History of School league winners

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Most hotly contested is the Schools Rugby league.  Given here is a list of winners from 1973. Isipathana College has won 16 times, Royal College has won 10 times, St. Thomas, St. Peter’s and Trinity College has won it 4 times each and Kingswood College has won the title 3 times.

Year   School            Captain

1973    Royal              Michael Muller

1974    Trinity            C.Y.Ching

1975    Trinity            Rohan Soujah

1976    Royal              Manik Weerakumar

1977    Trinity            Ravi Balasuriya

1978    Royal              Rohantha Peris

1979    Royal              Ravindranath(Raba) 

1980    Isipathana       A.S.B. Bowela

1981    Royal              Sujeewa Cooray

1982    Isipathana       Dilroy Fernando 

1983    Isipathana       Rodger Rodrigo 

1984    Isipathana       Shabeen Siddique

1985    Isipathana       Chandana Deepthi

1986    Isipathana       Selvin Sallay

1987    Trinity            Tyrrell Rajapakshe

1988    Royal              Lasitha Gunarathne

1989    S.Thomas       Rizyi Suhaib

1990    S.Thomas       Nareen Perera

1991    S.Thomas       Savantha De Sarem

1992    Isipathana       Champika Nishantha

1993    Isipathana       Chamila Samantha

1994    Isipathana       Lilekha Fernando

1995    Isipathana       Ali Wahid

1996    Isipathana       Bandula Mallikarachhie

1997    Isipathana       Wajira Hewage

1998    Royal              W.S.S.Perera

1999    Isipathana       Chrishantha Chandran

2000    S.Thomas       Gavin Jayasekera

2001    Isipathana       Ranga Perera

2002    St.Peters        Dilanka Wijesekera

2003    Royal              Rajitha Jayasundara

2004    Kingswood      Fazil Marija

2005    Kingswood      Eranda Weerkkody

2006    St.Peters        Haren Ariyawardane

2007    St.Peters        Ranuka Jayasinghe

2008    Kingswood      Gayan Rathnage

2009    Royal              Naren Dasan

2010    St.Peters        Keith Gurusinghe

2011    Royal              Shehan Pathirana

2012    Isipathana       Kumendra Dharmadasa

2013    Dharmaraja      Rochana Hettiarachchi

The Sevens Format was first played in 1971 as a Sports Ministry tournament and his tournament went on to become the Philip Bultjens Trophy in 1975.

Year   Winner        Runner-up

1975   Trinity             Royal

1976   Trinity             Royal

1977   Royal              Trinity

1978   Royal              Isipathana

1979   Royal                Isipathana 

1980   Isipathana        Trinity

1981   Isipathana       St Peters

1982 Isipathana       St Peters

1983 Isipathana       St Thomas

1984 Royal             St Peters

1985 Isipathana       St. Joseph

1986 Isipathana       Ananda

1987 Isipathana       Science 

1988 Kingswood      St Peters

1989 Isipathana       St Joseph  

1990 Isipathana   Thurstan

1991 St Thomas  Ananda

1992 Isipathana   Isipathana B Team

1993  St Thomas  Isipathana 

1994 St Thomas   Isipathana 

10 A Side Tournament

1995 Royal             Isipathana  

1996 Kingswood   St. Peters

1997 Isipathana    St. Thomas

1998 Isipathana    St. Thomas  

1999 Isipathana    Isipathana B

2000 Isipathana   

2001 Isipathana   

2002 Isipathana   

2003 Isipathana   

2004 Not Played

2005 Not Played

2006 Not Played

2007  Isipathana 

2008 Isipathana 

2009 St. Peters

2010 St. Peters

2011 St. Peters

2012 Dharmaraja

2013 St Peters

2014 Isipathana   

The Knockout Tournament Was First Played In 1978 Where S Thomas Beat Isipathana In The Final. Thereafter It Was The R Premadasa Knockout Schools Tournament Under Lights At The Sugathadasa Stadium

Year    Winner      Runner Up

1985   Isipathana   Ananda

1986   Isipathana    Royal

1987   Trinity         Isipathana

1988    Royal         Isipathana

1989  St. Thomas  Isipathana

1990  Isipathana  St Thomas

1991  St. Thomas   Ananda

1992  Isipathana   Ananda

1993  Trinity         Isipathana

1994  St Thomas  St Peters

1995  St Peters     Isipathana

1996  Isipathana  St Peters

1997  Isipathana  Thurstan

1998  Zahira          Thurstan

1999 Isipathana   Ananda

2000 Isipathana   Kingswood

2001isipathana   St Anthonys

2002 Royal           Isipathana

2003 Kingswood 

2004 Kingswood

2005 Kingswood

2006 St Peters

2007 St Peters      Isipathana

2008 St Peters      Isipathana

2009 St Thomas   Isipathana

2010 St Peters and Royal Joint Champions

2011 Royal           Isipathana

2012 Isipathana Trinity

2013 Wesley    Trinity


 

 

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