The annual 12th Trinity – Royal Hockey Encounter took place on the 20th of October at the Asgiriya International Stadium. Royal College Colombo retained the J.C.A Corea trophy after beating their counterparts by 2 goals to nil.
Photo Album: Royal College vs Trinity College Annual Hockey Encounter 2016
After winning the ball on the whistle the All Island Schools’ winners Royal College showcased some good hockey, moving the ball between the corners well. Trinity College showed some aggressive intent in the beginning, playing a hit and run game. Despite having possession in the game, Royal could not make the most of it in the early part of the game since the Trinity defence was strong enough to keep the ball away from its own goal. The Trinity deputy skipper U. Tharatharan was excellent in defence which restricted Royal from scoring in the first few passages of play.
Royal forwards Dilan Kavinda De Silva and Furqan Irfan had many chances to draw first blood but the Trinity Goalie Avinash Fernando was up to the task. Royal College won the first penalty corner of the match but they missed a golden opportunity to score. In the dying stages of the first half, a penalty was given against Trinity for illegally blocking a clear scoring chance for Royal. This time Royal forward Dilan Kavinda De Silva made no mistake and sent the ball to the back of the net.
Royal lead 1-0 at Half-time
Trinity College had some clear chances but their forwards failed to score costing them the game. In the 43rd minute, an attempt to score by Royal forward Furqaan Irfan was blocked by the Trinity goalie Dilan Kavinda De Silva managed to slot the rebound in the goal. At the dying stages of the game, the Trinity captain & playmaker Kasun Jayasinghe almost scored after an 80m dribble but unluckily the ball hit the bar and went out of the court.
Full time: Royal 2 – Trinity 0
Trinity College clinched the U-15 trophy defeating Royal 1-0. Trinity forward Dhanushan scored the one only goal in the match. The officials for the match were Nadarajah Paranitharan , Rizwan Raheem , A. B. Godigamuwa and Mohamed Ashraf.
