Merc. League Cager tourney commences

Sampath BANDARA

Thirty one teams in the Men's and six teams in the Women's Divisions will participate in the Mercantile Basketball Association League Tournament which is sponsored by 'Delmege' Forsyth and Co Ltd. which begins next week. Otter Aquatic Club Basketball Court, and Mercantile Cricket Association Basketball Courts are the venues for the tournament.

Men's teams have been divided as A, B, C, D and E Divisions. The A, C, D and E Divisions have two groups each (A and B). Women's teams are divided into A and B Divisions.

Semi-finals will be held from December 8 to 14 and the grand finals will be on December 18 at Otter Basketball Courts.

Men's tournament

'A' Division : Group 'A': Sampath Bank, Dialog, Telekom PLC, Union Assurance PLC, Akbar Brothers Ltd.

Group 'B': Nations Trust Bank, David Peiris Motor Co., DFCC Group.

'B' Division: Delmege Group, SriLankan AirLines, Softlogic Group, Hatton National Bank, Ranawana and Co.

'C' Division: Group 'A': Seylan Bank, HSBC, Avant Garde SS, Nations Trust Bank (B)

Group 'B': Commercial Bank, HSBC - HTC, Mas Holdings Group.

'D' Division : Group 'A': Standard Chartered Bank, Expo Lanka Group, Airport and Aviation SL

Group 'B': John Keells Group, SriLankan AirLines (B), Amana Takaful PLC.

'E' Division : Group 'A': NDB Bank, Eagle Insurance PLC, Softlogic Group (B)

Group 'B': Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd, Ceylinco Insurance Co., Aitken Spence PLC.