With the sad news of the untimely passing away of Shafi Jainudeen, a collage of images and memories adorn the canvass in our mind’s eye. For those of us who grew up with him and his family in Kandy, the story begins at Castle Street where his friends would visit the Jainudeen household often, ostensibly to keep Shafi company but in reality to admire-or “cap” as we colloquially called the  [ Read More ]

Everyone talks about the ’56 side under David Frank or Tyrrell Rajapakse’s side of ’87 being teams of fantastic rugby players with the unbeaten tag. Due recognition must be given to the consistently brilliant side of 1974 which also remained unbeaten and played some superlative rugby under the tutelage of the late Major Bertie Dias. Side stepping , dummies, excellent ball handling and sudden changes of direction gave them an  [ Read More ]

The way Royal’s Captain Lakshman Kaluaaratchi led his team into Longden Place in 1962 wearing their Gold and Blue striped jerseys with the crowd exploding in cheers, it had all the signs of a Battle Royale. With a purposeful John Wayne cowboy gait and his hand ready for the draw, ‘Gunman Kalu’, as he is affectionately called, was ready for the rugby shoot out. The Royalists had been warned by  [ Read More ]

Trinity Rugby Fixtures & Results of the 2012 Rugby Season: The 68th Bradby Shield 2012: 16th June : 1st Leg of Bradby Shield Encounter – Royal Sports Complex, Colombo – Full Match Video in High Quality 30th June : 2nd Leg of Bradby Shield Encounter – Trinity Rugby Stadium, Pallekelle, Kandy – Full Match Video in High Quality   The 68th Bradby Shield was retained with a total score margin of 70-31.   [ Read More ]

“Trinity owes me nothing and I, like all other Trinitians, owe Trinity a debt that can never be repaid”, echoed the late Lakshman Kadirgamar in his address as Chief Guest at the Prize day in 1992. With this thought in mind a group of past Athletes came together on the 25th of February 2012 in an attempt to give something back to Trinity and to the sport that molded them  [ Read More ]

A man with a cool head and a firing heart, a proud champion with a charming smile that epitomizes humility, Heshan Unamboowe has been synonymous with Sri Lankan aquatics for the past decade. Now with just only three months to reach the pinnacle of his career – 2012 London Summer Olympics, I thought of unleashing the tale of this extraordinary sportsman. Heshan got into the waters of Trinity College as  [ Read More ]

Trinity 1st XI Cricket Fixtures & Results of the 2011/2012 Cricket Season: The Big Match 2012: 9th & 10th March : Big Match Encounter Vs. St. Anthony’s College – Asgiriya Stadium 17th March : Limited Overs Encounter Vs. St. Anthony’s College – Katugasthota   Trinity College Cricket 1st XI 2011/2012 Squad: Niroshan Dickwella (Captain) Janishka Premasinghe (V. Captain) Akkila Jayasundara Heshan Wanniarachchi Alvin Fernando Dinuk Wikramanayake Rajitha Jayathunga Bhagya Palihawadana Lakshitha Dassanayake  [ Read More ]

Its Rugby time again. The favorite pastime of Trinitians young and old!!! Lions from all age groups, from clubs to the dominant males will ruck and maul and revel in the mud in a game they love!!! Kickoff is at 11.00 am at the Lion’s den in Pallekelle. Trinity will showcase 250 Ruggerites through the day. A prelude to the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ at 3.30 pm, will be the  [ Read More ]

The Trinity College Swimming Team has set a new record scoring over 1000 points at the 2012 seventh annual Age Group and Novices Swimming Championship organized by the Central Province Aquatic Sports Association. They emerged victorious in the tournament, displaying their supremacy over all the other participated schools. The event took place at the Peradeniya University Swimming Pool at Kandy.   This was the seventh consecutive time they emerged as  [ Read More ]

Sajjad Hassan is a talented Trinitian who started his musical journey during his days in the school. Even though his ambition before a strange punishment in grade 3 was to be a doctor, but his dreams changed drastically on that day. Everyone gets this punishment during their schooldays at least once, but for most of the people the punishment is quite different. Usually the punishment for repeatedly talking in the  [ Read More ]