Bihar’s KN Jaiswal in IBL Governing Council

Patna, December 2, 2015: Bihar Badminton Association secretary and Badminton Association of India (game development secretary) KN Jaiswal has been included in the governing council of the Indian Badminton League to be held in different cities of India from January 2 to 17.

The opening function of the IBL will be held in Mumbai on January 2 while the final will be held in Delhi on January 17. Semifinal matches will be held in Hyderabad and Bengaluru.

Governing Council: Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta, Ashok Singh, Jagdambika Pal, KC P Chaudhary, KN Jaiswal, Mahesh Gupta, MN Siddiqui, Dr Navneet Sehgal, P Gopichand, Pradeep Gandhi , Dr Vijay Sinha, Vikram Dhar and Vimal Kumar. 

Bihar sub-junior badminton teams named

Patna, November 27, 2012: Bihar Badminton Association announced state teams for the 26th sub-junior National badminton championship to be held at Secretariat badminton hall here from December 1.

Teams

Boys’ U/13 singles: Akash Thakur, Abhijit Raj, Amaritya Raj and Hemant Raj. Doubles: Abhijit Raj & Akash Thakur, Ashish Gaurav and Shubham.

Girls: (U/13 singles): Simran Singh, Sachi, Raushani and Suvarna. Doubles: Simran and Raushani and Sachi and Suvarna.

Boys: (U/15 singles): Shubham Kumar Singh, Akashdeep, Kunal Kumar Singh and Amarish Kumar. Doubles: Shubham and Amarish and Akashdeep and Kunal.

Girls: (U/15 singles): Vibha, Simran Singh, Raushani and Sachi. Doubles:Vibha and Simran Singh and Raushani and Sachi

Patna to host 26th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships from December 1

Patna, November 25, 2012: The State Capital will host 26^th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships at the Secretariat Badminton Hall here from December 1.

Bihar Badminton Association (BBA) president and Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly, Abdul Bari Siddiqui said altogether 1200 matches would be played in the championships.

“Qualifying matches will be played from December 1 to 3 while main draw would begin from December 4”, he said.

Siddiqui said 300 players would play in the qualifying rounds while 400 players would vie for top honours in the main draw of different sections.

BBA secretary NK Jaiswal said cash prizes of Rs 6 lakh would be given among the winners and runners-up of different sections.

21 states have so far confirmed their participation in the meet, he added.

Photo caption: Bihar Badminton Association president Abdul Bari Siddiqui (centre) talks to media in Patna on November 25, 2012.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Sandeep, Anamika are Patna badminton champs

Patna, February 6, 2011: Kumar Sandeep won the men’s singles title of the Patna district open badminton championships defeating Aman Ranjan 32-21, 18-21, 21-7 in the final at the Secretariat badminton hall here on Sunday.

Anamika bagged the women’s singles beating Gloria Anthony 21-14, 21-17.

Bihar Government’s Chief Secretary Anup Mukherjee was the chief guest in the prize-distribution function and he gave away the prizes.

Final results: Boys U-19: Shubham beat Akash Upadhaya 21-15, 21-15.

Boys U-16: Shubham beat Anusheel Sundram 21-16, 21-18.

Boys U-13: Kunal Kumar Sinha beat Akashdeep 21-18, 11-21, 21-8.

Girls U-19: Gloria beat Sukriti 21-09, 21-10.

Girls U-16: Gloria beat Anamika 21-14, 21-17.

Girls U-13: Amisha Chourasia beat Vibha 21-12, 21-6.

Photo caption: Winners of Patna badminton championships hold aloft their trophies in Patna on February 6, 2011.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Semifinalists spotted in Patna Open badminton

Patna, February 5, 2011: Men’s singles semifinalists were spotted in the Patna district Open badminton championship at the Secretariat badminton hall here on Saturday.

Kumar Sandeep, Akash Kumar, Neeraj Kumar and Aman Ranjan booked their berths in the men’s singles semi-finals winning their quarterfinal matches in style.

