Rajarata uni crisis: Medical grads, lecturers petition President
Rajarata University medical students and lecturers have handed over letters to the Presidential Secretariat, urging the government to resume academic activities that have been suspended. The letter sent by the student calls for President Maithripala Sirisena’s intervention to solve the problems faced by the students and lecturers. They call on the President to increase the [...]
Kalawewa Mahasen’s ‘The Net’ wins first prize
Kalawewa Mahasen Maha Vidyalaya secured the first place for its English play “The Net” at the North Central Province’s annual English Day competition held recently. The Mahasen Maha Vidyalaya comes under the North Central Province’s Rajanganaya Education zone, Anuradhapura. The play was presented by Year 10, 11, 12 and 13 students under the guidance of [...]
Royal in tense 1-0 win over S. Thomas’
Royal College Colombo beat S. Thomas’ College Mt. Lavinia 1-0 in their 25th annual Royal-Thomian Football Encounter 2018 played at the Racecourse ground in Colombo last Saturday. Royal played outstandingly throughout the game to secure a tense win despite the Thomians striking regularly. Royal struck the only goal of the game in the 37th minute [...]
Zahira Matale clinches Golden Star Hockey Award
Competing in boys Group ‘D’ Zahira College Matale led by Fizal Muzain remained unbeaten with three comprehensive wins in their group fixtures to clinch the Golden Star award for the fourth consecutive year at the 18th Sri Lanka Schools Junior Hockey Carnival 2018 for Under-14 boys and girls concluded on Wednesday at the Vincent Dias [...]
Muslim Ladies College Bambalapitiya keen participants at Sports Meet
Students of the Primary Section of Muslim Ladies College Bambalapitiya keenly participated in their annual Sports Meet, which was held at Cooray Park in Wellawatte. Students presented various events including a colourful drill display, fancy dress parade and a march past. The event was conducted with the intention of giving the youngsters of Muslim Ladies [...]
Gateway Colombo emerge Football champs In an all-Gateway final, Gateway College Colombo beat Gateway College Kandy to win the Under-20 International Schools Football Tournament at the Federation grounds in Baddegana. Gateway College Colombo cruised through the group stages defeating Elizabeth Moir School 5-0 and Lyceum Wattala 5-2. In the Quarter Finals Gateway defeated Lyceum Nugegoda 5-0, and in the semi-finals they defeated the British School Colombo 4-0. The final, held on the 27th October, saw Gateway Colombo beat Gateway Kandy. Striker Areeb Atheek scored twice as Gateway Colombo defeated their sister school 3-0 to claim the Under 20 championshiponce again. The championship never looked in doubt as Gateway College midfielders controlled all the games, dominating possession with some slick passing and movement together with very strong link up play, which enabled the Gateway attackers to net 22 times. Left midfielder, Binitha Chandrasena, top scored in the tournament with eight goals. Meanwhile the Gateway goalkeeper was barely troubled as the Gateway defence, led by captain Rashane Wijewardena, was almost impossible to break through. Together with the midfield, the defence never allowed the opposition anytime with the ball,making the games one sided encounters. Seshith Ariyawansa of Gateway Kandy was adjudged as Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament, with two influential Gateway Colombo midfielders picking up the remaining awards. Areeb Niyas was awarded Most Valuable Player of the Final, and the often unstoppable Binitha Chandrasena as Player of the Tournament. This is the third year that Gateway Colombo won this tournament during the last four years. This tournament, named ‘The International Schools’ Football Under-20 Championship (FUTC 2018)’, was organised jointly by Gateway College and the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL). All group stage matches were played at Gateway College’s new football facility in Ratmalana and the knockout stages were held at the Federation grounds in Baddegana.
xIn an all-Gateway final, Gateway College Colombo beat Gateway College Kandy to win the Under-20 International Schools Football Tournament at the Federation grounds in Baddegana. Gateway College Colombo cruised through the group stages defeating Elizabeth Moir School 5-0 and Lyceum Wattala 5-2. In the Quarter Finals Gateway defeated Lyceum Nugegoda 5-0, and in the semi-finals [...]
Ave Maria Convent clinches two championships
Ave Maria Convent Negombo clinched two championships at the All-Island Schools Division ‘A’ Cool Junior Tennis Tournament held at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) courts in Colombo. In addition to Ave Maria Convent, two schools from the region — Newstead Girls School and St. Joseph’s College too pocketed titles making Negombo proud. Ave Maria [...]
Unbeaten P. De. S. Kularatne Ambalangoda heads Group J
P. De S. Kularatne College, Ambalangoda under the leadership of that superb allrounder Ravishan Nethsara completed their preliminary round matches on an unbeaten note and heading the Group J in the Under 13 Division One cricket tournament. Kularatne College beat Dharmasoka College by 79 runs, beat Devananda College by 85 runs, defeated Bentota Gamini NS [...]
Eshan announces foray into F3
Eshan Pieris ended the racing year by winning the sixth and final race of the Rotax Max Challenge Asia held last weekend at the Elite Speedway Circuit in Malaysia. The last ever final of the Rotax Max Challenge Asia began under overcast conditions and by Lap 3 there was a heavy drizzle but the DD2 [...]