GBA hosts successful Olympic Day badminton tournament

World Olympic Day is celebrated on June 23 every year, and to mark the occasion the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) in partnership with the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) hosted a successful badminton tournament at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

On the final day of the competition on Saturday, national champions Narayan Ramdhani and Jonathon Mangra teamed up to win the Open Men’s Doubles, beating Marlon Chung and Darrell Carpenay.

Ramdhani and Mangra won in straight sets- 21-7, 21-18.

Priyanna Ramdhani and Greer Jackson joined forces to win the Open Ladies Doubles, beating Shivannie Persaud and Christine Kumar in the final, while the pair of Gokarn Ramdhani and Nicholas Waldron won the Open Men’s Consolation.

After the games, the top pairs were presented with their medals by GBA executive committee members Ayanna Wickham-Watson, Dr. Nicholas Waldron and Emelia Ramdhani.

“The GBA would like to thank the GOA for making it possible for us to hold this tournament once again, Banks DIH for refreshments and Ms. Ayanna Wickham-Watson (Sol Representative) for the gift tokens,” GBA president Gokarn Ramdhani said.

OPEN MEN’S DOUBLES:

1^st Place- Narayan Ramdhani and Jonathan Mangra

2^nd Place- Marlon Chung and Darrell Carpenay

3^rd Place- Ronald Chang Yuen and Akili Haynes

4^th Place- Dr. Easa Sanichara and Javid Rahaman

OPEN LADIES DOUBLES:

1^st Place- Priyanna Ramdhani and Greer Jackson

2^nd Place- Dr. Shivannie Persaud and Christina Kumar

3^rd Place- Ayanna Wickham-Watson and Emelia Ramdhani

4^th Place- Jayde DaSilva and Stephanie Sagar

OPEN MEN’S DOUBLES CONSOLATION:

1^st Place- Gokarn Ramdhani and Dr. Nicholas Waldron

2^nd Place- Johann Waldron and Isaac Mallampati

3^rd Place- Mahendra Sharma and Sekhar Mallampati

3^rd Place- Matthew Beharry and Vikash Mootoo