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SERENDIB NEWS Celebrating their 10th Anniversary in Conjunction with Thurstan College OBU Australia “GYPSIES DINNER DANCE”

We wish to invite you to take part in, which will be one of The best events of the year ?Gypsies Dinner Dance? to be held on Saturday 18th, September, 2010 at the Serbian Hall, Keysbourough. This prestigious event will be held in conjunction with the leading community newspaper Serendib News, who is celebrating the 10th anniversary this year.

As you are aware ?Gypsies? are the most renowned show/dance band in Sri Lanka and we are expecting 500 plus elite crowd of Sri Lankan community in Victoria will be attending the Dinner dance. Buffet Dinner featuring Eastern and Western delicacies will be prepared by Silver line Catering, again one of the best in Melbourne. All proceedings from this event will go towards Computer Laboratory of Thurstan College, Colombo, Sri Lanka

In addition to all Bhathiya & Santush will be the guest stars + our own DJ ASH and RUSH…. It’s going to be cracker of a night…..

Ticket Price : $75.00

For Tickets please contact,

Sampath 0433964065

Nihal 0425830053
Manoj 0433308300

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RUGBY FIXTURES / RESULTS 2010 (Updated June 28)

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Post date May 25, 2010
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Past Match Details

THURSTAN vs LUMBINI 13 – 08

13 ( 02 trys,01 penalty) – 08 ( 01 try,01 penalty)
TC–winger Kavindu 01 try,full back/captain Ishan Samarakody 01 try,Mitun Danushka 01 penalty

Vs Ananda 35 – 05

35 (02 goals,3 trys,01 penalty,01 drop goal) – 05 (01 try
TC–Ishan Samarakody 02 trys,Kavindu 01 try,Viduranga Weerasinghe 01 try,Mitun Danushka 01 try
2 conversion,one drop goal,one penalty by Heshan Costa

Vs Mahanama 13- 12

13 (2 trys,01 penalty) – 12 (01 try,01 goal)
TC-Thanuj Gunaratna 02 trys,01 penalty by Heshan Costa.

Vs Kannangara 14-08

14 (02 goals) – 08 (01 try,01 penalty)
TC-Gayan 01 try,Kalinga 01 try,02 conversion by Heshan Costa

Vs Vidyartha 24- 24

24 (03 goals,01 penalty) – 24 (02 goals,02 trys)
TC-Viduranga 01 try,Kalinga 01 try,03 conversion & 01 try by Heshan Costa

vs Zahira 37 – 12

37 (01 goal, 06 trys) – 08 ( 01 try,01 goal)
TC – Amila Shiranga 02 trys,Viduranga Weerasinghe 01 try,Chathuranga 01b try,Ishan Warnakula 01 try,Haffiz Adahan 01 try,
Thanuj Gunaratna 01 try.

Lost to St.Joseph’s

TC-19 (02 goals, 01 try) – JOES – 47 ( 02 goals,06 trys,01 penalty)

THURSTAN Vs St.Benedict 48 – 12

TC – 48 (02 goals,05 trys,01 penalty) – 12 (01 goal,01 try)

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60 Years of Excellence and 20 Years of Dancing

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Post date April 4, 2010
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THURSTAN – ISIPATHANA CRICKET MATCHES 2010

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BIG MATCH – FEB 26TH & 27TH AT SSC

Thurstan had the Isipathana struggling at 87 for 5 at lunch one the 1st day and they recovered due to gritty knock by their Capt to score 221,
Thurstan were 91 fro 2 at close of play, but could not make any headway on the 2nd day & was all out for 168 by lunch. But Isipathans’s ace spinner Anushka Samaratunga was only able to capture 1 wicket, but now hold the Schoolboy for highest number of wickets for a season with 141 wickets.
Isipathana batted till few minutes after tea and declared at 135 for 5 and gave Thurstan to score 189 runs in 34 overs, which was a very sporting declaration.
But they never bargained for the run chase where Thurstan scored 175 for 3 with 5.2 overs remaining to score 14 runs when umpires called off at 1804 h for bad light. But the irony was Isipathana were never warned for the slow over rate by the umpires where they bowled 19 overs prior to the mandatory overs in 90 min & only bowled 9.2 overs in the mandatory period in 54 min. IT WAS CASE YET SO CLOSE BUT STILL SO FAR.
Openers Udara Munasinghe [ 74 ], Supun Navaratna [ 65 ] broke the 1st wicket record established in 1972 by Diyanesh Rajaratnaem & Jayantha de Silva by associating in a partnership of 123 runs scored in only 102 min

LIMITED OVER MATCH AT P SARA OVAL- MARCH 7TH

It was tipsy turvy match with Thurstan scraping to win by 2 wickets
Isipathana batted first & were all out for 161 with skipper Tiwanka Ranasinghe again scoring 40 runs.Young Sachith Dias, the off spinner broke the Isipathana middle order capturing 4 wicket 22 runs
Thurstan replied with 161 for 8 with the wicket keeper batsman Supun Nawaratna holding the Innings together with a well compiled 58 runs after the two ace batsman Udara Munasinghe & Shihan Kamileen failed

TWENTY20 MATCH AT THURSTAN GROUNDS- MARCH 14TH

Thurstan batting first scored only 120 runs after being 99 for 2 at the completion of the 15th over. Skipper Shihan Kamileen scored an aggressive 52 runs in 43 balls & thus became the first batsman of either school to get a 50 in this format of the game
Thurstan were able to dismiss Isipthana for 110 runs in the 20th over, once again ace spinner Sachith Dias captured 3 wickets for 23 runs in his 4 overs

OLD BOYS TWENTY20 MATCH AT THURSTAN GROUNDS- MARCH 14TH

Thurstan scored a comfortable 6 wickets win by scoring 101 for 4 in only 15.4 overs in reply to Isipathana score of 97 for 9 in 20 overs


		Thurstan vs Isipathana
	47th Cricket Encounter Played at SSC grounds
		on February 26th & 27th, 2010

			Isipathana 1st Innings
Nilusha Sasanka ( 47 min, 23 balls, 1-4 )				c Madurapperuma		b Silva		19
Irfan Raheem ( 14 min, 19 balls )				c Munasinghe		b Wijewickrama		2
Danushka Sadaruwan ( 104 min, 71 balls )				c Madurapperuma		b Dias		19
Thiwanka Ranasinghe [ Capt ](207 min,150 balls,9-4) c Sub ( H. Dias )						b Wijewickrama		86
Dimuth Warapitiya ( 10 min, 9 balls )				lbw		b Dias		0
Harith Kalindu Wanigarachchi ( 2 min, 3 balls)				Run Out				0
Chamara Waduge [ V.Capt] (19 min,19 balls)				c Nawaratna (WK)		b Wijesinghe		3
Dimitri Perera ( 38 min,24 balls,2-4)						b Wijewickrama		16
Samith Sulochana ( 120min, 108 balls,5-4)				st Nawaratna		b Dias		44
Anusha Samaratunga ( 30 min, 59 balls,1-5)				c Nawaratna		b Silva		16
Dinusha Fernando ( 6 min, 2 balls )				Not Out				1
Extras						b-2,lb-3,nb-4,w-6		15
						Total	9 wkts dec	221
		2 1 3	5 6 7 8 4 9 10					80.3 overs
Fall of Wickets		13, 33 ,79, 79, 79, 87, 128,185, 213,221						(320 min)
Bowling			O	M	R	W
R Wijewickrama			17	3	48	3
K Silva			9.3	1	31	2
J Siyambalapitiya			2	0	5	0
P Arthavidu			9	2	22	0
S Dias			24	8	60	3
S Wijesinghe			14	3	32	1
S Kamileen			5	0	18	0

