Buxar inflict crushing defeat on Nalanda

Patna, February 23, 2010: Buxar inflicted a crushing eight-wicket defeat on Nalanda in the Chief Minister Cup cricket tournament (Patna zone) at the Moinul Haq Stadium, here on Tuesday.

Batting first, Nalanda boys soon fell into trouble as Buxar medium pacers Ramakant and Ajit Mishra wrecked havoc sharing seven wickets between them. Nalanda crashed out for a meager 22 runs off 11.1 overs.

Ajit Mishra and Ramakant bagged four and three wickets each for 14 and four runs respectively. No Nalanda batsmen reached double figures. In reply, Buxar achieved the target off 4.4 overs losing Manoj (5) and Mahendra (4) wickets. Praveen took both the wickets for 13 runs.

Patna struggle to down Kaimur

Patna, February 22, 2010: Patna struggled hard to down a fighting Kaimur by 28 runs in the Chief Minister Cup cricket tournament (Patna zone) at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Monday.

Asked to bat first, Patna could manage to score 131 runs off 32.1 overs. Patna skipper and former Bihar Ranji Trophy batsman, Prabhat Kumar played defiant knock of 62 runs in an otherwise dismal show by his teammates. Prabhat hit six boundaries and one six. Anant Prakash, a former Bihar Ranji Trophy batsman made only 12 runs.

Kaimur boys bowled fairly well to restrict Patna to a modest total. Vikas was the pick among the bowlers claiming three wickets for 17 runs. Sumeet Pandey got two wickets for 19 runs. Vishal and Yaswant bagged one wicket apiece.

In reply, Patna bowlers too showed their guts and discipline to bundle out Kaimur for 103 runs off 30.3 overs. Wasim (14), Murli (12) and Akash (26, 2x4, 2x6) were the main contributors. Prabhat Kumar and Vivek Singh took three wickets each for 14 and 19 runs respectively. Anant Prakash grabbed two wickets for eight runs.

In a match of Bhagalpur zone, Munger carved out five-wicket victory over Banka at Bhagalpur. Batting first, Banka made 117 runs in 31 overs. In reply, Munger reached the target off 29.4 overs losing five wickets.

Brief scores: Banka: 117 all out in 31 overs (Rohit Kumar-17, Murlidhar-10, Suman Kumar-25, Prince Raj-11, Satya Prakash-19, Amit Chandra-4/35, Madhuresh Singh-2/9).
Munger: 118 for five wickets in 29.4 overs (Anoj Kumar-39, Vikas Kumar-28, Satya Prakash-2/23, Suman Kumar-3/27)

Chief Minister Cup cricket: Patna advance

Patna, February 21, 2010: Patna handed a crushing eight-wicket defeat on Nawada in the Chief Minister Cup cricket tournament (Patna zone) at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Sunday.

It was Dilip Kumar who scripted Patna’s big win. Dilip displayed an all round performance (4 wickets for 21 and 16 not out).

Nawada won the toss and decided to bat first. Nawada could manage to score 137 runs off 27.3 overs. Nawada batsmen just failed to negotiate accurate and probing attack of Dilip Kumar. Rajeev Ranjan made an unbeaten half-century (51 not out, 4x4, 1x6) for Nawada. Gautam Abhishek (17), Tabrez Alam (13) and Vikas Kumar (14) were other useful scorers. Gopal claimed three wickets for 22 runs while Raja took one wicket.

In reply, Patna raced to the target off 21.2 overs losing skipper Prabhat Kumar (52, 10x4) and Amalesh (50) wickets. Kabir Sanyal and Dilip remained unbeaten on 47 (6x6) and (16, 3x4) runs respectively. Vikas and Gautam took capture wicket each.

Photo caprion: Patna team at Moinul Haq Stadium in Patna on February 21, 2010.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Rupak hogs limelight in SBI sports meet

Patna, February 21, 2010: Rupak Kumar of State Bank of India (SBI), Fatua Branch clinch three gold medals to emerge individual champion in the SBI Patna Circle annual sports meet at the Government Physical Training College ground here on Sunday.

