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Chandrika, Niluka continue to reign in badminton
By
Dhammika Ratnaweera
Niluka Karunaratne and Chandrika de Silva retained the men’s
and women’s singles titles respectively at the 55th Senior
National Badminton Championships held at the Royal College Sports
Complex on Monday.
Chandrika de Silva won the women’s singles championship for
the tenth time this year. Except for the year 2004 Chandrika won
this title from 1997 to 2007. In 2004 Chandrika lost to Thilini
Jayasinghe who was the runner-up this time. However it is Chandrika
Mallawarachchi who registered the most wins taking the title in
seven consecutive years.
Niluka won his seventh consecutive championship (2001 to 2007) the
highest number of wins in the men’s singles event. Earlier
Niroshan Wijekoon won the championship title for six years.
The Sri Lanka Badminton Association did a good job in successfully
organising and conducting this tournament. B.A.C Fernando General
Manager of Bank of Ceylon was the Chief Guest and gave away the
awards.
Results finals:
Women’s singles: Chandrika de Silva beat Thilini Jayasinghe
18-21, 21-18, 21-18.
Men’s singles: Niluka Karunaratne beat Diluka Karunaratne 21-17,
21-8.
Men’s doubles: Niluka Karunaratne/ Eranga Fernando beat Duminda
Jayakody/ Chameera Kumarapperuma 17-21, 21-9, 21-12.
Women’s doubles: Chandrika de Silva / Thilini Jayasinghe beat
Upuli Samanthika / Achini Ratnasiri 25-23, 21-13.
Mixed doubles: Hasitha Chanaka / Thilini Jayasinghe beat Niluka
Karunaratne/ Lekha Shehani 21-18, 21-17.
Men’s over 40 singles: Niroshan Wijekoon beat Kamal Gamlath
21-5, 21-11.
Men’s over 40 doubles: Dharshana Senaratne / Kamal Gamlath
beat Niroshan Wijekoon/ Amanda Weerasinghe 21-10, 21-23, 23-21.
Master’s over 50 singles: L.G Amarathunga beat W.M Ariyasena
21-10, 21-18;
Master’s over 50 doubles: Thilak Amarathunga/ Ruwan Chandratilleka
beat P.K Britto/ L.G Amarathunga 21-18, 21-15.
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