Visitors S. Thomas’ College outclassed and outsmarted their archrivals Royal College in all departments with a thumping 66-49 victory at the 19th annual Royal-Thomian Rt. Hon. D.S. Senanayake Challenge Cup encounter played at the Royal Complex on Friday (4) evening before a jam-packed audience. 

Talismanic sporting star Yehan ‘Bula’ Bulathsinghalage bid adieu to his Thomian sporting career in style after captaining both basketball and rugby outfits this year. Yehan marshalled his troops like a warrior as the ‘School by the Sea’ made it a back-to-back win with last year’s triumph. Incidentally, STC won in both 2023 and 2024 with a 17-point lead.

Final scorecard

 1st   2nd   3rd  4th    Total

S. Thomas’     14   17 16  19 66

Royal          15 17 09  08 49

The Thomians led the overall tally with 12 wins whilst Royal clinched 7. 

Special award winners U19

Best Offensive Player: Kavindha Ramanayake (STC)

Best Offensive Player: Oshada Hettiarachchi (RC)

Most Valuable Player: Yehan Bulathsinghalage (STC)

Overall results 

Under 19: STC beat RC 66-49

Under 17: RC beat STC 45-44

Under 15: STC beat RC 37-26

Under 13: RC beat STC 48-47

Old Boys: Old Royalists won 40-29

PHOTOS VENURA CHANDRAMALITHA