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Category: News
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Friends,
Thurstan OBU has organized a felicitation to Old Thurstanite Dixon Dela Bandara currently an Advisor to the Thurstan OBU, on his appointment as the Govenor of Sabaragamuwa.
As you know over so many years Dixon has being closely associated with Thurstan & the OBU. He never misses the Big Match and is always present at the Dinner Dance, with a crowd of his class mates invariably sponsored by him.
Hence it will be appropriate that many of us of his vintage be present at this felicitation which will be held on Saturday April 5th at 7.30 PM Galle Face Hotel.
The Ticket is priced at RS 2 500 /= for an Old Boy & RS 2 000/= for the spouse.
Please make every effort to be present. Tickets are available at the Swimming Pool office.
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Tennis – Past Tennis Captains
Past Tennis Captains
1997 Yohan Ramasundara
1998 Aflal Izzadeen
2000 Nalaka Samarakone
2001 Maduka Galgamuwa
2002 Madushan Damith
2003 Paboda Maduranga
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Rugby – Group Photo
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Match Details Isipathana 1st ings Thurstan 1st ings Indika Massalage 62 |
Isipathana 2nd ings 179 for 8 in 72 overs D.Fernando 60 not out Man of the match – D.Fernando – Isipathana CollegeBest Batsman – Indika Massalage – Thurstan College Best bowler – G. Kumara – Thurstan College |
The annual “BIG-MATCH” between Thurstan College and Isipathahna College will be held on the 29th of February to 1st march 2008. the match will be held at the usual venue SSC grounds, Colombo. Everyone are welcome for this event plus the ” Unity Block 2008 ” will be held in the 1st of march 2008 at th e same venue with lots of fun for the whole family .
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UK DANCE
Date – Saturday 17th November
Venue – The Princes Hall of Ealing Town Hall
Band – The Sigiri Band
Dinner – Buffet service including dessert by Golden Platter
Price – £15 No ticket sales at the door
As mentioned earlier, we are doing this for the benefit of young Thurstanites and I urge our senior members to give your full support.
Please let Chitra know by Monday 12th, the number of tickets you need. As we are selling the tickets at a ridiculously low price we need to ensure that all the tickets are sold. Please make a special effort.
Regards
Lucky
Reply to: CHITRA_Sena Senaratne Secretary – Thurstan College OBA (UK Branch)
As you may be aware the College is having their Annual Dinner Dance on 17th Nov, 2007, at Waters Edge. This time the committee decided to give a part of the funds to the Rugby Development Fund, this also coincides the Jubilee year for Thurstan Rugby.
Therefore I would be much obliged if you could find sponsorship for the Dance.We also have the letters also for the following
Banners, Advertisements, Sponsorship for the Liquor & wine, Gifts.Entrance Gift, Air ticket.etc etc
All the letters pertaining to the above are available at the Swimming Pool Office. I am sure you could use your influence and get what ever the sponsorship for this event.
With kind regards
Dushyantha.M.Dias.Abeyegunawardene
Secretary Dance Committee
PS: Tickets are also available at the College Swimming Pool – please contact the Manager Mr,Raja Weerasuriya and book your tickets, before they are snapped up – Tel no.2675639
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Thurstan Circket News
Under 17-B Team became Joint Champions in the Division 2 U – 15 Cricket team has reached the Semi Finals and they will play St. Peters Collage on the 5th & 6th November at Moors Grounds. All the best for the Thurstanite Cricketers to emerge victorious and lift the trophy which we missed last year as we ended up being Runners up to D.S.Senanyake College.U – 13 team has qualified to the 2nd round.
Mr R M JAYASEKARA
Mr R M Jayasekara bade goodbye to Thurstan after 35 years of dedicated service in August 2007.
Mr Jayasekara joined Thurstan in 1972 after completion of his tertiary education in Sri Jayawardanapura University . He was at the University in the turbulent period of the first Insurrection of 1971. This University was a hot bed of violent student agitation and many of his batch mates have shed those violent student politics and now in the main stream Political parties either holding or held Ministerial post on either side of the political divide.
