Kingswood hockey champions

Kandy Sports Corr.

HOCKEY: Kingswood College put up a fine display to trounce Trinity College by five goals to nil to become champions at the Kandy Schools Under-17 Boys Hockey Championship organised by the Kandy District Schools Hockey Association at the finals played at the University Grounds, Peradeniya on Monday. At the breather the Kignswoodians led 2-0.

Kingswood scored their goals through centre forward M.M. Munaweera (2), centre half N.R. Obeysiri (2) and left extreme Y.M. Fernando (1). O.G. Dharmaratne and N. Paraneetharan umpired. Dharmaraja College clinched the third place when they beat Sri Rahula College, Katugastota 3-0. At half-time Rajans led 1-0.

M.P. Attanayake, S.S.P. Wijesundera and Y.D. Madugalle scored a goal each for the Rajans. Sumith Dissanayake and M. Senthil Kumara umpired.

In the semi-finals Kingswood College beat Sri Rahula College 5-0 after leading 2-0 at the Lemons. Trinity College edged out Dharmaraja College 2-1 on penalty strokes.

In the group matches Kingswood College faced stiff opposition from Vidyartha College before overcoming them 1-0. Sri Rahula College surprised St. Sylvester's College with a 3-0 win. Trinity beat Sri Rahula College 1-0. Dharmaraja College beat Vidyartha College 1-0, Trinity College beat St. St. Sylvester's College 1-0 and Kingswood College once again had to under go a tough time against Dharmaraja College before winning 1-0 in what could be termed as the best match of the tournament. But the Kingswoodians had easy passages in the semi-final and final to clinch the championship title honours.