Entries called for NCPBA Open
The North Central Province Badminton Association (NCPBA) are now accepting entries for the NCPBA All-Island Open Badminton Championships 2025, scheduled to be held from August 18 to 24 at the Sports Department Indoor Stadium and Mike Cooke Indoor Stadium in Anuradhapura. Organised by the Northern Central Province Badminton Association, the seven-day event is a National Ranking Level 1 competition sanctioned by Sri Lanka Badminton (SLB), where most of the country’s top ranked shuttlers, are expected to compete under different categories.
The championship will feature a wide range of events from Under-11 to Under-19 in the Junior category and Over-30 to Over-70 in the Senior category, including three Combined Age groups of 100+ for Veterans. The main attraction of the competition will be the Open events comprising of Men’s and Women’s Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles, with the losers of Men’s and Women’s Singles from their first games guaranteed a passage to the Plate Segment.
The main draw seeding will be determined based on SLB Ranking as of August 11th, followed by the draw on August 13th at the Sri Lanka Badminton Headquarters, No.28, Maitland Place, Colombo 7. Entries will close on August 8th at noon. Entries can be submitted online or by contacting Ajith Wijayasinghe on 0773011800 or Ms. Himasha on 0740121846.
A combined prize money of Rs.750,000 for all events based on the number of entries will be on offer, in addition to trophies, medals and certificates guaranteed for winners, runners-up and semi-finalists of each event of the tournament. All details of the NCPBA All-Island Open Badminton Championship 2025 are available in the prospectus published in the SLB website. The tournament is sponsored by McFoil, Mobil, Li Ning, 3M and GAC.