			Thurstan 1st Innings
Udara Munasinghe ( 51 min, 32 balls,3-4 )						b Sulochana		20
Supun Nawaratna ( 13,9 balls,1-4)				lbw		b Sulochana		6
Shehan Kamileen [Capt ](124 min,102 balls,5-4) c Sandaruwan						b Fernando		38
Javed Siyambalapitiya ( 53 min,47 balls,2-4 )						b Fernando		26
Thisura Madurapperuma[V.Capt] (73 min,31 balls,1-4)						b Fernando		13
Prabodha Arthavidu (94 min,57 balls,5-4)				Not Out	lbw			33
Sajeewa Salgado ( 15 min, 17 balls)				lbw		b Sulochana		1
Kaveen Silva ( 6 min,6 balls )				lbw		b Samaratunga		0
Ranga Wijewickrama ( 11 min, 7 balls )						b Sulochana		0
Sachith Dias ( 21 min, 13 balls )						b Fernando		0
Sachintha Wijesinghe ( 14 min,9 balls,1-4)				Warapitiya		b Fernando		4
Extras						b 4,lb 5, nb 13,w 5,		27
						Total	all out	168
		2 1 4 3 5 7 8 9 10 11						53 overs
Fall of Wickets		13, 53, 99, 115, 132, 136, 137, 142,157, 168						(233 min)
Bowling			O	M	R	W
D Fernando			16	1	75	5
S Sulochana			16	4	44	4
A Samarathunga			21	8	40	1

			Isipthana 2nd Innings
Nilusha Sasanka ( 67 min, 40 balls,3-4 )				lbw		b Siyambalapitiya		28
Dimuth Warapitiya ( 8 min,11 balls,)				lbw		b Silva		3
Irfan Raheem ( 72 min, 54 balls,5-4)						b Arthavidu		22
Dimitri Perera ( 72 min, 54 balls,1-4 )				c Siyambalapitiya		b Dias		26
Thiwanka Ranasinghe[Capt](61 min,46 balls,1-6,2-4) c Silva				Run Out		b Dias		36
Harith Wanigarachchi ( 14 min, 10 balls)				Not Out				6
Danushka Sandaruwan ( 10 min, 8 balls)				Not Out				8
Extras						b-5,w-1		6
						Total	5wkts dec	135
		2 1 3	4 5					38 overs
Fall of Wickets		04, 54 ,60, 115, 121,						(154 min)
Bowling			O	M	R	W
R Wijewickrama			4	0	17	0
K Silva			3	2	13	1
S Kamileen			8	1	22	0
J Siyambalapitiya			8	2	22	1
S Dias			7	0	28	2
P Arathavidu			6	0	20	1
S Wijesinghe			2	0	8	0

			Thurstan 2nd Innings
Udara Munasinghe (102 min,62 balls,9-4 ) ( 50 in 54 min, 37 balls)						b Sulochana		74
Supun Nawaratna ( 127 min, 78 balls,7-4) ( 50 in106 min,68 balls)						Run Out		65
Shehan Kamileen [ Capt ] ( 11 min, 9 balls,1-4)						Run Out		12
Javed Siyambalapitiya (29 min,13 balls )				Not Out				8
Prabodha Arthavidu (16 min, 8 balls,1-6,1-4)				Not Out				15
Extras						w 1		1
						Total	3 wkt	175
		1 3 2						28.2
Fall of Wickets		123, 144, 153,						(144 min)
Bowling			O	M	R	W
D Fernando			7.2	0	56	0
S Sulochana			14	1	79	1
A Samarathunga			7	1	4	0


	Man of the Match		Tiwanka Ranasinghe
	Best Batsman		Udara Munasinghe
	Best Bowler		Dinusha Fernando
	Best Fielder		Javed Siyambalapitiya
	Umpires		Sagara Galage & Lal Dinapoorna


		Thurstan vs Isipathana
	30th Limited over Cricket Encounter
	Played at P Sara Oval on March 7th 2010
			Isipathana
Nilusha Sasanka (18 min,12 balls )				c Kamileen		b Silva		2
Danushka Sadaruwan ( 1 min, 2 balls )				c Nawaratna ( WK )		b Wijewickrama		0
Dimuth Warapitiya ( 103 min, 54 balls,2-4)				st Nawaratna		b Dias		36
Thiwanka Ranasinghe[Capt](73 min,67 balls,5-4) c and						b Dias		40
Dimitri Perera ( 33 min, 34 balls,1-4 )				c Salgado		b Dias		21
Harith Kalindu Wanigarachchi ( 30 min,28 balls, 1-4) st Nawaratna						b Wijesinghe		14
Chamara Waduge [ V.Capt] (14 min,9 balls )						b Dias		2
Samitha Sulochana ( 20 min,42 balls )				Run Out				15
Bushana Nibandana ( 15 min,16 balls)				Run Out				0
Dinusha Fernando ( 8 min, 8 balls )				c Siyambalapitiya		b Kamileen		2
Anushka Samaratunga ( 28 min, 23 balls)				Not Out				10
Extras						b-1,lb-5, nb 2 w-11		19
						Total	all out	161
								48.4 overs
Fall of Wickets		2 1 4	3 5 6 7 9 10 8					195 min
		01 11 ,84 93 121 123, 126, 129, 134, 161
Bowling			O	M	R	W
R Wijewicjrama			5	2	18	1
K Silva			5	0	25	1
J Siyambalapitiya			10	0	36	0
P Arthavidu			1	0	13	0
S Kamileen			9.4	2	18	1
S Dias			10	1	22	4
S Wijesinghe			8	1	23	1

			Thurstan
Udara Munasinghe ( 31 min,18 balls, 2-4 )						b Nibandana		12
Supun Nawaratna ( 168 min,81 balls,6-4) ( 50 in 71 balls,141 min)						b Fernando		59
Shihan Kamileen [ Capt ] ( 9 min, 6 balls )						b Fernando		2
Jawed Siyambalapitiya (29 min,21 balls,2-4 )				c Perera (WK)		b Sulochana		12
Thisura Madurapperuma [ V Capt ]( 8 min,7 balls )					Run Out			1
Prabodha Arthavidu (50 min, 40 balls,2-4)				st Perera		b Wanigarachchi		17
Kaveen Silva ( 46 min, 29 balls, 1-6,2-4)						b Fernando		28
Sajeewa Salgado ( 23 min, 11 balls,1-4)						b Sulochana		6
Ranga Wijewickrama ( 45 min, 36 balls,1-4)				Not Out				7
Sachith Dias ( 30 min,18 balls)				Not Out				2
Sachintha Wijesinghe				Did Not Bat
Extras						lb 1, nb 1,w-14		16
						Total	8 wkt dec	162
								44.3 overs
								(222 min)
Fall of Wickets		1 3 4 5 6 2 7 8
		25, 28, 51 54, 98, 137, 140, 148
Bowling			O	M	R	W
D Fernando			9	0	53	3
B Nibandana			9	0	34	1
S Sulochana			10	3	25	2
D Warapitiya			2	1	2	0
A Samaratunga			10	1	28	1
H Wanigarachchi			4.3	0	19	1

	THURSTAN WON BY 2 WICKETS
	Man of the Match		Supun Nawaratna
	Best Batsman		Supun Nawaratna
	Best Bowler		Sachith Dias
	Umpires		T H Wijewardana & R Wimalasiri



		Thurstan vs Isipathana
	3rd Twenty20 Cricket Encounter
			Played at
	Thurstan Grounds Stanley Wijesundera Mawatha
		on March 14th 2010
			Thurstan
Udara Munasinghe ( 15 min,9 balls, 1-6 )				c Wanigarachchi		Nibandana		8
Supun Nawaratna ( 41 min, 25 balls)				Run Out				11
Shehan Kamileen [Capt] ( 54 min, 43 balls,1-6,4-4) c Perera (wk)						b Costa		52
Javed Siyambalapitiya (31 min,17 balls )				c Jayanethi		b Costa		16
Prabodha Arthavidu (21 min,10 balls)				Not Out				7
Kaveen Silva ( 1 min, 2 balls)				c Perera		b Samaratunga		1
Sajeewa Salgado ( 7 min, 7 balls,1-4)						b Samaratunga		8
Thisura Madurapperuma [ V.Capt] ( 4 min,4 balls) lbw						b Costa		0
Ranga Wijewickrama ( 2 min,3 balls)				c Warapitiya		b Costa		3
Sachith Dias				Did Not Bat
Sachintha Wijesinghe				Did Not Bat
Extras						lb 7, w 7,		14
						Total	8 wickets	120
								20 overs
Fall of Wickets		1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9						90 min
		14, 53, 99, 99, 101, 113, 116, 120
Bowling			O	M	R	W
B Nibandana			3	0	20	1
C Jayanethi			3	1	11	0
S Sulochana			3	0	16	0
H Wanigaarachchi			4	0	27	0
D Fernando			1	0	10	0
A Samarathunga			3	0	16	2
V de Costa			3	0	13	4

