Sipahi Bhagat Memorial Inter-School Carrom Tournament ends

Patna, December 5, 2015: The three-day 4th Sipahi Bhagat Memorial Inter-School Carrom Tournament came to a glorious end at Open Minds A Birla School hall here on Saturday with the distribution of prizes amongst the winners. In the senior boys’ singles, Om Dayal of DPS came first while Sahil Gupta of Open Minds stood second

In the senior girls’ singles, Saima Ahamad of Ishan International bagged the top place while Saika Ahamad of Inshan International got the second position.

In the junior boys’ singles, Abhigyan Aditya of DAV BSEB claimed the first prize while Shivansh of Open Minds came second. In the junior girls’ singles, Samiksha Ranjan of Raza International stood first while Shalvi of Open Minds earned the second position.

Malti Devi, Trustee, Deorani Devi Memorial Trust and Aman Kumar, COO Open Minds- A Birla School gave away the prizes. School Principal Rajesh Sarkar welcomed the dignitaries and congratulated the students for showing a high-level of sportsmanship. Admin In-charge Shovika Yadav proposed a vote of thanks. Also present on the occasion were Satyajit Aditya, organising secretary and other teachers of the school.

Open Minds A Birla School clinch carrom team title

Patna, December 3, 2015: Open Minds A Birla School won the boys’ team title of the 4th Sipahi Bhagat Memorial Inter-School Carrom Championship defeating DAV Public School (Board Colony) at their school hall here on Thursday.

Delhi Public School got the third position.

Earlier, the tournament got off to a colourful start. Students from Delhi Public School, Raza International Girls, DAV BSEB, Litera Valley, Ishan International Girls School and Open Minds-A Birla School, Danapur have been participating in the three-day meet. Open Minds A Birla School principal Rajesh Sarkar and Admin In-charge Shovika Yadav inaugurated the tournament by playing a board. 

In the girls’ category, Ishan International Girls School emerged champions while Open Minds Danapur came second. The third position was bagged by DAV BSEB.

Photo caption: Open Minds A Birla School Principal Rajesh Sarkar and Admin In-charge Shovika Yadav trying their hands on the carrom board while inaugurating inter-school tournament in Patna on December 3, 2015

Bihar's Kajal is Junior National Carrom champion

Bihar's Kajal Kumari won the girls' singles title of the 42nd Junior National and Inter-State Carrom Championships held at Moradabad from January 16 to 22. Kajal beat Tuba of Chandigarh 13-2, 16-10 in the final.

Bihar girls win team title in Junior National Carrom

Bihar girls won the team championships title of the 42nd Junior National and Inter-State Carrom Championships held at Moradabad from January 16 to 22. In the final, Bihar beat Chandigarh 2-1.In the first singles Bihar's Kajal Kumari defeated Sania of Chandigardh in straigst sets 21-0, 21 -0. In the 2nd singles Nisha of Bihar lost to Tuba of Chandigarh 0-21, 7-17. The deciding double  was won by Rinki and Neha of Bihar against Priya and Nidhi of Chandigarh By 11-5, 21-4.

Carrom Queen Rashmi regains World title

Colombo, November 4, 2012: Rashmi Kumari of India made history on the Sri Lankan soil by winning the women’s singles title of World Carrom Championship for the second time. Rashmi beat team-mate I. Illavazghi in straight set by 25-12 and 25-11.

Earlier, Rashmi had won this coveted trophy in the year 2000 during 3rd World Carrom Championship in Delhi beating P Nirmala of India.

Rashmi, who hails from Patna (Bihar), beat Yashika of Sri Lanka by 25-4 and 25-6 in the quarterfinal with the help of one White Slam whereas, Kavita Sumanchi of India beat Parimala Devi also of India by 25-12 and 25-22 to secure 3rd place. Rashmi had secured 3rd place during 2004 in Sri Lanka and during 2008 in France. She also had to her credit two Asian Championships and Two International Carrom Federation Cup Championships. She is currently the Indian National Champion and has also secured five National titles to her credit.

However, the history was made by D. Nishant Fernando of Sri Lanka who beat Bharti Darshan of India in a straight set of 25-4 and 25-10. This is the first title of men’s singles of any international tournament won by any non-Indian player in the last 24 years since the creation of International Carrom Federation.

Fernando played extremely beautiful game to beat Bharti Dashan in the final. Earlier, Fernando defeated Parakash Gaikwad of India in two sets by 25-23 and 25-5 and scored One White Slam as well as a Black Slam during the quarterfinal.  Fernando also defeated K. Srinivas of India in the semifinal by 25-18 and 25-23.

The 6th World Carrom Champion ended with a colourful closing and prize distribution ceremony. Sri Lankan Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage was the chief guest at the ceremony. Also present on the occasion were president of International Carrom Federation Arif Naqvi, secretary general (ICF) SK Sharma, president ACC Zahir Nasir, and secretary general, ACC Langlee Mathaisz and the Auditor General of Sri Lanka Mayadune.

  

Kajal Kumari achieves a grand double in Kalibari invitation carrom

Patna, December 26, 2011: Kajal Kumari earned a grand double winning women’s singles and doubles titles of Kalibari invitation carom tournament at Gardanibagh Kalibari premises here on Monday.

In the women’s singles final, Kajal defeated Vibha Kumari 25-0, 25-15. Later, combining with Vibha, Kajal beat the pair of Sandhya Sinha and Kavita Rani 25-6, 25-20 to win doubles crown.

Manish Jaiswal claimed the men’s singles title beating Moinuddin 25-12, 25-17. Manish also got the men’s doubles title. Manish and Wasim beat Pankaj Kumar and RC Choubey 25-10, 25-5 in the men’s doubles final.

Debashish Sengupta, regional manager, National Insurance Corporation and senior lawyer of Patna High Court Shyama Prasad Mukherjee jointly distributed the prizes. 

Navin, Sandhya claim Bihar carrom titles

Patna, February 7, 2011: Navin Arya of Chapra emerged Bihar men’s singles carrom champion. In the final Navin bounced back after conceding the first game to defeat Neeraj Kumar of Patna 9-21, 20-16, 16-11 in the 21st Bihar state and inter-district carrom championships at LIC hall here on Monday.

Sandhya Sinha won the the women’s singles title beating Guria Rani 0-21, 18-5, 21-12. It was a tough fight for Sandhya in the final as Guria won the first game at 21-0. But experience Sandhya Rani captured the second and third games.

Sudhanshu Shekhar, marketing manager, LIC of India Patna branch, gave away the prizes. Bihar State Carrom Association working president Ravi P Sinha welcomed the guests. Dr Sanjay Kumar, president, Patna District Carrom Association, proposed a vote of thanks.

Neeraj moves into Bihar carrom semifinals

Patna, February 6, 2011: Neeraj Kumar outplayed AK Sharma 18-14, 21-3 to move into semifinals of the 21^st Bihar State and inter-district carrom championships here on Sunday.

Jalaj Kumar, Navin Arya and Md Mosabir also entered the men’s singles semi-finals.

Guria Rani, Khushboo Rani and Sandhya Sinha got their appointed slots in the women singles semifinals.

Results: Men’s singles (quarterfinals): Neeraj Kumar beat AK Sharma 18-14, 21-3; Jalaj Kumar beat Pawan Kumar 17-16, 4-21, 14-10; Navin Arya beat Manish Jaiswal 21-18, 20-21, 21-7; Md Mosabir beat Z Khan 0-21, 21-0, 21-9.

Bihar girl Kajal is National junior carrom champ

Dehradun, January 2, 2011: Last year’s runner-up Abdul Rehman of Uttar Pradesh stunned defending champion K Sriniwas of Hyderabad 13-12, 21-8 to clinch the boys singles title of the 39th Junior National and inter-state carrom championship at Agarwal Dharmshala here.

In a play off match, Mohd Hassan (Chandigarh) defeated Mohd Danish of Delhi 21-5, 13-8 to claim the third spot.

Last year’s runner-up and current Sub Junior champion Kajal Kumari of Bihar captured the girls’ tile defeating M Kanagdhara of Tamil Nadu 21-9, 21-0.

Defending champion Dipika Sinha of Bihar lost her play off match against P Jayashree of Tamil Nadu 6-21, 21-5, 12-21 and got the fourth place.

Khushboo Kumari of Jharkhand defeated K Karn of Bihar 21-3, 21-6 in the final of Youth girls singles. Kamna Gupta of UP earned the third place beating A Swathi of Hyderabad 21-0, 21-0.

Results: Boys’ singles : 3rd & 4th Place- Mohd. Hassan (Chandigarh) bt Mohd. Danish (Delhi) 21-5, 13-8; 5th & 6th Place- Akash Goel (Maharashtra) bt Ansari Naeem Akhtar (Maharashtra) 9-5, 19-13.

7th & 8th Place - Naresh (Hyderabad) bt. Mohd. Talib (Chandigarh)

Semifinals – K Srinivas of Hyderabad defeated Mohd Danish (Delhi) 11-8, 21-2 and Abdul Rehman UP defeated Mohd Hassan (Chandigarh) 16-8, 21-2.

Quarterfinals: K Srinivas (Hyderabad) defeated Akash Goel (Maharastra) 18-2, 7-21, 21-0; Mohd Danish (Delhi) defeated Mohd Talib (Chandigarh) 15-10, 21-10; Mohd Hassan (Chandigarh) defeated Ansari Naeem Akhtar (Maharashtra) 18-14, 3-14, 21-11; and Abdul Rehman (UP) defeated U. Naresh (Hyderabad) 7-20, 13-11, 21-6.

Girls’ singles : 3rd & 4th Place- P Jayashree (TN) bt Dipika Sinha (Bihar)at 21-0, 5-21.

5th & 6th Place- Tuba (Chandigarh bt Farheen (Chandigarh) 21-0, 21-0.

7th & 8th Place- Archana (Bihar) bt R Vinitha (Tamil Nadu) 16-18, 21-0.

Semifinals: M Kanagdhara (T.N.) defeated defending Champion Dipika Sinha (Bihar) 13-7, 1-19, 21-7 and Kajal Kumari (Bihar) defeated P Jayashree (TN) 16-14, 19-11.

Quarterfinals: Dipika Sinha (Bihar) bt Tuba (Chandigarh) 17-11, 11-20, 18-6; M. Kanagdhara (TN) bt Archana (Bihar) 14-0, 11-13. 21-4; P Jayashree (TN) bt Farheen (Chandigarh) at 14-13, 9-19, 10-09; and Kajal Kumari (Bihar) bt. R. Vinitha at 21-0, 14-7.

Youth boys’ singles: 3rd & 4th Place V Akash (Orissa) bt Mohd. Salman (Delhi) 2-18, 21-07, 14-12.

Semifinals: Mohd. Ghufran (UP) defeated Md Salman (Delhi) 21-9, 21-3 and S.K. Wasim (Vid) defeated V Akash (Goa) 14-10, 21-1.

Quarterfinals: Mohd Ghufran (UP) bt S Romendra Singh (Manipur) 21-5, 12-5; Salman (Delhi) bt Nikul Kakde (Maharashtra) 21-9, 21-9; V Akash (Orissa) bt Manish Jaiswal (Bihar) 0-21, 19-5, 17-16; and SK Wasim (Vidarbha) bt Raj Kumar (Chandigarh) 21-5, 21-5.

Youth girls’ singles : 3rd & 4th Place- Kamna Gupta (UP) bt A. Swathi (Hyderabad) 21-0, 20-3.

Semifinal: K Karn (Bihar) defeated A Swathi (Hyderabad) 15-12, 21-6; and Khushboo Kumari (Jharkhand) bt Kamna Gupta (UP) 17-6, 21-5.

Quarterfinals: K Karn (Bihar) bt Kudrat (Chandigarh –Defending National Champion) 20-5, 21-10; A. Swathi (Hyderabad) bt B Sudha Rani (Andhra) 17-2, 18-10; Khushboo Kumari (Jharkhand) bt. Chaitali Harizan (Goa) 21-0, 21-0; and Last year runner-up Kamna Gupta (UP) bt. L. Shreya Devi (Manipur) 21-0, 21-0.

Later, president of Uttaranchal State Carrom Association, Anil Goel and SK Sharma, general secretary of All India Carrom Federation gave away the prizes.

Press release from All India Carrom Federation

Bihar's Deepika, Kajal move into Jr National carrom quarterfinals

Dehradun, January 1, 2010: Defending champions Deepika Sinha of Bihar trounced Kabita Devi of Maniput in straight sets 21-0, 21-0 to move into the girls singles quarterfinals of the Junior National and Inter-State carrom championships at Agarwal Dharmashala here.

In the other pre-quarterfinal matches, Tuba of Chandigarh beat N Abhiram of Tamil Nadu 21-6, 13-6 and Archana of Bihar defeated Kabya Shree (Jharkhand) 20-1, 21-0. M Knagdhara of Tamil Nadu had a sensational fight against MSK Harika of Andhra as the former defeated Harika at 9-14, 19-12, 21-15. Farheen of Chandigarh defeated N. Rajya laxmi of Andhra Pradesh 18-11, 21-6, P Jayashree of Tamil Nadu defeated Bibha Kumari of Bihar 21-2, 11-10, R Vinita of Tamil Nadu had three-set fight against Manu Gupta of Chandigarh 21-5, 0-21, 21-0 and Kajal Kumari of Bihar defeated Nini Jha of Jharkhand 21-0, 21-0.

In boys’ singles, defending champions K Srinivas of Hyderabad defeated Mohd. Kashif of Uttar Pradesh 16-15, 21-15 to enter the quarterfinals.

In the other pre-quarterfinal matches, Akash Goel of Maharashtra defeated Wahid Ali of UP 18-17, 19-11, Mohd. Talib of Chandigarh beat A. Mahendran of Tamil Nadu 21-7, 21-5, Mohd. Danish of Delhi outplayed Mohd. Adil of UP 21-13, 21-5, Mohd. Hassan of Chandigarh defeated N Yaimasana of Manipur 21-0, 21-0, Ansari Naeem Akhtar of Maharashtra defeated Mohd. Arif of UP 14-21, 16-15, 11-10, U Naresh of Hyderabad defeated Vinay Kumar of UP 14-11, 8-14, 18-12 and Ashdul Rahman of UP defeated Irfan Nizam Shaikh of Maharashtra 21-9, 21-0.

Boys’ singles : 4th Round – K. Srinivas (Hyderabad) bt. T. Vamsi (Andhra) 21-1, 21-0; Mohd. Kashif (UP) bt. K. Tamilselvan(TN) 21-1, 15-11; Wahib Ali (UP) bt. Mohd. Shaquib (Chandigarh) 21-0, 21-6; Akash goel (Maharashtra) bt. Y. Avaid Singh (Manipur) 21-3, 17-12, Mohd. Talib (Chandigarh ) bt. S. Sai (Hyderabad) 21-5, 21-5 (Talib scored white slam in 4th board of 2nd game); A. Mahendran (TN) bt. Subham Shekhar (Jharkahnd) 21-0, 21-6; Mohd. Danish (Delhi) bt. G. Midhun Chakrabarti 21-0, 21-0; Mohd. Adil (UP) bt. SK. Elahi (Andhra) 21-5, 21-8; Mohd. Hassan (Chandigarh) bt. B. Dilleswara Rao (Andhra) 21-0, 21-0; N. Yaimasna ( Manipur) bt. Sitaram Bandekar (Maharashtra) 18-1, 10-21, 15-5; Ansari Naeem Akhtar (Maharashtra) 21-0, 12-8, 21-3; Mohd. Arif (UP) bt. R. Venkateswaran (TN) 21-0, 21-0; U. Naresh (Hyderabad) bt. S. Bonikapooor (Manipur) 20-7, 21-5; Vinay Kumar (UP) bt. Akash Sendre (Chhattisgarh) 12-10, 14-5; Irfan Nizam Shaikh (Maharashtra) bt. Gowthaman (TN)19-0, 11-6; Abdul rehman (UP) bt. Deepak Singh (Jharkhand) 21-0, 21-0.

