Panadura Royal College ( si, පානදුර රාජකීය විද්යාලය; also known as Royal College Panadura and Royal Maha Vidyalaya, Panadura) is a
provincial school
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Panadura
Panadura ( si, පානදුර, translit=Pānadura; ta, பாணந்துறை, translit=Pāṇantuṟai) is a city in Kalutara District, Western Province in Sri Lanka. It is located approximately south of Colombo and is surrounded on ...
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Sri Lanka.
School backgrounds
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. 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 , 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.
The school also has a
cadet corps
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.
Annual Big Match
Royal College Panadura plays annual cricket
Big Match
Big Matches are annual cricket matches played between different schools in Sri Lanka. The same schools have played one another for many years, some for over a century, and Big Matches form an important part of modern Sri Lankan culture
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with
St. John's College Panadura (Royal Panadura versus St. John's Panadura). It is also called Battle of the Greens. The
Big Match
Big Matches are annual cricket matches played between different schools in Sri Lanka. The same schools have played one another for many years, some for over a century, and Big Matches form an important part of modern Sri Lankan culture
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is played for Mervyn Joseph Cooray Shield.
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''.
Notable alumni
See also
*
List of schools in Western Province, Sri Lanka
The following is a list of schools in Western Province, Sri Lanka.
Colombo District
National schools
Provincial schools
Private schools
International Schools
Special Schools
Gampaha District
National schools
Provincial schoo ...
References
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Boarding schools in Sri Lanka
Boys' schools in Sri Lanka
Educational institutions established in 1976
Provincial schools in Sri Lanka
Schools in Panadura