MARGAO
Yousuf Shaikh and Sufiya Shaikh emerged as triple crown winners, while Sparsh Kolwalkar and Arnav Saraf won double crowns each at the All Stars Cup badminton tournament 2023. The year-end state-level tournament was organised by Whirlwinds Sports Club under the aegis of Goa Badminton Association and the Sports Authority of Goa, held at Navelim, Salcete.
Notable personalities such as Navin Pai Raikar (President, Goa Taekwondo Association), Naveed Tahsildar (Sports Promoter), Dr. Pandrinath Audi, Sandeep Heble (Secretary, Goa Badminton Association), and Vinayak Kamat (NIS Coach, SAG) graced the occasion, among others.
Other winners in various events included Michael Mare, Pragya Audi, Avni Khyalia, and Riya Haldankar in Singles events, as well as Aloisius Rodrigues / Jonathan Rego, Ashmeet Parsekar / Soham Naik, and Janhavi Virnodkar / Synnovia D'Souza in doubles events. Neil Punjani Bakshi, Komal Kothari, Niharika Parwar, Shaurya Naik, Crisanne D'Sa, Tanish Karekar, Priyanka Karkal, Shaan Ck, Umar Shaikh, Kavish Melvani, Vansh Natekar, Chirag Mahale, Advait Balakrishnan, and Sanvi Audi emerged as runners-up. Promising prizes were awarded to Shubham Swami, Aaryan Karpe, and Amaira Dhumatker.
Following are the finals results:
U-11 Boys Singles: Michael Mare bt Neil Punjani Bakshi 15-5, 15-13; U-11 Girls Singles: Pragya Audi bt Komal Kothari 15-8, 15-5
U-13 Boys Singles: Sparsh Kolwalkar bt Arnav Saraf 13-15, 15-11, 15-10; U-13 Girls Singles: Avni Khyalia bt Niharika Parwar 15-11, 15-11
U-15 Boys Singles: Arnav Saraf bt Shaurya Naik 11-15, 15-12, 15-11; U-15 Girls Singles: Sufiya Shaikh bt Crisanne D'Sa 15-4, 15-4
U-17 Boys Singles: Yousuf Shaikh bt Soham Naik 15-4, 15-7; U-17 Girls Singles: Sufiya Shaikh bt Crisanne D'Sa 15-4, 15-5
U-19 Boys Singles: Yousuf Shaikh bt Tanish Karekar 15-8, 15-12; U-19 Girls Singles: Riya Haldankar bt Priyanka Karkal 15-6, 15-10
U-13 Boys Doubles: Arnav Saraf / Sparsh Kolvalkar bt Shaan Ck / Umar Shaikh 15-5, 15-11
U-15 Boys Doubles: Aloisius Rodrigues / Jonathan Rego bt Kavish Melvani / Vansh Natekar 15-11, 14-15, 15-11
U-19 Boys Doubles: Ashmeet Parsekar / Soham Naik bt Chirag Mahale / Advait Balakrishnan 15-14, 12-15, 15-11; U-19 Girls Doubles: Janhavi Virnodkar / Synnovia D' Souza bt Sanvi Audi / Crisanne D'Sa 15-4, 15-12
U-19 Mixed Doubles: Yousuf shaikh / Sufiya shaikh bt Chiraag Mahale / Janhavi Virnodkar 15-11, 15-12