Girls' singles: 4th Round: Dipika Sinha (Bihar-defending champion) bt. A. Adhulya (TN) 15-21, 21-1, 17-1, Kajal Kumari (Bihar – Current Sub Junior Girls National Champion) bt.Priya Sharma (Chandigarh) 13-2, 21-0; Nini Jha (Jharkhand) bt. Asharfunnisha (Hyd) 15-7, 14-6; R Vinitha (T.N.) bt. Ekta Tripathi (UP) 21-5, 14-6; Manu Gupta (Chandigarh) bt. Amruta (Gujarat) 21-0, 21-3; Bibha Kumari (Bihar) bt. Aishwarya Kushwaha (UP); 16-0, 13-11; P. Jayashree (TN) bt. Rajni Soni (Jharkhand) 16-10, 13-9; N. Rajayalakshmi (Andhra) bt. G. Jyothi Pravalika (TN) 21-7, 5-14, 14-8; Farheen (Chandigarh-Ex Junior National Champion) bt. Vrushali Patil (Maharashtra) 21-5, 21-6; M. Kanagdhara (TN) bt. Suruchi Kumari (Bihar) 18-5, 3-15, 16-1; MSK Harika (Andhra ) bt. Anjali Taneja (Chahattisgarh) 9-21, 14-7, 16-12; Maitreyee Gogte (Maharashtra) bt. Kabya Shree (Jharkhand) 13-9, 9-6; Archana (Bihar) bt. Pravasini Singh (Orissa) 21-0, 21-0; Tuba (Chandigarh) bt. Neha Vemula (Maharashtra) 21-0, 21-0 N. Abirami (TN) bt. D. Nagmani (Hyderabad) 21-0, 20-0; Kabita Devi (Manipur) 14-4, 11-0.

Youth Girls’ singles: Pre-quarterfinals: Kudarat (Chandigarh- Top seed last year winner) bt. Insha Ijaz (J&K) 21-0, 21-0; K. Karn (Bihar) bt. A. Benita Glady (T.N.)21-5, 15-7; B. Sudha Rani (Andhra) bt. C. Marvia (Puducherry) 6-20, 21-6, 21-0;A. Swathi (Hyd.) bt. Rozi Parveen( U.P.)16-11, 19-1;Chaitali Harizan (Goa) bt. L.Gayatri Devi (Chhattisgarh) 13-0, 21-0; D. Amuly (Hyderabad) bt. Khushbu Kumari (Jharkhand) 21-4, 21-0; Kamna Gupta (UP- Last year Runner) bt. Shilpa Gautam (Vidarbha) 21-12, 21-0.

Youth boys’ singles: Pre-quarterfinals: Mohd. Gurfan (U.P.) defeated Manish Gupta (Jharkhand) 21-5, 21-10; S. Romendra Singh (Manipur) defeated Ranjan Prakash (Bihar) 19-5, 19-13; Nikul Kakade (Maharashtra)Aryan (Haryana) 21-0,21-0; Md. Salman (Delhi)defeated D. Dilli Babu (TN) 11-19, 18-0, 14-7; Manish Jaiswal (Bihar) defeated Saju (Uttaranchal) 21-0, 21-0; V. Akash (Orissa)defeated Arshadyulla Khan (UP) 19-6, 21-10; Raj Kumar (Chandigarh) Srikanth P. (Kerala) 21-0, 10-11, 16-11S. K. Wasim (Vidarbha)defated A. Raghavendra (Andhra) 21-0, 21-0.

Source: All India Carrom Federation

Uttar Pradesh boys and Bihar girls clinch carrom titles

Dehradun, December 29, 2010: Uttar Pradesh and Bihar clinched the boys and girls team championship titles respectively in the 39th Junior National and Inter-State carrom championship at Agarwal Dharmshala here on Wednesday.

Uttar Pradesh blanked Hyderabad 3-0 in the boys’ final. In the first singles Syed Wahib Ali of Uttar Pradesh beat D. Kalyan of Hyderaabd 21-1, 21-5 while in the second singles Mohd. Arif of UP got the better of K Sriniwas of Hyderabad 19-15, 16-15.

Abdul Rahman and Mohd. Kashif of Uttar Pradesh outplayed V Naresh and S Sai of Hyderabad 14-11, 21-13 to win in the doubles final.

In girls’ team championship final, Bihar recaptured the trophy defeating Tamil Nadu 3-0. In the first singles Deepika Sinha of Bihar tamed M. Kanagdhara of Tamil Nadu 21-11, 21-10. In the second singles Kajal Kumari of Bihar struggled to beat P Jayashree of Tamil Nadu 11-3, 7-11, 21-7. In the doubles Suruchi and Bibha of Bihar defeated S. Adhulya and Jyothi Pravalika of Tamil Nadu at 21-9, 19-3.

Earlier, Anoop Gupta of Uttarakhand defeated Jitesh of Haryana in Youth boys singles first round 16-19, 18-11, 16-12.

