DS Smashes 2013 from May 15

DS Smashes 2013 is the flagship Badminton tournament, organized by the D S Senanayake College Old Boys' Association together with the Badminton Development Foundation will be held this year as well from May 15, 2013 at the D S Senanayake College Indoor Sports Complex. The tournament will run for five days and badminton players across the country will participate under five age categories. The organisers believe that the tournament will be an opportunity for those players to demonstrate their individual talents.

The tournament will be held under the age categories of 11, 13, 15, 17 and 19 players and both girls and boys matches will be held on knock-out basis. The organizers are expecting more than thousand entries for both singles and doubles matches. All the necessary facilities are being arranged for players as well as the spectators. A certificate and a gift will be given for all the participants and winners will receive medals and valuable prizes.

The tournament is approved by the Ministry of Education and will be officiated by the referees from the Sri Lanka Badminton Association. It will be held under the accepted rules and regulations of W.B.F. and adopted by S.L.B.A. and S.L.S.B.A. Further for age category 11 and 13, the special guidelines issued by the Ministry of Education too will apply.

The entry forms already being posted to all the Principles of the schools that play badminton and will be available at all the badminton courts in the country. Further the entry forms can be downloaded from www.dsscoba.com

For details contact Samindra on 0777709933 or Saman on 0777289123.