Sri Lanka Maroons Are Unbeaten Champions

SLMHA CARGILLS Inaugural International Masters Hockey Cup Championship 2025 – Astro Turf, Colombo District, Western Province – concluded after 03 days

Group Stage
Sri Lanka Masters Maroons bt UTSC Masters Oman 4 – 0 ( H / T 2 – 0 )
India Masters drew with Sri Lanka Masters Gold 1 – 1 ( H / T 1 – 1 )
Sri Lanka Masters Maroons drew with UTSC Masters Oman 0 – 0
India Masters drew with Sri Lanka Masters Gold 1 – 1 ( H / T 1 – 0 )

Sri Lanka Masters Maroons bt Dubai HC Masters B 4 – 0, ( H / T 2 – 0 )
Dubai HC Masters A bt India Masters 1 – 0 ( H / T 1 – 0 )
UTSC Masters Oman bt Dubai HC Masters B 1 – 0 ( H / T 0 – 0 )
Dubai HC Masters A bt Sri Lanka Masters Gold 2 – 1 ( H / T 1 – 1 )

Sri Lanka Masters Maroons bt Dubai HC Masters B 4 – 1 ( H / T 1 – 0 )
India Masters drew with Dubai HC Masters A 0 – 0
UTSC Masters Oman drew with Dubai HC Masters B 1 – 1 ( H / T 0 – 0 )
Dubai HC Masters A drew with Sri Lanka Masters Gold 1 – 1 ( H / T 1 – 0 )

Final
Sri Lanka Masters Maroons bt Dubai HC Masters A 4 – 0 ( H / T 2 – 0 )
Scorers : Penalty – Asanka Welagedara
Goals – Harendra Dharmaratne, Asanka Welagedara, Ishanka Jayasundara
Player of the Final : Harendra Dharmaratne – SL Maroons

Sri Lanka Maroons
Captain : Nadith Kudagama
Coach : Ashok Peries
Manager : Ananda Silva

Organised by Sri Lanka Masters Hockey Association
President : Fouzul Hameed Secretary : Duncan Devendra
Title Sponsor : Cargills, Co Sponsors : Hameedia & UTN London

04 Nations, 06 Teams, 13 Matches, 01 Venue, 03 Days

A hockey carnival was also held to promote school’s hockey.
Girls : Musaeus, Colombo & President’s Girls, Nawala participated.
Boys : S Thomas’, Mount Lavinia – St. Joseph’s, Colombo – Ananda, Colombo – St. Benedict’s, Kotahena participated.

An international hockey tournament was held in Sri Lanka after 2006 – 19 years later.

Report assisted by Ashok Peries
Photos courtesy Duncan Devendra