Oliver Guruge appointed 'IBF continental referee'

Badminton: International Badminton Federation has appointed Oliver Guruge, renowned badminton and a squash player in Sri Lanka as a 'Continental Referee' to officiate at World Ranked Badminton events. His first assignment would be the forthcoming, Hanoi Satellite Badminton Championships from 24th to 28th May 2006 in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Oliver Guruge won the triple crown at the 1st Junior Nationals conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Badminton Association in 1971 and went on to represent Sri Lanka at many international badminton tournaments, prior to shifting to Squash where he won the National title three times. He has the distinction of having captained both the badminton and squash national teams. He is also a qualified squash referee as well.

Oliver played against 'Rudy Hartono' when Rudy visited Sri Lanka for the 5th International Schoolboys Badminton Championships in 1967, hosted at the Panagoda Army Cantonment.

He is Vice President of the Sri Lanka Badminton Association.