SriLankan shuttlers thrive at Travel Trade Badminton Championships

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SriLankan Airlines bagged a triple by retaining the men’s open and men’s veterans (Over 40) titles while regaining the women’s championship after three years, at the 19th Travel Trade Sports Club Badminton Championships 2014, held at the S. Thomas’ College indoor stadium recently. This year, 32 teams from Travel Trade SC member firms were vying for the three acclaimed titles. The awards were given away by Serendib Leisure Managing Director Ranil de Silva and Serendib Leisure Director Sales and Marketing Suranjith de Fonseka and Travel Trade Sports Club Vice President Prabath Harshakumar.

Travel trade badminton winners Results Men’s Open Final: Sri Lankan Airlines beat Serendib Leisure 3/0, winning all the 03 singles; Mahesh Jayasinghe beat Palitha Gunasekera 21/16, 21/12; Sampath Soysa beat Harindu Jayakody 21/9, 21/10; Adrian Rajaratne beat Dilusha Madushan 21/12, 21/11. Most Outstanding Player – Sampath Soysa from Sri Lankan Airlines Women’s Final : Sri Lankan Airlines beat the combined team from Walkers Tours & Whittalls Travels 2/0 winning the 02 Singles; D. Lokunarangoda beat Randika Dissanayake 21/7, 21/2; D. Kulaweera beat Nalika Abeysuriya 21/9, 21/10. Most Outstanding Player - Dhanuri Kulaweera from Sri Lankan Airlines. Men’s Veterans (Over 40) Final : Sri Lankan Airlines beat Kingsbury Hotel 2/0 winning the 1st Single and the only double. Dayantha Fernando beat Nimal Alahakoon 21/7, 21/4; Sujith Wijetunga & Anuraji de Silva beat Basil Ranmuka & Nimal Allahakoon 21/13, 21/14. Most Outstanding Player: Sujith Wijetunga from Sri Lankan Airlines.

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