All are set for the Josephian Vehicle Parade on 30th April
The annual vehicle parade of St. Joseph’s College, Colombo 10 will take place on April 30, 2023, in coincide with the annual Joe-Pete one-day encounter for the 49th time at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) on the same day.
The showpiece will start at 7 am, from the College premises in Colombo-10, and proceed to the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) in Maitland Crescent with an expected participation of over 750 vehicles and more than 2500 participants.
A Press conference was held on 19th April 2023 at Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology premises to brief about the upcoming event with the participation of St’joseph’s college vehicle parade committee along with Mr. Lalith Warnakulasooriya superintendent of police for Colombo city traffic and emergency as well as the president and secretary of St’ Peters college vehicle parade committee.
Mr. Lahiru Munasinghe the chairman of the vehicle parade organizing committee addressed the media gathering and stated that the organizing committee calls all the Josephians to take part in the vehicle parade and to keep this well-established tradition going strong, cheering the team to victory.
Mr. Munasinghe also stated that this year the josephian vehicle parade committee has collaborated with St’ Peters vehicle parade committee to enhance the brotherhood the two schools share and the main purpose behind organizing such a parade is to provide a boosting pump to the 49th JoePete one-day encounter. He also requested participants to maintain corporation, teamwork, and unity during the event to complete a successful parade.
The Josephian Vehicle Parade is Powered by Solar Joint Private Limited and cosponsored by Riyelta HighTech Battery of Leader Automobile (Pvt) Ltd. as the official energy partner, hSenid Software International as the official Technology partner, Ashen Attanayake Photography as the official photography partner and Sunday Times as the official print media partner.
The batch of 2014 St. Joseph’s College joins hands as Gold sponsor whilst IBSF Lanka (Pvt) Ltd., Asha Securities Ltd., and the Batch of 2006 Canada joined hands as Silver sponsors. Manamperi Group of Companies, Wristband Monkey
PTY LTD, Ceylon Travel Pvt Ltd, Sentinel Stand at Joe-Pete 50 Overs, Mind Three Engineering (Pvt) Ltd, and 3DH International (Pvt) Ltd have collaborated as Bronze sponsors.
Kevin De Alwis