MULTIPLE Female badminton champion Priyanna Ramdhani missed out on gold medal in the Girls Under-19 Singles category of the Suriname Annual Easter International Tournament, which continued at the Walter Amo Sports Hall in Paramaribo last Sunday, with matches in the Under-15 and U-19 events.

The Guyanese who are all playing in the higher age group events continued to do extremely well on the final day against their bigger opponents by reaching the semifinals and finals – especially the 12-year-old Priyanna who played in the Under-15 and U-19 events.
Players like Priyanna and her brother Narayan had to play five matches each on the final day but were able to stand up to the pressure, with the Guyanese collecting a total of 11 trophies. Priyanna teamed up with Suriname’s Shemara Lindvelt to defeat Imani Mangroe and Stacy Cheung 21-6, 21-11 in the Girls Under-15 Doubles category.
This was after Priyanna, joint 2013 Junior Sportswoman-of-the-Year, had lost out in her bid to claim the Singles title, following her 21-11, 21-11 semi-final victory over Erisa Bleau but she lost in the final to Imani Mangroe of Suriname, 21-18, 8-21, 17-21.
Manager/coach of the team, Gokarn Ramdhani, said he felt really proud to know that for the last seven years in a row a Guyana badminton team have medalled at every international tournament they attended, which includes Pan American Championships, Caribbean Championships, Suriname Easter International Championships and the South American Youth Games.
The overall results from the Suriname Easter International Championships are:
Priyanna Ramdhani – gold (U-15 Girls Doubles), – silver (U-15 Girls Singles), bronze (U-19 Mixed Doubles).
Narayan Ramdhani – silver (U-19 Boys Doubles), Bronze, (U-19 Boys Singles) Bronze (U-19 Mixed Doubles).
Hemraj Beharry, Jonathan Mangra and Ronald Chang Yuen – bronze (U-19 Boys Doubles) and Ambika Ramraj and Krystal Peters – bronze (U-19 Girls Doubles).
In the Boys U-19 semifinals, Narayan Ramdhani lost to Samuel Ricketts of Jamaica 21-17, 21-13, but teamed up with Jonathan Mangra to defeat Shawn Brandon and M. Nannanpanday 21-3, 21-9 in their Boys Doubles matchup.
Beharry and Chang Yuen (Guy) lost to Soren Opti and Mitch Nai Chung Tong 21-6, 21-7, while Priyanna and Narayan teamed up in the Under-19 Mixed Doubles and won bronze after losing to Suriname’s Soren Opti and Ishaak Rugshaar, 21-16, 21-17.