| NEWS |
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| Senkadagala donates Rs. 10m to Dharmaraja |
| Senkadagala Finance Company Limited (SFCL) has donated Rs. 10 million to the Dharmaraja Swimming Club for the construction of a public swimming pool in Kandy. This is as part of the company’s vision of viewing Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives. The project was initiated in 2001 by the Colombo branch of the Dharmaraja College Old Boys’ Union with contributions made by many donors. |
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| Goodbye - Chandra Herath |
| One of the veterans of our Melbourne OBA branch Chandra Herath has decided to relocate to sunny Adelaide. As most of you know Chandra was instrumental in building our OBA branch and organising many activities we had over the years. We certainly going to miss his contribution and companionship. We like to take this opportunity to thank Chandra for his dedication and wish Chandra, Priyadarshini and Mathisha all the very best in their future endeavours. |
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| Rajans - Under-19 Soccer Champions |
| Dharmaraja College, Kandy, became Central Province Schools Under-19 soccer champions when they scored a thrilling 1-0 win over Zahira College, Gampola in the finals of the soccer tournament organised by the Ministry of Education - Central Province and played at Weeguluwete grounds, Gampola. At half time there was no scoring. |
| Mid way in the second half, the Rajans took play into their opponents’ territory and a well directed cross kick by right extreme and skipper L.D. Thanthrige saw centre forward Kanishka Kumara collecting the ball and brush past two defenders to lob the ball into the net to put them in the lead. |
| A fierce battle followed with the Zahirians making a determined effort to obtain the equaliser to keep themselves in the game but the Rajans put up a wall-like defence to stop their opponents. |
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| Founders day Bana |
| Date: 29th Sunday, June 2008 |
| Time:7:00pm |
| Place:Dharma Dveepa Meditation Centre, 43 Hemming Street, Dandenong 3175, VIC. [map] |
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| DRC OBU Australia Ex.com. Meeting |
| Date: 21st June 2008 |
| Time: 5:30PM |
| Place: 34, Third Street, Parkdale VIC 3195 |
| Fellowship after the meeting. All are invited. |
| Tilak - Joint Secretary |
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| Arjuna assures assistance to Rajans’ turf and grounds |
| By Upananda Jayasundera - Kandy Sports Special Corr - Sunday Observer 25/05/08. |
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| Arjuna Ranatunga - the Chairman of the Interim Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket, is a ‘no nonsense’ man and he has made himself clear in all the issues that he has faced after taking the high-profile seat.
Seeing is believing.... This is a famous saying and the Chairman of the Interim Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket Arjuna Ranatunga accompanied by the Principal of Dharmaraja S.M. Keerthiratne, KDCA President Tilina Tennakoon and officials of the OBA of Dharmaraja College take a close look at the renovated turf wicket and grounds, (below): Sprinklers at work getting the ground ready for cricket.
Pictures by Upananda Jayasundera - Kandy Sports Special Corr.
It is an accepted fact that one has to put one’s ‘house in order’ before going into other details regarding the game of cricket and Ranatunga - the World Cup winning captain of Sri Lanka, had made his intentions clear about cleaning up the administration where he has assumed “office”. |
| He made a trip to Kandy to inspect the work in progress at the Dharmaraja College new lay-out of the turf wicket and Ranatunga agreed to look into the possibilities of giving the ‘final touches’ to the playground and the turf strips.
Asked as to why took the extreme rigid decisions of removing some officials when he assumed duties as Chairman of the Sri Lanka Cricket Interim Committee, Ranatunga assured justice will be done to all and he said that everything will be made known as he will call up a press conference to expose all those who have misuse funds of the Board and all the shortcomings of the Board’s activities.
Ranatunga was somewhat surprised that cricket being very popular in the country that only two girl schools in Kandy are playing the hard ball game - that’s Pushpadana and Mahamaya. He said that in India in almost all the districts and provinces, the game of cricket is being played and that’s why the standard of cricket in India is at a high level.
