Thirty six teams, including Champions Goregaon Sports Club, will be vying for top honours in the prestigious Motiram Club (for men), Ullal Cup (women)and Kanji Memorial Cup (for juniors) Inter-Club badminton tournament, to be hosted by Bombay Gymkhana in association with Indus Ind Bank, at their badminton courts from Wednesday. In fact, GSC have been top seeded straight into quarterfinals in all the three events. Other top men teams like Cricket Club of India, hosts Bombay Gymkhana and Chembur Gymkhana, too have been directly seeded into last eight.
Some of the top state players like Ajay Jairam, Kaushal Dharmamer, Nigel D’Sa, Abhindya Sawant Sushrut Karmarkar, Harsheel Dani, Shlok Ramchandran among men and Tanvi Lad, Karishma Wadkar among women,are likely to represent various clubs in the season’s opener.