“Why should we let anyone else fight our war?” Lieutenant General Denzil Lakshman Kobbekaduwa RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, rcds, psc, SLAC (July 27, 1940 – August 8, 1992) was a highly decorated and respected General who served the Sri Lanka army. Born into a traditional Kandyan Family, Lieutenant Kobbekaduwa was the second child and eldest of three sons. Educated at Trinity College Kandy, he was a colourful military officer and a fine rugby personality.  [ Read More ]

  List of Old Boys from Trinity College Kandy who served in the 3 Armed Forces of Sri Lanka during the 27-year war against the LTTE (23rd July 1983-18th May 2009):   1. SRI LANKA ARMY The Sri Lanka Army is the oldest and largest of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces and is responsible for land-based military and humanitarian operations. Established as the Ceylon Army in 1949, it was renamed when Sri Lanka became a republic  [ Read More ]

Two of the powerhouses in school’s rugby circuit clashed for yet another time in a wearisome battle after the refreshing New Year vacation. Even though this match hasn’t turned out to be an inaugural fixture, these two institutions have consistently dished out some brilliant display of rugby. Presumably not the be all and end all for both schools, exorbitant incidents have made this encounter more than a school boy rugby  [ Read More ]

Welcome to the Trinity College Kandy Worldwide Website! We are pleased to announce that our website has now been moved to a new url www.trinitylk.com. As you may notice, the website title has been changed from ‘Trinity College Kandy Global Network’ to ‘Trinity College Kandy Worldwide’. Links from the old www.tckglobal.net domain will also be redirected to the new webpage url automatically. The purpose of this website is to provide information to  [ Read More ]

Duncan White, MBE, ED, DLC.M.INST.AM. (1 March 1918 – 3 July 1998) was a legendary Trinitian and the first Sri Lankan athlete to win a medal for his country in an Olympic event. He won a silver in the 440-yards hurdles at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. Duncan White is undoubtedly the most outstanding male athlete produced by Sri Lanka who, with his silver medal at the 1948  [ Read More ]

The Trinitians dishing out an excellent display of running rugby went on a rampage scoring as many as 11 tries against St. Thomas College in their inter school rugby league fixture worked off at Mount Lavinia today. The Thomians looked helpless against the Trinitian fast paced game and did not look at all threatening. The Thomians opened the scoring in the very first minute of the game when their fly  [ Read More ]

Kumar Sangakkara: Not Just A Great Sportsman But An Inspiring Gentleman. Rated as the best test batsman in the world and praised by pundits as one of the most successful leaders of Sri Lanka cricket, marshaling the tiny island nation to two World Cup finals both in ODI’s and T20 format, and to the surprise of many, Chokshanada Kumar Sangakkara has stepped down from national captaincy. One can go on  [ Read More ]

  Chronicling the history of a sport which has a rich tradition at Trinity has been an ‘On, off’ sport. Boxing was introduced at Trinity in 1907 for the small boys and became a serious school sport in 1913 for the boys who were physically fit. Mr. Mulgrue of the staff was the first coach and he was assisted by R. V. Routledge, Sgt. Maj. Jobson and Rignell of the  [ Read More ]

  Mr. Trinity 2010 organized by the Physical Culture Club of Trinity College, Kandy was held on Wednesday, December 1, 2010. It commenced at 4:00pm. There was a good audience present and cheered the competitors on as they took the stage to showcase their years of hard work in body building. After a tough competition, Master Denver Fernando was able to win the competition at the end of the evening.  [ Read More ]

  The Bradby Shield: The Bradby Shied Encounter is an event marked in gold in any Trinitian’s calendar. It is held between two of the most prestigious schools in the country; Trinity College Kandy and Royal College Colombo. This contest is referred to as the clash between ‘Lions and Elephants’. There are two encounters to the Bradby Shield: the first leg and the second leg. The victor is decided on the  [ Read More ]