Pride of place for Amogh, Trupti

It is for the first time that a state badminton championship is being held in this eastern suburbs of Mumbai. The team championships will be held in the junior and sub-junior categories while the open events will have an additional cadet group.

THE SEEDINGS

Boys Junior singles: 1-Amogh Kulkarni (MS), 2-Vinayak Puthran (MS), 3-Rohan Radhakrishnan (MS), 4-Bushan Paithankar (Thane), 5-Rahul Tipnis (MS), 6-Himanshu Thakkar (Thane), 7-Suraj Thakur (Thane); Doubles: 1-Rohan Radhakrishnan/Harshad Tawade; 2-Amogh Kulkarni/Abhijeet Ayrekar (Pune)Sub-jrSingles: 1-Nishad Dravid (Nagpur), 2-Ajit Pathak (Pune), 3- Amar Mohite (Nagpur), 4-Akshay Thakkar (Thane); Doubles: 1 Sumedh Deorukhkar (Thane)/Amar Mohite (Nagpur), 2-Amol Kanande/Yatin Nageshkar (Pune)Midgets singles: 1-Aditya Chitre (Pune), 2-Anand Pawar (MS), 3-Sagar Chopda (MS), 4-Rohit Sadani (MS); Doubles: 1-Anand Pawar/Sagar Chopra, 2-Rohit Sadani/Abhinav Kapoor (MS)

Girls Jr singles: 1-Trupti Murgunde (Pune), 2-Mugha Baghwat (Pune), 3-Neha Ganguley (Greater Mumbai), 4-Gauri Narayan (MS); Doubles: 1-Kranti Sane(Pune)/Sim Sim Salaria (MS), 2-Trupti Murgunde/Gauri Narayan (MS)Sub-jr singles: 1-Mughda Bhagwat (Pune), 2-Gauri Narayan (MS), 3-Dhanya Nair (Pune), 4-Dipti Paranjpe (Sangli); Doubles: 1-Mugdha Bahgwat/Gauri Bhange (Pune), 2-Manasi Bhave/Dhanya Nair (Pune)

Midget Singles: 1-Dipti Paranjpe (Sangli), 2-Shipi Kankane (Pune), 3-Riddhi Pajwani (MS), 4-Meghana Pawaskar (Pune); Doubles: 1-Dipti Paranjpe (Sangli)/Riddhi Pajwani (MS); 2-Sayali Gokhale/Shipi Kankane (Pune)