4th Battle of the Blues Encounter

DATE:  21st Mar 2003

EVENT: 4th Annual Royal Thomian sports day

It was a great success this year again for the Old Royalists at the 4th annual Roy-Tho held on Friday the 21st of March 2003, where we won 03 out of the 04 matches conducted.
Also it was a very well organized and well participated event, with every year more and more sponsors coming into this event.

TROPHY MATCH - ROYAL WON BY 39 RUNS
 

St. Thomas's won the toss & elected to field.
Royal - 127 for 5 wkts in 15 overs beat St Thomas's 88 for 6 wkts in 15 overs
Main scorers for Royal: Sarfraz Drahaman 39 (2x6, 3x4), Chinthaka Edirimanne 18(2x6),Manjula Premaratne 16 (N.O) (1X6 ,1X4), Heshan De Silva 14 (2 x4)
Bowling for STC : Marlon Ferrira 2 for 19
ST. Thomas's: Manoj Algama 23 (1x4), Lashan Egalahewa 19 (1x6 , 1x4)
Bowling for Royal : Amal Karunaratne 2 for 10, Chinthaka Edirimanne 2 for 16
MAN OF THE MATCH FOR SELVARATNAM (SNR) MEMORIAL TROPHY - SARFRAZ DRAHAMAN

VETERANS MATCH - ROYAL LOST BY 43 RUNS
 

Royal won the Toss & elected to field.
St. Thomas's 94 for 8 wkts beat Royal 51 for 9 wkts in 10 overs.
Main scorers for St. Thomas's : Siva 33 (3 x6, 2x4), Kosala 18 (3x4)
Bowling for Royal : Rameez Mahamoor 1 for 8, Ejaz Haniffa 1 for 4
Royal :Rameez Mahmoor12 (2 x 6)
Bowling for St. Thomas's Kosala 2 for 3, Deva 2 for 14

RUGBY MATCH (12 A SIDE TAP )
 

ROYAL BEAT St. THOMAS'S 07 TO NIL
Royal try Scored by Sajith Wijeratne and Conversion by Manjula Premaratne

LADIES CRICKET MATCH
 

ROYAL LADIES BEAT THOMIAN LADIES BY 9 WKTS
Main Scorers for Thomian Ladies : 26 FOR 3 WKTS IN 6 OVERS :Dharshi Perera 15N.O
Bowling for Royal Ladies : Pradeepa de Silva 1 for 3, Achala Kariyawasam 1 for 3
Main Scorers for Royal Ladies : 28 FOR 1 WKT IN Jumana Haniffa 8 N.O , Disna Karunaratne 7 N.O
Bowling for Thomian Ladies : Dharshi Gopi 1 for 5

The kids were not forgotten amidst the usual big match fun fair – they had games and entertainment arranged during the day. The crowd enjoyed a sumptuous Sri Lankan food against the toe tapping sounds of Lankan ‘Baila’ music.
A Right Royal thank you for all the participants, organizers, spectators & sponsors who supported us in various ways to make this event a successful one.