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St. Peter’s College Old Boys’ Union

Old Peterite Newsletter

Volume 3 (August - December 2015)

Published by St. Peter’s College Old Boys Union, Colombo 04, Sri Lanka.

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COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT – 2015/2016

Patron: Rev. Fr. Trevor Martin (Rector/Principal) Vice Patrons: Rev. Fr. Felician R Perera Rev. Fr. Travis Gabriel Lankamanya (Dr.) Lester James Peiris Prof. Willie Mendis Prof. Ashley Halpe Mr. Kumar Paul (Snr.) Mr. Mano Chanmugam Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke Dr. Ananda Soysa Prof. Rohan Jayasekera Mr. Eardley Thilakaratne Mr. Nivard Cabraal President: Mr. Romeish de Mel Immediate Past President: Surgeon Rear Admiral Nicholas Jayasekera Nominated Past Presidents: Mr. Gerry de Mel Mr. Suranga Seneviratne Mr.Roshan Dharmaratne Vice-Presidents: Mr. Chanaka Goonewardene Mr. Vishal Rodrigo Mr. Jerry Anderson Mr. Paul Newman Mr. Ravika de Silva Mr. Aruna Perera Mr. Anthony Peiris (Rector’s nominee) Hony. General Secretary: Mr. Algi Wijewickrema Assistant General Secretary: Mr. Haariz Rahman Hony. Treasurer: Mr. Dion Saverimuttu Assistant Treasurer: Mr. Shiran Yatagama Hony. Editor: Mr. Sujith Silva Assistant Editor: Mr. Dayan Georgesz General Committee Members Mr. Dushantha Gunawardene Mr. Hilal Abdulla Mr. Randy Roche Mr. Ramesh Fonseka Mr. Kevin Edwards Mr. Kerkinston Michael Mr. Lawrence Paiva Mr. Dinesh Rodrigo Mr. Ramesh Rayappan Mr. Warren Dalton Mr. Charles Wijesuriya Mr. Sanushka Perera Mr. Kumantha Ranasinghe Mr. Ravindra Lordon Mr. Yuwanmini Landersz Mr. Shan Amarasekera Mr. Asela Lihinikaduwa Mr. Lindsay Melder Mr. Chaminda Perera Mr. Anil Phillips


Content Page

OBU News 04

BATCH NEWS

Pre 70’s Group 07

71-74 Group 09

83-86 Group 10

87-92 Group 10

93/94 Group 12

95-2000 Group 14

2001-2003 Group 15

2009 Group 15

2010 Group 15

2012 Group 15

Batch Group of Gampaha 16

NEWS FROM FOUNDATIONS

Tennis Foundation 17

Football Foundation 18

Athletics Foundation 20

Basketball Foundation 21

NEWS FROM OVERSEAS

SPC OBU Washington DC 22

SPC Old Boys Social Club Australia (Melbourne & Brisbane) 24

SPC OBU United Kingdom Branch 26

JPAA Toronto, Canada 29

Events Calendar 31


Dear Peterites,

Greetings for a wonderful 2016!

A directory of all Peterites, in business or their profession is being compiled and will be known as "The

Peterite Business Directory". The objective of this directory is to help or obtain the services of our fellow

Peterites, if and when required. This directory will carry details of Peterites overseas as well, the

information you submit will also be useful to update the Old Boys' Union general data base as well.

The "Registration Form" is available online, on the following link http://goo.gl/forms/ijh0Yjc87h This link

is also available on the OBU Website and on St Peters' College OBU Facebook. You also have the option of

perfecting the attached "Registration Form" and posting it to the General Secretary, at your very earliest.

Further, the "Registration Form" will also be posted to all members in Sri Lanka.

On receipt of the information from the membership it will be categorized into their respective professions

and these details will be uploaded to the OBU Website for reference by the membership.

I'm confident, that all Peterites will make us of this opportunity.

God Bless!

Romeish De Mel

President.

