THE MUCH ANTICIPATED, MUCH TALKED ABOUT SCHOOLS ALL ISLAND HOCKEY SEVENS “THE BLUE & GOLD HOCKEY SEVENS 2013” ORGANIZED AND CONDUCTED BY THE ROYAL COLLEGE HOCKEY CLUB AND SPONSORED BY SINGER SRI LANKA WILL GET UNDERWAY ON SATURDAY THE 12th AND SUNDAY THE 13th OCTOBER 2013 AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE GROUNDS, REID AVENUE,COLOMBO 07, COMMENCING AT 7.30AM ON BOTH DAYS..
THIS TOURNAMENT WHICH IS METACULOUSLY PLANNED AND PROFESSIONALY EXECUTED, HAVE WON THE HEARTS OF ALL SCHOOLS HOCKEY PLAYERS WHO HAVE TAKEN PART IN THIS ANNUALLY CONDUCTED TOURNAMENT.
IT WILL BE A MINI HOCKEY CARNIVAL WITH TOP PRIORITY BEING GIVEN TO THE PLAYERS WITH MAXIMUM ATTENTION AND CARE. THE TWO DAY EVENT WILL DISH OUT A GRAND EXHIBITION OF HOCKEY WITH SKILLFUL AND TALENTED PLAYERS SHOWING THEIR PROWESS CULMINATED WITH GRIT, SPIRIT AND GLAMOUR. 36 BOYS TEAMS AND 24 GIRLS TEAMS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY WILL TAKE PART IN THIS TOURNEY WHICH WILL BE SPONSORED BY SINGER (SRI LANKA) LIMITED A HOUSEHOLD BRAND NAME IN SPORTS WITH ESOFT COMING IN AS THE CO-SPONSOR.
THE MOST SIGINIFICANT NEWS OF THIS YEARS TOURNAMENT IS THAT THERE WILL BE A LIVE TELEVISION COVERAGE OF THE PROCEEDINGS ON THE 2ND DAY OF THE TOURNAMENT WHICH IS 13TH OCTOBER 2013. IT WILL BE THE FIRST EVER OCCASION THAT A HOCKEY TOURNAMENT IN SRI LANKA IS TELECAST LIVE ON TELEVISION. THIS SURELY WILL BE GREAT NEWS TO ALL SPORTS LOVING PUBLIC IN THE COUNTRY AND WILL BE A TREMENDOUS BOOST TO THE GAME HOCKEY. THE CARLTON SPORTS NETWORK (CSN) HAS JOINED HANDS WITH ROYAL COLLEGE HOCKEY CLUB TO CREATE THIS HISTORIC LIVE TELECAST.
ANOTHER NOTEWORTHY DEVELOPMENT TO THIS YEARS EPISODE WOULD BE THE AWARDING OF CASH SPONSORSHIP BY SINGER SRI LANKA TO A VALUE OF RS.50, 000.00 EACH FOR THE WINNERS OF BOTH GIRLS AND BOYS CATEGORIES IN THE CUP CHAMPIONSHIP WHICH WILL BE TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS.
THE ENERGETIC MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE HOCKEY CLUB UNDER THE BLESSINGS AND GUIDENCE OF THE PRINCIPAL ROYAL COLLEGE MR.UPALI GUNASEKERA AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE HOCKEY FRATERNITY HAVE SHOWN GREAT SPIRIT AND ENTHUSIASM TO ORGANISE AN EVENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE. RATED AS THE MOST GLAMOURES HOCKEY EVENT OF THE YEAR, THE BLUE AND GOLD HOCKEY SEVENS WILL BOUND TO GIVE ALL THE THRILLS AND EXCITEMENT.
THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS ROYAL COLLEGE WHO HAS A HAT TRICK OF CHAMPIONSHIPS UNDER THIR BELT WILL COME WITH ALL GUNS BLAZING TO DEFEND THE TILTLE. THEY WILL FACE A STIFF CHALLENGE FROM LAST YEAR’S RUNNER UP VIJAYA COLLEGE, MATALE, NATIONAL SCHOOLS GAMES CHAMPIONS ST.THOMAS COLLEGE MATALE, AND NATIONAL SCHOOLS GAMES RUNNER-UP CHRIST CHURCH COLLEGE MATALE IN DEFENDING THEIR TITLE. OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE FRONT RUNNERS ARE WESLEY COLLEGE, ZAHIRA COLLEGE MATALE, DHARMARAJA COLLEGE KANDY AND D.S.SENANAYAKE COLLEGE, COLOMBO.
IN THE GIRLS CATEGORY DEFENDING CHAMPIONS PUSHPADANA GIRLS COLLEGE, KANDY WILL BE UP AGAINST LAST YEAR’S RUNNER-UP JANADHIPATHI BALIKA VIDYALAYA, COLOMBO AND 2013 NATIONAL SCHOOLS GAMES CHAMPIONS SRI SANGAMITTA GIRLS COLLEGE MATALE. OTHERS WHO ARE EXPECTED TO GIVE A CHALLENGE IN THE CUP CHAMPIONSHIP ARE ST.ANTHONYS KANDY, MUSAEUS COLLEGE AND SEETHADEVI BALIKA VIDYALAYA, KANDY.
THE COUNTRY’S TOP MOST UMPIRES WILL OFFICIATE AT THIS TOUNAMENT WHICH IS PLAYED ON THREE CATEGORIES, THE CUP, PLATE AND BOWL WITH ATTRACTIVE TROPHIES AND MEDALS ON OFFER. SPECIAL AWARDS FOR THE MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT AND THE BEST GOAL KEEPER TOO WOULD BE ON OFFER.
ALL IN ALL IT WILL BE YET ANOTHER MEMORABLE TOURNAMENT FOR THE HOCKEY FRATERNITY.
COME JOIN US AND BE A PART OF THIS GLAMOROUS HOCKEY EXTRAVAGENZA
ROHAN DISSANAYAKE
COACH – ROYAL COLLEGE
