GBA World Badminton Day Tournament 2023: Haynes, Ramdhani, Singh, Eastman shine as tournament concludes

After three competitive days of badminton, the Guyana Badminton Association World Badminton Day Tournament 2023 completed on Saturday, July 29, 2023.
In the A-DIVISION the Men and Women performed excessively with their racketing skills and showcased their raw talent with Akili Haynes securing first place over Tyrese Jeffrey settling for second place with the scoreline reading: 21-18, 17-21, 21-12. Marlon Chung and Avinash Odit had to settle for third place.
Priyanna Ramdhani powered her way to secure 1st place in the Women’s A-Divison over Shivanne Persaud in the score line: 21-11, 21-5 forcing Priyanka Shivnauth & Alima Eastman to wsettle for third place.
The B-DIVISION featured some of Guyana’s potential Badminton athletes to represent this country at the national stage. In the Men’s Viraj Singh with an undoubtful performance cruised his way to first place against favourites Colin Bowry in the scoreline:21-9, 24-22 with Priyanka Shivnauth & Alima Eastman filling the position of third.

The Women dazzled the crowd with their racqueting skills with Alima Eastman achieving the top spot, while Asiyah Eastman acquired second place and Naveah Eastman & Leshaunte Berkley filled the position of third place
The C-DIVISION concluded the action for Day three as Joanathan Debidin attained first place over Frank Waddell with the scoreline in favour of Debidin 21-19, 21-15; while Raah Russell & Jedidiah Uwagboe secured third place.
The women’s contest saw Gabrielle Felix dazzling the crowd with a first-place position while Gianna Ramnarine secured second place, forcing Aaliyah Bacchus to fill the position of third place.
The GBA expressed thanks to their sponsor Total Solutions for their ongoing sponsorship towards this tournament.
The Guyana Badminton Association will now focus its attention on the Badminton Camp which started on Monday, July 31, 2023 from 09:00-11:00hrs at the National Gymnasium. This camp is being powered by the National Sports Commission and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, and is being conducted by national players Priyanna Ramdhani and Akili Haynes.
Also, the GBA will be taking a junior team to the CAREBACO Regional Badminton Tournament to be held in Trinidad from August 16-20, 2023. Thereafter, the Seniors will attend the Trinidad and Tobago International from August 22-27, 2023. The junior tournament is being held after a three-year hiatus.