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Royal Reigns Supreme at the 27th Battle of the Kings
April 5 - April 7
The 27th edition of the Battle of the Kings, held in the College Hall in early April drew 39 schools from all parts of the country. Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda did justice to their reputation as one of the strongest girls teams in the country, scoring the highest number of points (18) among the schoolgirls’ teams taking part in the tournament and thereby retaining the trophy they won the previous year. They edged Anula Vidyalaya (17.5) to second place. Ferguson High School, Ratnapura also scored 17 but had to be satisfied with a third place finish following the tie-break.
Having lost to top ranked Nalanda College, led by three time National Champion and International Master Susal de Silva, in the penultimate round, Royal’s changes hinged on the outcome of the final round match between Nalanda and defending champions D S Senanayake College. At that point, Nalanda were ahead by a single point (19) with Royal one point behind (18) and ‘D S’ a further half point away (17.5).
D S Senanayake finished strong, beating Nalanda 4-2 while Royal trounced Dharmasoka (Girls) 5-1. ‘D S’ remained unbeaten but less than stellar performances against relatively weaker teams in the earlier rounds cost them dearly.
Royal were represented by Manith Liyanage, Thisun Jayawardana, Isara Dahanayake, Anuhas Pinnagoda, Nithwara Wimalagunasekara, Lisara Kodithuwakku and Warana Illankoon.
Royal’s Under 15 team, competing as ‘Royal B’ finished 6th (19 points) while Royal ended in 9th place.