			Isipathana
Nilusha Sasanka ( 14 min, 10 balls,2-4)				lbw		b Wijewickrama		10
Dimuth Warapitiya ( 47 min, 28 balls,2-4)				st Nawaratna		b Dias		24
Tiwanka Ranasinghe [ Capt ](19 min,12 balls)				st Nawaratna		b Siyambalapitiya		9
Dimitri Perera ( 45 min,27 balls, 4-4)						b Wijesinghe		32
Harith Kalindi Wanigarachchi ( 15 min, 12 balls) Run Out								6
Samitha Sulochana ( 1 min,1 ball)				st Nawaratna		b Dias		0
Vikum de Costa ( 1 min,1 ball)				c Nawaratna		b Dias		0
Chanaka Jayanethi ( 9 min, 9 balls)				c Kamileen		b Wijesinghe		5
Bushana Nibandana ( 7 min, 4 balls)						b Kamileen		2
Dinusha Fernando ( 12 min,9 balls,2-4 )						b Kamileen		9
Anushka Samaratunga ( 7 min, 3 balls)				Not Out				3
Extras						lb-1,nb-1,w-8		10
						Total	8 wickets	110
								19.1 overs
Fall of Wickets		1 3 2	5 6 7 8 4 9 10					93 min
		22, 41 ,56, 78 78, 78, 93, 99, 99, 110
Bowling			O	M	R	W
R Wijewickrama			3	0	19	1
K Silva			3	0	13	0
J Siyambalapitiya			2	0	18	1
S Kamileen			3.1	0	12	2
S Dias			4	0	23	3
Sachintha Wijesinghe			4	0	24	2

	THURSTAN WON BY 10 RUNS
	Man of the Match		Shihan Kamileen
	Best Batsman		Shihan Kamileen
	Best Bowler		Vikum de Costa
	Best Fielder		Supun Nawaratna
	Umpires		L Haniball & C Rodrigo

		Thurstan vs Isipathana
	3rd Twenty20 Cricket Encounter [ Old Boys ]
			Played at
	Thurstan Grounds Stanley Wijesundera Mawatha
		on March 14th 2010

Isipathana 97 for 9 wickets in 20 overs
	Chirantha de Silva 22, Isuru Vindana 30
	Umesha Karunaratna 3 / 11, Charith Gayan Perera 2/18,Geeth Kumara 2/13
	Deepal Madurapperuma 2/12
Thurstan 101 for 4 in 15.4 overs
	Geeth Kumara 27 NO, Hemantha Boteju 26 NO, Charith Gayan Perera 20
	R Sridharan 3 for 17

	THURSTAN WON BY 6 wickets
	Man of the Match		Geeth Kumara
	Best Batsman		Geeth Kumara
	Best Bowler		Umesh Karunaratna
	Best Fielder		Sanjeewa Nishantha
	Umpires		L Haniball & C Rodrigo

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Inspiration 2010

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MOST POPULAR SCHOOLBOY CRICKETER OF THE UNDER 17 SCHOOL SEASON IN 2009

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Post date March 1, 2010
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Sachith Dias was voted as the MOST POPULAR SCHOOLBOY CRICKETER OF THE UNDER 17 SCHOOL SEASON IN 2009 in a competition conducted by LAKBIMA PAPER.

Sachith and his identical twin brother Harith has been representing Thurstan from under 13,15 & 17. They both had their initial coaching under the guidance of Mr Nelson Mendis at CCC School of Cricket

Though both are small in stature and they are competent all rounders, Sachith is more a bowler & Harith a better batsman.

Sachith was drafted into the 1st XI as an off spinner and has been the highest wicket taker with 52 wicket which include the 5 wicket haul he captured at this year’s Big Match. Harith though he played a few matches had not been able to retain a permanent place in the strong Thurstan batting line up..

Much is expected from the “Dias Twins” in the 2010-11 season

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THURSTAN COLLEGE 1ST XI CRICKET TEAM 2009-10 [Updated]

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Post date February 22, 2010
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“Thurstan commenced the 2009/10 season on an impressive note under the new coach Aravinda Amarasekara, but could not maintained the same momentum throughout out the season.

Out of the 19 matches prior to the big match this weekend, they won 3 outright, won 7 on the 1st Innings & lost one outright and lost 7 on the 1st Innings wIth one no decision due to rain.

The feature of the season was Captain Shihan Kamileen became the first schoolboy this season to get to 1000 runs and soon followed by Udara Munasinghe who also topped the 1000 mark and this is a first for Thurstan where 2 batsmen topped the 1000 mark in a season.Kamileen also shared the bowling honours with Sachith Dias both taking 47 wickets a piece with their off spinners

This weekend Big match will be a keenly contested affair with the strong Thurstan batting facing a very penetrative Isipathana spin attack with Anushka Samaratunga who had captured 141 wickets and became the all time highest wicket taker in school cricket.

Priya Paranavitane

Thurstan Cricket

2010 02 22 “

THURSTAN COLLEGE 1st XI CRICKET FIXTURES & RESULTS 2009 -10

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
25 / 26 SEP 2009	VS MAHANAMA	FTZ KATUNAYAKA	Thurstan Won on 1st Innings
6/7 OCT 2009	VS ANANDA – Tournament match	THURSTAN GROUNDS	Thurstan Won on 1st Innings
12/13 OCT 2009	VS ST THOMAS’ MT LAVANIA	THURSTAN GROUNDS	Thurstan Won on 1st Innings
16/17/18 OCT 2009	WESLEY SIXES TOURNAMENT	CAMPBELL PARK	Thurstan Lost in the Q-ter Finals
23/24 OCT 2009	VS WESLEY – Tournament match	THURSTAN GROUNDS	Thurstan Won by 8 Wickets
26/27 OCT 2009	VS ST ANTHONY’S KANDY – Tournament match	THURSTAN GROUNDS	Thurstan Won on 1st Innings
30/31 OCT 2009	VS ROYAL – Tournament match	REID AVANUE	Thurstan Lost on the 1st Innings
5/6 NOV 2009	VS PRINCE OF WALES	POW GROUNDS	Thurstan Lost on the 1st Innings
10/11 NOV 2009	VS ST JOSEPH’S	DARLEY ROAD	Thurstan Lost on the 1st Innings
30 NOV/1DEC 2009	VS DHARMARAJA – Tournament match	LAKE VIEW	No Decision
29/30 DEC 2009	VS ZAHIRA COLOMBO – Tournament match	ZAHIRA GROUNDS	Thurstan Won on 1st Innings

