The Singer Trophy Under 17 Division 1 Inter Schools Cricket Tournament, organized by the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association along with Singer Sri Lanka PLC, will commence on the 23rd of May with a total of 74 teams taking part and will be conducted as a limited over tournament.
St. Servatius College Matara were crowned champions last year while St. Anthony’s College Katugastota followed them as the runners up. Galahitiyawa Central College were the deserved team to be promoted from the division two to division one this season. Wadduwa MMV and Kegalu Vidyalaya were however demoted to division two from division one.
Read: St. Servatius’ College crowned U17 Champions
First round matches featuring a total of 74 teams will be played on the league basis, categorized into 10 groups of which 32 teams will qualify to the second round. The second round will be played on league basis in 8 groups where the top two teams in every group will qualify for the pre-quarter final round.
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Group ‘A’ – S. De S. Jayasinghe MMV Dehiwala, St. Anthony’s College Wattala, Wickramashila NS Giriulla, Nalanda College Colombo, St. Xavier’s College Maravila, Dharmapala Colege Pannipitiya, St. Peter’s College Negombo, Bandaranayake MMV Gampaha
Group ‘B’ – Thurstan College Colombo, Carey College Colombo, St. John’s College Nugegoda, S. Thomas’ College Mt. Lavinia, De La Salle College Colombo, Holy Cross Colege Kalutara, St. Joseph Vaz College Wennappuwa, President’s College Kotte
Group ‘C’ – Galahitiyawa Central College, St. Sebastian’s College Moratuwa, Piliyandala Central College, Moratu Vidyalaya, St. John’s College Panadura, Lumbini College Colombo, St. Peter’s College (A) Bambalapitiya, St. Benedict’s College (A) Kotahena
Group ‘D’ – Ananda Shastralaya Kotte, Maris Stella College Negombo, Royal College Colombo, Isipathana College Colombo, Sri Jayawardhanapura MV Kotte, Asoka Vidyalaya Colombo, Mahanama College Panadura
Group ‘E’ – De Mazenod College Kandana, Sri Sumangala College Panadura, Sri Dharmaloka College Kelaniya, St. Joseph’s College Colombo, Ananda College Colombo, Royal College Panadura, Wesley College Colombo
Group ‘F’ – Prince of Wales College Moratuwa, St. Mary’s College Chilaw, D.S. Senanayake College Colombo, Gurukula College Kelaniya, St. Sebastian’s College Katuneriya, Mahanama College Colombo, Tissa MMV Kalutara
Group ‘G’ – Sandalanka Central College, St. Anne’s College Kurunegala, St. Thomas College (A) Matale, St. John’s College Jaffna, Ibbagamuwa Central College, Maliyadeva College Kurunegala, Sri Rahula College Katugastota, St. Anthony’s College Kandy
Group ‘H’ – Dharmaraja College Kandy, St. Mary’s College Kegalle, St. Sylvester’s College Kandy, Sri Sumangala College Kandy, Trinity College Kandy, Vidyartha College Kandy, Kingswood College Kandy
Group ‘J’ – P.De S. Kularatne MV Ambalangoda, Rahula College Matara, St. Aloysius College Galle, St. Servatius College Matara, Debarawewa National School, Mahinda College Galle, Vidyaloka College Galle
Group ‘K’ – Sri Devananda College Ambalangoda, Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda, Devapathiraja College Rathgama, Richmond College Galle, Kalutara Vidyalaya, St. Thomas College Matara, Revatha College Balapitiya