The Junior and Senior Punjab State Badminton Championship concluded with great enthusiasm at the Raizada Hansraj Stadium, Jalandhar on Thursday.
In the men’s singles category, Shikkar Rallan from Patiala emerged champion by defeating Adhyan Kakkar of Amritsar in the final match. In the women’s singles event, Gursimrat Kaur Chahal from Ludhiana clinched the title after a closely contested final against Inayat Gulati of Jalandhar.
Saanvi Nautiyal of Ludhiana stole the limelight by winning a triple crown, bagging titles in girls’ doubles, mixed doubles, and women’s doubles. Gursimran, Manya and Mridul Jha also secured double crowns in their respective categories. Jagsher Khangura triumphed in the boys’ singles by defeating Viren Seth of Jalandhar. The youngest participant, Inayat Gulati from Jalandhar, impressed everyone by winning silver medals in both the girls’ and women’s singles categories.
Providing details about the championship, PBA Honorary Secretary Ritin Khanna informed that over 350 matches were played across 10 events in the Under-19 and Senior categories during the four-day tournament.
Sh. Vivek Modi (IAS), SDM Adampur presided as the Chief Guest and distributed prizes to the winners. The champions will now represent Punjab at the upcoming National Championships in Itanagar and Vijayawada. Winners received cash awards and other attractive prizes from the association.
The District Badminton Association also honoured Junior Asian Championship Bronze Medalist Jagsher Khangura with a cash prize of Rs.21,000 while Thailand Open Bronze Medalist Abhinav Thakur was felicitated for his achievements.
Senior office-bearers of the Punjab Badminton Association including Sh. Rakesh Khanna, Anupam Kumaria, Naresh Budhia, Dhiraj Sharma, Parminder Sharma and Vishal Rallan were present on the occasion.
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SDM Vivek Modi (IAS),PBA Secretary Ritin Khanna honouring Men Champion Shikhar Rallan.
SDM Vivek Modi (IAS),PBA Secretary Ritin Khanna honouring Woman Champion Gursimrat Kaur Chahal.
SDM Vivek Modi (IAS),PBA Secretary Ritin Khanna honouring Jagsher Singh Khangura with a cash prize.
SDM Vivek Modi (IAS),PBA Secretary Ritin Khanna with the prize winners in a group snap.