Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to inaugurate National sub-junior kabaddi championships on October 1

Patna, September 26, 2009:
Preparations are on full swing at the Moinul Haq Stadium here for the 21st National sub-junior kabaddi championships to be held from October 1 to 3.

Four courts are being prepared in the ground. An office of the organizing committee has also been opened today at the New Pavilion of the stadium.

Organising Committee chairman cum principal secretary, Human Resource Department, Anjani Kumar Singh said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar would inaugurate the tournament. Labour Resource Minister, Awadhesh Narain Singh and Art, Culture and Youth Affairs Minister, Renu Devi would be the special guests at the opening function. Janardan Singh Gehlot, president Asian Kabaddi Federation and Amateur Kabaddi Federation India would preside over the function.

Bihar Governor Debanand Konwar would distribute the prizes at the closing function on October 3. Patna MP, Shatrughan Sinha would preside over the function, Singh added.

2nd Bihar State Major Ranking TT from October 10

Patna, September 26, 2009:
Second Bihar State Major Ranking table tennis championships will be held at Bihar Young Men’s Institute here from October 10 to 13.

Bihar Table Tennis Association (BTTA) secretary Mukesh Roy said all the districts and institutions affiliated to BTTA would take part in the four-day meet.

International umpire NK Rastogi and international player Sanjeev Shankar would conduct the event. Singles and doubles events in men, women, boys, girls and cadet sections would organized in the tournament, Roy added.

BTTA secretary said that entries duly forwarded by respective district associations or institutions could be submitted to NK Rastogi or Sanjeev Shankar at BYMI, Patna by October 8, 2009.

Bihar Open Wrestling: Buxar boy Anand wins gold in 55-kg free-style

Patna, September 25, 2009:
Anand Yadav of Buxar won the free-style title in the 55-kg section of the 54th Bihar State Senior Open wrestling championships at the BMP-5 arena here on Thursday.

In the same weight group, Rohit of Kaimur won the Greco-Roman title.
Abhay Singh, MLA, distributed the prizes.

Results: 55 kg free style: Anand Yadav (1) and Sanjay (Kaimur, II).
55-kg Greco- Roman: Rohit (Kaimur, I) and Madan Lal Yadav (Buxar, II).
66-kg free style: Satyendra Kumar (Bihar Police I) and Ramashish Yadav (Siwan, II).
66-kg Greco- Roman: Santosh Kumar Yadav (Kaimur, I) and Deepu Yadav (Patna, II).
74-kg free style: Mukesh Kumar (Patna I) and Bahadur Yadav (Police, II).
74-kg Greco- Roman: Dhanvir Chowhan (Rohtas, I) and Ripunjay Yadav (Bettiah, II).
84-kg free style: Lala Bahadur (Bihar Police I) and Kaushal Nut (Patna, II).

Photo caption: Medal winners of Bihar State Open wrestling championships display their medals and certificates in Patna on September 24, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Vijay Prakash elected Bihar chess president

Patna, September 24, 2009:
Vijay Prakash and Arvinda Kumar Sinha have been elected president and secretary respectively of the All Bihar Chess Association (ABCA) in a meeting of the association held here on Wednesday.

Former president Sanjeev Kumar has been named patron of the association.

New body: Sanjeev Kumar (patron), Vijay Prakash (president), Sanjay Kumar, Krishna Chandra and Viplav Randhir (all vice-presidents), Arvinda Kumar Sinha (secretary), Manoj Kumar Verma (treasurer), Sanjeev Kumar, Abhay Ranjan, Rakesh Ranjan, Deepak Kumar and Sameer Kumar (all joint secretaries), Md Ziauddin, Sanjay Kumar, Praveen Kumar, Md Saifullah Fahim, Alok Kumar Sinha (all members), Dharmendra Kumar, Dilip Bhagat and Ved Prakash Sinha (all technical committee members).

Delhi clinch Federation Cup throwball

Throwball Association of Bihar (TAB) has sent several pictures of the Federation Cup throwball championships held in New Delhi from August 28 to 30.

Delhi men and women teams emerged champions in both the sections.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit inaugurated the tournament. The organizing committee felicitated Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Arjuna Award winner wrestler turn coach Guru Satpal on the occasion.

Source: Throwball Association of Bihar

Sescretary: Neeraj Kumar Pappu

Phone No: 919431421908

Aditya claims Bihar U-19 squash title

Patna, September 20, 2009
Aditya Raj won the Bihar state boys’ under-19 squash title outplaying Ranvijay 11-5, 11-3 in a one-sided final at the Bankipore Club here on Sunday.

Shresth Bhargav got the third position in the same group.

Jyoti Singh clinched the girls’ under-19 title beating Aisha 11-5, 11-6, 12-10 in a three-set thriller.
SM Shaquib claimed the boys’ under-15 title defeating Shivamkant 11-5, 5-11, 11-5 in the final. Gaurav Agrawal earned the third place in the same group.