Results: Men’s singles (quarterfinals): Kumar Sandeep beat Dev Acharya 21-16, 21-13; Akash Kumar beat Ajay Kumar 21-12, 21-13; Neeraj Kumar beat Vimal Vivek 21-19, 19-21, 21-17 and Aman Ranjan beat Shubham 14-21, 21-18, 21-11.

Boys under-19 singles (quarterfinals): Shubham beat Anubhav 21-11, 21-13; A Sundram beat Kunal 21-12, 20-22, 21-7; Akash beat Priyanshu 21-10, 21-17 and Shshank beat Kundan 7-21, 21-15, 21-16.

Girls under-16 singles (quarterfinals): Gloria Anthony beat Ayushi Gupta21-3, 21-5; Riya Agarwal beat Sneha 21-17, 21-15; Nidhi beat Shipra 21-16, 21-7 and Anamika beat Shubhangi 21-6, 21-1.

DAV School Board Colony earn a grand double in Patna district badminton

Patna, February 3, 2011: DAV Public School, BSEB Colony earned a grand double winning the senior and junior boys’ team titles of the Patna district inter-school badminton championships at the Secretariat badminton hall here on Thursday.

DAV School senior boys thrashed Patna High School 2-0 in the final. Subham (DAV) outsmarted Anubhav 21-11, 21-6 while the pair of Shubham and Kundan of DAV School bounced back to beat Anubhav and Akash of Patna High School 18-21, 21-17, 21-14 in the final.

In the junior boys’ final, DAV outplayed Delhi Public School Patna 2-0. Kunal of DAV defeated Shantanu 21-6, 21-5 while the combination of Kunal and Akashdeep of DAV swamped Yash and Prabhakar of Delhi Public School 21-9, 21-11.

Patna district badminton begins

Patna, February 2, 2011: Patna district inter-school badminton championships got off to a colourful start at the Secretariat badminton hall here on Wednesday. Senior boys of Patna High School and DAV Public School, BSEB Colony stormed into the final of team championship posting fluent wins.

Delhi Public School, Patna will take on DAV Public School, BSEB Colony in the junior boys’ team event final while Notre Dame Academy ‘B’ advanced into the final of senior girls’ team championships.

Earlier, Bihar Government’s Development Commissioner KC Saha inaugurated the tournament. Human Resources Department secretary Anjani Kumar Singh was the special guest. Art, Culture and Youth Affairs Department secretary KP Ramaiah presided over the opening ceremony.

Results: Senior boys’ team championship (semifinals): DAV Public School, BSEB Colony beat Don Bosco Academy 2-0; Patna High School beat Delhi Public School, Patna 2-0.

Junior boys’ team championship: (semifinals): Delhi Public School, Patna beat Kendriya Viyalaya 2-0; DAV Public School, BSEB Colony beat Kilkari 2-0.

Photo caption: Bihar Government's Development Commissioner KC Saha being introduced to players at the opening function of Patna district badminton championships in Patna on February 2, 2011.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Bhagalpur to host Bihar state badminton from August 17

Patna, July 19, 2010: Bihar state badminton championships will be held in Bhagalpur from August 17 to 22, according to Bihar Badminton Association secretary KN Jaiswal.

He said Bhagalpur District Badminon Association secretary Rajesh Nandan had been named convenor of the tournament. Last date for entry was July 26, he added.

Mini boys and girls, midget boys and girls singles sub-junior, junior boys and girls, men and women singles and doubles would be organised in the 6-day event. Mixed doubles would also be played in the tournament, he said.

Junior National ranking badminton in Patna

Patna, November 30, 2009: Bihar Badminton Association will organise Junior National ranking and prize-money badminton championships at Secretariat badminston hall here from January 13 next, according to KN Jaiswal, secretary, Bihar Badminton Association.

U-19, U-13 and mini boys and girls’ singles and doubles events would be organized in the tournament, he added. The last date for entry is December 23.

Purnia to host Bihar State Senior Major badminton from December 11

Patna, November 24, 2009:
Bihar State Senior Major badminton championship will be held at Purnia from December 15, according to KN Jaiswal, secretary, Bihar Badminton Association.

Men, women singles and doubles, veterans’ singles and doubles events will be organized in the three-day meet. The last date for entry is December 10.

