HNB crowned Mercantile shuttle champs
The strong HNB team emerged overall winners of the 29th Mercantile
Badminton Championship after beating a tough John Keells team. HNB
collected 129 points while John Keels were just behind with 115 points
while Nations Trust Bank won the third place with 100 points.
The Men’s A division was won by Sampath Bank led by National player
Hasith Chanaka who was also adjudged the best player in the Men’s
division. The tournament which spanned for nine days was held at the S.
Thomas’ College sports complex while a total of 55 companies took part
and a massive number of 190 teams were seen on action.
This was one of the biggest Mercantile sports fiestas for the year as
over 1,200 players participated with over 1,400 matches being played.
Managing Director of Akzo Nobel Paints Lanka (Pvt) Ltd Gerald de
Saram graced the occasion as the chief guest while ‘Dulux’ sponsored the
event for the 14th occasion.
Overall champions: Hatton National Bank PLC
Second place: John Keels Group
Third place: Nations Trust Bank PLC
Men’s ‘A’ division :
Champions: Sampath Bank PLC
Runner-up: Hatton National Bank PLC
Best player: Hasith Chanaka (Sampath Bank PLC)
Women’s ‘A’ division :
Champions: Hatton National Bank PLC
Runner-up: Seylan Bank PLC
Best player: Nadeesha Gayanthi (Hatton National Bank)
Men’s ‘B’ division :
Champions: Dialog Axiata PLC
Runner-up: Ceylinco Insurance PLC
Best Player: Senaka de Peiris (Dialog Axiata PLC)
Women’s ‘B’ division :
Champions: Nations Trust Bank PLC
Runner-up: Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Best player: Luxshima Peiris (Nations Trust Bank PLC)
Men’s ‘C’ Division :
Champions: National Development Bank PLC
Runner-up: Lanka Orex Finance Company PLC
Best player: Nadun Hettiarachchi (National Development Bank PLC)
Women’s ‘C’ Division :
Champions: DFCC Bank
Runner-up: Standard Charterd Bank
Best player: Shivona Alexander (DFCC Bank)
Men’s ‘D’ Division :
Champions: Brandix Apparels Ltd ‘A’
>Runner-Up: Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC
Best player: Suminda Athuraliya (Brandix Apparels Ltd)
Women’s ‘D’ Division :
Champions: Unilever Sri Lanka Ltd
Runner-up: Hatton National Bank PLC
Best player: Kushina Nadeeshani (Unilever Sri Lanka Ltd)
Men’s ‘E’ division :
Champions: Hayleys PLC
Runner-up: HDDE Extracts (Pvt)Ltd
Best Player: Nalin Hettiarachchi (Hayleys PLC)
Women’s ‘E’ Division:
Champions: Mc Larence
Runner-up: Astron Ltd (Ratmalana)
Best player: Hansani Meemanage (Mc Larance)
Men’s ‘F’ division :
Champions: Singer Sri Lanka PLC
Runner-up: Unilever Sri Lanka Ltd
Best player: Shehan Shahir (Singer Sri Lanka PLC)
Men’s ‘G’ division :
Champions: Sanchia (Pvt) Ltd
Runner-up: HSBC Electronic Data Processing Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
Best player: W J P Manju Sanchia (Pvt) Ltd
Men’s ‘H’ division :
Champions: IBM World Trade Corporation
Runner-up: South Asian Technologies
Best player: Buddhika Jayaweera (IBM Word Trade Corporation)
Men’s Veterans:
Champions: SriLankan Air Lines ‘A’
Runner-up: SriLankan Air Lines ‘B’
Best player: Upul Fernando (SriLankan Air Lines)
Women’s veterans :
Champions: Seylan Bank PLC
Runner-up: Janashakthi Insurance PLC
Best player: Renu Chandrika de Silva (Seylan Bank)
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