The HUNDRED Sri Lanka International Challenge 2025 began at the St. Joseph\u2019s College Indoor Complex at Darley Road yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rev. Fr. Ranjith Andradi, the Rector of St. Joseph\u2019s College enhanced the opening ceremony as the Chief Guest with Rohan de Silva, President of Sri Lanka Badminton (SLB) and Dinesh Jayawardene, Vice-President of SLB and Chairman, Organising Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The six-day competition, which was originally planned to be staged at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo, was shifted to the St. Joseph\u2019s College Indoor Complex in Darley Road due to unavailability of the original venue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
St. Joseph\u2019s College authorities quickly responded to the request made by SLB officials in making the HUNDRED Sri Lanka International Challenge 2025 and the upcoming HUNDRED Sri Lanka International Series 2025 that will follow soon after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI should thank St. Joseph\u2019s College and Rev. Fr. Ranjith Andradi for punctually coming forward in assisting Sri Lanka Badminton to rearrange this 12-day competitions at their Indoor Complex, noted Dinesh Jayawardene, Vice-President of SLB and Chairman of Organising Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTheir support should be greatly appreciated given the fact that SLB had limited time to make all venue arrangements after the original venue was taken out from hosting over 650 international players competing under one roof.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOver 80 players are probable to be in action every day and there are 80 to 90 officials on duty at any given time to make this event a success,\u201d added Jayawardene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The HUNDRED Sri Lanka International Challenge 2025 will feature five events \u2013 Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Singles, Men\u2019s Women\u2019s and Mixed Doubles, where over 650 international badminton players from 28 countries, as well as hosts Sri Lanka, will contest at the global event sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) and Badminton Asia (BA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A total prize money of US $17,500 will be on offer at the HUNDRED Sri Lanka International Challenge 2025 which is sponsored by HUNDRED, Mobil, McFoil, 3M and Rovin.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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