DHAHRAN: The 2nd Noble Mega Doubles Badminton Tournament was conducted at the Dhahran Aramco indoor courts here recently. Badminton clubs from Jubail, Riyadh, Jeddah and Bahrain participated in this two-day championship which saw over 540 players competing for honors. The tournament was inaugurated by Ashok Nair (Financial Director, YBA Kanoo Group). A souvenir commemorating the event was released by Ashok Kumar by handing over a copy to Khalid Saleh, President of Noble Badminton Club during the closing ceremoney. The tournament was played in different levels from premier to flight 6 in mens doubles, championship to flight 6 in mixed doubles, flight 1 to flight 6 in ladies doubles and junior girls and junior boys. The prizes were distributed by Eldhose Mathai (CEO, Gambit Group), C.R Ravi (YBA Kanoo Group), Fahim Siddiquee (President of DBA), Khalid Saleh, Surendran Nair (Secretary, DBA), Tresnathan (DBA), Parthasarathi (DBA), Abid (DBA) and Mansour (EBC). Members of Eastern Badminton Club were part of the match officials. Vargis Cheriyan, Secretary Noble Club, extended the vote of thanks. Hari Krishnan (Vice-President Noble) presided over the function. A top level professionals, comprising former international stars, supervised the administrative and technical operation of this event. Results (winner and runner-up in that order): Men's doubles: Premier – Suneeth Sebastian-Tony Abraham, Alex Tharakan-Deric Gonzalves; Championship A – Makbool Manalody-Agung Rupadi, Saijd Thazath-Jojo Varghese;Championship B – Marwin Palad-Jamal Oquendo, Ahmed Rehan-Aljhar Salanghani; Championship C – Brahma Chari-T.J. Mathew, Shaikh Ashrafullah-Imran Ashrafullah; Flight 1 – Sakkaria Issac-Joffin Sebastian, Prashanth U.P.-Mohammed Aslam;Flight 2 – Murugan Kashinathan-Roberto Nacpil, Roji Joseph-Pradeep Menon; Flight 3 – Allan Rubio-Alfredo Lumba, Siraj P.M.-Rantheer; Flight 4 – Abukunju Thahir -Nawab Khan, Akther Hussain-Mohammed Hidayathullah; Flight 5A – Varghese Antony-Prasetyo Edi, Gherson Gresola-Patrick Ryan; Flight 5B – Leomar Bandiola-Rick Reanzales, Judy Sibayan-Frank Binalla; Flight 6A – Francis Dilan-Bryan Evidente, Randy Garcia-Eric Michael; Flight 6B – Joseph Adao-Edward Padilla, Aerolla Mitra-Plutarch Cadonigra; Flight 6C – Joseph Maquera-Fortunato Corpuz, Asif Abdulaziz-Abdul Salam. Ladies doubles: Flight 1 – Medha Premnath-Samia Arif, Josephine Dupet-Sahar Massarat; Flight 2 & 3 combined – Aileen Lejano-Sally De Jesus, Sandra Osorio-Maria Sanchia; Flight 4 – Maricris Galan-Linita Infantado, Zahra Baig-Hima Susen Joseph; Flight 5 – Sandra Sakaria-Reeta Shaju, Sethulakshmi-Mini Unnikrishnan; Flight 6A – Nandini Selvaraj-Maria Glenda Garcia, Sarah Mirabele-Meanne Esguerra; Flight 6B – Maritess Bengalsobelen-Maricris Jeramillo, Chariot Penaflor-Chandra Sivakumar. Mixed doubles: Championship – Iyuz Khander-Medha Premnath, Alex Tharakan-Sahar Massarat; Flight 1 – Vinu Madhavan-Raji Sakaria, Sajid Thazath-Rincy Shaju; Flight 2 – Biju Mathew-Margarita Ramos, Ashraf Puthiyathu-Hafsa Hadi;Flight 3 – Sally de Jesus-Rodel Jesus, Allan Rubio-Conniflor Lumbang; Flight 4 – Roji Joseph-Sethu Lekshmi, Jurgen Vilmer-Nandini Selvaraj; Flight 5 – Jian Marco Dupet-Sanchia Osorio, Gina Tanang-Patrick Ryan; Flight 6A – Francis Estaban-Maritess Bungalso, Jinky Flaviano-Mark Anoso;Flight 6B – Wahid C.M.-Ifrath Jihan, Gherson Dujo-Nelly Mandiola. Junior boys: Nero Dave-Petronilo Figuero, Adarsh Ashok-Anujith Sekhar. Junior girls: Sumaja Surendran-Adithya, Marianne Victoria
