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Bens in Colombo North Zone Finals

St. Benedict's College entered the finals of the Colombo North Zone under 15 inter school Basketball finals with a smashing 98 points to 53 win against D S Senanayake College in the semi finals played at Kotahena last evening (7th Mar). Bens entered the semis with convinci9ng wins against Nalanda, Wesley and St. Joseph's College.

Praveen Ganlath, Pramodh Wijesinghe and Fredrick Moraes were outstanding for the Bens and scored at will against the helpless opponents.

Bens will play their arch rivals St. Joseph's College in the finals today (8th Mar) at Kotahena at 4.15 p.m. The match will be preceeded by the consolation finals between D S Senanayake MV and Colombo International School at 2.30 p.m.

Posted by Ravi Irugalbandara on March 07 2010 23:10:28 � 0 Comments � 4 Reads

Tame Draw at Kotahena

The first XI cricket encounter between St. Benedict's College and St. Anthony's College Katugastota ended in a tame draw on Saturday at Kotahena. The match played for the Charlie Joseph- Lovelyn P Rayen Memorial Trophy attracted Old Boys for both schools and it was great to see many of the stars from the past among the crowd.

In reply to the Bens first innings score of 246, Anthonians manged to get 269 thanks to the superb batting of their prolific scorer Hiran Wickramasekara who top scored with 72 runs. Eranga Rathnayake with 4 wickets and Dilan Angelo 3 wickets were the chief wicket takers for the Bens. Bens in their second essay were 97 runs for the loss of 3 wickets when stumps were drawn. Roy Shiran batted well to score 34 and Rukshan Weerasinghe was unbeaten on 31.

The following received special awards for their brilliant performances.

Best Batsman - Hiran Wickramasekara (SACK)
Bes Bowler - Adil Reyal (SACK)
Man of the Match - Eranga Rathnayake (SBC)

The two teams were then hosted for a dinner by the Cricket Wing of SBC OBU

Posted by Ravi Irugalbandara on March 07 2010 23:01:45 � 0 Comments � 5 Reads

Death of Ms. Aida Phillips

We are sad to record the death of Ms. Aida Phillips, beloved mother of Old Bens Jayakumar and Suresh and mother-in-law of Dr. Cecil Saverimutto. Her remains will be at 231/5, 4th Lane, Pahalawela Road, Pelawatte, Battaramulla. Cortege leaves residence at 4.00 p.m. on Monday 8th March for burial at Jawatte Cemetery.

May She Rest in Peace Amen.

Posted by Ravi Irugalbandara on March 07 2010 22:53:33 � 0 Comments � 4 Reads

Bens register two easy wins

The under 15 Basketball Team of St. Benedict's College registered 2 easy wins in the Colombo North Zone Schools Basketball tournament that commenced yesterday (5th Mar). Bens beat Nalanda in their opening encounter by 64 points to 43 after leading 40 to 11 in the first half. In their second game Bens got the better of their arch rivals St. Joseph's College by 79 points to 63.

Bens will play Gateway International in their next game scheduled at 4.00 p.m on Sat 6th March at College Courts Kotahena

Posted by Ravi Irugalbandara on March 06 2010 03:56:58 � 0 Comments � 4 Reads

Charlie Joseph - Lovelyn Trophy - Even Exchangers at Kotahena

St. Benedict's piled up 246 runs in their first innings and Anthonians replied with 79 runs for the loss of 1 wicket on the opening day of the inter school first XI cricket mtach played for the Charlie Joseph - Lovelyn P Rayen trophy for the first time at Kotahena yesterday.

Benedictines batting first were helped by their inform batsmen Eranga Rathnayake 54, Rukshan Weerasinghe 51, Sandun Sampath 40 and Waruna Fernando 34 to pose a formidable score of 246 runs. In reply Anthonian made a bold reply thanks to their star batsman Hiran Wickramasekara who was unbeaten on 50 at the close of play.

The match will be continued today (6th Mar) and the awards presentation will be made soon after the game.

Posted by Ravi Irugalbandara on March 06 2010 03:52:50 � 0 Comments � 3 Reads

Death of Mr. Justin Edward Abeyratne

We are sad to record the death of Mr. Justin Edward Abeyratne, beloved father of Old Benedictines Shiyalal, Shiyaraj (Noel) and Shyami who was a former teacher at the college primary. Mr. Abeyratne's remains will be at his residence at No 20, Maradana Road, Hendala and the funeral will take place on Saturday 6th March at 4.00 p.m. More details will follow.

May He Rest in Peace. Amen

Posted by Ravi Irugalbandara on March 04 2010 00:36:18 � 0 Comments � 5 Reads

Subaharan Reginold - College Choir Leader for 2010

Master Subaharan Reginold was elected Leader of the Choir of St. Benedict's College for the academic year 2010/2011. Subaharan Reginalod is the 16th successful leader since the significant revival and uplift of the upper school choir of St. Benedict's College.