Rupak was adjudged best player of Patna Circle. Ravi Kumar with two gold and one silver medal became runner-up.

SBI Employees Association, Patna Division general secretary JN Singh inaugurated the meet. SP Singh, AGM, SBI, distributed the prizes. KC Mahajan, convenor, SBI, Patna Circle Sports Committee welcomed the guests.

Photo caption: Winners of SBI annual sports meet pose for a group photograph in Patna on February 21, 2010.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Radhe Payang and Tripti Singh emerge BIT, Patna champions

Patna, February 21, 2010: Radhe Payang of Civil, Production, IT & Mechanical Engineering (CPIM) and Tripti Singh of Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE) won the individual championship titles in the men and women sections respectively of the Birla Institute of Technology (BIT) third annual sports meet here on Sunday.

Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE) won the team championships title with 230 points to their credit. EEE with 180 points, CSE with 139 points and CPIM with 114 points got the second, third and fourth positions respectively.

Rameshwar Singh, Principal Secretary, Department of Planning, was the chief guest at the prize-distribution function. Dr Janak Pandey, Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Bihar was the guest of honour. They jointly distributed the prizes.

Prof BN Giri, Dr SP Lal, Prof KP Singh, Prof DP Singh, Dr SK Jain, Prof KC Bajpai and Sujata Bajpai were present at the prize-distribution function.

Earlier, Radhe Pyang of Civil, Production, IT & Mechanical Engineering (CPIM) raced to glory in 1500m on the first day of the two-day annual sports meet on Saturday.

Prof BN Giri, Director, BIT, Patna, inaugurated the meet.

Results:

5000-m (men): Radhe Payang of CPIM (first), Sunil Kumar Gupta of ECE (second) and Prashant Priyadarshi of CPIM (third).

Shot put: G Anurag Reddy of ECE (first), Pranit Arora of CSE (second) and Dhanesh Chandra (third).

Triple jump: Satish R of EEE (first), Pranay Patel of ECE (second) and Parash Prakash of EEE (third).

Tug of war: ECE (first) and EEE (second).

Women: High jump: Arti Kumari of CSE (first), Manomita Mishra of CSE (third) and Alka Seenam of CPIM (third).

Jevelin throw: Kalyani Kumari of CSE (first), Vidyut Medha of CSE (second) and Sweety of ECE (third).

Shot put: Shamsunnissa Begum of ECE (first), Arushi of ECE (second) and Ajit Singh of ECE (third).

Tug of war: ECE (first) and EEE (second).

Men: Board jump: Paras Prakash Munda of EEE (first), Rajesh Kumar of ECE (second) and Kumar Gaurav of CPIM (third).
Discus throw: Anurag Reddy of ECE (first), Abhishek Kumar of EEE (second) and Ankit Mishra of EEE (third).

Women: Board jump: Steffy Santosh of ECE (first), Tripti of EEE (second) and Pooja Kumari of ECE (third).

Discus throw: Shamsunissa of ECE (first), Kalyani Kumari of CSE (second) and Khushbu Kumari of CPIM (third).

Photo captions: Prizes are being given to the winners at the BIT, Patna sports meet in Patna on February 21, 2010.

Boys and girls taking part in different events.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui/Nagendra K Singh and BIT students

Kaimur post fluent win over Rohtas

Patna, February 20, 2010: Kaimur chalked out comprehensive 102-run win over Rohtas in the Chief Minister Cup cricket tournament (Patna zone) at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Saturday.

Kaimur won the toss and decided to bat first. Kaimur piled up 177 all out in 33.4 overs. Sanjay Srivastava(24, 4x4) and Muslim Ali (23, 3x4) were the notable contributors. Vikas, Akashdeep and Aniket all took two wickets each. In reply, Rohtas could manage to score 75 runs off 29.4 overs. Sudhir Kumar scored 13 runs. Yaswant Singh bagged four wickets for 17 runs off 7 overs. Vikas got two wickets.