I am sure knowing Mr Jayasekara he would not have been part of these radical student movement.
He commenced his teaching career at Thurstan during the tenure ship of Mr Pandithasekara as the Principal . Mr Pandithasekara was a very mild person; perhaps Mr Jayasekara has some of the mannerism traits of his first Principal . He served 5 Principal in his tenure at Thurstan and finally serving as the Principal for 10 months prior to his retirement. It would not be wrong to say that he was the solid pillar whom all them leaned to get the many things that a Principal has to do in running a school.
Mr Jayasekara’s appointment to Thurstan was to a give a boost to the Commerce section which has just commenced at Thurstan. He not only led from the front but his teaching skills enable many students to enter the Universities to follow courses in Management & Accountancy. Many of his students are now holding high positions in Universities, Mercantile & Government sectors and they in one voice are grateful to Mr Jayasekara for laying the foundation for their success.
But during the later stages at Thurstan he could not devote his time fully to teaching as he was involved as the Deputy Principal in the administration work in the school. This was clearly reflected, as the intake to Universities in the commerce stream showed a gradual decline from the highs of the 70’s & 80’s.
Mr Jayasekara was more or a less a permanent member of the Year 1 admission board for the last 3 decades. He was so familiar with the addresses of the locality he could more or less by instinct could say that from this address students are ‘admitted every year “!
The one aspect of Mr Jayasekara’s departure will create is his uncanny ability to remember names of say 80 % of the students who have gone through the portals of Thurstan during his tenure. During his long tenure he got to know Thurstanites of the “previous “generations also .Hence he has become “computer hard disk” of old Thurstanites. This is a void which cannot be easily filled.
During our period at Thurstan we had the late Lt Colonel Kingsley Fernando who also a fountain of knowledge of Thurstanites of the 50’s & 60’s. Both joined Thurstan as bachelors spent long hours at Thurstan, of course in Mr Fernando’s case he was the Master in charge of so many games. They were at certain stages, Teacher in charge of Prefects and Master in charge of Discipline. Both had the uncanny ability to interact with students and hence they were very popular among the students of their respective era.
Let me conclude this tribute to Mr Jayasekara.
Sir! Thank you for all you have done for Thurstan. Hope your tenure at Thurstan carries many fond memories! Let it not be a “ good bye “ but be “au revoir “ till we meet at the next Thurstan function.
May you be blessed with good health, happiness in your retirement. Hope you will be provided with avenues to get involved with Education activities in your leisure time
Priya Paranavitane
(Old Boy of the 50’s & 60’s)
Sunday, 14 October 2007-Sunday Observer
By Chris Dhambarage
CRICKET: Thurstan College scored a historic ten wicket victory over St. Anthony’s College Katugastota in their annual inter school cricket tournament match concluded at Bauddhaloka Mawatha yesterday.
This was Thurstan’s first win in 26 years having last defeated the Antonians way back in 1980. The visitors were bowled out for 141 runs in their second attempt with last year captain Buddhi Samarawickrema capturing four wickets.
Earlier Thurstan took a good first innings lead thanks to three half centuries from Geeth Kumara, Umesh Karunaratne and Chaminda Perera.
St. Anthony’s: 135 and 141 (G. Dissanayake 52, K Ekanayake 19, B. Samarawickrema 4 for 10, R. Wijeratne 3 for 28, C. Gamage 2 for 28).
Thurstan: 269 for 6 decl (G. Kumara 61, U. Karunaratne 61, C. Perera 61, K. Ekanayake 4 for 84) and 10 for no loss
Thurstan retains the Greatian Gunawardana Challenge trophy for another year beating D.S. Semnanayaka College 12 (One goal & One try) to 6 points (One penalty & One drop goal) at CR&FC yesterday. Distinguish Old Thurstanite, Lion Greatian Gunawardana graced the occasion as the chief guest.