Rajesh Bhushan, secretary, PRD, Bihar, distributed the prizes. Anil Sulabh, chief-patron, All Bihar State Squash Racket Association, proposed a vote of thanks.

Earlier on Saturday, Adarsh, Rahul, SM Shaquib, Gaurav and Samsul entered the thirdround winning their respective matches easily in the boys’ under-15 section.

In the girls’ under-19, Soni defeated Abhipriya 11-3, 11-4, 11-1 and Jyoti recorded victory over Annu 11-3, 11-1, 11-2. Aditya, Sanjeev, Vishal and Ravi won their matches in the boys’ under-19 group.

Photo caption: Aisha in action during U-19 girls' singles final of the Bihar state junior squash championships in Patna on September 20, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Sub-committees formed to conduct National sub-junior kabaddi championships in Patna

Patna, September 14, 2009
Bihar State Kabaddi Association (BSKA) constituted different sub-committees for the smooth conduct of the 21st sub-junior National kabaddi championship to be held at Moinul Haq Stadium here from October 1 to 4.

Anjani Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary, HRD, Government of Bihar, and president of the organising committee said that all the affiliated units of the Armature Kabaddi Federation (AKFI) had confirmed their participations in the four-day meet. About 1000 boys and girls would take part in the championships, he added.

Sub-committees (with chairman first and convenor second respectively):
Media sub-committee: Pradeep Modak and Arun Kumar Singh.
Security sub-committee: Ashok Kumar Singh and Jagat Narain Choudhary.
Reception sub-committee: Prof Uttam Kumar Singh and Rajeev Kumar Singh.
Medical sub-committee: Dr Shanti SB Singh and Dr Gyanendra Singh.
Ground sub-committee: Vishal Rai and Jagarnath Singh Yadav.
Aaccommodation sub-committee: DN Singh and Anand Shankar Tiwari.
Food sub-committee: SP Singh and Awadesh Kumar Singh.
Transportation sub-committee: Arvind Kumar Singh and Shivshankar Prasad Singh.
Technical sub-committee: Suresh Prasad Singh and Rana Ranjit Singh.
Cultural sub-committee: Vibha Sinha and Mukesh Kumar.
Referees board: RN Singh and Kanahaiya Tanti.

Sandhya wins Patna carrom title

Patna, September 13, 2009
Sandhya Sinha won the women’s singles title of the Patna district carrom championships defeating Dipika Sinha 23-5, 23-20 in the final at the NABARD Recreation Club hallhere on Sunday.

Alakh Kishore clinched the junior boys’ singles title beating Nitesh Ranjan 23-4, 23-18 in the final. Ramashish Prasad Singh, secretary, Bihar Volleyball Association, distributed the prizes. Dr Sanjay Srivastav, secretary, Patna District Carrom Association, welcomed the guests.

Bihar team for Sr. National swimming announced

Patna, September 11, 2009:
A nine-member Bihar team will participate in the senior National swimming championships to be held in Thiruvananthapuram from October 5, according to Ram Bilas Pandey, secretary, Bihar Swimming Association.

Team:
Men: KK Jha, Rahul Mishra, Chandan Kumar, Dinesh Kumar and Vinay Singh. Manager: Upendra Kumar. Technical Official: MK Sinha.
Women: Baby Kumari, Sudha Kumari, Shanti Kumari and Urvija Kirti. Manager: Shashi Bala. Coach: Kumud Verma.

Vikesh wins Magadh University chess title

Patna, September 11, 2009:
Vikesh Nandan of BS College, Danapur, won the Magadh University (MU) inter-college chess championship title at the TPS College hall here on Friday.

Sindhu Shekhar of AN College, Patna, got the second position. Vijay Kumar of TPS College earned the third spot while Karmaveer Jagat (JNL College, Khagaul) achieved the fourth place.

Dr Baban Singh, principal, TPS College gave away the prizes. Dr Akhileshwar Prasad Sharma, SS Prasad, Dr KK Verma and Dr Gopal Prasad, ward councilor were present at the closing function. Arun Kumar proposed a vote of thanks.
Standings:
1. Vikesh Nandan (BS College, Danapur);
2. Sindhu Shekhar (AN College, Patna);
3. Vijay Kumar (TPS College);
4. Karmveer (Jagat Narain Lall College, Khagaul);
5. Kumar Gaurav (Gaya College, Gaya);
6. Raghunandan Kumar (Jagat Narain Lall College, Khagaul);
7. Sameer Anand (AN College, Patna);
8. Manish Kumar (SS College, Aurangabad);
9. Rakesh Kumar (College of Commerce, Patna);
10. Avinash Gautam (TPS College);
11. Ritu Raj (Ram Lakhan Singh College, Bakhtiyarpur);
12. Ram Krishna Kumar (TPS College);
13. Bablu Kumar (TPS College);
14. Vikas Kumar (Gaya College, Gaya).

BTTA mourns the death of TTFI general secretary Mool Chand Chauhan

Patna, September 11, 2009:
Bihar Table Tennis Association (BTTA) expressed deep grief at the demise of Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) secretary general Mool Chand Chauhan, who died at Jaipur in early hours on Friday after prolonged illness.

