Radhe Payang and Tripti Singh emerge BIT, Patna champions

Patna, February 21, 2010: Radhe Payang of Civil, Production, IT & Mechanical Engineering (CPIM) and Tripti Singh of Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE) won the individual championship titles in the men and women sections respectively of the Birla Institute of Technology (BIT) third annual sports meet here on Sunday.

Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE) won the team championships title with 230 points to their credit. EEE with 180 points, CSE with 139 points and CPIM with 114 points got the second, third and fourth positions respectively.

Rameshwar Singh, Principal Secretary, Department of Planning, was the chief guest at the prize-distribution function. Dr Janak Pandey, Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Bihar was the guest of honour. They jointly distributed the prizes.

Prof BN Giri, Dr SP Lal, Prof KP Singh, Prof DP Singh, Dr SK Jain, Prof KC Bajpai and Sujata Bajpai were present at the prize-distribution function.

Earlier, Radhe Pyang of Civil, Production, IT & Mechanical Engineering (CPIM) raced to glory in 1500m on the first day of the two-day annual sports meet on Saturday.

Prof BN Giri, Director, BIT, Patna, inaugurated the meet.

Results:

5000-m (men): Radhe Payang of CPIM (first), Sunil Kumar Gupta of ECE (second) and Prashant Priyadarshi of CPIM (third).

Shot put: G Anurag Reddy of ECE (first), Pranit Arora of CSE (second) and Dhanesh Chandra (third).

Triple jump: Satish R of EEE (first), Pranay Patel of ECE (second) and Parash Prakash of EEE (third).

Tug of war: ECE (first) and EEE (second).

Women: High jump: Arti Kumari of CSE (first), Manomita Mishra of CSE (third) and Alka Seenam of CPIM (third).

Jevelin throw: Kalyani Kumari of CSE (first), Vidyut Medha of CSE (second) and Sweety of ECE (third).

Shot put: Shamsunnissa Begum of ECE (first), Arushi of ECE (second) and Ajit Singh of ECE (third).

Tug of war: ECE (first) and EEE (second).

Men: Board jump: Paras Prakash Munda of EEE (first), Rajesh Kumar of ECE (second) and Kumar Gaurav of CPIM (third).
Discus throw: Anurag Reddy of ECE (first), Abhishek Kumar of EEE (second) and Ankit Mishra of EEE (third).

Women: Board jump: Steffy Santosh of ECE (first), Tripti of EEE (second) and Pooja Kumari of ECE (third).

Discus throw: Shamsunissa of ECE (first), Kalyani Kumari of CSE (second) and Khushbu Kumari of CPIM (third).

Photo captions: Prizes are being given to the winners at the BIT, Patna sports meet in Patna on February 21, 2010.

Boys and girls taking part in different events.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui/Nagendra K Singh and BIT students

SIS Cup: Zig-Zag Club advance

Patna, December 2
Zig-Zag Cricket Club, Buxar registered their second victory in-a-row in the 10th SIS Cup Randhir Verma memorial inter-school cricket tournament edging out St Karen’s High School, Patna by two wickets at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here on Monday.

Sajid Fridi of Buxar, who claimed four wickets, was declared man of the match.

In the second match of the day, Mukherjee Seminary, Muzaffarpur crushed Nanhi Public School, Madhubani by six wickets. Anand of Muzaffarpur, who scored 29 runs, was adjudged man of the match.

Brief scores: St Karen’s High School: 87 for eight wickets in 18 overs (Nikhil-13, Dheeraj-16, Abhishek-11, Sajid Fridi-4/13, Pankaj-2/13). Zig-Zag CC, Buxar: 90 for eight wickets in 13 overs (Shahzad-28, Raushan-14, Mani-3 for 27)
Nanhi Public School, Madhubani: 101 all out in 16.2 overs (Mintoo-38, Gautam-14, Ashish-3/10, Vijendra-2/13, Rahul-2/24). Mukherjee Seminary: 105 for four wickets in 14 overs(Anand-29, Vikas-27, Javed-18, Bhashkar-2/28)

Neeraj to lead Concept Cricket Aacdemy
Former Bihar Ranji Trophy player, Neeraj Kumar will lead the Concept Cricket Academy in the Malda cricket tournament to be held at (West Bengal) from December 3, according to convener of the academy Vishnu Shankar.

Team: Neeraj Kumar (captain), Tusarkant (vice-captain), Kabir Sanyal, Ajay Mishra, Suman Kumar, Rajnish Gaurav, Kamlesh Kumar, Ganesh Gautam, Rahul Saxena, Sunny Singh, Kundan Sharma, Anitesh, Rakesh Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Shantanu, Mukul Kashyap, Sunny, Gautam Kumar, Ratnesh Kumar, Ranjit Kumar and Ali Abbas. Coach: Aman Gandhi.

Dony Polo School (junior) in Super 30 final
Dony Polo Public School (juniors) moved into the final of the Super 30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament defeating RMR Seminary by 94 runs at the Patna College ground here on Monday.

Manish Anand of Dony Polo, who scored 44 runs and bagged four wickets, was named man of the match.

Batting first, Dony Polo boys made a challenging 223 all out off 29.4 overs. In reply, RMR Seminary boys were bundled out for 129 runs in 23.1 overs. Now, in the final, it will be an all-Dony Polo affairs as juniors will take on seniors on December 3.

Brief scores: Dony Polo School (juniors): 223 all out off 29.4 overs (Rajnish 15, Shamshi 29, Manish 44, Nishant 74, Vipesh 17, Mukesh 3 for 30, Raushan 2 for 29). Ram Mohun Roy Seminary: 129 all out off 23.1 overs (Abhishek 20, Manish 12, Satyaveer 20, Mukul 13, Manna 27, Manish 4 for 24, Rajnish 2 for 23).

