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A Short History of Water Polo-by Lalin Fernando Source:Island On two consecutive Saturdays of October, Royalists and Thomians, the pioneers in schools water polo, and their supporters converge on the Sugathadasa Indoor Swimming Pool for their annual Hayman Trophy Water Polo contest. This year S Thomas’ College rinsed Royal by 37 – 17, after a two year Covid break. They scored a record breaking 23- 10 and 14- 7 wins in the two games to regain the trophy. It more than made up for their defeats in 2018 and 2019. The interest in the game has grown a lot since the two schools began playing each other. The trophy series began in 1992. There are about 12 including girls’ schools playing the game. As to be expected they are all from Colombo. In the 1950-1960s there were three water polo leagues in the country unlike today. Westerners also took part, ...