Basketball: Mercantile Competition in full swing

NDB Bank Cagers Men and Women recorded victories in the ‘C’ Division and ‘B’ Division respectively, in the ongoing 26th Mercantile League Basketball Tournament 2016 Preliminary round matches worked off at the Henry Pedris Basketball Courts. 

Results:
 
‘A’ Division 

Men: 
Union Assurance 60 (S. Udayanga 22, P. Isuru 17) beat Hatton National Bank (HNB) 47 (E. Maheel 9, F. Chalinda 7) 

Women: 
HNB 60 (Kumarine de Silva 20, Anjalee Ekanayake 9) beat Seylan Bank 46 (D. Wijesiriwardene 15, Jaliya Kumari 8) 

Seylan Bank 53 (D. Wijesiriwardene 18, T. Sivalingam 10) beat Commercial Credit & Finance 49 (F. Prasadi 12, P. Himansani 12) 

‘B’ Division 

Men: 
MAS Reds 59 (A. Alphonsus 24, V. Sundaralingam 18) beat Dialog Axiata 41 (S. Kapil Dev 9, R. Wickremasinghe 6) 

Dialog Axiata 58 (W. Ravi 14, M. Dhanuka 13) beat SriLankan Airlines ‘A’ 36 (D. Gene 9, R. Layan 7) 

Women: 
NDB 50 (Natasha Perera 22, Hashini Ariyaratne 12) beat John Keells Holdings (JKH) 22 (Binoli Barsanbach 9) 

David Pieris Motor Co. (DPMC) 59 (D. Alwis 19, A. Abeysinghe 15) beat JKH 35 (G. Sharga 11, Binoli Barsanbach 8) 

Mobitel 50 (W. Gayani , I. Disanayake ) beat JKH 31 (W. Asangi 14, Binoli Barsanbach 10) 

NDB 55 (A. Hashani 19, P. Natasha 17) beat MAS Holdings 32 (Y. Shimali 15) 

‘C’ Division 

Men: 
Kanrich Finance 69 (K.V. Wijesinghe 19, N. Rajapakshe 13, T.C.M. Perera 12) beat LB Finance 58 (G. Sarinda 31, S. Fernando 13, M. Suren 6) 

NDB 64 (Mohamed Fawshan 24, Jude Perera 17) beat HSBC 37 (Madusanka Ratnayake 10, Chamara Wimalananda 8) 

Kanrich Finance 66 (R. Mihiraj 24, K. Wijesinghe 26) beat DPMC 44 (W. Thanushka 13, K. Nalaka 10) 

LB Finance 57 (S. Gihan 33, F. Stephan 10) beat HSBC 53 (P. Praveen 22, S. Chamara 11) 

‘D’ Division 

Men: 
MAS Blacks 54 (H. Fernando 14, H. Kavisha 8) beat Nations Trust Bank ‘B’ 52 (P. Jayarathne 12, P. Weerasinghe 13) 

Union Bank 72 (C. Shenal 25, S. Perera 15, D. Wijendra 10) beat Softlogic Group 44 (L. Kulatunga 16, D. Dushan 8) 

Seylan Bank 58 (R. Fernando 15, D. Sanjana 15) beat Commercial Bank 53 (K. Kumaran 15, P. Pieris 10) 

Softlogic Group 60 (C. Praneeth 14, K. Charith 13) beat Hirdaramani Group 29 (S. Perera 7, R. Sangeeth 6) 

Lanka Orix Leasing 63 (H. Chathura 15, E. Rajitha 14) beat SriLankan Airlines ‘B’ 26 (R. Avishka 13, T. Maleesha 10) 

‘E’ Division 

Men: 
Amana Bank 43 (M. Najath 15, K. Giwantha 10) beat IFS R&D International 40 (B. Prabath 12, W. Nandun 7) 

Citizens Development Business 39 (L. Randika 24, C. Sandun 6) beat Copal Amba 29 (K. Lakshan 9) 

Abans Group 41 (B. Prabath 15, F. Roy 10) beat Sarva Integrated 35 (S. Sajith 24) 

Mobitel 52 (J. Koshan 29, S. Thilina 9) beat Aitken Spence 35 (W. Anuruddha 10, W. Shahif 9) 

Mobitel 55 (J. Koshan 14, P. Lahiru 12) beat Abans Group 38 (B. Prabath 12, F. Roy 9)