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
- Published in College, Cricket, General Articles, History, Sports
Trinity wins the All-Island Schools Weightlifting Championship 2018
Wednesday, 07 November 2018
Trinity College Weightlifting team continues their great run in 2018 as the team comprehensively won the All-Island Schools Weightlifting Championship organized by the Sri Lanka Schools Weightlifting Powerlifting Strength Building Federation (part of the Sri Lanka Weightlifting Federation). The meet was held on 27th and 28th of October 2018 at M/Rajagiri Vidyalaya, Aranayake. The senior weightlifting
- Published in College, News, Sports, Weightlifting
Trinity vs St John’s College Jaffna – 2nd Annual Football Encounter, 2018
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
The 2nd annual football encounter was held at Dorrayappa Stadium Jaffna on 24th of October 2018. Under 14, under 16, under 18 and the 1st XI teams took part in this encounter. Last year, U14, 18 and the 1st XI teams managed to draw their matches and the U16 team was able to get a
Trinity are champions at the TB Jayah Memorial Boxing Championship 2018
Monday, 22 October 2018
The Trinity College Boxing team participated in the TB Jayah Memorial Boxing Championship held from 18th to 21st October 2018 at St. Sylvester’s College, Kandy and emerged champions winning 3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals. The team are as follows: Kamal Denagama – Gold medal Mohammad Luqman ziard – Gold medal Hamdan Faizal – Silver medal Jagath Varshith –
Appointment of Eighteen President’s Scouts from Trinity
Monday, 22 October 2018
The President’s Scouts Award ceremony for the years 2014 to 2018 was held at the Cooperative Institute at Polgolla, Kandy on 20th October 2018. The Senior Scout Troop of Trinity College, widely known as the 17th Kandy has been one of the very few troops in the entire island to succeed in producing President’s Scouts award
Trinity wins over S. Thomas’ College at Table Tennis
Sunday, 21 October 2018
The Trinity Table Tennis team played against S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia on the 14th of October 2018 for the Nalanda Ellawela Memorial Trophy and emerged champions (3-2) for the 3rd consecutive year at the annual Table Tennis Championship. Being a well-known Table Tennis player from Trinity, Abdullah Manzil won 2 matches playing against Asela Wickramathilake and Savindu de Silva
- Published in College, News, Sports, Table Tennis
Junior School Inter-house Chess Meet 2018
Friday, 19 October 2018
The Junior School inter-house meet took place in Junior School Main hall on 4th October 2018, with teams consisting of players from grade 5 and 4. Campbell House defended the title they won last year against the Carter Reds. After four rounds Campbell secured 19/24 points over other houses. Carter Reds came second scoring 18/24 points. Carter Blues placed third scoring
- Published in Chess, Junior School, News, Sports
Grade 3 players are champions at the Inter-school CoolTennis Regional event 2018
Thursday, 11 October 2018
Grade 3 tennis players took part in the Inter-school CoolTennis Regional event, held on 22nd, 23rd and 24th of September 2018 in Negombo, and emerged unbeaten champions playing against 22 schools. The matches consisted of three singles and two doubles. The final match was played against St. Anthony’s College and the scores were as follows: [ninja_tables
- Published in Junior School, News, Sports, Tennis
Middle School Inter-House Chess Tournament 2018
Tuesday, 09 October 2018
The Inter-House Chess Tournament for 2018 was held on the 4th of October at the Middle School premises. Two categories were contested Under 13 (grades 6 and 7) and Under 15 (grades 8 and 9). The tournament was played as 5 second splits as the winner was decided by the rules. The players showed much
- Published in Chess, College, Middle School, News, Sports
KG Tennis team are regional runners-up at the All-Island Inter-school Tournament
Friday, 05 October 2018
At the beginning of every year students are selected from grade 2 for tennis. To give equal opportunities, selection is limited to three per class. This forms the basis for the team which represents College at all the tournaments organized by the Sri Lanka Tennis Association, the most important being the All Island Tennis Tournament.
