Goa Badminton Association will host the 45th Indian Masters National Badminton Championships from 19th to 26th March 2023, at Manohar Parrikar Indoor stadium, Navelim, Goa. Based on the performance at the championship, the Indian shuttlers will be selected for BWF World Senior Badminton Championships 2023 to be held in South Korea later in the year.
The championship is being organised under the aegis of Badminton Association of India and in collaboration with the Sports Authority of Goa.
Over 2270 entries across 45 events from age categories of 35+ to 75+ have been received for the event, where players born in the year 1987 and earlier are eligible. Goa’s Sandhya Melasheemi, Ashutosh Pednekar, Dr Satish Kudchadkar, Manjiri Moktali, Sandip Kanji, Kamlesh Kanji, Amit Kakkar, Vishal Vernekar, and Pankaj Naik are some of the top local players who will be strong contenders for medals. Click to watch the entire press conference 👇
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The championship will take place after a gap of 3 years since the 44th Indian Masters Nationals were held in 2020 in Jaipur. Two years were lost due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Goa hosted the 43rd edition in 2019 at Peddem.
The Manohar Parrikar Indoor Stadium at Navelm will be the main venue for the championships while there will be one additional venue, i.e., Multipurpose stadium at Fatorda, which will be used additionally during the qualification rounds due to the large number of entries.
The North Goa District Badminton Association and an ‘Organising Team’ comprising of South Goa members will join hands with the Goa Badminton Association in organising this mammoth event. The event has been budgeted at Rs 40 lakhs. Finals will be telecast on Goa Doordarshan and will be live-streamed on other networks also.
Following are the Key officials: Rajiv Mehta, Delhi (Referee), Vivek Saraf, Maharashtra (Dy. Referee), Melvin Minoy, Kerala (Dy. Referee), Pranav Kumar Vishnoi, Delhi (Match Control), Vinayak Kamat, Goa (Technical Advisor), Sachin Bharti, Goa (Arena Control), GBA President – Narahar Thakur, North Goa District Badminton President – Manoj Patil, Organising Secretary – Sandeep Heble, Organising Joint Secretary – Aniket Shenai, Secretary, North Goa District Badminton Association – Parag Chauhan, Chief Coordinator, South Goa Committee – Kapil Kamat, Treasurer – Anirban Sen.
