On Sunday, HBA approved Rs.15 lakh per annum for the outstanding badminton players of Haryana who will participate in the international tournaments in the coming years. The decision was taken to encourage and support the talented shuttlers of the state so that more medals at National & World level tournaments can be expected.
As many as 21 shuttlers from Haryana region, who won medals in national championships held at Bhubaneshwar and Rajahmundry, were also honoured with cash prizes by HBA in Panchkula. Two coaches, Pravesh and Rohit Madan were also honoured with the amount of Rs.5000 each.
President of HBA Mr. Devender Singh handed over the cash prizes and felicitated the victorious shuttlers. General Secretary, Badminton Association of India and General Secretary of HBA Mr. Ajay Singhania was also present during the program.
The players felicitated in the function include Anupama Upadhyay, Devika Sihag, Ridhi Kaur Toor, Gagan, Manav, Omkaran Sharma, Mayank Rana, Rijul Saini, Sunny Nehra, Muskan Sangwan (all from Panchkula), Ravi, Sakshi(From Sonepat), Mohit Gauri, Kartik Jindal (from Sirsa), Kush Chugh, Abhin, Tanvi Thakur(From Faridabad), Bharat (Gurugram), Surinder Kumar and Varinder Singh (veteran category).