Badminton: Roshan Fernando to lead Mercantile Association

Roshan Fernando involved with the game of badminton for over a decade as an administrator was elected unanimously as President at the 34th Annual General Meeting of the Mercantile Badminton Association held recently at the Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo 7.

An old boy of St. Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya Roshan excelled as a badminton player and held the post of Vice President of the Mercantile Badminton Association from 2010.

Office Bearers elected were:

Patron: Gamini Jayasuriya

Vice Patrons: Eraj Wijesinghe, Gerald De Saram, Ajith Wiyayasinghe and Sumith Guruge

President: Roshan Fernando

Vice Presidents: Sampath Happawana, Hereendra Jayasundera, Moditha Jayasekera, Mohan Fernando and Madura Jayesekera

Secretary: Dinusha De Costa

Asst. Secretary: Ruvini Ekanayake

Treasurer: Izmee Laxana

Asst. Treasurer: Thikshana Jayasuriya

Tournament Secretary: Chandana Nilantha

Asst. Tournament Secretary: Indika Gunasena

Executive Committee: Assetline Holdings PLC, Commercial Bank PLC, Dialog Axiata PLC, Douglas & Sons (Pvt) Ltd., D. Samson and Sons (Pvt) Ltd., HDDES Extracts (Pvt) Ltd., Nations Trust Bank, Seylan Bank PLC., SriLankan Airlines Ltd., Brandix Apparel Ltd., South Asia Gateway Terminal (Pvt) Ltd., Softlogics Holdings, Millennium Information Terminologies Ltd., Akbar Bros. Ltd., and Ansell Lanka Pvt Ltd.