West Bengal Secretariat win All India Civil Services Bridge

Patna, January 23, 2013: West Bengal Secretariat won the team championship title of the All India Civil Services Bridge Tournament beating RSB, Patna 77-61 at the end of final round play at Patliputra Sports Complex hall here on Wednesday.

Rakesh Ranjan and Niti Ranjan Prasad Singh (both Bihar Secretariat) with 143 points claimed the open pair crown edging past the other Bihar combination of Dr DK Choudhary and SM Moin 143-141. The pair of Amitabh Verma and Sunil Kumar bagged the third position with 134 points.

For West Bengal, Shivnath Sarkar, Ram Prasad Das, Sanjiv Mazumdar, Gautam Das, Kishore A Roy and Vijon Kumar Bandhopadhaya displayed their wits and understanding of the game nicely.  Navin Kumar Sinha, Sunil Kumar, Hemant Kumar Sharan,Sujit Kumar and Ratnesh played well for RSB Patna.

Final standings: 1. West Bengal Secretariat (159); 2. RSB, Patna (148); 3. RSB, Bhubaneswar (148); 4. RSB, Chandigarh (135); 5. RSB, Kolkata (115); 6. RSB, Chennai (104); 7. Bihar Secretariat (96); 8. AP Secretariat (86) and 9. UP Secretariat (44 points