WP inter-club badminton from December 10

Thushan JAYASURIYA

The 39th Western Province Badminton Association (WPBA) inter-club team championship will work off on December 10 and 11 at the S. Thomas College Gymnasium, Mount Lavinia from 8.00 am onwards.

WPBA, under the guidance of Sri Lanka Badminton Association (SLBA) will conduct the tournament with FKC 1 Asia (Pvt) Ltd being the gold sponsor along with Astron(Pvt) Ltd as the co-sponsor. ANCL and Supirikrida will be the media sponsors.

Altogether 46 clubs and institutions from the Western Province will vie for this year's championship. The tournament has been grown up to a major annual event in the local badminton calendar since the formation of WPBA in 1973.

For the third time, non members of the WPBA are allowed to take part in the tournament. Further, the organizing committee made arrangements to award cash prizes to the winners and the finalists. According to the WPBA President Chamli Hettiarachchi, 47 men's teams will battle it out for supremacy in divisions A,B,C and D while 23 ladies' teams will vie for honours in three divisions, namely A,B and C.

FKC 1 Asia (Pvt) Ltd CEO Andy Lee Chou , Astron (Pvt) Ltd Brands Manager Asitha Meemaduma , WPBA Tournament Committee Chairman L.R.Ariyananda, WPBA President Chamli Hettiarachchi, its Secretary J. S. A. Fernando, WPBA Treasurer D.M.C.L. Dissanayake and Tournament Secretary Asanka Peiris were also present.