Khanwalkar top seeded

PUNE, June 18: City boy Varun Khanwalkar has been top seeded in the junior boys singles of the Junior State Level Badminton championship ...

PUNE, June 18: City boy Varun Khanwalkar has been top seeded in the junior boys singles of the Junior State Level Badminton championship that gets underway at the WIE Sports Complex, Shivajinagar, from June 21 to 25.

The Rainbow Sports Club organised championship has received 396 entries which have been divided into 12 groups.

Seedings
Junior boys singles 51 entries: 1. Varun Khanwalkar Pune, 2. Himanshu Thakkar Pune, 3. Nishad Dravid Dhule, 4. Prashant Bahatre Nanded.
Junior boys doubles 18 entries: 1. Varun Khanwalkar-Sameer Bhagwat Pune, 2. Rahul Tipnis-Vinayak Putran Mumbai Suburban.
Junior girls singles 18 entries: 1. Mugdha Bhagwat Pune, 2. Gauri Narayan Mum Sub.
Junior girls doubles 6 entries: 1. Kranti Sane Pune-Neha Ganguly Greater Mum, 2. Dhanya Nair Pune-Manasi Bhave Pune.
Sub-junior boys singles 64 entries: Nishad Dravid Dhule, 2. Amar Mohite Nagpur, 3. Ajit Phatak Pune, 4. Akshay Thakkar Thane, 5. Soham Gadgil Pune, 6. Sagar Chopra Mum Sub, 7. Aditya Chitre Pune, 8. Pranav Khot Pune.
Sub-junior boys doubles 21 entries: 1. Soham Gadgil Pune-Nishad Dravid Dhule, 2. Amar Mohite Nagpur-Ajit Phatak Pune.
Sub-junior girls singles 41 entries: 1. Nikita Hurkadli Mum Sub, 2. Dhanya Nair Pune, 3. Riddhi Pajwani Mum Sub, 4. Sayali Gokhale Pune.
Sub-junior girls doubles 15 entries: 1. Poonam Walimbe Pune-Gauri Bhange Pune, 2. Manasi Bhave Pune-Dhanya Nair Pune.
Midget boys singles 64 entries: 1. Nitesh Joshi Pune, 2. Sagar Chopra Mum Sub, 3. Rohit Sadani Mum Sub, 4. Ajay Jayram Mum Sub.
Midget girls singles 51 entries: 1. Sayali Gokhale Pune, 2. Shipi Kankane Pune, 3. Meghana Pavaskar Pune, 4. Riddhi Pajwani Mum Sub.
Mini boys singles 32 entries: 1. Parin Chopra Mum Sub, 2. Kush Munim Mum Sub, 3. Yogesh Nandkumar Pune, 4. Vishwardhan Satbhai Pune.
Mini girls singles 15 entries: 1. Mudra Dhahinje Pune, 2. Rama Gaikwad Pune.