31st all- Island Schools Athletic Tournament is organized by the Health & Physical and Sports division of the Education Ministry. The event will see the participation of all schools athletes competing in about 27 disciplines. The Ministry has taken steps to hold this tournament in 4 phases.
The 1st session of the tournament was held from 13th-14th September 2015 where 9 sporting disciplines including Marathon, Badminton, Boxing, Khabadi , Elle, Hockey, Wrestling, Netball and Karate were worked out.
Furthermore there will be a representation of 2780 boys from 294 schools and 3015 girls from 246 schools competing the tournament.
The 2nd phase started today (17th of September 2015) with 12 Sports disciplines and it will end on 21st of September 2015. The 3rd phase of the tournament is scheduled to start on 01st of October 2015 with a number of 06 disciplines and the last day of that phase will be on the 04th of October 2015.
The starting ceremony of the 4th phase will be held on the 8th of October 2015 at the Diyagama Mahinda Rajapakshe Sports Complex with the special participation of the Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe and the Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam. The 12th of October 2015 will see the end of the all-island schools Athletics tournament with a closing ceremony at the Diyagama Mahinda Rajapakshe Sports Complex and the Chief Guest of the ceremony will be his Excellency President Maithripala Sirisena.
