Royal College- Panadura
| Royal College, Panadura රාජකීය විද්යාලය,පාණදුර | |
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| Type | National school |
| Motto | Aththanan Damayanthi Panditha |
| Established | 1976 |
| Principal | H. Sarathchandra Silva |
| Grades | Class 1 - 13 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Age | 6 to 19 |
| Enrollment | 3000 |
| Former pupils | Old Royalists |
Royal College, Panadura [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] (Sinhala: රාජකීය විද්යාලය, පාණදුර) is a National school situated in the suburb of Panadura in Western Province, Sri Lanka.
Name of Royal College, Panadura
Sri Lankan local news papers also refer Royal College Panadura as Panadura Royal College,[10] Panadura Royal[11][12] or Royal Panadura.[13][14][15] Current students of Royal College Panadura are called Panadura Royalists.[16][17][18][19]
History and Royal College Panadura facilities
The school was inaugurated in 1978 as Janadipathy Vidyalaya and later renamed as Royal College Panadura. The college conducts classes from grade 1 to 13 in both Sinhala and Tamil medium including English medium from grade six onwards. Royal College Panadura is spreaded across over 34 acres (140,000 m2) consisting of a complete Information Technology Centre,facilities of over 10 scientific labs, auditoriums, Sports Complex boasting of squash courts, basketball courts and table tennis, an international standard rugby football ground and a modern gymnasium, 2 cricket grounds and nets, swimming pool with diving facilities, along with volleyball and tennis courts.[20]
Sports played at Royal College Panadura
Traditional Fixtures of Royal College Panadura
Royal College Panadura plays annual cricket Big Match with St. John's College Panadura (Royal Panadura versus St. John's Panadura). It is also called Battle of the Greens.[21] The Big Match is played for Mervyn Joseph Cooray Shield.
Notable Royalists alumni
- Chamara Silva - Sri Lankan Test and One Day International cricketer[22]
- Lahiru Fernando - Sri Lanka’s life-saving sportsman and athlete[23]
- Diluka M. Silva - Attorney-at-law[24]
Alumni associations of Royal College Panadura
Royal College Panadura has two main alumni associations. These alumni associations plany annual cricket matches against other alumni associations such as the Old Wesleyites Sports Club and the Old Johnians Old Boys Association.[25][26]
Royal College Panadura and other schools
There are many other schools such as Royal College Colombo, Royal College Horana, Royal College Polonnaruwa, Royal College Wayamba in Sri Lanka that have Royal in its title,[27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45] none of those are affiliated to Royal College Panadura.
See also
References
- ^ Sri Lanka profiles CHAMARA SILVA
- ^ Royal Panadura has produced many distinguished personalities
- ^ They are right Royal too Around the Schools - Royal College Panadura
- ^ St John's and Panadura Royal clash on March 15 and 16
- ^ St. John's vs Royal Panadura clash will be interesting
- ^ Panadura Royal – a talented side
- ^ Panadura Royal - under 17 cricket champions
- ^ Royal College – Panadura
- ^ Dushan an all rounder in the making
- ^ Chamara Silva followed Aravinda’s style to forge ahead
- ^ Here's how the winners were picked this year...
- ^ Keen tussle expected at Schools Rugby Sevens
- ^ Royal-Panadura into final beating Mahanama
- ^ Royal Panadura impresses in drawn game
- ^ Royal, Panadura and Sri Sumangala Balika annex hockey titles
- ^ Rambukwella takes over the limelight
- ^ Last coupon from May 19
- ^ Show to beat all shows on Monday
- ^ Royalist Ramith Rambukwella, Observer-Mobitel Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2011
- ^ Royal Panadura has produced many distinguished personalities
- ^ Panadura’s Battle of the Greens ends in tame draw
- ^ Chamara Silva followed Aravinda’s style to forge ahead
- ^ Live-savers rescue hosts’ pride with three golds
- ^ New Computer Lab for Royal College
- ^ Sports Club of the old boys of Wesley College - Colombo
- ^ Six-a-side at Panadura today
- ^ Royal Horana needs funds to play cricket
- ^ Spellmaster moves to Uva and Sabaragammuwa Provinces
- ^ Royal and S. Thomas’ opt out of school cricket tournament
- ^ Ananda’s gymnasts steal the limelight on the second day
- ^ Show to beat all shows on Monday
- ^ Stage set to honour school cricket talents tomorrow
- ^ Schools netball finals in Polonnaruwa
- ^ Western Province athletes dominate on the first day
- ^ Sri Lanka Sports News
- ^ Lalith Athulathmudali clinch U-16 'Milo' Rugby Trophy
- ^ Under 17 hockey tourney from September 24 to 27
- ^ Outstation Schools dominate All-Island School Games
- ^ Telijjavila Royal College, Matara
- ^ JRJ's 102nd birth anniversary on Sept. 17
- ^ Royal Class of '80 fetes past teachers
- ^ Students get great help from e-Sri Lanka: Royal College Principal
- ^ Studies cum extra- curricular activities - the secret
- ^ Royal College student fallen to the swimming pool
- ^ A social and religious personality