CATS (Capitol Area Telugu Society) successfully organized its second Badminton Tournament for the sports fans in the Washington DC Metro area. There was an overwhelming response 70 players participating in the Tournament. The players had great fun in the Tournament, which ran from 9AM to 6.30 PM. The tournament was conducted professionally at K2 Badminton Club( Indoor Badminton Center), Sterling, Virginia. On behalf of CATS Sports Committee Pavan Kumar Pendyala, Srinath Arepally, Bhuvanesh Boojala, Badrinath Challa, took the lead and organized the event. In this highly competitive tournament, the list of winners and runners are below.
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CATEGORY |
WINNERS |
RUNNERS |
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MEN'S SINGLES |
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GROUP A |
KRISHMIN RAI |
ANANTH |
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GROUP B |
SHANKAR MATHA |
GANESH K SWAMY |
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MEN'S DOUBLES |
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GROUP A |
TOM & HONDA TETSUYA |
ANANTH & KANG |
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GROUP B |
PAVAN PENDYALA & SHIVA |
NIKHIL & NAGESH |
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3 |
WOMEN'S DOUBLES |
KEIKO MURAKAMI & LEISLEY KANE |
JOIE & SAMERA |
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MIXED DOUBLES |
LEISLEY KANE & KRISHMIN |
KEIKO & HONDA |
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CLUB CHAMPS |
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MEN'S DOUBLES |
KHALID ZAFAR, ASIF |
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MEN'S SINGLES |
ASIF |
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Players appreciated the organizers of CATS for conducting such an event and requested to organize events like this regularly. Winners and the runners up were awarded the trophies from CATS President Ram Mohan Konda and Sponsor Kamesh. Ram Mohan congratulated the winners and runners, and appreciated Pavan Kumar Pendyala, Srinath Arepally and other volunteers for making the tournament such a grand success and thanked the event sponsor Kamesh of K2 Badminton Club