2/3 JAN 2010	VS D S SENANAYAKE	WIJERAMA MAWATHA	Thurstan Lost on the 1st Innings
8/9 JAN 2010	VS DHARMAPALA	PANNIPITIYA	Thurstan Won on 1st Innings
15/16 JAN 2010	VS ST SEBASTIANS MORATUWA	MORATUWA	Thurstan Lost on the 1st Innings
22/23 JAN 2010	VS ST BENEDICT’S	KOTAHENA	Thurstan Lost on the 1st Innings
30/31 JAN 2010	VS NALANDA	CAMPBELL PLACE	Thurstan Lost an innings & one run
2/3 FEB 2010	VS MALIYADEVA – Tournament match	KURUNEGALA	Thurstan won an innings & 88 runs
5/6 FEB 2010	VS MAHINDA GALLE – Tournament match	THURSTAN GROUNDS	Thurstan Won on 1st Innings
9/10 FEB 2010	VS KINGSWOOD KANDY	THURSTAN GROUNDS	Thurstan won an innings & 17 runs
15/16 FEB 2010	MARIS STELLA NEGAMBO	FTZ KATUNAYAKA	Thurstan Lost on the 1st Innings
19/20 FEB 2010	VS ISIPTHANA 2ND XI – MINI BIG MATCH	THURSTAN GROUNDS	Thurstan won on the 1st Innings
26/27 FEB 2010	VS ISIPTHANA BIG MATCH	SSC	No Decision/Thurstan Lost on the 1st Innings
7. Mar. 2010	VS ISIPATHANA LIMITED OVER MATCH	P SARA STADIUM	Thurstan Won by 2 Wickets
14. Mar. 2010	VS ISIPATHANA TWENTY20 MATCH	THURSTAN GROUNDS	Thurstan Won by 10 runs

20th MAR -4th APR	“LEMONADE” 50 OVER TOURNAMENT
18. Mar. 2010	VS KARANDENIYA CENTRAL	THURSTAN GROUNDS	Thurstan Won by 216 run
25. Mar. 2010	VS RICHMOND COLLEGE	RATHGAMA MC GROUNDS	Thurstan Lost by 09 Wickets
22^nd APRILl – 29th APRIL	SCHOOLS TWENTY20 TOURNAMENT

	RESULTS

WESLEY COLLEGE SIXES TOURNAMENT AT CAMPBELL PARK ON OCT 16/17/18
IST ROUND	Thurstan 63 for 3 in 3.5 overs ; Udara Munasinghe 36
	Beat D S Senanayaka 62 for 4 in 5 overs : Shehan Kamileen 2/8
Q’TER FINALS	Mahanama 82 for 2 in 5 overs
	Beat Thurstan 80 for 1 in 5 overs : Shehan Kamileen 59 NO


1ST MATCH -VS MAHANAMA AT KATUNAYAKA ON SEP 25/26
Mahanama 1st Inn -161: Sachintha Wijesinghe 4/25,Sachith Dias 2/21,Shehan Kamileen 2/34
Thurstan 1st Inn -202: Sajeewa Salgado 51,Prabodha Arthavidu 37,Shehan Kamileen 45,
	Thisura Madurapperuma 19, Supun Navaratna 28,
Mahanama 2nd Inn- 271 Sachith Dias 3/49,Sachintha Wijesinghe 3/62,Shehan Kamileen 3/75
Thurstan 2nd Inn – 81 for 3 : Udara Munasinghe 49, Shehan Kamileen 24
RESULT – DRAW -THURSTAN WON ON 1ST INNINGS

2ND MATCH – VS ANANDA AT THURSTAN GROUNDS ON OCT 6/7 – TOURNAMENT MATCH
Thurstan 1st Inn -253 : Sajeewa Salgado 77, Udara Munasinghe 55, Shehan Kamileen 35,
	Thisura Madurapperuma 19, Sachith Dias 34 no
Ananda 1st Inn – 184: Kaveen Silva 4/30, Sachith Dias 4/56, Sehan Kamileen 2/45
Thurstan 2nd Inn – 65 for 1: Udara Munasinghe 32, Shehan Kamileen 31 no
RESULT – DRAW -THURSTAN WON ON 1ST INNINGS

3RD MATCH -VS ST THOMAS’ MT LAVINIA AT THURSTAN GROUNDS ON OCT 12/13
St Thomas’ 1st Inn -163 : Shehan Kamileen 4/21,Sachith Dias 3/31,Sachintha Wijesinghe 2/52
Thurstan 1st Inn -276 :Udara Munasinghe 123,Javed Siyabalapitiya 33,Probadha Arathvidu 25,
	Kaveen Silva 19,Supun Navaratna 24.
St Thomas’ 2nd Inn – 193 for 7 – Probadha Arthavidu 4/24,
RESULT – DRAW ? THURSTAN WON ON 1ST INNINGS

4TH MATCH – VS WESLEY AT THURSTAN GROUNDS ON OCT 23 / 24
Wesley 1st Inn – 79 : Probadha Arthavidu 4/17, Shehan Kamileen 2/16, Kaveen Silva 2/19
Thurstan 1 st Inn – 190 for 8 dec : Udara Munasinghe 82, Thisura Madurapperuma 31,
Kaveen Silva 27,
Wesley 2nd Inn – 120 : Shehan Kamileen 4/36, Krishan Wickramarchchi 3/19
Thurstan 2nd Inn – 11 fo 2 dec
RESULT – THURSTAN WON BY 8 WICKETS

5TH MATCH – VS ST ANTHONY’S KANDY AT THURSTAN GROUNDS ON OCT 26/27
Thurstan 1st Inn ? 348 for 7 dec : Probadha Arthavidu 100 no, Javed Siyambalapitiya 75,
	Shehan Kamileen 71, Udara Munasinghe 25, Kaveen Silva 23
St Anthony’s 1 st Inn – 99 : Shehan Kamaleen 4/18, Probodha Arthavidu 3/25,
Javed Siyabalapitiya 2/23
St Anthony’s 2nd Inn ? 136 for 6 : Thisura Madurapperuma 2/9
RESULT – DRAW ? THURSTAN WON ON 1ST INNINGS

6TH MATCH -VS ROYAL AT REID AVENUE ON OCT 30/31
Thurstan 1st Inn – 75 :Supun Navaratna 25,Sajeewa Salgado 12,
Royal !st Inn – 205 for 6 dec :
Thurstan 2nd Inn – 211 for 2 :Supun Navaratna 56. Udara Munasinghe 56, Shehan Kamileen 84 no
RESULT – DRAW – THURSTAN LOST ON 1ST INNINGS

7TH MATCH -VS PRINCE OF WALES AT POW GROUNDS ON NOV 5/6
Prince of Wales 1st Inn – 291 : Shehan Kamileen 4/74, Ranga Wijewickrama 2/39, Sachith Dias 2/74
Thurstan 1st Inn – 174 : Supun Navaratna 23, Udara Munasinghe 25, Probadha Arthavidu 38,
	Thisura Madurapperuma 19,Luvina Lochana 15,Kaveen Silva 28
Thurstan 2nd Inn – 100 for 6 : Supun Navaratna 22, Shehan Kamileen 28, Javed Siyabalapitiya 29,
RESULT – DRAW – THURSTAN LOST ON 1ST INNINGS

8TH MATCH -VS ST JOSEPH’S AT DARLEY ROAD ON NOV 10/11
Thurstan 1st Inn – 182 : Shehan Kamileen 109, Probadha Arthavidu 21
St Joseph’s 1st Inn – 206 for 9 dec : Shehan Kamileen 3/71, Thisura Madurapperuma 2/23
Thurstan 2nd Inn – 97 for 4 : Shehan Kamileen 29 no, Javed Siyambalapitiya 21 no
RESULT – DRAW – THURSTAN LOST ON 1ST INNINGS

9TH MATCH -VS DHARMARAJA AT RANDLE HILLS ON NOV 13/14
Thurstan 1st Inn – 273 for 7 dec : Shehan Kamileen 98, Javed Siyambalapitiya 60
	Thisura Madurapperuma 39,Prabath Wijesingha 14,Prabodha Arthavidu 15,
Dharmaraja 1st Inn – 100 for 3 : Shehan Kamileen 1/21, Probadha Arthavidu 1/20
RESULT – NO DECISION

10TH MATCH -VS ZAHIRA AT MARADANA ON DEC 29/30
Zahira 1st Inn – 228 : Thisura Madurapperuma 4/25, Ranga Wijewickrama 3/38,Ramindu Kumarasingha 1/38.
Thurstan 1st Inn – 304 for 7 dec : Shehan Kamileen 73, Thisura Madurapperuma 53, Udara Munasinghe 38,
	Sanjeewa Salgado 54 no, Javed Siyambalapitiya 36,Supun Nawarathna 15,
Zahira 2nd Inn -20 for 1 : Shihan Kamaleen 1/04.
RESULT – DRAW ? THURSTAN WON ON 1ST INNINGS

