40th Annual Men’s Seven-a-Side Hockey tourney on Sunday

The Mercantile Hockey Association will be conducting their 40th Annual Men’s Seven-a -Side Tournament on Sunday the 20 November from 8 a.m. onwards at the P. Saravanamuttu Grounds (Oval).

People’s Leasing & Finance PLC, MAS Holdings and Hilton Colombo will jointly sponsor this prestigious event.

Teams will be participating in five separate divisions and the cream of Sri Lankan talent will be displaying their skills to bring honour to their respective establishments.

The Chief Guests will be Bryan Baptist – Patron Mercantile Hockey Association/Senior Tea Consultant, Thermex Lanka Ltd. and the Guest of Honour will be Manesh Fernando – General Manager, Hilton Colombo.

The teams have been categorised as follows;

“A” Division - Dennis De Rosayro Trophy donated by Janashakthi Insurance PLC

Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC “A”, Hatton National Bank PLC “A” and Sampath Bank PLC “A”

Runner Up - Mercantile H.A Trophy – Donated by a well wisher

“A” Division - Dennis De Rosayro Fair Play Trophy 

Donated by IDAC Ltd.

Will be contested by only “A” Division teams. Identical styled replicas awarded to the winners.

“B” Division – Singer Trophy

Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, Janashakthi Insurance PLC, Seylan Bank PLC, Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC ‘B’, Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC and MAS Holdings.

“C” Division – Lifebuoy Trophy

Hayleys PLC, Airport & Aviation Sri Lanka, Nations Trust Bank PLC, Brown & Company PLC, Soft Logic Holdings, Commercial Credit & Finance Plc And John Keells Holdings

“D” Division - Edmund J. Cooray Trophy

Richard Pieris Group, Aitken Spence, Hatton National Bank PLC ‘B’ and Sampath Bank PLC ‘B’

“E” Division – Ceylon Cold Stores Trophy  

M.J.F. Group, Smithkline Beecham Ltd. and WSO2 Lanka Ltd.

2015 Sevens Winners:

“A” Division - Dennis De Rosayro Trophy - Hatton National Bank PLC “A” 

“B” Division - Singer Trophy - AIA Insurance Lanka PLC

“C” Division - Lifebuoy Trophy - Hayleys PLC

“D” Division - Edmond J Coorau Trophy - Airport & Aviation Sri Lanka

“E” Division - Ceylon Cold Stores Trophy - Johnkeells Holdings

“A” Division Dennis De Rosayro Fair Play Trophy - Sampath Bank PLC

Results of the Tournaments held in 2016:

League Tournament - Winners

“A” Division - Singer Trophy - Hatton National Bank PLC ‘A’

“B” Division - Acuity Trophy - Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC ‘B’ 

“C” Division - Phoenix Industries Trophy - Nations Trust Bank PLC

The winners will be given the challenge trophies and 16 replicas.

Knock-Out Tournament – Winners:

“A” Division - Hatna Trophy - Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC ‘A’

“B” Division - Air Lanka Trophy - Janashakthi Insurance PLC

“C” Division - Commercial Bank Trophy - Brown & Company 

The winners will be given the challenge trophies and 16 replicas.

Hemaka D.S. Amarasuriya Trophy - For the Outstanding Young Player for the year 2016

An identical replica and hockey stick will be awarded to Damith Madushanka Bandara of Hatton National Bank PLC ‘A’.

The MHA will be also be awarding Cups to the outstanding Player in all five Divisions.

The Mercantile H.A. will present cash awards to the winners from ‘A’ to ‘E’ Divisions respectively in addition to the replicas.