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Thomians regain Sevens title after 22 years…

kit-sports editor — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 00:18:40 +0000

A last minute try by Bhumindra Dissanayake helped S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia regain the Schools Under 20 Rugby Sevens Cup Championship beating the strong Isipathana College outfit by 19 points (two goals and a try) to 14 (two goals) in the final played at Royal College Sports Complex after trailing 0 -7 at the breather.

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.

Royal retain Orville Abeynaike Memorial Trophy ..

kit-sports editor — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 00:59:44 +0000

Royal College continued it’s winning streak as it edged out S Thomas’ College by two goals to one in their annual hockey encounter for the Orville Abeynaike Memorial Trophy played at the Astro Turf, Race Course, Colombo on Friday.

The Reid Avenue School dominated the match as their seasoned campaigner Pasindu Charuke’s two goals gave Royal this hard-fought win.

S Thomas’ scored their only goal in the second half through their centre forward Kavindu Mahawansakkara as straight forward hit in the ‘D’ area in the 12th minute of the second half. Royal’s’s forward-line managed to put pressure on the opponents from the very first minute. They kept the defenders busy with their short passes.

After a series of attacks, Royal earned two penalty-corners in quick succession but both were saved by Thomian skipper and valiant goalkeeper Pasindu Wanigasooriya.

In the 14th minute, Royal earned a crucial penalty corner and right-half Pasindu Charuke netted it successfully to record the first goal of the match.

The Royailsts charged back and earned another penalty-corner in the second half. Charuke, the most outstanding player, sent the ball crashing into to the net to make it 2-1 in the 56th minute and the Reid Avenue School ran out worthy winners for the second successive year having won last year’s enounter by 3-nil at Mount Lavinia.

Before this ‘big encounter’, Royal won the Dudley De Silva Memorial Shield after their routing of Wesley College by nine goals to one.

During that match, Charuke scored three goals.

In the Royal-Trinity encounter for the JCA Corea Memorial Shield, Royalists won by nine goals to one.

Thomians upset Petes – Archibald Perera Trophy 2015

kit-sports editor — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 03:29:02 +0000

S. Thomas’ made a superb come back late in the second half to upset the Peterites 25 (1 goal, 3 tries, 1 penalty) to 17 (1 goal, 2 tries) in their key Singer League under 20 inter-school’s game worked off at Bambalapitiya yesterday. At half time the Peterites led 10-8. Thomians thus won the Archibald Perera Trophy, which was introduced in 1982.
Thomians opened scoring through a penalty kick in the 6th minute of the game, and a few minutes after the kick off Peters took the lead when Harshana Peries scored an unconverted try.
Number eight Sachintha Jayathilaka scored the first try for S.Thomas College in the seventeenth minute, which was unconverted to take the lead (8-5). In the 35th minute of the game the Petes vice captain Nishon Perera scored a superb unconverted try to end the first half 10 – 8 in their favour.
On resumption of the second half Nishon got into action to score his second try (converted) to increase the lead. Thomian skipper Hasith Senanayake scored another unconverted try with the support of Ishaaq Jurampathy within the next five minutes to add another five points and reduce the pressure (STC 13- SPC 17).
In the 29th minute Sachintha score his second converted try to give the lead to the Thomians for the first time. The 37th minute was the turning point of the game, when Naveen Henakankanamage scored an unconverted try in the left corner, giving the Thomians their first victory in the second round (STC 25 – SPC 17).

Title-chasing Royal face Joes

kit-sports editor — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 01:50:18 +0000

Royal College’s title charge will be tested when they face St. Joseph’s College in their Singer Inter-school Under-20 Division 1 League Rugby Tournament match at Reid Avenue today.
Royal of course are unbeaten thus far in the tournament and are one of the hot contenders for the league title, but they should make sure they go on to the final week of the competition unbeaten to stand any chance of regaining the biggest championship in Sri Lanka’s school rugby.
Like Isipathana College, Royalists do have a very strong pack which is one of the reasons why they score so many tries off the rolling maul, but having said that, their back division players have been able to produce some cracking tries over the course of the last few months. One bloke who just cannot stop scoring tries is wing three quarter Mahima Gamage. He has been in top form since the first leg of Bradby at Pallekele.
Captain and centre Bhanuka Gamage may not have captured the headlines as some of his teammates, but has been a workhorse for his side. However the real star of the season so far is their number eight Supun Warnakulasooriya, who has scored 13 tries – more than any other.
At times he plays as the hooker, but mostly as the number eight. However, the most important part being he finds a way to cross the white wash. Last season he scored 17 tries – the most for a hooker – and this time around he’s looking pretty good to better his own record.
On the other hand big things were expected of St. Joseph’s ever since they beat arch rivals St. Peter’s College at the very beginning of the season. They did play very well against the defending champions Isipathana, though they were edged out 20-18. Their defeat to Science College seems to have damaged their confidence, and they struggled a bit against S. Thomas’ despite beating them 27-25. Big prop forward Stephan Gregory has been leading the way for the Darley Road lads with nine tries.
Flanker Shehan Bopearachchi’s form in the first few matches was one of the reasons why Joes had a fantastic run. He, along with the number eight and captain Taariq Salih, will have to play a huge role if they are to pull off an upset against the much stronger Royal outfit.
Many have already tipped the Royal-Isipathana clash to decide this year’s winner, but prior to that it will be very important for both the sides that they see off St. Joseph’s and Trinity College respectively this week.
Meanwhile St Peter’s College will host S. Thomas’ College at Bambalapitiya, while Kingswood College, Kandy will travel to Mount Lavinia to take on Science College.
Wesley College will face Dharmaraja College, Kandy in a Plate Championship match at Longden Place.
Royal XV: Ayesh Maduranga, Harith Lokugamage, Nikhila Gunadheera, Chandula Jayasundara, Umesha Madushan, Shawkat Lahir, Keshan Peiris, Supun Warnakulasooriya, Ashok Wijekumar and Gayal Jayasinghe, Mahima Gamage, Gawesh Yapa, Bhanuka Gamage, Andrew de Silva, Ovin Askey
Joseph’s XV: Charana Chamikara, Devon Fernando, Stephan Gregory, Ishane Peters, Raveen de Silva, Viraj Perera, Shehan Bopearachchi, Taariq Salih, Vimukthi Rahul and Raveen Antonio, Vinul Fernando, Romesh Priyankara, Suneth Chathuranga, Gemunu Chethiya, Shamilka Kurumbalapitiya