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Royal steal the show at inaugural triangular
By Mahangu Weerasinghe
Three traditional school rivals came together yesterday to battle it out for track and field glory. Royal College Colombo, S. Thomas' College Mt. Lavinia and Trinity College Kandy pitted their athletes against each in the Track and Field Triangular 2005 which was worked off throughout the day at the Royal College grounds.

The Triangular was worked off in the U-14, U-16, U-18 and U-20 age groups and featured field events such as High Jump, Long Jump, Putt Shot and Discus Throw as well as the usual track events like the 400m, 100m, 800m and relay events. "We're trying to promote athletics within the schools, and hope that this will in turn lead to an elevation of the sport at the national level," said Mr. Mahen Perera, Vice President of the Old Royalist Athletics Club who are the organizers of the event. "We hope that the traditional ties between these three schools will raise the level of competition here," he said. The athletics communities of the three schools hope to make the Track and Field Triangular an annual event. "Next year this event will be hosted by Trinity College, and S. Thomas' College the year after," said Mr. Perera.

In the standings, it was Royal College who stole the show, beating the second placed Thomians by over a hundred points. Trinity College came in third place, trailing the S. Thomas' by a whisker. Past athletes from the three schools attended the event along with the Warden of S. Thomas' College David Ponniah and the Principal of Royal College Upali Nanayakkara. The Chief Guest at the event was Mr. Summa Navaratnam.

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