‘Lion’s Awake’- Annual all-island Scout Exploration competition
View(s):‘Lion’s Awake’, the 8th annual all-island Scout Exploration competition organized by the Scout Troop of Rahula College, Matara, was held recently at the Beraliya Forest Reserve in Akuressa. The Scout Troop of Ananda College, Colombo emerged overall winner in the Boy Scouts competition while Karandeniya Central College emerged victorious in the Girl Guides competition.
A total of 45 Scout Troops representing 35 schools islandwide took part in the competition.
Bandaranayake College, Gampaha. were the overall runners-up in the Boy Scouts, while St Mary’s College, Matara were overall runners-up among the Girl Guides troops.
St. Aloysius College, Ratnapura won the Boy Scout Observer competition while Sujatha Vidyalaya, Matara, won the Girl Guides competition.
A.W. Bandaranayake from Thurstan College, Colombo, won Best Explorer in the boys’ category, while Malshi Hansika of Defence Services College, Colombo, won Best Explorer in the girls’ category.
The awards were presented at a ceremony held at the auditorium of the Matara Cooperatives Office. An old boy of Rahula College, President’s Scout, former Lecturer at the Colombo University and Senior Manager of Commercial Bank, Kapila Sachintha Liyanage was the Chief Guest.
- Krishan Jeewaka Jayaruk