Chauhan (83) who was suffering from Caneer breathed is last at S.K.Soni Hospital at Jaipur. He is survived by his three daughters.

In a joint statement, BTTA president Sanjay Singh (MLC), and BTTA secretary Mukesh Roy said that in the death of Chauhan, India has lost a seasoned sports administrator and organizer, who served different sports bodies for over 40 years. “It's a great loss to Indian table tennis”, they said.

BTTA members convened a meeting at Bihar Young Men’s Institute to express their shock and pay tributes to departed soul. Mahadev Prasad Yadav, KM Sinha, Amitabh Sinha, Prem Kumar Singh, Rajiv Ratan Singh, Arvind Kumar Singh, Papiya D Gandhi, Neeta Roy, Ashim Chakraborty, Rahul Das and Chulbul Das were among others who attended the meeting.

8 players share lead in Magadh University Inter-College chess tournament

Patna, September 10, 2009:
Eight players shared the lead at the end of second round play with two points each in the Magadh University (MU) inter-college chess tournament at the TPS College hall here on Thursday.

Vijay Kumar (TPS College, Patna), Vikesh Nandan (BS College, Danapur), Sindhu Shekhar (AN College, Patna) and Rakesh Kumar (College of Commerce, Patna) were among the leading players, who won their first two round matches easily.

Forty-one players from 11 colleges of the Magadh University have been taking part in the tournament for selecting a six-member MU team for the All-India Inter-University chess tournament.

Dr Baban Singh, principal, TPS College inaugurated the tournament. Dr RK Mishra, organising secretary welcomed the guests while Dr Arun Kumar proposed a vote of thanks.

Photo caption: Dr Baban Singh, principal, TPS College inaugurates the MU Inter-College chess tournament in Patna on September 10, 2009.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Throwball selection trials on September 13

Patna, September 10, 2009:
Throwball Association of Bihar will organize a coaching-cum-selection camp for Bihar girls team at the Bankipore Girls High School here on September 13.

Niraj Kumar ‘Pappu’, secretary, Throwball Association of Bihar said that Bihar team would take part in the 16th sub-junior National throwball championship to be held in Goa from October 25.

71 teams seek entries for Sukhdeo cricket

Patna, September 8, 2009:
As many as 71 teams from Delhi, UP, Maharashtra, Chennai, MP, WB,Jharkhand, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir sought their entries in the 25thAll-India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournamentto be held here in October.

Bijoy Kumar Narain Chunnu, organising secretary, said Modern Public School (Delhi) Goodwill Public School (J and K), Sports Hostel (Gorakhpur), Divine Public School (Gorakhpur), St Andrew’s (Uttarakhand), St Joseph’s Academy (Jharkhand), Modern Public School (Mumbai), Kendriya Vidyalaya (Chennai), DAV School (Haryana), Yadavpur High School (Kolkata), MGN School (Bhuvaneshwar) and hosts of schools from all parts of Bihar and had sent their entries for the tournament.

The entries would be finalized in a meeting of the tournament committee to be held on September 12.

Choudhary-Moin wins Open pair bridge title

Patna, September 7, 2009:
The pair of DK Choudhary and SM Moin won the Madan Mohan Prasad memorial open pair bridge title with 256 points to their credit at the Mahalekhakar Bhawan here.

The combination of VNP Sah and SK Sinha with 235 points got the second position. The pair of SP Sinha and J Kumar with 232 points bagged the third spot while the duo of R Kumar and Ravindra Kumar with 231 points grabbed fourth position.

Earlier, IDS Dhariwal, Accountant General (Bihar) inaugurated the tournament. Pravin Kumar, Senior Deputy Accountant General, welcomed the guests. Arun Kumar Singh, Chief Accountant General, Bihar, distributed the prizes.

Photo caption: IDS Dhariwal, Accountant General (Bihar) inaugurating Madan Mohan Prasad memorial open pair bridge tournament at Mahalekhakar Bhawan Hall in Patna on September 7, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Bihar U-17 chess to be held in Chapra

Patna, September 7, 2009:
Bihar State under-17 chess championship (boys and girls) will be held at Chapra from September 13, according to Arvind Kumar Sinha, secretary, All Bihar Chess Association.

Top two finishers each in boys and girls sections would represent Bihar in the 20th national under-17 chess championship to be held at Chakardharpur (Jharkhand) from October 6, he added.

Munger to host Inter-district women soccer for Swaminandan Cup from November 1

Patna, September 7, 2009:
The 7th Dr Swaminandan Cup inter-district women’s football championships will be held at Munger from November 1, according to Syed Ejaz Husain, secretary, Bihar Football Association.

West Champaran, Samastipur, Muzaffarpur, East Central Railway, Hajipur, Begusarai,Patna, Khagaria, Lakhisarai, Saran, Nalanda, Purnia, East Champaran and hosts Munger had so far confirmed their participation, he added.