Photo Caption: Concept Cricket Academy team in Patna on Monday

SIS Cup cricket: Buxar boys move up

Patna, December 1
Zig-Zag Cricket Club, Buxar humiliated Ashwani Public School by seven wickets in the Randhir Verma memorial inter-school cricket tournament for the SIS Cup at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here on Sunday.

Sajid Fridi of Zig-Zag Club, who claimed five wickets, was declared man of the match.
Batting first, Ashwani Public School made 66 runs in 18.3 overs. Anmol Boni (20) and Anmol Sachdeva (11) reached the double figures. Sajid Fridi ran through the Ashwani Public School innings claiming five wickets for 18 runs. Pankaj and Rajesh took three and two wickets each for 11 and 10 runs, respectively.

In reply, Buxar boys notched up the required runs off 7.5 overs for the loss of three wickets. Pankaj (33) and Sajid Fridi (17) shone with the bat. Sumit captured two wickets for 17 runs.

Dony Polo School in Super-30 final

Dony Polo Public School (seniors) moved into the final of Super 30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament defeating Concept Academy by 41 runs at the Patna College ground here on Sunday.

Kumar Aditya of Dony Polo, who made 28 runs and took two wickets, was declared man of the match.
Batting first Dony Polo boys scored 134 runs off 26.4 overs. In reply, Concept Academy could manage 93 runs off 26.3 overs.

Yellow Panthers clinch PWC throwball title

Patna, November 23, 2008
Yellow Panthers won the Patna Women’s College annual sports meet throwball event title defeating Red Robins in an exciting three-set final 15-8, 11-15 and 15-12 at their College ground here on Saturday.

Yellow Panthers took the first set easily but Red Robins bounced back to capture second set at 15-11. The third set was equally poised as both the teams fought hard to earn points. Eventually Yellow Panthers clinched the set and the match at 15-12.

Anumeh Prakash of Yellow Panthers and Kamana Bharati of red Robins were declared best all rounder and best scorer of the tournament.

Before the start of the final, players were introduced to Gauri Das, assistant director, art culture and youth affairs department. Patna Women’s College principal Sister Doris D Souza and Throball Association of Bihar secretary Neeraj Kumar Pappu were present at the final match.

Eastern Command clinch hockey title
Eastern Command won the Inter-Command hockey trophy defeating Western Command 1-0 at Dung Dung Stadium, Danapur, here on Saturday.

YN Singh hit the match winner just two minutes before the final hooter. Bihar Regimental Centre Commandant Brigadier PS Rathee gave away the prizes

What the photo says

Yellow Panthers and Red Robnis players pose for a group photograph with Patna Women's College Principal Sister Doris D Souza and Throwball Association of Bihar secretary Neeraj Kumar Pappu in Patna on Saturday.

BCA T20 tournament: Rajesh to lead Patna team

Patna, November 20, 2008
Rajesh Kumar Sinha of Patna Electric Supply Undertaking (PESU) will lead a 14-member Patna district team against Sheikhpura in the Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) Inter-District Twenty20 cricket championships to be played here on November 23, according to Ram Kumar, assistant secretary, Patna District Cricket Association (PDCA).

TEAM: Rajesh Kumar Sinha (captain), Arvind Jha (vice-captain), Kumar Mridul, Kumar Aditya, Rajesh Kumar Rana, Shashi Bhushan, Ram Veenit Saran, Nishant Kumar (wicketkeeper), Satish Kumar, Indrajeet Kumar, Nishant Kumar, Amiyakar Prakash, Rajeev Kumar and Kundan Gupta. Manager cum coach: Tarun Kumar.

Patna Central School win
Patna Central School (PCS) found a place in the the quarter-finals of the Super 30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament beating Gayatri International by one wicket at the Patna College ground here on Wednesday.

Kundan of PCS, who remained unbeaten on 55 runs and took two wickets, was declared man of the match.

Gayatri International School scored 149 all out in 24.3 overs while PCS chased in successfully for the loss of nine wickets.

Civil services carrom meet
Defending champions Dinesh Khedekar of RSB, Mumbai and Sharmila, RSB, Chennai have been given top seeding in the men and women’s section respectively of the All India Civil Services carrom tournament beginning at the Secretariat Badminton Hall here from November 21, according to tournament convenor Ashok Kumar Mishra.

He said Tripura Secretariat, RSB, Hyderabad, RSB, Ahmedabad, Gujarat Secretariat and Uttar Pradesh Secretariat teams had already arrived here to take part in the meet.

BD Evening College claim MU cricket title
BD Evening College won the Magadh University (MU) inter-college cricket championship title beating Jagat Narain Lal College (JNLC) by 85 runs at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here on Tuesday.

Batting first, BD Evening College piled up 165 for the loss of eight wickets off 30 overs. In reply, Jagat Narain Lal College stumbled out for 65 runs. Dr Subhash Prasad Singh, principal, BD Evening College and Dr Babban Singh, principal, Jagat Narain Lal College jointly distributed the prizes.

Tenni-koit tourney
Star India women's tenni-koit championship will be held here from December 8, according to Niraj Kumar Pappu, secretary, Bihar Tenni-Koit Association.
He said chairman-cum-managing director of Star India Construction Company, SB Prasad, had been named chairman of the organising committee. The last date for entry is November 30. The championship will be organised in U-12, U-14 and U-16 age group sections. About 200 players are likely to take part in the championship.

