The North Western Province Badminton Association (NWPBA) are now accepting entries for the NWPBA All-Island Open Badminton Championships 2025, scheduled to be held from February 17th to 23rd at the Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment Sports Complex in Boyagane, Kurunegala. Organised by the Northern Western Province Badminton Association, the seven-day event is a National Ranking Level 1 competition sanctioned by Sri Lanka Badminton (SLB), where most of the country’s top ranked shuttlers, are expected to compete under different categories.
The championship will feature a wide range of events from Under-11 to Under-19 in the Junior category and Over-30 to Over-70 in the Senior category, including three Combined Age groups of 100+ for Veterans. However, the main attraction of the competition will be the Open events comprising of Men’s and Women’s Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles, with the losers of Men’s and Women’s Singles from their first games guaranteed a passage to the Plate Segment.
The opening ceremony is expected to take place on February 17th at 9:00am, and will be followed by the preliminary rounds, leading up to the quarter-finals and semi-finals by February 21st. The excitement will continue on January 22nd and 23rd with the highly anticipated semi-finals and final matches, concluding with the Closing Ceremony to mark the culmination of the NWPBA All-Island Open Championship 2025.
The main draw seeding will be determined based on SLB Ranking as of February 10th, followed by the draw on February 12th at No.2, Cambridge Terrace, Colombo 7. Entries will close on February 7th at noon. Entries can be submitted online or by contacting Sadeesha Adithya on 0761759017.
A combined prize money of Rs.750,000 for all events based on the number of entries will be on offer, in addition to trophies, medals and certificates guaranteed for winners, runners-up and semi-finalists of each event of the tournament. Junior winners will receive appropriate gifts instead of prize money, according to the decision taken by the tournament organisers.
All details of the NWPBA All-Island Open Badminton Championship 2025 are available in the prospectus published in the SLB website. The tournament is sponsored by Mobil, Li Ning, McFoil, 3M and GAC.
