Category: Sports

Thomian Junior Tennis Players Shine at All-Island Cool Tennis Tournament

 

The Under-10 Green Ball tennis players of S. Thomas’ College emerged as All-Island Runners-Up in the recently concluded Inter-School Cool Tennis Tournament at SLTA, all of the leading public and international schools took part, on the 29th of October 2023.

From L-R: Thakshin Madhivadhanan, Ranuk Jayasuriya, Kovidh Gunasekera, Revaan Amerasinghe, Methuka Silva, Narun Ramachandran, Kian Lukmanjee, Akhil Perera, Satheesh Appathurai, Zacharia Akbar,
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Thomians stage an incredible comeback to retain the Dr. R.L. Hayman Memorial Shield

The 30th Annual Royal-Thomian Water Polo encounter for the Dr. R.L. Hayman Memorial Trophy took place on the 30th of September and on the 7th of October, 2023 at the Sugathadasa Stadium. The encounter, more famously known as ‘Hayman’ is known to provide the fans with excitement and this year was no different with a thrilling finale that left the fans on the edge of their seats till the last second.

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11th Annual Trinity – Thomian Football encounter

The 11th Annual Trinity – Thomian Football encounter was held at the Big Club Grounds of S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia on the 14th of September 2022. This encounter comprised of the under 16 encounter, the old boys encounter and the under 19 encounter. Mr. Janesh Ratnadasa, an old Thomian was invited as the Chief Guest of this event.

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2022 Zonal Athletics meet

The 2022 Zonal Athletics meet was held from the 6th to the 9th of September at St Sebastian’s College grounds with 45 schools participating. The Thomian Athletics team emerged 1st runners up with 53 College Athletes qualifying for the Western Provincial meet happening later this year.

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Chin up ‘Thora’

“It doesn’t really matter whether you win or lose the game; what counts is how you played the game.” Coming into this game as the underdogs, Chariya and his young Thomian side kept their spirits up as they fought hard against a renowned and experienced Pathanian squad.”

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STC win Western Province Hockey Title after 19 years

The U-20 Western province tournament, a much awaited event for the U-20 hockey team, marked the beginning of their playing season. A long line of matches and tournaments lay ahead. The team faced off against Bandaranayake College Gampaha, in their qualifying round, dominating with a score of 14 – 0 – which is speculated to be the highest number of goals scored in the tournament. The match served as a great confidence boost for the team before advancing forward to the quarter finals. 

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Manchanayake saves the day for Royal in Battle of the Blues draw

Dasis Manchanayake made an unbeaten 53 to pull Royal College out of deep trouble on day 3 of the 141st Battle of the Blues encounter at the Sinhalese Sports Club grounds. After seeing Royal declare on 282, S Thomas’ finished on 127/5 as the game drew to a close. 

Manchanayake, playing in his 1st Royal-Thomian, showed absolutely no nerves in the middle, playing a controlled knock, after coming in to bat with the score on 177/6 – Royal still 43 runs away from avoiding the follow-on. The elegant left-hander put on 24 alongside Isiwara Dissanayake before taking the lead in his partnership with Lahiru Madusanka which was worth 67.

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Royal in trouble after late wickets

S Thomas’ College picked up 4 crucial wickets in the final session of play on day 2 of the 141st Battle of the Blues encounter to leave Royal College in a bit of trouble on 127/4, trailing by 242 runs.

The game was looking like it was heading for a certain draw with the Thomians batting out the 1st session of play to reach 369 before Royal’s openers Kamil Mishara and Kushan Kulasooriya too inexplicably just looked to occupy the crease in the afternoon session of play.

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De Mel, Fernando star as S. Thomas’ take honours on day 1 of Battle of the Blues

Shalin de Mel (85) and Ryan Fernando (70) propped S. Thomas’ College up on day 1 of the 141st Battle of the Blues encounter as the School by the Sea finished on 271/6 after being sent in to bat by Royal College.

De Mel and opening partner Dilmin Rathnayake survived the all-important first hour of play, despite the best efforts of Kavindu Pathirathne, who got the ball to move early on. The right-arm quick did manage to cause a bit of trouble with the new ball, troubling Rathnayake in particular. Rathnayake was lucky to survive a few streaky shots and was given a life when he was dropped at gully in the 11th over but nevertheless he and his partner de Mel put on a valuable 49-run stand to give S. Thomas’ a steady start.

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Royal-Thomian Mini Battle ends in draw – STC retains Reid-Gunesekera Shield

The Royal-Thomian 2nd XI encounter, a.k.a. the Mini Battle ended in a draw this evening at Mount Lavinia, after two exciting days of cricket.


Royal College, having won the toss on a typical Mount Lavinia wicket with a tinge of fresh grass on it, had no hesitation in putting the hosts in to bat yesterday morning. The decision seemed justified at first as the Thomian top order struggled to come to terms with the assistance that was provided by the pitch.

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S. Thomas’ College 2nd XI vs Royal College 2nd XI- Mini Battle 2020- 6th and 7th March – S. Thomas’ College Big Club Grounds

S. Thomas’ College –(273/8)

Royal College – (37/2)

Royal trail by 236 with 8 wickets in hand

Thenuka Liyanage takes honours with a fighting 157

The first day of the mini battle was held at the Big Club grounds on the 6th of March. The day was mostly spent with the Thomian 1st innings. After winning the toss, the captain of the visiting team opted to bowl first on the pitch. This worked in favour of the bowling side, who took advantage of the early swing on offer. At one point the scorecard read 35 for the loss of 5, with Sonal Amarasekara taking a fourer.

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Trinitians overcome Thomians in second-half blitz

Trinity College pulled off a scrappy but deserving victory over St. Thomas’ College as they managed to retain the Canon R. S. De Saram Shield for the 4th year running. Despite the halftime scores reading 07-08 in favor of the Thomians, Trinity managed to finish 17-08 as their opponents were down to 13 and were gifted many opportunities. 

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Finally Home – The 140th Battle of the Blues

On the 7th of March 2019, hot off the heels of the cycle parades, the 140th Battle of the Blues began with as much fanfare as is expected of a cricketing tradition that spans more than a century. A brilliantly sunny Thursday was the ideal day to begin one of the most anticipated encounters between S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia and Royal College, Colombo.

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