Zahira Veterans Football Tournament on October 27
Colombo Zahira Veterans will organise their inaugural “Battle of the Masters 2019” football tournament on October 27 from 8:00am onwards at the Zahira College ground, Maradana. It is conducted under the core objective of “Add value to the past football talent in Sri Lanka”.
Eight old boys’ teams are taking part in the tournament. They are Zahiracollege,colombo Royal College, Ananda College, Hameed Al Husseinie College, St. Benedict’s College, De Mazenod College Kandana, Zahira College Gampola and St. Henry’s College Jaffna.
Main Sponsor of the tournament is Zahira Old Boys’ Association, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Branch and is Co-sponsored by Commercial Safety Pvt. Ltd., (Viro). The proceeds of this tournament will be utilised to uplift the sports facility of Zahira College by providing four Dugout (substitute benches) in the college ground. With a rich history of over 125 Years, Zahira College Colombo is one of the pioneers in School Football and has been dominating the game ever since its inception producing many national players to the national team.
The Zahira Veterans was founded in 2011 by enthusiastic past school football players in which many have donned the national jerseys. Since then the association has undertaken many projects with the aim of developing the game among veterans including organising annual trips to play with foreign Veteran Teams and participating in tournaments in Malaysia,thailand and Indonesia on numerous occasions.
A press conference with the participation of President of Zahira Veterans, T.J. Chuncheer, Principal of Zahira College Trizviiy Marikkar, OBA President Naina Mohamed and Project Chairman, Shaffie Namiz was held at college premises recently.