Brief scores:

Kaimur: 177 all out in 33.4 overs (Sanjay Srivastav-24, Wasim-21, Muslim Ali-23, Akash-13, Prakash-20, Dilip-21 not out, Vikas-2/26, akashdeep-2/35, Aniket-2/36, Alok-1/48, Piyush-1/19, Sonu-1/13)

Rohtas: 75 all out in 29.4 overs (Sunil Chandravanshi-10, Vikas Kumar-11, Sudhir Kumar-13, Yashwant Singh-4/17, Ashok-1/15, Vishal-1/3, Dilip-1/15)

Kaimur, Madhepura move into second round

Patna, February 19, 2010: Kaimur and Madhepura won their respective matches comfortably in the Chief Minister Cup cricket tournament. Kaimu chalked out comprehensive 58-run win over Arwal in Patna Zone match at the Moinul Haq Stadium here while Madhepura got the better Begusarai at Darbhanga on Friday.

Arwal won the toss and elected to field first. Kaimur scored 197 runs off 34.2 overs. Wasim top scored with 60 runs. He hit seven boundaries in his knock. Rajesh claimed five wickets for 38 runs.

In reply, Arwal crashed out for 139 runs in 32 overs. Suraj and Brijendra scored 29 and 23 runs respectively. Yashwant Singh took four wickets for 22 runs.

Madhepura beat Begusarai by 37 runs at the Nehru Stadium in Darbhanga. Batting first after winning the toss, Madhepura made 140 for eight wickets off 35 overs. In reply, Begusarai were all out for 103 runs in 26.1 overs.

Brief scores:

Kaimur: 197 all out in 34.2 overs (Wasim-60, Saddam-16, Akash-45, Vikas-18, Dilip-11, Rakesh-5/38, Pancham-2/37, Akash Mishra-2/27)

Arwal: 139 all out in 32 overs (Brijendra-23, Akash Mishra-16, Rakesh-10, Vikas-11, Suraj-29, Yashwant Singh-4/22, Ashok-2/16, Vikas-1/27, Dilip-1/25)

Madhepura: 140 for eight wickets in 35 overs (Rahul Raj-39, Gauri Shukla-24, Mantun-7/16) Begusarai: 103 all out in 26.1 overs (Mantun-17, Neeraj-11, Kaifi-3/16, Gauri Shukla and Gyashu took two wickets each).

Photo caption: Kaimur and Arwal teams pose for a group photograph in Patna on February 19, 2010.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Chief Minister Cup cricket begins

Patna, February 18, 2010: Chief Minister Cup cricket tournament, organized by Bihar State Sports Authority (BSSA) in association with Art, Culture and Youth Affairs Department, began simultaneously at four venues of Bihar on Thursday. At the Moinul Haq Stadium here, Rohtas decimated Jehanabad by five wickets in the opening match of the Patna Zone.

Batting first Jehanabad crashed out for meager 70 runs. In reply, Rohtas achieved the target losing five wickets.

Earlier, Manoje Nath, Director General, Bihar State Sports Authority, inaugurated the tournament in simple function.

At Darbhanga, host Darbhanga edged past Madhubani by one wicket in while Lakhisarai crushed Araria by five wickets.

Brief scores: Jehanabad 70 all out (Shyam Kumar 14, Akash Deep 6 wickets for 15 runs, Alok Kumar 3 wickets for 23 runs).
Rohtas: 71 for five (Rahul Kumar 20, Anuashish 12, Aniket 12 not out, Shyam Kumar 3 for 24).

Gaurav, Akansha win Bihar U-11 chess titles

Patna, February 14, 2010: Gaurav Kumar of Muzaffarpur won the Bihar chess U-11 title aggregating five points at the end of fifth and final round play of the State under-11chess championship at Sudarshan Central School Hall here on Sunday.

