Monday, April 20, 2009

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.

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