Nimish to lead Bihar badminton team

Patna, August 30, 2009:

Nimish Kumar Singh of Patna will lead the 14-member Bihar team in the East Zone inter-state badminton championships to be held at Haldwani from September 12, according to KN Jaiswal, secretary, Bihar Badminton Association.

Team: Nimish Kumar Singh, Aman Ranjan, Ajay Kumar, Sarfraz Alam,Shafaque Nawab, Pramod Kumar, Alka Kumari, Archana Kumari, Akanksha Kumari, Amarita Thakur, Sunil Kumar, Rajesh Kumar and Gaurav Siddharth. Manager: Sanjeev Mohan Prasad. Coach: Malay Chatterjee.

Sandeep is new Bihar badminton champion

Patna, August 30, 2009
Kumar Sandeep is new badminton champion of Bihar. In the men’s singles final at Secretariat Badminton Hall here on Sunday, Sandeep tamed promising Aman Ranjan of Patna
21-15, 21-19 to win the coveted crown.

Aman, however, amended his performance, winning a grand double in the winning junior boys’ singles and doubles titles. Aman Ranjan beat Sudhir Kumar Singh 21-18, 21-6 for the junior boys’ title while pairing with Rajesh Kumar he outplayed the combination of Divesh Kumar and Satish Kumar 14-21, 21-15 and 21-17.

Alka Kumari of Bhagalpur retained the Bihar women’s singles title defeating Akanksha Kumari of Muzaffarpur 21-6, 21-9 in the final.Neeraj Kumar of Patna won a grand treble in the veterans’ group winning the singles and doubles titles.

Navin Kumar, Development Commissioner, Bihar, who was the chief guest at the closing function, gave away the prizes. Badri Kumar Rastogi, secretary, Patna District Badminton Association (PDBA), welcomed the guests and Balram Prasad, advisor, PDBA, proposed a vote of thanks.
Deepak Kumar, Principal Secretary, Urban Development and Housing Department presided over the function. KN Jaiswal, secretary, Bihar Badminton Association (BBA), Ashok Kumar Mishra, BBA, Rakesh Ranjan, vice-president, PDBA, Omprakash, joint secretary, PDBA, and former state player Arun Kumar Mishra were present at the prize-distribution ceremony.
Results: (all finals):
Cadet boys’ singles: Shantu Kumar bt Md Danish 21-14, 21-17.
Midget boys singles: Nitesh Kumar bt Shubham 21-19, 19-21, 21-13.
Midget boys’ doubles: Abhijit &Nitesh Kumar bt Md Javed & Shantu Kumar 21-19, 21-17.
Midget girls’ singles: Surabhi bt Gloria Anthony 21-18, 21-15.
Sub-junior boys’ singles: Zishan Ali bt Rajesh Kumar 15-21, 21-4, 21-13.

Sub-junior boys’ doubles: Rajesh Kumar & Shubham Kumar bt Nitesh Kumar & Zishan Ali 21-15, 21-17.
Sub-junior girls’ singles: Akanksha Kumari bt Surbhi 21-6, 21-10.
Junior boys’ singles: Aman Ranjan bt Sudhir Kumar Singh 21-18, 21-6.
Junior boys’ doubles: Rajesh Kumar & Aman Ranjan bt Divesh Kumar & Satish Kumar 14-21, 21-15, 21-17.
Junior girls’ singles: Alka Kumari bt Archana Kumari 21-11, 21-13.

Men’s singles: Kumar Sandeep bt Aman Ranjan 21-15, 21-19.
Men’s doubles: Nimish Kumar Singh & Shfaque Nawab bt Kumar Sandeep & Pramod Kumar.
Women’s singles: Alka Kumari bt Akanksha Kumari 21-6, 21-9.
Veterans’ singles (above 45 years): Neeraj Kumar bt Mukesh Kumar Singh 21-18, 21-11.
Veterans’ doubles (above 40 years): Neeraj Kumar & Omprakash bt Deepak Kumar & Arun Kumar 21-7, 21-12.
Veterans’ doubles (above 45 years): Omprakash & Neeraj Kumar bt Vibhuti Mohan Mishra & Mukesh Kumar.

