Badminton: Mercantile Championship now on

The 32nd Mercantile Badminton Association organised MBA Inter Firm Badminton Championship 2015 will be held this weekend and will be continued on October 16 to 18 and then October 23 to November 1 at the Mercantile Badminton Association Headquarters and Stadium, No. 28, Malalasekera Mawatha, Colombo 7.   The tournament is sponsored by Dulux for 17th year in succession.   The championship will be conducted in divisions A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H for Men and A,B, C, D and E for women.   There will be a Veteran event for Men and Women.   This year’s tournament already claims an increased participation of 193 teams comprising of 1170 players under 145 Men’s and 48 Women’s teams from 69 member companies.   Play will commence at 4.30pm on all working days and at 9.00am onwards on weekends.   The final matches and the award presentation will commence November 1 from 4.00pm onwards.   The draw could be reviewed/downloaded from web sites www.mercantilebadminton.lk or www.mba.lk.   For further details contact Roshan Fernando – Vice President/Events Chairman on 0772442432.