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11 ශ්‍රේණියේ සිසුන්ගේ ප්‍රතිඵල ඉහළ නංවාලීම සඳහා ක්‍රියාත්මක කෙරෙන ප්‍රතිපෝෂණ වැඩසටහන – WINGS

2021 අ.පො.ස. සාමාන්‍ය පෙළ ( 2022 මැයි ) විභාගයට පෙනී සිටීමට අපේක්ෂිත සිසු දරුවන්ගේ විෂය නිපුණතා සාධන මට්ටම ඉහළ නැංවීමේ අරමුණින් දියත් කෙරෙන ‘ WINGS ‘ ප්‍රතිපෝෂණ වැඩසටහන් මාලාවේ සමාරම්භක සැසිය අද දින (ජනවාරි 24 ) තර්ස්ටන් විද්‍යාලයීය ප්‍රධාන ශාලාවේ දී සාර්ථක ව පැවැත්විණි .
ප්‍රධාන සමාරාධිතයා වශයෙන් ඊට සහභාගි වූ , මධ්‍යම සංස්කෘතික අරමුදලේ අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල් මහාචාර්ය ගාමිණී රණසිංහ විද්වතාණෝ , ස්වකීය ජීවන අත්දැකීම් පාදක කර ගනිමින් , පරාජය මතින් ම ජයග්‍රහණය හඹා යා හැකි ආකාරය පිළිබඳ හරවත් දේශනයක් පැවැත්වූහ. විද්‍යාලයීය විදුහල්පති ප්‍රමුදිත වික්‍රමසිංහ මැතිතුමාගේ සංකල්පයක් අනුව දියත් කෙරෙන මේ සුවිශේෂ ව්‍යාපෘතිය , හෙට ( 25 ) දින සිට ඉදිරියට ක්‍රියාත්මක කෙරෙනු ඇත. විද්‍යාලයීය වත්මන් සුවිශේෂ ව්‍යාපෘති මාලාවේ 6 වන අදියර වශයෙන් මේ වැඩසටහන දියත් කෙරේ.

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57th ‘Battle of Brothers’

Thurstan looking to repeat last year’s success

Thurstan College cricket team with officials: (Seated from left): Bawantha Jayasinghe, Lesley Harischandra (Master In Charge), Jayavihan Mahavithana (Captain), Luxman Dias (Acting Principal), Binara Ranathunga (Vice Captain), Thamara Abeyratne (Coach), Yo

Thurstan College who came out victorious last year after 27-years under the leadership of Sandaru Dias will be seeking for a repeat of that performance when they clash with traditional rivals Isipathana College in the 57th ‘Battle of the Brothers’ cricket encounter scheduled to take place on February 28 and 29 at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) grounds with play commencing from 9.30 am each day.

Thurstan leads the series with six wins against Isipathana’s four. This encounter will commence the start of a series of Big Matches that will follow in the weekends to come.

Thurstan will be skippered by third year coloursman Jayavihan Mahavithana who made a century on debut. He will strengthen the batting department having scored 613 runs inclusive of three half centuries.

Thurstan gained three outright wins out of 13 matches played this season against Maris Stella, Lumbini and St. Thomas’ Matara. They also won six occasions on first innings and lost four on first innings.

Third year Yohan Liyanage has scored 503 runs inclusive of two half tons and bagged 46 wickets. He will play a major role as an all-rounder while centurion of previous year’s encounter Avishka Kaushalya will be backing him with 350 runs and 11 wickets.

Right-handed batsman Ranesh Silva who has passed the 400-run mark and will be given fullest support to his team as wicket keeper. Another versatile player Bawantha Jayasinghe piled up 332 runs and captured 12 wickets while right handed Dananja Silva has scored 243 runs inclusive of one half century and bagged 20 wickets.

Seasoned campaigner and centurion Sanath Nandinu (245), Theneth Prabuddha (237), Vihanga Jayanama (206) and Prasanna Pushpakumara (190) will also contribute to uplift the scoreboard.

The Thurstan bowling will rely on spinners spearheaded by leg spinner Punthila Pushpakumara who has claimed 64 wickets. He has obtained 10 wickets in a match on two occasions and has six five-wicket hauls. Spinners Vihash Thewmika, Bimara Ranathunge, Navindu Fernando, Hirudith Hemachandra, Prasanna Pushpakumara, Dananja Silva, Yohan Liyanage and pacies Bavantha Jayasinghe and Avishka Kaushalya will support him to keep the opponents to a lower total.

Thurstan College Head Coach Thamara Abeyratne said, “I have coached the team since 2018 and I happy to say we gained a victory in 2019. We have a well balanced side and our three under 15 players will play in this encounter. I think they will give their fullest contribution to the team. We expect to give a good challenge to the opponents and looking for a repeat of last year’s victory.” Leslie Harischandra is the master-in-charge of the Thurstan team.

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Old Thurstanites TAG RUGBY CARNIVAL

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Inaugural General Meeting Thurstan College Past Prefects Association

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Our Warmest Congratulations to Thurstanite Honorable Mahinda Rajapaksha

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“Kakulu Sith Ru – 2019” Thurstan college Primary Art Exhibition will be held on 6th and 7th November 2019 at the college main hall

 

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Thurstan Senior Sinhala debating team captain Avshka Udara won the first place of Nadiya political program held on 5th November 2019.

Thurstan Senior Sinhala debating team captain Avshka Udara won the first place of Nadiya political program held on 5th November 2019.

 

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Thurstan Scouts became champions at 21st Sampath Ranawaka Memorial Challenge Trophy 2019

Thurstan Scouts, We became champions at 21st Sampath Ranawaka Memorial Challenge Trophy 2019 held today at Kiribathkate Mountain organized by Maliyadeva Scout Troop

 

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43rd Colombo Thurstan College Scouts emerged as the runners-up at Lions’ Awake 2019

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43rd Colombo Thurstan College Scouts emerged as the runners-up at Lions’ Awake 2019, annual all-island orienteering competition held today at Matara, Sri Lanka organized by the Rahula College Scout Troop

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CLEAN & CARE

The Prefects’ Guild of Thurstan College, in collaboration with the Interact Club, Leo Club, Scouts Troop and the Senior Brass Band of Thurstan College has organized Clean and Care to clean the school premises and identify mosquito breeding areas, to prevent it from further distribution.