AITA talent series: Adamya in semi-finals

Patna, November 13, 2008
Adamya Vikrant (Bihar) outplayed Pradeep Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) 6-4, 6-2 to reach the semi-finals in the U-18 boys’ singles semi-finals of the All India Tennis Association (AITA) talent series tournament at the Patliputra Colony courts here on Wednesday.

In other quarter-final matches,Siidarth Vishwakarma (UP) drubbed Jaipratap (Bihar) 6-1, 6-4.
Other results: Boys’ Under-16 pre-quarter-finals: Adamya Vikrant (Bihar) beat Anish Anupam (Bihar) 6-3, 6-3; Rishu Raj (Bihar) beat Saurav Kumar Singh (Bihar) 6-1, 7-5; Pradeep Kumar (UP) beat Amritanjay (Bihar) 6-4, 6-0; Aditya (Bihar) beat Jaipratap (Bihar) 6-2, 6-1; Siddharth Vishwakarma (UP) beat Aman Kumar (Bihar) 6-1, 6-1; Rahul Singh (Delhi) beat Samaresh Kumar (UP) 6-2, 6-3; Ishan Priyadarshi (Bihar) beat Siddharth Venkat (Bihar) 7-6, 6-4.

Patna District TT from November 16

Patna District Table Tennis Association (PDTTA) will organize its annual championships from November 16 to 19 at Bihar Young Men Institute here.

PDTTA secretary Dilip Gandhi said men, women, boys, girls, sub-junior boys and girls and cadet boys and girls events would be held during the four-day meet. Interested players may contact tournament convenor Sanjay Bhattacharya at BYMI for entry and other details.

Lucent School, Dehradoon lose

Concept Academy (B) chalked out a thrilling one-wicket win over Lucent School (Dehradoon) in the Super 30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground on Wednesday.

In the other match, St Michael’s School steamrollered Gurukul Tutorial by seven wickets.

Brief scores: Lucent School: 91 (Suresh 18, Shivam 18, Rajiv 15, Sonu 2 for 16, Ajay 2 for 19, Pawan 2 for 36). Concept Academy: 92 for 9 (Sonu 16, Sunny 11, Rajiv 2 for 19, Ramesh 2 for 11, Yakub 2 for 6).

Bihar Atya Patya team

Rajkamal will lead a 17-member Bihar atya patya team in the 17th senior National championships to be held at Nagpur from November 14 to 16, according to Bihar Atya Patya Association president Vijay Kumar Sharma.

Team: Rajkamal (captain), Guddu (vice-captain), Kaushak Kishore, Vikash Kumar, Mukesh Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Ajadi Kumar, Chunnu Kumar, Sujit Kumar, Dharmaveer Michael and Badal Kumar. Mamager: Tarun Kumar Azad.