SportsPosted at: Sep 19 2026 9:46PM


Assam walks away with lion's share of honours at North East Zone Badminton Championship

Shillong, Sep 19 (UNI) Assam swept the team titles at the Yonex-Sunrise North East Zone Inter-State Badminton Championship 2026, with their senior men's and women's squads also clinching qualification spots for the 2027 National Games in Meghalaya.
Assam won five of the individual championship finals, with Mizoram and Manipur taking two each and Arunachal Pradesh one.
On Thursday, Assam had won all of the team championship titles in men's, women's, U-19 boys' and U-19 girls'.
The four-day regional event was organised by the Meghalaya State Badminton Association (MSBA) with support of the Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs under the aegis of the BadmintonAssociation of India.
Fast movement around the court, finesse, power and lightning reflexes were all on display over the course of the four days and no more so than in Saturday's finals.
The four-day tournament, which brought together more than 270 shuttlers and officials from the eight regional states, was a challenge of logistics that the MSBA with the support of the government pulled off successfully.
The day started with the U-19 girls' singles final where Gargi Saikia breezed past her Assam teammate Noimikha Saikhia 15-3, 15-9. Similarly, the boys' singles final was also between two Assam shuttlers and here Prangan Choudhury defeated Arnav Protim Borgohain 15-9, 15-10.
The other U-19 finals were won by shuttlers from other states. The boys' doubles was won by Manku Taku and Gyurmey Tseten in Arunachal Pradesh's lone gold medal performance.
Taku and Tseten defeated Mizoram's Malsawmhlua and Vanlalhruaia Sailo in a lively match that ended 15-7, 10-15, 16-14. The passionate cheers of both sides' teammates in the gallery filled the indoor stadium and provided a fantastic atmosphere.
The girls' doubles was also fiercely contested and here Mizoram's Lalrinhlui Hmar and Zoramthari Renthlei prevailed 15-13, 13-15, 15-8 over Assam's Avikaa Borgohain and Bhavishya Changmai.
The mixed doubles final saw Vanlalpekhlua and Lalrinhlui Hmar take victory in straight games 16-14, 15-11 against Manipur's Truman Kalo and Konsam Gunjan.
In the senior events, M Hemam and P Konjengbam of Manipur were mixed doubles winners over Assam's Swarnaraj Bora and Bhavishya Changmai 15-10, 12-15, 15-8.
The women's singles gold was bagged by Avikaa Borgohain of Assam 15-11, 9-15, 15-12 over Lalrinkimi of Mizoram.
The men's singles involved two shuttlers from Assam, with Himanish Das beating Orijit Chaliha from a game down 15-17, 15-9, 15-12.
That left the women's and men's doubles. Manipur were victorious in the former as the pair of M Kshetrimayum and SM Devi defeated Bhavishya Changmai and Gargi Saikia 15-10, 15-8.
The last contest was the men's doubles and, fittingly, it was a highly competitive three-game match.
T Boruah and N Choudhury of Assam took the first game 15-11 only for Arunachal's Choidrup Lobsang and Samuel Tamang to win the second by the same scoreline.
The deciding third game saw the Assam duo exert total control and they won it 15-7.
Meghalaya's Director General of Police, Idashisha Nongrang IPS, who was thrilled by the last match of the day, the men's doubles final, congratulated all medallists and commiserated with those who missed out.
“Badminton is the domain of the youth as it requires so much speed and stamina. It is very encouraging to see so many talented players coming out of the North East," she added.
The prize distribution ceremony followed, with all the podium finishers receiving their medals, including shuttlers from Meghalaya.
The host team ended with four bronze medals that were secured yesterday.
They are Elsarica Umdor (women's singles), Netania T Tariang (girls' singles), Netania and Gavin Kharbuki (U-19 mixed doubles) and Gitchiak Bregim A Sangma and Sonnal Joshi (senior mixed doubles).
This was a fitting reward for the hard work that they have put in over the past months in training for this event as well as with an eye on next year's 39th National Games, which Meghalaya will host.
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