Pune: Blazing Griffins lift title at 11th Edition of ‘PYC –TRUSPACE Badminton League 2025
Pune, 22nd September 2025: Blazing Griffins emerged winners at the 11th edition of ‘PYC – TRUSPACE’ badminton league tournament which is being organized by PYC Hindu Gymkhana and played at Club Badminton Courts.
In the finals, Blazing Griffins scored a 5-1 win over Hawks to lift the title. The winner and runner up team got a trophy. The prizes were given away at the hands of Mr.Kumar Tamhane, President of PYC Hindu Gymkhana, Mr.Deepak Gadgil, Secretary of PYC Hindu Gymkhana, Mr. Sarang Lagu, Joint Secretary of PYC Hindu Gymkhana and Mr.Ashwin Trimal of Truespace, Mr.Tanmay Agashe, badminton secretary of PYC, Mr.Abhishek Tamhane, Mr.Nandan Dongre, Mr.Shirish Sathe, Mr.Amod Pradhan, Dipti Sardesai were present on the occasion.
Results: Senior Group: Final Round:
Blazing Griffins bt Hawks 5-1(Open Doubles 1: Aniket Shinde/Mihir Vinze bt Akshay Oke/Chinmay Joshi 21-07, 21-17; Open Doubles 2: Avinash Doshi/Bipin Deo bt Hemant Palande/Parag Chopada 15-21, 21-16, 15-04; Mix Doubles 1: Akash Suryavanshi/Aarushi Pande bt Varad Chitale/Radhika Ingalhalikar 21-13, 21-20; Open Doubles 3: Ishan Bhale/Nikhil Bhate lost to Anuj Mehta/Sidhant Khinvasara 10-21, 21-19, 11-15; Mix Doubles 2: Anandita Godbole/Parth Kelkar bt Abhijeet Khanvilkar/Rishika Apte 21-18, 21-13);
Other awards
Player of the Tournament (Men): Bipin Deo;
Player of the Tournament (Women): Radhika Ingalhalikar;
Best Player Gold Doubles: Nikhil Chitale and Prateek Dharmadhikari;
Best Player Silver Doubles: Abhishek Tamhane and Yash Mehendale;
Best Player Gold Mixed Doubles: Aarushi Pande and Aakash Suryavanshi;
Best Player Mixed Silver Doubles: Ishan Parekh and Anandita Godbole;
Best Player Senior Group: Avinash Doshi and Parag Chopada;
Captain’s Choice Award (Best Male): Aakash Suryavanshi;
Captain’s Choice Award (Best Female): Aarushi Pande;
Match of the Tournament: Radhika Ingalhalikar/Chinmay Joshi;
Match of the Tournament: Rajshree Bhave and Tanmay Agashe.
