The school was inaugurated in 1978 as Janadipathy Vidyalaya and later renamed as Royal College Panadura. Current students of the school are referred to in the press as Panadura Royalists.[4][5][6] The college conducts classes from grade 1 to 13 in both Sinhala and Tamil medium including English medium from grade six onwards. The college is spread across over 14 hectares (34 acres), and has a complete Information Technology Centre, facilities of over 10 scientific labs, auditoriums, Sports Complex with 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.[7]
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.[9] The Big Match is played for Mervyn Joseph Cooray Shield.[10]
Alumni associations
Panadura Royal College has two main alumni associations. These alumni associations play annual cricket matches against other alumni associations such as the Old Wesleyites Sports Club and the Old Johnians Old Boys Association.[11][12]
Notable alumni
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2012)
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
^Fernando, Leslie (8 June 2008). "Chamara Silva followed Aravinda's style to forge ahead". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka).
January 06, 2023
panadura, royal, college, sinhala, නද, ජක, ලය, also, known, royal, college, panadura, royal, maha, vidyalaya, panadura, provincial, school, panadura, lanka, නද, ජක, ලයlocationpanadura, kalutara, districtsri, lankainformationtypeprovincial, schoolmottoaththanan. Panadura Royal College Sinhala ප නද ර ර ජක ය ව ද ය ලය also known as Royal College Panadura 1 2 and Royal Maha Vidyalaya Panadura 3 is a provincial school in Panadura Sri Lanka Panadura Royal Collegeප නද ර ර ජක ය ව ද ය ලයLocationPanadura Kalutara DistrictSri LankaInformationTypeProvincial SchoolMottoAththanan Damayanthi PandithaEstablished1976PrincipalH Sarathchandra SilvaGradesClass 1 13GenderBoysAge6 to 19Enrollment3 000Campus size14 ha 35 acres Colour s Green and Yellow Former pupilsOld Royalists Contents 1 School backgrounds 2 Annual Big Match 3 Alumni associations 3 1 Notable alumni 4 See also 5 ReferencesSchool backgroundsThe school was inaugurated in 1978 as Janadipathy Vidyalaya and later renamed as Royal College Panadura Current students of the school are referred to in the press as Panadura Royalists 4 5 6 The college conducts classes from grade 1 to 13 in both Sinhala and Tamil medium including English medium from grade six onwards The college is spread across over 14 hectares 34 acres and has a complete Information Technology Centre facilities of over 10 scientific labs auditoriums Sports Complex with 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 7 The school also has a cadet corps 8 Annual Big MatchRoyal 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 9 The Big Match is played for Mervyn Joseph Cooray Shield 10 Alumni associationsPanadura Royal College has two main alumni associations These alumni associations play annual cricket matches against other alumni associations such as the Old Wesleyites Sports Club and the Old Johnians Old Boys Association 11 12 Notable alumni This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items August 2012 This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources Name Year degree Notability ReferenceChamara Silva Player for the Sri Lanka national cricket team 2006 2008 13 See alsoList of schools in Western Province Sri LankaReferences Cricket Stars Contest Royal Panadura clear lead in three categories The Nation Sri Lanka 19 February 2012 Archived from the original on 2 November 2013 Royal Panadura storm into U 13 final Daily Mirror Sri Lanka 19 January 2011 Province Western PDF Schools Having Bilingual Education Programme Ministry of Education Archived from the original PDF on 2 November 2013 Last coupon from May 19 Sunday Times Sri Lanka 8 May 2011 Rathnayake Samiddha 11 April 2010 Kodikara scores hurricane double century The Nation Sri Lanka Panadura Royal win Daily News Sri Lanka 13 July 2012 Archived from the original on 18 February 2013 Retrieved 25 August 2012 Royal Panadura has produced many distinguished personalities The Sundaytimes Sri Lanka sundaytimes lk Retrieved 14 March 2015 Annual Assessment Camp of 04th amp 12th Battalions NCC National Cadet Corps Sri Lanka Archived from the original on 27 April 2012 Retrieved 29 April 2020 Panadura s Battle of the Greens ends in tame draw Panadura s Battle of the Greens ends in tame draw Royal College Panadura beat Wesley College by 8 wickets Old Wesleyites Sports Club Archived from the original on 27 November 2013 Retrieved 26 August 2012 Six a side at Panadura today Sunday Times Sri Lanka 13 January 2002 Fernando Leslie 8 June 2008 Chamara Silva followed Aravinda s style to forge ahead Sunday Observer Sri Lanka Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Panadura Royal College amp oldid 1087332343, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