AITA talent series: Adamya in semi-finals

Patna, November 13, 2008
Adamya Vikrant (Bihar) outplayed Pradeep Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) 6-4, 6-2 to reach the semi-finals in the U-18 boys’ singles semi-finals of the All India Tennis Association (AITA) talent series tournament at the Patliputra Colony courts here on Wednesday.

In other quarter-final matches,Siidarth Vishwakarma (UP) drubbed Jaipratap (Bihar) 6-1, 6-4.
Other results: Boys’ Under-16 pre-quarter-finals: Adamya Vikrant (Bihar) beat Anish Anupam (Bihar) 6-3, 6-3; Rishu Raj (Bihar) beat Saurav Kumar Singh (Bihar) 6-1, 7-5; Pradeep Kumar (UP) beat Amritanjay (Bihar) 6-4, 6-0; Aditya (Bihar) beat Jaipratap (Bihar) 6-2, 6-1; Siddharth Vishwakarma (UP) beat Aman Kumar (Bihar) 6-1, 6-1; Rahul Singh (Delhi) beat Samaresh Kumar (UP) 6-2, 6-3; Ishan Priyadarshi (Bihar) beat Siddharth Venkat (Bihar) 7-6, 6-4.

Patna District TT from November 16

Patna District Table Tennis Association (PDTTA) will organize its annual championships from November 16 to 19 at Bihar Young Men Institute here.

PDTTA secretary Dilip Gandhi said men, women, boys, girls, sub-junior boys and girls and cadet boys and girls events would be held during the four-day meet. Interested players may contact tournament convenor Sanjay Bhattacharya at BYMI for entry and other details.

Lucent School, Dehradoon lose

Concept Academy (B) chalked out a thrilling one-wicket win over Lucent School (Dehradoon) in the Super 30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground on Wednesday.

In the other match, St Michael’s School steamrollered Gurukul Tutorial by seven wickets.

Brief scores: Lucent School: 91 (Suresh 18, Shivam 18, Rajiv 15, Sonu 2 for 16, Ajay 2 for 19, Pawan 2 for 36). Concept Academy: 92 for 9 (Sonu 16, Sunny 11, Rajiv 2 for 19, Ramesh 2 for 11, Yakub 2 for 6).

Bihar Atya Patya team

Rajkamal will lead a 17-member Bihar atya patya team in the 17th senior National championships to be held at Nagpur from November 14 to 16, according to Bihar Atya Patya Association president Vijay Kumar Sharma.

Team: Rajkamal (captain), Guddu (vice-captain), Kaushak Kishore, Vikash Kumar, Mukesh Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Ajadi Kumar, Chunnu Kumar, Sujit Kumar, Dharmaveer Michael and Badal Kumar. Mamager: Tarun Kumar Azad.

Sukhdeo cricket: Gyan Bharati Ara boys advance

Patna, November 10, 2008
Gyan Bharati Public School, Ara chalked out a comprehensive six-wicket victory over Sunil Jwala Public School, Sasaram in a second round match of the 24th All-India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the DAV School (BSEB Colony) ground here on Sunday.

Kundan Kishore of the winning teams was adjudged man of the match.

Batting first Sasaram boys were all out for a meager 112 runs. Ara boys collected the required runs in 14.1 overs losing only four wickets.

Brief scores: Sunil Jwala Public School: 112 all out off 30 overs (Nikhil Kumar 28, Sonu Bhatt 16, Animesh Kumar 11, Radheshyam 12, Ankur 3 for 25, Rinkal 2 for 20).
Gyan Bharati Public School: 116 for 4 off 14.1 overs (Kundan Kishore 43, Ankit Raj 19, Radheshyam 2 for 22, Vivek 1 for 20, Narayan 1 for 23).

St Dominic and Dony Polo Schools win
St Dominic Savio School beat International School, Patliputra by four wickets in the Super 30 inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground here on Sunday.

In the other match of the day, Dony Polo School beat Mother Teresa School by two wickets to enter the next round.

Brief scores: International School: 126 for 6 off 20 overs (Rahul 41, Kalimulla 26, Yakub 12, Ranjit 3 for 16, Rahul 3 for 25).St Dominic Savio: 127 for 6 off 19.2 overs (Rajnish 17, Nehal 19, Sanskar 26, Qadir 2 for 16, Asjad 2 for 9).

Mother Teresa School: 104 off 19.4 overs (Bittu 21, Pranay 12, Mannu 23, Manish 3 for 16, Anandpriya 3 for 11). Dony Polo Public School: 105 for 8 off 19.4 overs (Kshlay Kanan 33, Ratish 17, Manish 10, Anuj 3 for 18, Vishal 3 for 24).

Don Bosco Academy move into 3rd round

Patna, November 9, 2008

Don Bosco Academy stormed into the third round of the All-India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament defeating Ashwani Public School by four wickets at the DAV Board Colony School ground here on Saturday.

Batting first Ashwani Public School made a modest 150 for the loss of six wickets off 30 overs. In reply, Don Bosco boys reached the target in 25.3 overs losing six wickets on the way.

Siddhant Vijay of Ashwani Public School, who stroked in fluent 70 runs with nine hits to the fence, was declared man of the match.

Brief Scores: Ashwani Public School: 150 for 6 off 30 overs (Siddhant Vijay 70, Anmol Kumar 23, Vijay Kumar 16, Piyush 3 for 20, Gaurav 1 for 26, Abhishek 2 for 24).
Don Bosco Academy: 154 for 6 off 25.3 overs (Sachin 16, Abhishek 33, Ankur 14, Amitabh 30, Rupesh 31, Rajkishan 3 for 28, Siddhant 2 for 32).

