NVBS conducted the complete family-open badminton tournament for the first time in Qatar. The tournament was a grand success and was conducted with a good code of conduct. Many big dignities of ISC attended the prize distribution and closing ceremony. Mr. Sreenivas, secretary of ISC was the Chief guest at the prize distribution ceremony.

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New Vision Badminton Sport (NVBS) 1st Fun in Family Open Badminton Tournament turned out to be an outstanding hit among the badminton fraternity in Qatar with over 150 players competing in different categories.

The unique tournament, the first of its kind, saw families competing in different doubles categories in the three-day tournament held recently at the NVBS training center at Cambridge School in Abu Hamour.

The event saw children and adults competing for side by side on the same court taking on their opponents on the other side of the court. Children had a chance to partner with their parents and take on their opponents.
The tournament featured the husband-wife pair competing together for the coveted trophy and prize money. The other categories, in which the players competed, included father-son, father-daughter, sister-sister, brother-brother, and brother-sister. NVBS head coach Manoj Sahbjan said the tournament was a great opportunity for the families to take the family bonding to another level by participating in badminton.

“We conducted this tournament, not only for the spirit of the game and fun but also with a lot of positive motives and concepts,” said Manoj, who is the former Qatar national team coach. “By playing together with a family member, for example, husband and wife, brother and sister, father and child, mother and child, brother and brother, sister and sister, cousin and cousin, etc…, gave an entirely different experience. It increases their bonding as well as it as a lifelong memorable moment for them,” he said.

“NVBS is promoting Badminton not only for the professional badminton players or the people, who are trained under them to play, but also we are promoting the game for all the people who love badminton and we are creating a grand platform for each and every person who loves to play badminton. We are keen to promote badminton at all levels.”
TS Sreenivas, Secretary of Indian Sports Centre along with Nisha Agarwal, yoga teacher, and Pawan Kumar former Indian badminton player were the guests for the closing ceremony.