GUYANA’S number one ranked female badminton player, Priyanna Ramdhani, finished with a silver medal over the weekend when she competed in the Yonex AJC Silver-Airdrie Junior U-19 competition, which is a part of the Yonex Alberta Junior Circuit.

In the three-day event in Airdire, Alberta, Canada, the 17-year-old, who played in her first competition since winging out for Olds College and Broncos Badminton team, got past Roya Mehri of the Goa Badminton Tao Club 21-10, 21-5 and Chole Crump of Edison Badminton Centre 21-8, 21-6 in the group stages.

The teen, who is still adjusting to the cold weather, then battled past Emilia Hayland of the Glencoe Club 21-9, 21-6 in the semi-finals, before she lost to Goa Badminton Tao Club’s Tia Clarke 12-21 and 20-22 in the championship clash.

The Guyanese would be playing again this weekend in the YONEX Alberta Series #1 at Sunridge in Calgary  in the ladies singles, and ladies doubles with Mary Smith and mix doubles with her brother, Narayan Ramdhani.