Rugby Youth Badminton Squad finished the 2022/23 season with a number of tournaments on Saturday 25th March. Each tournament was a round robin competition between the top five players on their ladder.
The junior ladder tournament was a closely fought event with only 3 points separating the top 4. Harry Cutler won 3 of his games to win the trophy. Yash Patil came close to winning the final game against Ethan Hetherington, losing 11-10, and had to settle for a silver medal, with Ethan in 3rd place. Joel Gish Manathara and Yuva Meedur both won games and contributed to an exciting contest.
In the intermediate group Joel Fieberling dropped only one game and one point to take home the Mark Gallagher Memorial Trophy. He was closely challenged by Nathan Tao, who also lost only one game, but losing 4 points left him in second place. Sankeerth Nalagatla also dropped only 4 points but came third on number of games won. Only 2 points separated Keira Mistry and Chanukya Paladugu who played some keenly fought games.
Saaketh Parvath won all his games to take home the Gloria Hudson Rosebowl awarded to the winner of the senior ladder. He was closely challenged by Nihal Singamsetty who came second. Rithvik Pitla and Advay Pophali were involved in a number of exciting rallies but couldn’t overcome the other two.
All contests were played in a good spirit, with players giving their all.
Awards for the Most Improved player in each of the groups were presented to Sana Rapaka, Joel Gish Manathara, Keira Mistry and Nihal Singamsetty.
Senior coach, Neil Porter, presented trophies and medals.
