PANJIM: Crowd favourites Mahesh Pauskar and Kishor Raghubans carried their good form into the final to win the Men’s 45+ doubles title on their home turf in scintillating fashion, upsetting top seeds Vaman Fallary and Ayoob C.K in straight sets.
The final of the State Masters Badminton championships, organised by Morning Badminton Club in collaboration with Goa Badminton Association and the Sports Authority of Goa were played at Indoor Stadium, Campal, on Sunday.
Former State champion Pankaj Naik came from behind to register a hard fought win over Seby Ferrao, who had earlier knocked out another former champion Sandip Kanji in the semis.
The Men’s 45+ singles title was won by Wilfred Jacques with a convincing win over Oscar Afonso. T.A. Sawant and Zenin Almeida made it 3 titles in a row in the Men’s 55+ doubles category while Sandip Kanji and Kamlesh Kanji emerged winners in Men’s 35+ Doubles. Frederick Fernandes and Manish Pankhania won the Men’s Doubles title in the non ranked players category.
Special prizes were awarded to Edwin Menezes and Edwin Cortez for their good performance during the tournament. Swapnil Nachinolkar, Priority Constructions, Edwin Menezes, Edcon Developers, Richard D’ Souza, president, Morning Badminton Club, Agnelo Da Cunha, Secretary, Aniruddha Bhosle, Tournament coordinator, GBA Secretary Sandeep Heble, Hilary Fernandes and Chandrashekar MG graced the prize distribution function.
