AAQ to host quarterly tournaments in association with Qatar Badminton Association
DOHA: The Association of Badminton Academies in Qatar (AAQ) in association Qatar Badminton Association (QBA) will host quarterly junior tournaments in a bid to give more exposure to young players ahead of the 2030 Doha Asian Games.
Besides, ranking system tournament for junior and senior players was also introduced.
“We will be conducting several tournaments in future in Association with Qatar Badminton Association. We will shortly release our tournament calendar. After the Ramadan month, we will be conducting a full fledge tournament for both Seniors and Juniors. Thereafter, we will host a Junior GCC Open Tournament in May. Every quarter we will have junior ranking tournament under the Apex body in association with Qatar Badminton Association,” AAQ President Pawan Kumar.
Pawan said the apex body for badminton academies in Qatar has set a road map for the game in cooperation with QBA.
“QBA has come forward to work with us jointly to develop badminton in Qatar. I believe this is a great beginning for badminton in Qatar with QBA on board. This tournament is the First Ranking Badminton Tournament for Junior Category,” he added.
Radi Najeeb, Prakriti Bharath, Pridhav Shyam Gopan, Anusree Shine and Nevaeh Serah Arun excelled in the tournament held at Palestine School.
The five walked away with the best performance award as they won in three possible categories in the thee-day event held in six age-group categories, U-9, U-11, U-13, U-15, U-17 and U-19, for both boys and girls.
Radi won the U-19 Mixed Doubles, U-19 Boys Singles and U-19 Boys Doubles titles while Prakriti topped in the U-19 Mixed Doubles, U-19 Girls Singles and U-17 Girls Singles.
Pridhav took the number one spot in the U-17 Boys Doubles, U-17 Boys Singles and U-15 Boys Singles categories while Anusree walked away with the U-15 Girls Doubles, U-15 Girls Singles and U-13 Girls Singles titles.
Nevaeh excelled in the U-11 Girls Singles, U-11 Girls Doubles and U-9 Girls Singles categories to clinch the top spot.
Players from all leading academies in Qatar like Prime Sports Center, Absolute Sports Academy, Green Stadium, Masters Academy, Dynamic Sports, YAAS Qatar, Feathers Academy Al Khor participated in the tournament.
Among the distinguished guests who attended the tournament included, Safeer – Badminton Head , Indian Sports Center, an apex body for Indian sports operating under the aegis of Indian Embassy Qatar, A.P Manikandan – Former Indian Cultural Centre president, Vinod Nair – Indian Community Benevolent Fund (IBF) Vice President, Yaver Ali – Head Volleyball, at Indian Sports center, Hameed – Principal MES International School, Shanavas Bava – KBF president , Nihad Ali – Qatar Indian Association General Secretary.
The event was held in 26 categories witnessed 270 matches and saw the participation of more than 125 players from various leading academies in Qatar.
Winners and runners-up:
Under 19 Boys Doubles
Winners: Radi Najeeb + Snehin Subodh Shetty (Prime Sports Center)
Runners-up: Anant Patel + Manthra
Under 19 Mixed Doubles
Winners: Radi Najeeb + Prakriti Bharath (Prime Sports Center)
Runnes-up: Rhythm Chawla+Diya Manoj Shetty (Prime Sports Center)
Under 19 Girls Singles
Winners: Radi Najeeb (Prime Sports Center)
Runner-up: Rhythm Chawla (Prime Sports Center)
Third place: Mannan Shah (Al Khor Sports Club)
Under 19 Girls Singles
Winner: Prakriti Bharath (Prime Sports Center)
Runners-up: Diya Manoj Shetty (Prime Sports Center)
Third place: Fathimathul Fidha (Al Khor Sports Club)
Under 17 Boys Doubles
Winners: Pridhav Shyam Gopan+Snehin Subodh Shetty (Prime Sports Center)
Runners-up: Anant Patel + Mannan Shah (Dynamic Sports)
Under 17 Girls Singles
Winner: Prakriti Bharath (Prime Sports Center)
Runner-up: Diya Manoj Shetty (Prime Sports Center)
Third place: Eman Siyad (Prime Sports Center)
Under 17 Boys Singles
Winner: Pridhav Shyam Gopan (Prime Sports Center)
Runner-up: Snehin Subodh Shetty (Prime Sports Center)
Third place: Manan Shah (Feathers Badminton Al Khor )
Under 15 Girls Doubles
Winners: Anusree Shine+Diya Dipin (Green Stadium /Prime Sports Center)
Runners-up: Dhanya+Shreya Nippy (Prime Sports Center)
Under 15 Boys Doubles
Winners: Aarav Menon+Dilan Togi (Prime Sports Center)
Runners-up: Shidun Pramod+Vijay Ramesh (Dynamic Sports)
Under 15 Girls Singles
Winner: Anusree Shine (Green Stadium)
Runner-up: Diya Dipin (Prime Sports Center)
Third place: Aarika Ann Jithu (Dynamic Sports)
Under 15 Boys Singles
Winer: Pridhav Shyam Gopan (Prime Sports Center)
Runner-up: Aarav Menon (Prime Sports Center)
Third place: Aman Mohamed Sayeed (Dynamic Sports)
Under 13 Girls Doubles
Winners: Raha Najeeb+Samah Sajeer (Prime Sports Center)
Runners-up: Aarika Ann Jithu+Aeryn Elizabeth Pradeep (Dynamic Sports)
Under 13 Boys Doubles
Winners: Arjun Rao+Dilan Togi (Green Stadium /Prime Sports Center)
Runners-up: Mohammed Noman Sayeed+Rishit Shetty (Dynamic Sports)
Under 13 Girls Singles
Winner: Anusree Shine (Green Stadium)
Runner-up: Aeryn Elizabeth Pradeep (Dynamic Sports)
Third place: Aarika Ann Jithu (Dynamic Sports)
Under 13 Boys Singles
Winner: Arjun Rao (Green Stadium)
Runner-up: Dilan Togi (Prime Sports Center)
Third place: Abirath Gopakumar (Green Stadium)
Under 11 Girls Doubles
Winners: Nevaeh Serah Arun +Shlesha Shinde Absolute Sports Academy
Runners-up: Gyanana Shree + Hanan Saneer (Prime Sports Center/ Green Stadium)
Under 11 Girls Singles
Winner: Nevaeh Serah Arun (Absolute Sports Academy)
Runner-up: Joanna (Dynamic Sports)
Third place: Sanchaya Kamat (Dynamic Sports)
Under 11 Boys Singles
Winner: Srihari Vinod (Absolute Sports Academy)
Runner-up: Jayden Mathew (Dynamic Sports)
Third place: Samanyu Subodh Shetty (Prime Sports Center)
Under 9 Girls Singles
Winner: Nevaeh Serah Arun (Absolute Sports Academy)
Runner-up: Sanchaya Kamat (Dynamic Sports)
Third place: Shriya Pramod (Dynamic Sports)
Under 9 Boys Singles
Winner: Dimas Syarnubi (Green Stadium)
Runner-up: Siddharth Arun (Prime Sports Center)
Third place: Kevin Sinu (Prime Sports Center)