Ara RPS School win

RPS School, Ara and local Lucent School won their respected matches in the Super 30 Inter-School cricket tournament at the Patna College ground here on Saturday.

In the first match, RPS School (Ara) thrashed Mother Teresa School by 99 runs while Lucent School beat Residential School, Vikramganj by 36 runs in the next match.

Brief Scores: RP School: 177 for 6 (Varun 53, Abhishek 34, Dhananjay 27, Ravi 13,Vipin 2 for 39, Vishal 2 for 23). Mother Teresa School: 78 (Vipin 24, Manohar 14, Dhananjay 3 for 24, Manjay 2 for 16).
Lucent School: 164 for 4 (Deepak 16, Vijay 72, Ratan 16, Prabhat 2 for 16).
Residential School: 128 (Ratnesh 19, Fahad 36, Vinay 22, Deepak 2 for 24, Vijay 2 for 16).

Bihar sub-junior volleyball from November 19

Bihar State sub-junior volleyball championships scheduled to be held at Banka from November 15, now will be held from November 19, according to Bihar Volleyball Association secretary Ramashish Prasad Singh.

Bassketball player dies

Former national basketball player Jitendra Kumar died in a private nursing home in Patna on Saturday. He was seriously hurt in a road accident at Gandhi Setu while returning from Hajipur. He was an employee of Senior Superintendent Police Office (Patna).

Several sports lovers and sports organizers expressed their griefs over the sudden demise of Jitendra.

Civil services carrom from November 21

The All India civil services carrom championships will held at the Secretariat Indoor Hall from November 21, according to Ashok Kumar Mishra, convener, Bihar Secretariat Sports Club.
He said that team championships (men and women), men and women singles and doubles events would be organized during the meet. All state secretariats of the country and teams from Regional Sports Board would be taking part in the six-day meet, he added.

Kaimur to host State wrestling

The 54th Bihar State wrestling championship would be held at Kaimur from November 15, said Kameshwar Singh, general secretary, Bihar State Wrestling Association. The Bihar team will be selected during the meet for the National wrestling championship to be held at Gonda (Uttar Pradesh) from December 4.

Neha claims triathlon, aquathlon titles

Patna, November 1
Neha Singh annexed the Bihar state junior triathlon and aquathlon championship titles held at the DPS, Danapur on Saturday.

The sport of aquathlon consists of a continuous, two-stage race involving followed by running. A triathlon is an endurance sports event consisting of swimmings, cycling and runnings over various distances.

Bihar team for the junior National triathlon and aquathlon championship to be held at Aurangabad in Maharashtra from November 22, was also selected during the meet.

Team: Gahanshyam, Raushan Kumar, Rajiv Kumar, Babloo, Himanshu kumar, Kunwar Ayush, Neha Singh, Baby Kumari, Shanti Kumari and Savitri Kumari.

BSNL Bihar badminton and chess teams

The Bihar Telecom will participate in the All India BSNL badminton and chess tournaments to be held at Rajkot and Meerut respectively, according to BSNL Sports Board secretary Prakash Nath.

Teams
Badminton: Neeraj Kumar, Vimal Vivkey, Dilip Kumar Singh, Vijay Kumar Singh, Md Zahiruddin and Purnima Kumari. Manager: DK Singh.

Chess: Raj Kumar Chauhan, Bhakti Gopal Jha, Nathuni Mochi and Nathuni Kunwar. Manager: Satyanarain Prasad. Coach: Asrarul Haque.

Bihar chess team for junior National

The Bihar team left Patna on Saturday for West Godavari to take part in the junior National chess championship (boys & girls) starting from November 4, according to All Bihar Chess Association secretary Arvind Kumar Sinha.

Teams
Boys: Praveen Kumar, Nilesh Shankar, Ved Prakash Sinha, Rishi Shankar, Vivek Rohan Sharma, Ganesh Kumar and Shubham; Manager: Veena Kumari; Coach: Jawahar Singh.
Girls: Pallavi, Srushti Gautam, Surbhi Raj and Prgya Raj; Manager: Mamta Singh; Coach: Parmanand Thakur.

Dev Priya captures tennis crown

Patna, October 31
Dev Priya Jaiswal of Bihar tamed state-mate Adamya Vikrant in straight sets 6-0, 6-0 to win the boys U-18 singles title of the All India Tennis Association Talent Series at the Patliputra Colony courts here on Friday.

Dev Priya, who had a stupendous run in the tournament, virtually toyed with his opponent and gave no breathing space to show a semblance of fight.

In the boys' under-18 doubles final, Dev Priya Jaiswal and Ishan Priyadarshi (both from Bihar) struggled hard to beat Amarendra Singh Choudhary (UP) and Adamya Vikrant (Bihar) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to complete his grand double.

Ramjee Upadhaya in Indian kabaddi team

Ramjee Upadhaya of Bihar Police has been selected to represent India in a forthcoming kabaddi tournament to be held in China, according to Bihar State Kabaddi Association secretary Kumar Vijay.

Bihar boxing team

Parvati Kumari of Katihar would lead the seven members Bihar team in the ninth senior National women boxing championship to be held in Agra from November 2, said Rajeev Kumar Singh, secretary, Bihar Boxing Association.

Team: Parvati Kumari (captain), Rani Kumari, Seema Kumari, Sunita Yadav, Reena Singh, Amita Kumari and Sonu Kumari. Manager: Ranbir Kumar Amar. Coach: GK Mandal.