Kumar Gurav wins Bihar U-19 chess title

Patna, September 8, 2009:
Kumar Gaurav (Muzaffarpur) won the Bihar State U-19 chess championships title with 6.5 points to his credit after the end of seventh and final round play in Muzaffarpur on Monday.

Nilesh Shankar of Patna bagged the second position with 5.5 points. There were four-way tie for the second spot as Nilesh Shankar, Rupesh Ranjan, Sindhu Shekhar and Minazul Haq collected 5.5 points at the end of final round play. Progressive scores were taken into account and Nilesh Shankar got the second spot with better progressive point. Rupesh Ranjan, Sindhu Shekhar and Minazul Haq claimed the third, fourth and fifth positions respectively.

In the girls’ section, Preyashi Raj of Muzaffarpur won the title.

Bihar U-19 chess: Three players share lead

Patna, September 7, 2009:
Three players Kumar Gaurav (Muzaffarpur), Vijay Kumar (Bhojpur) and Minazul Haq (Saran) shared the lead with 4.5 points each at the end of fifth round play of the Shiv Chnadra Ojha memorial Bihar State under-19 chess championships in Muzaffarpur on Sunday.

Playing with black, Kumar Gaurav outplayed Nilesh Ranjan of Patna in 56 moves. With this defeat, Nilesh, who was on the top of the table with four points in as many rounds, moved to joint second position with Saurav Anand (Purnia), Saurav Kumar (Muzaffarpur), Vivek Rohan Sharma (Muzaffarpur) and Sujit Kumar (Begusarai).

In women section, Surabhi and Preyashi Raj (both Muzaffarpur) were leading the table with three points each after the end of third round.

World Archery: India out of medal bracket

Kolkata, September 7, 2009:
India’s last hope of picking up a medal in the 45th World archery championship was shattered as China handed India a crushing 221-216 defeat in the quarterfinals of the men’s recurve team event at Ulsan (South Korea) on Monday.

The third-ranked Indian trio of Rahul Banerjee, Mangal Singh Champia and Jayanta Talukdar, won the pre-quarterfinals against 11th ranked Malaysia at 217-207. But the sixth-seeded China proved to be a difficult customer. China won the contest 221-216.

China's victory proved in vain as they lost to second-seeded France in the semifinals. China will play Japan, the other losing semifinalists, in the bronze medal play-off. The gold medal will be contested by world champion Korea and France on Tuesday.

Source: Indian Archery Association press release

World Archery: Mangal Singh loses in quarterfinals

Kolkata, September 6, 2009:

In another disappointing day at the 45th World archery championship, Mangal Singh Champia raised the hope of a medal but fell in the quarterfinals of the individual recurve event to second seed Lee Chang-Hwan of Korea, 111-114.

The rest of the Indians in this category failed to move past the third round.

According to information reached here, only Rahul Banerjee could reach the third round where he came a cropper against top seed Oh Jin Hyek of Korea, 109-112. Jayanta Talukdar went out in the second round to Yavor Vasilov Hristov of Bulgaria, 108-111.

The senior most archer Dola Banerjee lost to Khatuna Lorig of the U.S. 99-105 and Rimil Buriuly fell to Miki Kanie of Japan 105-108, both in the second round. Pratima Boro and Anneli Preimann of Estonia tied 104-104 at the end of 12-arrow contest. In the one-arrow shoot-off, Anneli won 9-8.

Srither stumbles in pre-quarterfinals

Kolkata: September 5, 2009

National compound men’s champion Chinna Raju Srither lost to top seed Reu Wilde of U.S. at 113-116 in the pre-quarterfinals of the 45th World archery championship at Ulsan in South Korea on Saturday.

According to information reached here, Srither won three rounds with ease. Other two men’s entries, Chungda Sherpa and Kh. Ratan Singh lost in the second round to higher ranked opponents. Sherpa fell to seventh seed Dejan Sitar of Slovakia at 112-116 and Singh was beaten by 29th ranked Dietmar Trillus of Canada at 112-117.

The three Indian women did even worse. Jhano Hansdah lost to much lower ranked Susanna Makkonen of Finland 105-110, Manjudha Soy was beaten by Dorith Landesfeind of Germany in tie-breaker 103 (9) – 103 (10) and S. Jayalakshmi was outplayed by Fatima Agudo of Spain 101-109, all in the first round.

Source: Press release from Indian Archery Association

World archery: Indian recurve men finish 3rd overall

Kolkata, September 4, 2009:

Indian recurve archers began their campaign in a stunning fashion finishing the team qualification round with a third place finish as Koreans set three world records on the third day of the 45th World archery championship at the Ulsan International Archery Field on Friday.

According to information reached here, the Indian trio of Mangal Singh Champia, Jayanta Talukdar and Rahul Banerjee cobbled together a total of 4006 points to finish behind Korea (4122) and France (4026).

The Korean team’s total of 4122 is the new world record surpassing the earlier record of 4074 also set by Korea in 2003.

