Thursday, April 23, 2009

Bhaskar’s Vaidya wins singles title










Gendlal Vaidya (R) of Dainik Bhaskar receiving the trophy at
the hands of guests Sameer Meghe (2R) and Anil Ahirkar (2L)
as AICF Vice-President Prabhjit Singh Bachher looks on.













Title winners pose with the guests.

The Hitavada’s Marulklar-Lokhande reign supreme in doubles
Dainik Bhaskar’s Gendlal Vaidya, who upset last year’s winner Paritosh Pramanik of The Hitavada in the pre-quarters, defeated Jeevak Gajbhiye of Deshonnati for the singles title in a match which went down the wire. in the carrom tournament for mediapersons organised by the Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur at the Nagpur Union of Working Journalists Hall on Thursday.
In the doubles competition, The Hitavada’s second seeded combination of Ramesh Marulkar and Kartik Lokhande reigned .
Vaidya started the final in a grand style pocketing the first 13-0 in no time. Gajbhiye composed himself and bounced back to claim a keenly-contested second set 5-4 which saw fortunes fluctuating every now and then.
The deciding set was also a treat to watch. The tension of playing the last four boards of the title match was visible on the faces of both players. Vaidya won the first board 8-0, Gajbhiye reduced the margin picking two points in the second board (8-2). Vaidya committed some silly mistakes and Gajbhiye executed some brilliant shots to score seven points in the third board to gain a one-point lead (9-8) going in for the final board of the final match.
Vaidya kept his cool when it mattered the most to score five points to make it 13-9 in his favour. The final score read 13-0, 4-5, 13-9.
In the doubles final, Marulkar (popularly known as Tiger among journalists since he covers the forest beat), who had lost the final last year with Pramanik, extracted revenge upsetting the top seeds Chittaranjan Nagdevte-Shekhar Mahule combination of the Lokmat.
Marulkar teamed up with Kartik Lokhande this time and The Hitavada pair won the first set 14-0 giving no chance whatsoever to their opponents. The top seeds tried their best in the keenly contested second set but lost 5-6 to go down in straight sets. In the hard-liners final, The Hitavada combine of Amol Deokar and Anupam Soni lost to Sakaal’s Nikhil Gotmare and Anand Deshpande 3-11, 6-9. Deokar was at the receiving end in the singles match for the third place as Nagdevte beat him 8-5, 16-2.
Sameer Meghe, Chairman, Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd was the chief guest of the prize distribution function. Anil Ahirkar of Anil Kumar Tea Company presided over.
Dr Ram Thakur, President, SJAN delivered the introductory speech.
Prabhjit Singh Bachher, Secretary, Vidarbha Carrom Association and Yashwant Chintaley, former carrom player were felicitated on the
occasion. Bachher, who hails from Akola, was elected as the Vice-President of the Indian Carrom Federation recently. Chintaley has been promoting the game of carrom since decades.
SJAN Vice-President Naresh Shelke conducted the proceedings while Tresurer Kishor Bagde proposed a vote of thanks. Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd was the sole sponsors of the event for consecutive second year. Technical support was provided by the Nagpur District Carrom Association.

SJAN's FIRST
PRABHJIT Singh Bachher, Vice-President, Indian Carrom Federation, while replying to his felicitation informed the gathering that the Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) became the first association in India to conduct a carrom tournament applying the new rules framed by the International Carrom Federation.

Upsets galore as Deokar storms into SF




















Top seed Paritosh Pramanik was stunned by unseeded Gendlal Vaidya.


















Ramesh Marulkar and Kartik Lokhande during the doubles match.




