Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 8: Vipul Saini retained the men's championship trophy beating Divam Gupta 2-1 (13-21, 21-10, 21-18) in a well contested final of the 30th Jammu District Badminton Championship held under the banner of Jammu City and District Badminton Association at DPL Hall, here. Vipul also won the men's doubles title pairing with his elder brother, Vikram Saini. The duo defeated the pair of Rahul Sharma and Avnish in straight sets of 21-17, 21-15. In women's singles event, Keerat defeated Prabjyot 21-11, 21-13 to win the title trophy. However, Prabjyot, pairing with Diksha clinched the women's final outplayed Rupal and Keerat 21-18, 21-17. In the finals and valedictory function, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Pawan Kotwal was chief guest, who along with guest of honour, IGP Jammu, Danesh Rana, gave away the winners and runners-up trophies as also other individual prizes. Prominent among those present were general secretary of the J&K Badminton Association, Dr OD Sharma, DD Magotra, Prem Dewan and parents of the participants. |