The first-ever Lorenz Pereira Award for the Most Outstanding Sportsman at Royal College was proudly presented by the Principal to Mihin Wanigasekara, Deputy Head Prefect – Sports, at the lavish Colours Awarding Ceremony held on Friday, 24th July 2025 at the Nawarangahala.
Lorenz Pereira
The Lorenz Pereira Award stands as the most prestigious recognition conferred on a student-athlete of Royal College. It honours not only exceptional sporting excellence, but also celebrates leadership, discipline, teamwork, sportsmanship of the highest calibre with the rare ability to balance these with outstanding academic achievement.
This award is named in honour of Lorenz Pereira, an iconic outstanding Royalist sportsman who captained both the Cricket and Tennis teams in 1958, earned five colours including Public Schools Athletic Colours, was awarded The Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year in 1959, played rugby for Ceylon in the All-India Rugby Tournament in Madras, whilst still a schoolboy. A true allrounder, he was Head Prefect and also the recipient of the esteemed Dornhorst Memorial Prize for the most outstanding all-round student. Leaving Royal, Lorenz obtained a MA from Cambridge University, UK and played cricket for the University under Mike Brearley, who later Captained England. Now residing in Melbourne, Lorenz remains an enduring symbol of excellence and integrity for generations of Royalists.
The vigorous selection process, selected Mihin Wanigasekara as the most outstanding recipient this year via his exceptional all-round record: awarded College Colours in Water Polo and Swimming, Captain of the undefeated 2024 Water Polo team, winners of the President’s Trophy, Dr. R. L. Hayman Trophy, SLASU Trophy, and SLASA Trophy, named Most Valuable Player at the 31st Dr. R. L. Hayman Trophy Encounter – 2024, secured the Class Prize in Physical Science in Grade 13, achieved 3 As in the G.C.E. Advanced Level Examination (Physical Science – Mathematics), and served as Deputy Head Prefect – Sports.
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