Coming to the final as favourites Isipathana had no answer to the spectacular brand of rugby dished out by the hill capital boys of Kingswood and lost the contest fair and square to give Kingswood a Cup championship victory after a long layoff. Kingswood ended up as the unbeaten champions beating all their opponents by huge margins.

For the victorious Kingswood side the tries were scored by K.M. Kulasekara, J.A. Ratnayake and A.J. Dilshan one a piece Place kicker S.T. Seneviratne displayed fabulous kicking form by slotting in all three conversions. For the losers Nadeesha Jayampathi scored the solitary try.

Kingswood’s unexpected win spoilt Isipathana coach Nilfer Ibrahim’s hopes of departing from the team as coach on a winning note after guiding the green and white shirts to victory in the league and knockout championships during the season.

In the other finals played yesterday at the same venue, Maliyadeva College Kurunegala thrashed Moratuwa MV by 44-0 to win the Shield, Trinity College Kandy grabbed the Bowl beating home town rivals Vidyartha College Kandy by 41-0 and the Plate was won by St Joseph’s College Maradana beating St John’s College Nugegoda by 38-3.

The Thomians won the under 20 Sevens title after 22 years the last win coming in 1994 under the captaincy of Nalin Wijegunawardena.

The green shirts drew first blood when Sumudu Anuradha Rankothge crashed through for a near the post try in the seventh minute which was successfully converted by his teammate Gayan Wickramaratne. The Blue shirts could not pose a threat to their opponents in the first half and Isipathana led 7 -0 at lemons.

A few minutes after the resumption, the Thomians made inroads into the Isipathana territory when Thanuja Wijeratne ran round and scored a try with number eight Ashwantha Herath making no mistake with the conversion.

The lads from Mount Lavinia were further boosted by an unconverted try by Praveen Ferdinando.

Minutes later Isipathana’s Randy Silva touched down for a try with Wickramaratne adding the extra points to make it 14-12 for Havelock Town lads.

In the final minute Bhumindra Dissanayake scored a try under the post and Herath assured victory for the Thomians with the conversion.

Priyantha Gunaratne refereed.

The Plate Championship was won by Science College Mount Lavinia who defeated St.Peter’s College 24-7. Dharmaraja College, Kandy emerged Bowl Champions when they beat Lalith Athulathmudali Vidyalaya Mount Lavinia 52-0 in the final.

Vidyartha College Kandy walked away with the Shield Championship taming Maliyadeva College Kurunegala in the final by 46-7.

Some exciting games were showcased during the tournament and the Thomians booked their Cup final berth beating Kingswood College Kandy 21-7 in the semi-finals and Isipathana defeated St. Joseph’s College 22-7.

St.Benedict’s College Colombo gained a 13 run win over Maliyadeva College Kurunegala in their inter-schools under 15 ‘A’ division encounter played at Kurunegala recently.

Batting first St.Benedict’s scored 165 runs with Maheesh Theekashana being the top scorer with a half century (53).

Maliyadeva in reply, were all out for 152 runs. Muditha Premadasa cracked an unbeaten knock of 83 while Supun Sumanaratne scored 44 runs. Buddhima Wijesundera took three wickets.

St.Benedict’s : 165 in 49.3 overs ( Maheesh Theekshana 53, Chamindu Wijesinghe 27, Buddhima Wijesundara 22, Sahan Ranatunga 2/09, Imesh Gayantha 2/23, Daham Adikari 2/25)

Maliyadeva : 152 in 48.5 overs (Muditha Premadasa 83 n.o., Supun Sumanaratne 44, Buddhima Wijesundara 3/41, Maheesh Theekshana 2/31)