National junior women boxing begins

Patna, November 10, 2009:
Surya Clinic 4th National junior women boxing championships got off to a flying start at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Tuesday with top-line boxers moving into the second round without much hiccups.

Rakshata of Goa won the opening bout of the tournament against Sibani Saha of Orissa in round two on RSC (Referee Stops Contest) by 15-0 in the 38kg section.

Bengal girl Simmi started her campaign in style defeating Shangmo (Nagaland) by WP in the 38 kg section. Susmi Gorh of Assam proved too tough for Geeta Rani 20-0 while Asmita of Maharashtra beat Shivani of Himachal Pradesh 19-2.

Earlier, Bihar Governor Debanand Konwar inaugurated the five-day tournament in a colourful function. He stressed the need of national-level sports hostel in Patna.

Bihar Legislative Council chairman Tara Kant Jha, who was the guest of honour, donated Rs 50,000 to organising committee from his fund. Bihar Sports Minister Ranu Devi presided over the function while DRM, Danapur, Gyan Prakash was the special guests at the opening function. HRD secretary Anjani Kumar Singh welcomed the guests while organizing president Dinesh proposed a vote of thanks.

Photo captions: Bihar Governor Debanand Konwar and IBF and BAB officials at the opening function of National junior women boxing championships in Patna on November 10, 2009.

Top 2: Players take pledge.

Top 3 and bottom: Two boxers, Nagaland's Saangmo (in red) and Bengal's Simmi (blue) fight for supremacy.

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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.

Munger, Nalanda in CK Nayudu semifinals

Patna, November 10, 2009: Munger and Nalanda stormed into the semi-finals of the Bihar state CK Nayudu inter-district under-19 school cricket championships at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Tuesday.

Munger beat Banka by 58 runs while Nalanda beat Siwan by 11 runs in their quarterfinal matches. Batting first Munger scored 136 for the loss of nine wickets off 25 overs. In reply, Banka could manage to score 78 runs. Nanaland scored 101 runs off 25 overs while Siwan could muster 90 runs.

Brief scores: Munger: 136 for nine wickets in 25 overs (Amit 38, Parwez Sekh 20, Vikas 15, Gulrez Hasan 22). Banka: 78 all out in 25 overs (Rohit 10, Amit Chandra 3 for 16).
Nalanda: 101 all out in 23.3 overs (Akash Verma 21, Arif 20, Sagar Anand 15, Shashikant 3 for 8, Shahnawaz 3 for 14). Siwan: 90 all out in 24 overs (Imran Nazir 23, Avinash Chandra 4 for 13).

Army Boys shock Raj Milk

Patna, November 10, 2009: Army Boys, Danapur shocked Raj Milk Football Club 1-0 to move into semifinals of the first Rameshwar Singh memorial soccer tournament at the New Police Lines ground here on Tuesday.

Striker Dukhi Ram Tuddu shot home in the 13th minute. Raj Milk players tried hard to bring to equalizer but their efforts went in vain as Army Boys goaltender Hemant Kumar made some good saves under the bar. Hemant Kumar was later adjudged best player of the match.