BADMINTON
PROGRESS OF 2008 – ANANDA COLLEGE
YEAR 2008

Ananda College Under 14 Badminton team won the All Island School 2008 team Championship which was concluded on 28th June at the St Thomas College Mt Lavinia.
Final's Ananda Vs Royal - Ananda Won by 3-2
Ananda team represented by
Urvin Thalagala ( Capt )
Sanura Happuarachchi ( Vice Capt)
Vinod Payagala
Orwin Rathnasekara
Yasiru Ranwalage
Dohitha Yapa
Yehan Munasinghe
23rd Ariyadasa Open Badminton Championship was held from 6th to 10th March 2008 at Ruhunu University Matara.
1) Mens Open – Singles
Winner – Nuwan Hettiarachchi ( Ananda College)
2) Men’s Open - Doubles
Semi finalists – Nuwan Hettiarachchi & Nishantha Hettiarachchi ( Ananda College)
3) U 14 Boys - Singles
Winner – Rakhitha Perera ( Ananda College)
4) U 14 Mixed doubles
Winner – Rakhitha Perera and Achini Rathnasiri ( Ananda College / Lindsay College)
5) U 16 Boys Singles
Winner – Dilshan Kariyawasam ( Ananda College)
6) U 16 Mixed Doubles
Winner – Dilshan Kariyawasam & Chamaica Madurawela ( Ananda College / Mahamaya High School Kandy)