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To all the SIR’s I’ve loved before! In this day and age where the word SIR has so much effect, my mind has wandered back to all the Sirs and of course Madams’ who guided my life through school and the influence they have had. Of course, covering ALL of them will be hard but the first teacher who springs to mind is a lady and her name was Beulah Rosa, she taught me in Grade 4 and first showed me that encouragement from a dedicated teacher can change your entire life. Moving on to Mrs. Monica Jayasekera in grade 9 at Royal College who made me feel that my superior knowledge of English gleaned from my private Preparatory school education was not something to be hidden from my peers who had been through the Royal Junior system that had almost no English teachers. Mrs. Jayasekera made us read out ...
Oct 9, 2021
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Tagged Mr. Gamini Salgado, Mrs. Monica Jayasekera, Summa Navaratnam
John de Saram – youngest competitor at 1948 Olympic Games John De Saram Source:Dailynews At the age of 20 years, John De Saram was the youngest athlete to represent Sri Lanka at the 1948 London Olympic Games. He was included in the Sri Lankan contingent after some outstanding performances for Police Sports Club where he excelled in several track events. In 1948, he helped Police Sports Club to clinch the 4X110 yards Relay Championship after having completed a successful school career at Royal College, Colombo. ...
Feb 10, 2021
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Tagged John De Saram, Oscar Wijesinghe, Summa Navaratnam
Sujanthakumar led Royal and CH and FC to cup glory-by Althaf Nawaz Subramaniam Sujanthakumar Source:Dailynews Subramaniam Sujanthakumar was one of the finest Rugby players produced by Royal College, Colombo who later represented the Club and the country at International arena bringing honour and fame to the school club and country Sujanthakumar who had a nickname called ‘Suja’, hails from a sports loving family as his father was Subramaniam who was the Chief Accountant and Deputy Director of the Philatelic Bureau at the time of his untimely demise in 1977 during a CR versus Havelocks game. He played football for his ‘Alma Mater’, St. Henry’s College, Illavali. His mother was Selvarani who played netball for Jaffna Hindu Ladies College. ...
Oct 30, 2020
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Tagged Malik Samarwickrema, Subramaniam Sujanthakumar, Summa Navaratnam
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