Ramdhani siblings win U15 & 19 girls and boys finals; Mangra is boys U15 champ

Dec 20, 2013 Sports

Woodpecker Products annual Christmas Badminton Singles Tourney…

The Woodpecker Products Annual Christmas Singles Tournament continued yesterday afternoon at the Queens College Badminton Courts after serving off one day earlier.

Jonathan Mangra

This is the final tournament for the year and features all the top players in the land who are all eager to get on court as they try to win their respective age groups and open events.
Fifteen-year-old Narayan Ramdhani dominated the Boys Under-19 Final with a convincing 21-11, 21-12 victory over Noel Shewjattan in strength sets to clinch the title.
In the Boys Under-15 Final 14-year-old Jonathan Mangra defeated Hemraj Beharry 21-7, 21-9 to cop the U-15 Boys title.
The second U-15 Boys semi-final was played yesterday and Mangra beat Ransell Ramsaroop 21-3, 21-4, to advance to the final. In other matches, Mangra took on Sachin Ramdhan in the first round of the Open Men’s Singles competition with Mangra emerging victorious 21-4, 21-7.
In the Quarter Finals Narayan Ramdhani got the better of Armand Ramdhani 2-7, 21-13.
Meanwhile, following are the results of the opening night.
Under-15 Boys Singles Semi Finals:
Hemraj Beharry defeated Armand Ramdhani: 21-11, 21-10
Under-15 Girls Singles Semi Finals:
Ambika Ramraj defeated Abosaide Cadogan: 21-15, 21-9
Priyanna Ramdhani defeated Siya Persaud: 21-2, 21-3
Under-15 Girls Singles Finals:
Priyanna Ramdhani defeated Ambika Ramraj: 21-9, 21-6

Action in the Under-15 girls singles final between Ambika Ramraj (right) and winner, Priyanna Ramdhani.

Under-19 Boys Singles Quarter Finals:
Narayan Ramdhani defeated Hemraj Beharry: 21-2, 21-5
Jonathan Mangra defeated Armand Ramdhani: 21-4, 21-7
Noel Shewjattan defeated Josh Oodit: 21-4, 21-3
Sachin Ramdhani defeated Amil Alli: 21-18, 17-21, 7-21
Under-19 Boys Singles Semi Finals:
Narayan Ramdhani defeated Sachin Ramdhani: 21-7, 21-5
Noel Shewjattan defeated Jonathan Mangra: 21-12, 21-13
Open Mens Singles First Round:
Christopher Persaud defeated Hemraj Beharry: 21-8, 21-8
Action will conclude tonight when the presentation would also be held.