11TH MATCH -VS D S SENANAYAKA AT WIJERAMA MAWATHA ON JAN 2/3
Thurstan 1st Inn – 178 : Udara Munasinghe 52, Shehan Kamileen 28, Sanjeewa Salgado 25,
	Prabodha Arthavidu 24
D S Senanayake 1st Inn – 214 : Minhaj Jaleel 6/44, Sachintha Wijesinghe 2/54
Thurstan 2nd Inn -198 for 7 : Shehan Kamileen 120, Thisura Madurapperuma 25,Udara Mumasingha 19.
RESULT – DRAW – THURSTAN LOST ON 1ST INNINGS

12TH MATCH -VS DHARMAPALA M.V AT PANNIPITIYA ON JAN 8/9
Thurstan 1st Inn ? 309/9 : Udara Munasinghe 55, Jehan Siyambalapitiya 71, Sanjeewa Salgado 39,
	Prabodha Arthavidu 27,Thisura Madurapperuma 48,
Dharmapala M.V 1st Inn – 217 : Minhaj Jaleel 6/74, Shihan Kamaleen 2/31,
Thurstan 2nd Inn -222 for 4 : Shehan Kamileen 25, Thisura Madurapperuma 29,Supun Navaratna 40,
	Jehan Siyabalapitiya 65no, Prabodha Arthavidu 37no,
RESULT – DRAW – THURSTAN WON ON 1ST INNINGS

13TH MATCH ? VS ST.SEBASTIANS COLLEGE AT MORATUWA ON JAN 15/16
St.Sebastians 1st Inn ? 354 :Prabodha Arthavidu 2/56,Sachith Dias 2/60,Shihan Kamaleen 2/87,
Thurstan 1st Inn – 258 : Udara Munasingha 119, Shihan Kamaleen 46, Jihan Siyabalapitiya 33,
	Minhaj Jaleel 14, Ranga Wijewickrama 14no,
St.Sebastians 2nd Inn -148 for 7 : Prabodha Arthavidu 3/74, Sachith Dias 3/24,
RESULT – DRAW – THURSTAN LOST ON 1ST INNINGS

14TH MATCH ? VS ST.BENEDICT’S COLLEGE AT KOTAHENA ON JAN 22/23
St.Benedict’s 1st Inn ? 268 :Prabodha Arthavidu 5/75,Sachith Dias 2/80,Kaveen Silva 2/34,
Thurstan 1st Inn – 236 : Shihan Kamaleen 25, Jihan Siyabalapitiya 57,Prabodha Arthavidu 50,Sajeewa Salgado 24,
	Ranga Wijewickrama 20, Sachith Dias 24,
St.Benedict’s 2^nd Inn -165 for 1
RESULT – DRAW – THURSTAN LOST ON 1ST INNINGS

15TH MATCH -VS NALANDA COLLEGE AT CAMPBELL PLACE ON JAN 30/31
Thurstan 1st Inn ? 164 : Udara Munasinghe 56, Sanjeewa Salgado 25,Kaveen Silva 24,
Nalanda 1st Inn – 291 : Ranga Wijewickrama 4/38,Prabodha Arthavidu 2/28,
Thurstan 2nd Inn -126 : Shehan Kamileen 35, Jehan Siyabalapitiya 20,Sajeewa Salgado 22,
RESULT – THURSTAN LOST AN INNINGS & ONE RUN

16TH MATCH -VS MALIYADEVA COLLEGE AT KURUNEGALA ON FEB 02/03
Thurstan 1st Inn ? 340/8 : Udara Munasinghe 66, Supun Navarathna 23,Sehan Kamaleen 116,Sanjeewa Salgado 25,
Jehan Siyabalapitiya 49,
Maliyadeva 1st Inn – 180 :Sachith Dias 8/68,
Maliyadeva 2nd Inn -72 : Prabodha Arthavidu 5/32,Sachith Dias 4/30,
RESULT – THURSTAN WON AN INNINGS & EIGHTY EIGHT RUN

17TH MATCH -VS MAHINDA COLLEGE AT THURSTAN GROUNDS ON FEB 05/06
Thurstan 1st Inn ? 124 : Shehan Kamaleen 43,
Mahinda 1st Inn – 100 : Prabodha Arthavidu 2/13,Sachith Dias 2/20,Sachintha Wijesinghe 4/20,
Thurstan 2nd Inn -243/6 : Supun Nawarathna 60,Harith Dias 36,Jehan Siyabalapitiya 57,
	Prabodha Arthavidu 23no,Thisura Madurapperuma 43no,
RESULT – DRAW – THURSTAN WON ON 1ST INNINGS

18TH MATCH -VS KINGSWOOD COLLEGE AT THURSTAN GROUNDS ON FEB 09/10
Thurstan 1st Inn ? 292/8cdec : Udara Munasinghe 70,Prabodha Arthavidu 66,Kaveen Silva 51no,
Kingswood 1st Inn – 127 :Sachith Dias 3/41,Kaveen Silva 2/15,Sehan Kamaleen 2/14,
Kingswood 2nd Inn -148 : Sachith Dias 5/72,Shehan Kamaleen 4/09,
RESULT – THURSTAN WON AN INNINGS & SEVENTEEN RUN

19TH MATCH -VS MARISSTELLA COLLEGE AT FTZ GROUNDS-KATUNAYAKA ON FEB 15/16
Thurstan 1st Inn ? 152 : Udara Munasinghe 16,Harith Dias 16,Jehan Siyabalapitiya 72,
Marisstella 1st Inn – 259 :Ranga Wijewickrama 4/45,Sajeewa Salgado 3/22,
Thurstan 2nd Inn -149/3 : Udhara Munasingha 90,Shehan Kamaleen 33no,
RESULT – DRAW – THURSTAN LOST ON 1ST INNINGS

MINI BIG MATCH AT THURSTAN GROUNDS ON FEB 19/20
Isipathana 1st Inn – 91 : Ramidu Kumarasinghe 5/23
Thurstan 1st Inn – 212/8 dec : Yasiri Kularatna 63,Lilan Fernando 20. Isuru Jayatillake 17 Ashan Wanigartane 55 no
Isipathana 2nd Inn – 197 : Ramidu Kumarasinghe 5/59, Theekashna Kadiragonna 2/13, Krishan Wickramaarchchi 2/23
Thurstan 2nd Inn – 45 / 5
RESULT – DRAW – THURSTAN WON ON 1ST INNINGS

20TH MATCH -VS ISIPATHANA COLLEGE AT SSC GROUNDS ON FEB 26/27(BIG MATCH)
Isipathana 1st Inn – 221 : Ranga Wijewickrama 3/48,Kaveen Silva 2/31,Sachith Dias 3/60
Thurstan 1st Inn ? 168 : Udara Munasinghe 20,Jehan Siyabalapitiya 26,Shehan Kamaleen 38,
	Prabodha Arthavidu 33no,
Isipathana 2nd Inn – 135/5dec :Sachith Dias 2/28,
Thurstan 2nd Inn -175/3 : Udhara Munasingha 74,Supun Nawarathna 65,Prabodha Arthavidu 15no
RESULT – DRAW – THURSTAN LOST ON 1ST INNINGS

THURSTAN VS ISIPATHANA 30TH LIMITED OVER MATCH AT OVAL GROUNDS ON 7TH MARCH 2010
Isipathana ? 161 all out in 48.4 overs : Sachith Dias 4/22,
Thurstan ? 162/8 in 44.3 overs: Supun Nawarathna 59,Kaveen Silva 28,Prabodha Arthavidu 17,
RESULT – THURSTAN WON BY 2 WICKETS

THURSTAN VS ISIPATHANA 3RD 20/20 MATCH AT THURSTAN GROUNDS ON 14TH MARCH 2010
Thurstan ? 120/8 in 20 overs: Shihan Kamaleen 52, Jehan Siyabalapitiya 16,
Isipathana ? 110 all out in 19.1 overs : Sachith Dias 3/23,Shihan Kamaleen 2/12, Sachintha Wijesinghe 2/24,
RESULT – THURSTAN WON BY 10 RUNS

