Tissa Central College

Tissa Central College
School Logo
ආපදාන සෝභීනි පඤ්ඤා
"Apadana Sobhini Pannna
(Buddhist quote from the Apramadha Vagga" in the Dhammapada)
Meaning: "Wisdom illuminates character."
Location
Kalutara
Kalutara, Western Province
Sri Lanka
Coordinates 6°36'33"N 79°57'15"E
Information
Type National
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
Color(s)

Maroon and Gold
School Anthem
School Anthem recorded by Dhammika Edussooriya
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Affiliations Buddhist
Website www.tissanationalschool.com

Tissa Central College or Tissa Vidyalaya,[1] located in Kalutara, Sri Lanka, is a national school considered to be the first Buddhist English School in Kalutara North.[1]

History

The school was founded by Proctor H. A. de Abrew,[2] and opened 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]

In the school's early days, De Abrew organized the Kalutara North Buddhist Education Board to support school activities. The other board members were V. L. Wijemanne, W. K. Wijemanne, Robert de Silva, W. Perera, H. S. Fernando and W. A. de Silva. De Abrew worked as the Chairman.

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


Houses

The students are divided among four houses:

These houses represent four main ancient kings of Sri Lanka

School Ground

Sports

Cricket

Tissa's cricket team currently plays in the Division II – gold category schools competition, 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 annual cricket encounter between Tissa Central College and Kalutara Vidyalaya, known as the "Battle of the Mangosteen",[11] has been held since 1949. It is the second-oldest battle between the 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 been drawn. In 2016 Tissa completed a comfortable 125 run victory at the Panadura Public Ground.[12]

TCC First XI team - After winning 2016 ODI encounter
2016 Past Pupils Parade

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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