Nagpur, Apr 22
Amol Deokar of The Hitavada led the pack of unseeded players into the singles semi-finals as all the top seeds bowed out of the carom meet for mediapersons on the penultimate day at the Patrakar Bhavan Hall on Wednesday.
Ramesh Marulkar and Kartik Lokhande kept The Hiatvada’s flag flying as the duo entered the summit clash of the doubles. The final could well have been an all The Hitavada affair but the combination of Deokar and Anupam Soni threw away the second set after narrowly missing the first one in the other semi-final.
Deokar accounted for two seeds enroute to the singles semis. In the pre-quarter-final, he defeated Sakaal’s fourth seed Anand Deshpande 11-1, 11-1 and then had the better of senior colleague Ramesh Marulkar 9-7, 11-4 in a closely fought quarter-final match.
Gendlal Vaidya of Dainik Bhaskar caused the major upset of the tournament in his maiden entry. He defeated defending champion The Hitavada’s Paritosh Pramanik in a thrilling PQF tie.
Pramanik won the first set 7-7
(1-0) via tie-break but Vaidya bounced back to win the next two 15-4, 12-3 to effect the biggest upset of the day. He had a rather easy outing against an erratic sixth seed Pankaj Najpande of the Lokmat in the quarters winning 10-5, 8-1 in straight sets.
Second seed Pravin Dabli of Vidarbha ki Baat was shown the doors by Jeevak Gajbhiye of Deshonnati. Gajbhiye won 13-5, 12-3. In the pre-quarters, Gajbhiye had beaten Sakaal’s Rajesh Vyawahare in three sets 14-1, 6-7, 8-7.
Chittaranjan Nagdevte of the Lokmat completed the semi-final line-up when he blanked Dilip Thikhile 19-0, 17-0 in a one-sided game.
An in-form Nagdevte defeated third seed Sandip Gadge 13-1, 8-3 in the PQF.
Dabli, earlier in the day, became the first player in the meet to win a set via sudden death. He defeated Dainik Bhaskar’s Sujan Masid
23-0, 8-8 (0-0, tie-break, 1-0 sudden death). When the scores are level at the end of four boards in a set, the game is stretched to a tie-break wherein both the players get three chance to pocket a coin placed in the circle alternatively. If at the end of the tie-break, the scores are still level, the sudden death rule comes into picture. Each player gets a chance one by one.
In the semis, Deokar will take on Vaidya while Gajbhiye plays Nagdevte for a place in the final to be played after the doubles final later in the day.
In the doubles, the top two seeds lived up to their billings. Second seeded combination of Marulkar-Lokhande will play top seeds Nagdevte-Shekhar Mahule for the title. Marulkar-Lokhande defeated Sakaal’s Nikhil Gotmare and Anand Deshpande 9-2, 13-0 while Nagdevte-Mahule had the better of Deokar-Soni 8-6, 14-0 in the semi-finals.
In the doubles quarters, Marulkar-Lokhande beat Tarun Bharat’s Datta Wazalwar-Gadge 6-3, 23-0; Nagdevte-Mahule defeated Dabli-R Nagpure 14-7, 13-6; Deokar-Soni stunned third seeds Lokmat’s Prabhakar Kapshe-Najpande 8-7, 10-8 and Gotmare-Deshpande outplayed Loksatta’s Uday Dindorkar-Ravikant Sane 8-1, 20-0.
The prize distribution function will be held at 12 noon. Sameer Meghe, Chairman, Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd, the sole sponsors of the event, will be the chief guest on the occasion.
Ramesh Borkute, bank’s director and Shirish Borkar, President, Nagpur Union of Working Journalists (NUWJ) will be the guests of
honour.
Prabhjit Singh Bachher, Secretary, Vidarbha Carrom Association and Yashwant Chintaley, former carrom player will be felicitated on the occasion for their services rendered in betterment of carrom in the region.
The tournament is being organised by the Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) with technical support from the Nagpur District Carrom Association.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Second seed Dabli registers exciting win

Anand Deshpande of Sakaal in action. (pic Sakaal)


Ashish Yawle of Saam TV in action during the carrom tournament organised by SJAN and NUWJ. (Pic Courtesy Sakaal).

Nagpur, Apr 21

Second seed Pravin Dabli rallied brilliantly to score a close win over Sakaal's Nikhil Gotmare in a thrilling contest on the second day of the second carrom tournament for the media employees organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) at Nagpur Union of Working Journalists Hall, Panchsheel Square on Tuesday.


After Sakaal’s Gotmare had won the low scoring first set 5-3, Dabli bounced back to pocket the next set 10-0. In the see-saw third and final set, both the players kept their cool but Dabli prevailed 8-6.


