Sunday, December 30, 2012

India can become sports nation: Saba



SJAN-NMC award function organised
Former Indian wicketkeeper and current BCCI national selector Saba Karim said if the sportspersons take the praise as well as criticism positively, then those days are not behind when India can emerge as one of the powerful sports nation in the world.
He was speaking as a special guest during the annual sports awards function organised by Sports journalists’ Association in association with Nagpur Municipal Corporation at Tilak Patrakar Bhavan on Sunday.
BCCI vice-president Sudhir Dabir was the chief guest on the occasion. Mayor Prof. Anil Sole presided over the function. NMC Standing Committee chairman Dayashankat Tiwari and deputy mayor Sandeep Jadhav also shared the dais.
Speaking further Karim who himself is a good cricket analyst said the young and aspiring journalists should keep themselves aware about rules an regulations of the particular game they want to follow. He said, “ Journalists have lot of powers and at the same time it is their responsibility to keep minute details of particular sports of sportspersons. If they use their weapon effectively, then it will help to build country as sports nation”.
Mr Dabir while appreciating SJAN’s initiative said such programmes always encourage the talented sportspersons to show their talent. While guiding the youngsters, Dabir asked them to follow master blaster sachin Tendulkar who always keep himself fit through his long cricketing career.
Prof. Anil Sole said, “ There is good scope for sports in the city but he lamented that the city lack infrastructure. Now the time has come to change the attitude towards sports”. He also congratulated SJAN for maintaining continuity in organising such functions.
Dayashankar Tiwari and Sandeep Jadhav also spoke on the occasion.
Right-handed middle-order Vidarbha batsman Ranjit Paradkar got Mayor’s Trophy for the best senior sportsman while Mona Meshram , who has been selected in the Indian women’s cricket team for the World Cup got senior female sportsperson trophy.On he behalf of Mona her mother accepted the trophy from the guests.
 In the junior boys category, talented tennis player Mohammad Vali got the WCL Trophy while athlete  Sayali Waghmare , who won silver at the junior nationals, received the Baidyanath Trophy in junior girls’ category.
Sunil Hande, an astute volleyball organiser was rewarded with Meeradevi Dasture trophy.
Pandit Bachchraj Vyas Vidyalaya, is a big name when it comes to promoting Indian games. The school received Centre Point School trophy. Similarly, SB City College got KC Bajaj Memorial Trophy for their services to women’s sports and infrastructure development.
Earlier SJAN secretary Kishor Bagde made introductory remarks. SJAN president Naresh Shelke conducted the proceedings while treasurer Anupam Soni proposed a vote of thanks.


Saturday, December 29, 2012

SJAN-NMC annual awards function on Sunday

The annual awards ceremony organised by Sports Journalists' Association of Nagpur (SJAN) in association with Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) will be held on Sunday, december 30, 2012 at Tilak Patrakar Bhavan at 10 am.
 BCCI vice-president Sudhir Dabir along with national selector and former Indian wicket-keeper Saba Karim will be chief guests of the function. Mayor Prof Anil Sole will preside over the function. Deputy mayor Sandeep Jadhav, NMC Standing Committee chairman  Dayashankar Tiwari and municipal commissioner Shyam Wardhane and Deaven Dasture will grace the function.
Vidarbha  Ranji cricketer Ranjit Paradkar, Indian cricketer Mona Meshram, tennis player Mohammad Vali, athlete Sayali Waghmare and Sunil Hande have been selected for the awards.
Besides individual sportspersons, Pandit Bachchraj Vyas Vidyalaya and SB City Mahavidyalaya will be awarded for their contributions to the field of sports.

