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Thomians sink Royal to take Hayman trophy
S. Thomas - 6, Royal - 3
By Mahangu Weerasinghe
S. Thomas' continued its dominance of the water sports arena Friday when they beats rivals Royal College 6 - 3 in the 1st Leg of the Annual Royal Thomian Water Polo Encounter for the prestigious R. L Hayman Trophy.

The Thomians scored off the first attack courtesy of Vice Captain Dilshan Fernando, and proceeded to dominate ball possession from then on. Although Royal made a comeback via Damith Roziro to level the score in the same quarter, successive goals by Dilan Perera and Dilshan Fernando in the second put the Thomians in the lead once more.

Although Supun Kulathilaka put Royal into contention once again via a penalty goal, Thomian skipper Lasitha Perera promptly increased this lead once more by scoring again.

The third quarter saw another goal from the Thomian skipper increasing the Thomian lead to three. Youngster Shiven Wijeratnam nailed the coffin shut for Royal by scoring again in the fourth quarter and taking the Thomian total on to six. Although Damith Roziro made a brave comeback for Royal with a goal in the same quarter, the Thomian lead proved too wide for Royal to bridge.

S. Thomas' goes in to second leg poised for another convincing win. Royal on the other hand are under immense pressure to perform as they haven't won a single match in the encounter's decade long history. They will need to win by a four-goal margin in the second leg in order to clinch this year's title. The second leg will be held on the 29th of October at the S. Thomas' College Pool.

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