The 4th successive Annual Battle of the Thomians’ Hockey Encounter played for the Eric Hulangamuwa Challenge Shield will stick off on the 3rd of November at the Astro Hockey Turf.
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The encounter was inaugurated in 2015 by the Old Thomians’ Hockey Association Matale and Old Thomians’ Hockey Union Mount Lavinia and was held at the Edward Park Matale on the 26th of September 2015.
The opening fixture was won by the lads from Matale with a score line of 2-0. The Captains of the two teams at the Inaugural encounter were T. Wijethunga for Matale and P.R. Wanigasooriya for Mount Lavinia.
S. Thomas’ Matale leads the tally to date having won their second consecutive Shield in 2016. Tally reads as 2 – 0 in favor of Matale, as they won in 2015 (2-0) & 2016 (1-0). The 2017 encounter was a draw (0-0) which was disrupted by rain with both teams declared Joint Champions.
While the S. Thomas’ Matale Hockey team is yet to be confirmed by authorities, the Colombo black and blues are geared up with a few wins under their belt this season.
The Thomians took home the Warden Neville De Alwis Memorial Shield defeating Trinity College in a three-goal spectacle. This came right after their Under 19 win in the TPT Hockey Carnival, defeating both Trinity College and St. Peter’s College.
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The 1st XI team from Mount this year will be captained by 3rd Year Coloursman and Sri Lanka Under 18 Defender, Dewmal Palapathwala who is playing in his 7th year for the 1st XI. He was also the Vice-Captain of the Colombo Schools’ Combined team at the recently concluded Schools’ Nationals Hockey Tournament 2018.
The team also comprises of Vice-Captain Bodh Maathura (Colombo Schools rep & 3rd Year Coloursman), Rahal Rambukpotha (2nd Year Coloursman), Dewmith Udage (2nd Year Coloursman), Navinda Hewavickrame (2nd Year Coloursman), Savindu Wanigasooriya (Colombo Schools rep, 2nd Year Coloursman), Yuvin Goonewardena (Sri Lanka U 18 rep, 2nd Year Coloursman).
Adithya Senanayake (2nd Year Coloursman), Vihan De Alwis (Colombo Schools rep, 2nd Year Coloursman), Prakash Jeewanathan (Colombo Schools rep), Sandiv Ellepola, Kisara Attygalle (Colombo Schools rep), Chandula Hewavasam (Colombo Schools’ rep) will fill up the well-rounded team. K. Kaviknan, Asher Dias Abeysinghe, Abdulla Iflal, V. Abeeshgar and Janindu Dela will be the fresh legs for the side.
Skipper Devmal Palapathwala will be crucial in holding the fort as he brings in his experience from his tour to India with the Sri Lanka Junior Asia Cup team. His deputy Bodh Maathura who is also playing his 5th year for the 1st XI will be vital in transferring defence into attacks, to complement his captain.
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However, the most important task lies upon the shoulders of the two chief attackers in Yuvin Goonewardena and Savindu Wanigasooriya who will be playing Center Forward and Deep Center Forward respectively.
Yuvin is fresh off his tour to Bangladesh with the Sri Lanka U 18 team while Savindu is packing a record number of goals scored this season with the Hat-trick against Trinity and a Bronze medal securing effort for the Colombo Blues.
Chandula Hewavasam and Rahal Rambukpotha will also be the two main knights guarding the fort for skipper Palapathwala as they have recently come in to great form. Chandula is coincidentally playing his 1st encounter against his former team mates as he transferred to Mount Lavinia from Matale post O/Levels.
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