MLA XI beat Sports Journalists Association of Bihar

MLA XI beat Sports Journalists Association of Bihar (SJAB) by five wickets in an exhibition T20 cricket match at the Moinul Haq Stadium in Patna on February 24, 2013. SJAB scored 90 runs losing all wickets off 14.5 overs. In replay, MLA XI reached the target losing five wickets off 13.2 overs.
Bihar Art, Culture and Youth Affairs Minister Dr Sukhda Pandey inaugurated the tournament while Bihar Rural Development Minister Nitish Mishra gave away the prizes.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Grand treble for Rashmi in Media TT

Patna, July 28, 2010: Rashmi Pandey of Hindi daily Hindustan clinched a grand treble winning women singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles in the Strawberry Kids Play School inter-media table tennis tournament at the Bihar Young Men’s Institute here on Wednesday.

Rashmi won the women’s singles title beating her teammate Shurti Kishore 6-11, 11-7 and 13-11. Earlier Rashmi pairing with Shruti Kishore got the women doubles titles defeating Vijaya Singh (i next) and Sonali Chhaya (Prabhat Khabar) 11-8, 11-5 in the final on Tuesday.

In the mixed doubles final, Rashmi partnering with Prashant Kakkar (Hindustan) beat Rajesh Kumar and Shruti Kishore (also from Hindustan) by 11-7, 3-11, 20-18 to bag the crown.

Neeraj Kumar Sinha of All India Radio (AIR) annexed a grand double in the men’s section winning men’s singles and doubles titles.

Niraj Kumar Sinha of Akashvani tamed teammate Jagmohan Gehlot 11-3 and 11-6 in the singles, while he together with Jagmohan defeated another colleague S K Sinha and Rahul Shankar 11-7, 11-9 in the doubles.

Former Bihar women TT champion Papiya D Gandhi and former Bihar men’s champion Dilip Kumar Gandhi gave away the prizes. On the occasion, Sports Journalists Association of Bihar (SJAB) felicitated the two legends of Bihar table tennis Dilip and Papyia. Senior vice-president of SJAB, Adhikari MM Prasad felicitated Papiya D Gandhi while director of Strawberry Kids Play School Kumar Pranay honoured Dilip Kumar Gandhi by presenting them mementos.

Syed Shabab Anwar, executive member, SJAB gave away the prizes to winners and runners-up of mixed doubles event.

SJAB secretary Pradeep Modak welcomed the guests. Abhijeet Biswas, treasurer, SJAB, proposed a vote of thanks. Arun Kumar Singh, Manoj Kumar Sinha, Navin Chandra Manoj, Amarnath, Shailendra Kumar Sinha (all office-bearers of SJAB), Mukesh Roy, secretary, Bihar Table Tennis Association, Mirtunjay Tiwari, president, RJD sports cell, Kumar Vijay, president, JD (U) sports cell, sports organizer Santosh Tiwari, athletic coach Abhishek Kumar and national TT players Somnath Roy and Rinki Ghosh were present at the function.

The five-day championship was organised by SJAB with technical supports from Bihar Table Tennis Association.

Photo caption: Winners of Strawberry Kids Play School inter-media table tennis tournament pose for a group photograph in Patna on July 28, 2010.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Rashmi faces Shruti in Media TT final

Patna, July 25, 2010: Two women scribes of Hindi daily Hindustan Rashmi Pandey and Shruti Kishore set up title clash in the singles final of the Strawberry Kids Play School inter-media table tennis tournament at the Bihar Young Men’s Institute here.

In the first semi-final, Shruti tamed Smita Choudhary (Dainik Jagran) 11-4, 11-8 while Rashmi got the better of Akanksha of Rashtriya Sahara 11-4, 11-5 in the second semi-final.

In the men’s singles, Rahul Shankar, Rajiv Kumar, Tahir Hadi and SK Sinha moved into the quarter-finals.

Results: men’s singles (second round): Rahul Shankar beat Abhay Choubey 11-4, 11-6; Rajiv Kumar beat Prashant Kakkar 11-6, 11-6; Tahir Hadi beat Abhishek Kumar 12-10, 12-10; SK Sinha beat Rajiv Nayan Mishra 11-9, 11-6.

Photo caption: Rashmi Pandey (top) and Shruti Kishore (bottom left) in action during their singles match of the Strawberry Kids Play School inter-media table tennis tournament in Patna on July 25, 2010.

Strawberry Kids Play School inter-media TT begins

Patna, July 24, 2010: The Strawberry Kids Play School inter-media table tennis tournament got off to a colourful start at the Bihar Young Men’s Institute hall here on Saturday.

In the men’s singles Manoj Kumar Sinha (Hindustan Times), SK Sinha (AIR), Alok Chaturvedi (Dainik Jagran) and Bipin Kumar Sinha (AIR) won their respective matches easily and advanced into the second round.

Sports Journalists Association of Bihar (SJAB) with technical support from Bihar Table Tennis Association is organizing the five-day table tennis carnival for media persons of Patna.

Sanjay Singh, MLC, and president, Bihar Table Tennis Association (B TTA) and Kumar Pranay, director, Strawberry Kids Play School jointly inaugurated the tournament.

Pradeep Modak, secretary, Sports Journalists Association of Bihar (SJAB) welcomed the guests. Adhikari MM Prasad, senior vice-president, SJAB proposed a vote of thanks.

Mukesh Roy, secretary, BTTA, Niraj Kumar Pappu, joint secretary, Throwball Association of India, Kumar Vijay, president, JD (U) sports cell, Mirtunjay Tiwari, president, RJD sports cell, Abhishek Kumar, athletic coach, Rahul Das, national TT player, Abhijeet Biswas, treasurer, SJAB, Rinki Ghosh, Shailendra Kumar, office secretary, SJAB, Arun Kumar Singh, joint-secretary, SJAB, Amarnath and Santosh Tiwari were present at the opening ceremony.

Results:
Men’s singles (first round): Alok Chaturvedi beat Razi Ahmad 11-4, 11-9; Manoj Kumar Sinha beat Ashish Kumar 11-2, 3-11, 12-10; Bipin Kumar Prasad beat Ganguly Gunjan 10-12, 13-11, 11-3 and SK Sinha beat Rajesh Kumar 11-8, 11-6.

Photo caption: Participants of Media Cup table tennis tournament pose for a group photograph with Sanjay Singh, MLC and other distinguished guests in Patna on July 24, 2010.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui