… Ramdhani, Persaud take Women’s Open title

THE Annual GUMDAC Open Doubles Badminton tournament opened on Friday evening (February 2) at the National Gymnasium with several competitive matches.
Priyanna Ramdhani combined with Shivannie Persaud, to defeat Ayanna Wickham-Watson and Emelia Ramdhani in straight sets 21-15. 21-15, to clinch the Women’s Open title.

The tournament which is in its fifth consecutive year is being sponsored by Darrell Carpenay,, who is the Managing Director of GUMDAC.
The events which are played at the tournament are Open Men’s & Ladies’ Doubles and Mixed Doubles.

The GUMDAC tournament officially kicks off the Guyana Badminton Association’s (GBA) 2018 Calendar of Activities.
The results of matches played on the opening night:
Open Men’s Doubles Round 1:

Nicholas Bullen & Veerendra Bhagwandin defeated Sekher Mallampati & Isaac Mallampati: 21-11, 21-14

Open Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals:
Open top players Jonathan Mangra & Ronald Chang Yuen overpowered the Under-13 champions Matthew Beharry & Vikash Mootoo: 21-8, 21-8. These two brave young players were fearless playing against the Seniors.

Veteran William Holder & Haymant Ramdhani defeated Akili Haynes & Russia-based Chet

Bowling in an exciting three-setter: 21-16, 18-21, 16-21
Ernesto Choo-A-Fat & Javid Rahaman beat Nicholas Bullen & Veerendra Bhagwandin: 21-11, 21-15

Darrell Carpenay & Marlon Chung bettered Gokarn Ramdhani & Dr Nicholas Waldron: 21-9, 21-16

Open Men’s Doubles Semi-finals:
Darrell Carpenay & Marlon Chung got the better of Ernesto Choo-A-Fat & Javid Rahaman: 24-22, 21-8

Open Ladies’ Doubles Round Robin:
Priyanna Ramdhani & Shivannie Persaud crushed Jayde DaSilva & Deandrea Assing: 21-4, 21-6
Ayanna Wickham-Watson & Emelia Ramdhani trounced Jayde DaSilva & Deandrea Assing: 21-6, 21-2

Open Ladies’ Doubles Finals:
Priyanna Ramdhani & Shivannie Persaud got past Ayanna Wickham-Watson & Emelia Ramdhani: 21-15, 21-15

The tournament continued last evening with play in the Men’s Doubles final, Third-place and the Mixed Doubles events.

However, up to press time those matches had not yet concluded. The results will be published in a subsequent report.