PRESIDENT of the Guyana Badminton Association Gokarn Ramdhani said that he was pleased by the level of competition displayed at the recently concluded Annual Guyana Olympic Association Olympic Day Future OPEN Badminton Tournament. During a brief interview with the GBA boss, he indicated that it is testimony to their future plans for the sport. “I was very pleased with the turnout as it was an Open and yet the juniors took part and they all tried their best. I was happy also to know that the work we put in to keep our champions on top is on the right track which shows our training programmes and development plans are in order.”
In the doubles division Narayan Ramdhani/Nicholas Ali claimed top honours. The pair beat off Jonathan Mangra/Avinash Odit: 21-15, 9-21, 21-15 for the win.
Third place went to the pair of William Holder/Haymant Ramdhani who defeated Gokarn Ramdhani/Grandison Robinson, 21-9, 21-10. On the distaff side, Priyanna Ramdhani/Abosaide Cadogan defeated Siya Persaud/Kara Abrams: 21-9, 21-14.
In the singles male division, Narayan Ramdhani finished ahead of Nicholas Ali and Jonathan Mangra while for the ladies Priyanna Ramdhani finished first, Kara Abrams second and Abosaide Cadogan third .
The presentation of prizes to the winners by members of the Guyana Badminton Association was done the end of the final match.

By Stephan Sookram