Singtam Badminton Association organizes badminton tourney on 75th I’ Day

Singtam, August 17: Badminton pair from Singtam Badminton Association, Vishal Pradhan and Anil Darjee won the 1^st Shrimati Laxmi Gurung Memorial Cup, Badminton Derby Tournament held at Indoor Stadium, Singtam. The doubles badminton event was organized by Singtam Badminton Association on the occasion of 75^th Independence Day.

The tournament was named after Late Laxmi Gurung, mother of Dr. JB Gurung, President of Singtam Badminton Association. Cosmos Lepcha and Arindrum received the silver medals while Dr. Sherman Rai and Pawan Kumar (RBA), and Neeraj Chettri and Mannu Hang Subba (SBA) took the bronze medals as the loosing semifinalists. Sanyukta Pradhan, from Singtam Badminton Association, the youngest participants was awarded the Rising Player of the tournament.

Seventeen teams had participated in the one day tournament that had 35 matches. The players were from Rangpo Badminton Association (RBA), Mazhitar Badminton Association (MBA), Bermoik Badminton Association (BBA), Singtam Badminton Association (SBA) and NHPC.

The event started with the hoisting of national flag by Suresh Tamang, President, Singtam Nagar Panchayat, Chief Guest of the day. Other distinguished guests included Mukesh Agarwal, Councilor, Singtam Nagar Panchayat, officials from Singtam Police Station, Norden Tamang - President Singtam Driver Association, Pradeep Sharma, Advisor, Singtam Badminton Association, Sundar Rai, AEO, Khamdong BAC, Sangay Bhutia, Assistant Manager, SBS, Bijay Pradhan, Howlers Club and others.

Match official of the events were Dr. JB Gurung, Subash Baniya, Gopal Pradhan, Kiran Pradhan (Rtd AE), Lalit Pradhan, Vishal Pradhan, Kishore Pradhan and Jeewan Khaling, Prasant Kumar, Sanyukta Pradhan, Navneet Chettri and Jeetan Bhandari were the Official Umpire.