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November 26, 1996 (Tourism, Culture and Recreation) The following is being distributed at the request of Sport Newfoundland and Labrador:
Jasmine Wadhwa, Sonu Wadhwa and Annand Irrinki represented Newfoundland at the Nova Scotia Badminton open in Halifax this past weekend (November 22-24), where some 100 of Atlantic Canada's top badminton players met to vie for gold in five events. Jasmine Wadhwa, St. John's, won a double crown. In the ladies singles finals Wadhwa beat out Kerry McVey of Dartmouth, 2, 5 to win gold. Wadhwa and partner Kim O'Hara of Fredericton beat Valerie Dion and Manan Pitre of Montreal 15-4, 15-11 in ladies doubles to win Wadhwa's second gold of the tournament. In mixed doubles Wadhwa and her brother Sonu Wadhwa advanced to the quarter-finals, placing them in the top eight of 41 teams. In men's doubles Annand Irrinki and partner T.J. Smith (Fredericton) advanced to the quarter-finals (top eight of 37 teams), and Sonu Wadhwa and partner Joey Scott (Annapolis Valley) made it to the 16-round. In men's singles (57 players) both Sonu Wadhwa and Irrinki advanced to the 16-round. Contact: Janice Reid-Boland, (709) 576-7606 1996 12 26 11:10 a.m.
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