Olympic Websites

Now that the Olympic Games are over, here are some useful websites for details:

Rio 2016 Olympics

This is the official website of the Rio 2016 Olympics where you can find news, photos, venue information, results, information about Rio de Janeiro, plus facts and figures of how sustainability is supporting the Games.

Olympic.org – Official website of the Olympic movement

The official site of the Olympic movement offers a searchable database that allows you to find information on past games, medalled athletes, participating countries, and sports involved from the 1896 games to present day.

Facebook New Zealand Olympics team

Follow the official Facebook page of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games team to learn about our own New Zealand athletes.

Rio 2016 Paralympics

This is the official website of the Rio 2016 Paralympics which takes place from 7 September to 18 September.

Paralympics New Zealand

This website provides stories, photographs, and profiles of our New Zealand Paralympians heading to Rio in 2016. You could follow the Paralympics New Zealand Facebook page to keep up to date with the latest news.

Te Ara – Olympic and Commonwealth games

Te Ara provides information, images, sound recordings, and videos to help students learn about New Zealand’s long history of participation at Olympic and Commonwealth Games.

New Zealand History Online

The OlympicsNew Zealand History Online offers a multi-media exhibition about our nation’s involvement with the Olympics that includes stories, images, videos, and sound recordings.

Ten intriguing facts about the Olympics

For lovers of general knowledge, this short YouTube clip shares ten interesting facts about the Olympics.

Olympics 30 Great Olympic stories

The Olympics 30 website shares stories from past and future Olympian heroes. This website has compiled Olympic specific lists that include top 30 inspirational stories, top 30 runners, and top 30 gold potentials.

Hats off to young Mathematicians!

A special felicitation ceremony for students of Royal College who represented Sri Lanka at the International Mathematics Olympiad took place recently at the RCU Skills Centre Auditorium. The ceremony was organised by the Prefects’ Council with support from the Old Royalists Engineering Professionals’ Association (OREPA). The event was graced by Dr. Chathura de Silva, Head of the Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of Moratuwa.

The International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) is the most prestigious mathematics competition in the world for high school students. Over 100 countries take part in this competition which is held annually. Sri Lanka has taken part in the IMO since 1995 winning a number of medals. Royalists have regularrly received been selected to form the national contingent. It is of special note that the youngest Sri Lankan to win a medal at the competition is a Royalist. Furthermore, last year three out of the six-member national team were from Royal College.

Banana’s may become extinct

Bananas might not exist in five to 10 years! That means no more banoffi pie, no more banana split, no more banana cake ……

According to plant expert, Ioannis Stergiopoulos, a fast-advancing fungal disease could threaten the world’s banana supply. Stergiopoulos pointed out that Cavendish bananas, the bananas most commonly found in the supermarket, are particularly vulnerable.

“The Cavendish banana plants originated from one plant and so as clones, they all have the same genotype – and that is a recipe for disaster,” he said.

In order to prevent the global banana industry from being wiped out in 10 years, farmers need to make 50 fungicide applications to their banana crops each year.

Abhina 2016 AWARDS BEST DRAMAS

Abhina 2016, the Inter-School All Island Drama Competition organised by the Sinhala Drama Society of Royal College took place recently at the Navarangahala.

The competition featured a highly eminent judging panel which consisted of professional actors Sampath Thennakoon, Sanjeewa Upendra and Senior Lecturer at the Horana Sripalee University, Namal Jayasinghe.

The best drama award was won by Mathaka Vasthuva by St. Lukes’ College, Ratnapura. Hidasaka Mohothak by Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo won the second place and Varadi nathi varadi kaarayo by Nalanda College, Colombo won the third.

The best script and the best direction award was won by Mathaka Vasthuva by St. Lukes’ College, Ratnapura. K. M. Ishan Udayanga (Mathaka Vasthuva by St. Lukes’ College, Ratnapura) won the best actor award while M. N. Fathima Safna (Mathaka Vasthuva by St. Lukes’ College, Ratnapura) won the best actress award.