UT level Badminton gets underway

Players in action during a Badminton match at Indoor Hall, MA Stadium Jammu on Sunday.
Players in action during a Badminton match at Indoor Hall, MA Stadium Jammu on Sunday.

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Aug 21: All J&K UT level Senior and Junior Ranking Badminton Championship, being organised by Badminton Association of J&K, got underway at Indoor Badminton Hall, MA Stadium, here today.
Gulzar Singh Slathia, former Inspector General of Police, Sukhdev Singh, Anil Gurkha, Pawanjit Singh, Balbir Singh Jamwal and parents of the participants were present during the event.
In Girls section under-19, Komal Angral lost to Antima, Skiedeep Kour beat Samiyra Mahajan, Astha lost to Suhani Sharma, Manu Billoria beat Kshridhar, Unnati Jaral defeated Antima, Skiedeep Kour got walkover Reeta Singh, Shambhavi Rajput trounced Suhani Sharma and Mannu Baloria lost to Krishika Mahajan.
In Women section, Mannu Billoria lost to Vaishnavi Sharma and Skiedeep Kour beat Jimi Jems.
In Boys section under-19, Sehdev Singh beat Shivam Ishar, Shivansh trounced Arunav, Bhavdeep Singh, defeated Neelkanth, Thakur Ayush got better of Raghav Magotra, Thakur Aneesh lost to Vaibhav Mehta, Udhyan Sharma defeated Anmol, Gopesh Singh lost to Ibrahin Qureshi and Shourya Jasrotia beat Sant Singh.
In Men section, Raghav Dogra beat Sangam, Bhavdeep Singh trounced Aryan Nagpal, Neelkanth lost to Thakur Ayush, Nakhil Nargotra lost Sehdev Singh, Nakul Vaid defeated Shourya Jasrotia, Vaibhav Mehta lost to Ravdeep Singh, Aryan Gupta defeated Udhyam Sharma and Ritik Jandyal lost to Bhavya Sharma.
The matches were officiated by Badminton coaches including Rahul Sharma, Vikram Saini and Divum Gupta.