The Principal of Dharmaraja College S.M. Keerthiratne, former President of the OBA Dharmaraja Jagath Samarasinghe, KDCA President Tilina Tennakoon and other officials of the Dharmaraja OBA were present at the occasion.
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| Sinhala Movie: Soduru Wasanthaya |
| This film will be shown in aid of DRC OBU fund. Please do come with families, partners etc. Interview with the producer Ajani Perera on Ch 31 on Sunday the 25th May at 11AM. Interviews on 3ZZZ and 3SER radios on Sunday.
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| Director : Roy De Silva |
| Producer : Ajani Perera |
| Actors/ Actresses: Chathurika Pieris, Roy De Silva, Arjun Kamalanath |
| Date: 31st May 2008 |
| At : 4:30pm & 6:30pm |
| Place: Clayton, Monash University Campus Centre cinema |
| Tickets available at Sri Lankan Shops or Tilak 9580 3169 or 0433 375 848 |
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| -:Warm Birthday Wishes to Mr. A. P. Gunaratne:- |
| The old boys union in Australia wishes all the very best to Mr. A. P. Gunaratne who will be 73 on 18th of April. Mr. Gunaratne was the principal at Dharmaraja College from 1973-1987 before serving as the vice principal for a considerable amount of years. |
| More Details from Colombo OBA... |
| OBA - Australia |
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| A Cricket match and a family gathering-BBQ have been organized by the old boys union in Melbourne. All members of both schools are welcome with their families. Cost of the BBQ-one gold coin donation. |
| Cricket matches between old and young,Ladies etc. |
| Date: 29/03/2008 |
| Time: 10:00 AM |
| Venue: Heatherhill Secondary College-Noble Park (Melway ref: 89B2) |
| Food provided, Drinks BYO |
| RSVP on or before 21st March 2008 to Aruna Herath - 0408 397 004 or Chandra Herath - 0439 936 800. |
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| DRC OBU Australia Ex.com. Meeting |
| Date: 02nd February 2008 |
| Time: 6:00 PM |
| Place: 34, Third Street, Parkdale VIC 3195 |
| Please sell at least two raffle ticket books. This is the only fund raising event we have at the moment. College has made many requests for funds for the Cricket ground, Swimming pool, Computer lab etc... |
| We have to decide on these mattres soon. |
| Tilak - Joint Secretary |
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| Year End Celebrations - 2007 |
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| Next Meeting |
| A meeting and fellowship arranged for DRC old boys on the 18th November 2007 at 34, Third Street, Parkdale 3195. Time 5:00 pm. Meeting and afterwards some drinks and bites. |
| All are welcome. |
| Tlak annd Upendra |
| Joint Secretaries |
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| New Officials |
| The AGM was held on Sunday the 14th at the Court House,Mordialloc. The attendance was 26, which is very good, and thanks for all the people who turned up.The president Nimal Ekanayake delivered the Presidential address and stressed the fact that the younger generations take over the pruning of the Melbourne OBA.With a positive reference to that statement new officials were elected. |
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| President: Chandana Ekanayake |
| Joint Secretaries: Upendra Navaratne and Tilak Wijewardene |
| Joint Treasurers: Gamunu Seneviratne and Rohitha Dissanayake |
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| Sub Committees: |
| Fund raising: Manju jayakodi, Malaka Jayasundara, Nilantha Herath, Nanda Herath and Nishantha |
| Sports: Chandra Herath, Mohan Herath, Chamila Kaduruwewa,Shehan Wiewardene, Hasantha Weerasekera, Kalinga Ratnaweera (swimming) |
| Publicity and Media- Muditha Dasanayake, Ruwan Abeysekera, Kawindra Bandara Hippola, Nimal Ekanayake, Tlak Wijewardene |
| Membership and Social Events:Susantha Jayawickrema, Aruna Herath,Lalith Amunugama, Rohitha Bandara |
| Computer Project;Chandana Ekanayake, Chandra Herath, Nilantha Herath, Susantha Jayawickrama,Nimal Ekanayake, Muditha Dasanayake |
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| After the meeting the participants enjoyed the lunch and the drinks graciously provided by some members. |
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| Annual General Meeting |
| The Annual General Meeting will be held at the Mordialloc Court House on 14th October 2007 |
| Time: 10AM to 3PM |
| Place: Albert Street, Mordialloc - 3195 |
| Melway Ref: 87E12 |
| Lunch provided, BYO |
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| Agenda: |
| Annual Report |
| Presidents address |
| Treasures Financial Statement |
| Election of New Office Bearers |
| Any other business |
| Lunch and fellowship |
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| Please confirm the participation: |
| Aruna - 0408397004 |
| Thilak - 95803169 |
| Susantha - 97111029 |
| or by e-mailing Aruna Herath |
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| Tilak - Gen. Sec. |
| DRC OBU-Melbourne. |
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| Rajans Rugby - 2007 |
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| Founders Day - Dana |
| 30th June 2007 |
| We completed the Founders Day dana today. We are pleased with the outcome, there
were 5 monks and about 150 devotees, not all Rajans but a fair number, plenty of
food and all were fed Thanks for the Rajans and their wives who who provided
dana and the pirikara and attended the ceremony.
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| Pictures - Dharmaraja History |
| Sanjeewa Gamagedara has uploaded a rare collection of pictures of Dharmaraja College to YouTube. It's worth having a look since most of us haven't seen these pictures... |
| It's Great work Sanjeewa! |
| YouTube |
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| Get-Together & Future Events |
| Dinner dance get together was completed successfully. Thanks to all who turned up and the "toilig workers" who did a magnificient job, and the band was a great hit. Bravo chaps. The next item will be the Founders Day Dane 30th June at the Keysborough Temple. |
| We expect about 30 people to turn up. |
| We have to divide dane menu items among ourselves. The list is given below. Please indicate your choise and the quantity. |
| 1. Rice (plain or brown only) |
| 2. Dhall |
| 3. Potato - theldala |
| 4. Fish curry |
| 5. Vegetable curry |
| 6. Melung |
| 7. Salad |
| 9. Papadum and halmasso fried |
| 10. Sweets |
| 11. Fruit salad & Ice cream |
| 12. Any other item |
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| Please let us know as soon as possible -Aruna or Tilak. |
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| Next Project - A DRC Scout on Everest (may be not this year but eventually one will go up there) Swimming Project- We have to form a swimming group to learn swimming. More details later. |
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| Fifth successive win for Rajans |
| S.M. Jiffrey Abdeen - Kandy Sports Corr. |
| Dharmaraja College, Kandy recorded their fifth successive win for the
season when they swamped St. Aloysius College, Galle by 50 points (5 goals, 3
tries) to nil in their more... |
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| Urgent Meeting - 26th May 2007 |
There is an urgent commitee meeting regarding the dinner dance to be held on the 16th June. We are inviting some Kingswoodians as well.
Your presence is appriciated. Place- Aruna Heraths residence- 12, Nursury Crt.
Rowile-phone-9755 7116-Date 26th May-time 7.00pm.
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| Founders Day Alms Giving |
Founders day alms giving will be at the Keysborough Temple on the 30th of June.
Monks from all the temples in Melbourne are participating. A list of food items
for the dane is being prepaired. Please contact Tilak 9580 3169 regarding the
contributions of the dane-(food) items.
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| Ibrahim to coach Dharmaraja |
| Sa'adi Thawfeeq |
| Sri Lanka and Kandy Sports Clubs utility player and Old Kingswoodian Nilufer Ibrahim will coach Dharmaraja College during the current inter-school rugby season. more... |
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| Rajans Win |
| The first ever cricket match between Dharmaraja college OBU Melbourne and Kingswood college OBU Melbourne took place on 5th April 2007 at Police paddocks , Dandenong.
DRC team was captain by Chamila Kaduruwewa and KCK was captain by Rizan Mowsoon. Chamila won the toss and put KCK in to bat.
