The start of the 2017 season of badminton will get underway as the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) once again collaborates with tournament sponsors, GUMDAC Music for the Annual GUMDAC Open Doubles Tournament.
Flashback! The winners gathered for a photo opportunity after some good clean fun
The tournament is billed for February 1 and 3 at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, a change that sees it moving from the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue where it was hosted last year.
According to a release from President of the GBA, Gokarn Ramdhani, the competition will run from 18:00h to 21:00h on both days.
The tournament will be played in the Men’s and Ladies Doubles and Mixed Doubles. All players are asked to start training for this tournament which has been running for the last four years.
Additionally, prospective participants are advised that entries close on January 30.
In the 2016 edition of the competition, the Ramdhani siblings dominated the competition as they have been doing in the sport in recent times. In the Men’s Doubles Final, Junior Players Narayan Ramdhani & Jonathan Mangra defeated the Senior Players Darell Carpenay and Marlon Chung: 21-16, 21-19 to take the Championship while in the Ladies Doubles Finals, Junior Players Priyanna Ramdhani & Siya Persaud defeated Ayanna Wickham-Watson and Emelia Ramdhani: 21-12, 21-8 to take the Championship. In the Men’s Doubles Third & Fourth Place play off Avinash Odit and Stephan Muridall defeated Ernesto Choo-A-Fat and Ronald Chang Yuen: 21-16, 21-19.
The GBA president is expecting the athletes to put their best foot forward and produce some of high level competition that the sport has been producing for the immediate past.
