Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 6: The Yonex Sunrise All J&K UT Junior Ranking-cum-Selection Badminton Tournament concluded at MA Stadium here today. Organized by the Badminton Association of J&K in collaboration with the J&K Sports Council, the event was held from October 4 to 6 and witnessed enthusiastic participation from budding shuttlers across the Union Territory.
The tournament served both as a ranking event and a selection trial for the upcoming Junior Nationals. Col. D.V. Sharma was the chief guest and distributed prizes to winners and runners-up. Also present were Balbir Singh Jamwal (General Secretary, BAJK), Pawanjit Singh (Vice President, Jammu District BA), Sukhdev Singh, Vivek Mehta and Vaid Saini.
The final matches were conducted under the supervision of SAI Badminton Coaches Touseef Ahmed and Vikram Saini. In Boys’ Singles, Shaourya Pratham defeated Gopesh Singh (21-15, 21-18). Snowy Goswami won the Girls’ Singles title against Skiedeep Kour. In Boys’ Doubles, Vaibhav Mehta and Shaourya Jasrotia triumphed over Akul Mengi and Samaksh. Diamond Rajput and Yashaswini Pandho clinched the Girls’ Doubles title, while Samksham and Antima Naruka won the Mixed Doubles. A 10-member J&K UT team has now been selected to represent the Union Territory in the Junior Nationals 2025 to be held in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.
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