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St. Peter’s College Old Boys Union


BATCH NEWS

THE OLD PETERITES’ GROUP OF PRE 1970

8th Annual General Meeting The 8th Annual General Meeting of “The Old Peterites’ Group of Pre 1970” was held on Friday, 29th May, 2015 at the Secretariat of the Old Boy’s Union. The Patron, Rev.Fr. Trevor Martin, Rector St. Peter’s College, the President of the Old Boys and over 40 members were present. The AGM was followed by a fellowship. Harold Jansz was elected as the President along with Algie Wijewickrema as Senior Vice President, Eraj Balasuriya as Vice President, Malcolm Atton as Hony.General Secretary and Nihal Wijeratne as Hony. Treasurer for the year 2015 – 16

The Committee

Standing – Left to Right David Crusz. Hector Pietersz, Hilal Abdulla, Rodney Martenstyn, Ranjith de Silva, Mahinda Saranapala, Howard Daniels, Cyril Wijesena, Srinath Fernando, Anton Blake Seated – Jayantha Attapattu, Harendra Sirisena, Harold Jansz, Malcolm Atton, Nihal Wijeratne, Eraj Balasuriya (Absent Algie Wijewickrema). Scholarships to needy students The Group continues to implement its scholarship scheme for needy students which commenced in 2010 through generous donations by donors, old boys and from the surplus obtained from its annual get-togethers and in particular a special contribution from Mr. Tim Andradi who in 2013 made a generous donation towards the setting up of the scholarship Trust Fund. In 2014, 13 students were sponsored and this year 2015, 11 students are being sponsored and a student is sponsored till he leaves college.


“A Members get together Sunday, 24th May, 2015 Hotel Randiya. A members get together of the “Old Peterites’ Group of Pre 1970” was held on Sunday, 24th May, 2015 at Hotel Randiya, Koralawella, Moratuwa. It was another great opportunity once again for old Peterites to meet and greet fellow mates of the Pre 1970 era. Over 80 old boys attended this fun filled day, with much reminiscence of stories about college days and the enjoyable recollection of those carefree days. . 8th Annual Get-Together “In St. Peter’s Bowers”28th November, 2015, Grand Oriental Hotel Colombo. The 8th annual get together of the “Old Peterites’ Group of Pre 1970” was held on Saturday, 28th November, 2015 at Grand Oriental Hotel, Rainbow Ball Room, Colombo. It was a grand success with many members of the batch along with their spouses attending the event.


GROUP OF 71-74

Residential Get Together

The 71~74 batch Group organized a Residential Get-Together for the 4th time on 5th and 6th

September 2015 at Tangerine Beach Hotel Kalutara. This was attended by around 60 members

and their families. The event was a resounding success. The fellowship went past mid- night on the 1st

day which included singing, dancing and games and on the 2nd day there was a special cookery

demonstration conducted by the executive chef of the hotel where the ladies too participated. Also the

batch members together with their families enjoyed the fun and games organized by the hotel on behalf

of the Group.

Whenever overseas members visited Sri Lanka the Group always took time to organize a Get-together to

maintain relationships.


GROUP OF 83-86

At the AGM following office bearers were elected

President :Sherard Benedict Perera

Immediate Past President :Lawrence Paiva

Vice President :Mevan De Silva

Secretary :Geoffrey Wijetilleke

Asst. Secretary :Charitha Perera

Treasurer :Ruwan Dharmawardane

Asst. Treasurer :Nalaka Silva

Batch Coordinators :83/84 Rohan Anthony and Lasantha Dissanayake

:85 Shiran Yatagama

:86 Ashley Fonseka and Orson Perera

The Group hosted its Batch Night (Bachelors) on 18th September and the Christmas Party on 5th

December. They also actively participated at the OBU events during this period.

GROUP OF 87-92

TEACHER’S DAY FUND RAISER:

MARIANS NIGHT @ MOUNT LAVINIA HOTEL-4TH SEPTEMBER 2015


The Old Peterites group of 87-92 better known as Legends, for the 3rd successive year

organized the Marians Musical evening with Ronnie Leach at the Empire Ball Room of Mount

Lavinia Hotel in order to raise funds for the Annual Teachers’ day outing to coincide with the

World Teachers’ day celebration.

TEACHERS’ DAY OUTING-17th October 2015 at Club Bentota.

For the 14th consequent year, batch group of 87-92 organized the Teachers’ day outing for the whole

staff and the priest community of the St. Peter’s College Bambalapitiya and its Gampaha branch. The

event was spiced up with a motivation speaker and few team building games.