Devashish of Kishanganj with 4.5 points got the second position. Akansha of Saharsa clinched the girls’ title with five points. Manya Diptam of Patna with four points bagged the runner-up tile.
Patna Central MLA Arun Kumar Sinha was the chief guest and he gave away the prizes. All Bihar Chess Association secretary Arvind Kumar Sinha and Bihar BJP Panchayti Raj cell president Ramji Singh were the special guests on the occasion.

The organizers felicitated Bihae Swimming Association secretary Ram Bilas Pandey, who was the manager of the gold winning Indian swimming team in the South Asian Games held in Dhaka (Bangladesh) recently.

Rakesh Ranjan, secretary, Patna District Chess Association, welcomed the guests and Birendra Kumar Upadhaya proposed a vote of thanks. Principal of the Sudarshan Central School, Neeta Singh presided over the function.

Photo caption: Players concentrating on their next moves during the Bihar under-11 chess championships in Patna on February 14, 2010.

Photo: Nagendra K Singh

Bihar U-11 chess begins

Patna, February 12, 2010: All the leading players that included Gaurav Kumar, Kushagra Divyam and Akhauri Harshit won their respective the first round matches to earn full points in the Sudarshan Bihar under-11 chess championship at Sudarshan Central School Hall here on Friday.

Earlier, Ramdev Prasad, chairman, State Child Labour Commission inaugurated the tournament. Patna District Chess Association secretary Rakesh Ranjan welcomed the guests. Chief arbiter Dilip Bhagat proposed a vote of thanks.

Results (Boys): Gaurav Kumar (1) beat Devjit Singh (0); Kushagra Divyam (1) beat Kumar Harsh (0); Akhouri Harshit (1) beat Narmesh Navnit (0); Tushar Sinha (1) beat Pratik Raj (0); Kumar Harshwardhan Singh (1) beat Shubham Kumar (0); Sudhanshu (1) beat Adirtya Raj (0); Utkarsh Dev (1) beat Ayush Kumar (0) and Devashish Kumar (.5) drew with Durgesh Kumar (0.5)

Girls: Akansha (1) beat Abhishekta Dutta (0) and Malya Diptam (1) beat Shalini Kumari (0).

Bihar junior throwball teams announced

Patna, February 7, 2010: Neha Singh and Anand Kumar will lead Bihar girls and boys teams in the 20th junior National throwball championships to be held in Ludhiana from February 12, according Niraj Kumar Pappu, secretary, Throwball Association of Bihar.

He said two referees from Bihar Amarendra Kumar and Rakesh Ranjan would officiate in the championships.

Girls: Neha Singh (captain), Komal, Seema, Sarita, Shobha, Sakshi, Natasha, Micky, Priyanka, Kamana, Smriti, Rani, Vandana and Sumedha. Coach: Niraj Kumar. Manager: Monika.
Boys: Anand Kumar (captain), Avinash Kumar, Gautam Singh, Ratnesh Kumar, Ashwani Kumar, Saurav Kumar, Shadab, Abhishek Kumar, A Ali, Dev Kumar, Pankaj Kumar and Syed Liaqat Hasan.
Coach-cum-manager: RK Singh.

Photo caption: Bihar junior throwball teams in Patna on Fenruary 7, 2010.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

AK Mishra wins Patna golf crown

Patna, February 6, 2010: Lt Colonel AK Mishra of Ranchi Mishra carded 6-under in the 0 to 18-handicap event to win Kalayanpur Cup, the hot tile of the Patna golf championships here on Saturday.

After first day practice session, the tournament that attracted about 200 amateurs vying foe top honours in different categories, saw stiff contest through out the day on the lush green turf of Patna Golf Club.

Patna lad Roshan Sharan scored one under the course 69 to capture the RD Joshi Cup.
Another promising Patna golfer Aman Raj, who created ripples in the national junior circuit recently, made his presence, felt winning the PKJ Menon Cup with his net one over 71. Later, he was also adjudged Golfer of the Year Trophy for his performance in the year 2009.

In the 19 to 24-handicap event, Sanjay Kumar scored 61 to clinch SBI Cup. In the same section, AK Singh Rana won the PK Bannerjee Cup with a net of 85. Nitin Kumar of Patna clinched IOC Cup in the 0 to 12-handicap event. Justice SK Katiyar captured the President’s Shield in the 13 to 18-handicap with one under-69. Arya Achint won the Baidyanath Cup with best gross in the same section.

Captain BP Sinha inked his name on the MP Sinha Cup in the 0 to 18-handicap event for Patna Golf Club (PGC) members. Ajit Kumar won the Captain’s Cup in the 19 to 24-handicap event for PGC members.

Baldev Singh won Takshila Cup for seniors. In the women section, Babita Kumar earned the crown winning the Potons Cup while Mrs Rana Alam won the PGC Cup.
Purnedu Singh bagged the “Wooden Spoon” honours.

Colonel Manjit Singh of Danapur won the Longest Drive award with a hit of 290 yards. Dinesh Thapa won the closest to the pin award while Namit Patwari of Jamshedpur got the minimum putt award. Sanjay Prasad of Ranchi won the PGC Trophy in the 0 to 24-handicap event. Ashutosh Mehrotra clinched the Beginners Cup.

Bihar Governor Debanand Konwar and Patna MP Shatrughan Sinha gave away the prizes at a gala function in the evening.

Photo caption: From left AK Singh, Ranjit Sahay, Sanjay Kumar and Sharda in action during the Patna golf championships in Patna on Februray 6, 2010.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Karnataka retain BSNL volleyball title

Patna, February 6, 2010: Karnataka stamped their authority on the All India BSNL volleyball championship title once again. In the last super league match of the 9th edition of the tournament, Karnataka edged out Tamil Nadu in a nail-biting five-setter to win the coveted crown at Telegraph Recreation court here on Saturday.

Karnataka won the first two sets 25-21, 25-18 but Tamil Nadu fought back to snatch the next two sets 23-25, 23-25. Tamil Nadu could not maintain the tempo and lost the final set 5-15.

Himachal Pradesh finished third while hosts Bihar were fourth. Himachal Pradesh beat Bihar 25-18, 25-23, 25-16.

Chief guest Rajender Singh, Director Enterprise, BSNL Board, handed over the trophy to the winning team and gave away prizes to the players. S Damodaran of Tamil Nadu bagged the man of the match award while T D Ravi Kumar of Karnataka was adjudged the best player of the tournament.

SC Misra, Chief General Manager, BSNL, Bihar Circle welcomed the guests. RP Singh, PGM, Patna Telephones proposed a vote of thanks. BK Srivastava, DP Mishra, AK Kanojia, Mukesh Nigam, AK Chakraborty, Mahendra Srivastava, AK Choubey, PN Jha and VS Gupta of Bihar circle were present on the occasion.

Photo caption: Karnataka team with BSNL volleyball Trophy in Patna on February 6, 2010.

Photos: Nagendra K Singh and Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Bihar table tennis team for Sr National announced

Patna, February 6, 2010: A 10-member Bihar team will participate in the 71st senior National and inter-state table tennis championship to be held in Guwahati from February 10, according to Mukesh Roy, secretary, Bihar Table Tennis Association (BTTA).

BTTA president Sanjay Singh announced BTTA would give Rs 1 lakh to the players if Bihar perform well in the national championships. He was speaking at function at the end of the 15-day coaching camp of the Bihar team probabales.

Men: Zain-ur-Rhman, Samir Chakarborty, Francis, Piyush D Gandhi and Utasav Rastogi. Women: Ahana Paul, Polami Raha, Dipali Sarkar, Priya Kumari and Rinki Ghosh. Manager: Atanu Chatterjee.

Amit to lead Bihar Civil Audit and Accounts cricket team

Patna, February 5, 2010: Amit Kumar will lead a 15-member Bihar Civil Audit and Accounts team in the East Zone IA &AD cricket tournament to be held at Bhubaneswar from February 9, according to Vinod Kumar, general secretary, Bihar Civil Audit and Accounts Recreation Club.