Bihar badminton: Sandeep shows defending champion Sarfraz Alam the door

Patna: August 29, 2009:
Kumar Sandeep of Department of Post shocked defending champion Sarfraz Alam 22-20, 21-8 in the men singles semi-finals on the penultimate day of the Bihar State badminton championships at the Secretariat Badminton Hall here on Saturday.

In the other events of the day, Shantu Kumar of Bhagalpur moved into the final of cadet boys’ and midget singles. Promising Aman Ranjan of Patna entered the semi-finals of the men’s and junior boys’ singles events.


Top seed Rajesh Kumar will face second seed Zishan Ali in the sub-junior boys’ singles final. Alka Kumari, Archana Kumari, Akanksha Kumari and Amarita Thakur made the line up for women’s singles semi-finals.In the junior girls; singles event, Alka Kumari, Akanksha Kumari, Amrita Thakur and Arpana Kumari made the last four grades.

Results:
Men’s singles (semi-final): Kumar Sandeep bt Sarfraz Azam 22-20, 21-8.
Women’s singles (quarter-finals): Alka Kumari bt Milan Singh 21-3, 21-6; Archana Kumari bt Pinki Kumari 21-5, 21-7; Akanksha Kumari bt Anupma Kumari 21-0, 21-2; Amrita Thakur bt Arpana Kumari 21-9, 21-5.

Cadet boys’ singles (semi-finals): Shantu Kumar bt Saurav Anand 21-19, 21-12; Md Danish bt Gautam Kumar 21-15, 21-3.
Junior boys’ singles (quarter-finals): Aman Ranjan bt Divesh Kumar; Ujjawal Prakash bt Sudhanshu Kumar 21-19, 21-17; Sudhir Kumar Singh bt Rajesh Kumar 21-19, 18-21, 22-20; Gaurav Siddharth bt Akash Kumar 21-18, 20-22, 21-16.

Sub-junior boys’ singles (semi-finals): Rajesh Kumar bt Neeraj Kumar 21-6, 21-11; Zishan Ali bt Samar Vijay 14-21, 21-17, 21-15.
Junior girls’ singles (quarter-finals): Alka Kumari w/o Dolly Kumari; Akanksha Kumari bt Surbhi 21-18, 217; Amarita Thakur bt Pinki Kumari 21-3, 21-3 and Arpna Kumari bt Ankita Kumari 21-12, 21-8.
Junior boys’ doubles (quarter-finals): Manish Kumar & Suraj Prakash bt Akash Kumar & M Jha 21-19, 21-19; Divesh Kumar & Satish Kumar bt Danish Akhtar & Abhishek 21-12, 12-21, 21-11; Ujjawal Prakash & Gaurav Siddharth bt Dharmendra & Amit Kumar 21-17, 21-12 and Aman Ranjan & Rajesh Kumar bt Raman Gaurav & Anshul Sundram 21-11, 21-8.

Bihar State badminton: Aman Raj in Q-F

Patna, August 28, 2009:
Top seed Aman Ranjan of Patna sailed into the junior boys’ singles quarter-finals of the Bihar state badminton championship at the Secretariat badminton hall here on Friday.

Aman beat Tausif Alam 21-11 and 21-6. Divesh Kumar (Bhagalpur), Sudhanshu Kumar (Nawada), Ujjawal Prakash (Samastipur), Sudhir Kumar Singh (Patna), Rajesh Kumar (Madhubani), Gaurav Siddharth (Samastipur)and Akash Kumar (P&T) joined Aman in the last eight stage.

Rajesh Kumar (Madhubani), Md Tausif Alam (Purnia), Tafsir Alam (Aurangabad), Neeraj Kumar (Patna), Vibhuti Mohan Mishra (P&T), SamirVijay (Muzaffarpur), Zishan Ali (Aurangabad) and Nitesh Kumar (Jamui)entered the quarter-finals of the sub-junior boys singles event.