Patna division U-19 team

A 13-member Patna division team would take part in the inter-division CK Nayudu (under-19) school cricket tournament to be held in Kishanganj from November 14, said Arun Kumar Singh, deputy director, physical education, Patna division.

Team: Munchun, Aman Krishna, Rakesh Tiwari, Md Firoz, Kundan, Saurav Anand, Satbir Singh, Abhishek Kumar, Amiyakar and Saurav Chakarborty (all from Patna), Ezajul Haque and Shahbaz Alam (both from Buxar) and Sanjit Kumar Mishra (Bhojpur).
Reserves: Prince Kumar and Rahul Raj (both from Rohtas) and Nitish Kumar (Kaimur).

26 states confirm participation

Twentysix states have confirmed their participation in the 22nd sub-junior and mini National badminton championship starting from November 10 at the Secretariat badminton hall here, according to KN Jaiswal, secretary, Bihar Badminton Association.

Dev Priya faces Adamya Vikrant in tennis final

Patna, October 31
Dev Priya Jaiswal of Bihar set up title clash with state-mate Adamy Vikrant in the U-18 boys singles of the All India Tennis Association Talent Series tournament at the Patliputra Colony tennis courts here on the morrow.

Dev Priya quelled the challenge from Amarendra S Chaudhary (Uttar Pradesh) 6-2, 6-2 while Adamya Vikrant got the better of another Bihar lad 6-1, 6-4 in the semi-finals on Thursday.

Dev Priya will take another shot at the boys' U-18 doubles too. Pairing with Ishan Priyadarshi, Dev outplayed the pair of Anish Anupam and Aman Kumar 6-0, 6-2 in the first semi-finals.

The UP-Bihar combination of Amarendra S Chaudhary and Adamya Vikrant drubbed Shri Krishna and Tilak Raj 6-0, 6-1 in the other semi-finals.

Results: Boys U-18 quarter-finals: Dev Priya Jaiswal beat Ishan Ravi 6-0, 6-2; Amarendra Singh Chaudhary beat venkat Siddharth 6-2, 6-2; Ishan Verma beat Rishi Raj 6-7, 6-3, 7-6 and Adamya Vikrant beat Ishan Priyadarshi 5-7, 6-3, 6-1.

Results boys' under-18 (second round): Devpriya Jaiswal beatt Gautam Kumar 6-1, 6-0; Ishan Ravi beat Aman Kumar 6-7 (II), 6-3, 6-3; Venkat Siddharth beat Srikrishna 6-0, 6-2; Amarendra Singh Choudhary bt Rakesh Kumar 6-1, 6-0; Ishan Verma beat Anish Anupam 7-5, 2-6, 6-3; Rishuraj beat Sanskrit Singh 6-4, 6-2; Ishan Priyadarshi beat Quasim Masumi 6-1, 6-1 and Adamya Vikrant beat Kumar Mangalam 6-0, 6-0.

Sub-junior volleyball at Banka

The Bihar Volleyball Association and Banka District Volleyball Association will jointly organise 30th Bihar State sub-junior volleyball championships (boys and girls) at Banka from November 15 to 17.

Bihar Volleyball Association secretary Ramashish Singh said Bihar teams for sub-junior Nationals to be held in Jammu from November 27 would be selected during the Banka meet.

Moinul Haq Trophy football
The 60th Bihar state inter-district football championship for the Moinul Haq Trophy will be held at Gaya from January 4 next, according to Jwala Prasad Sinha, office secretary, Bihar Football Association.

Judo championship

The Bihar state junior judo championship will be held at BMP-5, Phulwarisharif campus from November 6, according to Ram Uday Singh, secretary, Bihar Judo Association. He said that on the basis of the championship the state team would be selected. The state team will take part in the junior National judo championship to be held in Imphal from November 22.

Smooth sailing for Cambridge Public School

Patna, October 23
Cambridge Public School had an easy 30-run win over Delhi Model Public School in the 24th Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the DAV Public School, BSEB Colony ground here on Thursday.

Amit Kumar of Cambridge Public School, who claimed six wickets for 30 runs off six overs, was declared man of the match.

Put into bat Cambridge boys scored 149 all out off 29 overs. Bishwajeet Anand’s swashbuckling 39 (7x4) was the hightlight of Cambridge innings.

In reply, needing 150 runs for victory in 30 overs, Delhi Model lads crumbled at 119 runs off 22 overs. Sundries top scored with 52. Amit was the wrecker-in-chief for Cambridge School claiming six wickets for 30 runs.

Brief scores: Cambridge Public School: 149 all out in 29 overs (Ritesh Raj-20, Bishwajeet-39, Saurav Kunal-13, Manibhushan-15, Rajesh Kumar-23, Vikas Anand-3/23, Ravi Shekhar-3/30, Surya Raj-2/35). Delhi Model Public School: 119 all out in 22 overs (Mohit-16, Surya Mani-10, Himanshu Roy-12, Amit-6/30)

RK Public School beat Lucent School
RK Public School, Patna City notched up 16-run victory over Lucent Senior Secondary School in the Super 30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground here on Thursday.

Balram of RKP School, who scored 45 (7x4) runs and took three wickets, was adjudged man of the match.

In the second match, Residential Bal Niketan, Bihta got the better of Ramanand High School, Saran by seven wickets. Anish of Bihta, who claimed four wickets for three runs, was declared man of the match.

Brief scores: RKP School, Patna City: 134 all out in 24.2 overs (Balram-45, Amar-32, Rishi-22, Rahul Sinha-5/14, Rishabh-2/16, Adarsh-2/27). Lucent SS School: 118 all out in 22.2 overs (Rahul-18, Ranjit-16, Vivek-2/24, Amar-2/16)
Ramanand High School, Saran: 77 all out in 13 overs (Nandan-48, Anish-4/3, Amit-2/16, Appu-2/2). Residential Bal Nketan: 78 for 3 (Saurav 16, Bablu 13, Kaushal 2 for 8).

Mahant Harihar Das School in Sukhdeo cricket second round

Ptana, October 23, 2008
Mahant Harihar Das High School cruised into the second round of the 24th Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament defeating Kids Care Residential Academy, Hajipu by six wickets at the DVA School (BSEB Colony) ground here on Wednesday.

Batting first, Kids Care boys garnered only 76 runs while Mahant Harihar Das boys reached the victory target losing only four wickets on the way. Anand Kumar, who captured three wickets and made 18 runs for winning team, got the man of the match award. Former Bihar Ranji Trophy player Vishnu Shankar presented the award.

Brief scores: Kids Care Academy: 76 all out 21.2 overs (Sameer Kumar 12, Suraj 14, Anand Kumar 3 for 20, Ranjit Kumar 2 for 20, Munna 2 for 19 and Chandan Kumar 2 for 14). Mahant Haihar Das School: 77 for 4 off 11.4 overs (Anand 18, Sanjeev 22, Munna 16, Atul Ranjan 2 for 25).

St Dominic Savio School advance

St Dominic Savio School, Danapur, chalked out a fighting 11-run win over Mount Carmel School, Patna City, in the Super 30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground on Wednesday.

Rajnish of St Dominic Savio was adjudged man of the match of his impressive 32 runs.

In the second match of the day St Joseph’s School outplayed NS School by 45 runs. Rajshekhar of St Joseph’s, who bagged four wickets for only 7 runs was awarded man of the match for his distinguished performance.

All Bihar Squash Association

Bihar Squash Association renamed itself as All Bihar Squash Association in meeting of the body held on Wednesday. Sanjeev Shankar has been chosen as president of the association.

Other office bearers: Rajesh Kumar (vice-president), Kasuhal Kishore Singh (secretary), Arunav Ganguly (joint secretary), AK Dehloni (treasurer), Rajnath Khanna, Manindar Singh, Vaidyanath Prasad and Virendra Prasad Sinha (all members).

Kisku shines as Lilua lift Bernard Shield

Lilua soccer team with Bernard Shield in Danapur (Patna) on October 21, 2008

Patna, October 21

Striker S Kisku struck three in row to help Lilua (West Bengal) clinch Bernard Shield football tournament title defeating local favourites Danapur 4-0 in a one-sided final at the Jagjivan Stadium, Khagaul on Tuesday.

Lilua were leading 3-0 at the end of the first half.

Kisku, who had an excellent run in this all-Railway teams tournament, scored in 26th, 36th and 43rd minutes. S N Haldar completed the tally in the 70th minute through a penalty kick. Haldar, who rose to the expectations of his team as a midfielder, declared man of the match.

East Central Railway General Manager Girish Bhatnagar, who was the chief guest at the closing function, distributed the prizes. He announced that the championship would be organised by East Central Railway from the next year instead of the Danaur Division and top teams of the country would be invited in the championship.

Dayanand School win
Dayanand High School, Patna, defeated Mount Carmel School, Ranchi, by 36 runs in the Super 30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground here.
Ravi of Dayanand High School, who scored 64 (3x6, 3x4) runs, was declared man of the match.

In the second match, East & West School edged past DR Academy by one wicket. Nagendra Babu of East & West, who made 31 runs and took two wickets, was declared man of the match.

Brief scores: Dayanand High School: 217 for eight in 25 overs (Ravi 64, Vikas 34, Ajit 24, Mayank 3/24, Sanjay 2/16). Mount Carmel, Ranchi: Deepak 33, Sanjay 30, Sanpat 28, Ajit 3/36, Raj 3/16).DR Academy: 124 all out in 24.5 overs (Ranjit 18, Ashish 19, Yogankar 4/9, Rahul 2/15). East & West School: 126 for nine wickets in 24.5 overs (Nagendra Babu 31, Nilesh 30, Ajit 5/26).

Airtel Mastermind school chess
The fourth Airtel Mastermind inter-school chess championship will be held at the Government High School, Rajendra Nagar premises here from December 4, according to Pranav Prakash, general secretary, Association for People's Welfare and Development (APWAD)—the organizers of the 64 squares battle.

The championship will be organised for under-10, under-12, under-14 and under-16 boys and girls. Interested players may contact Rakesh Ranjan, tournament director for entry and other details.

Facile win for Leeds Asian School

Patna, October 20
Leeds Asian School notched up facile 56-run victory over RKC High School in the 24th Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the DAV Public School, BSEB Colony ground here on Monday.

Dinesh Kumar of Leeds Asian School, who scored 35 (2x4) runs and claimed three wickets, was adjudged man of the match. Put into bat Leeds Asian boys scored 163 for eight wickets off 30 overs and then restricted their rivals for paltry 107 runs off 28 overs.

Brief scores: Leeds Asian School: 163 for eight wickets in 30 overs ((Kundan Kumar-24, Ganesg Gautam-26, Dinesh Kumar-35, Saurav suman-31, Mukesh Kumar Kumar-22, Kamal-2/20). RKC High School: 107 all out in 28 overs (Subhash-28, Naresh Kumar-16, Dinesh-3/20, Ganesh-2/18, Kislay Sharan-2/18, Kundan-2/20)

Sardar Patel Inter-School athletics

The 7th Sardar Patel inter-school athletic championships will be held at the Moinul Haq Stadium in Patna from December 12, according to KC Mahajan, secretary, Sardar Patel Sports and Cultural Foundation.

