TPT Hockey Carnival in Kandy
The third annual TPT Hockey Carnival organised by the Old Boys of S. Thomas’, St. Peter’s and Trinity Colleges will be hosted by Trinity College, Kandy at the Asgiriya Grounds Kandy on September 16, 2017 commencing from 8.30am onwards.
The past stickers of Trinity, St. Peter’s and S.Thomas’ colleges have put their shoulders together to organise a seven-a-side hockey tournament . All three schools have played the game for decades and have produced many who have donned Sri Lanka jersey.
The TPT hockey carnival is organised for the well being of hockey as a sport and to maintain and strengthen ties between the three schools. Plans are a foot to have this as an annual event as hosted by one of the organising schools. Trinity College, Kandy will be hosting the carnival this year. The inaugural tournament was hosted by S.Thomas’ College in September 2015.
The event will be a reunion of past hockey players and also a get-together which enable them to go down memory lane. As a CSR project, the organisers are planning to sponsor a player from each school in order to purchase hockey equipment.
The tournament will be conducted in five age categories, – under 15, 1st XI teams, 20 to 30, 30 to 40, 40 and over age categories. This will be a very rare occasion where stickers of the three schools who are over forty will be turning the hands of the clock at this carnival.
Challenge shields will be presented to the winners of each age category. Mario Joseph and Godwin Solomons from St. Peter’s College have donated the 20 to 30 shield, the 30 to 40 challenge shield by the Old Trinitians Sports Club (OTSC) and the over 40’s challenge shield by Dr.Sarath de Alwis-Seneviratne in memory of his father. The special TPT trophy has been donated by the past hockey player’s of all three schools and will be presented to the under.15 and 1st XI winning teams along with certificates.
The opening ceremony will be graced by the heads of the three schools and the Old Boys Association President/Secretary at 8.30am. and the closing ceremony has been scheduled for 5.30pm.