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An opportunity of a lifetime lies ahead for Gqeberha-born academic extraordinaire Daniel Erasmus after his recent selection as one of the Rhodes Scholar-Elect 2024 scholarship recipients.

By Uthpala Wijesuriya The Royal-Thomian or the Battle of the Blues, the world’s second oldest uninterrupted cricket battle, will unveil for the 144th consecutive year this week. The encounter pits the boys bearing the crests of the Elephant and Palm Tree against those bearing the Cross and Dove. The Royal-Thomian is in many ways greater […]

By Krishantha Prasad Cooray The season of big-matches is upon us. These cricket encounters are big for the respective schools, not for others. In fact, as far as the particular schools are concerned, they are huge. It’s THE event of the year. Today there are big-matches in all parts of Sri Lanka, so many that […]

Under 19 Division I Cricket by Reemus Fernando   Spinner Isuru Fernando rattled the Ananda batting line up with the tournament’s best bowling figures for Moratu Vidyalaya to record a stunning 17 runs victory in the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘B’ Limited Overs tournament match at Ananda Mawatha on Friday. Chasing a target of […]

As the Dr. R. L. Hayman Trophy has been missing in action since 2019, the water polo game played across two legs between S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia and Royal College Colombo has resulted in players losing out on years of experience. With two coloursmen on the Royal side after their 2019 victory and no […]

By Goolbai Gunasekara Several schools have been negatively highlighted of late thanks to the reprehensible goings on of certain groups of Prefects. I must really wonder if this system, inherited from the British, has run its course and is no longer relevant as far as school organizations in Sri Lanka are concerned. I remember, many […]