GUYANA’S top Badminton players, Narayan and Priyanna Ramdhani, currently on scholarship at the King’s University and Olds College in Alberta, Canada, will be attending the Pan Badminton Championships in Guatemala April 27 – May 2. According to a release from the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA), Narayan will be playing to get the necessary qualification points needed to help in his qualification to the Tokyo Olympics Games. The Canadian collegiate stand-out player, the release said, received a bye to the Singles Elimination Round-of-32.
Priyanna will be playing to get her qualification points to attend the Cali South American Youth Games and at the Pan Am Championships. Like her bother, she will play in the Singles Elimination Round-of-32. They both will also team-up in the Mixed Doubles in the draw-of-32. “After a year without any competition due to the pandemic, the siblings will be competing once again and will try to do as best as they can to get these qualification points,” the GBA said. It added that “because of the pandemic they were exposed to limited training, as some venues were restricted and had to be worked around when they could to get on court. This sometimes means they had to travel for two hours, train for two hours and travel back for two hours twice a week”,. The GBA is happy that the pair can return to competition and thanked the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr, president of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) K. Juman-Yassin, Demerara Bank’s Dr Yesu Persaud, Mohamed’s Enterprise and Ayanna Watson for making it possible for them to attend this Championships.