-The Rs 60,000 cash prize money ‘Open and Veteran Badminton Tournament began here at Union Club’ on Friday. The tournament is being jointly organised by District Badminton Association and Union Club from which would conclude on February 16.
The officer bearers of the District Badminton Association informed that around 100 players hailing from different parts of State are taking part in the competition that is being played in different groups. Union Club president Narendra Tiwari inaugurated the competition. Matches in the event have been divided in different age groups like 35, 40, 45, 50 and 55 years.
On day one different matches were. In the first match, Samay Jain and Sourabh Singh (Bhilai) defeated Pankaj Verma and partner (Raipur) by 21-8 and 21-8, Vivek Sahu and Vikrant Sharma (Bhilai) defeated Dr Verma and Anant Agrawal (Raipur) by 21-11 and 21-17, Pawan Malik and Devbrat Dasgupta (Raipur) defeated their compatriot Rajiv Singh and Amit Bajaj by 21-11 and 21-13, and Mukul Pandey and Pravesh Dhruv (Bhilai) defeated Hemant Karoon and MAyur Rathore (Raipur) by 21-16 and 21-19. Club Secretary Gurucharan Singh Hora informed that the quarter final and semi finals of the tournament will be held on Saturday while the finals will be played on Sunday.