Chinmay Kamat and Anushka Kuvelkar shared a common trait at the Rich Builders All Goa Major Ranking Tournament - both the upcoming youngsters won triple crowns during the season’s first Tourney organized by Goa Badminton Association at Indoor Stadium, Campal-Panaji.
Chinmay won the Under 16 Boys Singles title beating Prathi Naik 21-18, 7-21, 21-19 in a close fought encounter. Later partnering Rahul Chandrashekar in the Under 16 Boys event, the talented pair defeated Yash Angle and Prathi Naik 21-15, 17-21, 21-15 to emerge victorious. The duo also clinched the Under 19 boys doubles crown by upsetting the top seeded pair of Sharmad Mahajan and Aniket Shenoy 22-20, 12-21, 21-19. Anushka Kuvelkar stamped her class and mettle by winning her events with comfortable ease. In the Under 16 event she beat Pranjal Chimulkar 21-6, 21-8 and then beat Anura Prabhudesai 21-14, 21-12 to emerge winner in the Under 19 category. Anushka partnering Pranjal Chimulkar claimed her triple by winning the Under 16 Girls double crown, defeating Anura Prabhudesai and Riya Kosambe 21-8, 21-8. Govind Navelkar, back after a gap of two years after completing his NIS, set the stadium alight with a commanding display, to beat the reigning Mens Singles Champion Floyd Araujo 21-4, 21-12 in an exhilarating performance. Govind Navelkar partnering former State Champion Pankaj Navelkar then bagged the double by winning the Mens doubles event, defeating Floyd Araujo and Navneet Nasnodkar 21-9, 21-19. It was a sweet double for Cancio Mascarnhas too, who won the Veterans 45+ event beating Tanaji Sawant 21-18, 21-13. Cancio and Vinayak Kamat then won the Veterans doubles event defeating Santosh Prabhudesai and R Borkar 18-21, 21-11, 21-16 in a see saw battle. In the other Final events, Anura Prabhudesai beat Emilia Silveira 21-9, 21-11 in the Under 13 Girls Singles category, Dhruv Angle beat Tejan Fallary 21-12, 21-18 in the Under 13 Boys Singles event and Sharmad Mahajan beat Aniket Shenoy 13-21, 21-13, 21-15 in the Boys Under 19 event. Chief Guest Mr. Gaurish Dhond distributed the prizes in the presence of GBA Secretary Narahar Thakur, Guest of Honour Mr. Richard De Souza (MD, Goa Forest Development Corporation), other GBA Office bearers Baburao Naik, Shashant Naik and Sandeep Heble; and NIS Coaches Roy Athaide and Vinayak Kamat. Shashank Desai won the promising player prize. Pradosh Silimkhan compered and proposed the Vote of Thanks. Photograph of winners with dignitaries: http://tinyurl.com/richbuilders Yours sincerely Sandeep Heble Member and Tournament coordinator, Goa Badminton Association 9326129171
