Hashim Haleem and Rihan Asfand won the Premier Flight crown of the Winter Doubles Badminton Tournament which was organized by Badminton Federation in collaboration with Rastanura Badminton Group, ARAMCO at the Najma School Gym here. Over 250 players of various nationalities from Bahrain, Jeddah, Riyadh and Eastern Province took part in this mega event in 8 levels . The events conducted were men's doubles, women's doubles and combo doubles. The standard of the game showed marked improvement with the participation of new players from Riyadh and Eastern Province. In the spectacular Premier Flight final, Hashim Haleem and Rihan Asfand won over George PuthenMadhom and Eapen K. Mathews to clinch the Winter Doubles top level Trophy. In Championship 1, the Indonesian pair of Agung Rupadi and Dudi Sujatmoko beat the Riyadh pair of Sajith Tazath and Shaju George. In a well fought match in Championship 2, Neil George and Gokul Natarajan beat Varghese Mathew and Rakesh N. In the women's top flight, Jessy George and Saadia Khan of Rastanura Badminton Club emerged winners in the round robin format. Mixed doubles top flight winners were Hashim Haleem and Jessy George against Eapen K.Mathews and Grace Babu. Those who won double were Hashim Haleem, Neil George, Joy Dela Cruz , Janet J. Cruz and Jessy George. Mementos were presented to Aramco Recreation Dept . and RTBG for their patronage to the tournament. Trophies to the winners were presented by George PuthenMadhom, Eapen Tarakan, Sajan Babu, K.P.George and GCC badminton champion Suneet Sebastian. The tournament committee: K.P. George (tournament co-ordinator), Hashim Haleem, Ashrafulla Shaikh (tournament directors), Eapen Tarakan, Madhu S. Pillai, N.Lakshmaiah, Anil Thomas, Aslam Ali and Anwer Hussain (desk and ground), Prashant Shirodkar (chief referee), George Puthenmadhom (arbitration, fixture), Sajan Babu (awards), Sugu Philip (social), Sameer Baikadi (registration, finance). Results: Men's doubles: Flight 6B: Thaju Ayyaril - Mohammed Aslam beat Sumeet Sageer - Musaad Sageer. Flight 6A: Lee Vincent - Richard Balgos beat Imran Quadri Syed - Mohammed Naseeruddin S. Flight 5: Rajesh C.M. - Abdulla V. beat Harish Kumar - Vipin Kumar. Flight 4: Koh Liang Pheng - Ron Chang beat Khalid Saleh - Azeem Majid. Flight 3: Sugu Philip - Madhu S. Pillai beat Mustafa Suleiman - Devi Muldi. Flight 2: Joy Dela Cruz - Melvin Lumutan beat Ashish Cherian - Madan Mohan. Flight 1: Manu Anand - Sam Chacko beat Sri Hari Karal - A.V. Mathew. Championship 2: Neil George - Gokul Natarajan beat Varghese Mathew - P.N. Rakesh. Championship 1: Agung Rupadi - Dudi Sujatmoko beat Sajid Tazhath - Shaju George. Premier flight: Hashim Haleem - Rihan Asfand beat George PuthenMadhom - Eapen Mathews. Women's doubles: Flight 6: Editha S. Sibayen - Janet J. Cruz beat Kavitha Harish - Shanija Sajid. Flight 5: Christine Catallo - Nena Mateo. Flight 3 & 4: Gibi Philip - Delara Margarita. Flight 1: Jessy George - Saadia Khan. Combo doubles: Flight 6B: Mohammed Rafeek M. - Shanija Sajid beat Kavitha Harish - Harish Kumar. Flight 6A: Janet J. Cruz - Richard Balgos beat Lee Vincent - Doyleth Gatdula. Flight 5: Mohammed Asif - Sahala A.Rehman beat Dennis Macaspac - Christine Catallo. Flight 4: Joy Dela Cruz - Delara Margarita. Flight 2: Neil George - Betty George beat Sugu Philip - Gibi Philip. Flight 1: Meenakshi Santhosh - Sajit Tazhath. Championship: Hashim Haleem - Jessy George beat Eapen Mathews
