HNB CLINCH OVERALL TITLE
37th Mercantile Badminton Association Inter-firm Team Championships
Hatton National Bank (HNB) emerged overall champions while Seylan Bank and Mclarens Group of companies finished second and third respectively as the 37th Mercantile Badminton Association Inter-firm Team Championships marked a successful completion in Colombo recently.
The event which was organised by the Mercantile Badminton Association (MBA) under the auspices of Sri Lanka Badminton saw 114 teams from top firms in action under eight divisions and 27 categories.
More than 425 players took part in the championships and a total of 580 matches were conducted during 10 days of competitions, starting from March 6 before culmination on April 4.
HNB emerged champions in three divisions and also finished runnersup in five divisions to bag a total of 203 points.
Seylan Bank, who collected 137 points throughout the championships, won five divisions.
Mclarens Group won the Masters and Men’s ‘D’ Division titles while finishing runners-up in two other divisions as they collected 106 points.
Hayleys, who bagged the Men’s ‘A’ Division title while finishing runnerup in the women’s ‘A’ Division, were placed fourth with 88 points while Commercial Bank also did well to secure the fifth spot with 73 points.
Masters - Champions: Mclarens, Runnersup: NTB
Women’s Veterans - Champions: Seylan
Bank, Runners-up: HNB
Men’s veterans C3 Division- Champions: Blooms Enterprises, Runners-up: HDDES Extracts
Men’s veterans C2 Division- Champions: Airport & Aviation, Runners-up: Expo Lanka
Men’s veterans ‘C1’ Division - Champions:
HNB, Runners-up: SAGT
Men’s veterans ‘B’ Division - Champions:
Seylan Bank, Runners-up: IFS
Men’s veterans ‘A’ Division - Champions:
Commercial Bank, Runners-up: HNB
Men’s ‘H2’ Division- Champions: Hayleys,
Runners-up: LOLC
Men’s H1 Division - Champions: Hemas
Holdings, Runners-up: SDB
Mixed ‘G’ Division - Champions: Airport &
Aviation, Runners-up: NDB
Men’s ‘G2’ Division - Champions: Airport &
Aviation, Runners-up: HSBC
Men’s ‘G1’ Division - Champions: DPMC,
Runners-up: Douglas & Sons
Mixed ‘F’ Division - Champions: HNB,
Runners-up: DFCC
Men’s ‘F’ Division- Champions: Hirdaramani,
Runners-up: CDB
Mixed ‘E’ Division - Champions: NDB,
Runner-up: CDB
Women’s ‘E’ Division - Champions: DFCC,
Runners-up: Airport & Aviation
Men’s ‘E’ Division - Champions: Expo Lanka,
Runners-up: HNB
Men’s ‘D’ Division - Champions: Mclarens,
Runners-up: Emerchemie
Mixed ‘C’ Division - Champions: Hayleys,
Runners-up: Akbar
Women’s ‘C’ Division - Champions: Hayleys,
Runners-up: HNB
Men’s ‘C’ Division - Champions: Brandix,
Runners-up: Commercial Bank
Mixed ‘B’ Division - Champions: Seylan
Bank, Runners-up: Mclarens
Women’s ‘B’ Division - Champions: Seylan
Bank, Runners-up: Mclarens
Men’s ‘B’ Division - Champions: NTB,
Runners-up: Seylan Bank
Mixed ‘A’ Division - Champions: HNB,
Runners-up: Dialog
Women’s ‘A’ Division - Champions: Seylan
Bank, Runners-up: HNB
Men’s ‘A’ Division - Champions: Dialog,
Runners-up: HNB