder of the school – Rev. Fr. Maurice J. Le Goc (hereinafter called, “Fr. Le Goc”). Fr. Le Goc arrived in Ceylon (Sri Lanka now) in 1914. He was appointed to St. Joseph’s College (Founded in 1896) as head of the School’s Science Department. In 1919 Fr. Le Goc was appointed the Rector of St. Joseph’s College. While being the Rector he was also a teacher of science – especially botany, biology, zoology and astronomy. ...

Jun 27, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Upali Obeyesekere Tagged , ,
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RANJIT WIJEYESEKERE : AN ODE TO A GAZELLE-BY MERRIL GUNARATNE (SENIOR DIG POLICE – RETIRED) Source:Island We go back in time over 50 years to remember the feats of an outstanding athlete who dominated track events in national and school athletics. Ranjit Wijeyesekere of St.Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya, by outclassing formidable rivals in the most glamorous events in the sport, 400 metres, 200 metres and 100 metres, developed an aura of invincibility in the 1950’s and 60’s. Unfortunately, he left Sri Lanka for greener pastures at a relatively young age. He was thus lost to athletics prematurely. He is presently domiciled in Ontario, Canada. They were times when honour and respect for high standards characterized the conduct of those excelling in sports. They competed partly to earn personal milestones, but mainly to bring credit and glory to their schools and the country. Ranjit was one of such ilk. There were countless ...

Jun 21, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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ST PETER’S COLLEGE – by Des Kelly This is a true story, and one that I am extremely proud to introduce to thousands of eLanka members and readers, PLUS many thousands more  of “Peterites Around The Globe”, a website on our Alma-Mater, founded by Sunanda V. Jayasekera, with “your’s truly” being a humble Administrator, as well. St.Peter’s College has always been one of the very best teaching Institutions in CEYLON, as I knew her, and without any further ado, I would like to sincerely thank the Rev.Dr.W.D.G. ...

May 30, 2021 Posted by In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged , ,
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Rajaratnam new Attorney General – By Ranjith Padmasiri Source:Sundaytimes Acting Solicitor General Sanjay Rajaratnam, PC, will be the next Attorney General (AG) of Sri Lanka. Educated at St Peter’s College and Royal College, Colombo, he has served the AG’s Department for the past 34 years, having joined in April 1988. Mr Rajaratnam has held the post of Senior State Counsel, Deputy Solicitor General, Additional Solicitor General and Senior Additional Solicitor General until his appointment as Acting Solicitor General in October 2019. He is a Solicitor of England and Wales and also holds a Master of Laws (Merit) from the Queen Mary University of London. He was conferred silk in November 2014. He has had wide experience in the civil and criminal branches of the law. ...

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JOSEPHIAN-PETERITE CRICKET 1957 – By: Upali Obeyesekere St. Peter’s College had a blockbuster cricket team in 1957 – By: Upali Obeyesekere – Josephian-Peterite NEWS NETWORK Jayantha Fernando led St. Peter’s in 1957 while Kirthie Caldera captained the Josephian team. Both teams were armed with terrific pair of opening bowlers – Anton Perera/Anton Paulpillai for St. Peter’s and Peter Liyanage/Ranjith Malawana for St. Joseph’s.     RESULT: Match Drawn     SJC – 298 (Kirthie Caldera, 99, Carlyle Perera, 77, Tissa de Soysa 24, Emilton Fernando, 53). Bowling: Anton Perera 3/69, Russel Duckworth 3/41 ...

May 16, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Upali Obeyesekere Tagged , , , , , ,
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Message from the ST PETERS COLLEGE OBU PRESIDENT IN SRI LANKA Dear Friends, The SPC OBU has launched a campaign to update its database of members. We hope that with updated information the OBU will be able to  communicate with members by targeting  particular groups of Peterites in different geographic areas, age, professional groups etc. I count on your support to circulate the link (https://bit.ly/2Kwvsa9) and request all members to update their information. This will not take more than ten minutes to complete. Thank you Ravika de Silva. President – SPC OBU. Microsoft Forms https://www.facebook.com/messenger_media/?thread_id=724664531&attachment_id=349350099851502&message_id=mid.%24cAABa87u6zSV-ys1yB14mYgm0sEla ...

Apr 27, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged
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The Story of the Peterite Rugby Team 2018 – By Hamza Hidayathullah Source:Peteriterugby Not every moment is going to be fireworks. Sometimes it takes a million little sparks to create a full-blown explosion” – Author Unknown From the moment that final whistle was blown by Referee Dinka Peiris on 18th June 2017 at the Sugathadasa Stadium in the President’s trophy semi-final against Isipathana, this story began to unfold.  After being placed 6th in the schools’ rugby league last year, many rugby loving pundits wrote the Peterites off completely with no hopes of a big title in the coming years. After 2010, St. Peter’s College, Colombo had managed to grab a few trophies in the schools’ circuit which included the All Island and Western Province Sevens tournaments on a few occasions including the Super Rugby sevens title in the year 2016. During this time frame, the journey had ups and downs while having ...

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Admiral Alfred William Henry Perera, VSV, ndc, psc, SLN was the Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy from 1979 to 1983   Pre-Seventies Peterites Favorites  · tSponn8hsogrted  · APPROACHING THE CENTENARY OF ST. PETER’S COLLEGE An Admirable Peterite Admiral Alfred William Henry Perera, VSV, ndc, psc, SLN was the Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy from 1979 to 1983. Born on 15th Feb 1930 Alfred Perera was educated at St. Peter’s College, Colombo and was a keen sportsman captaining rugby for St. Peter’s in 1950. After leaving school he played rugby for Havelocks SC and then the Navy after he joined the Navy. Alfred Perera joined the Royal Ceylon Navy (RCyN) on 23rd July 1951 at 21 years of age, a direct entry as a commissioned Sub Lieutenant to the executive branch and received his training at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich in England. Having completed his training at ...

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St Peter’s College OBU Sydney AGM     St Peter’s College OBU Sydney held it’s AGM on Sunday the 21st of March, after having to reschedule it from last year due to the pandemic.  Despite the current bad weather prevailing in NSW, we had a great turnout of members. The Following were re-elected: President: Shehan Vilathgamuwa Vice President: Nishantha Perera Treasurer: Ravin Panambalana Secretary: Gus Shiran Viswasam Sports Co-ordinator: Shane Fernando Digital Media: Jude Chelvaratnam Social Secretary: Niresh Wijesiri Editor: Denver Mottau Membership Secretary: Senani Gunasekera Auditor : Aubrey Joachim Here are a few photos from the AGM. Source: Gus Shiran Viswasam Facebook   ...

Mar 23, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , ,
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St. Peter’s College cricket squad of 1955 with Maurice de Silva Source:Sundayobserver The St. Peter’s College cricket squad with Maurice de Silva is pictured here. Standing from left: R Jayesinghe, Maurice de Silva, R Duckworth, L Serasinghe, Peter Ludowyke, R Saravanabhavan, B Senewiratne, Jayantha Fernando. Seated from left: Brian de Silva, Fr. Rodrigo (Prefect of Games), Clive Inman (captain), Fr. Basil Wiratunga (Rector), Maurice Salgadoe, Cyril Ekanayake (coach), Ken Duckworth. On ground from left: M Chugani, K. Duraswamy, K. Sivanathan ...

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