Junaid-ur Rahman, Rinki Ghosh win TT titles

Patna, November 28, 2010: Junaid-ur Rahman won the men singles title of the Professor Brajdev Prasad memorial Bihar state table tennis championships at the Bihar Young Men’s Institute here on Sunday.

Junaid-ur Rahman beat Samir Chakraborty 20-18, 11-9, 11-6 and 16-14 in the final.

Rinki Ghosh became the women champion beating Chandra Rawat 11-4, 11-7, 11-4 in the final.

Naman Kumar of Patna clinched the junior boys’ title defeating Piyush D Gandhi 11-9, 11-8, 11-9. Chandra Rawat of Madhubani won the youth girls’ title beating Payal Kumari (Madhepura) 11-9, 11-9 and 11-9.

Naman Kumar won one more title when he beat Junaid-ur Rahman 11-9,11-8, 11-8 for boys’ title.

In men’s team event final, Patna “B” trounced Madhepura 3-0 for the crown.

Dr Shanti Roy, Dr Himanshu Roy and Dr Sweta Roy jointly gave away the prizes. Bihar Table Tennis Association secretary Mukesh Roy welcomed the guests.

Photo caption: All winners of Bihar state and inter-district table tennis championships pose for a group photograph in Patna on November 28, 2010.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui