Nagaland Premier Badminton League from Tomorrow

Kohima, May 28, 2019:

The 1st Nagaland Premier Badminton League 2019 organized by the Nagaland Badminton Club (NBC) formed under the aegis of Nagaland Badminton Association (NBA) will start from May 29 at Indoor Badminton Stadium, Officers’ Hill, Kohima.

Six teams, namely Raging Phoenix from Kohima, Panama Shuttlers from Mon, Shuttle Rockers from Dimapur, All Beats Kohima, Kohima Smashers, Beits Badminton Club Kohima will be participating in this meet.

The categories for this league will be U-15 for boys single, U-17 girls single, U-19 boys doubles, Mens singles, mens doubles, mixed doubles (Men 40+ and Women Open) and 85+ Men doubles.

The league will witness a total of 63 matches.

Kohima Deputy Commissioner, Anoop Khinchi will grace the inaugural function as the special guest at 10:00 AM on May 29.

NBC President, Er John Metha will deliver welcome address while keynote address will be delivered by NBC general secretary Joseph Sumi.

The closing ceremony on May 31 will be graced by K.Kire, IPS, Rtd DGP Nagaland and former president Nagaland Badminton Association.

Both the opening and closing ceremonies will be compèred by Alenuo.

The champion will fetch a cash prize of Rs. 1.50 lakh while the runner-up will be awarded with Rs. 80,000. There will also be individual awards for Player of the League and Most Promising Player.

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