KCK made 155 for the loss of 7 wickets in 30 overs.Waruna 32, Gihan Ekanayake 37 and Ruwan 24 N.O. made runs for KCK. Eranda Ekanayake 3 wickets and Anura Thilakkaratna 2 wickets bowled well for DRC.
In reply DRC made a bright start with the Opening pair Marapana 41 & Jayamal 18 putting on 65 runs. Then wickets started to fall However Chamila Kaduruwewa with 47 N.O. guided DRC to victory in 29.3 overs with seven wickets down. For KCK Shrimantha Fernando bowled tightly conceding only 14 runs in his 5 overs.
Old Rajans Thilak Wijewardena, Nala Hewavissa & Lalith Amunugama cooked us a nice BBQ Lunch for the large gathering of around 75 people from both schools.
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| Construction of ground in Kandy |
| Buddhist school builds international ground. |
| Sa'adi Thawfeeq |
| One of the oldest Buddhist schools in Sri Lanka, Dharmaraja College in Kandy, is building a new international cricket stadium at Lake View. Sri Lanka Cricket are helping out: they have already funded them Rs. 750,000 for the preparation of five centre pitches.
SLC also promised two sightscreens and a scoreboard, they are not forthcoming, according to Yasas Chandrasekera, the vice-president of the Dharmaraja Old Boys Association and secretary of the Lake View Development Project under whose aegis the stadium is being built. "We have been told that it is not possible because SLC does not have the funds," he said. "We will have to look elsewhere." more... |
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| Cricket Match - Dharmaraja vs Kingswood |
| There is a cricket match arranged between the old boys of Dharmaraja college and Kingswood College. Anyone who wants to play, please contact Chandra Herath- 9807 1479. |
| Date: 06th of April 2007 |
| Match Starts at 9.30am |
| Venue: Police Paddock, Brady Road, Dandenong North |
| Mel Ref: 81J11 |
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| 09/03/2007. |
| Next Meeting - At Thilak Wijewardana's Place |
| A meeting has ben arranged -17th March Saturday @ 7pm, at Thilak's place ,34 Third
Street, Parkdale-9580 3169- usual talk, Maiocca (Susantha) and Urumas, BYO drinks.Maiocca/Urumas/whiskey/beer seems to be the standard food and drink items in the DRC OBU gatherings. |
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| Family BBQ 2007 - Another Successful Event |
| A total of 60 old boys and family members attended the family BBQ on 10th of February 2007. It was one of the successful events organised by old boys union in Melbourne. The membership forms were distributed on the day and more forms are available with Aruna Herath. |
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 BBQ in February  |
| A family BBQ and a fun day have been arranged by the old boys union in Melbourne. This was discussed at the last meeting held at Aruna Herath’s residence on 13/01/2007. Please keep the below date free. |
| Date: 10/02/2007 |
| Time: 10:00 AM |
| Venue: Churchill National Park, Rowville (Melway ref: 82 C11) |
| Food provided, Drinks BYO |
| RSVP on or before 04th February 2007 to Aruna Herath, 0408 397 004 |
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| Fifth successive win for Rajans |
| S.M. Jiffrey Abdeen - Kandy Sports Corr. |
| Dharmaraja College, Kandy recorded their fifth successive win for the
season when they swamped St. Aloysius College, Galle by 50 points (5 goals, 3
tries) to nil in their more... |
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| Urgent Meeting - 26th May 2007 |
There is an urgent commitee meeting regarding the dinner dance to be held on the 16th June.
We are inviting some Kingswoodians as well.
Your presence is appriciated. Place- Aruna Heraths residence-
12, Nursury Crt.
Rowile-phone-9755 7116-Date 26th May-time 7.00pm.
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| Founders Day Alms Giving |
Founders day alms giving will be at the Keysborough Temple on the 30th of June.
Monks from all the temples in Melbourne are participating. A
list of food items
for the dane is being prepaired. Please contact Tilak 9580 3169
regarding the
contributions of the dane-(food) items.