The veterans’ singles (above 45 years) event saw Neeraj Kumar (Patna),Mukesh Kumar Singh (Samastipur) and Omprakash (Patna) qualifying for the semi-finals.
Milan Singh (Gopalganj), Archana Kumari (Muzaffarpur) and AmritaThakur (Bhagalpur) won their respective women pre-quarter-finalmatches to move into the quarter-finals.

Results: Junior boys’ singles (pre-quarter-finals):
Aman Ranjan beat MdTausif Alam 21-11, 21-6; Divesh Kumar beat Shubham 21-18, 16-21, 21-18;Sudhanshu Kumar beat Manish Kumar 21-10, 20-22, 21-17; Ujjawal Prakash beat Kundan Kumar Sinha 17-21, 21-11, 21-14; Sudhir Kumar Singh beat Naushad Ali Haideri21-8, 21-9; Rajesh Kumar beat Abhishek Shantnu 21-16, 21-16; Gaurav Siddharth beat Sandeep Pal 24-22, 21-16; Akash Kumar beat Zishan Ali 21-17, 21-16.

Sub-junior boys’ singles (pre-quarter-finals): Rajesh Kumar beat NavnitRaj 21-5, 21-11; Md Tausif Alam beat Sagar Mirnal 15-21, 21-16, 21-15;Zishan Ali beat Anshul Sundram 21-13, 21-9; Shubham beat Shubham (Patna) 20-22, 21-16, 21-19; Nitesh Kumar beat Uday Raja 21-7, 21-4; Samar Vijay beat Kundan Kumar Sinha 21-14, 21-13.

Women singles (pre-quarter-finals): Milan Singh beat Vijya Mehta 21-13,15-21, 21-12; Archana Kumari beat Ankita Kumari 21-14, 21-7; AmritaThakur beat Archana Kumari 21-5; 21-7.
Veterans’ singles (above 45 years) quarter-finals: Omprakash beat RaviKumar 21-10, 21-10; Vibhuti Mohan Mishra beat SK Mohan 21-10, 21-7; Mukesh Kumar Singh and Neeraj Kumar got walk-over.

Bihar State badminton championships: Three Samastipur lads in cadet singles quarter-finals

Patna, August 27, 2009:

Three Samastipur lads entered the quarter-finals of the cadet singles event in the Bihar state badminton championship at the Secretariat badminton hall here on Thursday.

Amarish Kumar, Saurav Anand and Neeraj Kumar all from Samastipur had no difficulty to overcome their rivals. Shantu Kumar (Bhagalpur), Gautam Kumar (Jehanabad), Aryan Raj (Khagaria), Arshad Shadab and Md Danish (both Aurangabad) also booked their berths in the quarter-finals.

In the sub-junior boys’ singles event, Rajesh Kumar, Navnit Raj, Md Tausif Alam, Rajat Aryan, Tafsir Alam, Ankit Kumar, Neeraj Kumar, Gulshan Kumar, Kundan Kumar Sinha, Samar Vijay, Uday Raja, Nitesh Kumar, Shubham, (Muzaffarpur), Anshul Sundram (Vaishali), Zeeshan Ali and Shubham (Patna) sailed into the pre-quarter-finals.

Results:
Cadet boys’ singles (pre-quarter-finals): Shantu Kumar beat Amarit Raj 21-12, 21-14; Amarish Kumar beat Prakhar Kumar 21-17, 21-11; Saurav Anand beat R Sinha 21-6, 21-2; Arashad Shadab beat Devanshu Shekhar 22-20, 30-29; Neeraj Kumar beat A Sundram 21-7, 21-8; Md Danish beat Vishal Kumar 21-10, 21-10; Gautam Kumar beat G Kumar 21-6, 21-16 andAryan Raj beat Pratyush Pratik 21-8, 21-11.

Sub-junior boys’ singles (second round): Rajesh Kumar beat Md Javed30-13; Navnit Raj beat Avinash Sharma 30-22; Md Tausif Ali beat Amit Kumar 30-22; Rajat Aryan beat Kumar Abhinav 30-28; Tafsir Alam beat Sagar Mirnal 30-9; Ankit Kumar beat Anup Kumar 30-27; Neeraj Kumar beat M Jha 30-17; Gulshan Kumar beat Abhishek 30-23; KK Sinha beat Rahul Kumar 30-16; Samar Vijay beat Raman Gaurav 30-18; Uday Raja beat Ashish Ranjan 30-22; Nitesh Kumar beat Shashikant 30-24; Shubham beat Ankit Kumar 30-25; Anshul Sundram beat Shikha Kumar 30-26; Zeeshan Ali beat Aniket Kumar 30-11 and Shubham beat Md Aamir 30-17.

