All Island U20 Boys and Girls Hockey Defending Champions knocked out

 By Shamseer Jaleel

The All Island Under 20 Hockey reached its knock out stages but unfortunately could not see the final winners in both Girls and Boys events as heavy rain in tandem disrupted the tournament in Matale last weekend.   

Girls encounters reached the semi-final stages while the Boys event came up to the quarter-final stage and the continuity depends on the approval from Education Ministry in the near future once the climate returns to normal in the Central Region. 

 
In the Girls segment defending champions, Sri Sangamitta were beaten by Vishaka Vidyalaya in the quarter-final encounter while in the Boys too both joint champions, St Peter’s College and Zahira College Matale could not reach the quarter-final stage.   

Girls Quarter-finals

Vishaka beat Sri Sangamitta 2-1 (Penalty), HFC Wennappuwa beat Janadhipathi 2-0, Swarnamali beat St. Anthony’s, Katugastota 2-1 (penalty) and Seethadevi beat Museus 2-0   

Girls semi-finals

Vishaka vs. HFC Wennappuwa   
Seethadevi vs. Swarnamali   
Boys Quarter-finals
St. Thomas’ Matale vs. Dharmaraja   
St. Thomas’ Mount Lavinia vs. Kingswood   
Vijaya vs. Vidyartha   
Ananda vs. Joseph Vaz