GUMDAC Badminton tournament 2023: Ramdhani, Haynes, Alexander, Beharry among winners

Priyanna Ramdhani and Akili Haynes have each copped two golds at the recently concluded Guyana Badminton Association’s GUMDAC Tournament, which culminated on Friday after four days of intense competition among the players.
In this tournament, players from the Nursery Badminton Academy, the Yonex Badminton Club and the Berbice team competed. Following the pattern of the previous days, the energy in the National Gymnasium was electric as the players competed in the final matches.

The Boys’ Under-19 final was exhilarating, as Berbician Xavio Alexander bested number one-ranked player Johnathan Debidin in the Under-19 draw.
The last match of the evening was nail-biting and had spectators on the edges of their seats until the last point was played. The Men’s Doubles was thrilling, as the seasoned players competed against the younger ones, with the game going to two best-in-three games.
The crowd was in awe as WenYuan Che showed off his jump smash skills in competing with Marlon Chung against Akili Haynes and Tyrese Jeffrey. In the end, Akili and Tyrese were victorious.

Below are the results of the finals.
Mixed Doubles Finals: Akili Haynes/Priyanna Ramdhani vs. Tyrese Jeffrey/Ambika Ramraj:
21-8, 21-10
Under 19 Boy’s Finals: Joanathan Debidin vs. Xavio Alexander: 17-21, 19-21
Women’s Doubles Finals: Priyanna Ramdhani/Ambika Ramraj vs. Anna Perreira/Shivannie Persaud: 21-8, 21-6
Under 19 Girl’s Finals: Mishka Beharry vs. Malia Haley: 21-7, 21-4
Men’s Doubles Finals: Akili Haynes/Tyrese Jeffrey vs. Marlon Chung/WenYuan Chen:
19-21, 21-17, 21-16
The presentation was done immediately after the finals, and Vice-President Ayanna Watson thanked the sponsor, Darrell Carpenay of GUMDAC, for sponsoring this tournament for the last nine (9) years. She also thanked the National Sports Commission for sponsoring the bus that brought the team to and from Berbice every day; Ms. Christina Kumar, for providing the refreshments daily; and the parents, for their support. Gratitude was also extended to COL (Guyana) Inc for sponsoring the consolation round prizes.
Ramdhani and Haynes departed this morning to attend a Badminton Camp hosted by Badminton PanAm and PanAm Sports. Thereafter, they would attend the PanAm Individual Championship in Kingston Jamaica, starting on April 15, 2023. The camp and the tournament are a lead-up to the PanAm Games.