Junior boys’ singles (U-19): Md. Tausif Alam beat Naukhez Haider 30-28; Suraj Prakash beat Tapsir Alam 30-24; Shubham beat Sunil Kumar 30-13; Rajat Aryan beat Sadam Hussain 30-13; Manih Kumar beat Samar Vijay 30-29; Gaurav Kumar beat Firoz Alam 30-14; Kundan Kr. Sinha beat Shashikant 30-25; Naushad Ali Haidry beat Dharmenora Kumar 30-26; Neeraj Kumar beat Vijay Sharma 30-23; Abhishek Shantanu beat Sagar Mrinal 30-8; Sandeep Pal beat Amit Kumar 30-23; Krshna Thakur beat Sanjay Kumar 30-16; Anushil Sundram beat Glshan Kumar 30-24; Zeeshan Ali beat Mishir Jha 30-24.

Midget boys’ singles (U-13) second round: Nitesh Kumar beat Ankit Kumar 30-14; Ajit Kumar beat Ankit Kumar 30-26; Ankit Kumar beat Mobasir Hassan 30-13; Uday Ranjan beat Vikash Kumar 30-17; Md. Javed beat Rohit Kumar 30-8; Md. Aftab Alam beat Vikash Ranjan 30-14; Akashdeep beat Priyanshu Agarwal 30-29; Giridhar Gopal beat Raushan Kumar 30-23; Gulshan Kumar beat Pulkit Aditya 30-16; Rahul Kumar beat Abhijeet Raj 30-24; Aditya Raman beat Sanju Kumar 30-28; Kunal Kr. Sinha beat Saurav Anand 30-19; Prem Shanker beat Amit Kumar 30-16; Shakya beat Prashant Kumar 30-29; Shashank Priyadarshi beat Prakhar Kumar 30-24; Shubham beat Rohit Kr. Ranjan 30-25.

Men’s singles (first round): Sandeep Pal W/O Masoom Hassan; Ali Azhar beat Atul Kumar 30-14; Chandradeep Kr. beat Naushad Ali Haidry 30-6;Dharmendra Sharma bt Suraj Prakash 30-19; Manish Kumar bt Dhiraj Kr.Chowdhary 30-20; Manish Kumar beat Ashish Kumar 30-17; Himanshu Kumar beat Kranji Singh 30-13; Ujjawal Prakash beat Rohtt Prakash 30-18; Vishwajeet beat S.Haidry 30-6; Gaurav Sidharth beat Md. Sabbj 30-12; Adarsh Kumar beat Alok Ranjan 30-10; Dharmendra Kumar beat Binay Kumar 30-09.

Photo caption: Md Danish and Vishal Kumar in action during their singles match of the Bihar State badminton champonships in Patna on August 27, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Bihar state badminton: Top players register easy wins in first round matches

Patna, August 26, 2009:
All leading players including top seed Shantnu Kumar of Bhagalpur, Amaritya Raj (Nawada), Amarish Kumar (Samastipur), Prakhar Kumar (Patna) and Gaurav Nirala (Khagaria) had no hic-cups to win their first round matches of the cadet boys’ singles in the Bihar State badminton championship at the Secretariat badminton hall here on Wednesday.

Shantanu Kumar outplayed Ojas Kumar 30-9 while Amartya Raj drubbed Md Aftab Alam 30-15 in one-sided encounters.

Earlier Director General of Police (Bihar), Anand Shankar, inaugurated the tournament in a colourful function. Badri Kumar Rastogi, secretary, Patna District Badminton Association (PDBA) welcomed the guests and Balram Prasad, advisor, PDBA proposed a vote of thanks.

