Badminton Canada mourns the passing of Avish Makol July 17, 2009 On behalf of Badminton Canada, Peter Golding, President of Badminton Canada would like to express his dearest sympathy to the family of Avish Makol. The life of Avish Makol was tragically cut short at the age of 19 in a motorcycle crash. Avish was a successful and passionate junior player that trained out of the Glencoe Club in Alberta prior to his moving to India. The young athlete passed away recently while riding his motorcycle in India. Avish has a large circle of badminton friends coast to coast. Avish Makol was a fine player but also a very fine person. He was voted the Male Under-19 athlete of the year in 2008, prior to returning to his home in India. http://www.badminton.ca/news_item.aspx?id=24529
OMG. talk about just checking badmintoncentral before sleeping and coming upon bad news! I'm very sorry fr Avish (RIP) and his family, and badminton players across canada will certainly be amoung the many mourning his tragic death. Avish was definitely one of the most promising junior players in canada
Hmm , really tragic. Feel sorry for his parents , they must have been proud of his achievements. It is very unofortunate!
Avish Makol will be remembered by all. Freakish coincidence that i recently bought a motorcycle. God bless us all.
avish was a good friend and a great badminton player, he will be greatly missed, i miss you buddy. my wishes go out to his family and all his friends.
I can't believe it. I use to play with Avish at LC before he started training At Gencoe. I feel sorry for his parents.