The Royal College Union Aquatic Club held the RCUAC Challenge Shield Water Polo tourney for the second year running at the Royal College Pool. This year’s event features players from the under 11 to under 18; 25 team from 11 leading schools, including S. Thomas’ College, Nalanda College, Royal College, Colombo International School, Bishop’s College, Vishakha Vidyalaya and Ladies’ College took part in the tournament. The RCUAC’s objective is to provide opportunity for the students to start the game of Water Polo at the grassroots level, the under 11s. It also provides the under 15 and 18 players to participate in competition after two years. An over 30 masters’ age group category was also introduced, making this meet inclusive to a wider community. This will mark the First masters’ category in a meet from RCUAC, OTSC or TAAS to ever take place in Sri Lanka. All matches were monitored by the Sri Lanka Aquatic and Sports Union (SLASU) and will be refereed by SLASU registered referees.