Bangalore : ’Net-Flicks’, a Corporate Badminton Championship was held on 15, 16, 22 and 23of JUNE 2024, at The Majesstine Sports, HSR Layout, Bangalore. The tournament carried a prize purse of INR 5 lakhs, attracting intermediate to advanced badminton players from various corporates across the city.
Registered Players from companies include Google, Accenture, ORACLE, Amazon, KPMG, SAP, ABB, AVEVA, Autodesk, Schneider Electric, L&T Tech, Oracle, Fidelity, BOSCH Ltd, Collins, Quest, Bosch, Sapiens etc.
Sandeep Jadhav, Co-founder of Pavilion Sports, said we are thrilled about organising “Net-Flicks Corporate Badminton. The tournament format was in a‘league-cum-knock-out’ format and as per BWF Laws. We had a total of 346 entries from 39 corporates across six categories. All matches were played with Lining D8 Feather Shuttles. Every player got a LINING custom Jersey at the event. The tournament was officiated by national and state umpires. All matches were scheduled during weekends to accommodate working professionals.
This premier corporate event brought together hundreds of badminton players both men and women working in various companies for an exciting and competitive platform.
We had participation in 6 categories MS, WS, MD, WD, XD and 40+MD. RESULTS
Players Name Company Category AWARD
Darshen K ABB MS WINNER
Vivek Kumar Brigade Group MS RUNNER
Rajvi Sampat Google WS WINNER
Livia Fernandes KPMG WS RUNNER
Govardhan Shenoy&Dipanjan Das SAP MD WINNER
Arjan Singh Pal&Mihil Gupta Google MD RUNNER
Rini Tirkey&Livia Fernandes KPMG WD WINNER
Gurugubelli Navya&Shwetha Kamath SAP WD RUNNER
Govardhan Shenoy&Shwetha Kamath SAP XD WINNER
Sarthak Sethi& Shraddha Gole Google XD RUNNER
Dinakar& RAJA ORACLE 40+MD WINNER
Sudharshan Balanuja& Tejesh BOSCH 40+MD RUNNER
Overall, with 70 points BOSCH ltd were the Overall Team Champions. Closely fought by Google India at 61 points and SAP at 58 points respectively. Undoubtedly this was the biggest corporate badminton tournament by far.
Net-Flicks is supported by Ashrith Group,Hundred, BoldFit, Hangyo Ice-creams, ACT Fibrenet, andSparsh Hospitals&‘Riddle.app’.
Net-Flicks is a property of Pavilion Sports is focused on building Sports IPs for Corporate Engagement. Idea in 2024 is to take ‘Net-Flicks’ to Hyderabad, Chennai and Kochi. Our aim is to foster a spirit of sportsmanship and healthy competition among participants. The tournament promises not only thrilling matches but also an opportunity for networking within the corporate community.