Lochana de Silva and RanitmaLiyanage emerged as singles champions in the open men’s and women’s divisions respectively at the North Central Province Open Badminton Championship, held in Anuradhapura.
At the event which was organized by the North Central Province Badminton Association, De Silva clinched the men’s singles title, defeating Roshan Padmakumara, while Liyanage secured the women’s singles title by overcoming RashmiBhagyaMudalige in the respective finals.
This thrilling tournament unfolded over a seven-day period, taking place at both the Anuradhapura Provincial Indoor Stadium and the Mike Cook Indoor Stadium.
In the men’s doubles category, MadhukaDulanjana and LahiruWeerasinghe emerged victorious over OshamikaKarunaratne and ThulithPalliaguru. In the women’s doubles final, AnurangiHansamaliMaskorala and SuhasniVidanage triumphed over IrushiAmandiHewaGallageand Praveen Wijesundara. The mixed doubles title was claimed by Dulanjana and NadeeshaGayanthi.
Earlier, RashmiBhagyaMudalige, the women’s singles runner-uphad joined forces with Natasha Gunasekara to capture the under-19 girls’ doublestitle. In the under-19 boys’ singles category, the youth badminton champion SenukSamararatneemerged victorious, before teaming up with SachenChamuditha Fernando to claimthe boys’ doubles title in the same age group.
NCPBA ALL ISLAND OPEN BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023
Winners
Men’s singles 65: Gamini Jayawardena
Men’s doubles 60: Rohan De Silva/Frits HermanusMainaky
Men’s doubles 55: K S Pushpakumara/DarshanaSenarathna
Men’s singles 55: DarshanaSenarathna
Men’s doubles 50: Indunil Pradeep Gunasena/ChampikaPeriyapperuma
Men’s singles 50: ManjulaDissanayake
Mixed doubles 45: Rohan Fernando/Renu Chandrika De Silva
Men’s doubles 45: T G S A Kumara/DinushkaNilushana
Men’s singles 45: Charles Bernard Bernard
Men’s doubles 40: Iranda/RandikaPeiris
Men’s singles 40: ShimalRandeshAponso
Men’s doubles 35: Roshan Padma Kumara/Sahan Pradeep
Men’s singles 35: LasanthaThilakawardana
Mixed doubles 30: Sahan Pradeep/NadeeshaGayanthi
Men’s doubles 30: SupunLakrangaPiyarathne/PrasannaUdayakumara
Men’s singles 30: AsankaIroshanaSamarathunga
Girls’ doubles U19: Natasha Gunasekera/RashmiBhagyaMudalige
Boys’ doubles U19: SachenChamuditha Fernando/ShenukSamararatne
Girls’ singles U19: RashmiBhagyaMudalige
Boys’ Single sU19: ShenukSamararatne
Girls’ double sU17: DilniThenukaAmbalangodage/SandathiDewminiHewaGallge
Boys’ doubles U17: RithiraSendilAbayagunawardena/ThenulRansajaGanewatta
Girls’ singles U17: RanithmaLiyanage
Boys’ Singles U17: AluthPatabendigeHirukaSahanmith
Girls’ doubles U15: IsuriBhagyaAttanayake/SithumiMinara De Silva
Boys’ doubles U15: AruggodaRalalageKenethAruggoda/SenuthSethmithaPerera
Girls’ singles U15: Nethmi Amaya Rathnayake
Boys’ Singles U15: AruggodaRalalageKenethAruggoda
Mixed doubles: MadhukaDulanjana/NadeeshaGayanthi
Women’s doubles: AnurangiHansamaliMasakorala/SuhasniVidanage
Men’s doubles: MadhukaDulanjana/LahiruMadushanWeerasinghe
Women’s singles – Plate: VinuthiDiyathnaRanasinghe
Women’s singles: RanithmaLiyanage
Men’s singles – Plate: MihilaJayaweera
Men’s singles: LochanaOshan De Silva