Annual War Heroes Memorial Mass to commemorate Peterites who died in action, 2nd November 2015 Our alma mater, the St Peter’s college, Bambalapitiya has produced many sons who have made the supreme sacrifice to protect our motherland. It has been a great tradition of ours to salute our own brothers who have given their lives to protect the country. We have continued to remember and honour these brothers every year during the month of November for the past five years.


GROUP OF 93-94

The AGM was held on the 06th June with a

participation of more than 60 members. Anil Philips

was elected as the President with Ravika de Silva as

the Hony. Secretary and Niroshan Mangamuni and

Ramesh Rayappan as two Vice Presidents. The Group

is spearheading a Scholarship schemes under the

Main OBU for the last 15 years through funds

generated from activities and donations. Also we

financially contributed 2 Swimmers from College who

represented Asian Swimming Championships.

Educational & Motivational sessions for A/L students

The Group held a couple of sessions at College for A/L students

to enhance their knowledge and also to guide them in their

career paths. The first programme was for Bio Students covering

many areas of College life as a Bio Student and University life as a

medical Student. The session was conducted by two Peterites

namely Dr. Shehan Perera – Consultant Pediatrician and

Cardiologist at Lady Ridgeway Hospital Colombo (specialized in

Child Heart diseases) and Dr. PriyanthaPerera;

Pediatrician/Senior Lecturer at Ragama Hospital.

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The 2ndprogramme under this series was held for the Maths students covering many areas of IT career

for Year 13 Math’s students. This session was conducted by Mr. Ruwindhu Peiris former Committee

member of 93/94 Group who is currently the Managing Director Stax Inc. (www.stax.com). We also

provided educational visits for A/L students by taking them to Lady Ridgeway Hospital, Jayawardanepura

Hospital & Colombo National Hospitals to experience live operations. The students from Maths streams

visited Sri Lankan Air Lines office.

http://www.stax.com/


FAMILY GATHERING & INTER CLASS CRICKET 6’S

This was held at College Grounds

with the participation over 120

families from the Batch. While

the Boys (men) were busy at

playing Cricket the Ladies were

kept occupied with fitness

sessions / Cookery & health food

demonstration / Beauty Culture

programmes. Kids had an

enjoyable day with Indoor and

outdoor games, Magic Shows,

Movies, and Bouncers and with

Cartoon Characters.

Annual batch Dance ‘Golden 40’s’ Party

This was held at Hilton Residence, Colombo

with Misty. The event was graced by Rev. Fr.

Trevor Martin and the OBU President Mr.

Romeish De Mel along with many priest of

the College priest community and Old Boys.

Over 150 batch mates were present on this

occasion


GROUP OF 95-2000

‘A Gathering of Class’

The Peterite Class of 2000 which is a vibrant part of the

Batch Group 1995-2000, celebrated 15 years since leaving

the intellectual halls of St. Peter’s College with a gala re-

union event themed ‘A Gathering of Class’ on the 3rd of

October 2015 at the Colombo Hilton Residences. The event

gathered batch mates from around the world who joined

to recall events from the past and glorious nostalgic

memories. The capacity crowd at the event danced till the

wee hours of the morning to the entertainment provided

by the popular Ranil and his band ‘Black’ alongside guest

DJ’s. There were special surprises on offer at the event

including luxury holidays in Sri Lanka & the Maldives. The

event was graced by Rev. Fr. Trevor Martin (the Rector of

St. Peter’s College) who was the Chief Guest, Rev. Fr.

Felician R. Perera (Former Rector during their era) as the

Guest of Honour & Mr. Romeish De Mel, the President of

the Old Boys Union. The organizing committee presented a donation commitment to the Chief Guest

during the event to keep in line with the objective of the Batch Group which is to help the College in its

pursuit to be a ‘School of Excellence’.

Joe-Pete Cricket Carnival

The annual Joe-Pete Cricket Carnival, jointly organised with the Joes Batch of 99 was held at the College

Grounds. The day was filled with exciting games and camaraderie of brotherhood among two schools and

over 40 teams representing various batches participated in the tournament.


GROUP OF 2001-2003

The Group initiated ‘Aid the College Staff’ project in order to assist former members of the

College staff who are in need of financial and/or medical support. Under this they made a

cash donation to former College Sinhala teacher Mr. Neville

Herath.

He is a heart patient and is recovering from the second heart

attack. Funds were generated through donations from the

batch mates and batch activities.