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| Ibrahim to coach Dharmaraja |
| Sa'adi Thawfeeq |
| Sri Lanka and Kandy Sports Clubs utility player and Old Kingswoodian Nilufer Ibrahim will
coach Dharmaraja College during the current inter-school rugby season. more... |
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| Rajans Win |
The first ever cricket match between Dharmaraja college OBU Melbourne and Kingswood college
OBU Melbourne took place on 5th April 2007 at Police paddocks , Dandenong.
DRC team was captain by Chamila Kaduruwewa and KCK was captain by Rizan Mowsoon. Chamila won the toss and put KCK in to bat.
KCK made 155 for the loss of 7 wickets in 30 overs.Waruna 32, Gihan Ekanayake 37 and Ruwan 24 N.O. made runs for KCK. Eranda Ekanayake 3 wickets and Anura
Thilakkaratna 2 wickets bowled well for DRC.
In reply DRC made a bright start with the Opening pair Marapana 41 & Jayamal 18 putting on 65 runs. Then wickets started to fall However Chamila Kaduruwewa
with 47 N.O. guided DRC to victory in 29.3 overs with seven wickets down. For KCK Shrimantha Fernando bowled tightly conceding only 14 runs in his 5
overs.
Old Rajans Thilak Wijewardena, Nala Hewavissa & Lalith Amunugama cooked us a nice BBQ Lunch for the large gathering of around 75 people from both schools.
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| Construction of ground in Kandy |
| Buddhist school builds international ground. |
| Sa'adi Thawfeeq |
| One of the oldest Buddhist schools in Sri Lanka, Dharmaraja College in Kandy, is building a
new international cricket stadium at Lake View. Sri Lanka Cricket are helping out: they have already funded them Rs. 750,000 for the preparation of five
centre pitches.
SLC also promised two sightscreens and a scoreboard, they are not forthcoming, according to Yasas Chandrasekera, the vice-president of the Dharmaraja Old
Boys Association and secretary of the Lake View Development Project under whose aegis the stadium is being built. "We have been told that it is not possible
because SLC does not have the funds," he said. "We will have to look elsewhere." more... |
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| Cricket Match - Dharmaraja vs Kingswood |
| There is a cricket match arranged between the old boys of Dharmaraja college and Kingswood
College. Anyone who wants to play, please contact Chandra Herath- 9807 1479. |
| Date: 06th of April 2007 |
| Match Starts at 9.30am |
| Venue: Police Paddock, Brady Road, Dandenong North |
| Mel Ref: 81J11 |
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| 09/03/2007. |
| Next Meeting - At Thilak Wijewardana's Place |
| A meeting has ben arranged -17th March Saturday @ 7pm, at Thilak's place ,34 Third
Street, Parkdale-9580 3169- usual talk, Maiocca (Susantha) and Urumas, BYO drinks.Maiocca/Urumas/whiskey/beer seems to be the standard food and drink items
in the DRC OBU gatherings. |
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| Family BBQ 2007 - Another Successful Event |
| A total of 60 old boys and family members attended the family BBQ on 10th of February 2007.
It was one of the successful events organised by old boys union in Melbourne. The membership forms were distributed on the day and more forms are available
with Aruna Herath. |
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| BBQ in February |
| A family BBQ and a fun day have been arranged by the old boys union in Melbourne. This was
discussed at the last meeting held at Aruna Herath’s residence on 13/01/2007. Please keep the below date free. |
| Date: 10/02/2007 |
| Time: 10:00 AM |
| Venue: Churchill
National Park, Rowville (Melway ref: 82 C11) |
| Food provided, Drinks BYO |
| RSVP on or before 04th February 2007 to Aruna Herath, 0408 397 004 |
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| Wish you a Happy and Prosperous New Year. |
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| 31/12/2006. |
| Next Meeting |
A meeting has been arranged at No.12, Nursury Crt, Rowille 3178 on the 13th
Saturaday (Jan. 2007). This is the residence of Mr Aruna Herath, the usual
agenda,-talk, eat,drinks, songs, if any.Tel. no.9755 7116, 0439936800.