Individually, Champia ended seventh overall with a total of 1345. Talukdar was 13th with 1340 and Banerjee was 32nd with 1321 in a field consisted of 115 archers.

Top Korean archer Oh Jin Hyek set two more records on a dramatic day when a lot of big names found the going tough. His individual total of 1386 was better than 1379 set by his compatriot Oh Kyo-Moon in 2000. Jin Hyek also set the record in 90m distance with a total of 342 as against previous best of 337.

Defending world champion Im Dong-Hyun of Korea ended a poor fourth with 1365 and Olympic champion Viktor Ruban of Ukraine was even further at 11th with 1341. Olympic silver medallist Park Kyung Mo failed to make it and bronze medallist Bair Badenov of Russia was placed 12th.

In a field of 16 top teams, India would be seeded third thus they would avoid playing Korea before the final. If form played true, India and second seed France were expected to meet in the semifinals.

In the run-up to the world championship, the same three-member Indian men’s team won two gold and a silver medal in the first three World Cup meets. The trio also gave India the Asian championship team gold medal in 2007 after a gap of 18 years.
Source: Indian Archery Association press release

World archery: Indian recurve women disappoint

Kolkata, September 3, 2009:
Indian archery received another jolt when its recurve women failed to qualify for the team championship of the 45th World archery championship at Ulsan (South Korea) on Thursday.

According to information reached here, the three Indian entries, Rimil Buriuly, Dola Banerjee and Pratima Boro, failed to withstand the big stage pressure and finished at 25th, 41st and 71st places respectively in the individual ranking. Rimil scored 1312 points over four distances – 70m, 60, 50 and 30m. Dola scored 1299 and Pratima managed 1257 points. The trio’s total of 3868 points gave India only 18th place in the qualifying round. Only top 16 teams make it the championship round.

World champion Korea occupied all the top three positions through Ye Ji Kwak (1364), Ok-Hee Yun (1363) and Hyun-Jung Joo (1357) and as a team Korea stood first with 4084 points. China followed second with 3980 and Chinese Taipei was third with 3978.

Defending champion Natalia Valeeva of Italy ended 19th with 1319.

Source: Indian Archery Association press release

World archery: Indians begin on a disastrous note

Kolkata, September 2, 2009:
Indian compound archers, nowhere near the world standard, found the going tough in the 45th world archery championship at Ulsan (South Korea) on Wednesday.

According to information received here, Indian men and women teams failed to qualify for the championship round and individual National champion Chinna Raju Srither was the best placed Indian at the 48th place in a field of 111. He scored 1359 points. Jhano Hansdah was the best among Indian women occupying 51st place in a field of 83. Jhano scored 1325 points.

Chungda Sherpa ended 58th with 1356 and Khuraijam Ratan Singh was 93rd with 1332. India’s total of 4047 points earned them the 21st place out of 29 teams. Only top 16 teams make it to the knockout stage. Each archer shot 36 arrows over four distances – 90m, 70, 50 and 30m – for a total of 144 arrows.

Manjudha Soy scored 1313 to take the 62nd place and youngest Indian Sarikonda Jayalakshmi was 83rd and last with a total of 1253. Women compete over four-distance FITA round of 70m 60, 50 and 30m. As a team India finished 21st with 3891 points in a field of 21.

Source: Indian Archery Association press release

Sports Ministry grants Rs 110 crore to Kerala for 35th National Games

New Delhi, September 1, 2009:
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports has approved grant of Rs. 110 crore to the Government of Kerala for the conduct of 35th National Games. The grant sanctioned by the ministry would be utilized to upgrade the existing sports infrastructure, laying and development of playing surfaces and procurement of sports equipments, conduct of National Games including opening and closing ceremonies.

The games would be the last major domestic event before Commonwealth Games, 2010 and will be a curtain raiser to CWG 2010 and it will be the basis of selecting the national teams that will represent the country at CWG 2010.

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has allotted 35th National Games to Kerala, which are scheduled to be held in May 2010. Government of Kerala has initially requested the Government of India for central assistance, at least 50 per cent of the total projected requirement of about Rs. 600 crore for creation of sports infrastructure and conduct of 35th National Games 2010.

In the course of meetings with Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports and officers of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of Kerala was advised to keep Greenfield projects to a bare minimum, especially in view of the limited time of available before the Games.

In May 2009, a Central team, led by Joint Secretary (Sports), Department of Sports and consisting of representatives from Planning Commission, Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Indian Olympic Association (IOA), visited Kerala to evaluate the proposal for conduct of 35th National Games to be held in May 2010.

Based on interactions with the Central Team, the Government of Kerala submitted a revised proposal of Rs 220 crore. The Central Team recommended that since it may not be possible for the State Government to bear the entire cost of Rs 220 crore from its own resources because of resource constraint, Planning Commission may consider Additional Central Allocation (ACA) of Rs. 110 crore (50 per cent) of the project cost to Kerala for hosting 35th National Games.

Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports also took up the matter with Prime Minister and Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission for giving a grant of Rs. 110 crore to Kerala.

Source: Press release from Union Sports Ministry

National Dope Testing Laboratory signs contract with IDTM, Sweden

New Delhi, September 2, 2009:
The National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) has signed a contract with the International Doping Test and Management (IDTM) Stockholm, Sweden, a state of art service provider of doping control management. IDTM is an independent body to supply sports organizations with an independent global doping control services in order to promise drug free sports and fair competition. The contract with ITDM is signed to carry out testing of 300 samples in a year.

The organizers of 11th South Asian Games -2010 being held in Dhaka have also approached NDTL to carry out testing of 300 samples during the games from January 29 to February 9, 2010. The tariff details have been sent to them. Iran NADO Secretary General has also requested for the tariff of testing to sign a contract with NDTL for testing of samples. Apart from these, the NDTL is receiving queries from the various International agencies for testing of samples viz Nepal, Kuwait, Doha, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

The lab has done International testing for 242 samples for various International games after obtaining World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) accreditation. Apart from receiving competition samples for the International events being held in India, lab has also received samples from Muscat, and Pakistan for out of competition testing.

The Government of India is fully committed to provide its support to NDTL thereby making it fully focused to have short term, mid term and long-term goals to further achieve excellence in the field. The short-term goal is to enhance its sample testing capability from the existing 2000 samples in a year to 3000 samples in 2009 and to 5000 samples in 2010. It also aims to set up the new test methods for human growth hormone, blood parameters and Erythropoietin prior to June 2010. Its mid term goal is to provide quality testing services at competitive rates for the International samples.

With full focus on these short term and mid term goals and after successfully completing the testing for the Commonwealth Games 2010, NDTL will move towards long term goals to diversify in research areas in collaboration with various national and international institutes.

The NDTL at Delhi, which got accreditation by WADA in September 2008, has been shifted to the new premises since May this year. The new building of the NDTL is equipped with all modern amenities and latest state-of-art equipment. It is operational in new building after getting verification audit by National accreditation board of Testing and Calibration laboratories (NABL) in June.
Source: Union Sports Ministry press release

Montfort TT: Piyush Gandhi bags singles title

Patna, August 30, 2009:
Delhi Public School dominated the concluding day of the 10th Montfort memorial table tennis tournament winning most of the titles at stake at Loyola School hall here on Sunday. In the senior boys’ singles event Piyush D Gandhi of DPS defeated Abhishek Kumar of Loyola High School 11-8, 11-6 and 11-9.

In senior girls’ singles event, Mandira Roy of DPS, Patna defeated her schoolmate Varsha Bhagyashree 11-5, 11-7.
Earlier on Saturday, Delhi Public School won the senior boys’ and girls’ team championship titles. St Michael’s High School, Patna ended their dry run in the tournament claiming the junior girls singles title. Surabhi (St Michael’s High School) defeated her own school’s Asmit Ravi by 11-6, 11-4.

Tanishka of Ishan International School, Patna and Prince R K Nanda of Mother’s International Academy, Patna, were declared the most promising players of the tournament. Later, chief guest, Vijay Shankar Mishra, former MLC, and former president of Bihar Table Tennis Association (BTTA), guest of honour Manoj Kumar, Deputy Manager, SBI, Rajendra Nagar Branch, and secretary, BTTA, Mukesh Roy, distributed trophies and certificates to the winners and runners-up at a colourful function.

Results:
Most promising players: Tanishka, Ishan International School, Patna, Prince R K Nanda, Mother’s International Academy, Patna.
Singles Championship: Senior girls: Winner: Mandira Roy, DPS, Patna, runner-up: Varsha Bagyashree, DPS, Patna.
Senior boys: Winner: Piyush D Gandhi, DPS, Patna, runner-up: Abhishek Kumar, LHS, Patna.
Junior girls: Winner: Surabhi, St Michael’s High School, Patna, runner-up: Asmita Ravi, St Michael’s High School, Patna.
Junior boys: Winner: Gangan Nir, Loyola, Patna, runner-up: Aniket,Loyola, Patna.
Team championship: Senior girls: Notre Dame Academy, Patna. Senior boys: St Xavier’s School, Patna.
Junior boys: St Xavier’s School, Patna,
Junior girls: St Karen’s High School, Danapur, Patna.

Nimish to lead Bihar badminton team

Patna, August 30, 2009:

Nimish Kumar Singh of Patna will lead the 14-member Bihar team in the East Zone inter-state badminton championships to be held at Haldwani from September 12, according to KN Jaiswal, secretary, Bihar Badminton Association.

Team: Nimish Kumar Singh, Aman Ranjan, Ajay Kumar, Sarfraz Alam,Shafaque Nawab, Pramod Kumar, Alka Kumari, Archana Kumari, Akanksha Kumari, Amarita Thakur, Sunil Kumar, Rajesh Kumar and Gaurav Siddharth. Manager: Sanjeev Mohan Prasad. Coach: Malay Chatterjee.