St Michael's High School triumph

A blazing 84-run (6x3, 8x4) by Fahad helped St Michael’s Hgh School, Patna drub Millennium Public School, Buxar by 42 runs in the Super 30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground on Monday.

For his brilliant performance, Fahad got the man of the match award.

Earlier, in the first match, International School thrashed Kendriya Vidyalaya, Bailey Road by 64 runs.Md Ashjad of International School, who made 34 runs and took two wickets, was declared man of the match.

Brief scores: St Michael's: 219 for three wickets in 24 overs (Fahad-84, Tejsawati-52, Nikhil-21, Jayant-29, Vishal-4/31). Millennium PS, Buxar: 177 all out in 20.2 overs (Ashwani-38, Sonu-30, Amarjit-2/24, Nitin-2/24).
International School: 140 for eight wickets in 24 overs (Ashjad-34, Rahul-28, Gaurav-19, Ashutosh-15, Ajit-1/6). Kendriya Vidyalaya: 76 all out in 24 overs (Vineet-22, Aditya-10, Anand-12, Ashjad-2/16, Rahul-2/20).

Cycling bronze for Bihar

Bihar bagged the bronze medal in the senior 70km team time trial event of the 14th National cycling championship at Jamkhandi in Karnataka on Monday, according to Vikram Aditya, president, Cycling Association of Bihar. Narendra Singh, Yashbir Singh, Satyabir Singh and Dharmendra Kumar made the Team Bihar for the event.

Bihar team excels in ball badminton
Bihar performed well in the 28th sub-junior National ball badminton championship in Amaritsar recently. Md Tajammul Haque, secretary, Bihar Ball Badminton Association said Bihar defeated Haryana 29-10, 29-8, Orissa 29-6, 29-8 and Uttrakhand 29-0, 29-0 in their pool matches.

Coaches seminar on November 16

Coaches Association of Bihar will organize its annual meeting and a seminar at the meeting hall of Patna Museum on November 16, according to Abhishek Kumar, secretary, Coaches Association of Bihar.

The NIS trained coaches and sports experts will take part in the seminar which will discuss the state of Bihar sports and the possible measures for the uplift. Kumar said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar would inaugurate the meet.

Narrow win for St Karen's School boys

Patna, October 20, 2008

St Karen’s School, Patna struggled hard to post 8-run victory over Monastic High School, Muzaffarpur in the the 24th Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the DAV Public School (BSEB) ground on Sunday.

Batting first St Karen’s boys made 159 for nine off stipulated 30 overs and then bundled out their rivals for 151 runs off 27.1 overs. Tusharkant of St Karen’s, who top scored with 43 runs, was adjudged man of the match.

Brief scores: St Karen’s School: 159 for 9 off 30 overs (Tusharkant 43, Akash 38, Kabir Sanyal 14, Jainendra 12, Faisal Gani 3 for 7, Vikram 2 for 22). Monastic School: 151 all out off 27.1 overs (Vikas Ranjan 42, Faisal Gani 41, Imroz 11, Vikram Shahi 11, Abhishek 2 for 14, Kabir Sanyal 2 for 20, Harpreet 2 for 26)

Bhagalpur, Ara teams win

Sadbhawna Academy, Bhagalpur and RPS Residental School, Ara stromed into the next round of the Super 30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground here.

Sadbhawna Academy clinched a convincing eight-wicket win over RK Public School, Begusarai while RPS Residential School thrashed St Joseph’s School, Samastipur by huge 196 runs. Ranajit Kumar and Varun Kumar of the winning teams got the man of the match awards respectively.

Brief scores: RK School: 39 off 12.3 overs (Saurav 13, Moti 4 for 11, Ranjit 4 for 9). Sadbhawna Academy: 41 for 2 off 6.4 overs (Ranjit 15, Uday 14).
RPS School: 217 for off 25 overs (Varun 85, Ravi 22, Dhananjay 24) St Joseph’s School: 34 all out off 8 overs (Firoj 10, Dhananjay 4 for 16, Ravi 4 for 10)

Lilua in Bernard Shield final

Lilua (West Bengal) booked their appointed slot in the final of the Bernard Shield football tournament defeating Siwan 3-1 in an exciting semi-final at the Jagjiwan Stadium, Danapur.

S Kisku, who struck twice ( 40th 70th minutes) for the winners, got the best player of the match award. A Hussin scored the second goal for Lilua in the 45th minute.

At the breathet, Lilua were leading 2-0. N Minz reduced the margin for Siwan at the closing moments of the game.

PDCA club transfer

As many as Sixtysix players sought transfer from one club to other on the final day of the three-day club transfer programme of the Patna District cricket Association.

PDCA secretary Ajay Naryan Sharma said Triumphant was the big loser as nine players from this club itself sought transfer to other club. Saurav Chakraborty, Kumar Mridul, Saket Kumar, Sahil Srivastava, Nishant Mohan, Raj Kumar and Anant Priya were among the leading transfer seekers.

Darbhanga boys post exciting win

Patna, October 19, 2008
Don Bosco School, Darbhanga and Mother Teresa Mission School, Patna moved into the next round of the Super-30 Chalenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground on Saturday.

Don Bosco School carved out a hard-fought 6-run victory over Raj Gyan Niketan, Allahabad while Mother Teresa boys had an easy 34-run win over Dayanand Saraswati School, Allahabad in the second match of the day.

Ranji of Raj Gyan Niketan and Sailesh Kumar of Dayanand Saraswati School were adjudged man of the match in their respective encounters.

