Sunday, November 15, 2009

Patna get off to a blazing start

Patna, November 13, 2009: Patna ‘A’ got off to a blazing start trouncing Madhepura 3-0 in the team event of the Prof BP Rai memorial 58th Bihar state and inter-district table tennis championships at the Bihar Young Men’s Institute here on Friday.

In another match of the day, Patna ‘B’ thrashed Muzaffarpur 3-0.

Earlier, Sanjay Singh, MLC and president, Bihar Table Tennis Association (BTTA) inaugurated the tournament in a colourful function. Former state champion and Patna District Table Tennis Association secretary Dilip Kumar Gandhi welcomed the guests. Mukeh Roy, secretary, BTTA proposed a vote of thanks. Mahadeo Praad Yadav, vice-president, BTTA presided over the function. Jai Praksh Sharma and Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, Sunil Kumar, Rajendra Praad, Rahul Das and Atanu Chatterjee were present at the function.

Results: (Team championship):
Patna ‘A’ bt Madhepura 3-0: Somnath beat Manish 11-6 11-7, 11-9; Kishan Raj beat Ratnesh 11-6, 11-6, 11-7; Samir Chakarvorty beat Aminit 11-4, 11-3, 11-9.
Patna ‘B beat Muzaffarpur 3-0: Piyush D Gandhi beat Aditya Patel 11-7, 8-11, 3-11,11-2, 11-3; Ankit Kumar beat Amit Kumar 11-5, 12-10, 11-7; Rahul Kumar beat Saurav Basotia 11-4, 11-6, 11-5.
Cadet boys’ singles (first round): Rishitosh beat Amitesh Roy 11-5, 11-3, 11-7; Tushar Kanti beat Abhinit 11-5, 5-11, 11-5, 12-10; Sumit Kumar beat Onkareshwar Nath 11-4, 11-4, 11-6; Kunwar Dalwar beat Mirtunjay 11-8, 11-4, 11-4, Mater Shivam beat Ashif 11-9, 11-4, 6-11, 11-9; Harsh Bhadoria beat Raman Kumar 11-6, 11-7, 11-8; Yuvraj Ratan beat Manas Kumar 11-4, 11-7, 11-1; Abhishek Raj beat A Anand 7-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-9; Aman Trivedi beat Yathartha 13-11, 11-9, 11-8; Triloki Nath beat Harsh 11-4,11-7, 11-7; Ayush Kumar beat Rohit Kumar 11-1, 11-1, 11-7; Belal beat Aditya Kumar 11-8, 11-3, 10-12, 11-9; Rishabh Ranjan beat Praveen Singh 11-5, 11-7, 12-10; Prince beat Ashish Kumar 11-3, 12-10, 11-9; Akash Bhashkar beat Sahil Kumar 11-2, 11-5, 11-4; Shivam Koda bt Rishabh 11-6, 11-6, 11-7; Priyanshu beat Ayush Anand 11-7, 11-0, 11-7 and Akash Kumar beat Kumar Ranjan 11-7, 11-5, 14-12.
Photo caption: Bihar Table Tennis Association president and MLC Sanjay Singh (left) and its secretary Mukesh Roy (right) try their hands on the board at the inauguration of the 58th Bihar state and inter-district table tennis championships in Patna on November 13, 2009.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

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