Please collect and bring the Raffel Ticket Books.
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| 11/11/2006. |
| Next Meeting |
A meeting to discuss the futue projects, to be held on the 17th Friday of this
month, at Thilak's place. Please confirm. Meeting, drinks and eats and a singsong, a must for married and hasseled individual old boys, a time to unwind.
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| 11/11/2006. |
| Raffel Tickets |
It is raffel ticket time again. We have received raffle tickets from Rotary Club of
Ballarat south. Each ticket is
$2.00 and a book costs $20.00. We expect help of the members to sell these tickets as it is the only fund raising project for the OBU.
more... |
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| 07/10/2006. |
| Rajans Dinner Dance in UK |
Old Rajans in UK have organized there annual dinner dance. It will be held at C & L Country
club crystal hall on 28th of October 2006.
Please visit www.dharmaraja.co.uk for more details. |
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| 24/09/2006. |
| “LEN DORA PIPUNA PREMAYA” |
| Perhaps you may be already aware, that the writer Chandraratne Bandara was a contemporary
of ours at Dharmaraja College in late seventies/early eighties. He was one of the pioneers of "Sineru Kala Sansadaya" and did a tremendous service to promote
an awareness of literature, arts, drama, cinema, etc. at our school. He continues to be involved in helping such endeavors at Dharmaraja College.
Recently he published a collection of short stories based on his studies, discussions, experiences and recollections while living in Toronto during the years
2005 and 2006, “LEN DORA PIPUNA PREMAYA”
more... |
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| 23/09/2006. |
| Pinkama held on 20th September 2006. |
| The 'pinkama' held at the Keysborough temple was very successful and
well attended. The Sri Lankan community in Australia appriciated what we
did towards the Sri Lankans afected by the war at home. Our secretary, Mr. Thilak Wijewardena received many phone calls from all over the Australia
appreciating the event. He wants to thank all who participated and helped in numerous ways. |
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| 09/09/2006. |
| Pinkama for old Rajans and others who lost their lives defending Mother Lanka. |
| A Pinkama- puja and Bana Sermon will be held on Wednesday 20th of Sept. at
the Keysborough Temple.Time 7.30 PM. Tea and short eats afterwards. Please keep
the date free and attend the event with the family.Please bring children and
friends. Please note that we are first OBA to remember and offer merit to our
brothers who sacrificed their lives. |
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| 30/08/2006. |
| Death of Nipuna Wickramasooriya. |
| Nipuna Wickramasooriya who left the school in 1991 has died in an accident in Colombo last
night. He lived at Lewella and for further information please contact Eranga Kulasekara. |
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| Fallen Heroes Memorial. |
| A fallen heros memorial page will soon be added to the site. It will appear under History
menu. We envisage to include all the Dharmaraja College old boys who died in action during the period of 1983 - 2006. |
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| SSP Upul Senveratne killed. |
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| Dharmaraja College old boy Mr. Upul Seneviratne, Training director of STF was caught in a
Claymore attack carried out by Wanni Tigers in Kandy on 07th August morning at 5:00am. He was seriously injured and was admitted to Kandy hospital. He
succumbed to his injuries at 6:00am. |
| Please visit Ministry of Defence
or Colombo Page for more details here. |
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| Chamara Kapugedera excels. |
| Chamara Kapugedara scored an elegant 63 to become the second highest scorer of the Sri
lankan first innings against South Africa. |
| Please visit cricinfo for more details. |
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| Dharmaraja - Kingswood Get Together 06. |
| The first Dharmaraja - Kingswood get together was held on 18th of March
2006. |
| Photos |
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| Chamara Kapugedara - The first RAJANS test cricketer. |
| Chamara Kapugedara became the first test cricketer to be produced by Dharmaraja College.
Chamara was very lucky to start his test cricket career at Lords, the home of cricket. |
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visit his page on cricinfo site. |
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