South Island has witnessed one of the largest doubles badminton tournaments over the Queen’s birthday weekend. The tournament featured 96 players; 48 teams played over 6 divisions. A total of 112 matches with 245 games were conducted on Saturday, 4th June. This tournament featured professional players and social players with players from various ethnic communities. The best part of this event is it has provided equal opportunity for all the participants to excel, which in turn has helped to grow badminton as a mainstream sport in New Zealand.
Jasper Wang and Jason Zhang won the players of the tournament award.
The winners are–
Division 1
Gold – John Morahan & Anu Ahuja
Silver – Roberto Bray-Descalzo & Sam Loan
Bronze – Gopinath Rajarathinam & John Graham
Division 2
Gold – Ajesh Jose & Andie Currie
Silver – Anil Kumar & Sundeep Daggubati
Bronze – Anand Satheesh & Arjun Shashidharan
Division 3
Gold – Dhaval Lamghare & Harish Bharadwaj
Silver – Amit Sodhi & Jess Davidson
Bronze – Chathura Samith & Ruwinda Herath
Division 4
Gold – Baxter Lin & Logan Barnes
Silver – Eben Anil & Anil Cheriyakudy
Bronze – Ridhan Gnaanash & Senthil Arumugam
Division 5
Gold – Jasper Wong & Jason Zhang
Silver – Hemachandran Rajamanickam & Monty Kumar
Bronze – Vishal Singh & Sujith Kunnil Sasi
Division 6
Gold – Benit Koshi & Joffre Abraham
Silver – Sandip Gadhavi & Bhavin Chauhan
Bronze – Vatsal Talati & Thirupathy Vairavan
Awards were presented to the winners by the sponsors of the tournament, Mr. Vivek Srivatsava, Senior sales consultant-Generation homes Christchurch, Mr. Dhairyadip Mahida-Director, Details King New Zealand, and Mr. Dhaval Lamghare-Harcourts Vision Residential sales consultant.
Mr.Rajeswar Peddisetti, organiser and president of Telugu Badminton Club of Canterbury said, it was great to see support from both the players and the sponsors for this mega event. Inspired by the support, he further added that similar events will be organised in the future. -TIN Bureau