The Hitavada’s seasoned campaigner Ramesh Marulkar and greenhorn Amol Deokar won their singles and doubles matches to move up in the .
While both entered the pre-quarter-final rounds in the singles category they made it to the quarters in the doubles event.
Marulkar defeated Lokmat’s Yadu Joshi and then teamed up with Kartik Lokhande to beat Tarun Bharat combine of Roshan Tamboli and Yudhistir Raich. The second seeded pair won 16-0, 23-0.
Deokar blanked Danni Waikar 17-0, 23-0 in the singles and registered his second win of the day when he combined with Anupam Soni to tame Deshonnati pair of Amit Ramteke and Rajesh Praikar 23-0, 11-1.
Except for The Hitavada’s fifth seed Anil Futane and Sakaal’s seventh seed Naresh Shelke all the seeded players had a smooth sailing.
Futane was shocked by Lokmat’s Subhash Sharma 0-23, 0-22 and Shelke was stunned by Jeevak Gajbhiye 0-18, 0-23. However, Sharma will in all probability miss his pre-quarter tie as he has to go outstation to attend a close relative’s marriage.
Defending champion and top seed Paritosh Pramanik of the Hitavada moved into the pre-quarters as Mukesh Hedao didn’t turn up for their second round clash.
In another match which went till the distance Dainik Bhaskar’s Sujan Masid had the better of a fighting Ankeet Ghutke of The Hitavada 6-12, 9-8, 11-0. Ghutke’s blunder in the last board of the second set cost him the match.
Third seed Sandip Gadge beat Shekhar Mahurle 11-0, 12-1 while fourth seed Anand Deshpande had no difficulty in moving past Jugalkishor Dixit 23-0, 7-0.
In other second round singles matches of the day, sixth seed Pankaj Najpande blanked Datta Wazalwar 23-0, 23-0; Gendlal Vaidya beat Prabhakar Kapshe 18-0, 23-0; Aashish Yawle beat Rahul Dixit 17-0, 15-0; C Nagdevte defeated Anupam Soni 18-1, 22-0; Dilip Tikile blanked Kiran Rajderkar 16-0, 26-0; Rajesh Vyawahare beat Girish Thakre.
In the doubles pre-quarters, top seed C Nagdevte-S Mahurle beat Yawle-Waikar 23-4, 23-0; third seeds Prabhakar Kapshe-Najpande defeated Amol Sultane-Sharad Bagde 23-0, 22-0; Dabli-Nagpure beat Pankaj Ganorkar-Vikas Barokar 19-0, 12-0; Wazalwar-Sandip Gadge beat Deepak Labde-R Pethe; Gotmare-Anand Deshpande blanked Ankeet Ghutke-Sachin Gadge 13-0, 20-0; Uday Dindorkar-Ravikant Sane beat Raj Sharma-Abhijit Gade 23-0, 23-0.
The four-day meet sponsored by Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank is progressing smoothly under the guidance of Vidarbha Carrom Association Co-ordinator Iqbal Mohammad.

Monday, April 20, 2009

Media employees' carrom meet begins


Ramesh Borkute, Director, Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank makes a strike to mark the opening of the carrom tournament for media employees organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur in the Patrakar Bhavan premises on Monday. (Pic courtesy The Hitavada)

NAGPUR, April 20, 2009

The second Carrom Tournament for the Media Employees organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur and sponsored by Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank began at NUWJ Hall, Panchsheel Square on Monday
In the most engrossing match of the first round, Anupam Soni of The Hitavada edged out Swapnil Jain of Lokmat Samachar 4-11, 23-0, 10-4 in three sets.
After losing the first set, Soni rallied brilliantly to win the second without conceding a single point in just three boards out of a maximum four. He maintained his rhythm in the decider to win the tie.
Other games of the opening day were one-sided affairs.
Anil Futane of the Hitavada blanked Deepak Labde of Lokmat in straight sets 17-0, 12-0.
Sujan Masid of Dainik Bhaskar had no difficulty in eliminating Balaji Iyer of Sakal 23-0, 14-0. Gendlal Vaidya also of Dainik Bhaskar thrashed Vilas Tijare of Lokmat 23-1, 23-0 in straight sets.
Jeevak Gajbhiye of Deshonnati got the better of Santosh Singh of Lokmat 18-0, 23-0.
On Tuesday the second round will start at 8.30 a.m. followed by doubles first round at 9.30 a.m.
Earlier, the 4-day event was inaugurated by Ramesh Borkute, Director, Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank. Yadu Joshi, President, Maharashtra Union of Working Journalists; Pradeep Maitra, President, Tilak Patrkar Bhavan Trust were the guests of honour on the occasion.
Dr Ram Thakur, President, SJAN; SN Narnaware, Chief Referee and Mukund Nagpurkar, Assistant Chief Referee shared the dais.
SJAN treasurer Anupam Soni conducted the proceedings while convenor of the meet Nilesh Deshpande proposed a vote of thanks.
Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank is the sole sponsors of the tournament.
Results (round one): Gendlal Vaidya bt Vilas Tijare 23-1, 23-0; Anupam Soni bt Swapnil Jain 4-11, 23-0, 10-4; Sujan Masid bt Balaji Iyer 23-0, 14-0; Jeevak Gajbhiye bt Santosh Singh 18-0, 23-0; Anil Futane bt Deepak Labde 17-0, 12-0.

