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Soham Khandeparkar and Lydia Barretto emerged winners in the boys and girls under 13 singles events respectively
THE GOAN NETWORK
PANAJI
Mehul Jirage and Manjushri Raut walked away with the U-15 boys and girls singles title respectively while Parteek Mahajan emerged Men's Singles champion at the Late Rasik Painginkar Memorial All Goa Major Ranking Badminton Tournament organised by Rasik Memorial Trust in association with Goa Badminton Association (GBA) and SAG, at Multipurpose Hall, Fatorda. Pankaj Naik and Sunny Sawant emerged men's doubles champions, winning their first title of the season while the Veterans 45 + doubles event was won by the Ponda pair of V G Prabhu and Pradip Prabhu.
Lydia Barretto and Soham Khandeparkar emerged winners in girls and boys under 13 singles events respectively. In the U-10 boys singles category which was introduced for the first time this season, young Sarvadnya Khandeparkar emerged triumphant. Ainesh Srivastava, Wiglan Jacques, Raunak Chodankar, Kushi Bakhale, Simran Pathak and Siya Kakodkar emerged promising players of the tournament.
Ramkrishna alias Sudin Dhavlikar, PWD & Transport Minister, V M Prabhudesai, Director, DSYA, Richard D'Souza, GBA President, Narahar Thakur, GBA Secretary and Kamlini Painginkar, ex chairperson, Margao Municipality graced the occasion. Pradosh Silimkhan compered while Saili Painginkar proposed the vote of thanks.
FINAL RESULTSU-10 boys singles - Sarvadnya Khandeparkar bt Supas Chodankar 21-16, 13-21, 21-13
U-13 girls singles - Lydia Barretto bt Arshia Gautam 21-9, 21-10
U-13 boys singles - Soham Khandeparkar beat Tejas Tendulkar 21-16, 21-19
U-15 girls singles - Manjushri Raut bt Yasmin Sayed 21-12, 21-11
U-15 boys singles - Mehul Jirage bt Curt Coutinho 21-17, 21-12
Men's singles - Parteek Mahajan beat Tejan Fallary 13-21, 21-9, 21-18
Men's doubles - Sunny Sawant/ Pankaj Naik beat Parteek Mahajan/Parag Chauhan 21-6, 21-8
Veterans 45 + doubles - V G Prabhu/Pradip Prabhu bt Lionel Fernandes/Ayub C K 17-21, 21-13, 21-16
