Mayur boys beat Maharashtra’s Jamnabai
School 3-0 while St Xavier’s girls
beat Siliguri Girls School
With Manav Thakkar and Anukram in such a form it was always
going to be difficult for any opponent and it was never a surprise that they
had the upper hand all through the championships, including in the final
against Jamanbai boys. Similarly, Priyanka Pareek’s fantastic outings in
national ranking championships and the nationals stood her in good stead as she
contributed hugely to St Xavier’s title triumph.
Anargya’s efforts in vain
Maharashtra’s Jamnabai
School blanked out North
Bengal ’s Margaret SN English School 3-0 in the final to claim the
Junior Boys title. Dev Shroff and Maanav Mehta not only won their singles
against Rauna Tiwari and Jayabrata Bhattacharjee but the Maharashtra
school’s duo combined well to win the doubles to pull the shutters down on the
Margaret boys.
Anargya Manjunath’s good work went down the drain as Jermels Academy
from North Bengal won the Junior Girls crown
after struggling past 3-2 in the final. The Jyothy Kendriya Vidyalaya’s spearhead
whose good form and work—she won both her singles but failed to win crucial
doubles—was not good enough as fortunes fluctuated from one extreme to another
in the doubles. However, this loss will haunt the school for a long time as
their weak link Yogeshwari Thyagraj failed to win one of her singles.
Regulars make difference
Just a cursory look at the semifinal results in all
categories would prove beyond doubt the caliber of teams that had stayed on
till the finals. In end, they were teams with regular players appearing on
national circuit and apparently that is what has made the difference between
winning and losing titles. Yet, it is not yardstick to suggest other teams that
bowed out were of inferior quality. In fact, what clinched the issue was having
the right set of such players rather than just one good player and another
also-ran kind.
Still credit must go to those school teams that have made it
to the semifinals, travelling with boys and girls all the way from their
hometowns to Indore
for the first-ever national championships. In fact, Chennai’s State Bank of India Officers’ Association
School —SBOA—could make it to Indore was a brave effort
in itself. The team has not only put the ravages of Chennai rains behind it but
also made a wonderful attempt reaching the Junior Boys semifinals. The credit
should also go to the parents who braved it all to send their wards.
As for other losing semifinalists—Navcharna and ML Kakadia
Schools from Gujarat, Loyola High School from Goa, Bhavan’s Sri Ramakrishna
Vidyalaya from Telangana, MAPS from Rajasthan, Jamnabai School from
Maharashtra and Scholars Rosary School from Harayana—in the four sections,
their best was not enough to remain in contest. Nevertheless, the boys and
girls from these schools will return home and schools with all their smiles
intact and glittering medals around their necks besides a lot of good memories.
The podium photo-op, however, will remain etched in their
minds for a long time to come and with the rare pictures even making it to the
family album!
Results:
Senior Boys: Final: Mayur School (RAJ) bt
Jamanabai School (MAH) 3-0 (Anukram Jain bt Shaurya Pednekar 9-11, 13-11, 11-7,
11-9, Manav Thakkar bt Varun Seth 11-5, 11-6, 11-6, Anukram/Manav bt
Shaurya/Yajat Thanawala 11-7, 11-7, 12-10); Semifinals: Mayur School Ajmer
(RAJ) bt Navcharna School (GUJ) 3-1 (Manush Shah bt Anukram Jain 11-6,
8-11, 11-9, 11-9, Manav Thakkar bt Samarth Bharadwaj 11-4, 11-6, 11-5,
Manav/Anukram bt Manush/Samarth 11-4, 11-7, 11-6, Manav Thakkar bt Manush
Shah 11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8); Jamanabai School (MAH) bt Loyola High School,
(Goa) 3-1 (Wesley Rosario bt Varun Seth 11-8, 11-9 , 9-11, 11-4, Shaurya
Pednekar bt Jeadal Gomes 11-3, 11-6, 11-8, Shaurya/Rajat bt Wesley/Jeadal
11-8, 11-5 , 11-7, Shaurya Pednekar bt Wesley Rosario 11-5, 11-1 , 11-8).
