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Kaieteur News – The Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) GUMDAC Tournament got off to an exciting on Tuesday evening at the National Gymnasium, with the event seeing competitors from the Nursery Badminton Academy, Yonex Badminton Club and the Berbice Badminton Clubs.
Players competed in the Open Men Doubles, Women Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Under19 Boys Singles and Under19 Girls Singles categories.
The GBA said they’re happy and delighted with the participation and enthusiasm shown by the players, adding that the competitiveness was evident in the games played.
Below are the matches for Day One of the GUMDAC Tournament.
U19 Boys: Gabriel Felix def. Yuvraj Singh: 21-17, 21-10
U19 Boys: Mohamed Farouk def. Jerome Williams: 21-10, 19-21, 21-16
U19 Boys: Frank Waddell def. Marcus Samuel: 21-6, 21-1
U19 Boys: Nathan Morrison def. Phillip Stephanas: 21-6, 21-12
U19 Boys: Jonathan Caesar def. Jaquan Nedd: 21-9, 21-14
U19 Boys: Juan Ferreira def. Amaan Khan: 21-6, 21-5
U19 Boys: Marcus Samuel def. Phillip Stephanas: 21-19, 21-11
U19 Boys: Matthew Spooner def. Renako Bender: 21-10, 22-20
U19 Boys: Lennox Morrison def. Onayi Andrews: 21-2, 21-5
U19 Boys: Nathan Vanbrook def. Matthew Foo: 21-12, 21-13
U19 Boys: (Consolation) Jaquan Nedd def. Amaan Khan: 22-20, 21-13
U19 Boys: (Consolation) Renako Bender def. Onayi Andrews: 21-8, 21-10
U19 Boys: (Consolation) Yuvraj Singh def. Jerome Williams: 16-21, 21-6, 21-7
U19 Girls: Genvieve Bookram def. Gabrielle Felix: 21-13, 21-17
U19 Girls: Mishka Beharry def. Aaliyah Bacchus: 21-4, 21-3
Under 19 Girls: Malia Haley def. Himanshi Kumar: 21-5, 21-9
Mens Doubles: Viraj Singh/Colin Bowry def. Jedidiah Uwagboe/Juan Ferreira: 21-12, 21-17
Mens Doubles: Xavio Alexander/Jamal Sinclair def. Gabriel Felix/Nikolas Pollard: 21-12, 21-13
Men’s Doubles: Marlon Chung/Wenyuan Chen def. Amar Crawford/Andrew Williams: 21-10, 21-5
Men’s Doubles: Lennox Morrison/Nathan Vanbrook def. Haresh Persaud/Matthew Spooner: 21-19, 22-20
Mens Doubles: Jahiem Carmicael/Osafa DosSantos def. Nathan Morrison/Jaquan Nedd: 21-10, 21-17
Mens Doubles: Raah Russell/Frank Waddell def. Damon Dully/Raoul Wilson: 21-9, 21-15
Womens Doubles: Anna Perreira/Shivannie Persaud def. Aaliyah Bacchus/Gabrielle Felix: 21-9, 21-9
Womens Doubles: Alima Eastman/Asiya Eastman def. Navaeh Eastman/Malia Haley: 21-13, 21-15
Womens Doubles: Mishka Beharry/Leshaunte Berkeley def. Himanshi Kumar/Sarah Lewis: 21-12, 21-6
Mixed Doubles: Chet Bowling/Ayanna Watson def. Gabriel Felix/Navaeh Eastman: 21-9, 21-9
Mixed Doubles: Viraj Singh/Jefina James def. Raah Russell/Asiya Eastman: 21-15, 21-10
Mixed Doubles: Avinash Odit/Anna Perreira def. Jedidiah Uwagboe/Alima Eastman: 21-7, 21-16
According to the GBA, the tournament is played nightly, at the National Gymnasium, 5-9pm nightly, and will conclude Friday.
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