DPS boys capture inter-school badminton title

Patna, August 7, 2009
Delhi Public School (DPS) proved their superiority claiming the senior boys’ team championship title of the Patna district inter-school badminton tournament at the Secretariat badminton hall here on Friday.

In the final, DPS boys routed DAV Public School, Walmi, 2-0.

DAV Public School, BSEB Colony, won the junior boys’ team event title winning all the matches in the round robin league. DPS got the second position.

Individual events also began today. Akashdeep, Nikhil Kumar, Rishabh Sinha, Shakya, Rohit Kumar, Yogendra Narain Tiwari and Abhijit Kumar moved into the boys under-10 singles (cadet) quarter-finals.

Abhijit Raj, Surya Narain Tiwari, Aditya Chandra, Prakhar Kumar, Akashdeep, Shakya, Shantanu Singh and Kunal Kumar won their respective matches in the boys’ under-13 singles.

Results:
Senior boys' team championship final: DPS beat DAV, Walmi 2-0 (Shubham beat Kundan Kumar Sinha 21-12, 24-12; Shubham and Navkesh beat Kundan Kumar Sinha and Kamal Kumar Sinha 21-10, 21-16).

Boys' U-10 cadet pre-quarter-finals: Akashdeep beat Kaushik Chowhan 30-11, Nikhil Kumar beat Divanshu 30-24, Rishabh Sinha beat Akash Pandey 30-10, Shakya beat Sanjivini Singh 30-18, Rohit Kumar beat Pratyush Pratik 30-11, Yogendra Narain Tiwari beat Mohit 30-17 and Abhijit Kumar beat Kartik 30-15.

Boys' under-13 midget singles: Abhijeet Raj beat Rohit Kumar 30-15, Surya Narain Tiwari beat Atish 30-23, Aditya Chandra beat Pulkit Aditya 30-24, Prakhar Kumar beat Aditya Kumar 30-21, Akash Deep beat Priyanshu 30-13, Shakya beat Sanjay Prakash 30-27, Shantanu Singh beat Shashank Shekhar 30-27 and Kunal Kumar Sinha beat Rishav Sinha 30-15.