Singer-the Sunday Times Schoolboy Ruggerite 2017
The Singer-the Sunday Times Schoolboy Ruggerite of the Year 2017 will officially kick off from April 23.The competition, which will enable readers to vote for their most preferred school Rugby player of the ongoing Singer Schools Division I Rugby League Championship 2017, runs for 15 weeks before ending on the final week beginning from July 30.
Beginning from April 23, the Sunday Times, along with publications of Wijeya Newspapers Limited – Daily Mirror, Daily Lankadeepa and Ada – will publish coupons for 15 continuous weeks, numbered for each week from 1 to 15. The programme will enable the readers and Rugby lovers to show solidarity to their favourite school player and team in the ongoing League Championship.
This competition will include two segments where readers and Rugby lovers could get involved with -- the Singer-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Ruggerite of the Year 2017 and the Singer-the Sunday Times Most Popular School Rugby Team of the Year 2017. Besides these two awards the organisers have made plans to select three deserving players to become the Singer-the Sunday Times Schoolboy Ruggerite of the Year, Best Try Scorer of the Year and Best Place Kicker of the Year. Selecting the award winners will be done by an ‘Independent Panel of Judges’ nominated by the title sponsors – Singer Sri Lanka. A glittering Awards Ceremony has been planned for August where the winners of each individual awards will be given their respective prizes.the Awards Ceremony, which marks the official culmination of the Singer Schools Rugby League Championship 2017, will also see the presentation of the main team awards of the competition. Singer Sri Lanka will present championship trophies and certificates to the winning teams of each category – Division I, II and III at the Awards Ceremony.these awards include the Championship and Runners-up trophies of Cup, Plate, Bowl and Shield categories of Division I. In addition first round winner of the Division I segments ‘A’,‘B’ and ‘C’ will be recognised. The Championship and Runners-up trophies in Cup and Plate segments of Divisions II and III will be presented in addition to first round winners of segments ‘A’ and ‘B’ of both divisions. All registered players will be presented with a ‘Certificate of Participation’ for their contribution as players of the Singer Schools Rugby League Championship 2017. Singer Sri Lanka has made plans to include the award presentation of the winners of their programme with the Sunday Times at the official Awards Ceremony.
With regard to the voting structure,wijeya Newspapers Limited will publish coupons from April 23 with Coupon No.1,which will be open for voting until 12 noon the following week on Thursday. Each coupon numbered for each week will be valid until 12 noon on the following Thursday. Counted results for each week will be published on Sunday in the Sunday Times, followed by the Daily Mirror, Daily Lankadeepa and Ada newspapers. From April 23,readers and followers will get ample time for 15 weeks to make their favoured schoolboy Rugby player and the team emerge winners.