Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Bihar State TT: Shubham, Amit in quarter-finals


Patna, December 8

Shubham, Amit Kumar, Ayush Kumar and Akshay Kumar were among eight players who booked their berths in the cadet boys’ singles quarter-finals of the RI Singh memorial Bihar State table tennis championship which got off to a flying start at the Bihar Young Men’s Institute here on Sunday.

The former National table tennis player and MLC, Sanjay Singh inaugurated the tournament in a colourful function. Patna District Table Tennis Association secretary and organising secretary, Dilip Kumar Gandhi welcomed the guests. Bihar Table Tennis Association (BTTA) secretary Mukesh Roy proposed a vote of thanks. BTTA president Dr Utpal Kant Singh presided over the function.

Results:
Cadet boys singles (pre-quarter-finals):
Amit Kumar bt Arth 11-5, 11-8, 11-7; Ayush Kumar bt S Mukherjee 11-5, 3-11, 11-7, 11-9; Akshay Kumar bt Abhishek Raj 11-4, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8; Shubham bt Gouresh Nishad 11-2, 13-11, 11-5; Gagan bt Yash Roy 11-4, 11-2, 11-4; Kundan Kumar bt SM Saquib 11-7, 11-6, 11-7; Aniket bt Mukund Kumar 11-6, 11-9, 11-6 ans Saurav Kumar bt Prakash Mihra 11-8, 11-9, 11-8.
Photo Caption: MLC Sanjay Singh (left) and BTTA president Dr Utpal Kant Singh (right across the board) trying their hands during the opening function of Bihar State table tennis championships in Patna on Sunday.
Photo: Aftab Alam

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