Scorpions sting Shuttle Dragons for title – Thanjai Ninjas finish second runners-up in playoffs

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KUWAIT CITY, Oct 3: In the September playoff of the Kuwait Danish Dairy (KDD)/Kuwait Badminton League 2016 the Scorpions stole the show by beating the spirited Shuttle Dragons.

The second runners-up were the Thanjai Ninjas. The playoffs organized by the Indian Badminton Association of Kuwait (IBAK), an affiliate of the Kuwait Badminton Federation featured top international players from India and the GCC countries in which a total of 102 players took part.

In the match between the Shuttle Dragons-Team Lions the score was 12-2 — (men’s double 1) the scores were as follows — Noor Kalmatta/James Mathew lost to Jerosh Koshy/Kishore Kumar 17-21 21-19 14-21; (women’s doubles) Kundana Kishore/Niyati Pradeep-Sarvat Sharafi/Swetha Thomas 21-12 21-11; (men’s doubles 2): Bader Kallipparambu/Chandra Mouli-Sahoor Ali/Iyan Sumarna 21-18 8-21 21-16; (under 15) Ashutosh Kulkarni/Sarvesh Rajkumar-Allen Aneesh Mathew/Ashwin Jeyashanker 21-11 21-15; (men’s doubles 3) Don Francics/Joby Mathew-Sanal Nambiar/Syam S P 21-16 21-17; (men’s singles) Illaya Raja-Relin Thomas 21-14 21-13 (men’s double 4): Jithin Jayaraj/Sanil Paul-Pradeepan Pm/Alen Solly w.o.

ACME Acers-Rainbow Archers the score was 10-4 — (men’s doubles 1) Usman Ahamed/Dr.Tamer Rafaat-Suresh Ramachandran/Ankit Rawat 12-21 22-20 21-12; (women’s doubles) Jelsey Alex/Nikka Mae Roda-Joy Dela Cruz/Jeanette Tantiangco 21-18 10-21 15-21; (men’s double 2) Arif Akthar/Rajesh Vasudevan-Goms Fba/Anthony Glenn Relova 21-12 21-17; (under 15) Sriram Prakash/Dhruva Ramesh-Dhanush Jayasankar/Darshan Kumar 17-21 24-22 21-13; (men’s double 3) Freddie Alexander/Prashant Nambiar-Faheem Contractor/Mohammad Nurohim 21-18 14-21 21-16; (men’s singles) Jayakumar Rohit-Muradh Niyas 21-13 21-7; (men’s double 4) Issac Abheek/Srinivas Reddy-Yashin Bose/Vivek Harikumar 11-21 22-24

In the Scorpions-Thanjai Ninjas it was 10-4 — (men’s double 1) Sajeev Punnakal/Saju Thomas-Anas E.C/Caesar Gnanasambatam 21-16 21-17; (women’s doubles) Sreeja Apparaju/Manju Rony-Alyssa Lindquist/Mona Tamer 15-21 12-21; (men’s doubles 2) Arun George/Sarin Joseph George-Dr.Manimaran Chozhan/Sharon Rahpel 22-20 17-21 21-12; (under 15) Sayooj Ajaykumar/Manas Manoj-Mohammed Anzeem/Adhnan Jeff 21-8 21-14; (men’s doubles 3) Moo Elkhayat/Jabbar Farooqi-Pushkar Altekar/Salman Khan 21-15 23-21; (men’s singles) Kegan Santics-Maheendran Radha 12-21 21-18 5-21; (men’s doubles 4) Shanker Gopan/Aneef Lateef-Sanju Babu Mathew/Bastian James 21-16 21-16