Friday, December 21, 2012

Inter-press cricket meet from Jan 8

SPORTS Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) is organising SJAN-Orange City Hospital and Research Institute (OCHRI) 15th Invitational Inter-Press Cricket Twenty20 Tournament from January 8 to 24, 2013.
Matches will be played at Dr Ambedkar College ground, Deekshabhoomi and Vasantnagar ground, informs Kishor Bagde, Secretary, SJAN, through a press release.
Nine teams, including defending champions The Hitavada, runners-up Punyanagari, Lokmat, Sakal, Times of India, Tarun Bharat, Lokshahivarta, Dainik Bhaskar and Loksatta are taking part in the event.
The event is sponsored by OCHRI. Satvik Financial Services are the co-sponsors of the event. Man of the match awards are sponsored by Gangadharrao Chinchole Smruti Seva Sansthan.
Final of the tournament will be played on January 24 at Dr Ambedkar College, Deekshabhoomi.
White balls of ‘Wisden County’ company sponsored by Amar Sports will be used in the tournament. A souvenir named ‘CricMedia’ and schedule of the tournament will be released soon.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Somalwar girls, CPS Wardhaman Nagar boys triumph





Girls from Somalwar High School, Nikhalas, and Centre Point School, Wardhaman Nagar, boys reigned supreme in the Inter-School Basketball Free Throw Competition held at the Dharampeth Krida Mandal (DKM) courts in Shankar Nagar on Wednesday.
Around 200 students from 24 schools showcased their shooting skills in a unique competition organized to celebrate National Sports Day by the Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) in association with Dharampeth Krida Mandal.
The low-scoring girls final saw the five-member team from Somalwar School get the better of RS Mundle English Medium School 3-2. Members of the winning team include Tejashree Ingole, Sanjana Chopkar, Madhura Sonegaokar, Parnavee Pathak and Aditi Saptarshy.
In contrast the boys’ summit clash was a high scoring affair. CPS Wardhaman Nagar defeated their Katol Road counterparts 7-5. Those who represented the winning team include Mohit Humne, Vishal Gurnani, Sarthak Gubrani, Sudeep Ghoshal and Sahil Bhure.
It is worth to mention here that the runner-up teams in both the boys and girls category were unbeaten till the finals and suffered their first defeat in the summit clash.
Other teams who made it to the semifinals include St Xavier's and School of Scholars boys, and CPS Katol Road and Saraswati Vidyalaya girls.
In the event for journalists, Amit Sampat of The Times of India captured the crown  while Paritosh Pramanik of The Hitavada finished runner-up. The Hitavada sports scribes Sarang Kunte and Abhimanyu Garud had to satisfy with the third and fourth place finish.
Around 70 matches were played in the league-cum-knockout event.
Later the concluding ceremony was graced by owner of Star Motors Shabbir Vali while Mohan Sathe shared the dais as a special guest. SJAN president Naresh Shelke conducted the proceedings while treasurer Anupam Soni proposed the vote of thanks.
Those who handled the technical aspect of the competition under the guidance of NDBA officials include some senior national-level players. The girls event was managed by Disha Wadpalliwar, Sayali Gadkari, Karishma Manekar, Akansha Deshpande and Maithili Pantawane while the boys competition was successfully managed by Rohit Pisipati, Raunak Sukhdeve, Vinesh Rao and Rajat Pawar.
Those who worked hard for the successful conduct of the event include Samir Shrivastava, Anup Rajurkar, Ashish Guru and Manoj Rakshak.
Results
Girls (finals): Somalwar Nikalas bt RS Mundle English Medium School 3-2;
Semifinals: Somalwar Nikhalas bt CPS Katol Road 6-5 in the tie-breaker; RS Mundle bt Saraswati Vidyalaya 6-2.
Boys (finals): CPS Wardhaman Nagar bt CPS Katol Road 7-5;
Semifinals: CPS Wardhaman Nagar bt School of Scholars 4-3; CPS Katol Road bt St Xaviers High School 7-5 in the tie-breaker.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