Deepak Kumar, president, PDBA and principal secretary, Urban Development and Housing presided over the function. Rakesh Ranjan, former MLC, KN Jaiswal, secretary, Bihar Badminton Association (BBA), Ashok Kumar Mishra, treasurer, BBA, Rajeev Pratap Rudy, former MP, Anuj Kumar Singh and former state player Omprakash were present at the inaugural function.

Results:
Cadet boys’ singles (first round): Shantanu Kumar bt Ojas Kumar 30-9; Amartya Raj bt Md Aftab Alam 30-15; Amrish Kumar bt Krishma Kumar 30-21; Prakhar Kuamr bt Prakash Kumar 30-19; Saurav Anand bt Md Amir Nasim 30-19; Debanshu Shekhar bt Navneet Kumar 30-28; Arshad Sadab bt Rohit Kumar 30-27; Anudeep Sundram bt Nikhil Kumar 30-15; Neeraj Kumar Hemant Raj 30-20; Vishal Kumar bt Md Rehman Ali 30-26; Md Danish bt Rohit Kumar Ranjan 30-25; Gautam Kumar bt Yogendra Narayan Tiwari 30-13; Gautam bt Akash Kumar 30-13; Aryan Raj bt Rja Shanshir Pratyush Pratik got walk-over.

Sub-junior boys’ singles (first round): Navneet Raj bt Naukhez Haider 30-22; Avinash Sharma bt Pawan Kr Singh 30-27; Md Taushif Alam bt Kumar Arshi Anand 30-09; Md Javed bt Saiyum Bari 30-20; Kumar Abhinav bt Anish Kumar 30-23; Rajat Aryan bt Aditya Chandra 30-10; Sagar Mrinal bt Saddam Hussain Ahmed 30-28; Anup Kumar bt Utkarsh Maskara 30-10; Ankit Kumar bt Kunal Kr Sinha 30-19; Mishir Jha bt Md Danish Akhtar 30-18; Abhishekh bt Mayank Raj 30-10; Gulshan Kumar bt Ankit Kumar 30-16; Kundan Kr Sinha bt Purushottam Kumar 30-16; Rahul Kumar bt Gaurav Kumar 30-27; Raman Gaurav bt Priyanshu Agarwal 30-26; Samar Vijay bt Akash Kumar 30-12; Ashish Ranjan bt Akash Deep 30-29; Uday Rajan bt Dushad Akhter 30-21; Shashi Kant bt Rahul Kumar 30-10; Shubham bt Rahul Kumar 30-25; Ankit Kumar bt Gulshan Kumar 30-15.

Patna district badminton championships: Gloria bags U-13 girls' singles title

Patna, August 8, 2009
Gloria Anthony won the girls U-13 (midget) singles title of the Patna district badminton championships defeating Akshara 21-11, 21-6 at the Secretariat Badminton Hall here on Saturday.

Shubhi won the U-10 girls title defeating Aditi Kumari 21-16, 21-11.

In the sub-junior girls section, Jasnoor, Gloria, Sukriti and Pooja booked their berths in the semifinals. In the midget boys’ singles event Akashdeep, Shakya, Shantanu Singh, Kunal Kumar Sinha, Rohit umar, Pulkit Aditya, Prakhar Kumar and Atishya entered the quarter-finals.

DPS boys capture inter-school badminton title

Patna, August 7, 2009
Delhi Public School (DPS) proved their superiority claiming the senior boys’ team championship title of the Patna district inter-school badminton tournament at the Secretariat badminton hall here on Friday.

In the final, DPS boys routed DAV Public School, Walmi, 2-0.

DAV Public School, BSEB Colony, won the junior boys’ team event title winning all the matches in the round robin league. DPS got the second position.

Individual events also began today. Akashdeep, Nikhil Kumar, Rishabh Sinha, Shakya, Rohit Kumar, Yogendra Narain Tiwari and Abhijit Kumar moved into the boys under-10 singles (cadet) quarter-finals.

Abhijit Raj, Surya Narain Tiwari, Aditya Chandra, Prakhar Kumar, Akashdeep, Shakya, Shantanu Singh and Kunal Kumar won their respective matches in the boys’ under-13 singles.

