Goemkarponn desk
PANAJI: Yousuf Shaikh and Sufiya Shaikh emerged as triple crown winners, while Sparsh Kolwalkar and Arnav Saraf won double crowns each at the All Stars Cup Badminton Tournament 2023.
The year-end state-level tournament was organized by Whirlwinds Sports Club under the aegis of the Goa Badminton Association and the Sports Authority of Goa, held at Navelim, Salcete – Goa. Notable personalities such as Navin Pai Raikar (President, Goa Taekwondo Association), Naveed Tahsildar (Sports Promoter), Dr Pandrinath Audi, Sandeep Heble (Secretary, Goa Badminton Association), and Vinayak Kamat (NIS Coach, SAG) graced the occasion, among others.
Other winners in various events included Michael Mare, Pragya Audi, Avni Khyalia, and Riya Haldankar in Singles events, as well as Aloisius Rodrigues / Jonathan Rego, Ashmeet Parsekar / Soham Naik, and Janhavi Virnodkar / Synnovia D’Souza in doubles events. Neil Punjani Bakshi, Komal Kothari, Niharika Parwar, Shaurya Naik, Crisanne D’Sa, Tanish Karekar, Priyanka Karkal, Shaan Ck, Umar Shaikh, Kavish Melvani, Vansh Natekar, Chirag Mahale, Advait Balakrishnan, and Sanvi Audi emerged as runners-up. Promising prizes were awarded to Shubham Swami, Aaryan Karpe, and Amaira Dhumatker.
Following are the final results:
Under 11 Boys Singles
Michael Mare bt Neil Punjani Bakshi 15-5, 15-13
Under 11 Girls Singles
Pragya Audi bt Komal Kothari 15-8, 15-5
Under 13 Boys Singles
Sparsh Kolwalkar bt Arnav Saraf 13-15, 15-11, 15-10
Under 13 Girls Singles
Avni Khyalia bt Niharika Parwar 15-11, 15-11
Under 15 Boys Singles
Arnav Saraf bt Shaurya Naik 11-15, 15-12, 15-11
Under 15 Girls Singles
Sufiya Shaikh bt Crisanne D’Sa 15-4, 15-4
Under 17 Boys Singles
Yousuf Shaikh bt Soham Naik 15-4, 15-7
Under 17 Girls Singles
Sufiya Shaikh bt Crisanne D’Sa 15-4, 15-5
Under 19 Boys Singles
Yousuf Shaikh bt Tanish Karekar 15-8, 15-12
Under 19 Girls Singles
Riya Haldankar bt Priyanka Karkal 15-6, 15-10
Under 13 Boys Doubles
Arnav Saraf / Sparsh Kolvalkar bt Shaan Ck / Umar Shaikh 15-5, 15-11
Under 15 Boys Doubles
Aloisius Rodrigues / Jonathan Rego bt Kavish Melvani / Vansh Natekar 15-11, 14-15, 15-11
Under 19 Boys Doubles
Ashmeet Parsekar / Soham Naik bt Chirag Mahale / Advait Balakrishnan 15-14, 12-15, 15-11
Under 19 Girls Doubles
Janhavi Virnodkar / Synnovia D’ Souza bt Sanvi Audi / Crisanne D’Sa 15-4, 15-12
Under 19 Mixed Doubles
Yousuf Shaikh / Sufiya Shaikh bt Chiraag Mahale / Janhavi Virnodkar 15-11, 15-12