SJAN-DKM to hold free throw contest

Inter-School event to mark National Sports Day


SPORTS Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) in association with Dharampeth Krida Mandal (DKM) will celebrate National Sports Day with a unique competition for school students.
An inter-school free throw (basketball shooting) competition has been organised by the sports scribes at DKM’s Shankar Nagar-based courts on August 29.
The team event to be conducted in both boys and girls section will be a first of its kind competition.
A team of five players each in the boys and girls category from every school will be allowed to take part in the competition with matches being played on the league-cum-knockout basis.
Players below 17 years will be allowed to participate in the one-day event which would be played between 8 am and 10.30 am. Entries for the team event would be on first-come-first serve basis and are restricted to just 12 teams both in the boys as well as girls sections. One school will be allowed to field only one team.
On the occasion, a free throw competition for journalists and photographers will also be organised.
Officials of Nagpur District Basketball Association would handle the technical aspect of the competition.
Entries can be confirmed with Amit Sampat (9881073377) while details can be had from SJAN Secretary Kishor Bagde (9822576459).

Thursday, July 5, 2012

‘Look at kabaddi from career prospects'

SJAN felicitates kabaddi players





















The game of kabaddi is exciting as well as entertaining. Therefore both the sportspersons and their parents should look at this game from career point of view, said former kabaddi national player and working president of Nagpur District Kabaddi Association Girish Vyas.
He was speaking during the function organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) to mark the occasion of World Sports Journalists’ Day at Tilak Patrakar Bhavan on Thursday.
Shiv Chhatrapati awardee Girish Gadge and former national player Vijaya Anekar also shared the dias. Speaking further Girish Vyas said most of the students as well as parents attract towards glamorous game like cricket and at the same time they ignore our Indian games like kabaddi and kho-kho. This attitude is the main reason behind its degradation.
While appreciating SJAN’s initiative, Girish Gadge said sincere efforts should be made to keep this Indian game alive. While guiding budding kabaddi players Vijaya Ane said along with strength they should adopt technique and strategy to improve their game.
The guests felicitated budding kabaddi players including Dipali Banmote, Priyanka Thakre, Sakshi Shende, Niilambari Bagde, Pooja Admane, Nikita Korte, Vaishnavi Sarore, Chhakuli Kshirsagar, Deepa Ambade, Chhakuli Wankhede, Pinki Bhanse and Nikita Godbe by presenting kit bags and T-shirts.
Veteran kabaddi players Shivajirao Mohite (Maratha Lancers) and Shirpatrao Burde (Subhash Mandal) were also honoured d on the occasion. SJAN president Naresh Shelke conducted the proceedings while secreary Kishor Bagde proposed a vote of thanks. 

Pics courtesy: (Aniruddhasingh Dinore and Vishal Mahakalkar)

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

SJAN to honour kabaddi players tomorrow



As a part of World Sports Journalists’ Day,  Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) will be felicitating talented women kabaddi players at a function to be held on Thursday (July 5) at Tilak Patrakar Bhavan at 11 a.m.
Working president of Nagpur District Kabaddi Association Girish Vyas, Shiv Chhatrapati award recipient sports organiser Girish Gadge and former kabaddi player Vijaya Anekar will grace the occasion. 
 Those to be honoured include Dipali Banmote, Priyanka Thakre, Sakshi Shende, Niilambari Bagde, Pooja Admane, Nikita Korte, Vaishnavi Sarore, Chhakuli Kshirsagar, Deepa Ambade, Chakuli Wankhede, Pinki Bhanse and Nikita Godbe. Veteran kabaddi players Shivajirao Mohite (Maratha Lancers) and Shirpatrao Burde (Subhash Mandal) will also be felicitated on the occasion. 

