Badminton: Harshakumar favourite at 22nd TTSC Championship

The spotlight will fall on the Prabath Harshakumar the President of the Travel Trade Sports Club (TTSC), from Walkers Tours when the 22nd TTSC Badminton Championships 2017, is held on Sunday (17) at S. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium in Mt. Lavinia, commencing 9.00am. 

The tournament for the seventh successive year is sponsored by Serendib Leisure Management Ltd. 

In the 2016 tournament held on September 4, at the same venue, Harshakumar played in the 'Open' and as well as the 'Veterans' (O-40) and led Walkers Tours to win the 'Open' tournament and to finish as runners-up in the 'Veterans'. 

Joel Ratnayake and Hemal Athuraliya were Harshakumar’s team mates in the 'Open' event and Anil Gunamuni and Keerthi Ekanayake in the 'Veterans'. 

The Walkers Tours Women were, Kavindya Perera, Shivanthi Kottage and Nalika Abeysooriya. 

So far besides Walkers Tours, 15 other teamshave confirmed participation, namely – Sri Lankan Airlines, Whittalls Travels, Connaissance de Ceylan, Serendib Leisure Hotels, Chaaya Village, Habarana, N-KAR Travels, Aitken Spence Travels, Emirates, Classic Travel, Cinnamon Grand Colombo, Cinnamon Red, Cinnamon Lake, Heritance Ahungalla, Luxe Asia and new comers, Butterfly Vacations. 

The 'Open' will be conducted on a Team Championship based on one Men's Single, one Men's double, one Women's Single, one Women's double and one mixed double.

The Veterans (Men O-40 and Women's O-35), also on a team Championship, consisting one of each Men's Singles, Women's Single and Mixed double .