14th Blue-Gold Hockey Sevens this weekend

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Blue and Gold Hockey

The 14th instalment of the Blue & Gold Hockey Sevens organised by the Royal College Hockey Club will take place on the 8th and 9th of October 2016 with the active participation of over 50 schools from around the country.

The Blue Gold Hockey sevens, the premier hockey sevens fixture in the schools’ circuit, is the brainchild of the Royal College Hockey Club from way back in 1992 and since then has developed to be one of the most looked forward to hockey fixtures in the country. Starting from a humble beginning with the participation of 16 teams, the hockey fixture was later re-instated in the year 2002 and has continued uninterruptedly since then.

This year’s tournament will feature schools from all around the country with teams from the districts of North and East as well. Last year’s girls’ competition was intense with the stronghold Seethadevi College Kandy facing Bishop’s College Colombo. It was the Kandy girls who walked away with the title at the conclusion.

The Boys’ cup final in 2015 saw St. Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa and Nalanda College Colombo meeting and at the end, it was Nalanda College who emerged champions.

Singer Sri Lanka will continue to empower the Blue-Gold Hockey Sevens carrying forward to the year 2016.

This year’s competition will also have four titles on offer; Cup, Plate, Bowl and Shield in both Boys’ and Girls’ categories. The first day of play is scheduled to start on the 8th at 7.00 p.m. while the all-important finals will take place on the 9th from 2.00 p.m. onwards.

The participating teams will be as follows:

Boys’
Ananda College Colombo 10
Asoka Vidayalaya Colombo 10
Bandaranayake College Gampaha
Christ Church College Matale
D S Senanayake College Colombo 08
Dharmadutha College Badulla
Dharmaraja College Kandy
Isipathana College Colombo 05
Kingswood College Kandy
Maris Stella College Negombo
Mahinda College Galle
Nalanda College Colombo 10
Prince of Wales College Moratuwa
Royal College – Golds Colombo 07
Royal College – Blues Colombo 08
Royal College Panadura
Richmond College Galle
St. Aloysius College Galle
St. Benedict’s College Colombo 12
St. John’s College Jaffna
St. Joseph Vaz College Wennapuwa
St. Joseph’s College Colombo 10
St. Peter’s College Colombo 04
St. Sylvester’s College Kandy
St. Thomas’ College Matale
St. Thomas’ College Matara
St. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia
Trinity College Kandy
Vidyaloka college Galle
Vidyartha College Kandy
Vijaya College Matale
Wariyapola Sri Sumangala College Kandy
Wesley College Colombo 09
Zahira College Matale
Zahira College Colombo 10
Girls’
Bishop’s College Colombo 03
Christ Church College Matale
Girls High School Kandy
Gothami Balika Vidyalaya Colombo 10
Jaffna College Vaddukkoddai
Janadhipathi Balika Vidyalaya Rajagiriya
Ladies College Colombo 07
Musaeus College Colombo 07
Panadura Balika Maha Vidyalaya Panadura
Pushpadana Girls College Kandy
Rathnavali Balika Vidyalaya Gampaha
Seethadevi Girls College Kandy
Sirimavo Bandaranayake Vidyalaya Colombo 07
Sri Sangamitta Balika National School Matale
Sri Sumangala Balika Vidyalaya Panadura
St. Anthony’s Girls College Kandy
Visakha Vidyalaya Colombo 05
Vishaka Balika M V Bandarawela
Viharamahadevi Balika Vidyalaya Badulla
Yasodara Balika Vidyalaya Colombo 08