The 2024 Colours and Lions Awards

By Chaniru Senhas (Web Content Team) 

Trinity College Kandy has been recognised in the past for performance beyond academics, encompassing sports as well as other co-curricular activities. For this very reason, the college commemorates the courage, hard work, and most importantly the achievements of its sportsmen at the annual Colours and Lions Awards Ceremony. For the year 2024, this particularly impressive event took place at the College Main Hall on the 22nd of November where Trinitians of all ages convened in order to express their congratulations to their brothers in regard with the impressive feats, which indeed brought immense pride to the College. 

The attainment of the Colours Awards is no easy feat. In fact, it is one given to students who have shown outstanding talent and performance at sporting and co-curricular activities. The recipients of Colours are not only evaluated from the perspective of performance, but also their inner qualities, like being a leader, a team player, and one who plays clean with discipline and sportsmanship 

Regardless of the activity they’ve excelled at, the recipients of Colours live out the true meaning of the College’s motto, Respice Finem, which means, ‘Look to the End’. For many of the students, earning a Colours Award becomes a defining period of their life, as this is the point at which years of hard work, love, and loyalty for the sport or activity comes to a situated end.  

The Lion Award is perhaps the most coveted honour at Trinity, as it is the most prized among other awards, also defining the most outstanding performance in sports. The Lion is not presented without objective reasons; it is only granted to people who are ahead of others and are setting records in terms of playing skills, leadership abilities, and personal qualities. 

The Lion Award is a lifetime honour reserved for a select few who can perform and influence others at the highest level consistently. It represents not only personal glory and success but a devotion to the ideals of Trinity College. 

The Colours and Lions Awards Ceremony is not just an event, but an occasion that upholds the culture of excellence that is present at Trinity. Students, teachers, parents and Alumni come together to celebrate the pride of the school. 

The ceremony enacts the very values that Trinity stands for. Every award which is given out comes with an understanding of the hard work that goes to make such impressive talent. As the sound of clapping fills the hall and the adorned come up to take their awards, the Colours and Lions Awards Ceremony shows once more that at Trinity College Kandy, the cultivating of angles does not stop at academic excellence. 

Colours and Lions 2024 Award Recipients 

Athletics 

  1. M.A. Riffai – Colours (Re-award) 
  2. M.S. Hamza – Colours 
  3. C. Dassanayake – Colours 
  4. D.A. Gamage – Colours 
  5. K.H. Uyanwatta – Colours 

          Basketball 

          1. T.A. Wanniarachchi – Colours 
          2. S.D. Heenagama – Colours 
          3. M.J.M. Rizvi – Colours 
          4. A.B.D.S. Jayasuriya – Colours 
          5. S.N. Gunawardane – Colours 
          6. P.B. Machchagama – Colours 
          7. L.S.T. Jayasinghe – Colours 

                      Boxing 

                      1. R.N. Weerasekara – Colours 

                      Cadet Band 

                      1. S. Shaheed – Colours 

                      Cadet Platoon 

                      1. D.M.K.G.B. Dissanayake – Lion 
                      2. K.I. Kumarathunga – Colours 

                        Hockey 

                        1. M.A.T.B. Mallawaerachchi – Colours 
                        2. M.K.G.S.P. Senevirathne – Colours 
                        3. R.M. Aaqeel – Colours 
                        4. M.R.M. Arkam – Colours 

                              Rugby 

                              1. K.A.L.A.I. Kodithuwakku – Lion 
                              2. T.B. Dissanayake – Lion 
                              3. R.V. Ilangaratne – Lion 
                              4. S.H. Alexander – Lion 
                              5. Y.N. Ariyawansa – Lion 
                              6. D.D.I. Watagoda – Lion 
                              7. S. Shrayan – Colours 
                              8. M.A. Raizan – Colours 
                              9. G.H.M.P.N. Silva – Colours 
                              10. R.B.G.U.I. Ratnayake – Colours 
                              11. W.M.R.M. Wijekoon – Colours
                              12. K.D.M.D.C.B.B. Wijerathne – Colours
                              13. S.W.M.Y. Hulangamuwa – Colours 
                              14. R.N.A.H. Bandaranayake – Colours 
                              15. W.M.S.R.B. Wansekara – Colours
                              16. U.S.B. Wijekoon – Colours 
                              17. M.A.A. Shan – Colours 
                              18. D.G.N.S. Kumarasinghe – Colours
                              19. B.D.T.S. Peiris – Colours 
                              20. M.U. Safraz – Colours 

                                                                    Swimming 

                                                                    1. S.J. Vishuwadesh – Lion
                                                                    2. M.M.A. Mohamed Aaqil – Lion
                                                                    3. S.N. Ranaweera – Lion 
                                                                    4. H.M.T.R. Herath – Lion 
                                                                    5. S.C. Ranhuluge – Colours (Re-award) 
                                                                    6. S.J.S. Kumar – Colours (Re-award) 

                                                                              Table Tennis 

                                                                              1. A.D. Gunasena – Colours (Re-award)
                                                                              2. H.A. Bandara – Colours 
                                                                              3. D.S.M. Deegalla – Colours 
                                                                              4. U.M.R.E. Fernando – Colours 
                                                                              5. M.A.M. Shafiullah – Colours 
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Trinity College Kandy is proud to announce that Mast. M.R.M. Arkam, Mast. Balasubramaniam Gogulath, and Mast. Yogaraja Thakshilan have been selected to represent the school at the 47th Pesta Hoki Usm-Penang International 2024 Hockey Tournament.

The tournament will take place from December 20th to 22nd, 2024, at the Minden Field, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. 

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