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SYDNEY’S  ‘ROYAL THOMIAN’ – THE TRADITION LIVES ON! Source : stcobasydney On Australia Day, the sun shone brightly down on Sydney, a perfect public holiday.  The teams donned their college cricket uniforms, gathered at the Punchbowl Oval, for an early morning breakfast readying themselves for the annual 28th Royal Thomian Opens, Masters and Classics encounters. This year STC OBA hosted the Annual NSW Royal Thomian Cricket Carnival with the planning done in close association with RC. The Games featured three limited overs matches; Classics (limited to those over 60 years) for the Sunil De Silva trophy Masters (limited to those over 50 years) for the Morrel trophy Open (to the best that each school is able to field) for the EC Gunasekaran Trophy For weeks prior to the game, the teams had gone through challenges in preparations to get the teams together. It was the usual unforeseen trouble as soon as ...