State Badminton Championships 2016 Results

Prateek Mahajan and Pranjal Chimulkar emerged Men's and Women's singles champions, at the State Badminton championships 2016 organised by Mapusa Shuttlers in collaboration with Goa Badminton Association and the Sports Authority of Goa, at Indoor Badminton stadium, Peddem Sports Complex, Mapusa. Aashrun Gautam and Anar Singbal won the Under 19 Boys and Girls singles titles while Navneet Nasnodkar and Sunny Sawant carried on with their supremacy in Men's Doubles, winning their 5th title as a pair. Wilfred Jacques (Veterans 45+ singles); Vaman Fallary and C.K. Ayoob (Veterans 45+ Doubles) and T.S. Sawant and Zenin Almeida (Veterans 55+ Doubles) were the winners in Veterans events. Special prizes were awarded to Aniket Shenai and Akhil Shetye. Mr. Sandeep Falari, Chairman Mapusa Muncipal Council, Narahar Thakur, President GBA, Sandeep Heble, Secretary GBA, Peter Tellis, State championship Observer,   Ryan Braganza, Councillor, Mapusa Municipal Council, Akhil Parrikar, member, Athletics Association, and Mapusa Shuttlers officials, Aniket Shenai, President, Kewal Sawant, Secretary, and Venkatesh Shenai, Tresurer graced the prize distribution occasion. Following are the results of the finals:

Finals Results

Under 19 Girls Singles
Anar Singbal bt Anjana Kumari 21-19, 13-21, 21-17

Under 19 Boys Singles
Aashrun Gautam bt Tejan Fallary 23-21, 16-21, 21-11

Men’s Singles
Prateek Mahajan bt Tejan Fallary 21-15, 21-12

Women’s Singles
Pranjal Chimulkar bt Emilia Silveira 21-14, 16-21, 21-9

Men’s Doubles
Navneet Nasnodkar / Sunny Sawant bt Tejan Fallary / Sanath Kamat 25-23, 21-14

Veterans 45+ Singles
Wilfred Jacques bt Ashok Gautam 21-6, 21-14

Veterans 45+ Doubles
Vaman Fallary/ C.K. Ayoob bt Wilfred Jacques / Oscar Afonso 22-20, 21-13<

Veterans 55+ Doubles
T.S. Sawant/ Zenin Almeida bt Peter Tellis / V.G. Prabhu 22-20, 18-21, 21-15