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Young Lions Roar: Inter-Class Rugby Tournament.

Reviewed by Punsilu Jayasinghe (Web content team)

At the junior school grounds commenced the Annual Inter-Class Ripper Rugby Tournament where young lion cubs of Trinity battled to win the rugby shield on the 12^TH 13^TH and 14^TH of December 2023.

Following the arrival of the chief guest, Mrs. Tissera, the Grade 4 inter-class tournaments began on 12^th . Despite the gloomy weather every class gave their best enduring losses and achieving wins. But at the end it was a head to head battle against class 4-A and 4-D, yet class 4-A manages to secure the win with many close calls.

The places are as follows,

1^ST Place – Class 4-A (18 Points)
2^ND Place – Class 4-D (16 Points)
3^RD Place – Class 4-B (12 Points)
4^TH Place – Class 4-E (8 Points)
5^TH Place – Class 4-F (4 Points)
6^TH Place – Class 4-C (2 Points)

The 13^TH of December morning, marked the beginning of the grade 3 inter-class Ripper Rugby Tournament. Filled with a lot of nail-biting matches and movements, the champions were the students of class 3-B.

The places are as follows,

1^ST Place – Class 3-B (14 Points)
2^ND Place – Class 3-D (12 Points)
3^RD Place – Class 3-A (10 Points)
4^TH Place – Class 3-C (2 Points)
5^TH Place – Class 3-E (2 Points)

Grade 5 Inter – Class Mini Rugby Tournament started with the pattering of rain drops in galleons, but nevertheless our young warriors battled falling and slipping to the end. After a long battle 5-C snatchers the victory without a single defeat.

The places are as follows,

1^ST Place – 5-C (20 Points)
2^ND Place – 5-E (16 Points)
3^RD Place – 5-A (12 Points)
4^TH Place – 5-D (6 Points)
5^TH Place – 5-B (4 Points)
6^TH Place – 5-F (2 Points)

At the end of every tournament, the awards and the shield was awarded to the students and the words of gratitude were delivered by Mrs .Tissera. This friendly game of Ripper Rugby allowed young minds of Trinity College to acknowledge what victory and defeat feel like and taught how to bear them the same.

Our special thanks to the Junior School TIC of Rugby, Mrs. Wijeyawardana and the class teachers of all the classes for encouraging, cheering and supporting our young players throughout the tournament. We owe our junior rugby coaches Mr.Faizal, Mr. Gavithra De Soysa, Mr. Depal and Master Harith for taking the hidden talent of these young lions to the surface and horning them to be the warriors they are now. We should also appreciate the staff members, students of grade 4 and the supporting staff who contributed towards the success of this event.

Photo Album – Grade 3