Rugby – Trinity vs St. Anthony’s College Katugastota ,15th March 2019 – Reviewed
Friday, 22 March 2019
Coming from a loss, the Trinity Rugby team were all set to get their season back on track. The team faced rivals St. Anthony’s College Katugastota in the 3rd week of the Singer Schools Rugby Season 2019. Although Trinity started off slow, a good second half come back made sure that Trinity won the game
Trinity vs St. Anthony’s College – The 102nd Big Match – Reviewed
Friday, 15 March 2019
It was a clement day around Katugastota on Friday, 8th March 2019. Boys of both schools were seen at St. Anthony’s College cricket stadium gearing up themselves with their respective college uniforms and colours. All the upper school boys from Trinity were getting ready at “Raakade grounds” (PT Rajan playground) to start the walking parade with a 100m
Rugby – Trinity vs Isipathana College Colombo, 10th March 2019 – Reviewed
Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Trinity College faced the ‘Green Machine’ Isipathana College in their second match of the season on the 10th of March at the Trinity Rugby Grounds in Pallekele. Both teams were coming off big wins and had only one intention in this game, to win again. Isipathana started the match with a long kick into Trinity
U17 Basketball Team qualifies for A Division (Sri Lanka Basketball Federation)
Thursday, 07 March 2019
The U17 Basketball Team of Trinity College was selected to play ‘A division’ in the Sri Lanka Schools Basketball Federation U17 Championships after the qualifiers held on the 1st of March. The team emerged group runners-up, losing only to Ananda College. The results are as follows; TCK vs Buckingham International, Colombo 78-11 (win) TCK vs
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Trinity wins against St Anthony’s College at the annual Mini Battle 2019
Thursday, 07 March 2019
Trinity emerged champions the Mini Battle against St. Anthony’s College Katugastota winning by 6 wickets. The match was held on 3rd and 4th of March 2019 at the Trinity College Asgiriya stadium. Ranuda Somaratne was awarded the trophy for the ‘best fielder’, Nagitha Wijeysundara as the ‘Best All Rounder’, Agbo Amarasinghe as ‘Best batsman & Man of
Trinity vs Zahira College Colombo Rugby encounter – reviewed
Monday, 04 March 2019
The much awaited Trinity College rugby season 2019 kicked off on the 2nd of March at Maradana, against Zahira College. Although the Trinity team had a few injury concerns, they showed great skill during the 70 minute game winning 22-11, beating one of the first schools to start rugby in Sri Lanka. The game started
Hockey Annual Report, 2018
Friday, 01 March 2019
The year in retrospect has been a year of considerable success for Hockey at Trinity. We improved on our previous year’s performances and did well at all inter-school tournaments. Particularly, U14 and U16 had a tremendous improvement in their performance. We were able to have Inter-house matches after many years. Old Boys have established a
Inter-house Football Tournament 2019 – reviewed
Tuesday, 26 February 2019
The annual Inter-house football tournament took place on the 23rd of February 2019 at the Trinity College Rugby Stadium, Pallekele. The tournament was split into senior and junior matches, with a total of 10 teams, representing the 5 senior and junior houses. Football being yet another exciting sport at Trinity, we had parents and school boys
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Trinity – Thomian weekend, 2019
Sunday, 24 February 2019
It was once again time for the annual Trinity-Thomian weekend, held this year on 16th and 17th February at S. Thomas’ College Mt. Lavinia. The meeting of the two schools renewed the relationship and brotherhood between them as they stand as two sibling schools in the Anglican community. The cricket team, debaters and the choir
Trinity Rugby Day 2019 – Lions vs Giants
Friday, 22 February 2019
The Trinity College 1st XV rugby team kick started the season with the annual match against the Old Boys on the 2nd of February 2019 at the Pallekele Rugby Stadium. Prior to the big game, the junior age groups played their first games too. The U12 team displayed some good talent as they played against
Duncan White, the first athlete to win an Olympic medal for Sri Lanka
Sunday, 10 February 2019
One of the most creditable achievements for Sri Lanka took place more than 70 years ago. Sri Lanka was then famous for Ceylon Tea and was one of the treasured islands of the British colonies. Springing out of it was Duncan White, a talented and versatile young athlete from Trinity College who is the first Sri
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Inter-House Track and Field Competition 2019 – Reviewed
Tuesday, 05 February 2019
A cool breeze swept through the Asgiriya Stadium as the boys, in their house colours, were gearing themselves up to win the Inter House Track and Field Competition 2019. A month of hard work had come down to this final day, the 31st of January 2019. This is one of the most anticipated events in
Road Race, 2019
Monday, 28 January 2019
The area in front of the Chapel was filled with excited students and teachers on the morning of January 25th for the much anticipated annual road race, which held as a part of the Inter-House Sports Meet. After many hard days of training the athletes gathered around the starting point in front of the Chapel
Trinity College Junior and Senior Scout Troops joint hike to Alagalla
Monday, 28 January 2019
The 17th Kandy Scout Troop took part in their first joint hike after an interval of two years – it was in 2017 and to Knuckles that the Junior and Senior troops had hiked together. The trek was organized by Mr A.P. Navarathne and the senior members of the troop. The senior scouts along with
Trinity U18 and U20 football teams are runners-up in India
Monday, 21 January 2019
The U18 and U20 football teams of Trinity College emerged overall runners-up at the Champion Trophy Football Carnival, held from 27 to 30th December 2018 in Banglore, Karnataka. The carnival was organized by the Youth International Sports Academy of Banglore. Trinity played with division two clubs and the the teams were guided by Mr Sanoj Srinath (coach). The U20 side was captained by
Trinity Weightlifting team wins the Junior National Championship for the 11th consecutive year
Tuesday, 08 January 2019
The Trinity College Weightlifting team won the Junior Nationals Weightlifting Championship organized by the Sri Lanka Weightlifting Federation for the 11th consecutive year. The meet was held on the 21st to the 24th of December 2018 at the Sports Ministry Auditorium, Colombo. The meet is held under three categories: Youth, Junior and Senior. After months
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Mr Trinity 2018 – Bodybuilding contest by the Physical Culture Club
Tuesday, 04 December 2018
The annual bodybuilding contest ‘Mr Trinity’ was held on Thursday 29th November, 2018 at Trinity College Main Hall, organized by the Physical Culture Club of Trinity College Kandy. Master S. Y. B. Marasinghe won the ‘Mr Trinity’ for the year 2018 while Master T. Karunathilake was awarded the title, ‘Junior Mr Trinity‘. The following awards were also
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Trinity wins the J R Jayawardena Challenge Trophy at the annual Trinity-Royal Football Encounter
Friday, 16 November 2018
The annual Trinity vs Royal Football Encounter took place on 10th November 2018 at the Trinity College Rugby Stadium, Pallekele. The 1st XI team of Trinity emerged as champions winning the J R Jayawardena Challenge Trophy with a score of 3 – nil. The U12 team also won, while Trinity lost the U14 match. The U16 match was drawn.
Remembrance Day – Centenary Service of Thanksgiving – Review
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
On the 11th of November 2018, a special Armistice Centenary Service was held at the College Chapel to remember and honour the Trinitians who served in WWI and in all other conflicts. The service commenced at 9.30am with an opening hymn “All my hope in God is founded” sung by the College Choir, this was followed
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An Interview with Mr Lionel Perera
Thursday, 08 November 2018
Mr Lionel Perera, as the oldest living member of the Trinity family, has established himself amongst those who attend the numerous events in the Trinity calendar, especially cricket and rugby encounters along with events held in the Chapel. While speaking to Mr Perera, we realized that he is a fount of information on Trinity history
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