Guyana Olympic Association Under-15 Junior Badminton tournament underway
The Guyana Olympic Association Under-15 Junior Badminton Tournament 2012 started on Saturday at the Queens College Badminton Courts. The Tournament is part of a series of events that the GOA is doing for the Olympic Month. This was also done last year.
The Tournament attracted players from a number of schools around Georgetown and will also serve as preparation for the National Team for the Pan American Badminton Championships to be held in Alberta, Canada in July and also the Caribbean Games (CAREBACO) which will be held in Dominican Republic in August.
The Results of the tournament is as follows:
Boys Singles Semi-Finals: Narayan Ramdhani defeated Omari Joseph: 21-8, 21-6
Cecil Abrams defeated Jonathan Mangra: 21-16, 8-21, 22-20
Girls Singles Semi-Finals: Priyanna Ramdhani defeated Nadine Jairam: 21-7, 21-4
Ambika Ramraj defeated Arian Kayume: 21-11, 8-21, 16-21
Boys Doubles Semi-Finals: Narayan Ramdhani/Jonathan Mangra defeated Katan Persaud/
Shane Shewjattan: 21-3, 21-4, Cecil Abrams/Darnell Benn defeated Omari Joseph/Jonathan Persaud: 21-13, 21-9
Girls Doubles Semi-Finals: Priyanna Ramdhani/Ambika Ramraj defeated Jea Ramsammy/
Kara Abrams: 21-13, 21-8, Nadine Jairam/Arian Kayume defeated Crystal Dey/
Cindy Sookwah: 21-13, 21-10
Mixed-Doubles Semi-Finals: Narayan Ramdhani/Priyanna Ramdhani defeated
Jonathan Persaud/Nadine Jairam: 21-9, 21-4, Jonathan Mangra/Ambika Ramraj defeated Cecil Abrams/Kara Abrams: 21-19, 15-21, 15-21
The Tournament continues today at 4:30pm with the play-offs with all the finals.
Other results are as follows:
Boys Singles Quarter-Finals: Narayan Ramdhani defeated Diante Callender: 21-4, 21-4
Omari Joseph defeated Shane Shewjattan: 21-15, 8-21, 21-19, Cecil Abrams defeated Jonathan Persaud: 21-4, 21-10, Jonathan Mangra defeated Katan Persaud: 21-9, 21-5, Omari Joseph defeated Darnell Benn: 21-15, 8-21, 21-19
Girls Singles Quarter-Finals: Priyanna Ramdhani defeated Cindy Sookwah: 21-4, 21-5
Nadine Jairam defeated Kara Abrams: 21-12, 21-15, Arian Kayume defeated Jea Ramsammy: 21-16, 13-21, 10-21, Ambika Ramraj defeated Crystal Dey: 21-9, 21-9
Mixed Doubles Quarter-Finals: Jonathan Persaud/ Nadine Jairam defeated Omari Joseph/
Crystal Dey: 21-17, 19-21, 19-21, Cecil Abrams/Kara Abrams defeated Darnell Benn/
Arian Kayume: 21-12, 21-15, Jonathan Mangra/Ambika Ramraj defeated Shane Shewjattan/
Jea Ramsammy: 21-8, 21-10
