Our Correspondent
Mokokchung, Oct. 15 (EMN): The much awaited Mokokchung Inter-club Championship organised by the Mokokchung District Badminton Association (MDBA) will begin from Oct.18 – 20 at the Indoor Badminton Hall.
This was announced by tourney convenor, Er Yanger Pongen in a press conference at the MDBA chamber on Monday. This year marked the third edition of Mokokchung Inter-club Championship where seven reputed badminton clubs in the district will be competing for the coveted title under seven categories.
The tourney has become a popular event which has nurtured and promoted many young talents in the district. This year’s champion will win a cash prize of INR 50000 and the runners-up will receive INR 30000. Last year the Native Shuttlers, Mopungchuket clinched the coveted title and this year too, the club will be defending the title.
Pongen said that the popularity of badminton in the district has encouraged many clubs in the villages to organise local tournaments which further encouraged the MDBA to formulate policy to start the first Mokokchung Inter-club Championship in 2016 and has been very successful.
He further added that the tournament gives an advantage to the local players to mingle with national and state players because of the format that MDBA has incorporated to include amateur players in every club that participate in the tourney.
The convenor has said that the tourney is a regular fixture of the MDBA calendar and this year Nagaland Badminton Association has included the tourney as part of their calendar event.
The clubs that will be participating in the tourney are Longsa Sporting Club; Golden Feathers, Chungtia; Native Shuttlers, Mopungchuket; The Shuttlers, Chuchuyimpang (A); The Shuttlers, Chuchuyimpang (B); Badminton Association, Khensa, and Soyim Smashers, Ungma.
The tournament will be played on a best of seven matches’ format and the categories are U-13 Boys single, men doubles, U-15 girls single, veterans 35+ men’s doubles, U-17 boys singles, veterans 45+ men’s doubles and junior mixed doubles.
