Veteran shuttlers felicitated, to represent India in world championship

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 30

The Chandigarh Badminton Association today felicitated 12 master shuttlers, who bagged laurels at the recently held National Championships in at Goa.

The 12 veteran players have also been selected to represent India in the World Senior (Masters) Badminton Championship, scheduled to be held in Spain from November 28.

Varun Sharma, Pankaj Nathani, Ashish Sharma, Rajneesh Bhatia, Deepak Saxena, Col Rajiv Mehta, Akash Sethi, Paras Gupta, Raj Pal, Mandeep Kang, Seema Saini and Bhavna Sharma were awarded by Tejdeep Singh Saini, Director, Sports, UT Administration, at the Sector 38 Sports Complex here.

Surinder Mahajan, general secretary, Chandigarh Badminton Association, announced that the local players who will win medals at the World Championship in Spain will be awarded cash prizes and full badminton kits. All the shuttlers appreciated Saini and Mahajan for their support.