Ishan International School girls and DAV Public School boys win TT titles

Ishan International School girls and DAV Public School, BSEB Colony, boys won the team titles of the 3rd Acharya Sudarshan Inter-School Table Tennis Championships at the Patna Central School hall in Patna recently. Tripti Verma of Litera Valley School clinched a grand double winning the cadet and sub-junior girls' singles titles. Amit Kumar won the junior boys' singles crown beating Yogesh Mathuri. Patna Central School Principal SP Singh and Vice-Principal OP Singh gave away the prizes.

Rahul wins a grand double in school TT

Patna, November 11, 2009: Rahul Kumar of Patna Central School (PCS) won the junior boys singles and doubles titles to make it a grand double in the Inter-School table tennis championships at Secretariat Club hall here on Wednesday.

In junior boys’ singles final, Rahul outplayed his teammate Ankit Kumar 12-10, 14-12, 11-9, 13-11 to win the crown while in the junior boys’ doubles final Rahul pairing with Ankit Kumar drubbed Gagan Neer and Amit Kumar 11-6, 15-13, 9-11, 12-10.

Varsha Bhagyashree too earned a grand double claiming the junior girls’ singles title defeating Simmi Ghosh 11-8, 11-9, 11-8. PCS boy Ankit clinched the sub-junior boys’ singles title defeating Amit Kumar of Holy Mission School 11-4, 12-14, 11-6, 11-5.

Bihar Government’s Art, Culture and Youth Affairs secretary Vivek Kumar Singh gave away the prizes. Umnag Sinha (Don Bosco Academy) and Serin (St Karen’s School) were decalred promising players of the tournament. Seema Kumari of LVZ School was declared best coach. Bihar Government’s PRD secretary Rajesh Bhushan proposed a vote of thanks.

Photo captions: Winners of Inter-School table tennis championsips pose for a group photograph with their medals in Patna on November 11, 2009.

Bottom: PRD secretary Rajesh Bhushan felicitates Art, Culture and Youth Affairs secretary Vivek Kumar Singh in Patna on November 11, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Tushar, Simmi win cadet titles

Patna, November 10, 2009: Tushar Kanti of Loyola High School won the cadet boys’ singles title of the inter-school table tennis tournament defeating his schoolmate Gagan Nir 11-7, 6-11, 11-9, 9-11 and 11-7 at the Secretariat hall here on Tuesday.

In cadet girls’ final, Simmi Ghosh (PCS) beat Chanchal Dutta (Christ Church) 11-4, 11-2, 11-1 while in sub-junior girls’ final Varsha Bhagyasri (DPS) beat Simmi Ghosh (PCS) 11-7, 11-7, 11-5.

Results:
Junior boys’ singles semi-final: Rahul Kumar (Patna Central School) bt Aniket (Loyala) 11-7, 7-11, 11-5; 9-11, 11-5; Ankit Kumar (Patna Central School) bt Pyush D Gandhi(DPS) 11-7, 8-11, 12-14, 11-6, 11-6.
Sub-junior boys singles semi-final: Ankit Kumar (Patna Central School) bt Sourav Kumar (PCM) 11-8, 11-8, 11-7; Amit Kumar (Holly Mission) bt Vivek Nishad (Radiant) 11-4, 9-11, 3-11, 11-8, 11-2.
Junior boys double semi-final: Gagan and Amit bt Pyush and Rahul 6-11, 11-7, 13-15, 11-5, 11-6; Ankit and Rahul bt Ayush and Kanhaiya 11-6, 12-10, 11-9.

DPS girls clinch table tennis team title

Patna, November 9, 2009: Dehli Public School (DPS) clinched the girls’ team championship title of the inter-school table tennis tournament emerging top in the round-robin league at the Secretariat hall here on Monday.

In the last league match, DPS girls crushed St Karen’s High School 3-0. St Karen’s got the second position.

In the boys’ team final, Patna Central School ‘A’ beat DPS 3-1. In the sub-junior boys’ singles, Umang Sinha (Don Bosco Academy) thrashed Akash Kumar (Holy Mission) 11-9, 11-8 and 11-2 in the first round.

Results: Sub-junior-boys’ singles (first round): Umang Sinha bt Akash Kumar 11-9, 11-8, 11-2; Rishutosh (Christ Church) bt Shiv Raj Rai (DPS) 11-6,13-11, 11-8 and Aditya Umang (St Xavier’s) bt Ytharth (Loyola HS) 11-9, 11-8, 8-11,11-3.

Loyola, DPS and PCS boys in semifinals

Patna, November 7, 2009:
Loyola High School, Delhi Public School (DPS) and Patna Central School‘A’ and ‘B’ teams stormed into the semifinals of the boys team event in the inter-school table tennis tournament at the Secretariat hall here on Saturday.

Patna Central School ‘A’ swamped Loyola School ‘A’ 3-0, Patna Central School ‘B’ crushed Don Bosco Academy 3-0, DPS edged past Patna Central School ‘B’ 3-1, DPS thrashed LVZ School 3-0, Patna Central School ‘B’ flogged St Michael’s ‘B’ 3-0 and Patna Central School ‘A’ spanked St Michael’s ‘B’ 3-0.

In the girls’ team event, DPS tamed Patna Central School 3-0 and St Karen’s High School thrashed LVZ School 3-0.

St Michael's High School 'A' start in style

Patna, November 6, 2009:
St Michael’s High School ‘A’ and ‘B’, Patna Central School ‘A’ and ‘B’ and Don Bosco Academy won their respective team event encounters on the opening day of inter-school table tennis tournament at the Secretariat Hall here on Friday.

St Michael’s High School ‘A’ struggled to down Loyola High School ‘B’ 3-2, Patna Central School ‘A’ swept past Loyola High School ‘B’ 3-0, St Michael’s High School ‘B’ trounced LVZ School ‘A’ 3-0, Patna Central School ‘B’ crushed Don Bosco Academy 3-0; Don Bosco Academy edged past St Michael’s High School ‘C’ 3-1 and Delhi Public School tamed Holy Mission 3-1.

Earlier, Bihar Government's Chief Secretary, Anup Mukhaerjee inaugurated the tournament in a colouful function. He also played a game. A robot table tennis machine was also inaugurated in the function. Bihar Government's Public Relation Department secretary Rajesh Bhushan, Irrigation secretary Ajay Nayak and a dozen of senior government officials attended the opening function.

Mukesh Roy, secretary, Bihar Table Tennis Association (BTTA), Dilip Gandhi, treasurer, BTTA and international table tennis player, Tapan Kanti Das were present at the opening function.

Photo caption: Bihar Government's Chief Secretary Anup Mukherjee (top) and PRD Secretary Rajesh Bhushan (bottom) try their hands on the TT table during the opening function of Inter-School table tennis tournament in Patna on Friday.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui