Hosts Uganda clinch two medals on the Uganda Worldwide Badminton Collection

L-R: Olivia Nakajja and Meble Namakoye

Meble Namakoye and Oliva Nakajja secured bronze for Crew Uganda within the Uganda Worldwide Badmintion collection held at Lugogo Indoor stadium on Sunday afternoon.

This got here move after shedding their Girls singles semi ultimate tie to the Indian Rawat sisters (Gayatri Rawat and Mansa Rawat) who later went on to clinch Gold after profitable the ultimate over UAE’s Nidhi Desai and Sreeyutha Sreejith Parol.

Even if many Ugandan gamers made it the quarter finals, they didn’t move the check to go additional with many citing distinction in shuttle nature in contrast what they had been coaching with;

“We’ve got been coaching utilizing nylon shuttles however this time spherical we needed to adapt to feather shuttles” one of many bronze medalist Olivia Nakajja mentioned

Including that:” We’re going to ask our coaches to assist us with the feather type of shuttles so we will get used to them and compete with these folks from throughout the globe”

“Nonetheless on the optimistic notice, that is my first worldwide medal and searching ahead I hope to do higher within the upcoming Metropolis Tyres match slated for seventeenth October”

Winners

All sponsors and winners. | Photograph Credit score: Harmless Mutaawe

Combined Doubles

1. Ashraf Daniel Md Zakaria+ Lim Xuan(Badminton Affiliation of MALAYSIA)
2. Andy Yew Tung Kok+Loh Zhi Wei (Badminton Affiliation of MALAYSIA)
3. Bokka Navaneeth+Ritika Thaker (Badminton Affiliation of INDIA)
   Mohit Jaglan+-Lakshita Jaglan (Badminton Affiliation of INDIA)

Girls Doubles 

1. Gayatri Rawat+Mansa Rawat (Badminton Affiliation of INDIA)
2.  Nidhi Desai+Sreeyuktha Sreejith Parol (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)
3. Olivia Nakajja+Meble Namakoye (UGANDA Badminton Affiliation)
   3. Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq+ Fathimath Nabat (Badminton Affiliation of MALDIVES)

Males’s Doubles

1. Nithin H.V. + Venkata Harsha Vardhan Ra Veeramr (Badminton Affiliation of INDIA)
2. Abinash Mohanty+Ayush Pattanayak (Badminton Affiliation of INDIA)
3. Agil Gabilov+Dicky Dwi Pangestu (AZERBAIJAN Badminton Federation)
   3. Vaibhav B.S, + Kavin Thangam Kavin (Badminton Affiliation of INDIA)

Girls singles

1. Loh Zhi Wei (Badminton Affiliation of MALAYSIA)
2. Shreya Lele (Badminton Affiliation of INDIA)
3. Farza Nazrin (Badminton Affiliation of INDIA)

3. Period Maftuha (AZERBAIJAN Badminton Federation)

Males’s Singles 

1.B.M.Rahul Bharadwaj (Badminton Affiliation of INDIA)

2.Manraj Singh (Badminton Affiliation of INDIA)
3.Aditya Gupta (Badminton Affiliation of INDIA)
3. Naren Shankar Iyer (Badminton Affiliation of INDIA)