Senior Girls: Final: St Xavier’s SS School (RAJ) bt
Siliguri Girls High School (NB) Priyanka Pareek bt Diksha Biswas 11-8, 11-8,
11-1, Chhavi Singh lost to Nikita Sarkar 9-11, 10-12, 8-11, Priyanka/Chhavi bt
Diksha/Nikita 11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 14-12, Priyanka Pareek bt Nikita Sarkar 11-7,
11-8, 12-10); Semifinals: Siliguri Girls High School bt ML Kakadia
Natationl School (GUJ) 3-0 (Nikita Sarkar bt Parmar Prarthna 11-3, 11-4, 11-0,
Diksha Biswas bt Fagun Bhatt 11-6, 11-6, 11-9, Diksha/Nikita bt Prathna/Fagun
12-10, 11-7, 11-9); St. Xaviers Senior Secondary School bt Bhavan’s Sri
Ramkrishna Vidyalaya 3-1 (Priyanka Pareek bt V Lassya Subramanian 11-9, 9-11,
11-9, 5-11, 11-8, V. Sassya Subramanina bt Chhavi Singh 11-7, 13-11, 11-4;
Priyanka/Chhavi bt Sassya/Lassya 8-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-7, Priyanka Pareek bt V.
Sassya Subramanian 11-5, 11-9, 11-5).
Junior Boys: Final: Jamnabai School (MHR) bt Margaret
English School (NB) 3-0 (Dev Shroff bt Raunak Tiwari 13-11, 11-3, 11-8, Maanav
Mehta bt Jayabrata Bhattacharjee 11-9, 11-7, 11-5, Dev/Maanav bt
Raunak/Jayabrata 11-4, 11-7, 11-9); Semifinals: Margaret SN English School
(NB) bt SBOA, Chennai (TN) 3-1 (Jayabrata Bahttacharjee bt CM Mitershwar 11-4,
11-4, 11-5, G Varun bt Raunak Tiwari 11-9, 11-9, 118, Jayabrata/Raunak bt
Varun/Mitershwar 11-6, 4-11, 11-7, 11-9, Jayabrata Bhattacharjee bt G. Varun 11-9,
11-4, 11-6); Jamnabai School (MAH) bt MAPS Ajmer (RAJ) 3-0 (Dev Shroff bt
Aradhya Sharma 11-4, 11-8, 11-5, Maanav Mehta bt Khilanderjit 11-8, 11-8 ,
10-12, 13-11, Manav/Dev bt Aradhya/Khilanderjit 11-6, 4-11, 11-7, 11-7).
Junior Girls: Final: Jermels Academy (NB) bt Jyothy
Kendriya Vidyalay (KNT) 3-2 (Ritisha Nandi lost to Anargya Manjunath 3-11,
3-11, 6-11, Sataparni De bt Yogeshwari T 12-10 11-4, 11-4, Satapartni/Ritisha
bt Anargya/Yogeshwari 11-5 11-8, 7-11, 10-12, 14-12, Sataparni De lost to
Anargya Manjunath 9-11,6-11, 4-11, Ritisha Nandi bt Yogeshwari T 11-4, 11-4,
11-9); Semifinals: Jyothy Kendriya Vidyalay (KNT) bt Jamnabai
School (MHR) 3-1 (Mihika Rohira bt Yogeshwari T 11-4, 11-4, 11-8, Anargya
Manjunath bt Vidhi Shah 11-5, 11-8, 11-7, Yogeshwari/Anargya M bt
Mihika/Vidhi 11-9, 11-8, 11-7, Anargya Manjunath bt Mihika Rohira 11-6, 11-6,
11-3); Jeremels Academy (NB) bt Scholars Rosary School Rohtak (HRN) 3-1 (Suhana
Saini bt Ritisha Nandi 11-7, 11-3, 11-2, Sataprni De bt Bishu Gulati 11-3,
11-3, 11-2, Sataparni De/Rishita Nandi bt Suhana/Bishu 11-8, 12-10, 9-11,
12-10, Sataparni De bt Suhana Saini 9-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-9).
TTFI Press release
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