Royal college along with the Royal College Hockey Club (RCHC) is organizing the above seven (7) a side Hockey tournament for the eleventh consecutive year.
This is an annual event with the participation of over 58 girls and boys schools from all over the island will be held on the 12th and 13th October 2013 Royal College Grounds.
The main sponsor of the tournament is Singer (Sri Lanka) Plc. and they have supported this event from the start and had been key to success of the tournament from the inception. This year too ESOFT Metro Campus has joined hands with the organisers to support the tournament as the co-sponsor.
The teams consist of 9 players each, Teacher in charge and the Coach. Outstation boy’s teams will be provided accommodation at Royal College and the Girls teams at Visakha Vidyalaya. Almost 600 participants will be at the grounds during the tournament. This being an invitation tournament, there is no entry fee charged from the teams.
The support staff consists of about 50 school children and about 20 old boys from Royal College on both days of the tournament. This tournament is conducted over 2 days from 8 am to 6 pm on three (3) courts at the Royal College Grounds. Each team is allocated a separate tent, with chairs provided. There is a colourful opening and closing ceremony.
This tournament has the blessings of the “Sri Lanka Schools Hockey Association” and “Sri Lanka Hockey Federation”. The teams will compete for the CUP, PLATE and BOWL, in boys and girls category to maximize the opportunity of participation in the tournament to the end. The tournament will be played in two stages. The first stage is the preliminary league round where the teams will be drawn in to 08 groups and the winners and runner up moving on to the 2nd stage which is played on a knock basis. The Winners, 1st Runner up and the 2nd Runner up are awarded glittering trophies,
Medals and certificates. There will be 04 special awards for the Most Outstanding Player and the Best Goal keeper in the Girls and Boys categories respectively.
Taking a step further this year the Cup winners of both (Girls & Boys) categories will be presented with a generous Sponsorship package by the Main Sponsors Singer (Sri Lanka) Plc. towards the development of the game at the respective schools. This surely will be a noteworthy addition to this year’s tournament and a magnanimous gesture by the main sponsor Singer.
As in the past years ESOFT Metro Campus will present scholarship opportunities to the top players in the tournament in a bid to assist the star players to pursue their academic aspirations too.
The tournament is supervised by 16 professional umpires nominated by the Sri Lanka Hockey Federation and the panel includes 3 International Umpires. This is considered a prestigious tournament in the schools annual Hockey calendar due to the quality of Hockey in display, facilities provided and the manner in which it is conducted.
The opening ceremony is on the first day at 8am lasting for 45 minutes The semi-finals for boys and girls category are worked out commencing at 2.30 pm and the finals at 3.45 pm on the second day followed by the awards ceremony.
History
Blue & Gold Hockey sevens was one of the first inter-school tournaments to be organised in the island in the recent past. We feel that this tournament gave an opportunity for the students to enjoy a semblance of happiness and relaxation amidst stiff competition. RCHC has been successful in improving the standard of Hockey at Royal College. We assume that this was a catalyst for many schools to improve the standard of hockey.
The winners list of last year’s tournament is attached herewith.
This being an “All Island Inter Schools Event “of almost all the Hockey playing schools, I would be most grateful if you could support this tournament this year and in the future by giving wide publicity on your newspapers and the television.
If you need further information please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned.
With your support we would be able to take the game Hockey to a higher level and popularise the game among the public which in turn will help to bring glory and honour to our country.
