Thurstan and Visakha crowned cricket champs
Thurstan College and Visakha Vidyalaya were crowned Cricket Champions in the Boys and Girls categories respectively at the Old Boys’ Association Class of 2006 of St. Anthony’s College, Wattala organised Six-a-Side cricket extravaganza concluded at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium last weekend. This highly successful cricket tournament was organized to mark the 75th Anniversary [...]
Oxford Sharks emerge champs at OCB Alumni Super Sixes Cricket Carnival
Oxford College of Business (OCB) together with its Alumni organised the annual OCB Alumni Super 6s Cricket Carnival. The tournament brought together over 300 past and present undergraduate and postgraduate students for this one of a kind cricket extravaganza. In a riveting contest at the Havelocks Ground on September 9 in Colombo, featured a closely [...]
HFC Bambalapitiya outplay GSC Kotahena at cager tourney
Holy Family Convent (HFC) Bambalapitiya outplayed Good Shepherd Convent (GSC) Kotahena by 47-35 at basketball to clinch the All-Island National Schools Under-20 Championship with an unblemished record. The final was played at the Royal College Indoor Sports Complex in Colombo, where HFC kept their momentum intact to record a deserving win. HFC nearly had their [...]
Marque House clinch Old Joes Inter-House Cricket title
Marque House emerged champions at the Old Boys Inter-House Cricket Encounter, an annual cricket event organised by the Batch of 2006 of St. Joseph’s College, Colombo, on October 22 at Darley Road. Marque House and Melizan House entered the final where the game was intense, but played under true sportsmanship. Bonjean House and Coudert House [...]
St. Benedict’s pull off 3-2 win on penalties in Cup Final
After a grueling final which ended scoreless at fulltime, St. Benedict’s College pulled out a 3-2 win on penalties to overcome Hameed Al-Husseinie College in the Cup final and clinch the Zahira Super 16 Soccer Tournament held at Maradana last Sunday. By the time the Cup final reached its fulltime St. Benedict’s had done all [...]
Hansani and Disanka for Youth Olympics Selection Games in India
Hansani Piumila of Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo and Disanka Tennekoon of Dharmaraja College, Kandy will represent Sri Lanka at the Youth Olympic Selection Games to be held in Uttar Pradesh, India from November 3 to 5. Youth Olympic Games will be held in once in every four years. Piumila qualifies to represent Sri Lanka in the [...]
Musaeus, Nalanda win main titles
Musaeus College, Colombo clinched its first Singer Blue and Gold Hockey Sevens Cup after beating the defending champions Seethadevi Balika Vidyalaya in the final held at Royal College Ground last weekend. The Colombo lasses beat the six-time and defending Singer Blue and Gold Hockey champions by a solitary goal with Lihara Thilakaratne sounding the board [...]
St. Aloysius Galle and Seetha Devi GS Kandy bag hockey titles
St. Aloysius College Galle led by Kelum Srimal and Seetha Devi Girls School Kandy skippered by Charuka Abeyrathna lifted the Under-19 Boys and Girls titles respectively at the 33rd National Schools Games Hockey Tournament 2017 concluded at Astro turf in Colombo. A total of 21 boys and 18 girls teams from hockey-playing schools across the [...]