Badminton Nationals at Nawalapitiya on October 8 to 12
by S.M. Jiffrey Abdeen, Kandy Sports Correspondent
National Badminton Championship: The 61st National Badminton
Championship organised by the Sri Lanka Badminton Association will be
worked off at the Jayatilleke Indoor Stadium Nawalapitiya from October 8
to 12th.
This will be only the second time in the history of this championship
that it will be played outside colombo. Last year too this was played at
Nawalapitiya.
The defending National champions for men is Niluka Karunaratne of
McLarens Group who won it for record 12 successive time. The defending
ladies champion is Shehani Lekha of Sri Lanka Air Force.
Last year, the men's singles final saw the brothers Niluka and Dinuka
Karunaratne battle-it-out.
Achini Ratnasiri who has just joined the McLaren group should be one
of the top contenders for the Ladies singles title. She is also the
defending ladies doubles champion with Upali Weerasinghe.
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