Matale maintain dominance in boys’ school hockey

S.M. Jiffrey Abdeen, - Kandy Sports Corr

Two schools from the hockey team of Matale Christ Church College and Vijaya College finished Joint Champion as the finals did not produce a result due to bad light at the all-island Schools Boys Under 17 Hockey Tournament organized by the Sri Lanka Schools Hockey Association and played at Shalika Grounds, yesterday.

The finals was played only up to the first half and the second half could not be played due to poor light conditions and there was no scoring till the match was called off.

T.M. Cramer and Ajith Manjula umpired.

Matale Schools continued their dominance in school hockey when four schools namely Vijaya College, Christ Church College, Zahira College and the defending champions St. Thomas College qualified for the quarter finals.

The balance four schools were from rest of the island which included the major cities Colombo and Kandy.

The first semi-final saw Christ Church College edge out Royal College 1-0 and Vijaya College beat Ananda College 1-0 on penalty strokes.

This championship was last year won by Seetha Devi Balika Vidyalaya, Kandy (Girls) and St. Thomas College, Matale (Boys) but both schools did not appear in the finals this year. St. Thomas College bowing out in the quarter-finals and Seetha Devi BV in the semi-finals.