A hat-trick with two late goals by Savain Karunasiri led Royal College Under-16 to win the Chandi Chanmugam Challenge Trophy by 5-1 against their arch rivals St. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia in the annual hockey encounter played at Colombo International Astro Turf last weekend.
From the start, both teams found it difficult to overcome their traditional rivals, but Royal vice-captain Karunasiri reflected a fast-moving ball into the goal to score the first goal of the match.
Later, Seth Pathirathna added a stylish goal to lead the Reid avenue team with 2-0 at lemons.
In the second half, STC bounced back with a reverse stick goal by their skipper Hansa Thilakarathne to reduce the Royal lead to 2-1 before Vidu Wijesinghe scored the third goal for Royal.
Karunasiri scored two goals within quick succession in the last seven minutes of the game to secure a 5-1 victory for Royal.
With the win, Royal juniors won the Chandi Chanmugam Trophy for the second successive year.
Karunasiri was adjudged the best player for his hat-trick of goals while Royalist Hirun Lindula was chosen as the best goal-keeper in the Under-16 category.
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