In my youth I wasn’t well disposed towards Thomians. This unease with the blue, black, and blue went back to a time when my father took me, as a child, to the Jayasekera home at Dehiwela. The young Jayasekeras teased me, heckled me and frightened the life out of me. To me they typified Thomians – loud, brash and with little consideration for the feelings of sensitive souls like myself. In the late fifties a Thomian “flicked” my flag at the Oval. They couldn’t get any lower and intimidating. ...

2012 Cricket@Killara – Match Report by Dinesh “move over Harsha Bogle” De Silva By Shehan Wijetilaka and Dinesh De Silva in Cricket@Killara · Cricket @ Killara 2012 was an event to remember….. Shehan and Mano had put together yet another enjoyable afternoon for friends and family. It was a fab show and the glorious weather could not have been any better for an Autumn day. This year, we were back at Killara Park. Not just on the side wicket but on the main turf. Conditions for batting and bowling were perfect. ...

Dear Mr President Your Sri Lanka Cricket Team has just completed a very successful tour of Australia. They played a style of cricket that brought glory to their homeland and they won many new fans in Australia and world wide. Their brand of cricket also brought out the true character of the Sri Lanka cricket fan in Australia and rarely have we seen, even in Sri Lanka, the atmosphere, the spectacle and the true splendour of song, dance and cheer as created by the Sri Lanka supporters in Sydney and Melbourne. ...

“Thomians Hunt in Packs; Never Alone”   My journey through life with my Thomian began with this hunt. In an era when mobile phones, SMS, e-mails and Facebook were unheard of, the hunt was indeed a difficult task. Therefore, thishunt was meticulously planned out at a house located right opposite Bishop’s College (whoever designed it, bless his dear departed soul, certainly had the best interest of young Thomians in mind for it has a large balcony overlooking the grounds of Bishop’s College). Date of the Hunt: 31st October 1981 Venue: Food Fair, Bishop’s College.  ...

Babe was in Mary’s womb: in a manger before the stable manger. Warmth cocooned him in the womb as well in the manger. Behold! No anguish on his face in both womb and on straw. Care bestowed by this woman with love and with sanctified awe. ...

By Pulasthi Samaraweera They learnt and made the Thoras depart… Disce Aut Discede – Learn or Depart – The motto was first mentioned during the regime of Principal Todd (1871-1878) who constantly reminded the lads from Ried Avenue that they must learn or get out. But it took them 3 years to learn from their mistakes and finally depart a handsome bunch of gutsy 50 year old Thomians to lift the Morrell memorial shield for the first time in the series at the Fred Caterson Reserve in Castle Hill, this Sydney. ...

Dear Fellow Royalists In our earlier email to you, we invited all the over 50 year OBA members who were interested in participating in “Seniors” cricket this season,   to contact our games coordinator Janaka Subasinghe ASAP. After receiving confirmation from  27  guys, we  have now finalised our “over 50’s” cricket schedule for the season 09/10. ...

THE PERPETUAL NOVENA – ALL SAINTS CHURCH – BORELLA HOW IT BEGAN Rev Fr. Christopher McCarthy a Redemptorist showed Fr. John Herat how to bring Perpetual Help to All Saints on 8th December 1951 and built a shrine for her ...