Hyderabad and UP entered the final of boys’ team championship. In the first semi-final, Hyderabad defeated Tamil Nadu 2-1. In the first singles K Srinivas of Hyderabad even letting down in first game by 9-18 improved a lot in second and third game. He won the second game by 21-5 and the 3rd by 18-16 against K Tamil Selvan.

In the 2nd singles D Kalyan of Hyderabad lost to P Mahendran 11-13, 0-21. In the doubles V. Naresh and S Sai of Hyderabad defeated Tamil Nadu pair of V R Venkateswaran and A Vigneswaran 4-17, 19-05, 20-10.

In the second semifinal, UP defeated Chandigarh 2-1. In the first singles Syed Wahib Ali of UP defeated Hassan of Chandigarh 6-21, 21-3, 21-9. In the second singles Mohd. Arif of UP lost to Talib of Chandigarh at 1-21, 21-17, 7-21. In the doubles, Abdul Rehman and Mohd. Kashif of U.P. defeated Arish and Saqib of Chandigarh 19-0, 21-0.

In the girls singles semifinals, Tamil Nadu and defending champions Bihar registered their victories. In the first semi Final Tamil Nadu defeated Maharashtra by 2-1. In the first singles M Kanagdhara of Tamil Nadu lost to Vrushali Patil of Maharashtra 5-20, 0-21. In the second singles P Jayashree of Tamil Nadu defeated Maitreyee Gogate of Maharashtra 18-0, 21-8. In the doubles S Adulya and Jyuothi Pravalika of Tamil Nadu beat Neha Vemul and Shreya Valanju of Maharashtra 21-1, 21-0.

In the second semifinal Bihar defeated Chandigarh 2-1. In the first singles Kajal Kumari of Bihar defeated Farheen of Chandigarh 20-5, 6-15, 16-15. In the second singles, Deepika Sinha of Bihar lost to Tuba of Chandigarh 0-12, 8-12, 3-18. Suruchi and Bibha defeated Anjali and Priya of Chandigarh 16-17, 21-1, 18-1.

Quarterfinals boys team championships

Hyderabad bt. Andhra by 2-1- D. Kalyan lost to S.K. Ilahi 21-06, 21-14; K. Srinivas bt. B. Dilleshwara Rao 21-0,10-21, 21-6, V. Naresh & S. Sai bt. Janardhan Reddy & Basheer 8-9, 21-0, 21-0.

Tamil Nadu bt. Vidarbha by 3-0- K. Tamil Selvan bt. Avinash Birkar 15-0, 18-0; A. Mahendran bt. Vicky Sakhare 13-9, 21-1, VR Venkateshan & A. Vigneswaran bt. Monish & Aashik 11-4, 10-9, 15-14.

Chandigarh bt. Bihar by 3-0. Talib bt. Wasim 21-0, 21-14; Hassan bt. S. Ezazi 21-0, 21-0; Saqib & Arish bt. Lokesh Bihari & Devesh 21-7, 28-16.

UP bt. Maharashtra by 3-0- Mohd. Arif bt. Akash Goel 14-10, 21-0; Syed Wahid Ali bt Irfan Shaikh 21-3, 21-5, Mohd. Kashif & Abdul Rehman bt. Kiran Makwana & Vishal Parmar 21-0, 18-13.

Girls team championships quarterfinals:

Bihar bt. Jharkhand by 3-0- Kajal bt. Kavyashree 18-16, 21-11; Deepika bt. Smrity Shekhar 21-0, 18-3; Suruchi & Bibha bt. Rajani Soni & Nini Jha 21-16, 21-0.

Chandigarh bt. Hyderabad by 3-0- Farheen bt. D. Nagamani 21-0, 21-0; Tuba bt. G. Moonika 21-5, 21-0; Anjali Taneja & Priya Sharma bt. B. Shruthi & G. Shruthi 19-0, 21-0.

Maharashtra bt. Andhra Pradesh by 2-1- Vrushali Patil bt. MSK Harika 16-12, 5-13, 10-7; Maitreyee Gogate bt. N. Rajyalakshmi 10-3, 11-3; Neha Vemula & Shreya Valanju lost to Ch. Mary Swarna & P. Vineela 14-11, 11-15, 19-8.

Tamil Nadu d bt. UP. by 3-0- P. Jayashree bt. Bhoomi Tripathi 21-0, 21-0; M. Kanagdhara bt. Ekta Tripathi16-14, 0-21, 21-1; S. Adulya & Jyothi Pravalika bt. Aishwarya & Shikha Singh 21-9, 15-12, 18-6.

Source: All India Carrom Federation

Rashmi, Bhushan to represent India in 3rd World carrom championships

Patna, September 16, 2010: Twice World champion Rashmi Kumari of BSNL Bihar will represent India in the 3rd World Cup carrom championships to be held in Richmond, Virginia (USA) from September 27 to October 1.

Giving this information Bihar State Carrom Association (BSCA) executive president Ravi P Sinha said BSCA secretary Bharat Bhushan would be the coach of the team.

He said All India Carrom Federation (AICF) would organise a preparatory camp under the supervision of Bharat Bhushan in Faridabad from September 20 to 23.

Rashmi Kumari had brought many laurels to India. She won the World Cup title in 2001 (New Delhi) and was placed 3rd in 2008 (France). Rashmi Kumari also won SAARC and Asian Cup in 2009.

Bhushan, who is working in the office Principal Accountant General (Audit), Bihar, has been again nominated by AICF as coach of the Indian Team. Bhushan had a good record in international outings. Indian team had won all the medals at France World Carrom Championship held in 2008 under his supervision.

