Bens and Lyceum emerge relay champs

Champion St. Benedict’s Athletics Team with the Trophy

 Champion Lyceum, Wattala Athletics Team with the Trophy

By Susil Premalal

St. Benedict’s College (155 points) and Lyceum, Wattala (130 points) won the Boys’ and Girls’ overall titles respectively at the third Inter-Schools Ritzbury Relay Championship 2025, held at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Sports Complex in Diyagama.

Over 1,500 athletes from over 100 schools participated at this meet, which was conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Athletic Association under five different age group categories (Under-12, 14, 16, 18 and 20) and was sponsored by CBL Foods International (Pvt) Limited. 

Meanwhile, Maris Stella College, Negombo emerged overall runners-up in the Boys’ category with 103 points while St. Joseph Vaz College, Wennappuwa (81 points) secured overall third place. 

Rathnayaka Central College, Walala (116 points) emerged overall runners-up in the Girls’ category while Dharmapala Vidyalaya, Pannipitiya took third place.