RSB Bhubaneswar pair clinches Civil Services bridge title

Patna, January 24, 2013: Ramchandra Nayak and Prahant Kumar Nayak of Regional Sports Board (RSB) Bhubaneswar clinched the pair title of the All India Civil Service Bridge Tournament scoring 102 points at the Patliputra Sports Complex hall here on Thursday.

West Bengal Secretariat combination of Gautam Das and RP Das collected 89 points to get the second position. RSB Patna pair of Navin Sinha and Ratnesh earned 76 points to finish third.

Bihar Secretariat’s pair of Amitabh Verma and Ajay Kumar Singh got the fourth position with 74 points.

Chief secretary Ashok Kumar Sinha gave away the prizes. Sudhir Kumar Rakesh, chief election officer, presided over the function while Amitabh Verma, principal secretary, Panchayati Raj Department, proposed a vote of thanks.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

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

All India Civil Services Bridge Tournament begins in Patna

Patna, January 21, 2013: Regional Sports Board (RSB) Bhubaneswar emerged sole leaders with 57 points at the end of third round play in the All India Civil Services Bridge Tournament at the Patliputra Sports Complex hall here.

RSB Kolkata with 56 points and Kolkata Secretariat with 49 points were following the leaders.

Earlier, Bihar Government’s Development Commissioner Phul Singh and National Highway Authority of India Secretary AK Upadhayay inaugurated the tournament jointly.

Team standing after the third round: 1. RSB Bhubaneswar (57); 2. RSB Kolkata (56); 3. Kolkata Secretariat (49); 4. Bihar Secretariat (48), 5. RSB Patna (43); 6.Chandigarh Secretariat (38), 7.Andhra Pradesh Secretariat (27); 8.Uttar Pradesh Secretariat (08) and 9.Chennai Secretariat (08).