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Rugby Fixtures 2009

Rugby Fixtures – 2009

Date	Match Description	Venue	Time	Result
24-Apr-2009	Thurstan College VS Wesley College	CR & FC		Wesley Won 25-10
4-May-2009	Thurstan College VS Science College	CR & FC		Thurstan Won 36-15
12-May-2009	Thurstan College VS St.Sylvester?s College	CR & FC		Thurstan Won 34-8
19-May-2009	Thurstan College VS Ananda College	CR & FC		Draw 22 all
27-May-2009	Thurstan Present Boys VS Thurstan Old Boys	Police Park		Thurstan Old Boys Won 22 ? 10
3-Jun-2009	Thurstan College VS Zahira College	Police Park		Thurstan Won 44 ? 10
10-Jun-2009	Thurstan College VS Lumbini College	Police Park		Thurstan Won 13 ? 8
17-Jun-2009	Thurstan College VS Prince of Wales College	Police Park	3.30 PM
23-Jun-2009	Thurstan College VS Vidyartha College	Nittawela	5.00 PM
29-Jun-2009	Thurstan College VS D.S.Senanayake College	Police Park	3.30 PM
Not yet scheduled	Thurstan College VS Isipathana College

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Thurstanites gained a very huge win against Zahira College

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Post date June 4, 2009
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Thurstanites gained a very huge win against Zahira College .

Scores
Thurstan College – 44
Zahira College – 10

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The 40th Annual Rugby Encounter between Thurstan & Isipathana

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Post date June 22, 2008
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Dear Thurstanites,

The 40th Annual Rugby Encounter between Thurstan & Isipthana played for the “Abdul Jabbar Trophy” will be kicked off this Thursday (26th June) at the CR&FC grounds. Matches will commence from 2.30pm with the 1st XV match scheduled at 4.15pm. Please keep the date free and we request all Thurstanites to be there in numbers to support your school team!

This is not just another rugby match, it’s the Rugby Big Match and we need all Thurstanites in great numbers at the match!

Please pass the message to all the fellow Thurstanites.

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Thurstan Rugby – Past Match Details 2008

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Post date June 10, 2008
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April 23rd	Vs Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa	CR&FC	Won by 23 (TC-one goal,two try’s 2 penalties) to 21 points

April 30th	Vs Mahanama College, Colombo 3	CR&FC	Draw -17 all (TC-four penalties,on try)

May 7th	Vs AnandaCollege, Maradana	CR&FC	Lost – 10-13 (TC – two try)

May 14th	Vs Old Boys	CR&FC	Not played

May 21st	Vs Science College, Mt.Lavinia	CR&FC	Won 42 – 0 (TC – three goal,three trys,two penalties)

May 29th	Vs St.Joseph College, Maradana	CR&FC	Lost 7 – 22 (TC- one goal)

June 4th	Vs St.Sylvester College, Kandy	KANDY	Won 27 -12 (TC – 1 goal, 1 try, 5 penalties)

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Thurstan – Wesley clash for Rajaratnam Trophy

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Post date June 10, 2008
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Sunil Karunanayake

Thurstan will scrum down with Wesley for the Diyanesh Rajaratnam trophy on June 11 at the CR & FC grounds, Longdon Place . Diyanesh Rajaratnam trophy was inaugurated in 1998 in memory of late Diyanesh Rajaratnam who is the only Thurstanite to have captained both cricket and rugby at Thurstan; he captained the cricket team in 1971 and rugby team in 1972.

The match is also of significance due to the fact that Rajaratnam came over to Thurstan from Wesley in 1967 and the Rajaratnam family renowned for sports had links with both these schools.

Diyanesh Rajaratnam played his first game for Thurstan in 1968 as a wing three quarter against Wesley and scored Thurstan’s first try and the match was won by Thurstan 8-3. This team was captained by Upali Hewage (currently Deputy Inspector General of Police Sabaragamuwa Range ) who rendered yeoman service to Thurstan for well over a decade in serving as its Rugby – Co-ordinator.

DIG Upali Hewage has most fittingly being invited to be the Chief Guest for the occasion. Diyanesh won fame more as a leading schoolboy cricketer and had the honour of representing Ceylon Schools team in their Indian tour of 1970 where the series was won by them.

After leaving school he continued an active cricket career and represented Nomads & Tamils in the premier division and was a Sri Lanka trialist and represented board President’s xi. He also coached Thurstan cricket for a brief period.

After retiring from first class cricket Diyanesh turned out be a leading commentator and sports program presenter for the SLBC achieving great heights as a Cricket and a Rugby commentator, this is yet another outstanding feat of this great sportsman who passed away suddenly in 1997.

Thurstan & Wesley has been playing each other regularly from 1959 and the Rajaratnam Trophy was won by Thurstan from inception in 1998 up to 2001 while Wesley has been the holders since 2002.

Both Thurstan and Wesley who played in the “A” division last year were relegated to “B” division this year and have had limited success.

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Thurstan defeated St.Sylvester Kandy by 27 points

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Post date June 5, 2008
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Thurstan defeated St.Sylvester Kandy by 27 points (1 Goal, 1 try & 5 penalties) – 12 points (4 penalties).

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Thurstan, Isipatana match postponed

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Post date May 16, 2008
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The annual inter school rugby encounter between the traditional rivals Thurstan College and Isipatana College for the Abdul Jabbar Shield scheduled for Saturday has been postponed. The match will be played on June 26 at Longden Place .

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Thurstan Rugby Fixtures 2008

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Post date April 29, 2008
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Below is the Rugby fixture for the year 2008. This year, Thurstan is in Group A – Segment 2. All 1st XV matches are schedule to be kick off at 4.30pm. You may contact Mr.Sudath Ranasingha, Thurstan Rugby Manager for more details.

April 23rd Vs Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa – CR&FC

April 30th Vs Mahanama College , Colombo 3 – CR&FC

May 7th Vs AnandaCollege, Maradana – CR&FC

May 14th Vs Old Boys – CR&FC

May 21st Vs Science College , Mt.Lavinia – CR&FC

May 29th Vs St.Joseph College , Maradana – CR&FC

June 4th Vs St.Sylvester College , Kandy – KANDY

June 11th Vs Wesley College – CR&FC

June 19th Vs Lumbini College – CR&FC

June 28th Vs Isipathana College – CR&FC

July 5th Vs D.S.Senanayake College – CR&FC

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Thurstan defeated Prince of Wales

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Post date April 24, 2008
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Thurstan defeated Prince of Wales, Moratuwa by a narrow margin of 23 points (3 tries, 1 conversion & 2 penalties) to 21 points (2 tries, 1 conversion & 3 penalties)

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Tennis – Past Tennis Captains

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Post date March 31, 2008
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Past Tennis Captains

1997 Yohan Ramasundara

1998 Aflal Izzadeen

2000 Nalaka Samarakone

2001 Maduka Galgamuwa

2002 Madushan Damith

2003 Paboda Maduranga