GROUP OF 2009

This Batch is one of the upcoming Batch groups in the OBU.

However during the last quarter of the year their activities were

curtailed as one of their active members, Chathura Silva passed away. The batch mates organised a

memorial service in memory of Chathura at St. Anthony's Church, Boralesgamuwa on 17th September

2015. However they made sure to mark their presence at the Joe-Pete Batch Cricket 6’s and also in the

Gerry De Mel Cricket challenge trophy.

GROUP OF 2010

Group was actively involved in organizing the ‘Peterite Vehicle Parade’ which was held earlier in the year (Joe-Pete 50 over match). The batch had its get-together recently for the batch members. The reunion night was well attended and brought all the members together for an evening of fellowship. It was an eventful meeting with a good turn up of members.

GROUP OF 2012

One of the youngest batch groups. They have been busy gathering their members as most of them are

still engaged in their higher studies. Despite their busy schedules, they managed to initiate two projects.

They rallied round the College Cricket team at the Joe-Pete Cricket big match and the limited over

encounter, where they managed to put up a banner sending warm wishes to the team with the support

of their fellow batch mates. They also had a batch party during December with the presence of their

batch mates who are residing in overseas.

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Batch Group of Gampaha


FOUNDATIONS

Tennis Foundation

St. Peter’s College emerged the Triple Champs at the Inter School Tennis Tournament which

ended in June 2015. Peterites bagged the championship for the 9th successive time in 11 years.

Winning all age groups. The dedication and hard work of

players of age groups under 15, 17 & 19 headed by the

College captain, Davishka Ranasinghe played an immense

role in the consistent performance. The intensity and

discipline in the coaching programme headed by Mr.

Dinith Pathiraja, his coaching assistants and the support

extended by Mr. Bernard Jesuthasan, Master in charge

has been a vital source of strength over the years. The

Tennis Foundation sponsored the College Tennis T shirts

for all age groups.

In recognition of this momentous achievement the

Peterite Tennis Foundation organized a gala event to

felicitate all 30 players of the 3 winning teams. The

felicitation was held on 24th July 2015 at the College Hall

with the patronage of Rev. Fr. Rector Trevor Martin. Other

distinguished guests, priests, members of the OBU and the Tennis Foundation, former tennis players as

well as 100+ current tennis players and their parents were also present at the occasion. The event was

followed by refreshments and a fellowship.

The Foundation also sponsored an

under 16 boy for a training camp to

Thailand to tour with the Asian

Tennis Federation (ATF) team. Due

to financial constraints He was due

to drop out of the tour, but the

Foundation intervened and made

that dream a reality.


Football Foundation

Peterite Football shines again in

Gold & Silver in 2015 and filled the

Trophy Cabinet. During July to

September, the most highlighted

fact was the representation of

four under 19 Peterites in the Sri

Lanka Schools’ Football Team

which toured China for the Asian

Schools Football Tournament.

The St. Peter’s College Football

Foundation fully sponsored these

players for the tour. In addition,

five of our players toured Bangladesh with the Sri Lanka under 19 team. During October to December

period Peterites performed exceptionally well with the return of the five National – Peterite Players into

the business in School Level with the remaining lads of Peterite Team. Their target was to secure the title

of the Josephian-Peterite Silver Jubilee encounter which was held on the 23rd October at CR & FC Grounds.

The St. Peter’s College Football Foundation and the Josephian Advisory Committee had jointly organized

of the Encounter with tremendous support from both Rectors and other school authorities. It was really

a Jubilee in every sense. The Trophy was named as ‘‘Very Rev. Fr. Joe E. Wickramasinghe and Very Rev.

Fr. Stanley Abeysekara Challenge Trophy’, and after a 5 year wait St. Peters College emerged victorious

over the spirited Josephians, three goals to nil, to win the 25th Big Match, leading the series with 13 wins

to 11 and one shared jointly. In the junior matches the U13 team drew the game 0-0, while the Peterites

grabbed the match in the U15 category 2-0.

The Peterites also excelled in the shorter-format of the game. They won the Indoor Futsal Soccer Carnival-

3 organized by Emma Sports Event Management in collaboration with Austasia Sports & Leisure Club

which was held in August at Austasia, Thalawathugoda. They repeated the success at the 7th Joes Futsal

Soccer Carnival, the biggest futsal carnival in Sri Lanka organized by St. Joseph’s College, Colombo 10

which was held on 31st October. While SPC U19 Team emerged Cup Champions, the U15 Team were Cup

Runners-up in their age group, the U13 team Plate Semi-finalists and little U10s also performed

promisingly at the said carnival.

