Football: Gateway and S. Thomas' to initiate tradition

Sport

The inaugural football encounter for the Neville De Alwis-Ralph Alles Challenge Trophy will kick-off on January 26 at the Gateway College grounds in Ratmalana.

Named after two key personalities connected to the two schools, the late Neville De Alwis who served as the Warden of S. Thomas' College from 1983 to 1998.

Late Ralph Alles commenced his journey a teacher of Royal College and later became the founder Principal of D.S. Senanayake College and later functioned as State Secretary of Education.

The main aim of this inaugural clash between Sri Lanka's oldest private school and a premier International School - one of the youngest in the island is to join hands to build an excellent platform to students with diverse values, cultures and backgrounds to bond in healthy rivalry and comradeship.

An Under-14 match will take place prior to the main Under-20 encounter and arrangements are also being made to play a friendly girls' game between the girls of Gateway College and Visakha Vidyalaya.

This lively and fun-filled event will include a fusion of music and a special collaboration between Western Bands of both schools.

Comments

Still No Comments Posted.

Leave Comments

Most Reviews

June 2, 2025

- 474 - 0

National Tax week launched

The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) backed by the Excise and Customs Department today launched a fresh drive to collect taxes including some Rs.780 billion listed as ‘collectable defaults’.

June 2, 2025

- 379 - 0

SriLankan Airlines’ new A330 Fleet to perform low fly past over Colombo on Wed.

June 3, 2025

- 224 - 0

Krishanthi Kumaraswami convicts FR dismissed by SC

The Supreme Court today unanimously dismissed a Fundamental Rights petition filed by five convicts in the 1996 Krishanthi Kumaraswamy abduction, rape, and murder case.

June 6, 2025

- 218 - 0

SriLankan flight grounded in Indonesia

A SriLankan airlines flight has been grounded in an airport in Indonesia due to a technical defect leaving 93 passengers stranded, an official said.

June 5, 2025

- 182 - 0

Alert Moratuwa resident averts railway derailment

The actions of a resident in Egoda Uyana, Moratuwa helped to avoid a possible railway accident involving an office train on the southern coastal line today, the Railway Department said.

June 9, 2025

- 177 - 0

Protest in Colombo over attack on food aid ship to Gaza

A protest is underway at the Liberty Circle following Israeli forces attacking an aid ship to Gaza containing prominent activists carrying food to try and end the blockade of resources by the Israeli Government.