Thurstan unfortunate to lose to D.S.Senanayake U16 match 12 Points to 7 Points. Thurstan U16 team who beat D.S.Senanayake team in both occasion in the Western Province & All Island Tournaments earlier this year were unfortunate to loose to D.S.Senanayake at this encounter. D.S.Senanayake was awarded the Jaffar Sattar Challenge Trophy.
For the first time in the history of two leading Colleges in Colombo (Thurstan and Isipathana) a “Big Match & Funday” has been organised by the Old Boys Associations in UK .
By the initiative of the two OBA Commitees a Cricket match and a fun-day is scheduled to take place in London on Sunday the 27th of May 2007 at Kingston Grammar School, 70 London Road, Kingston-Upon-Thames, Surrey KT2 6PY starting from 2:00 p.m.
In addition to the cricket match, live music, food and drinks are being organised for the families and friends attending. Thurstan Old Boys living in UK are kindly invited to attend. Please bring food items, drinks and participate in this fun day for all. Children and family members are welcome. Further details can be obtained by contacting Chitrasena Senaratne (Secretary OBA) on 020 8842 2473, Lucky Panagoda (President OBA) on 020 8908 5905 or Dilip Gunawardena (Chairman OBA Cricket Committe) on 01462 686704.
Thurstan Old Boys wishing to play for the team please contact Dilip (above). Serious cricketers are also invited to put their names forward to represent Thurstan team at the forthcoming FoC festival on 15th July.
A reservoir of legal knowledge, he shared it with all (Sunday Times – 25/03/07).
Ten years have passed so fast since Diyanesh passed away in March 1997.
After having attended Wesley College and Thurstan College , Diyanesh took to law in the family tradition and passed out as an Attorney-at-Law. He was one of the first to successfully complete the MBA programme at the University of Colombo.The mundane business of making money however attracted him little. This led him to join the Employers Federation of Ceylon and specialize in labour law.
Diyanesh was also a great sportsman and excelled in rugger and cricket. He was also a cricket commentator during the latter years of his short life that ended in 1997 when he was 44 years.
Those who knew Diyanesh will agree that there was something exceptional about him. He had a remarkable mind and he read and wrote widely. He was a gifted draftsman and an accomplished advocate. New or intricate legal points interested him. His uncanny and profound knowledge of the law coupled with his ability to direct one to an authority from memory was unusual.
He did not parade his knowledge but humbly shared it with all who sought his advice. He was known for his humanity and particularly helping little people who needed help. Diyanesh’s achievements speak for themselves and he brought an unparalleled degree of dignity, courtesy, fairness, candour and complete integrity to everything he did. His knowledge of the law was one matter. He could talk with authority on the classics, science, poetry, sports or whatever.
There is so much respect for Diyanesh’s pursuit of perfection. He demanded so much from himself and instilled into all who surrounded him that great yearning for perfection.
I write about Diyanesh now as he deserves to be remembered. Diyanesh was a great man and was a role model par excellence. “They who think that you are gone, Because no more your face they see,
Are wrong, for in our hearts you live And always will in memory”.
Our thoughts are with his beloved wife Devarani and his two wonderful daughters Dashanya and Dhanushka.
By Suresh Muthulingam
Sunil Karunanayake – Undoubtedly Diyanesh was a great Character and easily the most outstanding sportsman Thurstan produced.
Bathiya Seebert – Diyanesh, was a genius no doubt in all these fields, but what I personally felt as a senior of his at Thurstan, was his unlimited capacity for human interaction at all levels and the down to earth approach towards life itself. He, always, loved and lived his life up to his simple aspirations. I personally, along with many past Thurstanites who are regular visitors to my place after our Big Match for fellowship, have been missing him for the last ten years, with his very vibrant and melodically singing for which he himself gave the lead and enjoyed the music and the singing to the hilt very much. He, definitely will live in all our hearts for ever and our thoughts will always be with his family too.