Sandeep is new Bihar badminton champion

Patna, August 30, 2009
Kumar Sandeep is new badminton champion of Bihar. In the men’s singles final at Secretariat Badminton Hall here on Sunday, Sandeep tamed promising Aman Ranjan of Patna
21-15, 21-19 to win the coveted crown.

Aman, however, amended his performance, winning a grand double in the winning junior boys’ singles and doubles titles. Aman Ranjan beat Sudhir Kumar Singh 21-18, 21-6 for the junior boys’ title while pairing with Rajesh Kumar he outplayed the combination of Divesh Kumar and Satish Kumar 14-21, 21-15 and 21-17.

Alka Kumari of Bhagalpur retained the Bihar women’s singles title defeating Akanksha Kumari of Muzaffarpur 21-6, 21-9 in the final.Neeraj Kumar of Patna won a grand treble in the veterans’ group winning the singles and doubles titles.

Navin Kumar, Development Commissioner, Bihar, who was the chief guest at the closing function, gave away the prizes. Badri Kumar Rastogi, secretary, Patna District Badminton Association (PDBA), welcomed the guests and Balram Prasad, advisor, PDBA, proposed a vote of thanks.
Deepak Kumar, Principal Secretary, Urban Development and Housing Department presided over the function. KN Jaiswal, secretary, Bihar Badminton Association (BBA), Ashok Kumar Mishra, BBA, Rakesh Ranjan, vice-president, PDBA, Omprakash, joint secretary, PDBA, and former state player Arun Kumar Mishra were present at the prize-distribution ceremony.
Results: (all finals):
Cadet boys’ singles: Shantu Kumar bt Md Danish 21-14, 21-17.
Midget boys singles: Nitesh Kumar bt Shubham 21-19, 19-21, 21-13.
Midget boys’ doubles: Abhijit &Nitesh Kumar bt Md Javed & Shantu Kumar 21-19, 21-17.
Midget girls’ singles: Surabhi bt Gloria Anthony 21-18, 21-15.
Sub-junior boys’ singles: Zishan Ali bt Rajesh Kumar 15-21, 21-4, 21-13.

Sub-junior boys’ doubles: Rajesh Kumar & Shubham Kumar bt Nitesh Kumar & Zishan Ali 21-15, 21-17.
Sub-junior girls’ singles: Akanksha Kumari bt Surbhi 21-6, 21-10.
Junior boys’ singles: Aman Ranjan bt Sudhir Kumar Singh 21-18, 21-6.
Junior boys’ doubles: Rajesh Kumar & Aman Ranjan bt Divesh Kumar & Satish Kumar 14-21, 21-15, 21-17.
Junior girls’ singles: Alka Kumari bt Archana Kumari 21-11, 21-13.

Men’s singles: Kumar Sandeep bt Aman Ranjan 21-15, 21-19.
Men’s doubles: Nimish Kumar Singh & Shfaque Nawab bt Kumar Sandeep & Pramod Kumar.
Women’s singles: Alka Kumari bt Akanksha Kumari 21-6, 21-9.
Veterans’ singles (above 45 years): Neeraj Kumar bt Mukesh Kumar Singh 21-18, 21-11.
Veterans’ doubles (above 40 years): Neeraj Kumar & Omprakash bt Deepak Kumar & Arun Kumar 21-7, 21-12.
Veterans’ doubles (above 45 years): Omprakash & Neeraj Kumar bt Vibhuti Mohan Mishra & Mukesh Kumar.

Lucent Cup Dhyanchand throwball: Bankipore Girls High School reign supreme

Patna, August 29, 2009:
Bankipore Girls High school won the girls’ team championship title of the Lucent Cup 14th Dhyanchad throwball championships defeating Dayanand Kanya Vidyalaya 15-8, 15-5 in the final at their home ground here on Saturday.

Bankipore girls were on the offensive start from the beginning. Dayanand Kanya Vidyalaya found no answer to rivals serves and lost the match tamely. Soni Kumari, Lovely Kumari, Mala Kumari and Chanchala Kumari showed remarkable skills. For Dayanand girls, Sakshi, Madhu, Sneha, Nitu and Neha performed well.

Later in a colourful function, Akhilesh Kumar Sinha, founder president, Throwball Association of Bihar, Bilkis Jehan, principal, Bankipore Girls High School andBasant Kumar Sinha, director of the Star India Housing Private Limited, jointly distributed the prizes.

The organizers also hnoured four sports journalists Deepak Pandey, Pradeep Modak, Md Ishauddin , Adhikari MM Prasad and two leading sports organizers Md Mushtaq Ahmed (secretary, Bihar Olympic Association) and Bijoy Kumar Narain Chunnu (CEO, VP Sinha Sports Foundation) on the occasion.

Niraj Kumar Pappu, secretary, Throwball Association of Bihar, welcomed the guests. Mirtunjay Tiwary, president, Bihar Players Association, Dr Sudhir Kumar, Ekta Jindal of Star India, Rakesh Ranjan, Nitu Singh, Sneha Rani, Shiv Pal, Bhola Prasad and Mamta Kumari were present at the function.
The championship was sponsored by Lucent Senior Secondary School.