LIMITED OVERS CRICKET TOURNAMENT
THURSTAN VS KARANDENIYA CENTRAL AT THURSTAN GROUNDS ON 18TH MARCH 2010
Thurstan ? 278/8 in 50 overs: Shihan Kamaleen 76, Jehan Siyabalapitiya 47,Udara Munasinghe 34,Supun Nawarathna 26,
	Thisura Madurapperuma 23, Prabodha Arthavidu 21,
Karandeniya ? 62 all out in 21 overs : Sachith Dias 4/32,Shihan Kamaleen 5/29,
RESULT – THURSTAN WON BY 216 RUNS

THURSTAN VS RICHMOND AT RATHGAMA MC GROUNDS ON 25TH MARCH 2010
Thurstan ? 92 all out in 37 overs: Prabodha Arthavidu 18,Supun Nawarathna 14,Kaveen Silva 12,
Richmond ? 93/1 in 19 overs :
RESULT – THURSTAN LOST BY 09 WICKETS

	BATTING

		MATCHES	INNINGS	N/O	RUNS	AVG
1	SHIHAN KAMALEEN	20	31	4	1205	44.63
2	UDHARA MUNASINGHE	20	31	0	1186	38.26
3	JEHAN SIYABALAPITIYA	20	31	5	808	31.08
4	THISURA MADURAPPERUMA	20	27	3	418	17.42
5	PRABODHA ARTHAVIDU	20	28	6	610	27.73
6	SUPUN NAWARATHNA	19	28	1	476	17.63
7	SAJEEWA SALGADO	17	21	2	423	22.26
8	SACHINTHA WIJESINGHA	15	12	5	34	4.86
9	SACHITH DIAS	17	18	5	124	9.54
10	KAVEEN SILVA	13	17	4	224	17.23
11	PRABATH WIJESINGHA	4	5	0	32	6.40
12	RANGA WIJEWICKRAMA	13	15	7	97	12.13
13	ASHEN WEERASINGHE	1	1	1	0	0.00
14	LUVINA LOCHANA	2	3	2	16	16.00
15	KRISHAN WICKRAMAARACH	5	5	0	29	5.80
16	LILAN AVISHKA	2	1	1	0	0.00
17	RAMINDU KUMARASINGHA	1	0	0	0	0.00
18	MINHAJ JALEEL	5	3	1	14	7.00
19	HARITH DIAS	4	5	1	72	18.00
20	YASARU KULARATHNA	1	2	0	14	7.00

	BOWLING

		OVERS	MAIDS	RUNS	WICKETS	AVG
1	SHEHAN KAMALEEN	347.3	74	948	47	20.17
2	UDHARA MUNASINGHE	7	1	15	2	7.50
3	JEHAN SIYABALAPITIYA	66	9	220	5	44.00
4	THISURA MADURAPPERUMA	54	3	189	11	17.18
5	PRABODHA ARTHAVIDU	272.2	59	775	40	19.38
6	SAJEEWA SALGADO	10.5	1	44	4	11.00
7	SACHINTHA WIJESINGHA	199.3	30	595	26	22.88
8	SACHITH DIAS	311.2	51	1001	52	19.25
9	KAVEEN SILVA	154	32	487	16	30.44
10	PRABATH WIJESINGHA	20	4	99	0	0.00
11	RANGA WIJEWICKRAMA	114.3	18	407	19	21.42
12	ASHEN WEERASINGHE	12	2	64	0	0.00
13	LUVINA LOCHANA	0	0	0	0	0.00
14	KRISHAN WICKRAMAARACH	25	2	67	4	16.75
15	LILAN AVISHKA	7	0	30	0	0.00
16	RAMINDU KUMARASINGHA	11	2	38	1	38.00
17	MINHAJ JALEEL	78	10	263	13	20.23
18	HARITH DIAS	1	0	4	0	0.00

	FEELDING

		CT’S	ST’S
1	SHEHAN KAMALEEN	17
2	UDHARA MUNASINGHE	12
3	JEHAN SIYABALAPITIYA	15
4	THISURA MADURAPPERUMA	24
5	PRABODHA ARTHAVIDU	9
6	SUPUN NAWARATHNA	30	5
7	SAJEEWA SALGADO	8
8	SACHINTHA WIJESINGHA	5
9	SACHITH DIAS	3
10	KAVEEN SILVA	6
11	PRABATH WIJESINGHA	3
12	RANGA WIJEWICKRAMA	6
13	ASHEN WEERASINGHE	0
14	LUVINA LOCHANA	0
15	KRISHAN WICKRAMAARACH	3
16	LILAN AVISHKA	0
17	RAMINDU KUMARASINGHA	0
18	MINHAJ JALEEL	1
19	HARITH DIAS	2
20	YASARU KULARATHNA	0	0




	PARTNERSHIPS

1ST WICKET	123 RUNS ? UDHARA MUNASINGHE (74) & SUPUN NAWARATHNA (65) VS ISIPATHANA COLLEGE
2ND WICKET	106 RUNS ? JEHAN SIYABALAPITIYA (33) & UDHARA MUNASINGHE (65) VS ST.THOMAS COLLEGE
3RD WICKET	122 RUNS – SHEHAN KAMALEEN (58) & JEHAN SIYABALAPITIYA (60) VS DHARMARAJA COLLEGE
4TH WICKET	99 RUNS – THISURA MADURAPPERUMA (40) & JEHAN SIYABALAPITIYA (53) VS DHARMAPALA COLLEGE
5TH WICKET	98 RUNS – JEHAN SIYABALAPITIYA (34) & PRABODHA ARTHAVIDU (58) VS ST.ANTHONYS COLLEGE
6TH WICKET	76 RUNS – PRABODHA ARTHAVIDU (33) & SAJEEWA SALGADO (33) VS MAHANAMA COLLEGE
7TH WICKET	43 RUNS – SAJEEWA SALGADO (25) & SACHITH DIAS (13) VS DHARMAPALA COLLEGE
8TH WICKET	86 RUNS – SACHITH DIAS (16) & KAVEEN SILVA (51*) VS KINGSWOOD COLLEGE
9TH WICKET	18 RUNS – SAJEEWA SALGADO (05) & SACHINTHA WIJESINGHE (10) VS DHARMAPALA COLLEGE
10TH WICKET	99 RUNS – SAJEEWA SALGADO (60) & SACHITH DIAS (34) VS ANANDA COLLEGE




100 RUNS & OVER
SHEHAN KAMALEEN	109 VS ST.JOSEPH’S COLLEGE
	120 VS D.S.SENANAYAKA
	116 VS MALIYADEVA COLLEGE

UDHARA MUNASINGHE	123 VS ST.THOMAS COLLEGE
	119 VS ST.SEBASTIANS COLLEGE


PRABODHA ARTHAVIDU	100*VS ST.ANTHONYS COLLEGE,KANDY

50 RUNS & OVER
SHEHAN KAMALEEN	71 VS ST.ANTHONYS COLLEGE, KANDY
	84* VS ROYAL COLLEGE
	98 VS DHARMARAJA COLLEGE
	73 VS ZAHIRA COLLEGE

UDHARA MUNASINGHE	55 VS ANANDA COLLEGE
	82 VS WESLY COLLEGE
	56 VS ROYAL COLLEGE
	52 VS D.S.SENANAYAKA COLLEGE
	55 VS DHARMAPALA COLLEGE
	56 VS NALANDA COLLEGE
	66 VS MALIYADEVA COLLEGE
	70 VS KINGSWOOD COLLEGE
	90 VS MARISSELLA COLLEGE
	74 VS ISIPATHANA COLLEGE

