At an event held at the SML Frontier Automotive (Pvt) Ltd, the sole agent of Land Rover extended their sponsorship as the principal sponsor to the Trinity College, Kandy 1St XV rugby team for the fourth consecutive year. Munchee, the flagship brand of Ceylon Biscuits Limited (CBL) Sri Lanka’s Largest FMCG conglomerate, also joins in to support the team as associate sponsor for the 2016 rugby season.
Head table consisted of Mr. T.B Jeganathan – Vice Principal Trinity College, Mr. Sheran Fernando – Managing Director, SML Frontier Automotive, Mrs. Theja Peiris – Group Genaral Manager – Marketing Ceylon Biscuits Limited, Mr. Rohan Abeykoon – President, Old Trinitian’s Rugby Scrummage (OTRS) and Master Rahul Karunathilake – Captain,Trinity college.
Trinity College, founded in 1872, holds an unparalleled rugby tradition in Sri Lanka with old boy, L.E Blaze being credited for having introduced the Islands schools in 1906, The year in which Trinity College played Kingwood college in the very first schoolboy rugby encounter in the country. One of Sri Lanka’s leading schools with a rich heritage, Trinity College has maintained its rightful place as one of the prominent school rugby playing schools in the country.
Speaking of the passion that the game of rugby is played at Trinity College Mr. T.B Jeganathan stated that, “Trinity has always been humble in victory and gracious in defeat, we at Trinity strive for an all-round education built on the schools motto of “Respice Finem” Looking not to the end, but for years ahead of serving the youth of Sri Lanka. The Trinity rugby fraternity is privileged to have a global brand such as Land Rover and a conglomerate such as CBL to support Trinity rugby.”
Photo Album – Trinity College Rugby 2016 – Powered By Land Rover
Rahul Karunathilake, Captain of Trinity College 1st XV mentioned that “This year being the 110th year of rugby at Trinity and to be appointed as the 100th Captain is a great honor, for us as a team high expectations from all those in the wider rugby community provide the foundation for achieving excellence. I want to thank the coaches, parents, well-wishers and especially Land Rover and CBL for their support ”
Answering a question raised by the media, as to how Trinity plans on re dominating the schools rugby arena like they did in the 1960’s Mr. Rohan Abeykoon – President, OTRS stated thus “Trinity has had champion unbeaten sides in the past,but it is not fair to compare eras as the game of rugby has changed vastly from the days gone by, we believe that the current crop players are much fitter better physically conditioned, you often see prop forwards running like center three-quarters which was not seen in the past, Rugby has developed vastly not only at Trinity but in the country, 5 years ago we had a plan of uplifting the game of rugby at Trinity college and all plans are nothing without the funding that backs it up. We are thankful to Land rover for coming forward to back us financially and CBL who have joined in as the associate sponsor for the first time.”
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