Meanwhile, Bihar State Carrom Association congratulated Rashimi and Bhushan for their feat. BSCA president Shyam Nandan Sharma said that both the participants were experienced and had participated in many international tournaments earlier.

Bhushan was the manager of Indian team, which won World Carrom Championship at Sri Lanka in 1995 and 2004. Bhushan had also participated at UK and Malaysian Open tournaments, he added.

Team: B Radha Krishnan (Tamil Nadu), Yogesh Pardeshi (Petroleum Sports Control Board), Prakash Gaekwad (LIC of India), Zaheer Pasha (Karnataka), Rashmi Kumari (BSNL, Patna), Kavita Somanchi (RBI), G Revathi (BSB), S Illavazhagi (Tamil Nadu), Ratan Singh (manager) and Bharat Bhushan (coach).

Bihar girls win two National carrom titles

Patna, January 1, 2010:
Bihar sub-junior and junior girls won team championship titles at the Sub-Junior National and Junior National carrom championship at Jeevan Deep Educational Institution, Varanasi, recently. The championship was held from December 27 to January 1, 2010.

According to information reached here, about 1500 boys and girls had participated in the tournament that was hosted by Uttar Pradesh Carrom Association. Three tournaments, 37th Sub Junior National and Inter-State Carrom Championship along with 38th Junior National and 17th All India Federation Cup for seniors were organized.

In the junior boys’ National, Hyderabad annexed the team championship title while Maharashtra and Assam were placed at 2nd and 3rd positions respectively. Bihar lost to Chandigarh in the quarter-finals 1-2.

In the sub-junior boys’ National, host Uttar Pradesh clinched the team championship title while Manipur and Chandigarh were placed 2nd and 3rd respectively. Bihar lost to Manipur in the quarter-finals 1-2.

In the 37th Sub-Junior National and Inter-State Carrom Championship, Bihar girls defeated strong contender Tamil Nadu 3-0 in the semi-final. In the final Bihar beat a spirited Bengal 2-1 to win the title.

In the 38th Junior National and Inter-State Carrom Championship, Bihar girls defeated Chandigarh 2-1 in the semi-final while in the final Bihar outplayed host Uttar Pradesh 2-1 to win the crown.

Results:
37th Sub-Junior National and Inter-State Carrom Championship
Semi-final: Bibha (Bihar) beat S.Suganthi (Tamil Nadu) 08-0,00-14,11-04; Kajal (Bihar) beat Abhirani (Tamil Nadu) 09-06,10-05; Archana and Neha (Bihar) lost to Praveen and Kuga Kumari (Tamil Nadu) by 03-05,08-07,00-11.
Final: Bibha (Bihar) lost to K.Singh (Bengal) 02-05,03-17; Kajal (Bihar) beat Rinku Das (Bengal) 18-00,15-00; Archana and Neha (Bihar) beat Priyanka and Bani Das (Bengal) 02-05,08-04,12-07.

38th Junior National and Inter-State Carrom Championship:
Semi-final: Deepika (Bihar) beat Farheen (Chandigarh) 06-04, 09-07; Kajal (Bihar) beat Tuba (Chandigarh) by 23-00,23-00; Bibha and Priti (Bihar) lost to Anjali and Kudarat (Chandigarh) 04-06,10-00,00-23.
Final: Deepika (Bihar) beat Tulika (U.P.) 14-00, 11-04; Kajal (Bihar) beat Kamna (U.P.) 10-04, 08-06; Priti and Bibha lost to Shreya and Shamama (U.P.) by 03-16,05-15

Neeraj, Rashmi are the best carrom players in Bihar

Patna, October 21, 2009:

It was an anti-climax of a sort in the men’s singles final of the 19th Bihar State and inter-district carrom championships at the Post and Telegraph Recreation Club here on Wednesday.

Much was expected from promising Jalaj Kumar of Muzaffarpur, who played magnificently throughout the tournament. Experienced Neeraj Kumar proved his is still the best bet in Bihar carrom. He beat Jalaj Kumar 15-0, 7-9, 14-0 to win the coveted crown.

The women’s singles final, however, went onto expected line. Former world champion Rashmi Kuamri of BSNL just toyed with Guriya Rani Singh 11-1, 15-0 to win the title.

Sarfarazul Haq (Barh) beat Nizam Ansari (Madhubani) 20-4, 17-8 to capture the veteran’s singles title.

Engineers Association chairman Dr AK Srivastava, Bihar Olympic Association secretary Md Mushtaq Ahmad and financial advisor, Bihar State Road Transport Corporation RP Kanth gave away the prizes.

Results:

Men’s single final: Niraj Kumar beat Jalaj Kumar 15-0, 7-9, 14-0.

Semi final: Niraj Kumar beat R C Choubey 12-1, 20-0; Jalaj Kumar beat Navin Arya 6-5, 22-0.

Women’s single final: Rashim Kumari beat Guriya Rani Singh 11-1, 15-0.

Semi-finals: Rashim Kumari beat Sandhya Kumari 14-0, 18-0; Guriya Rani Singh beat Kajal 6-8, 13-1, 12-4.

Junior boys final: Pawan beat Wasir Akhtar 13-12, 6-9, 11-0.

