Guyana’s top Badminton player Narayan Ramdhani, who just finished his two-year Diploma in Sports Science in Vancouver, Canada, last May, has now moved to King’s University in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to do his four-year Bachelor of Commerce.
Due to his high levels of performances since arriving in Canada, Ramdhani has also been offered a badminton scholarship by King’s University Badminton Team.
“Only a few weeks ago he had his try out and qualified to make it on the King’s University Eagles Badminton Team where he will be training three to four times a week. He is scheduled to play in the upcoming University Championships in November 2018. He is also training two time a week with B-Active High Performance Badminton Club also in Edmonton,” the Guyana Badminton Association said in a statement.
During his vacation in Guyana recently, Ramdhani played in the Guyana Olympic Association’s Olympic Day National tournament in June where he won gold, conducted a Training Camp for Schools at the National Gymnasium in July, represented Guyana at the CAC Games in Barranquilla, Colombia, and CAREBACO International in Suriname in August where he won two bronze medals.
PROFILE AND UPDATED RESULTS FOR 2018
NARAYAN RAMDHANI (20 YEARS OLD) D.O.B. June 3, 1998.
Clubs: Yonex Badminton Club (Guy)/B-Active HP & Kings Eagles (Canada)
Highest World Junior Ranked No. 53
Highest Pan Am Junior Ranking No. 3
Guyana Current National Ranking No. 1
Highest Canada BC Ranking No. 3
Guyana’s Junior Sportsman of the Year 2015
Two bronze medals- CAREBACO International in Paramaribo, Suriname, 2018
Qualified Round of 16- CAC Games in Barranquilla, Colombia, 2018
Qualified Round of 16- South American Games in Cochabamba, Bolivia, 2018
Second Round- Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, 2018
Two gold medals- VCR Jack Under-Hill Open Singles and Doubles in Canada, 2018