Results:
Senior boys' team championship final: DPS beat DAV, Walmi 2-0 (Shubham beat Kundan Kumar Sinha 21-12, 24-12; Shubham and Navkesh beat Kundan Kumar Sinha and Kamal Kumar Sinha 21-10, 21-16).

Boys' U-10 cadet pre-quarter-finals: Akashdeep beat Kaushik Chowhan 30-11, Nikhil Kumar beat Divanshu 30-24, Rishabh Sinha beat Akash Pandey 30-10, Shakya beat Sanjivini Singh 30-18, Rohit Kumar beat Pratyush Pratik 30-11, Yogendra Narain Tiwari beat Mohit 30-17 and Abhijit Kumar beat Kartik 30-15.

Boys' under-13 midget singles: Abhijeet Raj beat Rohit Kumar 30-15, Surya Narain Tiwari beat Atish 30-23, Aditya Chandra beat Pulkit Aditya 30-24, Prakhar Kumar beat Aditya Kumar 30-21, Akash Deep beat Priyanshu 30-13, Shakya beat Sanjay Prakash 30-27, Shantanu Singh beat Shashank Shekhar 30-27 and Kunal Kumar Sinha beat Rishav Sinha 30-15.

Neeraj named technical official for World badminton

Patna, August 6, 2009
Neeraj Kumar of Bihar has been nominated technical official for the World badminton championship to be held Hyderabad from August 10, according to KN Jaiswal, secretary, Bihar Badminton Association.

Neeraj, a former national player, did his job as a technical official in the ninth Asian Games (1982) and several National Games earlier.

Patna inter-school badminton championships: Notre Dame Academy win senior girls' title

Patna, August 6, 2009
Notre Dame Academy stamped their authority claiming the senior girls’ team championship title in the Patna district inter-school badminton championship at the Secretariat badminton Hall here on Thursday.

Notre Dame Academy beat Delhi Public School (DPS) 2-0 in the last league match of the team championship to clinch the crown.

However, DPS girls won the junior girls’ team tile beating Bihar Bal Bhavan Kilkari 2-0.

In the senior boys’ team event final, DPS will take on DAV School, Walmi. In the semi-finals, DPS crushed Holy Mission School 2-0 and DAV School, Walmi beat Patna Central School 2-0.
DAV Public School, BSEB Colony and DPS won their respective matches to earn full points.

Results:
Senior girls’ team event: Notre Dame Academy beat DPS 2-0 (Sukriti beatRiti Raj 21-16, 21-3, Sukriti and Gloria beat Puja and Jasnoor 21-7, 21-11).

Junior girls’ team event: DPS beat Bihar Bal Bhawan, Kilkari 2-0 (Priya Agrawal beat Juli Kumari 21-8, 21-5, Akanchha and Payal beat Juli and Sonam 21-6, 21-10).

Junior boys’ team event: DAV, Board Colony, beat DPS 2-1 (Abhijit Raj beat Aditya Chandra 21-16, 19-21, 21-18, Akanchhadeep beat Priyanka Agrawal 21-18, 18-21, 19-21, Aakashdeep and Abhijit Raj beat Aditya and Priyanka 21-9, 21-8).
Loyala High School beat Bihar Bal Bhawan, Kilkari 2-0 (Sonal beat Kartik Kumar 21-4, 21-3, Saurav and Gautam beat Mohit Kumar and Sanjay Kumar 21-14, 21-13).
DPS beat Bihar Bal Bhawan, Kilkari 2-0 (Prakhar beat Mohit Kumar 21-6, 21-3, Prakhar and Aditya beat Kartik and Sanjay Kumar 21-6, 21-4).

Senior boys' team event: DPS beat Holy Misson School 2-0 (Shikhar Kumar beat Pawan Kumar Singh 21-19, 21-19, Shubham and Navkesh beat Mayank and Pawan 21-9, 21-10).
DAV (Valmi) beat Patna Central School 2-0 (Kundan Kumar Sinha beat Shashikant 21-9, 21-5, Kundan and Abhijit Raj beat Raunak and Shashikant 21-10, 21-17)