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On an evening that witnessed pulsating and thrilling matches, top seed Sunny Sawant emerged triumphant in the Boys Under 19 Singles event held at the Indoor Stadium, Campal-Panaji, in the All Goa Major Ranking Badminton Tournament organized by Panjim Badminton Club in association with SAG. Sunny survived a few anxious moments in the first set but rallied to beat Aniket Shenoy 21-18, 21-11.
Sunny, who was also vying for the coveted Mens singles crown however failed to make an impact in the clash against Goa's undisputed champion Govind Navelkar, losing 10-21, 11-21.
Roopchand Humraskar gave a clinical display in the Veterans Above 45 category to beat Cancio Mascarenas 21-7, 21-12. The Veterans Above 45 Doubles was an edge-of-the-seat thriller with Hubert Saldanha and Ajay Gupta prevailing over Narahar Thakur and Anil Paiguinkar 12-21, 21-13, 21-19.
The biggest upset of the day however came in the Mens doubles Finals when old warhorse Sandeep Kanji partnering Kamlesh Kanji clinched the title by edging out Govind Navelkar and Navneet Nasnodkar 13-21, 21-18, 21-19 in a nail-biting finale, bringing the curtains down on this Tournament.
Chief Guest Shri Bosco George, North Goa SP, distributed the prizes in the presence of GBA Secretary Narahar Thakur, PBC Advisor Custodio Araujo and others. Promising Player Prizes were awarded to Chinmay Kamat, Vaibhav Shetye, Pramay Mainkar, Nikhil Haldankar and Pranav Silimkhan. Special prizes in the Veterans category were awarded to Dr Deepak Mayenkar and Candido Dias. Tournament coordinator Sandeep Heble compered while PBC Vice President Hilary Fernandes proposed the Vote of Thanks.
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On an evening that witnessed pulsating and thrilling matches, top seed Sunny Sawant emerged triumphant in the Boys Under 19 Singles event held at the Indoor Stadium, Campal-Panaji, in the All Goa Major Ranking Badminton Tournament organized by Panjim Badminton Club in association with SAG. Sunny survived a few anxious moments in the first set but rallied to beat Aniket Shenoy 21-18, 21-11.
Sunny, who was also vying for the coveted Mens singles crown however failed to make an impact in the clash against Goa's undisputed champion Govind Navelkar, losing 10-21, 11-21.
Roopchand Humraskar gave a clinical display in the Veterans Above 45 category to beat Cancio Mascarenas 21-7, 21-12. The Veterans Above 45 Doubles was an edge-of-the-seat thriller with Hubert Saldanha and Ajay Gupta prevailing over Narahar Thakur and Anil Paiguinkar 12-21, 21-13, 21-19.
The biggest upset of the day however came in the Mens doubles Finals when old warhorse Sandeep Kanji partnering Kamlesh Kanji clinched the title by edging out Govind Navelkar and Navneet Nasnodkar 13-21, 21-18, 21-19 in a nail-biting finale, bringing the curtains down on this Tournament.
Chief Guest Shri Bosco George, North Goa SP, distributed the prizes in the presence of GBA Secretary Narahar Thakur, PBC Advisor Custodio Araujo and others. Promising Player Prizes were awarded to Chinmay Kamat, Vaibhav Shetye, Pramay Mainkar, Nikhil Haldankar and Pranav Silimkhan. Special prizes in the Veterans category were awarded to Dr Deepak Mayenkar and Candido Dias. Tournament coordinator Sandeep Heble compered while PBC Vice President Hilary Fernandes proposed the Vote of Thanks.