Subaharan will replace Master Ashwin Subramaniam, the immediate past Choir Leader, who together with the other office bearers of last year performed magnificiently to improve the standards of the College Choir

Posted by Ravi Irugalbandara on March 03 2010 06:13:45 � 0 Comments � 7 Reads

Bens and Anthonians to clash for Charlie Joseph - Lovelyn P Rayen Memorial Trophy

Following the huge success of the inaugural Mack-Croner Memorial Challenge Trophy between the Benedictines and the Josephians this year, the Cricket Wing of St. Benedict's College OBU and Past Cricketers of St. Anthony's College Katugastota have come forward to offer a Challenge Trophy to be awarded to the winners of the traditional first XI annual cricket encounter between St. Benedict's College and St. Anthony's College, Katugastota in memory of two outstanding cricketers produced by the two schools, Anthonian Charlie Joseph and Benedictine Lovelyn P Rayen.

Lovelyn P Rayen was one of the most outstanding sportsmen produced by St. Benedict's having captained 5 different sports at his alma mater. He captained the first XI cricket team in 1957. Charlie Joseph captained St. Anthony's in 1960 and was one of the best batsmen produced by the Kandy school. He went onto become the 'Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year' that year. Very unfortunately both of them had to answer their makers call in the prime of their lives and it is fitting to name trophy in their names of this much looked forward to annual encounter.

Being the hosts this year, St. Benedict's College together with the Cricket Wing of the OBU has made elaborate arrangements to organise the match in a grand way with many other awards other than the main trophy on offer for outstanding individual performances by players of both teams.

A keen tussle is expected this year with both teams having fared well this season. Benedictines will expect Waruna Fernando, Skipper Nisal Fonseka, Eranga Ratnayake and spinner Dilshan Perera to fire and help their team to be the first winners of this new glittering trophy. On the other hand Anthonians will look up to Adil Reyal, Hiran Wickramasekara, skipper Dulash Kumarasinghe and Manoj Sarathchandra to ensure a historic victory and take the trophy to Kandy for the first time.

The match will be played at Kotahena on Friday and Saturday (5th & 6th Mar) with play starting at 10 am each day. The awards presentation will be on Saturday soon after the match under the patronage of Old Anthonian / Old Ben Bernard Shanmuganathan who will be the Chief Guest. Bernard Shanmuganathan is a former student of both these two great institutions and represented the Benedictine First XI cricket team as an outstanding wicket keeper batsman in 1981 an 82.

Posted by Ravi Irugalbandara on March 02 2010 00:38:55 � 0 Comments � 8 Reads

50th Death Anniversary of Ven Soma Maha Thera

By Shirley P Tissera

The 50th Death Anniversary of one of the most respected and revered Buddhist Monks in the World Ven. Soma Maha Thero falls this year. Ven. Soma Maha Thera was born on 23rd December 1898 in Kotahena, Colombo, his father was Emmanuel Marian Pererapulle and his mother Theresa Rodrigo Babapulle, his name was Victor Emmanuel Pererapulle.

He received his entire education at St Benedict�s College, Kotahena, which is the premier Catholic school in Colombo and a school that also produced such great Buddhist leaders like Anagarika Dharmapala and Ven Narada Nayake Thera. He belonged to the Colombo Chetty Community.

(Please refer the article section for the full story)

Posted by Ravi Irugalbandara on February 26 2010 05:11:39 � 0 Comments � 16 Reads

1st Death Anniversary of Mr. Hemaka Madawala

The 1st Death Anniversary of teacher Mr. Hemaka Madawala falls today. Arrangements have been made to have Bana tonight and the Alms Giving tomorrow afternoon at his residence. The Teachers Guild has also organised a Alms Giving to the inmates of the Aniyakanda Hospital, Nagoda Kandana on Sunday 28th February afternoon. The family of late Mr. Madawala look forward to the participation of the members of the Benedictine family at the Bana and Alms Giving.

Posted by Ravi Irugalbandara on February 26 2010 02:25:06 � 0 Comments � 7 Reads

Death of Ms. Ratna Mallawarachchi

We regret to inform the death of Ms. Ratna Mallawarachchi, mother of Old Benedictines Shiran and Vijitha. Ms. Mallawarachchi died under tragic circumstances when she met with an accident near town hall. Old Ben Shiran is an active member of the OBU in Colombo having served as a Council Member a few years ago. He also served the Old Benedictines' Sports Club as a committee member for a number of years.

Ms. Mallwarachchi's funeral will take place on Sunday 28th Feb at 4.00 p.m. at Roman Catholic Cemetary, Kandana.

Posted by Ravi Irugalbandara on February 23 2010 22:31:51 � 0 Comments � 9 Reads

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