S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia got off to a flying start in the 2023/2024 season, becoming the only team to progress as an unbeaten team becoming Group Champs at the end of the Group Stage of the All Island Inter School Limited Over Tournament.
Continue ReadingThe Interschool U16 Hockey Tournament was held in Polonnaruwa last week (Oct / Nov) 2023.
The Under-10 Green Ball tennis players of S. Thomas’ College emerged as All-Island Runners-Up in the recently concluded Inter-School Cool Tennis Tournament at SLTA, all of the leading public and international schools took part, on the 29th of October 2023.
The 30th Annual Royal-Thomian Water Polo encounter for the Dr. R.L. Hayman Memorial Trophy took place on the 30th of September and on the 7th of October, 2023 at the Sugathadasa Stadium. The encounter, more famously known as ‘Hayman’ is known to provide the fans with excitement and this year was no different with a thrilling finale that left the fans on the edge of their seats till the last second.
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The College Waterpolo team retained the Dr. R.L. Hayman Trophy after defeating Royal college at the 2nd leg of the Royal-Thomian Waterpolo encounter.
Continue ReadingSTC choosing to bat first scored 191 with Thisen Eheliyagoda 55, Romesh mendis 40 being the notable contributors on day 01 after the 3rd session was washed out.
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St.Joseph’s College won the toss and elected to field first.
STC got off to a decent start at 51 for no loss with Thisen Eheliyagoda scoring 46. But Muditha Dissanayake 5/44 had STC in trouble at 64/5 before Nathan Caldera 113 and Senesh Hettiarachchi 59 scoring a 100+ partnership to get STC to a formidable 285.
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S.Thomas’ College Vs St Sebastian’s College Traditional Match Played at Mount-Lavinia on the 27th & 28th January 2023.
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S.Thomas’ College Vs St Sebastian’s College Traditional Match Played at Mount-Lavinia on the 27th & 28th January 2023.
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HALANGODA -ATAPATTU 4th ANNUAL CRICKET ENCOUNTER
S.Thomas’ College vs Ananda College First XI Traditional match played at Mount Lavinia on the 21st & 22nd January 2023.
S.Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia faced De Mazenod College, Kandana in a 1st XI fifty over tournament game. The match was played at Kandana on the 3rd of October, 2022. The captain of De Mazenod College won the toss and elected to field first.
Continue ReadingThe 1st XI Cricket Team of S.Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia took on D.S.Senanyake College on the 23rd of September in the 1st XI Cricket Team’s limited overs campaign. D.S.Senayake College won the toss and decided to bowl first on a dry pitch at the Big Club Grounds.
Continue ReadingRoyal-Thomian encounters have always been the highlight of any sport and sportsman’s career at both these schools as the rivalry between the two schools extend beyond the institutions with large audiences from all around Colombo gathering to see the Blues face off.
Continue ReadingThe Thomian swimming team started off the All Island Swimming tournament with a bang, winning four gold medals on the first day.
Continue ReadingThe U-17 Cricket team of S.Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia took on Trinity College Kandy in the semi-final of the U-17 Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Tournament at the Surrey Cricket Ground in Maggona on the 17th of September 2022. S.Thomas’ College won the toss and elected to bat first on the Beruwala surface.
Continue ReadingThe 7th Annual Royal-Thomian Sailing Regatta for the Ranil Dias Memorial Trophy was held on the 23rd and 24th of September 2022 at the Ceylon Motor Yacht Club.
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The Under 16 Rugby Football Team of S.Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia, took on the Under 16 team of Science College, for the M. E. C. Perera Trophy at the Science College Grounds, in Mount Lavinia, on the 16th of September 2022.
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The Sri Lanka Schools Under 17 Basketball tournament was held on Friday, the 16th of September.
Continue ReadingThe 1st XI cricket team of S.Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia took on Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala at the Big Club Grounds on the 16th of September in a limited-overs encounter in the cricket team’s limited-overs league campaign. Maliyadeva College won the toss and opted to bat first.
Continue ReadingThe Individual Qualifying Test in Air Rifle Air Pistole Shooting was organized by the Sri Lankan School Shooting Sports Association and was held at D. S. Senanayaka college, Colombo on the 3rd of September 2022.
Continue ReadingThe 1st XI Cricket Team of S.Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia took on St.Sebastians College, Moratuwa in a limited overs encounter in the cricket team’s league campaign. After an interruption by rain and the number of overs being reduced to 36 overs, the Thomians lost the toss and were put into bat on the Moratuwa surface.
Continue ReadingThe 11th Annual Trinity – Thomian Football encounter was held at the Big Club Grounds of S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia on the 14th of September 2022. This encounter comprised of the under 16 encounter, the old boys encounter and the under 19 encounter. Mr. Janesh Ratnadasa, an old Thomian was invited as the Chief Guest of this event.
Continue ReadingThe College 1st XI Cricket Team took on Gurukula College in a limited-overs encounter at the Big Club Grounds on the 10th of September.
Continue ReadingThe 2022 Zonal Athletics meet was held from the 6th to the 9th of September at St Sebastian’s College grounds with 45 schools participating. The Thomian Athletics team emerged 1st runners up with 53 College Athletes qualifying for the Western Provincial meet happening later this year.
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After a very short break between seasons, the Thomian Cricketers are back on the field and ready to take on any opposition in the upcoming 2022/2023 cricket season, with Romesh Mendis as the Captain of the 1st XI team.