In the semifinal the scoreline between Scorpions-Thanjai Ninjas was 8-6 — (men’s doubles 1) Sajeev Punnakal/Saju Thomas-Sanju Babu Mathew/Muhammad Nasir 11-21 8-21; (women’s doubles) Sreeja Apparaju/Manju Rony-Alyssa Lindquist/Mona Tamer 21-16 11-21 20-22; (men’s doubles 2) Arun George/Sarin Joseph George-Bastian James/Sharon Rahpel 16-21 21-14 21-16; (under 15) Sayooj Ajaykumar/Manas Manoj-Mohammed Anzeem/Adhnan Jeff 21-7 21-8; (men’s doubles 3) Moo Elkhayat/Jabbar Farooqi-Pushkar Altekar/Dr.Manimaran Chozhan 21-13 21-18; (men’s singles) Kegan Santics-Maheendran Radha 12-21 10-21 and (men’s doubles 4) Shanker Gopan/Aneef Lateef-Anas E.C/Salman Khan 21-7 21-13

In the Shuttle Dragons-ACME Acers the scoreline was 12-2 — (men’s doubles 1) Don Francics/Sanil Paul-Issac Abheek/Srinivas Reddy 21-19 21-19; (women’s doubles) Jean Go Acasio/Kundana Kishore-Gigi Emperaldo/Nikka Mae Roda 15-21 13-21; (men’s doubles 2) Bader Kallipparambu/Chandra Mouli-Freddie Alexander/Prashant Nambiar 20-22 21-11 21-16; (under 15) Ashutosh Kulkarni/Sarvesh Rajkumar-Sriram Prakash/Dhruva Ramesh 15-21 21-16 21-12; (men’s doubles 3) Noor Kalmatta/James Mathew-Arif Akthar/Aqis Efendi 21-16 21-16; (men’s singles) Illaya Raja-Jayakumar Rohit 21-16 22-20; (men’s doubles 4) Joby Mathew/Saiju Pp-Usman Ahamed/Rajesh Vasudevan 21-17 18-21 24-22

In the Thanjai Ninjas-ACME Acers it was 12-2 — (men’s doubles 1) Salman Khan/ Muhammad Nasir-Aqis Efendi/Dr.Tamer Rafaat 21-12 24-22; (women’s doubles) Alyssa Lindquist/Mona Tamer-Jelsey Alex/Gigi Emperaldo 22-20 13-21 14-21; (men’s doubles 2) Sanju Babu Mathew/Maheendran Radha-Usman Ahamed/Rajesh Vasudevan 21-12 21-10; (under 15) Mohammed Anzeem/Adhnan Jeff-Sriram Prakash/Dhruva Ramesh 21-19 21-10; (men’s doubles 3) Dr Manimaran Chozhan/Sharon Rahpel-Srinivas Reddy/Jayakumar Rohit 18-21 21-18 21-13; (men’s singles) Bastian James-Arif Akthar 21-16 21-13; (men’s doubles 4) Anas E.C/Caesar Gnanasambatam-Freddie Alexander/Prashant Nambiar 21-15 21-16

In the final the Scorpions-Shuttle Dragons match it was a one-sided affair. The Scorpions won by 12-2 margin — (men’s doubles 1) Moo Elkhayat/Jabbar Farooqi-Joby Mathew/Chandra Mouli 21-13 21-17: (women’s doubles) Sreeja Apparaju/Manju Rony-Kundana Kishore/Niyati Pradeep (walkover); (men’s doubles 2) Shanker Gopan/Aneef Lateef-Don Francics/Jithin Jayaraj 21-13 21-17; (under 15) Sayooj Ajaykumar/Manas Manoj-Ashutosh Kulkarni/Sarvesh Rajkumar 21-12 21-13; (men’s doubles 3) Sajeev Punnakal/Saju Thomas-Sanil Paul/Illaya Raja (walkover); (men’s singles) Kegan Santics-Bader Kallipparambu 8-21 5-21 and men’s (men’s doubles 4) Arun George/Sarin Joseph George-Noor Kalmatta/James Mathew 21-10 21-11.

The September playoff was inaugurated by Subramoniam, VP, Business integration, KDD in the presence of Dr Manimara Chozhan, chairman IBAK and Chandrahas KT, General Secretary IBAK.

The organizers presented special mementos to four overseas players as a token of gratitude for their participation in the playoffs. The mementos were distributed by Chandrahas KT. The prizes to the winners were distributed by the IBAK committee members.

By Paul Francis X. Fernandes

Arab Times Staff

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