The junior team also titled as District Champions at the U15 Samaposha All Island Schools Football

Tournament – 2015 in November.


In the Under 19 Kotmale Invitation Schools Tournament second edition, St. Peter’s College dominated all

their group stage matches which they won comprehensively and ranked Top in the Group-A. The

tournament was postponed to year 2016 by the SLFF and the organizers due to various reasons and will

be recommencing in the first quarter in 2016.

The Peterite Team excelled with classy football, a well-balanced team which possessed top of the bracket

talent and played with purpose and determination in every game they played. The opponents’ strengths

and strategies were not adequate to defeat the well-set Peterites at most times. The season is continuing

and expectations are very high for the Peterites to do well in the upcoming Tournaments as well. The

school authorities will be right behind them with the support of the Coaching Staff and the Football

Foundation of St. Peter’s College to achieve success.

Achievements

Champions – U19 Indoor Futsal Soccer Carnival -3

Champions – U19 Josephian-Peterite 25th Jubilee Soccer Encounter

Champions – U15 Josephian-Peterite Annual Soccer Encounter

Joint-Champs – U13 Josephian-Peterite Annual Soccer Encounter

Cup Champions – U19 7th Joes Futsal Carnival

Cup Runners-up – U15 7th Joes Futsal Carnival

District Champions – U15 Samaposha All Island Schools Football Tournament


Athletics Foundation

The Track and Field Foundation (TFF) held its 7th AGM in May’2015 and Manujaya Fernando

was elected as the President and Eresh Weerasooriya and Anthony Chelliah as Vice Presidents.

Mario Fernando was elected as the Secretary and Rajith Perera as the Treasurer.

As the college was in need of a few more equipment’s to

carry out proper training TFF members made arrangements

to purchase some training equipment. They also conducted

a workshop for junior athletes and their parents where Dr.

Ajith Perera and a nutritionist Mrs. Janakie Perera

conducted the sessions. A coaching camp was organized by

the TFF on the 30th and 31st August at college grounds for

the Junior Athletes targeting the Junior Meet. The skinnies

designed and produced by the TFF were handed over to the

athletes by Fr. Rector. TFF also managed to arrange

accommodation for the junior athletes at the Junior Tarbet

Shield Meet. The flagship event for the year was the Saints

Quadrangular Athletics meet which was hosted by TFF on

7th& 8th November at College Grounds. This was revived

after 25 years and both present boys and old boys from St.

Benedict’s College, St. Joseph’s College, St. Anthony’s

College participated enthusiastically along with Peterites. St.

Benedict’s College won the Championship for Present boys

with Antonians ending as runners up and Old Peterites won the Old Boys Championship.


BASKETBALL FOUNDATION The Basketball Foundation hosted the ‘Back to Courts 2015’ a Basketball Tournament among

the Past Basketball Players of College in order to gather past players, revive the passion for the

sport and to build camaraderie among Old Boys. It was held at College Basketball Courts on the

9th of December.


OVERSEAS BRANCHES

St Peter’s College Old Boys’ Union of Washington D.C.

2015 Peterite Golf Classic—Charity Golf Tournament

The 4rd Annual Peterite Golf Classic charity golf tournament organized by St. Peter's College OBU of Washington D.C. (SPCOBUWDC) was held on 18th July at Virginia Oaks Golf course in Gainesville, Virginia. The event was conducted by the PGA staff of Virginia Oaks and was well attended by players and guests. The awards presentation followed the buffet lunch. Since the inaugural PGC in 2012, SPCOBUWDC has donated over 10,000.00 USD to different pediatric charities. The two beneficiaries of this year's PGC will be St. Peter's College Career Guidance Center in Colombo 4, Sri Lanka, and the AT Children’s Project, Florida, USA. As in past years very attractive prizes were offered by SPCOBUWDC. .


