Seymen, Eren and NEU Dominate the U19 TRNC Badminton Championship

The Under-19 TRNC Championship organised by our federation was held on Saturday 16 March 2019. Open to athletes born between 2001 and 2003, the tournament began with an opening ceremony at 09.30 and ended with an award ceremony at 16.00. A total of 32 closely fought matches were played across 5 categories. In thrilling singles finals, Seymen G. Deniz of Near East University beat Arda Eroğlu to take the boys' title, as he had in the last six tournaments, and Eren Özuyanık, also of Near East University, beat Kezban Kaymak to win the girls' title. Sıla Hacıarif and Eren Özuyanık won the women's doubles and Cevdet Alptürk and Behçet Çıkar the men's doubles without losing a match. Seymen G. Deniz and Özgem İ. Öge won the mixed doubles, also beating all their opponents. On points, Near East University won the team title, with the University of Kyrenia second and Net Spor third. Speaking before the award ceremony, Federation President Fırat Deniz thanked all the athletes for their outstanding performance, the coaches who trained them and the referees who officiated. He also thanked the parents and fans who followed the matches from early morning to the last match, saying that every child who took part was a champion and that the real winner was Turkish Cypriot badminton.

PLACING TEAMS:

1. NEAR EAST UNIVERSITY
2. UNIVERSITY OF KYRENIA
3. NET SPOR KULÜBÜ
4. KÜLTÜR SPOR K.

Under-19 results:

MEN'S SINGLES: 1. Seymen G. Deniz, 2. Arda Eroğlu, 3. Doğu Gülakdeniz, 4. Hasan Kordal

WOMEN'S SINGLES: 1. Eren Özuyanık, 2. Kezban Kaymak, 3. Deniz Yüksekbaş, 4. Beste Aydoğan

MEN'S DOUBLES: 1. Behçet Çıkar – Cevdet Alptürk, 2. Arda Eroğlu – Hasan Kordal, 3. Doğu Gülakdeniz – Veysel Taner

WOMEN'S DOUBLES: 1. Sıla Hacıarif – Eren Özuyanık, 2. Özgem İ. Öge – Beste Aydoğan, 3. Perin Dinç – Deniz Yüksekbaş

MIXED DOUBLES:

1. SEYMEN G. DENİZ – ÖZGEM İ. ÖGE
2. KAAN DURAN – TUĞÇE NURİ
3. BURAK DAYANIKLI – BAHAR CANBULAT