HNB smashes the rest to crown themselves
Hatton National Bank Plc with an overall aggregate of 149 points emerged champions at the 31st Mercantile Badminton Association Inter Firm Team Badminton Championships 2014 concluded at the Mercantile Badminton Association Head-quarters courts last week-end.
Action from the competition - Pic by Indika Handuwala
In the ‘A’ Division McLarans Group had a clean sweep winning both Men’s and Women’s Divisions while Hatton National Bank and Seylan Bank Plc finished first and second runners-up respectively. The team that stole the limelight at this year’s championship was Nations Trust Bank who won the ‘B’ and ‘C’ Divisions in both men’s and women’s Divisions finishing as the first runner-up in the overall championships.
Final results and Team
standings:
‘A’ Division Men’s – Winner: McLarans Group, Runner-up: Hatton National Bank, 3rd Place: Sampath Bank Plc
Women’s – Winner: McLarans Group, Runner-up: Seylan Bank Plc, 3rd Place: Hatton National Bank Plc
‘B’ division Men’s – Winner: Nations Trust Bank Plc, Runner-up: MAS Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, 3rd Place: Dialog Axiata Plc
Women’s – Winner: Nations Trust Bank, Runner-up: Nations Trust Bank, 3rd Place: Seylan Bank Plc
‘C’ Division Men’s – Winner: Nations Trust Bank Plc, Runner-up: John Keells Holdings Plc, 3rd Place: SriLankan Airlines
Women’s – Winner: Nations Trust Bank Plc, Runner-up: John Keells Holdings Plc, 3rd Place: MAS Holdings (Pvt) Ltd.
‘D’ Division Men’s – Winner: HDD Extracts, Runner-up: Sampath Bank Plc, 3rd Place: Commercial Bank Plc
Women’s – Winner: Brandix, Runner-up: National Development Bank Plc, 3rd Place: John Keells Holdings Plc
‘E’ Division Men’s – Winner: John Keells Holdings Plc, Runner-up: Brandix Group, 3rd Place: Hatton National Bank Plc
Women’s ‘E2’ Division – Winner: John Keells Holdings Plc, Runner-up: SriLankan Airlines, 3rd Place: World Duty Free
Women’s ‘E1’ Division – Winner: Dialog Axiata Plc, Runner-up: Janashakthi Insurance Plc, 3rd Place: Assetline Capital (Pvt) Ltd.
‘F’ Division Men’s – Winner: Softlogic Holdings Plc, Runner-up: Millennium Information Technologies (Pvt) Ltd., 3rd Place: Vallible Finance Plc
Men’s ‘G2’ Division – Winner: HDPL, Runner-up: S.S. Holdings, 3rd Place: Dialog Axiata Plc
Men’s ‘G1’ Division – Winner: Assetline Capital (Pvt) Ltd., Runner-up: HSBC Corp. Ltd., 3rd Place: WSO2 Lanka Pvt. Ltd.
Men’s ‘H1’ Division – Winner: SriLankan Airlines, Runner-up: Royal Institute (Pvt) Ltd., 3rd Place: Laugfs Holdings Ltd.
Men’s ‘H2’ Division – Winner: V.S. Information, Runner-up: HDPL, 3rd Place: Hatton National Bank Plc
Men’s ‘H3’ Division – Winner: National Development Bank Plc, Runner-up: John Keells Holdings Plc, 3rd Place: E.B. Creasy & Co. Ltd.
Men’s ‘H4’ Division – Winner: Colombo Dockyard Plc., Runner-up: LOLC Group, 3rd Place: Hatton National Bank Plc.
Men’s Veterans ‘A’ Division – Winner: Hatton National Bank Plc., Runner-up: McLarans Group, 3rd Place: Brandix Group
Men’s Veterans ‘B’ Division – Winner: MAS Holdings Plc., Runner-up: Hatton National Bank Plc, 3rd Place: John Keells Holdings Plc.
Men’s Veterans ‘C’ Division – Winner: Aitken Spence Group Ltd, Runner-up: Millennium Information Technologies (Pvt) Ltd., 3rd Place: John Keells Holdings Plc.
Women’s Veterans – Winner: Seylan Bank Plc., Runner-up: Janashakthi Insurance Plc., 3rd Place: MAS Holdings Ltd.
Overall Winners:
1st Place: Challenge Trophy – Hatton National Bank Plc (149 Points), 2nd Place: Nations Trust Bank Plc (131 Points), 3rd Place: John Keells Holdings Plc (105 Points), 4th Place: Seylan Bank Plc (90 Points), 5th Place: McLarans Group (79 Points) – LR