HNB overall champions

Sanjaya Ariyaratne

BADMINTON: The Hatton National Bank emerged overall Badminton champions with a total of 148 points at the `Dulux' Mercantile Open Badminton Championships for the second consecutive year concluded at the Royal College Sports Complex recently.

In second place was Seylan Bank while Sampath Bank clinched the third place.

In Men's singles final, Diluka Karunaratne overcame his brother Dinuka Karunaratne 19/21, 21/11, 21/17 to emerge the winner. In Women's singles final Chandrika de Silva was beaten into the runner up position by Thilini Jayasinghe in straight sets 21/10, 21/8.

Results:

Men's Singles: Diluka Karunaratne (Seylan Bank) beat Dinuka Karunaratne (Sampath Bank) 19/21, 21/11, 21/17.

Women's Singles: Thilini Jayasinghe (Sampath Bank) beat Chandrika de Silva (Seylan Bank) 21/10, 21/8.

Men's Doubles: Amila Kalugalage/Dinuka Karunaratne (Sampath Bank) beat Chamira Kumarapperuma/Diluka Karunaratne (Seylan Bank) 21/19, 17/21, 21/17.

Women's Doubles: Chandrika de Silva/Nimalika Karunasinghe (Seylan Bank) beat Rasangi Ranatunga/Nadeesha Gayanthi (HNB) 21/19, 16/21, 21/14.

Mixed Doubles: Dinuka Karunaratne/Thilini Jayasinghe (Sampath Bank) beat Niroshan Wijekoon (Asia Capital)/Chandrika de Silva (Seylan Bank) 19/21, 21/12, 21/19.

Men's Veteran's Singles: Anoj Thilakaratne (Jasons Sports) beat Hafiz Carder (Associated Motorways) 21/14, 21/9.

Women's Veteran's Singles: Sriyani Deepika (Union Bank of Pakistan) beat K.T. Inosha (SriLankan Airlines) 21/10, 21/10.

Men's Veteran's Doubles: Niroshan Wijekoon (Asia Capital)/Sanjeewa Wickramanayake (E-wis) beat Hazif Carder (Associated Motorways)/Anoj Thilakaratne (Jasons Sports) 21/12, 21/16.

Women's Veteran's Doubles: Sriyani Deepika (Union Bank of Pakistan)/K.T. Inosha (SriLankan Airlines) beat Vijitha Samarakkodi (Janashakthi)/Minendra Samarakoon (Seylan Bank) 21/4, 21/11.

Master's Singles: A.L.W. Siriwardane (John Keells Holdings) beat M.M.N.de Silva (John Keells Holdings) 21/15, 21/10.

Master's Doubles: A.I.W. Siriwardane/M.M.N. de Silva (John Keells Holdings) beat Gamini Jayasooriya (Temple Publicity)/Christo Gonawela (Unitrac Holdings) 21/14, 21/7.

Men's Plate: Suresh de Silva (Seylan Bank) beat M. Indika (Cupid Sports) 21/18, 22/20.

Women's Plate: Thushani Ruhunuarachchi (Janashakthi) beat P. Dilini (SriLankan Airlines) 26/24, 21/19.