Triple crown for Anura; Rahul, Sharmad bag double Sharmad Mahajan and Rahul chandrashekar won double crowns while Anura Prabhudesai won a triple at the "Dhond Memorial" All Goa Major Ranking Badminton Tournament organized by Goa Badminton Association at Indoor Stadium, Campal-Panaji.
Sharmad lost the first set 16-21 to Aniket Shenai but came back strongly to win the next two 21-15, 21-16 to clinch the Under 19 Boys Title. Then partnering Aniket Shenai, Sharmad bagged his double as the duo went on to score a thumping 21-8, 21- 19 win over Chinmay Kamat and Rahul Chandrashekar in the Under 19 doubles, thereby extracting sweet revenge for their loss to the same opponents in the previous Tournament. Anura Prabhudesai put up a stupendous performance throughout the Finals. In the Under 13 Girls, she smashed her way past her opponent Emilia Silveira winning 21-4, 21-3 and later outplayed Pranjal Chimulkar 21-8, 21-16 to win the Under 16 Girls crown. Anura bagged her triple as Anushka Kuvelkar who was suffering from fever conceded the Under 19 girls singles crown to her. In the Under 13 Boys category, top seed Dhruv Angle fought hard before beating a resolute Tejan Fallary 21-17, 21-17. In the other matches, Rahul Chandrashekar, who had knocked out the top seed Chinmay Kamat in the semis, carried forward his impressive run of form into the Finals. He outplayed talented youngster Pranav Silimkhan 21-10, 21-8 to emerge winner in the Under 16 Boys Singles event. Rahul later teamed up with Chinmay to score a convincing 21-16, 21-16 win over Shashank Desai and Pranav Silimkhan and emerge victorious in the Under 16 Boys doubles event. North Goa MP Shri Sripad Naik was the Chief Guest and distributed the prizes in the presence of Guest of Honour Mr. Richard De Souza, GBA Secretary Mr. Narahar Thakur, and others. Mr. Gaurish Dhond of "Dhond Memorial" welcomed while Pradosh Silimkhan compered and proposed the Vote of Thanks. Photograph of winners at http://preview.tinyurl.com/dhondmemorial Seen in picture- Tournament Finalists with North Goa MP Sripad Naik, Mr. Richard De Souza, Mr. Narahar Thakur, Mr. Gaurish Dhond and other dignitaries. yours sincerely Sandeep Heble Member, Goa Badminton Association 9326129171