Media employees’ carrom tournament from today

Nagpur, Apr 20
The second carrom tournament for the media employees being organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur and sponsored by Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank will begin on Monday at NUWJ Hall, Panchsheel Square at 9 a.m.
Sameer Meghe, Chairman, Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank will inaugurate the tournament in the presence of Pradeep Maitra, President Tilak Patrakar Bhavan Trust; Shirish Borkar, President, NUWJ and Yadu Joshi, President, MUWJ.
SN Narnaware is the chief arbiter of the tournament and he is being assisted by Mukund Nagpurkar.
The tournament has evoked good response as 53 in singles and 16 pairs in doubles have registered their entries.
The tournament will be played according to the new rules framed by Carrom Federation of India.
The seedings of the tournament have also been declared. Paritosh Pramanik, last year’s single’s winner has been given top billing in singles while C Nagdeote and S Mahurle have got first seeding in doubles.

Friday, April 17, 2009

Media employees’ carrom tourney with new rules

The 2nd Carrom Tournament for Mediapersons being organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) and sponsored by Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank from April 20 to 23 at Tilak Patrakar Bhavan hall will be played according to the new rules framed by Indian Carrom Federation.According to the new rules, all matches will 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 to conclusion of the fourth board will be the winner of the ‘Set’.Now the game will be called as set. In the third set, sides will be changed after two boards.A maximum of 11 points can be scored in a board. Queen is not required to be covered. Queen will have the value of two points. The player shall be entitled to be credit with the value of the queen, only if he/she wins the board. Loser of the board shall not get any point even if he pockets the queen.The player will 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 for the score. A player has the right to pocket the queen provided a carrom man of his own has already been pocketed. In case 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 carrom man from the same side they are already sitting.

Carrom meet for newspaper staffers from April 20

Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur will be organising Carrom Tournament For Newspaper Employees at Tilak Patrakar Bhavan from April 20 to 23. The tournament has been sponsored by Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank.
The tournament will be held in two categories i.e. men’s singles and doubles. Women’s singles event will depend on the entries. The entry fee for the men’s singles will be Rs 30 and Rs 50 for doubles. The last date of entry is April 17 and it can be confirmed with the sports desk of respective newspapers.
Cash prizes will be given to the winner, runners-up and first runners-up in each categories.
This is the second year of the tournament. Last year Paritosh Pramanik of The Hitavada clinched the title.
In the doubles, Lokmat duo Chittaranjan Nagdevte- Chandu Dasarwar emerged the winner while Paritosh Pramanik- Ramesh Marulkar finished runners-up.
Last year 81 players participated in the tournament. This year the organisors have expected more than 100 entries.
For more details interested persons can contact the coordinator Nilesh Deshpande (9881243198) and Bhaskar Choudhary (9822232987).

Media employees’ carrom meet with new rules

The 2nd Carrom Tournament for Mediapersons being organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) and sponsored by Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank from April 20 to 23 at Tilak Patrakar Bhavan hall will be played according to the new rules framed by Indian Carrom Federation.According to the new rules, all matches will 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 to conclusion of the fourth board will be the winner of the ‘Set’.Now the game will be called as set. In the third set, sides will be changed after two boards.A maximum of 11 points can be scored in a board. Queen is not required to be covered. Queen will have the value of two points. The player shall be entitled to be credit with the value of the queen, only if he/she wins the board. Loser of the board shall not get any point even if he pockets the queen.The player will 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 for the score. A player has the right to pocket the queen provided a carrom man of his own has already been pocketed. In case 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 carrom man from the same side they are already sitting.

Carrom meet for newspaperstaffers from April 20

April 6

Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur will be organising Carrom Tournament For Newspaper Employees at Tilak Patrakar Bhavan from April 20 to 23. The tournament has been sponsored by Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank.
The tournament will be held in two categories i.e. men’s singles and doubles. Women’s singles event will depend on the entries. The entry fee for the men’s singles will be Rs 30 and Rs 50 for doubles. The last date of entry is April 17 and it can be confirmed with the sports desk of respective newspapers.
Cash prizes will be given to the winner, runners-up and first runners-up in each categories.
This is the second year of the tournament. Last year Paritosh Pramanik of The Hitavada clinched the title.
In the doubles, Lokmat duo Chittaranjan Nagdevte- Chandu Dasarwar emerged the winner while Paritosh Pramanik- Ramesh Marulkar finished runners-up.
Last year 81 players participated in the tournament. This year the organisors have expected more than 100 entries.
For more details interested persons can contact the coordinator Nilesh Deshpande (9881243198) and Bhaskar Choudhary (9822232987).