Semi-finals: Pawan Kumar beat Md Saddam 8-10, 9-1, 6-4; Wasim Akhtar beat Md Wasim 12-1, 7-6.

Photo caption: Winners of 19th Bihar State and Inter-District carrom championships pose for a group photograph with distinguished guests in Patna on october 21, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Patna men clinch Bihar carrom title

Patna, October 21, 2009:
Patna proved their supremacy in the state carrom winning the men’s team championships tile of the 19th Bihar state and inter-district championship at Post and Telegraph Recreation Club hall here on Tuesday.

Patna outplayed Chapra 2-1 to win the crown. West Champaran annexed the women’s team championship title demolishing Patna 3-0 in the final.

Results:

Men team final: Patna beat Chapra 2-1 (Niraj Sinha lost to Navin Arya 6-10, 0-10; Abhay Sharma bt Neeraj 2-1, 20-2; S Aditya and Pramod beat Pankaj and P C Choubey 12-2, 14-0).

Semi-finals: Chapra beat Samastipur 2-1 (Niraj lost to Md Nadeem 3-11, 0-15; Navin Arya beat Z Khan 14-1, 11-1; Pankaj and R C Choubey beat Md Akhtar and Md Naushad 7-9, 11-1, 15-11).
Patna beat Postal 3-0 (Neeraj Kumar beat Vivek Kumar 13-3, 0-8, 10-1; Abhay Kumar Sharma beat Subodh Sharan Sinha 19-1, 14-1; Pramod and M Aditya beat A K Jha and Mahfuz 14-6, 8-6).
Women team final: West Champaran beat Patna 3-0 (Viva beat Sandhya Sinha 6-5, 14-8; Kajal beat Guriya Rani Singh 10-4, 7-0; Archana and Neha got walk over against Deepika and Sweta) .

Semi-finals: Patna beat Muzaffarpur 2-0 (Guriya Rani Singh beat Rinki Ranjan 12-0, 10-6; Sandhya Sinha beat Sriya 5-7, 12-0, 20-0).

West Champaran beat Patna ‘B’ 2-0 (Kajal Kumari beat Khoosbu Karn 13-0, 11-4; Viva Kumari bt Puja Kumari 7-2, 8-4).

Men’s single first round: Ravi (Patna) beat Gulab Babu 12-0, 8-8, 16-4; Mithilesh Sah beat Sahnaz 9-2, 2-5, 14-5; Mouinuddin beat Alok Kumar 10-6, 12-9; Devbashish beat K Gopal 11-2, 11-3; Manish Jaiswal beat Rajan 2-8; 12-6, 11-10; M A Khan beat Ritesh Kumar 15-2; 4-14; 13-3.

Photo caption: MK Khan plays against Ritesh Kumar in men's singles of the Bihar state and inter-district carrom championships in Patna on October 20, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Bihar State carrom: Buxar, NABARD men start campaign in style

Patna, October 20, 2009:
Buxar, NABARD, Bhojpur and Samastipur won their respective team event matches of the men’s section in the Bihar state and inter-district carrom championships at Post and Telegraph Recreation Club hall here on Monday.

The opening day of the championships saw no upset coming from any board while two slams were recorded. Jalaj Kumar of Muzaffarpur hit first white slam of the tournament while Navin Arya of Chapra executed the second one.

Earlier, AG Bihar Arun Kumar Singh inaugurated the tournament playing a board with Bihar Players’ Association president Mritunjay Tiwari. Pankaj Kumar, regional director, Punjab Technical University was the special guest at the opening function. Working president Bihar Carrom Association, Ravi P Sinha welcomed the guests while organizing secretary Ramashish Sinha proposed a vote of thanks.

Results:
Men’s knock out round: Seohar beat Gaya 2-0, Muzaffarpur beat Jamui 3-0, Post and Telegraph beat darbhanga 3-0, LIC beat Katihar 3-0.

Photo caption: AG Bihar, Arun Kumar Singh plays a board against Bihar Players' Association president Mritunjay Tiwari during the inaugural function of the Bihar state carrom championships in Patna on October 19, 2009.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

19th Bihar carrom championships from October 19

Patna, October 13, 2009:
Bihar State Carrom Association (BSCA) in association with Patna District Carrom Association will organize the 19th Bihar State and Inter-District carrom championshipsfrom October 19 to 21 at Post and Telegraph Recreation Club here.

Giving this information, BSCA secretary Bharat Bhushan said that about 300 players (including men and women) would take part in the meet which is being sponsored by Punjab Technical University.

He said Munger, Katihar, Purniia, Araria, Darbhanga, Madhubani, Samastipur, Muzaffarpur, Vaishali, Chapra, East and West Champaran, Rohtas, Bhagalpur, Buxar, Begusarai, Jamui, Sheikhpura, Nawada, Nalanda, Saharsa, Gaya, Sitamarhi, Seohar and Patna had confirmed their participation. Besides this, five institutional teams would also participate in the tournament, he added.

Bhushan said an organising committee under the chief patronship of Pankaj Kumar (regional head, Punjab Technical University) had been formed. The other members of the committee are; Shyam Nandan Sharma (patron), Ravi P Sinha (president), Bharat Bhushan and Badri Prasad Yadav (both vice-presidents), Ramashish Singh (organising secretary) and Dr Sanjay Srivastava (convenor).

