Hafeel Farisz, Was a member of the Royal College 1st XV team in 2006 and represented the College 2nd XI Cricket team from 2005 to 2007. He was the editor of the College Magazine and the Royal-Thomian cricket souvenir in 2006.  He was also the Former Deputy Head Prefect of Royal College. Formerly attached to The Island as a sports correspondent following a short stint at the Daily Mirror, Hafeel is currently incommunicado pursuing his higher studies in law and enlightenment at an undisclosed location in Kurunegala.

Sankha de Livera Tennekoon, our Rugby editor, a former 1st XV Thomian Ruggerite played in the position of Fly-half for College in the years 2006 & 2007 and obtained colours in the year 2007. He will be most remembered as a Twin from 'Thora', as he and his brother Esala were a deadly halves combination for the Thomian Outfit in the year 2007. He also played Cricket for STC and was the 2nd XI captain for the 2006/2007 season, and was able to lead the u-15 and u-17 teams as well. He was an athlete in school and a specialist in 400 meters and 800 meters, and was awarded  Athletic colours in the year 2007 after breaking a Thomian relay record. Sankha was also a senior house prefect. He is currently pursuing his higher studies at ACBT. 

Esala De Livera Tennekoon, who was renowned for his sports when in school is the newest member of ThePapare team. He represented the Thomian 1st XV in the years 2006 and 2007 and obtained Colours in the 2007. He won the trophy for the best Ruggerite of the year in 2007 and is known for his hard work and dedication towards sports. He played 2nd XI Cricket for STC and was also part of the 1st XI cricket team briefly in the years 2005 and 2007. Always fast around the park, Esala earned his Colours in Athletics in the year 2007 after breaking a long standing Thomian relay record. Esala was appointed a House prefect in the year 2006 and is currently following an Undergraduate Degree at ACBT. 

 Feroze Ahamed, former Royal College cricketer, represented the Senior Cricket team from 2004-2007 obtaining cricket colours in 2006 & 2007. He was awarded ‘The Best Fresher’ at the Mustangs Trophy in 2004. He was also the Deputy Head Prefect of Royal College for the year 2006/07 and was appointed the Vice Captain for the 128^th Battle of the Blues. Feroze's most cherished cricket season is 2005/2006 as he was part of the big match winning team scoring a Fresher Fifty at that match. He was also an athlete in school and represented College in the 200 meters, 4x100 relay and Long Jump before focusing on Cricket. He continued to diversify himself taking part in Drama and Debating whilst in College. Feroze is currently sitting for his CIMA finals and he hopes to balance his corporate career efficiently whilst pursuing his interest in theatre and debating.

Sukitha Senaratne, a former Royal College cricketer, is best remembered for the 92 and 104 he scored in the 126^th and 127^th “Battle Of The Blues” respectively. 2005/2006 is Sukitha's most cherished cricket season as he was part of the big match winning team scoring a century at that match while also reaching the magical 1000 run mark during that period. An aggressive opening batsman during his time at Royal, he has hardly changed his approach to when representing Colombo Cricket Club (CCC). Sukitha is one of the rare recipients of the prestigious “Royal Crown” which is the highest award a sportsman at Royal College may receive. He was also awarded a cricket scholarship to Melbourne, Australia by the Sri Lanka Cricket Association of Victoria. A sportsman throuh and through, Sukitha played Rugby and Tennis at Royal up to U-16 level before choosing to focus on Cricket. Sukitha is currently a CIMA finalist and he hopes to balance his corporate career and cricketing career efficiently.

Milinda Gunawardene, ThePapare.com’s chief Kandy Correspondent, is a former Trinity College Ruggerite and skipper of the 1^st XV of 2008. Milinda is remembered by many Rugby fans as being the lone Coloursman of the 2008 side who was able to lead his team to be tagged as the league runner-up in the year 2008. He also had the privilege of being selected for the 60 member Sri Lanka pool last year. Rugby was not his only love while in school, with Milinda having the unique opportunity of captaining the schools Tennis U-12, 14, 16 and 18 teams. He is currently studying for his A/L’s and hopes to pursue his higher studies in Business management.    

 Yasas Ratnayake was member of the Royal College 1st XV in 2006 and was the Vice Captain of the Royal Under 17 rugby team in 2005. He was also the Deputy Head Prefect of Royal College for the year 2007/08. Yasas briefly took part in Cricket, Swimming, and Tennis. His brief stint as an athlete saw him winning the Under 21 Gold Medal for Shot Putt in Royal College and missed obtaining colors for athletics by 48 centimeters. He has hung up his boots in the field of sports and has moved onto the sphere of theater where he has wowed audiences with renditions ranging from cockney housekeepers to aging monarchs. He won the award for Best Actor at the Inter School Shakespeare Drama Competition in 2008 and is currently doing nothing beyond writing for the papare and dispensing relationship advice to friends. Yasas will be leaving Sri Lanka in August 2009 to pursue his higher studies in Sociology and International Relations in the United States.  

 Technical Consultant - Padmakantha Nagasena

 Currently serving as the senior Technical Executive for Sirasa TV, Padmakantha played a key role in the Maritime Transmission systems for all vessels under the Mercantile Shipping Ltd. where he also got the opportunity to be the Chief coordinator of MSC Creation House. He also played a major role in the first Sinhala Karaoke Video which continued a very successful series of 5.

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Varun Wijewardane, a product of Royal College is the latest addition to our team and has had the distinction of representing both the Royal College 1st XV rugby and 1st XI cricket teams. An aggressive middle order bat before deciding to focus on his rugby career Varun represented the 1st XI team over two seasons and at the Mustangs trophy encounter in 2003. Rugby was where he made his mark representing the college 1st XV team from 2001 through to 2005. He was also a member of the Sri Lanka U-19 team from 2002-2005. Being a member of the record breaking 1st XV team in 2002 and captaining the college 1st XV team in 2005 were undoubtedly the highlights of his career. Varun currently resides in Australia following the completion of a Bachelors degree in Information Technology and Systems at Monash University. Having given up competitive rugby due to injury he is now trying his hand at Australian Rules football while working in the mining industry.

ThePapare Thanks

Zafar for the Joomla install, Facebook Connect plugin and generally salvaging us from incompetent developers,

Navin for the encouragement, support and tips and tricks from Painted Figs,

Lankitha, Asantha and all at Vesess.com for the live cricket web app,

Ranuka for the tips from his hotels.lk experience,

Bart for the name,

Boa Athu the man with the plan from roguemag.com,

Shanaka and Shaq at Yes FM,

Anik and The 69Enterprise for the marketing

Danushka (DD) for the support during the Cricket season

Kavisha De Silva, Thikshan Arulampalam, Ben Surendranath, Manosh Premachandra & Hemantha Edirisooriya for their donations

the Joomla open-source project and community for a fantastically adaptable CMS and

all the sportsmen, school and sports authorities and fans!

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chula   |2009-02-13 12:44:20 hey sankha n esela , keep up the good work...all the best...if you need anything, we are there to help you...tc and all the best...

Anonymous   |2009-02-13 12:56:13 ammata siri...thambiyo dennage pinthura ko..??

Anonymous   |2009-02-13 13:29:10 MAXA bunch of guys... keep up the good work machang....

chameera   |2009-02-14 19:04:19 adooooo sukka haffel yo u guys r the best man, wow i still remeber how u guys turned college upside down in your days... great.... put ur pic hafeel.... Ferry also. great great team..could do wonders....... all the best man....

Anonymous   |2009-02-15 10:34:38 getting all excited???

Anonymous   |2009-02-19 23:52:45 er where are the pics of the lokkas?

Niroshan   |2009-02-28 05:40:24 Hi all! This is a brilliant effort. Good Luck Cheers

Anonymous   |2009-03-01 06:35:43 hey, This is really a brilliant effort. Keep up the awesome work. Super content.

Iranga  - Awesome job   |2009-03-06 07:49:07 Awesome job guys i am sure most big match fans living in USA,Canada,England and Australia and everywhere else really appreciates it keep up the fantastic work.

Anonymous   |2009-03-06 13:55:31 Ya machang really super workk.. I was jus glued onto the site the whole of today..some superb commentary..

test   |2009-03-08 16:27:51 test

Cityhits     |2009-03-09 00:33:17 Gud work guys.. happy to see da big matchs updates here. rea;y nice... keep it up... Cheers...

Thora   |2009-03-09 01:38:24 Are these Liveira twins...anybody of Shanaka De Liveira...who played for STC in the late 70's.

Ishan R   |2009-03-12 15:46:14 Great Stuff Hafeel,Feroz and the rest! thanks for keeping us informed even though we r far away! keep it up!

Dishan  - guys,   |2009-03-13 03:47:41 this is amazing.a real brilliant effort.go ahead.who gave this idea machn.ur start is realy good.try ur best to continue in the same manner.good luck guys cool.

Anonymous   |2009-03-13 16:01:10 Tikak Godey ne..??

Anonymous   |2009-03-14 00:39:19 ahhhh hafeel baaii..nice picture

Dulith  - Missing link   |2009-03-18 02:29:17 Missing link in this lineup is Shanaka from Yes FM

Anonymous   |2009-03-21 08:35:38 Please. Anyone but Shanaka!

3thwa   |2009-03-20 02:00:52 Great job folks!! Keep up the good work!!

IK  - Good job   |2009-03-25 06:07:13 You guys are doing a great job will you be covering the Munchee Limited overs trophy is has a big following since most of the major schools are always competing in it and 32 schools play sort of like the NCAA basketball tournament in USA so hope u guys will be covering it at least from the quarter finals stages on.

Green   |2009-05-22 06:28:23 we need a new thread to discuss about all the IMPORTED players this season, we all know that its illegal and there should be a force to stop similar activities years to come. we must identify all such players and schools! we know that its difficult for you guys in the team because for the first time THORAS also involved in this... whoever that is they should be banished and punished... Now we can understand why you guys never wrote anything about "IMPORTS", because you LOVE your respective colleges...but We think that this is the time to think about the GAME.. NOBODY IS BIGGER THAN THE GAME... I NEED A REPLY..FROM THE "team"

dan carter  - GREAT WORK   |2009-05-26 03:08:30 great work guys........... but need some more details about the schools rugby teams, players & videos. & also guys,this web page is confusing, pls make it more easy to surf. anyway this is a great work guys bcz this is the only website for schools rugby fans. WELL DONE & KEEP IT UP

dan carter  - Interface   |2009-05-26 03:11:28 pls change the site's interface.

cj007  - wrong   |2009-05-27 17:15:04 hey you guys doing a great job.keep it up.I want to show you one mistake that you keep doing.you call Isipathana college as IMV.yeah Isipathana was IMV long time ago but it changed into Isipathana college.first it called as a Greenlands college.then it change into IMV(isipathana maha vidyalaya) then later it change into a IC(Isipathana.college).but you guys keep calling it IMV.don't know what's the reason.im really appreciate if you can reply to this.and try to correct your mistakes.no hard feelings guys.thank you

menda   |2010-02-05 16:36:27 Good that you guys are back again..hope u will give good coverage of the skls...i think i speak for all the viewer!!GET THE PROPER COMMENT STRUCTURE BACK...MAKE IT MORE INTERACTIVE!!THE STRUCTURE YOUR'L HAD AT THE START GOT IN ALOT OF PPL! hope your'l take this into consideration. thanks!

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