Khalid, Wilson Premier Flight champs in Federation Cup Invitational doubles tourney

The 17th Federation Cup Invitational doubles badminton tournament organized by Badminton Federation in collaboration with Rastanura Badminton Group Aramco successfully ended last Friday with the team of Fahad Khalid and Renin Wilson winning the men’s Premier Flight title at Najma & Radhwa indoor courts in Aramco Rastanura.
Over 450 players from Riyadh , Eastern Province and Bahrain competed in this mega event. Tournament was conducted for 8 levels of players from beginners to professional players in the men's event, 5 levels in ladies event and 6 levels in mixed event.
The matches rose to the levels higher than the expectations and maintained very good standard. Players of various nationalities from India, Philippine, Indonesia, Malaysia, Canada , US, China and Pakistan took part in the two days event.
In the men’s Premier Flight, Fahad Khalid and Renin Wilson were declared winners to receive the coveted trophies after the Bahraini pair of Suneet Sebastian and Togy Mathew conceded the match due to an unexpected injury during the first game.
In the men’s Championship Flight, Mohd. Aslam and Abdul Rahim K. edged out Shafik J.S. and MK Ahmed Mohiuddin.
In the mixed doubles championship final, Koh Liang Pheng and Shan Osorio beat Vincent Roy Garing and Erika Martizana in a well fought match.
BFSA President George PuthenMadhom congratulated all the winners and runners up and thanked the sponsors for their support for this major tournament.
Buainain Abdulaziz M., recreation services advisor of Aramco Rastanura, facilitated the venue for this mega event. The president of RTBG, Suresh Lakshmanan, and Vice President Mohd. Afzal Langah along with their office bearers helped make the BFSA-RTBG tournament a grand success.
Trophies to the winners and runners up were awarded by the major sponsors.
The major sponsors of Badminton Federation for the year 2012-2013 were Sinmar Group, Delmon, Hempel, Eram Group, BASF Saudi Arabia, Ajab Faleh Al Qatani, Tamimi Industrial Services, Dadabhai-Optima Trading, MGA Trading and Azmeel Travel Agency.
The trophies for the winners and runners up were presented by the major sponsors and BFSA executive council members.
The chairmen of the various tournament committee included PuthenMadhom, Sajan Babu, K.I.Ansari A.V. Mathew, Sameer Baikadi, N.Lakshmaiah, Ishaq Naseeruddin , Chacko John, Arif Shamsuddin, Babu Varghese, Hassan Mohammed , Lakshmanan and Afzal Langah.
Results:

Ladies
Flight 6 : Sandra Satera & Flordeliza beat Catherine Macale & Mary Grace Carpio
Flight 5 : Shinymol Varghese & Neha Jojo beat Maryanne Esguerra & Maricris Dayato
Flight 4 : Jannette Bandiola & JV Nicole Bacayo beat Mymoona Maqbool & Shanija Sajid
Flight 3 : Baimen Lahod & Maruaiti Binti Mhd. (No runner up)
Flight 1 & 2 combined : Shan Osorio & Erika Martizana beat Josephine Dupet & Janet Cruz

Men

Flight 6A : Salas Ciril Kochikunnel & Petronilo Figuero beat Jeffrey Bartolome & Reynold Jardin
Flight 6B : Eduard Rupisan & Roberto Lugtu beat Md Asif Ahmed & Steven Jules Rex
Flight 6C : Edmar Lusiano Lopez & Ralph Ovet Zabala beat Jose Mari Paredes & Noel Alvarez
Flight 5A : Md Ahmad Mustafa Dogar & Saad Bin Mahmood beat Latheef Kothoor & Shan Avunchipuram
Flight 5B : Joseph John & Sakkeer Ali K. Bava beat Ashif Abdul Aziz & Sunil Kumar Sreedharan
Flight 4A : Macky Anoso & Shafique Ahmed beat Karl Owen Sinco & Karl Velasco
Flight 4B : Pramod Kumar KP & Sanjay S. Menon beat Sijo Francis P. & Mohammed Jabir Kara
Flight 3 : Satees Karnnakara krup & Reyas Munnummal beat Jian Marco Dupet & Marvin Quiling
Flight 2 : Richard Cayrel & Khalid Emiljay Galvez beat Abukunju Tahir & Thomas Kavalam
Flight 1 : Rolando Hipolito & Arsenic Bacani beat Nawab Khan & Abdul Majeed
Flight Championship: Mohammed Aslam & Abdul Rahim Kanichadi beat Shafik J.S.& MK Ahmed Mohiuddin
Flight Premier : Renin Alex Wilson & Fahad Khalid beat Suneeth Sebastian & Togi Mathew

Mixed doubles

Flight 6 : Cicer Lopez & Lora Grace Binalla beat Marciano Gabitanan & Mary Grace Vigilla
Flight 5 : Francis Miguel & Maricris Dayato beat Petronilo Figueroa III & JV Nicole Bacayo
Flight 4 : Nikky Babu & Adithya Unnikrishnan beat Fortunato Cea, Jr.& Zandra Estanislao
Flight 3 : (No Flight 3 participants)
Flight 2 : Shamim Koothradan & Mymoona Maqbool beat Rolando Hipolito & Maruaiti Binti Md.
Flight 1 : Roberto Nacpil & Baimen Lahod beat Wahid Salahuddin & Neha Jojo
Flight Championship: Koh Liang Pheng & Shan Osorio beat Vincent Roy & Erika Martizana