Bihar make clean sweep in East Zone carrom championships in Siliguri

Patna, July 12, 2009
Bihar made a clean sweep in 9th East Zone and inter-state carrom championship in Siliguri (West Bengal). Bihar won the men’s team championship, women’s team championship and women singles titles.

According to infromatin reached here, Bihar also won second positions in the boys’ and girls’ singles in junior section.

Results
Men’s team championship: 1st place – Bihar; 2nd place - U.P; 3rd place - Bengal
Round Robin league: Bihar beat Orissa 2-1; Bihar beat Chhattishgarh 2-1; Bihar beat U.P 2-1; Bihar beat Jharkhand 2-1; Bihar lost to Bengal 1-2

Women’s team championship: 1st place – Bihar; 2nd place - U.P ; 3rd place - Bengal
Round Robin league: Bihar beat Orissa 3-0; Bihar beat Chhattishgarh 3-0; Bihar beat U.P 3-0; Bihar beat Bengal 3-0.
Women’s singles:
Quarter-finals: Kajal (Bihar) beat Gujan (U.P) 2-0; Guria Rani Singh (Bihar) beat Khusbu (Jharkhand) 2-0; Dipika (Bihar) beat Suman (U.P) 2-0; Archna (Bihar) beat Khusbu Karn (Bihar) 2-1.
Semi-finals: Kajal (Bihar) beat Archna (Bihar) 2-0; Guria (Bihar) beat Dipika (Bihar) 2-0.
Final: Guria Rani Singh (Bihar) beat Kajal (Bihar) 2-1.
Women’s singles standings:
1st place –Guria Kumari Singh (Bihar); 2nd place – Kajal Kumari (Bihar); 3rd place - Dipika Sinha(Bihar)

Men’s singles results: 1st – Md. Oves (U.P.); 2nd – Md. Farooque (Chhattisgarh)3rd – Jalaj Kr. (Bihar).
Junior boys' final: Umar Tanveer (U.P) beat Pawan (Bihar) 2-0
Results: 1st – Umar Tanveer (U.P.); 2nd – Pawan Kr.(Bihar); 3rd – Chandan Choudhary(Bengal)Junior Girls’ final: Kajal Singh (Bengal ) beat Bibha (Bihar) 2-1
Results: 1st – Kajal Singh (Bengal); 2nd – Biva Kumari (Bihar); 3rd – Neha Kuamri (Bihar)