Weerasinghe wins two titles

Upananda Jayasundera -Kandy Sports Special Corr

W M C O Weerasinghe of Girls High School, Kandy won two titles at the Central Province Badminton Championship organized by the YMCA, Kandy concluded on the 27th January at the YMCA Hall.

The tournament secretary was former director of Sports Central Province S A Wijewickrema.

Following are the final results:

Under 10 Girls
(single)

Winner – H Herath, Runners-up P Ishika

Under 13 Girls
(single)

W M C O Weerasinghe (winner), Runner-up K Rajapaksha

Under 13 Girls (double)

Winners - W M C O Weerasinghe, R D Kulatunga, Runners-up G Fonseka and W Mayangana

Under 15 Girls
(single)

Winner - H Bastian, Runners-up W Kumudumali

Under 10 Boys
(singles)

Mahen Wijesundera,

I Madushanka

Under 13 Boys
(double)

V Rodrigo and C Gunasekera, K Adithyan and I Abeykoon

Under 15 Boys
(single)

N Wijesundera, D Ranasinghe

Under 17 Boys
(single)

Winner - P Samarasinghe, Runners-up K Bamunusinghe

Under 17 Boys
(double)

Winners – L Dissanayake, P Samarasinghe, Runners-up K Samarasinghe, K Makawita

Under 19 Boys
(single)

Winner S Karunaratne, Runner-up R Liyanage

Under 19 Boys
(doubles)

Winners R Liyanage and S Karunaratne, Runners-up N Kandanarachchi, R K Nirmal

Veterans
(over 40) singles

Winners - P Abeykoon, Runners up M Karunaratne

Veterans - (over 40 doubles)

Winners L Wijesundera and P Abeykoon, Runners-up M Karunaratne and W Wijesundera

Prize-giving was held under the patronage of David Edirisinghe, former President of the Kandy YMCA.