(MENAFN- Arab Times) The Shuttle Dragons emerged champions of the recently concluded KDD - Kuwait Badminton League - May playoff defeating ACME Acers. The May playoff which was played over 4 days (May 14, 15 and 16 and May 25) was inaugurated by Waleed, Marketing Manager- KDD.
The medals and trophies for February playoff were given away by the dignitaries present on the day of inauguration.
Team Lions, champions of the February playoff received the medals and trophy from Waleed.
The runners-up for February playoff Shuttle Dragons received their medals from Satheesh, Regional Sales & Merchandising Manager of KDD.
The Thanjai Ninjas and Super Smashers semifinalists of February playoff received their medals and trophy from Tareq Aleshi, General Manager - Arwa Gulf and Binu Vice-President of ACME
In the May playoff, Shuttle Dragons thrashed ACME Acers by 5 sets to one. The final had all the ingredients of a cracker contest.
Earlier in the semifinals Shuttle Dragons beat Rainbow 5- 1 and ACME Acers beat Thanjai Ninjas 4-2
Captain Ali Al Marri, President Kuwait Badminton Federation gave away the medals and prize-money for the winners, runners-up and semifinalists of the May playoff.
May playoff results
Winner € Shuttle Dragons; Runners-up € Acme Acers; Semifinalists € Thanjai Ninjas and Rainbow Archers
Members of the winning team: Chandramouli (Captain), Bastin, Arief, Rajesh, Saji, Rafeeq, Anto, Deepa, Moncey, Niveda, Don Francis and Sherwin
Mementos to officials were given away by Dr Manimara Chozhan, Chairman IBAK and Prasad Thanda-sserry - Director, match control.
The owners of KBL teams were honored by Captain Ali Al Marri
KBL-2015, which is being held in 3 playoffs (February, May and September) is poised for a grand finish as 5 teams out of 8 have a great chance of capturing the overall championship.
Point Table is as follows:
Read as serial no, team, points (+/-) 1. Shuttle Dragons, 77, 0; 2. Team Lions, 56, -21; 3. Super Smashers, 51, -26; 4. Thanjai Ninjas, 49, -28; 5. Rainbow Archers, 45, -32; 6. ACME Acers, 39 -38; 7. The Scorpions, 26,-51 and 8. Royal Phoenix, 15, -62.
KBL Committee members are Dr Manimara Chozhan € President; Sreekumar Gopinathan Nair € Vice-President; Yashin Bose € Chief Operating Officer; Chandrahas KT € Director, Audit; Prasad Thandasserry € Director, Match control; Ramesh Chandra € Director, Courts; Ramesh P € Director, Public Relations; Sirajuddin € Director, Administration; Srinivasa Sreedhara € Director, Umpiring.
Indian Badminton Association € Kuwait (IBAK) is a non- profit organization committed to the popularization and development of the game of badminton in Kuwait. In the short span of 4 years, IBAK has grown to over 500+ registered members and has got affiliated to Kuwait Badminton Federation (KBF).
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