Manama : T he Indian School Bahrain (ISB) has won gold medal in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) National Badminton Championship held on October 28. Sanjay Jaimy, a class XII student of the Indian School won Under 19 Badminton Singes Championship which was conducte
Manama : The Indian School Bahrain (ISB) has won gold medal in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) National Badminton Championship held on October 28.
Sanjay Jaimy, a class XII student of the Indian School won Under 19 Badminton Singes Championship which was conducted by Sagar School in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
In the final held on October 28, Jaimy who represents Gulf Zone defeated Mihir Rathia from West Zone in straight game with score 15-11 and 15-7. This is the first time that a student from the Gulf countries which consists of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE wins gold in Under 19 Badminton Boys singles category.
The Indian School also won silver in Mixed Doubles and team events in Under 17 Boys Badminton category in the National Championship. The Indian School had won bronze and silver for the last two years.
Indian School Chairman Prince S Natarajan, Secretary Dr Shemily P John and Principal V.R Palaniswamy congratulated the winner and coach for their exemplary performance in the game and underlined that the ISB is committed to achieve more gold in the game in future.
Sanjay was a member of ISB Badminton team which won bronze CBSE National team championships in 2016.