Team: Amit Kumar (captain), Munna Kumar, Amarendra Nath Shiv, Srikant Ravi, Amit Kumar (II), Nimish Kumar Singh, Narendra Kumar, Manish Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Anuj Kumar Singh, Amitabh Sinha, Kamesh Prasad, Santosh Kumar Singh, Sujit Kumar and Deepak Kumar Srivastava. Manager: Sudhir Kumar.

BSNL volleyball: Bihar out of title race

Patna, February 5, 2010: Bihar suffered two consecutive defeats in the Super League section of the 9th All-India BSNL volleyball championships and bowed out of title race at the Telegraph Recreation Club courts here on Friday.

Defending champions Karnataka chalked out an impressive 25-12, 25-13, 25-17 victory over hosts Bihar in the first super league match while in the second match of the day Tamil Nadu edged past Bihar 25-18, 25-22, 25-19.

In the other matches of the Super League runners-up Tamil Nadu had a run for money to tame Himachal Pradesh 25-17, 25-19, 24-26, 21-25, 15-13. After the end of today’s matches, it was all set that the winners between Karanatka and Tamil Nadu natch would be champion of the tournament.

Results:
Karnataka beat Bihar 25-12, 25-13, 25-17; Tamil Nadu beat Himachal Pradesh 25-17, 25-19, 24-26, 21-25, 15-13; Karnataka beat Himachal Pradesh 25-15, 25-20, 25-12 and Tamil Nadu beat Bihar 25-18, 25-22, 25-19.

Veer Kuer Singh kabaddi from March 10

Patna, February 5, 2010: Bihar State Kabaddi Association (BSKA) will organise Veer Kuer Singh Bihar state kabaddi championships for men and women at six different venues of the state from March 21, according to Kumar Vijay, secretary, Bihar State Kabaddi Association.

He said participating districts had been divided into six pools. Pool ‘A’ matches will be held at Udwant Nagar, Bhojpur; Pool ‘B’ at Sonepur, Saran; Pool ‘C’ at Gaya; Pool ‘D’ at Sitamarhi; Pool ‘E’ at Supaul and Pool ‘F’ at Munger.

Pool ‘A’ (Udwant Nagar, Bhojpur): Buxar, Kaimur, Rohtas, Nalanda, Patna and Bhojpur.
Pool ‘B’ (Sonepur, Saran): Siwan, Gopalganj, Chapra, Muzaffarpur and Vaishali.
Pool ‘C’ (Gaya): Jehanabad, Arwal, Nawada, Aurangabad and Gaya.
Pool ‘D’ (Sitamarhi): East Champaran, West Champaran, Seohar, Darbhanga, Madhubani and Sitamarhi.
Pool ‘E’ (Supaul): Saharsa, Madhepura, Purnia, Katihar, Kishanganj, Khagaria and Supaul.
Pool ‘F’ (Munger): Begusarai, Lakhisarai, Barh, Bhagalpur, Banka and Munger.

Shivnarayan Singh volleyball from March 10

Patna, February 4, 2010: Top volleyball teams of the country will take part in the 11th All-India Dr Shivnarayan Singh volleyball tournament to be held at the Moinul Haq Stadium here from March 10. The tournament is affiliated to Volleyball Federation of India (VFI).

Tournament convenor and Bihar Government’s Information and Public Relation Department secretary Rajesh Bhushan said Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Chhatishgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sports Authority of India, Jindal Steel, Indian Air Force, CISF and Railways had almost confirmed their participations in the four-day tournament.

“We are in touch with some more teams for the tournament,” he said.

Karnataka, Bihar move into super league

Patna, February 4, 2010: Defending champions Karnataka, hosts Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu cemented their places in the super league of the 9th All-India BSNL volleyball championships at the Telegraph Recreation Club courts here on Thursday.

