Katakkar Eagles lift title at the First Edition of The Poona Club – Deccan Gymkhana Friendly Badminton League 2025
Pune, 13th October 2025: Katakkar Eagles emerged winners at the at the first edition of The Poona Club- Deccan Gymkhana Friendly Badminton League 2025 tournament which is being organized by Deccan Gymkhana and Poona Club and played on their Club Badminton Courts.
In the finals, Katakkar Eagles scored a 3-1 win over Inamdar Samshers to lift the title. The winner, runner up and second runner up team got a trophy. The prizes were given away at the hands of Mr. Gaurav Gadhoke, President of Poona Club and Mr. Mihir Kelkar, secretary of Deccan Gymkhana and both clubs committee members.
Results: Final Round:
Katakkar Eagles bt Inamdar Samshers 3-1(Open Doubles 1: Yash Shah/Madhur Ingalhalikar lost to Akshya Gadre/Revati Shrikhande 15-21, 13-21; Open Doubles 2: Parag Chopada/Devendra Chitale bt Girish Khinvasara/Bhushan Bhandari 21-13, 15-21, 15-10; Open Doubles 3: Devendra Joshi/Ashay Kashyap bt Ashwin Joshi/Yash Mehendale 18-21, 21-08, 15-11; Open Doubles 4: Anand Shah/Nihar Adkar bt Mrugendra Behere/Ravindra Kanhere 21-18, 21-07);
3rd & 4th Place:
Amol Shuttlers bt ASR Strikers 3-1(Kedar Nadgonde/Sarah Navare bt Mrunal Shah /Pankaj Shah 21-19, 21-12; Open Doubles 2: Yuval Gulati/Neeraj Dandekar bt Amit Parmar/Vikas Sud 21-17, 21-07; Open Doubles 3: Rohit Mehendale/Kiran Sanghvi bt Chaitrali Navare/Amit Darekar 21-13, 21-17; Open Doubles 4: Brinda Thomas/Pranjali Nadgonde lost to Suhas Gurav/RS Bedi 15-21, 07-21).
पहिल्या पुना क्लब डेक्कन जिमखाना मैत्रीपूर्ण बॅडमिंटन लीग स्पर्धेत कटक्कर ईगल्स संघाला विजेतेपद
Other Prizes:
Best youngster – Varad Chitale
Best Man – Kedar Nadgonde
Best Woman – Revti Shrikhande
Best Senior Citizen – Pankaj Shah
Best Player – Akshay Gadre
Childern below 12 – Rana Gokhale