Sandhya wins Patna carrom title

Patna, September 13, 2009
Sandhya Sinha won the women’s singles title of the Patna district carrom championships defeating Dipika Sinha 23-5, 23-20 in the final at the NABARD Recreation Club hallhere on Sunday.

Alakh Kishore clinched the junior boys’ singles title beating Nitesh Ranjan 23-4, 23-18 in the final. Ramashish Prasad Singh, secretary, Bihar Volleyball Association, distributed the prizes. Dr Sanjay Srivastav, secretary, Patna District Carrom Association, welcomed the guests.

Patna carrom from September 12

Patna, August 27, 2009:
Patna district carom championship will be held here from September 12, according to Dr Sanjay Srivastav, general secretary, Patna District Carrom Association. The last date for entry is September 10.
On the basis of the championship, four players each from men’s and women’s groups would be selected to represent Patna in the 19th Bihar state and inter-district carrom championship to be held at the Post and Telegraph Recreation Club hall here from September 29, he added

ICF brings in sea change in carrom rules

Patna, April 7, 2009
International Carrom Federation brought in sea change in the playing rules of carrom to make the game fast-paced and simple keeping in view the interest of players and spectators. The rules have been implemented world-wide from April 1.

Bihar State Carrom Association secretary Bharat Bhushan said the All India Carrom Federation had ratified the playing conditions and four changes in the rules of the game. Bhushan is also the vice-president of the AICF.

New Rules

(a) All matches shall be decided on the basis of best of three sets of four boards or 23 points whichever is earlier. A player who reaches 23 points first or leads on conclusion of the fourth board shall be the winner of the ‘set’.

(b) ‘Game’ shall be called a ‘set’.

(c) A time of two minutes shall be allowed between the 1st set and 2nd set and between 2nd and 3rd sets, to start the next set. Players shall be allowed to consult their coaches during intervening time of two minutes.

(d) Players are not allowed to leave the playing arena till the match is completed.

(e) In the third set, side shall be changed after two boards.

(f) A player shall not take more than 10 seconds to make a stroke and/or to place the penalty/due.

(g) A maximum of 11 points can be scored in a 'board'. Any due and/or c/m shall automatically be written off.

(h) Queen will have the value of two points. The player shall be entitled to be credited with the value of the Queen, only if he wins the board. Loser of the board shall not get any point even if he pockets the Queen.

(i) Queen is not required to be covered.

(j) The player shall not lose the advantage of getting the credit of two points for pocketing Queen even if reaches the score of 21 or 22 points. In other words, a player shall get two points for pocketing Queen at all stages of the set without any consideration of the score.

(k) A player has the right to pocket the Queen provided a c/m of his own has already been pocketed.

(l) Queen can be pocketed even after pocketing one's all his nine white or black c/m.

(m) In case a player pockets all his c/m while the Queen is on the board, the board will not be treated as over. He can pocket the Queen as the last c/m. If he pockets, he wins the board. If he fails, the turn will pass on to the opponent. The opponent can choose to pocket the Queen either at the beginning or in between or in the end. If after pocketing of Queen, few c/m remain on the board, he shall continue his turn till he is able to pocket the remaining c/m. On pocketing all his c/m and the Queen, he wins the board by 2 points since his opponent has already pocketed all his c/m. If he fails to pocket any of the remaining c/m, he will lose the board with the number of c/m lying on the board.

(n) Reporting time shall be five minutes before the scheduled time. A player shall lose the entire match if he fails to report to the Umpire at his match Board 5 minutes before the scheduled time of the match.

(o) During those five minutes, umpires would complete all the formalities as required by them and in the meantime players may have trial testing of the board for two minutes to be completed before the scheduled time of the match.

(p) Matches shall start right at the scheduled time.

(q) In case the score of both the players at the end of four boards is equal, the set will be decided on the basis of TIE-BREAKER. In tie-breaker both the players will be given three chances alternatively to pocket a c/m from the same side they are already sitting.

(r) Tie-breaker c/m will be placed by the Umpire within the outer circle touching the line of the outer circle in straight line of the center circle on the opposite side of the player pocketing the c/m.

(s) If score remains equal even after the tie-breaker, the set shall be decided by ‘sudden death’.

(t) In sudden death, again both the players will be given alternative chances to pocket the tie-breaker c/m from the same side they are already sitting. In sudden death, after one chance to each player, as and when a player fails to pocket the c/m, he loses the set. The same shall continue till a decision is arrived at.

(u) First stroke both in ‘tie-breaker’ and ‘sudden death’ shall be decided by a common toss for both tie-breaker and sudden death. Winner can either choose the stroke or the side. In case the winner chooses the break, the loser shall have the right to choose the side or vice versa.

(v) As soon as any player places the striker on the surface of the board when it is not his turn or for making an out of turn stroke, the umpire shall immediately declare the foul and the board should not be awarded against that player. Both umpire and the opponent shall share the responsibility of being vigilant.

(w) The written protest shall be submitted within 5 minutes of completion of that particular Board. The decision of the Championship/Tournament authorities should be conveyed to the parties concerned at the earlier possible

(x) Matches for cadets, sub-junior and junior players may be conducted with time limit of 22 minutes for each set and total time limit of 70 minutes for each match.

(y) The Chapter of Queen as given in Laws of Carrom of ICF is being revised separately.

(z) All other rules except those mentioned above shall be applicable as provided in Laws of Carrom of ICF.


Source: Bihar State Carrom Association