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. |
| Please
visit his page on cricinfo site. |
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