Tissa Central College

Tissa Central College
Location
Kalutara
Kalutara, Western Province
Sri Lanka
Coordinates 6°36'33"N 79°57'15"E
Information
Type National
Motto ආපදාන සෝභීනි පඤ්ඤා
"Apadana Sobhini Pannna
(Buddhist quote from the Apramadha Vagga" in the Dhammapada)
Meaning: "Wisdom illuminates character."
Established 5 November 1936 (5 November 1936)
Founder H. A. De Abrew
Principal Wilfred Weerasinghe
Faculty Science , Commerce & Art
Grades Class 1 - 12
Enrollment 3500
Colour(s)

Maroon and Gold
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Affiliations Buddhist
Website www.tissanationalschool.com

Tissa Central College or Tissa Vidyalaya,[1]is located in Kalutara, Sri Lanka is a national school. It is the first Buddhist English School in the northern part of the town.[1]

History

The school was founded by Proctor H. A. de Abrew,[2] on 5 November 1936. The first principal appointed to the school was W. S. De Zoysa.[3] The first two teachers at the school were Kusuma Abeywickrama and R. P. Jayawardana.[3]

The school was taken over by the Government on 31 June 1945, along with 54 other schools,[4] under the Central College concept of the Hon. C.W.W. Kannangara.

Houses

The students are divided among four houses, which represent ancient Kings of Sri Lanka:

Sports

Cricket

Tissa's cricket team currently plays in Division II – gold category school competitions, along with some of the leading schools in the country.[5]

The college has produced a number of professional cricketers, who now play domestic cricket in the UK and Australia.[6][7]

In 2008, Dinesh Perera won the Mobitel 'Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year' (Outstation Contest),[8] and 'Best Bowler' (Outstation Contest).[9] In 2010 Malith Chathuranga Gunasekera also won the Mobitel 'Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year' (Outstation Contest).[10]

Battle of the Mangosteen

The first of the annual cricket matches between Tissa Central College and Kalutara Vidyalaya National School, known as the "Battle of the Mangosteen",[11] was held in 1949. It is the second-oldest annual match between two leading Buddhist schools in Sri Lanka and the 11th-oldest school cricket encounter in Sri Lanka. Of the 58 matches played Kalutara Vidyalaya has won 22, Tissa Central has won seven, and 29 matches have resulted in a draw. In 2016 Tissa completed a comfortable 125 run victory at the Panadura Public Ground.[12]

Notable Alumni

References

  1. 1 2 Chitra Mendis (8 February 2014). "Tissa Madhya Vidyalya National School Kalutara". Sunday Times. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Official Website of Tissa National School PPA". Tissa National School. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 Weerawardana, Sydney. "Kalutara Tissa Central College". Daily News. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Sujitha Miranda (7 July 2013). "Tissa Central moves along successfully". Sunday Times. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  5. ↑ schoolboycricketer (PDF). www.schoolboycricketer.lk http://www.schoolboycricketer.lk/New-Format-Obs-Mbtl-SCC2015.pdf. Retrieved 27 April 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ "South Barwon unveils Sri Lankan express". http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/. Geelong Advertiser. Retrieved 27 April 2016. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help); External link in |website= (help)
  7. ↑ "Jeewan Chamikara excels in overseas cricket". www.batsman.com. Retrieved 27 April 2016. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  8. ↑ "OBSERVER-MOBITEL Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2008". Sunday Observer. Sunday Observer 2. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "OBSERVER-MOBITEL Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2008". Sunday Observer. Sunday Observer 2. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  10. ↑ Fernando, Leslie. "Rajapakse third Royalist to win school cricket's top award". Sunday Observer.
  11. ↑ "Battle of the Mangosteens". thepapare. thepapare. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  12. ↑ Thejana Satanarachchi. "Tissa cruise through to win Battle of the Mangosteens limited overs encounter". thepapare. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

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