Adlyn Mary Sojan and Marshal Sahibjan of New Vision Badminton Sport (NVBS) won the Under-11 boys and girls titles respectively in LSA Open Badminton Tournament held at Middle East International School in Doha.
In the Under-11 Girls category, Adlyn beat Aeryn Elizabeth in straight sets (21-15, 28-26), emerging on top after a close fight in the second set. Adlyn also reached the U-13 girls singles semi-finals but lost 8-21, 22-20, 19-21 in a keenly-contested three-setter to Anusree, the U-13 and 15 winner.
In the boy’s U-11 section, Sahibjan, beat Srihari Vinod in straight sets 21-8 and 21 – 7.
Another NVBS trainee Riya Kurian lost to current Qatar champion Anusree in both U-13 and U-15 categories, going down 10-21, 23-21 and 19-21 in U-15 category and 13-21, 21-10 and 7-21 in U-13 category. Trisha of NVBS became the runner-up in U-9 girls category after losing to Nevaeh Serah Arun 9-21 and 10-21.
In U-9 boys category, Jonah Joby of NVBS played a tough and thrilling match but lost the decider to Jayden Mathew going down by a score of 21-18, 19-21 and 19-21.
Chief Coach of NVBS, Manoj Sahibjan complimented the players for continuing training during the pandemic situation and lauded their success in the tournament.
“All these achievements of NVBS players are the result of their hard work, even in this pandemic situation, not stopping their badminton training,” Manoj said.
He said the kids need exposure to various local and international tournaments and emphasized the need to take part in the various tournaments happening in their home countries.
“Parents should allow their children to participate in district championships, state ranking tournaments, and national ranking tournaments in their home countries. It is very much important because then only District & State Badminton Association and Federation will get to know about the players. Also, the player can get to know their opponent players and they will understand each other about opponent players’ game, that creates confidence for players to play the next tournament,” he said.
The experienced coach, who has earlier worked in India and Maldives, said parents need to make sacrifices if they want their children to achieve success on the badminton court.
Mano said NVBS is planning to take part in various international tournaments and one such tournament in the Maldives is on the cards.
“NVBS is creating a new tournament platform for the players by making them participate in tournaments conducted in different countries. Currently, I am in a discussion with the President of the Maldives Badminton Association, Mr. Moosa Nashid for taking the first step by conducting a club tournament in the Maldives. Hopefully, we will make it happen after travel restrictions are eased,” Manoj said.
“Our ultimate aim and mission of NVBS are to bring our players to an international level. Our unity is our victory, that is the reason behind all our results” Manoj said.