St Peter's Rugby Champs in Washington, D.C. The team representing the St. Peter's College Old Boys' Union Washington DC emerged champions at the Washington DC. The Sri Lankan Schools Rugby 7’s was held over the Memorial Day holiday weekend in Maryland, USA. The much anticipated annual tournament, now in its 15th year, was organized by the District of Columbia Thomians-Old Boys’ Association. St. Peter's in the group stage beat Trinity Eighty Seven 38-0, Dharmaraja 31-0, and Trinity Masters 35-0. In the Quarter Finals, St. Peter's beat Trinity B convincingly 26-0. In the Semi Finals St. Peter's overcame Royal College 20-7. In the Finals, St. Peter's beat the reigning champions, St. Thomas's 24-7. The Peterite team was captained by Priyankara Katugampola, and comprised Shenal Dias, Lee Keegel, Rishitha Peries, Suren Rajakaruna, Devin Fonseka, Devlin Marthil, Shiyan Fernando, Erik Somasundaram, Ashan Rodriguez, Franco Gunasekera, Ifraz Illyaz and Yohan Dole. Lee Keegel was awarded the Faumy Samad Memorial trophy for Most Valuable Player. Rishitha Peries was adjudged the Player of the Finals. The team was managed by Gaddafi Ismail. SPCOBUWDC would like to thank all players, members & their spouses, other family members and supporters for being present at the tournament to support the winning team.


St Peters College Old Boys Social Club Australia- Melbourne.

The 34th AGM was held on the 31st July 2015 at the club house and it was well represented once again. As always at a St Peters College Old Boys Social Club Australia Incorporated event, its starts with a prayer and ends with the collage anthem. The Committee then inducted two new life members into the club who have served the Peterite family in Melbourne tirelessly over a long period of time and they are Mr. Patrick Fernando and Mr.Keith Bennett. The gathering was hosted to a feast organised by the club for all members present. They ended the night with a sing-along as brothers, as they will always remain.

The committee organized a Golf Day in November and hosted a Christmas Lunch in December for the members and their families. Both events were well attended. They also launched their next big event ‘White Night’ Annual Dinner Dance to be held on 21st May 2016.


St Peters College Old Boys – Brisbane

Highlights from the Joe-Pete in Brisbane


St. Peter's College OBU -UK Branch

The new committee for 2015/2016

President : Themiya De Mel

Vice President : Nirmal Joseph Fernando and Kisho Denish

Secretary : Joe Donan Rayen

Asst. Secretary : Brian Ratnayake

Treasurer : Khazan Ahamed

Membership Secretary : Aravinda Abeysekara

Sports Secretary : Tharindu Denioitiyage

Social Secretary : Len Ludwick

COMMITTEE MEMBERS : Gobi Muthuthevar, Charith Gunasekara

The year 2015 will be remembered as the most successful year for the sports in St.

Peters OBU UK. The Peterites made history by winning all 3 tournaments (Big Match,

Festival of Cricket and the Saints Quadrangular) in a Single Calendar Year for the 1st

time led by Ramesh Subasinghe

1- Joe Pete big match, This was a 40 over match and St. Peter’s won by a massive 184

runs and it was expected when the Josephians lost their wickets

one after the other and none of their batsmen could face the

mighty Peterite attack.

2- The Peterite Cricket Team in UK won the Festival of Cricket

2015 by beating Royal College by 1 Run in the Finals. The Peterite

Team was by far the favourites coming into the tournament and

that was proven by being unbeaten in the Tournament. The Best

Bowler’s award went to Tharindu Denipitiyage while the Best

Batsman’s prize went to Chathura Peiris who just let his bat do

the talking throughout the Tournament. The Man of the

Tournament was Akshu Fernando.

3- St. Peter’s College OBU UK Cricket Team Won the Saints Quadrangular 2015 for the 1st Time in the

Tournament’s history beating St. Joseph’s College by 57 runs. The Man of the Final was Tharidu

Denipitiyage who Scored 37 in 9 Balls which included 6 Massive Sixes. The Man of the Tournament was

Shehan Ian Fernando.


The Cricket Team -

Ramesh Subasinghe, Angelo De Visser, Anthony

Manoaj, Danuka Hettiarachchi, Akshu Fernando,

Amman Samsoodeen, Tharindu Denipitiyage,

Angelo Perera, Charith Gunasekara, Chathura

Peiris, Kazan Ahamed and Shehan Ian Fernando.

