Thirty five teams for under 15 hockey tourney

Sanjaya Ariyaratne

Thirty five teams will be taking part in the All Island Under 15 Hockey Tournament for Boys and Girls which will be worked off from July 10 to 13 at Astro Turf, Reid Avenue, Colombo. Singer `Sisil' has come forward to sponsor this event.

This four day junior competition is one of the major events in the Schools Hockey Calendar conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Hockey Association in collaboration with the Colombo Schools Hockey Committee.

The teams tally includes 19 boys schools and 16 girls schools across seven schools hockey committees in the island.

The teams\ Boys - Colombo Ananda College, Royal College, Nalanda College, St. Benedict's College, Isipathana College.

Kandy St. Sylvester's College, Trinity College, Kingswood College, Dharmaraja College, Manikdiwela Central College.

Galle St. Aloysius College, Vidyaloka College.

Gampaha Maris Stella College, Dharmaloka College, Joseph Vaz College, Wennappuwa.

Matale Christ Church College, St. Thomas College, Vijaya College, Zahira College. Girls Colombo Yasodhara Girls' College, Musaeus College, Visakha Vidyalaya, Gothami Girls College, Janadipathi Girls' School, Nawala.

Kandy Seethadevi Girls College, Pushpadana Girls' College, St. Anthony's Convent, Sri Rahula College, Gothami BMV.

Matale Sangamitta BMV, Vijaya College, Christ Church College, (Badulla) Viharamahadevi BMV, (Gampaha) Visakha College, Sapugaskanda, Galle Presidents Girls' School, Galle.

Nalanda College emerged boys champions last year while Seethadevi BMV, Kandy were the girls winners.