Guyana Badminton Association Gumdac Tournament concludes

Apr 16, 2023 Sports

Kaieteur News – Priyanna Ramdhani and Akili Hayes copped two Gold medals each at the recently concluded Guyana Badminton Association’s Gumdac Tournament which culminated on Friday after four days of intense competition amongst the players. The tournament saw players from the Nursery Badminton Academy, The Yonex Badminton Club and the Berbice team competing.

Following the pattern of the previous days, the energy in the National Gymnasium was electric as the players competed in the final matches.

THE PRIZE WINNERS – The overall prize winners take a photo after the presentation.

The Boys’ Under-19 final was exhilarating as Berbice’s Xavio Alexander bested the number one ranked player in the Under-19 draw Joanathan Debidin.

The last match of the evening was nail biting and had spectators on the edge of their seats until the last point was played. The Men’s Doubles was thrilling as the seasoned players competed against the younger ones with the game going to best of three games. The crowd was in awe as Wen Yuan Che showed off his jump smash skills as he and Marlon Chung competed against Akili Haynes/Tyrese Jeffrey. In the end, Akili and Tyrese were victorious.

Below are the results from the finals:

Mixed Doubles Finals: Akili Haynes/Priyanna Ramdhani bt. Tyrese Jeffrey/Ambika Ramraj:

21-8, 21-10

Under 19 Boy’s Finals: Joanathan Debidin lost to Xavio Alexander: 17-21, 19-21

Mixed Doubles Champions – Priyanna Ramdhani and Akili Haynes.

Men’s Doubles Champions – Akili Haynes and Tyrese Jeffrey.

Women’s Doubles Finals: Priyanna Ramdhani/Ambika Ramraj bt. Anna Perreira/Shivannie Persaud: 21-8, 21-6

Under 19 Girl’s Finals: Mishka Beharry bt. Malia Haley: 21-7, 21-4

Men’s Doubles Finals: Akili Haynes/Tyrese Jeffrey bt. Marlon Chung/Wen Yuan Chen:

19-21, 21-17, 21-16

The presentation was done immediately after the finals and the GDA Vice-President Ayanna Watson thanked the Sponsor Darrell Carpenay of GUMDAC for sponsoring this tournament for the last nine (9) years. She also thanked the National Sports Commission for sponsoring the bus that brought the Team to and from Berbice every day, Ms. Chrisitina Kumar for providing the refreshments daily and the parents for their support.

Ramdhani and Haynes travelled out after the event to attend a Badminton Camp hosted by Badminton Panam and Panam Sports thereafter they will attend the Panam Individual Championship in Kingston Jamaica, which started yesterday April 15, 2023. The camp and the tournament are a lead up to the Panam Games.

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