Karnataka from pool “A”, Tamil Nadu from pool “B”, Himachal Pradesh from pool “C” entered the super league with three wins while Bihar won all four matches in pool “D” and sneaked into the next stage of the tournament.

In their last league match, Bihar steamrollered Gujarat 25-8, 25-8 in a one-sided encounter. Bihar spikers Sanjay Kumar, Murari Prasad, Amar Kumar played well.

Results:
Gujarat beat Assam 25-12, 25-15; Andhra Pradesh beat Madhya Pradesh 25-18, 25-15; Tamil Nadu beat Uttaranchal 25-13, 25-6; Himachal Pradesh beat Kerala 25-17, 25-17; Rajasthan beat Punjab 25-13, 25-18; Uttar Pradesh (East) beat MTNL (Delhi) 25-0, 25-16; West Bengal beat MTNL (Mumbai) 25-20, 25-10; Andhra Pradesh beat Assam 25-8, 25-14; Karnataka beat Maharashtra 25-18, 25-8 and Bihar beat Gujarat 25-8, 25-8.

Photo caption: Karnataka and Maharashtra players in action during the 9th All-India BSNL volleyball championships in Patna on February 4, 2010.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

BSNL volleyball: Bihar maintain winning streak

Patna, February 3, 2010
Hosts Bihar maintained their winning streak and clinched their third successive victory defeating Andhra Pradesh 25-8,25-8 in the 9th All-India BSNL volleyball tournament at the Telegraph Recreation Club courts here on Wednesday.
Defending champions Karnatka, Himachal Pradesh and runners-up Tamil Nadu too kept their slate clean winning matches in their respective pools.

Results:
Bihar beat Madhya Pradesh 25-9, 25-10; Andhra Pradesh beat Gujarat 25-15, 25-21; Gujarat beat Madhya Pradesh 26-24, 25-22; Karnataka beat Rajasthan 25-13, 25-17; Maharashtra beat Punjab 25-17, 25-20; Himachal Pradesh beat MTNL, Mumbai 25-7, 25-11; Bihar beat Andhra Pradesh 25-8, 25-8; Tamil Nadu beat MTNL, Delhi 25-6, 25-7; Utranchal beat Uttar Pradesh (East) 21-25, 25-17, 25-11; Kerala beat West Bengal 25-12, 25-11 and Madhya Pradesh beat Assam 25-8, 25-22.

Photo caption: Andhra Pradesh and Bihar players in action during the 9th All-India BSNL volleyball tournament in Patna on February 3, 2010.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Karnataka, Bihar start campaign in style

Patna, February 2, 2010: Defending champions Karnataka opened their title campaign in remarkable fashion with a straight 25-7, 25-6 victory over Punjab on the opening day of the 9th All India National BSNL volleyball tournament at Telegraph Recreation Club courts here today.

Hosts Bihar too started in style beating Assam 25-4, 25-9. In other league matches of the day, Tamil Nadu beat Uttar Pradesh (East) 25-6, 25-12 and Himachal Pradesh eddged past West Bengal 25-11, 25-12.

Uttaranchal tamed MTNL (Delhi) 25-11, 25-14 and Rajasthan decimated Maharashtra 25-4, 25-7. Kerala got the better of MTNL (Mumbai) 25-11, 25-17.

Earlier, Gopal Das, Director HR, BSNL Corporate Office, New Delhi inaugurated the tournament in a gala opening function that saw captivating cultural programmes presented by school girls. SC Mishra, CGM, Bihar Circle welcomed the guests.

Top : Gopal Das, Director HR, BSNL Corporate Office, New Delhi and SC Mishra, CGM, Bihar Circle inaugurate All-India BSNL volleyball championships in Patna on February 2, 2010.

Middle: Schol girls perform cultural programmes.

Bottom: SC Mishra, CGM, Bihar Circle felicitates Gopal Das, Director HR, BSNL Corporate Office, New Delhi.

Photos: Aftab Alam Siddiqui