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Bagde and Pramanik elected on SJFI body


SPORTS Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) Secretary Kishor Bagde and Joint Secretary Paritosh Pramanik have been elected as Executive Members of the Sports Journalists Federation of India (SJFI) for the term of 2012-14. The elections for the new executive were held at Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday.
G Viswanath of Mumbai, was elected as the new President while Subodh Barua of Assam was voted as the new Secretary.
Total 14 SJFI units took part in the annual general meeting and elections. SJAN candidates Bagde and Pramanik got 13 and 12 votes, respectively, to win the Executive Members posts.
Naresh Shelke, President, SJAN, represented the association in the annual general meeting.
New office-bearers for 2012-14-
President: G. Viswanath (Mumbai). Vice-Presidents: Sarju Chakravarti (Tripura), Vikas Pande (Indore), A Vinod (Kerala), DV Garud (Bangalore). Secretary: Subodh Mallah Barua (Assam). Treasurer: Purnendu Chakravarti (Kolkata). Joint Secretary: Joseph Anthony (Hyderabad). Executive Members: Kishor Bagde (Nagpur), Paritosh Pramanik (Nagpur), R Kaushik (Bangalore), Amlendra Chakraborti (Kolkata), Nikhilesh Pathak (Gujarat), Biswajit Sharma (Tripura), Saurav Kumar Bora (Assam).

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Sudhir Shrivastava no more




NAGPUR, May 2
Sudhir Shrivastava, a veteran sports reporter and former president of Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN), passed away on Wednesday (May 2) due to cardiac arrest. He was 61. He is survived by wife, son and daughter. 
The last rites were performed at Gangabai Ghat at 12 noon on Wednesday. A condolence meeting was held at the where President of Maharashtra State Volleyball Association Vijay Dangre, members of SJAN and sports lovers were present.
Shrivasatava worked with Hindi daily ‘Navbharat’ as a sports journalist for more than three decades and retired last year. He was the president SJAN from 1997 to 2005. Shrivastava was elected as the vice-president of Sports Journalists’ Federation of India (SJFI) at Kolkata Convention in 2000 and was re-elected in 2003.
Shrivastava, who was fondly known as ‘Pappu Bhaiyya’ by journalists all over the country, was admitted to a local hospital a few days back. He breadth his last at 4.45 on Wednesday morning. A former volleyball player, Shrivastava was serving as the secretary of Nagpur District Volleyball Association and was also on the state volleyball body.

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Lokmat’s Najpande bags double crown

Lokmat's Pankaj Najpande receiving winners trophy at the hands of Sameer Meghe (R).

























Stamping his supremacy, Lokmat’s Pankaj Najpande bagged double crown in the Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Limited’s 5th Carrom Tournament for Media Employees organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) on Saturday.
The last day of the tournament witnessed some major upsets in both singles and doubles category. In the men's singles final,  fourth seed Najpande stunned third seed Paritosh Pramanik  of The Hitavada 21-5, 16-10 in straight two sets to claim the crown. Then in the doubles final,  pairing with Chittaranjan Nagdevte, Najpande downed Tarun Bharat duo  Datta Wazalwar-Sandip Gadge 22-0, 13-4.
Earlier in the singles semis, Pramanik quelled the challenge of top seed and his colleague Sudhir Delikar 9-4, 11-15, 7-6. Pankaj Najpande recorded easy 20-8, 6-1 victory over Umesh Mahadeokar.
In doubles, third seed duo Datta Wazalwar-Sandip Gadge surprised top seed pair  Sudhir Delikar- Paritosh Pramanik 15-9, 12-2.
Pankaj Najpande-Chittaranjan Nagdevte overcame the challenge of Kartik Lokhande-Ramesh Marulkar (The Htavada) 13-0, 1-12, 16-0.
 Chairman of Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Limited Sameer Meghe was the chief guest of prize distribution function. Noted sports organiser  Anil Ahirkar and former NMC Standing Committee chairman Sandeep Joshi were the guests of honour. Veteran organiser Sanjit Dakah and upcoming player Nayan Wankhede were honoured by SJAN on the occasion.
SJAN member Dr Ram Thakur conducted the proceedings. President Naresh Shelke mde introductory remarks while secrtary Kishor Bagde proposed a vote of thanks.
Results: Singles (semis): (S-3) Paritosh Pramanik (The Hitavada) bt (S-1) Sudhir Delikar (The Hitavada) 9-4, 11-15, 7-6; Pannkaj Najpande (Lokmat) bt Umesh Mahadeokar (Tarun Bharat) 20-8, 6-1.
Final: (S-4) Pankaj Najpande bt (S-3) Paritosh Pramanik 21-5, 16-10.
Doubles (semis): (S-3) Datta Wazalwar-Sandip Gadge (Tarun Bharat) bt (S-1) Sudhir Delikar- Paritosh Pramanik (The Hitavada) 15-9, 12-2; Pankaj Najpande-Chittaranjan Nagdevte (Lokmat) bt Kartik Lokhande-Ramesh Marulkar (The Htavada) 13-0, 1-12, 16-0.
Doubles final: Pankaj Najpande- Chittaranjan Nagdevte  bt Datta Wazalwar-Sandip Gadge 22-0, 13-4.
(All pics SJAN/S Sudarshan)


