Bihar boys and girls enter quarterfinals

Patna, May 25, 2010: Hosts Bihar and defending champions Andhra Pradesh moved into the boys’ quarterfinals of the Acharya Sudarshan 21st Junior National throwball championships at Patna Central School ground here on Tuesday.

Runners-up Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka also advanced into the quarterfinals. In girls’ group, Bihar, Delhi, Pondicherry, Madhya Pradesh, Haryanaand Tamil Nadu booked their berths into the quarterfinals.

Results

Boys: Andhra Pradesh bt Uttar Pradesh 15-2, 15-1; Madhya Pradesh bt Haryana 15-5, 15-2; Kerala bt Jammu & Kashmir 15-3, 15-4; Maharastra bt Himachal Pradesh 15-3, 15-0; Tamil Nadu bt Uttar Pradesh 15-1; 15-1; Bihar bt Punjab 15-10, 15-1; Karnataka bt Haryana 15-10,15-7; Delhi bt Pondicherry 15-8, 15-7; Orissa bt Rajasthan 15-4; 15-1; Madhya Pradesh bt Jammu & Kashmir 15-1; 15-2; Bihar bt Jharkhand 15-2;15-0; Maharashtra bt Pondicherry 15-5, 15-11; Karnataka bt Jammu &Kashmir 15-0, 15-0; Delhi bt Chhattisgarh 15-5, 14-16, 15-6; Madhya Pradesh bt Kerala 15-3, 15-4; Andhra Pradesh bt Goa 15-11, 15-2; Chhattisgarh bt Maharastra 15-10, 15-2; Tamil Nadu bt Goa 15-2, 15-1;Rajasthan bt Jharkhand 15-2, 15-2.

Girls: Delhi bt Uttar Pradesh 15-1, 15-4; Madhya Pradesh bt Jammu & Kashmir 15-0, 15-1; Pondicherry bt West Bengal 15-13, 9-15, 15-13; Delhi bt Pondicherry 15-4, 15-2; West Bengal bt Uttar Pradesh 15-2,15-5; Haryana bt Jammu Kashmir 15-7, 15-4; Chhattisgarh bt Orissa 15-0, 15-5.

Photo caption: Bihar girls in action during their Junior National throwball match in Patna on May 25, 2010.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui