The Woodpecker Products annual Badminton Christmas Singles was played off last weekend at the National Gymnasium, along with the presentation which was done by Director of Sport Christopher Jones, Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) executives Gokarn Ramdhani, Nicholas Waldron, Darrell Carpenay and Emelia Ramdhani and Lucy Shuffler.
This is the seventh year that the tournament was held and the GBA is extremely happy that Luana Fernandes of Woodpecker Products made it possible by assisting with the development of badminton and sports in Guyana.
The GBA also extended gratitude to Banks DIH Limited for providing refreshments. Below are the summarised scores from the different categories.
Under-11 Boys Singles final: Omar Samad defeated Jeremy Tenpow 21-19, 11-21, 18-21.
Under-13 Girls Singles final: Lesha Singh defeated Elesa Sangster 21-16, 21-8.
Under-19 Ladies Singles final: Priyanna Ramdhani defeated Ambika Ramraj 21-8, 21-4.
Open Men’s Singles final: Nicholas Ali defeated Javid Rahaman 21-16, 21-14.
Open Ladies Singles final: Priyanna Ramdhani defeated Ambika Ramraj 21-12, 21-13.
Below are the top three finishers of each category.
UNDER-11 BOYS SINGLES:
1st Omar Samad
2nd Jeremy Tenpow
3rd Avinash Ramnarine and Justin Tenpow
UNDER-11 GIRLS SINGLES:
1st Emily Choo-a-Fat
2nd Haily Choo-a-Fat
3rd Mishka Beharry
UNDER-13 BOYS SINGLES:
1st Viskash Mootoo
2nd Matthew Beharry
UNDER-13 GIRLS SINGLES:
1st Lesha Singh
2nd Elesa Sangster
3rd Lathika Kendavel and Sasha Singh
UNDER-19 BOYS SINGLES:
1st Jonathon Mangra
2nd Akili Haynes
UNDER-19 GIRLS SINGLES:
1st Priyanna Ramdhani
2nd Ambika Ramraj
3rd Crystal Singh
OPEN MEN’S SINGLES:
1st Nicholas Ali
2nd Javid Rahaman
3rd Jonathon Mangra and Ronald Chang Yuen
OPEN LADIES SINGLES:
1st Priyanna Ramdhani
2nd Ambika Ramraj
3rd Greer Jackson
