PANAJI
Tejan Fallary won a double crown while Lydia Barreto upset Anjana Kumari to emerge Under-19 Girls singles champion at the All Goa District cum State Badminton Tournament organised by BPS Sports Club in collaboration with Goa Badminton Association and SAG, at Multipurpose Hall, Fatorda.
Tejan won the men’s singles title and then teamed up with Dhruv Angle to pocket the men’s doubles title. Arjun Fallary (U-19 Boys), Siya Kakodkar (U-15 Girls) and Rudra Dukle (U-15 Boys) were the other notable winners.
Digambar Kamat, Margao MLA and former CM; Santosh George, President, BPS Sports Club; Audhut Caro, Treasurer; GBA officials Narahar Thakur and Sandeep Heble, and other BPS Executive Committee members graced the prize distribution function.
Earlier, in the South District Badminton Tournament, following players secured a podium finish: Men’s Singles - Sharmad Mahajan (Winner) and Sandip Kanji (Runner-up), Men’s Doubles - Sharmad Mahajan/Sandip Kanji (Winners) and Arjun Fallary/Kunal Sanvordekar (Runners-up), Under-19 Boys singles - Archit Bhargava (Winner) and Suresh Pujari (Runner up), Under-19 Girls singles - Lesha Lotlikar (Winner) and Saanvi Akula (Runner up), Under-15 Boys singles - Aryaman Saraf (Winner) and Yash Desai (Runner up), Under-15 Girls Singles - Tanushri Shadani (Winner) and Salauni Naik (Runner up)
State Level Finals Results
U-15 Girls: Siya Kakodkar bt Tanushri Shadani 21-14, 18-21, 21-17; U-15 Boys: Rudra Dukle bt Aryaman Saraf 21-11, 21-13; U-19 Girls Singles: Lydia Barretto bt Anjana Kumari 21-17, 21-19; U-19 Boys Singles: Arjun Fallary bt Parth Kantak 21-12, 17-21, 21-17; Men’s Singles: Tejan Fallary bt Sunny Sawant 21-9, 21-13; Men’s Doubles: Tejan Fallary/Dhruv Angle bt Sunny Sawant/Frederick Fernandes 21-14, 15-21,
21-12.