JEHAN SIYABALAPITIYA	75 VS ST.ANTHONYS COLLEGE,KANDY
	60 VS DHARMARAJA COLLEGE
	71 VS DHARMAPALA COLLEGE
	65* VS DHARMAPALA COLLEGE
	57 VS ST.BENEDICT’S COLLEGE
	57 VS MAHINDA COLLEGE
	72 VS MARISSTELLA COLLEGE

PRABODHA ARTHAVIDU	50 VS ST.BENEDICT’S COLLEGE
	66 VS KINGSWOOD COLLEGE

THISURA MADURAPPERUMA	53 VS ZAHIRA COLLEGE

SUPUN NAWARATHNA	56 VS ROYAL COLLEGE
	60 VS MAHINDA COLLEGE
	65 VS ISIPATHANA COLLEGE

SAJEEWA SALGADO	51 VS MAHANAMA COLLEGE
	77 VS ANANDA COLLEGE
	54* VS ZAHIRA COLLEGE

KAVEEN SILVA	51* VS KINGSWOOD COLLEGE

04 WICKETS & OVER IN AN INNING
SACHITH DIAS	8/68 VS MALIYADEVA COLLEGE
	5/72 VS KINGSWOOD COLLEGE
	4/56 VS ANANDA COLLEGE
	4/30 VS MALIYADEVA COLLEGE

MINHAJ JALEEL	6/44 VS D.S.SENANAYAKA COLLEGE
	6/74 VS DHARMAPALA COLLEGE

PRABODHA ARTHAVIDU	5/75 VS ST.BENEDICT’S COLLEGE
	5/32 VS MALIYADEVA COLLEGE
	4/24 VS ST.THOMAS COLLEGE
	4/17 VS WESLY COLLEGE

KAVEEN SILVA	4/30 VS ANANDA COLLEGE

RANGA WIJEWICKRAMA	4/38 VS NALANDA COLLEGE
	4/45 VS MARISSTELLA COLLEGE

SEHAN KAMALEEN	4/21 VS ST.THOMAS COLLEGE
	4/46 VS WESLY COLLEGE
	4/18 VS ST.ANTHONYS COLLEGE,KANDY
	4/74 VS PRINCE OF WALES COLLEGE
	4/09 VS KINGSWOOD COLLEGE

SACHINTHA WIJESINGHA	4/25 VS MAHANAMA COLLEGE
	4/20 VS MAHINDA COLLEGE

THISURA MADURAPPERUMA	4/25 VS ZAHIRA COLLEGE


10 WICKETS & OVER IN A MATCH
SACHITH DIAS	12/98 VS MALIYADEVA COLLEGE

	SLSCA- U-19 LIMITED OVER CRICKET TOURNAMENT 2009/10

ROYAL COLOMBO
ROYAL WAYAMBA

WESLY
MARISSTELLA

ST.JOSEPHS
ROYAL PANADURA

CAREY
DHARMAPALA

D.S.SENANAYAKA
VIDYARTHA

ASHOKA
ANANDA

PRINCE OF WALES
ST.THOMAS,MATALE

HINDU,MATALE/ VIDYALAKA,GALLE
DHARMASHOKA

ST.SEBASTIANS
PANGNANANDA

ST.THOMAS,MATARA
MAHINDA

ISIPATHANA
GURUKULA

KULARATHNA
TRINITY

THURSTAN	TC 278/8	THURSTAN 92
KARANDENIYA	KD 62		RICHMOND

ST.SERVATIUS		RICHMOND 93 / 1
RICHMOND

MORATU VIDYALAYA
ST.BENEDICTS

BASILICA
NALANDA

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60th Anniversary,Founder’s Day Oration & Issue Of Commemorative Stamp

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Post date February 7, 2010
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In a rare coincidence this year 2010, January 11th was the first day of the New Year of the school, when the present Principal Mr Wimal Gunaratne addressed the college Assembly as did Mr Earle Schokman addressed the 1st Assembly exactly 60 year’s ago on Jan 11th 1950. That day there were only 53 students present, but Thurstan has grown and now there are 2500 + students from year 1 to the Advance level; classes
This year the Founder’s day Oration also took place on January 11th morning when Professor Dr Mahinda Rupasinghe who is the current Vice Chancellor of the Sabaragamuwa University.addressed the Senior Students on the theme ” On how present Thurstanites should gain knowledge & leadership skills to equip themselves to be responsible Old Boy’s and contribute to the development of our beloved mother land”. Professor Rupasinghe is the 3rd Vice Chancellor from Thurstan. The annual Founder’s day Oration is organised by Thurstan 68/69 group and Professor also belong to this group.
To mark 60th Anniversary, a COMMEMORATIVE STAMP of value RS 10/= was issued by the Philatelic Bureau of the Department of Posts on January 11th at Temple Trees, where the stamp was cancelled and the Secretary of Post & Telecommunication Mr Chandra Jayatillaka presented the first Stamp to the President Hon Mahinda Rajapaksa.The issue of the Commemorative stamp which was readily approved by the distinguish Old Boy, the President is one of the series of events organized by the College with the Principal, Old Boy’s and Schools Development Society taking the lead. This simple function was held at Temple Trees in the presence of few Council Members of the OBU & SDS. The President was gracious enough allocate a few minutes between his busy election schedule.
The picture show the Principal handing over the First day Cover to the President with the Secretary Telecommunication, head of the Philatelic Bureau and Old boy’s ex DIG Upali Hewage, Chairman National Lotteries Development Board Mr Upali Liyanage and Mr Mithra Gankanda of the Ministry of Defense.
The other Photograph’ show the Stamp, the First Day Cover,Stamp Bulletin no 720 give the background details of the stamp and details of the issue itself
The First day cover, bulletin & stamp is available at the OBU office at RS 100/=

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The President of Sri Lanka Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa

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Post date February 3, 2010
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PRESIDENT OF SRI LANKA
HON MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA

Mahinda Rajapaksa joined Thurstan in 1957 to grade 6 classes. Prior to Thurstan he was at Nalanda & Richmond. Mahinda comes from a well-known family from the Deep South, the RAJAPAKSA?S, His father; the late Mr D A Rajapaksa was a founder member of the SLFP with the late Mr S W R D Bandaranaike. The mantle of the good work that his father began fell on Mahinda who was later joined by his elder brother Chamal and during his term as the 5th President by his Younger siblings Gotabhaya & Basil.
Mahinda at Thurstan was just another mischievous schoolboy, although he was the son of a Member of Parliament who some times traveled from SRAVASTI, the official residence of MP?s.
He was at the receiving end of the ire of our discipline master the late Mr Kingsley Fernando many a time. Mahinda was very fond of sports, he participated in athletics. Cricket & Rugby. At that young age he showed his prowess at public speaking, he was good & powerful debater. Mahinda Passed his OL & AL?s and left college in the mid sixties.
He worked for some time at the Vidyodaya Campus before he took to full time politics in the late 1960?s and was elected as the youngest Parliamentarian in 1970 when the SLFP was swept into Parliament.
Being a backbencher he did the wisest thing by enrolling himself in the Law College and passed out as an Attorney. When he was unseated in 1977 he began a very successful & lucrative practice as a lawyer with a large clientele.
Not only did he practice diligently at courts, at this time his roving eye met I believe the pretty lady who had won the Miss Sri Lanka Contest a few year?s back and made her his wife in 1983. As the saying goes ?behind a successful man there is a woman ?and his wife Shiranthi has being a source of strength in his political life.
They are blessed with 3 son?s who has outshone the father in sports, all three being versatile rugby players who have played with distinction and captained their school, St Thomas? Mt Lavinia the elder even leading the Sri Lanka Under 19 team. One significant aspect is that when the son?s of other politicians have used the political power of the father to indulge in mischief, the Rajapaksa boy?s have behaved roll model of good public behaviour.

