30 October, 2016
Royal College and S. Thomas’ College ML were declared joint champs when the 17th Battle of the Blues hockey encounter played for the Orville Abeynaike memorial trophy ended in a scoreless draw at the Astro turf yesterday.
Royal won the under 15 match 2-0 with both goals being scored in the second half by Dinal Damisulu.
The Old Boys match saw the Thomians turn tables over Royal to win 3-1.
Pumega Kulatunga, Ravin Gunasekera and Pramoda Nallaperuma scored the goals for the Thomians. Shahid Hussain scored Royal’s solitary goal.