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Relay carnival The Quiz competition is a deviation from sports
activities to an academic area. It has become
Another sports event of much significance is the very popular amongst the schools and has
inter school relay carnival for the participation of enriched the prestige of the CHSOMSF.
the athletes of the Olcott Schools. Old Boys Asso-
ciation of Rahula College, Matara organized the
first relay carnival in 2016 at the Matara espla-
nade with great distinction. This was followed by
Dharmaraja in 2017 at the Bogambara stadium in
Kandy. The third festival was organized by Mali-
yadeva and held at the Welagedara stadium,
Kurunegala in 2018.
PRINCIPAL, RAHULA COLLEGE,
COLOMBO

(Mr: Dammika Kalapuge hand over the challenge cup to the
winners of Quiz competition)

In addition, in January 2018 CHSOMSF organized a
Leadership programme for five A level students
from each of the eight Buddhists Olcott schools. It
(Handing over the Trophy to the Relay champions - 2018, Dhar-
mapala college by Gamini Swarnapala) was a two day residential programme conducted
by a professional leadership trainer Ms. Denuka
Perera.
Badminton and table tennis
This programmes to be commenced soon after
A badminton tournament was initiated by the
the situation of the country becomes normal after
Old Boys Association of Rahula College and a
the pandemic.
table tennis tournament by Ananda Old Boys.
While the desire is there for organizing tourna-
Affiliated bodies
ments for more sports activities, it is necessary to
consider the financial constraints of the associ-
What gives great satisfaction is that the old boys
ated school organizations, if the tournaments
of Olcott Schools in the United Arab Emirates,
are to be organized in rotation by all the schools.
themselves, organizing an Olcott Memorial Crick-
et Tournament annually, since 2007. It is a fun
Quiz competition & leadership programms
filled cricket festival which is an annual event in
the calendar of Sri Lankan activities in the UAE. It
Our charter member Mr: Kumar Weerasuriya has
is a cricket carnival open to children and families
been organizing a quiz competition which is
of the leading eight Olcott schools members
open for about twenty schools, both girls and
living in the UAE.
boys, for the five years from 2014 up to the year
2018. In 2018, Jaffna Hindu College and Zahira
College were invited to participate as a gesture
of national reconciliation. Mr. Kumar Weerasuriya
on his own, managed sponsorship, publicity, the
award of trophies and the presentation of hand-
some cash gifts. It is a full day’s program with
lots of activities in free of charges to all partici-
pants. We are grateful to Mr. Dhammika Kala-
puge the main sponsor of the event.