Lyceum Wattala, Musaeus top ‘A’ Division of Under-13 Doubles Badminton Championship

Lyceum International (Wattala)  Boys  A Division champions

Musaeus College (Colombo)  Girls A Division champion

 Lyceum International (Wattala) and Musaeus College (Colombo) emerged Boys and Girls A Division champions

Lyceum International (Wattala) and Musaeus College (Colombo) emerged Boys and Girls ‘A’ Division champions respectively at the Sri Lanka Schools Under-13 Doubles Badminton Championship 2019 which concluded on a high note last weekend.

At the tournament which saw more than 1,600 young shuttlers in action at the Municipal Indoor Sports Complex in Kandy, Lyceum International defeated Richmond in the Boys’ A Division finals. In the Girls’ A division, Sujatha Vidyalaya (Matara) secured the runner-up spot.

P de S Kularathna MV (Ambalangoda), St. Joseph’s College (Colombo), Bandaranayake College (Gampaha) and Lyceum International (Gampaha) also emerged victorious in their respective divisions in the Boys’ category.

In the Girls’ category, Royal International (Kurunegala), Lyceum International (Wattala), Sumedha College (Gampaha) and Methodist High School (Moratuwa) won their respective divisions.

The three-day tournament was organised by Sri Chandananda Buddhist College, Kandy, under the supervision and assistance of Sri Lanka Schools Badminton Association (SLSBA).

Education Ministry Special Advisor (Sport and Physical Education) Sunil Jayaweera and Sri Lanka Badminton Vice President Parakrama Basnayake were the Chief Guests at the awards presentation ceremony while the Sri Chandananda Buddhist College Principal Ven. Godagama Mangala Thero, SLSBA President and Richmond College Galle Principal Sampath Weragoda and SLSBA Secretary Saman Wijesinghe were the guests of honour.

Finalists

Boys

A Division: 

• Champions – Lyceum International (Wattala) 
• Runners-up – Richmond College (Galle)
  
   

B Division: 

• Champions – P de S Kularathna MV (Ambalangoda) 
• Runners-up – Sumedha College (Gampaha)
  
   

C Division: 

• Champions – St. Joseph’s College (Colombo) 
• Runners-up – Lalith Athulathmudali (Mt. Lavinia)
  
   

D Division: 

• Champions – Bandaranayake College (Gampaha) 
• Runners-up – Ananda Sastralaya (Kotte) 
  
   

E Division: 

• Champions – Lyceum International (Gampaha) 
• Runners-up – Gothami Junior School (Gampaha) 
  
   

Girls 

A Division: 

• Champions – Musaeus College (Colombo) 
• Runners-up – Sujatha Vidyalaya (Matara)
  
   

B Division: 

• Champions – Royal International (Kurunegala) 
• Runners-up – Dharmapala Vidyalaya (Pannipitiya)
  
   

C Division: 

• Champions – Lyceum International (Wattala) 
• Runners-up – St. Anthony’s GS (Kandy)
  
   

D Division: 

• Champions – Sumedha College (Gampaha) 
• Runners-up – Prince of Wales College (Moratuwa)
  
   

E Division: 

• Champions – Methodist High School (Moratuwa) 
• Runners-up – Louvre College (Pannipitiya)