Monday, August 23, 2010

Full house for Junior National Badminton C’ships

Full house for Junior National Badminton C’ships


A full house of 1205 shuttlers will be seen in action when the ‘AVI’ sponsored Junior National Championships is worked off from Wednesday, August 25 to 29 at four venues.

The tournament will be conducted by the Sri Lanka Badminton Association (SLBA) and the Schools Badminton Association of Sri Lanka (SBASL) in partnership with D.Samson and Sons (Pvt) Limited , the sole marketer and distributor for the ‘AVI’ range of sportswear under the flagship of DSI Samson Group.

The preliminaries were conducted on a District and Zonal basis from June to July where 6061 players from 201 schools in 19 districts/zones participated.

The following events are scheduled to be worked off. singles and doubles in the age groups for under 11,13,15,17, 19 for both boys and girls as well as a mixed for the under 19.

Given below are the age groups and venues Under 11 and 13 at S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia, Under 15 at D.S. Senanayake. Under 17 and 19 boys at SLBA. Under 17 and 19 girls at Musaeus College.

The prize distribution and closing ceremony will be held on August 29 at 4.00 p.m. at S. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium.

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