Friday, April 27, 2012

Delikar, Najpande, Pramanik, Mahadeokar in semis

Top seed Sudhir Delikar, third seed Paritosh Pramanik, both of The Hitavada, second seed Pankaj Najpande and Umesh Mahadeokar moved into the semi-finals of the singles event of the Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Limited’s 5th carrom tournament for media employees.
In the doubles event, the pairs of Delikar-Pramanik, Ramesh Marulkar-Kartik Lokhande (The Hitavada), Datta Wazalwar-Sandeep Gadge (Tarun Bharat) and C Nagdevte-Pankaj Najpande (Lokmat) made it to the semi-finals.
In the quarter-finals, Delikar defeated Anil Futane 21-0, 12-3 while Pramanik ousted Jeevak Gajbhiye 10-4, 14-0. Umesh Mahadeokar sent Bheemrao Lonare packing beating him 11-6, 17-12 while Pankaj Najpande defeated Sandeep Gadge 16-0, 14-0.
In the doubles, Lokhande-Marulkar pair defeated Mahadeokar-Sanjay Lokhande 16-0, 17-0 while Pramanik-Delikar beat Gajbhiye-Ashish Joshi 25-0, 15-4.
The semis and the finals would be played on Saturday starting 9 am.
The prize distribution function will be held immediately after finals at 12 noon. Chairman of Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Limited Sameer Meghe will be the chief guest. Noted sports organiser  Anil Ahirkar will be the guest of honour. Veteran organiser Sanjit Daka and upcoming player Nayan Wankhede will be honoured by SJAN on the occasion.
Results: Men’s singles (QF): Sudhir Delikar bt Anil Futane 21-0, 12-3; Umesh Mahadeokar bt Bhimrao Lonare 11-6, 17-12; Paritosh Pramanik bt Jeevak Gajbhiye 10-4, 14-0; Pankaj Najpande bt Sandip Gadge 16-0, 14-0.
Doubles (QF): Kartik Lokhande-Ramesh Marulkar bt Umesh Mahadeokar-Sanjay Lokhande 16-0, 17-0; Sudhir Delikar-Paritosh Pramanik bt Ashish Joshi-Jeevak Gajbhiye 25-0, 15-4; Pankaj Najpande- Chittaranjan Nagdevte bt Uday Dindolkar-Mannu Bawa 23-0, 22-0; Datta Wazalwar-Sandip Gadge bt Chandu Dasalwar-Prakash Kanfade 12-7, 13-4.
Tomorrow’s schedule: Singles semis: Delikar vs Pramanik; Najpande vs Mahadeokar at 9 a.m.
Doubles semis: Delikar-Pramanik vs Wazalwar- Gadge; Najpande- Nagdevte vs Kartik Lokhande- Ramesh Marulkar at 9.45 a.m.
(All pics S Sudarshan/SJAN)











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