Continue Reading“It doesn’t really matter whether you win or lose the game; what counts is how you played the game.” Coming into this game as the underdogs, Chariya and his young Thomian side kept their spirits up as they fought hard against a renowned and experienced Pathanian squad.”
Continue ReadingThe College Swimming Team performed exceptionally well at the All Island Novices Aquatics Championship conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Aquatic Sports Association, which took place on the 19th, 20th, and 21st of August.
After their recent success at the Football Divisionals tournament, the Thomian First XI and Under 18 Football teams qualified for the Football Zonals tournament which took place on Friday, the 19th of August 2022.
Continue ReadingThe U-20 Western province tournament, a much awaited event for the U-20 hockey team, marked the beginning of their playing season. A long line of matches and tournaments lay ahead. The team faced off against Bandaranayake College Gampaha, in their qualifying round, dominating with a score of 14 – 0 – which is speculated to be the highest number of goals scored in the tournament. The match served as a great confidence boost for the team before advancing forward to the quarter finals.
Continue ReadingS.Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia took on Thurstan College, Colombo for a two day match on the 3rd of June, 2022 at the S.Thomas’ College Big Club Grounds. Ryan Fernando, the Thomian captain won the toss and elected to bat first.
Continue ReadingDasis Manchanayake made an unbeaten 53 to pull Royal College out of deep trouble on day 3 of the 141st Battle of the Blues encounter at the Sinhalese Sports Club grounds. After seeing Royal declare on 282, S Thomas’ finished on 127/5 as the game drew to a close.
Manchanayake, playing in his 1st Royal-Thomian, showed absolutely no nerves in the middle, playing a controlled knock, after coming in to bat with the score on 177/6 – Royal still 43 runs away from avoiding the follow-on. The elegant left-hander put on 24 alongside Isiwara Dissanayake before taking the lead in his partnership with Lahiru Madusanka which was worth 67.
Continue ReadingS Thomas’ College picked up 4 crucial wickets in the final session of play on day 2 of the 141st Battle of the Blues encounter to leave Royal College in a bit of trouble on 127/4, trailing by 242 runs.
The game was looking like it was heading for a certain draw with the Thomians batting out the 1st session of play to reach 369 before Royal’s openers Kamil Mishara and Kushan Kulasooriya too inexplicably just looked to occupy the crease in the afternoon session of play.
Continue ReadingShalin de Mel (85) and Ryan Fernando (70) propped S. Thomas’ College up on day 1 of the 141st Battle of the Blues encounter as the School by the Sea finished on 271/6 after being sent in to bat by Royal College.
De Mel and opening partner Dilmin Rathnayake survived the all-important first hour of play, despite the best efforts of Kavindu Pathirathne, who got the ball to move early on. The right-arm quick did manage to cause a bit of trouble with the new ball, troubling Rathnayake in particular. Rathnayake was lucky to survive a few streaky shots and was given a life when he was dropped at gully in the 11th over but nevertheless he and his partner de Mel put on a valuable 49-run stand to give S. Thomas’ a steady start.
Continue ReadingSri Lanka’s blue-ribbon schools’ cricket encounter, the ‘Battle of the Blues’, between Royal College and S. Thomas’ College will take center stage for the 141st consecutive year when the teams battle it out for the Rt. Hon. D.S. Senanayake Memorial Shield on the 12th, 13th and 14th of March at the SSC grounds, Colombo.
Continue ReadingThe Royal-Thomian 2nd XI encounter, a.k.a. the Mini Battle ended in a draw this evening at Mount Lavinia, after two exciting days of cricket.
Royal College, having won the toss on a typical Mount Lavinia wicket with a tinge of fresh grass on it, had no hesitation in putting the hosts in to bat yesterday morning. The decision seemed justified at first as the Thomian top order struggled to come to terms with the assistance that was provided by the pitch.
S. Thomas’ College –(273/8)
Royal College – (37/2)
Royal trail by 236 with 8 wickets in hand
Thenuka Liyanage takes honours with a fighting 157
The first day of the mini battle was held at the Big Club grounds on the 6th of March. The day was mostly spent with the Thomian 1st innings. After winning the toss, the captain of the visiting team opted to bowl first on the pitch. This worked in favour of the bowling side, who took advantage of the early swing on offer. At one point the scorecard read 35 for the loss of 5, with Sonal Amarasekara taking a fourer.
Continue ReadingS. Thomas’ College won the 2020 Novices Diving Championship with 127 points, conducted by the Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union (SLASU), defeating arch rivals Royal College earlier today.
Continue ReadingTrinity College pulled off a scrappy but deserving victory over St. Thomas’ College as they managed to retain the Canon R. S. De Saram Shield for the 4th year running. Despite the halftime scores reading 07-08 in favor of the Thomians, Trinity managed to finish 17-08 as their opponents were down to 13 and were gifted many opportunities.
Continue ReadingIn what may well be argued (at least in hindsight) as a master stroke by the Thomian Think Tank, a second string Thomian XI (the Thomian Second XI team) comfortably defeated a full strength Ananda College 1st XI by 4 wickets with 4 overs and 3 balls to spare, to qualify for the Singer Under 19 Limited Overs Pre-Quarterfinal stage in this year’s competition.
Continue ReadingOn the 7th of March 2019, hot off the heels of the cycle parades, the 140th Battle of the Blues began with as much fanfare as is expected of a cricketing tradition that spans more than a century. A brilliantly sunny Thursday was the ideal day to begin one of the most anticipated encounters between S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia and Royal College, Colombo.
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