Photo caption: Memebers of Bankipore Girls High School team display the Lucent Cup Dhyanchand throwball championships trophy after beating Dayanand Kanya Vidyalaya in final in Patna on August 29, 2009.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Bihar badminton: Sandeep shows defending champion Sarfraz Alam the door

Patna: August 29, 2009:
Kumar Sandeep of Department of Post shocked defending champion Sarfraz Alam 22-20, 21-8 in the men singles semi-finals on the penultimate day of the Bihar State badminton championships at the Secretariat Badminton Hall here on Saturday.

In the other events of the day, Shantu Kumar of Bhagalpur moved into the final of cadet boys’ and midget singles. Promising Aman Ranjan of Patna entered the semi-finals of the men’s and junior boys’ singles events.


Top seed Rajesh Kumar will face second seed Zishan Ali in the sub-junior boys’ singles final. Alka Kumari, Archana Kumari, Akanksha Kumari and Amarita Thakur made the line up for women’s singles semi-finals.In the junior girls; singles event, Alka Kumari, Akanksha Kumari, Amrita Thakur and Arpana Kumari made the last four grades.

Results:
Men’s singles (semi-final): Kumar Sandeep bt Sarfraz Azam 22-20, 21-8.
Women’s singles (quarter-finals): Alka Kumari bt Milan Singh 21-3, 21-6; Archana Kumari bt Pinki Kumari 21-5, 21-7; Akanksha Kumari bt Anupma Kumari 21-0, 21-2; Amrita Thakur bt Arpana Kumari 21-9, 21-5.

Cadet boys’ singles (semi-finals): Shantu Kumar bt Saurav Anand 21-19, 21-12; Md Danish bt Gautam Kumar 21-15, 21-3.
Junior boys’ singles (quarter-finals): Aman Ranjan bt Divesh Kumar; Ujjawal Prakash bt Sudhanshu Kumar 21-19, 21-17; Sudhir Kumar Singh bt Rajesh Kumar 21-19, 18-21, 22-20; Gaurav Siddharth bt Akash Kumar 21-18, 20-22, 21-16.

Sub-junior boys’ singles (semi-finals): Rajesh Kumar bt Neeraj Kumar 21-6, 21-11; Zishan Ali bt Samar Vijay 14-21, 21-17, 21-15.
Junior girls’ singles (quarter-finals): Alka Kumari w/o Dolly Kumari; Akanksha Kumari bt Surbhi 21-18, 217; Amarita Thakur bt Pinki Kumari 21-3, 21-3 and Arpna Kumari bt Ankita Kumari 21-12, 21-8.
Junior boys’ doubles (quarter-finals): Manish Kumar & Suraj Prakash bt Akash Kumar & M Jha 21-19, 21-19; Divesh Kumar & Satish Kumar bt Danish Akhtar & Abhishek 21-12, 12-21, 21-11; Ujjawal Prakash & Gaurav Siddharth bt Dharmendra & Amit Kumar 21-17, 21-12 and Aman Ranjan & Rajesh Kumar bt Raman Gaurav & Anshul Sundram 21-11, 21-8.

Montfort TT: St Michael's High School girls too good for St Karen's High School

Patna, August 29, 2009:
St Michael’s High School defeated St Karen’s High school 3-1 in the junior girls’ event in the the 10th Brother John De Montfort memorial inter-school table tennis tournament at Loyola High School hall here on Saturday.

Surabhi and Asmita of St Michael’s and Isha of St Karen’s School won their respective matches. Delhi Public School (DPS) won the senior girls’ team title defeating Notre Dame Academy 3-0 in the final.

St Xavier’s High School, DPS, St Michael’s High School and hosts Loyola High School entered the semi-finals of junior and senior boys’ sections.

Rev Father Peter Arockiasamy, principal, St Michael’s High School and Dr Amar Nath Singh, former secretary, Patna University Teachers’ Association (PUTA), jointly inaugurated the championship in a colourful function. Students of Loyola School presented an enthralling cultural programme in the opening ceremony. Mukesh Roy, secretary, Bihar Table Tennis Association (BTTA), was present at the inaugural function. Rev Brother Felix, principal, Loyola High School, welcomed the guests.

Photo caption: Rev Father Peter Arockiasamy, principal, St Michael’s High School and Dr Amar Nath Singh, former secretary, Patna University Teachers’ Association (PUTA) trying their hands on table tennis board at the inauguration of Montfort TT tournament in Patna on August 29, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Bihar swimming from September 6

Patna, August 29, 2009:
The 32nd Bihar state senior swimming championships will be held at the Delhi Public School (senior wing) swimming pool here from September 6, according to Prabhakar Nandan Prasad, joint secretary, Bihar Swimming Association.

The Bihar team for senior National swimming championships and National Games would be selected on the basis of the championship, he added.