He made a significant contribution to bring PA back to power in 1994 and was rewarded with Cabinet portfolio and thus became the first Thurstanite to hold Cabinet rank. When the OBU felicitated him after he resumed office, the demand was such that all tickets were snapped up within 4 days and we had to disappoint many, those were the days when many who did not openly say they were old boy?s of Thurstan, identified themselves as Thurstanites
Mahinda has crowned himself as a Cabinet Minister and his work at Labour & Fisheries has been much appreciated by the public at large & the officials.
Mahinda has always identified himself as a THURSTANITE even though he had his primary education both at Richmond & Nalanda. If ever time permitted he never refused an invitation to attend any College function & has helped college and the furnishing the College hall with a set chairs costing over a million rupees was a testimony of his love for his alma mater.
Mahinda was honoured with the title ? SRI ROHANA RAJANA ?by the Buddhist prelates in 2000 for his vast popularity with the masses and also being a devoted worker. He is the second person to be honoured by the prelates, first being the late Premier Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
In the year 2001 Mahinda was elected as the Leader of the Opposition as the majority felt that he is the person who could give leadership to the parties in the Opposition
At the conclusion of the election held on April on April 2nd , Mahinda was one of the two SLFPers who were able to win the District while in all other districts which the United People’s Freedom Alliance won, it was the Members of the JVP who topped the list.
He was also the highest percentage wise of the polls received for an individual for a district in the whole Island.
For his dedicated service to the party for well over 35 years, which his father, the late D A Rajapaksa was instrumental in forming with the late Premier S W R D Bandaranaike he was elevated to the position of Prime Minister in April 2004.

The biggest contribution he made to College was that he gave the leadership role in the Fund Raising THURSTAN WALK held in October 2004.Not only much donation was obtained from the Corporate world due to his Chairmanship; he also flagged off the walk & walked the complete route. At one point he stood and watched the participants passed by which was much appreciated by all.
The funds raised by this project helped the OBU to complete the Cricket ground.

The nadir of Mahinda?s political career was when he was elected as the 5th President of Sri Lanka on November 17th on the eve of his 60th birthday which fell on November 18th. This was also not an easy task. Mahinda who has been a fighter all his life first managed to get nomination from his party amidst lot of in-fighting and used all his political acumen and formed the right coalition of many parties and projected his Vision for Sri Lanka in the form of ? Mahinda Chinthanaya ?, which was endorsed by the masses. This was a practical & pragmatic approach to the many problems faced by Sri Lankan’s.

During his tenure of office he gave the leadership to eradicate the biggest problem Sri Lanka faced, the LTTE terrorism. While eliminating terrorism he build the infrastructure for the economic emancipation of Sri Lanka by the construction of Harbours, Airports, Generation of Electricity, Road Network, Large Reservoirs, Rebuilding the devastated North & East and the structure to be self sufficient to daily food needs. He did not forget the heroic soldiers who were incapacitated in the war and provided many of them with housing and training to live a normal life by providing them with vocational training.

As a true son of Thurstan, he did not forget his alma mater. He gave the land next to the Cricket ground, to construct a Rugby ground

Now he went before the electorate when he had another 2 years his term and was given a resounding mandate on January 26th to carry out the programmed outlined in ?Chinthanaya Ediri Dakama?

He now has huge task ahead and let us wish that he will make use of his 40 + years of political experience and his practical and mundane approach will resolve the many complex issues that we as a nation face.
I am sure he will not forget THURSTAN and her development amidst his many other demanding schedules.

Priya Paranavitane
A Class-mate
2010 01 28

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Thurstan Vs Isipathana 20/20 Cricket (31/01/2010)

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Thurstan Rugby Stadium Project launched

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It was day of great joy and historical significance for Thurstan when they launched their Rugby development project at a colourful ceremony attended by Minister of Sports and Recreation Gamini Lokuge and Namal Rajapaksa, President of the Tharunyata Hetak Organization at the Thurstan Park, Prof. Stanley Wijesundera Mawatha on Friday Dec 4th 2009.

It was a dream comes true for this intrepid school that was badly hampered due to lack of their own grounds for Rugby. As quoted by veteran scribe T.M.K. Samat better known in boxing circles the beginning was in 1957 when some boys got together and played around sans participation in official tournaments.

The year 1957 was the first official year of Thurstan Rugby and the honour of being the first Captain went to Surath Wickremasinghe who also captained the team in 1958, fitting Surath was a distinguished invitee and had the privilege of cutting the first sod along with other distinguished guests.

Namal Rajapaksa in his speech tracing his Rugby roots elaborated his commitment to Rugby and expressed his satisfaction on the manner the recent Carlton Sevens tournament was conducted.

He also recalled that his father President Mahinda Rajapaksa?s involvement in Rugby during his school days at Thurstan.

President Rajapaksa was a leading member of Thurstan?s champion school athletic team in 1960/61 and also had a brief stint with Rugby but continued to concentrate on athletics that was close to his heart.

With the development of the proposed Rugby ground Thurstan is bound to be a force to be reckoned with as they no longer will have to do nomadic rounds seeking venues for practices and matches.

Despite the handicap of not having grounds Thurstan over the last half a century had produced an array of eminent Rugby players and administrators at the highest level making a noble contribution to the game.

Jeff Rutnam who played from 1957 to 59 had the honour of leading Ceylon to its first ever international victory over Paris University Club.

The architect behind the Rugby development and Revival DIG (Rtd) Upali Hewage also a member of the Rugby Interim Committee who has been a tower of strength behind Thurstan Rugby for nearly three decades.

In his vote of thanks he expressed his gratitude to the President for initiating to provide a block of land for the ground and also paid a glowing tribute to the Minister of Sports Gamini Lokuge in helping the proposed development.

Even though large number of schools have taken up to Rugby in the last few years there has not been any increase of Rugby grounds in Colombo for past several decades. This is a major dilemma faced by the schools as well as emerging smaller clubs.

Hence the entry of Thurstan Rugby ground will be a significance boost to the development of Rugby in Sri Lanka, close proximity to the Rugby Union Headquarters too will be a positive factor.

Sunil Karuanayake

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Annual Six a Side Cricket Tournament for the Junior OBU Challenge Trophy

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Annual Six a Side Cricket Tournament for the Junior OBU Challenge Trophy

The Junior Old Boys Union is playing a key role in organizing many events for the progress of Sports, Social, Cultural and other activities at Thurstan. Presently it endeavours to give a sense of dynamism for their projects by obtaining the co-operation of past Thurstanites so as to give some thing back to their Alma Mater for what she has done to them.

In this connection the Junior OBU organized their Annual Six a Side Soft Ball Cricket Tournament for the ?Junior OBU Challenge Trophy? on Sunday 25th October 2009 at the Thurstan Sports Complex at Stanley Wijesundara Mawatha and it was concluded successfully with a large number of Old boys in attendance.

The event was livened up with DJ Music, Papare Band, Food Stalls and Valuable Prices, etc?.. ?Thurstan Super Kings?, secured their position as the Champions for the second consecutive year and ?Thurstan Daredevils? was the Runners Up. Nishantha Dias of Runners Up team was elected as the Best bawler and Hasitha Perera of the winning team won the Best Batsman Award.

The coveted positions of both Man of the Final and Man of the Series has won by Thilina Massalage of Thurstan Super Kings, by showing an outstanding performance throughout the tournament.

The Thurstan College Junior OBU pays their gratitude to the Chief Guest Mr. Chulan Hettige one of the former Senior Vice Presidents of Junior OBU, Principal Mr. Wimal Gunarathne and other Respected Senior Old Boys and all who participated at the event by devoting their precious time.

Kanchana Perera

Jt. Secretary – Junior OBU
04th November 2009

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Annual Six a Side Cricket Tournament for the Junior OBU Challenge Trophy

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Annual Six a Side Cricket Tournament for the Junior OBU Challenge Trophy The Junior Old Boys Union is playing a key role in organizing many events for the progress of Sports, Social, Cultural and other activities at Thurstan. Presently it endeavours to give a sense of dynamism for their projects by obtaining the co-operation of past Thurstanites so as to give some thing back to their Alma Mater for what she has done to them.

The coveted positions of both Man of the Final and Man of the Series has won by Thilina Massalage of Thurstan Super Kings, by showing an outstanding performance throughout the tournament.

Kanchana Perera

Jt. Secretary – Junior OBU
04th November 2009

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