Champions crowned in World Badminton Day tournament

The Guyana Badminton Association’s World Badminton Day Tournament came to a conclusion at the weekend with the category champions crowned at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The final day of the two-day tournament, sponsored by Total Solutions, was attended by Sport Minister Charles Ramson Jr. and Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Kashif Muhammad.

Notably, students of the Badminton Nursery Programme, the brainchild of the Sport Minister, participated in the tournament.

The results of the tournament are as follows:

U-11 Girls Singles

2^nd       Kristin Bhagwandin

1^st        Eva Bowling

U-11 Boys Singles

3^rd        Lester Thomas

Manvir Sharma

2^nd       Francis Thomas

1^st        John Thomas

U-15 Girls Singles

3^rd        Malia Hayley

Himanshi Kumar

2^nd       Naveah Eastman

1^st        Mishka Beharry

U-15 Boys Singles

3^rd        Nikolas Pollard

Nathan Morrison

2^nd       Gabriel Felix

1^st        Aiden Bhagwandin

U-19 Girls Singles

3^rd        Naveah Eastman

Alyssa Dick

2^nd       Alima Eastman

1^st        Mishka Beharry

U-19 Boys Singles

3^rd        Manav Sharma

Jonathan Robinson

2^nd       Joanthan Debidin

1^st        Matthew Beharry

U-23 Girls Singles

3^rd        Alyssa Dick

Priyanka Shivnath

2^nd       Mishka Beharry

1^st        Priyanna Ramdhani

U-23 Boys Singles

3^rd        Jaurel Hendricks

Matthew Beharry

2^nd       Tyrese Jeffrey

1^st        Akili Haynes

Open Women’s Doubles

3^rd        Ayanna Watson and Emelia Ramdhani

Priyanka Shivnath and Mishka Beharry

2^nd       Christina Kumar and Anna Perreira

1^st        Priyanna Ramdhani and Ambika Ramraj

Consolation Open Men’s Doubles

2^nd         Andrew Browne and Jason Stephney

1^st           Matthew Klautky and Nkosi Beaton

Open Men’s Doubles

3^rd        Jaurel Hendricks and Matthew Beharry

Veerendra Bhagwandin and Anthony Stephens

2^nd       Akili Haynes and Tyrese Jeffrey

1^st        Marlon Chung and Jonathan Mangra

There was special presentation made to Priyanna Ramdhani for her academic excellence, graduating with a 3.8 GPA overall in Business Management/Sports Management Major from Olds College in Canada.

This award was made possible by Ramesh Sunich and his family of the Trophy Stall.

Gift vouchers were also presented by Earl Carribon, General Manager of Sol Guyana, to the winners of the consolation round of the Men’s Open Doubles category and the first place winners of the Men’s and Women’s Open Doubles category.