Champ receives award......Ladies singles champion at the National Badminton Championships – Lekha Shahani of Sri Lanka Air Force who beat 18 year-old schoolgirl from Sirimavo Bandaranaike Girls College Kavindi Ishadi receives her award from Suraj Dandeniya (centre) – President of the Sri Lanka Badminton Association. The tournament was held at Jayatilleke Sports Complex. Picture by S.M. Jiffrey Abdeen – Kandy Sports Cor.

Winners of Mixed Doubles...... Niluka Karunaratne (second from right) and Tilini Pramodika (extreme left) receive their awards for winning the Mixed Doubles at the National Badminton Championships when they beat Rajitha Dahanayake and Achini Ratnasiri after a close tussle 21-10, 21-9.

Winners of Men;s Doubles at National Badminton Championships – Niluka Karunaratne and Dinuka Karunaratne receive their awards.

Happy after winning the Women’s Doubles at National Badminton Championship – Achini Ratnasiri and Upali Weerasinghe receive their awards from Suraj Dandeniya (second from right). They beat Oshadi Kumarasinghe and Kavindu Ishadika 21-9, 21-6.