Rugby 7’s

St. Peter’s College OBU UK Rugby Team

emerged Champions for 3rd Consecutive Year at

the Sri Lankan Schools Touch Rugby Tournament

2015 in UK, beating Lumbini College, 4 tries to 2 in

the Finals. Captained by Young Rishitha Peries the

Peterite Team was unstoppable on the day.

Rukshan Wijesingha was adjudicated as the Man of

the Series, his 2 brilliant diving tries in the Finals

made the difference for the Peterite Victory.

The Rugby Team

Rishitha Peries,Dilshan Dole,Ranidhu Peries,Nirmal Joseph, Rezni, Razak, Rushdi Faiz, Damith Perera,

Ruksh Wijesingha, Renaz Mohamed, Madusha Randimal, Kisho Peter, Dinethra Fernando and Dave

Toussaint


2015 La Bamba Night organized by the St. Peter’s College OBU UK Branch


JPAA (Josephian Peterite Alumni Association), Toronto, Canada

JPAA Canada had their AGM and Founding President Upali Obeyesekere continued his third

year of his second term as President of the Association. A cohesive committee was formed to

conduct the sports and social events for the year

To kick-off the year’s activities JPAA Canada held its popular annual Fellowship Night on June 26th in Toronto. DJ-Rohan (Rohan Weerasinghe) dished out super music and kept the crowd on the floor most of the time. Guest of Honour was former Peterite Cricket Captain (1963) Tyrone Le Mercier and his wife Jean who flew in from Melbourne, Australia as part of spending a North American holiday. The event was well attended and kicked off what will end up as a splendid year for JPAA Canada. The next sporting event was the 6thAnnual Saints Quadrangular T20 Cricket Tournament Canada version. Played at the picturesque Ajax Cricket Club Grounds, the strong Josephian XI grabbed honours and won the tournament beating the Benedictines in an exciting finish. Earlier in the day, the Peterite team had lost to the Bens. Monday, September 7, 2015 was a statutory holiday in Canada in lieu of Labour Day. The 31st Josephian-Peterite Annual Cricket Encounter was held on this day at Ajax Cricket Club grounds. A high standard of cricket was witnessed throughout the day. The Peterites won the Masters Game played in T20 format captained by Dane Joseph, former Peterite cricketer. The Main Game was won by the Josephians who fielded a strong side. The next event on calendar was the JPAA Annual Dinner Dance on Saturday, November 28th that culminated JPAA annual activities. Entertainment lineup included international performer ALSTON KOCH who appeared at the dance as a Guest Artiste. Our own Peterite DJ Pradeep Thomas provided dance music. There were over 250 guests who patronized this exciting dance that brought the curtain down for the year for JPAA Canada. All in all, a splendid year!


Events Calendar (Jan-June ‘2016)

Keep these dates free, coming up….

Date Event

26th January In Australia; Saints Cricket Quadrangular in Melbourne

30th & 31st Jan Under 20 All Island Schools Rugby 7’s, Royal Sports Complex, Colombo 07.

13th February Peterite Honours Night at Rev.Fr. Nicholas Perera Hall, Colombo 04

20th & 21st Feb 83-86 Batch Family Trip

26th February In Australia; Peterite Stag Night in Melbourne

28th February In Australia; Joe Pete Cricket Match in Melbourne (Southern Reserve Rupert Drive, Mulgrave)

March Old Peterites Vs Old Josephians Cricket Encounter – Garry Melder Trophy

JosephianPeterite Past Cricketers Dinner

3rd March Stag Night, College Grounds, Colombo 04.

4th & 5th Mar Annual Joe-Pete Cricket Encounter (Big Match) at P Sara (Oval), Colombo

Pending Rugby; Legends Game (Old Boys Vs Present Boys) at College Grounds, Colombo

09th March Old Boys vs Present Boys Cricket Match 50 Overs at College Grounds, Colombo 04.

12th March Annual Joe-Pete Cricket Match – 50 Overs at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Peterite Vehicle Parade

Special Enclosures; Legends (87-92 Batch), Pearly Gates (95-2000 Batch), Crusaders Joe-Pete Joint Tent (93/94 Batch)

18th March Under 20 Schools Rugby Season for 2016 to commence

20th -26th Mar Holy Week

14th May Petes go Retro Sing Along, Colombo (83-86 Batch)

21st May In Australia; Peterite Dinner Dance in Melbourne

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