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Puvanya
Oct 22 2026
29Vidyartha College Kandy crowned themselves with glory as they emerged champions to take away the 'AJ Wijesinghe Memorial Challenge Trophy' at the sixth Matale Thomians nine's 2026.
This was an invitation under 20 nine a side hockey tournament for boys concluded at the Astro turf in Matale over the weekend.
Displaying superb skills Vidyarthians outplayed fancied Zahira College Matale by 2 goals to nil in the finals with Chanuka Ganegoda and AU Kumar netting a goal each.
On the way to the finals Vidyartha College Kandy beat Dharmaduta College Badulla 1-0 and Zahira College Matale outplayed St. Anthony's College Kandy 2-1 in the respective semi-finals.
Dharmaduta College Badulla overcame St Anthony's College Kandy 2-0 in the play off for the third place.
The two-day hockey tournament which was organised and conducted by the Matale Old Thomians Hockey Association (MOTHA) saw 14 leading hockey playing school teams from Kandy, Badulla, Colombo, Gampaha, Galle and Matale in the fray and the notable absentee was St Thomas' College Matale.
