Brindley Wickremasinghe and Minsadi Laknara sliced through to emerge champions in the Men’s and Women’s Singles respectively at the ‘Lanka Plate’ Novices Carrom Championship conducted by the Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka which concluded last weekend at the Carrom Federation Headquarters, Kohuwela. The tournament was conducted under four events – Men’s and Women’s Singles and [...]

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Brindley Wickremasinghe and Minsadi Laknara sliced through to emerge champions in the Men’s and Women’s Singles respectively at the ‘Lanka Plate’ Novices Carrom Championship conducted by the Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka which concluded last weekend at the Carrom Federation Headquarters, Kohuwela.

Brindley Wickremasinghe

The tournament was conducted under four events – Men’s and Women’s Singles and Men’s and Women’s Doubles with the participation of over 180 carrom players representing all parts of the island.

Brindley Wickremasinghe met Shashrika Muthunayake in the Men’s Singles finals scored a 2-1 victory while Laknara met Madusha Dulanjali Vithana in the Women’s Singles finals who had an easy passage to be the winner beating the opponent 2-0.

Men’s Singles runner-up Shashrika Muthunayake partnering Prameda Mendis won the Men’s Doubles event with a 2-0 victory over S.A.S. Senadhi and A.N.M. Ameer. Rebeca Gabriel and Nimali Madushani Wijeratne won the Women’s Double crown overcoming Suchini Shashikala and Masha Nirmani 2-0.

Results

Men’s Singles:
Brindley Wickremasinghe beat Shashrika Muthunayake 2-1 (25/3, 16/21, 25/5)

Women’s Singles:
Minsadi Laknara Manthrige beat L.W.R. Madusha Dulanjali Vithana 2-0 (25/4, 24/17)

Men’s Doubles:
Prameda Mendis/Shashrika Muthunayake beat S.A.S. Senadhi/A.N.M. Ameer 2-0 (19/13, 24/0)

Women’s Doubles:
Rebecca Delryn Gabriel/Nimali Madushani Wijeratne beat Suchini Shasikala/Masha Nirmani 2-0 (24/15, 25/9)

Minsadi Laknara

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