Mini battle concluded

The end of the mini battle was seen on the Wednesday the 22nd of February. Although it was a closely contested event, the Thomians undoubtedly came out as the stronger side. The match results were as follows,

Royalists go into bat first and declare with a score of 275 for the loss of eight wickets (Nandamulla 81)

Thomians in reply amass 277 for eight before declaring-skipper Wishanth Wijesinghe plays a captains knock of 108 followed by, D.R. de Silva -57, Vishva Weerawardana -32

The Royal 2nd innings comes to an end with a most 'unroyal' score of 217, with Nilshan Fernando and Kasun Higuwakgoda picking up four wickets each.

The Mini battle serves as a prelude to the big match and it can well be predicted that the Thomians will again be the dominant team.

Oarsmen do what they know best: row (and quite splendidly at that)

On the 25th of February the Thomian oarsmen participated in the Gorden Armstrong sculls and the Van Langenberg pairs rowing events. The oarsmen were unfortunate to lose the skulls event, but came out strongly to emerge victors in the pairs event. The winning team comprised of: Sajiv de Silva-bow, Gayan Pieris-stroke, Akshath Wikramanayake- Cox.

Soccerites prove their mettle

The Under 19 soccer team participated in the Dehiwela, Mount Lavinia soccer circuit meet which was organised by the football federation of Sri Lanka on Wednesday the 22nd of February. The college team did well to win the finals and advance to the next phase of the tournament.

The Thomian team beat Lalith Athulathmudali College 3-0 to advance to the finals and in the finals they beat Science College Mount Lavinia 1-0. The team was captained by K.M.P de Silva and coached by Mr. Sumith Perera.

Badminton

The shuttlers participated in the all island under 19 badminton tournament held on the 24th and 25th of February. The team fared well to beat Sri Sumangala Vidyalaya in the preliminaries but were unfortunate to be beaten by the Royalists in the quarter finals, from whence they were knocked out of the tournament.

Bookworms Selected

On the 23rd of January the library club held its annual general meeting at 1.30 in the library. The following were appointed as office bearers for the year 2006:

President : A.M.N. Fernando
Secretary : S.D. Amarasekara
Treasurer : D. Jayanetti

Mobile AGM

The annual general meeting of the automobile club was carried out on the 24th of January and the following were elected as office bearers for this year

President : C. Gunawardene
Secretary : M. Wijewardene
Treasurer : A. Kiridena

The Numismatic AGM

The annual general meeting of the Numismatic Club was held during the course of this month and the following were appointed as office bearers for the year 2006:

President : K.G.W. Ratnayake
Secretary : C.S. Ajitkumar
Treasurer : C. Kapilan

Lower School Training Seminar

A seminar was held by the Thomian Chamber Orchestra on the 25th of February at the College hall for the lower school (grades 4&5).

The main idea behind this project was to introduce Orchestral Instruments to the students and to prepare them to join the Orchestra upon reaching the Middle School. Overall this project was an immense success.

Postmen Appointed

President : A.T. Wasalatantri
Secretary : M.I. Zaveer
Treasurer : K.T. Amarasuriya

The above students were appointed as office bearers of the Philatelic Club for the year 2006.

The annual Blue Black Philatelic Competition will be held during the month of July. So stamp collectors get ready!

Environmental Conservation Society

The AGM of the Environmental Conservation Society was held during the month and the following were appointed as office bearers

President : K.G.W. Ratnayake
Secretary : M.M.B. Marambe
Treasurer : K.B. Jeger

Music to your Ears

The following were appointed as office bearers of the Modern Music Club for the year 2006.

President : A.S. Rizvi
Secretary : K.G.W. Ratnayake
Treasurer : N. De Siva

United for the year

The United Nations Club had its Annual General Meeting lately. The following were appointed as office bearers.

President :Y.A. Yatawara
Secretary :S.M. Vidanapathirana
Treasurer :J.N. Gooneratne

The MUNers

Six Thomians participated at the recently concluded Colombo Model United Nations Conference. It was organized by the Overseas School of Colombo on the 3rd, 4th and the 5th of March.

The Thomian delegates were, A.I. Issadeen, S. Uvais, S.D. Schubert, M.M.B. Marambe, J.N. Gooneratne and S.M. Vidanapathirana.