Lennie de Silva trophy:

Royal, Kingswood hockey clash should be close

HOCKEY: Royal College meets Kingswood College, Kandy in their third annual fixture for the Lennie De Silva Trophy at the Astro Turf at 4.30 pm on Sept. 2.

The previous two encounters played so far ended in both teams sharing the trophy. In 2004 the inaugural year the match ended in an exciting 1-1 all draw and last year in Kandy the match ended in a thrilling 3-3 all draw.

Both teams will go flat out to wrest the Trophy while Kingswood has dominated in the Kandy District tournaments. Royal U-19 has not lived up to the reputation of their juniors who swept the board in the Colombo District. The U-19 team were Semi finalists in the Colombo District facing stiff opposition.

Interesting match is on the cards and will certainly generate much interest both among the present boys and the old boys of these two great Institutions.

Dr. Harry Rasiah stalwart from the Tamil Union and CH & FC who captained Royal at hockey in 1956 will be the chief guest. The U-15 match will be proceed the Big game at 3.30 pm.

The teams:

Royal College Supun Kulathilaka (Capt), Ashane Pieris (Vice Capt), Suneth Karunathilokaratne, Praveen Buuika, Duleepa Seneviratne, Shami Gajanayake, Marlon Senanayake, Aloka Amarasiri, Fallol Hallaj, Vimukthi Rajapakse, Janath Wijeratne, Nadun Amarasinghe, Gihan Wijesinghe, Nalaka Wijekoon, Lasitha Manchanayake, Viraj Purohithagama, Jasintha Senaratne, Chirantha Wijesinghe, Coach Rohan Dissanayaka, MIC Sudath Liyanagunawardana.

Kingswood College

E.R.B. Rathnayaka (Capt), M.M. Mulafer, K.T.G. Vithanage, D.I. Rathnayaka, S.L.M.N. Fernando, P.K. Karunathilaka, A.C. Dassanayake, A.S.B. Liyadipita, M.M. Munawwar, W.H.S. Weragama, T.T. Ahamed, Y.N. Fernando, M.K. Ovitipana, K.D. Priyantha, P.R.B. Thilakaratne, V.G. Rajmohan, M.S. Alli, Coach -A.B. Godigamuwa, MIC - S.A.B. Samarasinghe.

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