
Theekshana Anuhas Kalhara of Richmond College won the Bronze medal in the 15th CK Classic International Taekwondo Championship held at the Juara Stadium in Malaysia from August 18 to 20.
“Brain Cypher 2022”, a quiz competition organized by the Mother Sri Lanka Club of Royal College, Colombo and the Quiz Club of Sirimavo Bandaranayake College, Colombo ended recently after giving a great opportunity for Richmondites to showcase their knowledge and intelligence. There, our A team, consisting of Captain Renuja Nanayakkara, Somiru Vinujana, Lochana de Silva and Manuka Rison, were able to attain victory in the overall championship. Further, our B team, consisting of Captain Sadanu Sasnula, Ganindu Swarnajeewa, Treshan Weerasooriya and Senidu Induwara, won the fourth place.
The Dr.C.W.W.Kannangara Auditorium recently became a venue where many victories were achieved by Richmond College from the Southern Province Aerobics and Gymnastic tournament. Said victories were, the 3rd place of the under 16 trio category, 3rd place of the under 16 individual category, 1st place of the under 18 individual and trio categories, 1st place of the under 20 category, and last but not least, our school became the runner’s up of the overall tournament.
The Richmond Scrabble Players were given a chance to shine on the 27th of August at the International Women’s Club premises, during the 32nd All Island Scrabble age group tournament, which was organized by the Sri Lanka Scrabble League. There, from the under 13 category, Tharin Kariyawasam won the championship and Ayush Haputhanthri won the 2nd runner’s up, while Thineth Kaveesh and Ruchintha Gamage was able to win the 4th and 5th places respectively. Further, Nimuthu Witharana achieved the 4th place of the under 18 category.
The basketball players of Richmond college were able to show their skills at the under 17 Southern Province school Basketball Tournament which was held on the 6th of August at Dharmasoka college Ambalangoda. There our team won all the matches and got selected to the final round against the Dharmasoka players in which they managed to defeat the opponents with an amazing score of 60-31, ranking themselves as the Southern Province Champions. Further more, they have qualified to the all island championship.