Brief scores: Don Bosco School: 119 off 22.3 overs (Sajid Hussain 24, Mukhtar 27, Asif 21, Ranjit five wickets for 17 runs, Vijendra 2 for 10). Raj Gyan Niketan: 113 off 21.1 overs (Hriday Narayan 32, Anil 31, Asif 2 for 24, Vijay 3 for 16)
Mother Teresa School: 135 off 21.1 overs (Pankaj 14, Mannu 12, Ravi 16, Nitesh 15, Sunny 3 for 14). Dayanand Saraswati School: 111 for 8 off 25 overs (Sailesh 42, Vinay 23, Ravi 10, Vipin 24, Ravi 2 for 23, Anuj 2 for 19 and Pankaj 2 for 8).

Thumping win for Lilua

Lilua steamrollered Gaya 8-1to storm into the semi-finals of the Bernard Shield football tournament at Jagjiwan Stadium, Danapur.

A Hussai, who scored three goals for Lilua, got the best player of the match award.

SN Haldar opened the account for Lilua in the very third minute of the game. Leter, it was nearly a one-sided encounter as the workshop men rained in seven more goals. Akbar Ali brought some solace for Gaya scoring the lone goal in the 38th minute. S Ghosh and B Bauri scored one goal each while S Mandi struck two for Lilua.

Patna U-19 cricket team

A 13-member team will represent Patna in the Inter-district school cricket championships for CK Nayadu Trophy.

Team: Kumar Aditya, Kundan Kumar, Munchun Raj, Rakesh Tiwari, Satyaveer Kumar Singh, Nishant Kumar, Venkatesh Kumar, Badri Kumar, Md Firoz, Ashish Ranjan, Saurach Chkraborty, Rahul Kumar abd Vivek Kumar.

Senior State wrestling from November 15

Senior Bihar State wrestling championships will be held at Mahuar village (Kaimur) from November 15.

Bihar Wrestling Association secretary Kameshwar Singh said state team would be selected on the basis of the performance of the two-day championships.

Gayatri International, Ara Central School boys move into second round

Patna, October 18, 2008
Gayatri International and Ara Central School won their respective matches to move into the second round of the Super-30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground here.

In the first match, Gayatri International beat Vatsalya Academy by 35 runs while Ara Central School defeated Indra Singh High school, Maner by two wickets. Deepak Kumar of Gayatri International and Suraj Kumar of Ara got the man of the match awards respectively.

Brief Scores: Gayatri International School: 139 off 23.3 overs (Arup 38, gaurav Arya 17, Ankit 16, Farad 3 for 25, Muddasar Nazar 2 for 31). Vatsalya Academy : 104 all out of 20.3 overs (Shah Iqbal 26, Farid Nzar 10, Sumit 18, Deepak 4 for 24)

Indra Singh High School: 68 off 16.2 overs (Rehan Das Gupta 21, Saroj 4for 24, Shamresh 3 for 16, Sriram 2 for 12) Ara Centra School: 74 for 8 off 12 overs (Sriram 11, Ravi 2 for 12, Rahul 2 for 14).

Siwan win

Siwan edged past Asansol by a solitary second half goal in the Bernard Shield football tournament at the Jagjiwan Stadium, Danapur, on Friday.

The all important goal was scored by Fahyaz in the 63rd minute of the second half. Manmohan Singh of the winners’ team was adjudged player of the match.

Dony Polo cricket from November 5

Dony Polo Cup cricket tournament will be held in Patna from November 5, according to Dr SS Sahay, principal, Dony Polo Public School and president of the tournament committee.

He said eight teams of the Patna District Cricket Association (PDCA) senior division would take part in the tournament. Teams: SBI, PESU, NYK, Patna College, Kamala Nehru, Zaffar Imam and EC Railway, Danapur.

Big win for Patna Central School

Patna
Patna Central School clinched a convincing 9-wicket victory over Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan School in the opening match of the Super-30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground on Thursday.

Batting first Radhakrishnan boys made 138 runs while Patna Central School achieved the victory target losing only wicket. Dharmesh, who took four wickets for 21 runs and scored 52 runs for the winners, was adjudged man of the match.

Earlier, former Bihar Chief Minister Dr Jagannath Mishra inaugurated the tournament. Bihar Players Association president Mritunjay Tiwari and Bihar Tenni-Koit Association secretary Neeraj Kumar Pappu were present at the opening function. Organising president Kaushalendra Sharma proposed a vote of thanks.

Brief scores: SRK High School 138 off 24.3 overs (Navneet 18, Bunty 26, Arshad 10, Dharmesh 4 for 21, Prabhakar 2 for 16). Patna Central School 143 for 1 off 14.2 overs (Dharmesh 52, Kundan 47, Sonu 37, Ramesh 1 for 17)

Bettiah to host women’s sports festival

Bettiah will organize State Women’s Sports Festival from October 24. The three-day sports fest will witness participants vying for honours in athletics, football, basketball, table tennis, volleyball, kabaddi, kho-kho, jockey and badminton events.

Danapur in final

Danapur division crushed Munger 4-0 in an one-sided encounter to move into the final of the Bernard Shield football tournament at the Jagjiwan Stadium, Danapur, on Thursday.

A Ghosh put Danapur into the lead in the very fourth minute of the first half. Arjun Tudu increased the lead in the 6th and 49th minute strikes. Anwar Hussain swelled the margin in the 65th minute to make it 4-0.

Tapas Nandi of Danapur was declared best player of the match. Tarun Prakash of Munger got two yellow cards and the marching order.