Mercantile badminton semi-finalists found
Dilanka Mannakkara
On the second day of the 27th Annual Mercantile Badminton Team
Championship, WNS Group beat Commercial Bank B convincingly and also
completely outplayed Sampath Bank in the Men’s ‘D’ Division at the S.
Thomas’ Badminton courts yesterday.
They also qualified for the semi-finals to be played on Saturday
along with Commercial Bank ‘B’, Eagle insurance ‘A’ and John Keels ‘A’.
In the Men’s ‘E’ Division, LOLC beat Education Ltd 3-2 in a very
intensely fought game. HDPL and Brandix got selected for the semi finals
in the Men’s ‘E’ Division.
Many National players including Karunaratne Brothers were seen in
action as the battle for the ‘A’ Division also got off to a start
yesterday. The finals of the ‘A’ division are scheduled for Sunday.
Results: Mens E Division:
Maclarens (B) beat Education Ltd 3/2.
HSBC ‘B’ beat John Keells B 3/1.
LOLC beat Education Ltd 3/2.
Maclarens ‘B’ beat LOLC 3/2.
HDPL beat DPMC (B) 3/0.
Brandix (A) beat HSBC (B) 3/O.
HSBC (B) beat John Keells (B) 3/1.
D division:
WNS beat Nation’s Trust Bank 3/1.
Commercial Bank (B) beat Sampath Bank 3/1.
WNS beat Sampath Bank 5/0.
Nation’s Trust Bank (B) beat Sampath Bank (B) 3/2.
John Keells (A) beat National Development Bank 4/1.
Eagle Insurance beat DIMO 4/1.
Eagle Insurance beat National Development Bank 3/2.
WNS beat Commercial Bank B 5/0.
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