MOKOKCHUNG, OCTOBER 26: The 1st Mokokchung Inter-Club Badminton Championship 2016 got underway at Indoor Badminton Stadium, Mokokchung on Wednesday.
The Championship has been organised by the Mokokchung District Badminton Association (MDBA) .Ninety-seven shuttlers from six clubs namely Golden Features (Chungtia), The Shuttlers (Chuchuyimpang), Team Bendangsunep (Mokokchung), Longsa sporting Club ( Mokokchung), L4 (Impur) and Native Shuttlers (Mopungchuket) are participating in the 4-day tournament.
The first match was played between Golden Features (Chungtia) and the Shuttlers (Chuchuyimpang), followed by Longsa Sporting Club and L4 Impur under various categories on day-1. The tournament will culminate on October 29.
During the inaugural programme, executive engineer of PHED Mokokchung Division Yanger Pongen highlighted about “MDBA vision 2040” and objective of the tourney.
He also said that since its inception in 1985 MDBA has been producing state and North-East champions in various categories, namely, Moarenla who has won a bronze medal while representing India in the Asian School Games held in Beijing in 1992.
Er Yanger also said that MDBA has set itself far-reaching goals as a means to fulfil its objective, one of which was ‘to produce an Olympic player by 2040’
Stating that Mokokchung has a pool of raw talents, he said if these raw talents were properly tapped with proper infrastructure in place along with resources and a supporting system, it would lead to an explosion of champions and bring laurels to the district, state, and the country.
Yanger further said that Mokokchung Inter-Club Badminton Championship 2016 was part of the action plan set by MDBA to achieve its vision, adding, the association was on a quest to conduct Inter-ward tourney within Mokokchung district.
