Trinity hosts Thomians in annual hockey encounter

By Shaseer Jaleel

Trinity College and S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia will play in their 17th Annual Hockey encounter on September 2 at the Asgiriya International Cricket Stadium.  
The series between the two schools started in 2003 with Tivanka Wijerathna leading the Thomians, while Trinity was led by Anfas Mohamed in the initial year. There were no tournaments held in 2004, 2007, 2020 and 2021.  

The Under 16 encounter will be played for B. S. G. Shayam Challenge Shield, Old Boys encounter will be played for the Mirzan Ousmand Challenge Trophy while the Under 19 encounter will be played for the Warden Neville de Alwis Memorial Shield.  

The Under 16 encounter will take place at 2 p.m., the Old Boys encounter will be played at 3 p.m., and the Under 19 encounter will be played at 4 p.m.