VASCO (GOA): Parteek Mahajan and Anar Singbal emerged Men’s and Women’s singles champions respectively, at the 6th All Goa Major Ranking Badminton Tournament organised by Mormugao Badminton Club in collaboration with Goa Badminton Association,at Deepvihar school, Headland Sada, Mormugao.

In Men’s doubles, Floyd Araujo and Pankaj Naik upset top seeds Tejan Fallary and Parteek Mahajan to clinch the title. Tejan Fallary and Emilia Silveira won the Mixed doubles to make it 2 in a row this season. Sandip Kanji and Kapil Kanji triumphed in the Men’s 40+ category while the Men’s 50+ title was won by Vaman Fallary and Wilson D’ Souza. In Mormugao Taluka U17 category event, Ronit Ranjan beat Ashutosh Mhalsekar to emerge Boys winner while the Girls title was won by Niharika Tiwari who beat Priyamwada Maurya in the finals.

Vinayaka Rao, FA and CAO, MPT, Vipin Menoth, traffic manager, MPT, Sandeep Heble, hon. secretary, GBA, and Mormugao Badminton Club officials Sanjay Banaulikar, Milind Dessai, Deelip Halarnkar and Laxmikant Kenaudekar graced the prize distribution function.

Results:
Mixed Doubles: Tejan Fallary / Emilia Silveira bt Floyd Araujo / Anar Singbal (21-17, 21-16)
Men’s Doubles: Floyd Araujo / Pankaj Naik bt Tejan Fallary / Parteek Mahajan (21-16, 19-21, 21-13)
Women’s Singles: Anar Singbal bt Anjana Kumari (21-19, 14-21, 21-19)
Men’s Singles: Parteek Mahajan bt Floyd Araujo (18-21, 21-15, 21-11)
Men’s 40+ Doubles: Sandip Kanji / Kapil Kanji bt Darwin Barreto / Shamsuddin C.K (21-11, 21-18)
Men’s 50+ Doubles: Vaman Fallary /Wilson D’ Souza bt Manish Patel / Phillip Barbosa (21-6, 21-11)
U17 Boys (Mormugao Taluka): Ronit Ranjan bt Ashutosh Mhalsekar (15-13, 15-6)
U17 Girls (Mormugao Taluka): Niharika Tiwari bt Priyamwada Maurya (15-3, 15-4)