- Published in College, Kindergarten, Sports, Tennis
Trinity student Mohammed Shan selected for Milo ‘Road to Barcelona’ football training camp
Tuesday, 02 October 2018
Our congratulations to Master Mohammed Shan, Grade 6, (second from left in the main image) who was one of the four boys and two girls selected out of thousands of participants to attend the Milo ‘Road to Barcelona’ four day training camp hosted by FC Barcelona. The ‘Road to Barcelona’ is an initiative by Milo
An update on the group from Trinity Rugby in New Zealand
Friday, 21 September 2018
A group of boys from Trinity Rugby have been in Wellington, New Zealand for a six week development programme, organised by the OTRS with support from the College. As their trip is coming to a close, a local newspaper has recently published a report on their progress: https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/107015040/sri-lankan-college-squad-get-a-taste-of-kiwi-rugby-culture (The image above is used with permission
Contribution from HSBC Old Boys to the TCK Cricket Foundation
Thursday, 20 September 2018
Many thanks to those old boys who are employed at HSBC and have generously contributed to the TCK Cricket Foundation. That support will help Trinity remain at the very top of school cricket in Sri Lanka. The outstanding work by the Cricket Foundation plays a crucial role in that success. In the above, we see
Awarding of Colours and Lions – Term 2, 2018
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
At the term-end Upper School assembly held on 3rd August 2018, Colours and Lions were awarded for basketball, cricket, rugby, swimming, and weightlifting: COLOURS Basketball Y.S. Malawana Cricket K. Senadeera A. Anandakumara R. Peiris Rugby V. Ranarajah L. Calyanarathne Swimming S. M. Angekumbura H. H. M. S. D. B. Hapukotuwa Weightlifting
Cubs Scout Enrolment from Junior School
Monday, 30 July 2018
The young cubs scout recruits of Trinity College undertook their enrolment on the 5th July 2018 at the Junior School Hall. It was at the presence of Mr A.S. Marasinghe, Co-Vice Principal and Group Scout Leader of Trinity College and Mr. Indika Attanayake, a former Troop Leader and President Scout of Trinity College and a vibrant Scout Master
- Published in Junior School, News, Scouting
Junior Inter-house Hockey Tournament – Reviewed
Monday, 23 July 2018
The Junior Inter-house Hockey Encounter of 2018 was held on the 7th of July at the Trinity College Grounds in Asgiriya. The teams of the 5 junior houses (Pilcher, Saunders, Gibson, Sahayam and Squealery), trained by the Hockey coach Mr. Sumith Dissanayake, played each other to select the champion team for the year. After the
- Published in Hockey, Middle School, News, Sports
Trinity weightlifting team are All Island U20 Champions for the second consecutive year
Friday, 20 July 2018
The Trinity Weightlifters tasted success once again at the All Island Weightlifting Championship 2018 as they retained their title in the Under 20 boys championship. The Meet was held at Agrabodhi College, Kanthale on the 29th ,30th June & 1st of July. The event was graced by many well known dignitaries in the Weightlifting arena.
- Published in News, Sports, Weightlifting
Trinity wins gold and bronze at the Stubb’s Shield Boxing Tournament 2018
Tuesday, 17 July 2018
The Boxing team of Trinity College Kandy participated at the 104th Stubb’s Shield Boxing Tournament 2018 (All island school games) held from 29th June to 2nd July 2018 at the Royal MAS Arena Colombo. The team consisted of Luqman Ziard, Sewbhashitha Senanayake, Yohaan Sivaneshan, Kamal Denagama, Nivin Ilangaratne, Thilan Muthunayake and Naween Rajaratnam. Gold medal Naween Rajaratnam Bronze
Kindergarten Rippa Rugby Tournament – Reviewed
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
The Kindergarten of Trinity College Kandy held its annual Rippa Rugby Tournament on Friday the 29th of June at the Junior School grounds. The teams from classes A to E of Grade 2 played a series of matches throughout the day, a day favoured by a welcome spell of sunny weather. Each class played the
- Published in Kindergarten, News, Rugby, Sports
Inter-House Basketball Encounter 2018
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
The Inter-House Basketball Encounter 2018 was organized by the Head Coach of Basketball, Mr. S. Pingamage, the MIC of Basketball, Mr. B. Senaratne and School officials. The tournament was segmented into the Senior Tournament (for U17 and U19) and the Junior Tournament (for U13 and U15). The Junior matches were held on the 25th and
- Published in Basketball, News, Sports