Sirimavo and Piliyandala Central emerge victorious
At the Vidudaya Ritzbury Inter-school Swimming Championships concluded recently, at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, the girls’ team from Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya, Colombo and the boys’ team from Central Swimming Club in Piliyandala emerged victorious. The much awaited championship was held at Sri Lanka’s largest swimming pool when Ceylon Biscuits Limited (CBL) partnered for the [...]
Sandaruwani Jayarathna bags highest award
Sixty three youngsters received school colours in recognition of their outstanding performances in the field of sports during the period 2016 and 2017 at the “Colours Awards” ceremony of Sri Sangamitta Girls National School, Matale held last week at the college auditorium. ‘Sports diadem’, the highest award and the proud recipient for this prestigious accolade [...]
British School down Royal Institute in T20
The British School in Colombo (BSC) defeated Royal Institute by 23 runs in an Under-17 Twenty20 cricket encounter worked off at the Shalika grounds in Narahenpita. BSC who were put into bat piled up an impressive 141 for nine from their 20 overs with Vinod Weerasingheleading from the front. The dashing opening batsman smashed a [...]
Garnet House on top
Garnet House dominated to win the Overall Champions Award at the colourful Asian International School’s athletic meet held at the NCC Grounds recently. In this well organised meet champions Garnet House with 993 points clinched the glittering champions trophy with Topaz House (883 points), Sapphire House (711 points) and Amethyst House (659 points) occupied the [...]
St. Joseph’s defend Under-18 Div. I Football title
St. Joseph’s College Colombo emphatically trounced St. Patrick’s College Jaffna by 3 goals to 1 in the final of the All-Island Schools Under-18 Division I Football Tournament played for Renown President Cup at Racecourse ground. From the first whistle both teams played attacking soccer which entertained the spectators around five thousand gathered to witness the [...]
Gateway emerge undisputed football champs
Gateway College emerged champions at the Under-18 Inter-International School Football Tournament held at Cooray Park from January 24 to 29. The Gateway boys dominated throughout the tournament scoring 18 goals in five matches, whilst conceding none. Such a strong performance was down to the dominance of the Gateway midfield, consisting of captain Dwayne de Mel, Binitha [...]