Last year Royal regained the title by comprehensively beating S. Thomas' 48-4 and this year was even better. The eventual winners only conceded two points and two races in the event which included 11 races in total. In addition the Thomians had the solace of winning the Old Boy's Four, which had no points on offer. Just before the main race Royal had the grit to pip out S. Thomas' by 0.02 seconds to win the Junior Four which offered eight points and the Eraj Wijesinghe Trophy. He won the Senior Scull Trophy beating Dhaharath Senanayake, who clocked 3 minutes and 41 seconds.

Source: Sunday Times October 23, 2016 09:11 UTC