Beach Rugby Carnival...

The fine weather had sighs of relief from all members as the day dawned. It was time for the much-awaited beach rugby carnival to kick off.

After much meticulous planning by the members of the Aspirations Youth Club, the Mount Lavinia beach was booked, the Rugby teams finalized, the referees confirmed, and the weather gods were being uncharacteristically generous!

At 3pm, the first match took place between two higher education institutes, while scores of spectators watched on.
The afternoon just whizzed past, as enthusiastic teams took on the challenge, as we saw game after game unfold.

By around 6pm, the day’s labour had been done. The sunset seemed rewarding as the quarter finals, semi finals and the finals took place with eager spectators cheering on their teams. King’s youth club emerged winners of the event, with APIIT as runners up, and Royal College Colombo coming in third.

The event indeed proved to be a fun-filled evening with a deeper significance to it, as the funds obtained from it were to finance a Medical Camp, also sponsored by The Aspirations Youth Club, with saw over 1,000 patients in a remote village in Kalutara being treated.

The Beach Rugby Carnival owed its presence to its sponsors. The South Australian Institute Of Business Technology (SAIBT) took a lead role in providing the main sponsorship for the event while the event was Co-Sponsored by Achievers Institute Of Higher Education And Aspirations Education (The parent organization of The Youth Club), ICFAI educational institute, Sampath Bank, ACBT, Standard Charted Bank and Louis Preston institute were the other sponsors who made this event a reality.

The event finally came to a close at around 7.30 pm, with the triumphant winners walking away with trophies and valuable cash prizes and concluding yet another project done by The Aspirations Youth Club.