Jamshedpur, August 24: District badminton championship cum selection trail organised by East Singhbhum Badminton Association (ESBA) kicked off on August 24 at Mohan Ahuja Stadium.
The event was held in under-11, under-13, under-15, under-17, under-19 (boys and girls) and men and women categories.
In men single event Vivek Kumar Singh beat Naren Murmu by 15-5 and 15-6. Faraj Khan beat Jyotendra Mishra 15-3, 15-6, Ayaz Mahmood beat Vikash Kumar Singh 15-0,15-0.
Alok Manna beat Roshan Jha 16-14, 15-9. In boys single U-19 Gaurav Paswan beat Sriyuth Prasad 15-11, 15-10. In girls single U-19 Arti Kumari beat Shrya Gupta 15-11,15-10.
In girls single (Under-11) Lavanya Annya beat Annisha Nandi by 15-9, 15-5. Sanvi Shrivastava beat Aardhya Singh by 15-5, 15-6.
In Boys single (Under-11) Ishaan Shukla beat Dilshad Raza 15-3, 15-2. Amritanshu Kashyap beat Debadit R Chawla 15-3, 15-3.
In Girls single (Under-13)Ridhi Anand beat Kritika Kabra 15-10, 15-7. Sanjaya Srivastava beat Ishani Sengupta 15-0, 15-0.
In Boys single (Under-13) Krish Dubey beat Ashmit Kumar 15-9, 15-7. Aman Sen Gupta beat Tanishq Tarun 15-2, 15-2.
In Girls single (Under-15) Ahusi verma beat Antrasha 15-5, 14-16, 15-10. Ravleen Kaur beat Priyam Agarwal 15-13 14-15 15-13.
In Boys single (Under-15) Siddant Pandey beat Rishav Jha 15-4 15-2 . Akash Biswas beat Aryan Kumar 15-7, 15-7.
In Girls single (Under-17) Aarti Kumari beat Shradha Yadav 15-3, 15-1. Anisha Mishra beat Puja Kumari 15-1 15-3.
In boys single (Under-17) Shantu Sharma beat Abhishek Beura 15-9 15-8, Samarth Maurya beat Aniket Prakash 15-4 , 15-8.
Around 180 players including students from city schools are participating in the district championship and their performances will open doors for selection in the state championships. The tournament will conclude on August 26, said Ranjay Kumar Rai, secretary, East Singhbhum Badminton Association.
