Motiram Ullal and Kanji Cup Inter-Club Badminton: Brihanmumbai Kreeda Lalit Kala Pratishthan, Chembur Gymkhana, Goregaon SC Emerge Champions

Brihanmumbai Kreeda Lalit Kala Pratishthan (BKLKP) outplayed CCI A 2-0 to win the Motiram Cup Elite Group title in the Motiram Ullal and Kanji Cup Inter-Club Badminton Championships, organised by GMBA, hosted by Willingdon SC and promoted by Badminton Gurukul, here, on Sunday.

Arjun Singh and Sushrut Karmarkar won the opening doubles to give BKLKP the lead. Nigel D’Sa playing the singles for CCI, could not produce the form that had seen him bail his team out on previous occasions. Pitted against Soham Pathak, Nigel lost 18-21, 14-21 and ended CCI’s hopes.

Gargi Degvekar was once again the star player for Chembur Gymkhana, featuring on the winning side in two matches to defeat Khar Gym 2-0. After partnering Tanvi Gharpure in the opening doubles to defeat Kairavi Thakore and Manya Avlani 21-11, 21-7, Gargi went on to win the singles in trying conditions and seal the title, defeating Manya Avlani, who retired after losing the close opening game 20-22.

Goregaon SC lifted the Kanji Cup for juniors, defeating Chembur Gymkhana 3-1.

Results (All finals)

Motiram Elite Group

BKLKP - Men's Team beat CCI A 2-0

Arjun Singh / Sushrut Karmakar bt Jawaduddhin Shaikh / Siddhesh Aroskar 21-14, 21-18; Soham Phatak bt Nigel D’Sa 21-18, 21-14

Motiram Cup Plate Group Final

NSCI A beat Thakur Sports Club – M 2-0

Siddharth Naudal / Sunnet Kabra bt Chandan Kashyap / Karthik Laxman 21-19, 21-9; Siddharth Naudal bt Shivaan Mishra 21-14, 18-21, 21-11

Ullal Cup Final

The Chembur Gymkhana – W beat Khar Gymkhana 2-0

Gargi Degvekar/Tanvi Gharpure bt Kairavi Thakore/Manya Avlani 21-11, 21-7; Gargi Degvekar bt Manya Avlani 22-20, Ret.

Kanji Cup Final

Goregaon Sports Club – J beat The Chembur Gymkhana - J 3-1

Tiann Castellino bt Anishka Karthik 21-15, 21-7; Sharvil Tembulkar bt Vikrant Negi 21-17, 21-10; Dhun Sanghvi/Ketaki Thite lost to Tanvi Gharpure/Trisha Darveshi 10-21 13-21; Sanidhya Agarwal/Satya Chouhan bt Anmol Sharma/Aryan Pednekar 21-13, 21-10