Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Carrom meet begins today






Stage is set for the fifth edition of carrom tournament for media employees being organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) at Hotel Chidambara, Ramdaspeth, from Thursday.
The tournament, sponsored by Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Limited, has evoked good response.
Vice-Chairman of Tirupati Bank Narayandas Ahuja  will inaugurate the tournament at 8.30 a.m. NIT trustee Kishor Kanhere and former NMC Standing Committee chairman Sandeep Joshi would be the guests of honour. The tournament will be held in two categories i.e. men’s singles and doubles. Defending champion Sudhir Deliakar of The Hiitavada has been given top seeding in the men’s singles event. Chittaranjan Nagdevte (Lokmat), Paritosh Pramanik (The Hitavada)  and Pankaj Najpande (Lokmat) have been given second to fourth seeding, respectively. In the doubles event Delikar-Pramanik duo has been given top billing.
Cash prizes and trophies would be given to the winners, runners-up and semi-finalists in each categories.
Siddharth Narnaware is the chief referee of the tournament. He will be assisted by Mukund Nagpurkar.
Seedings:
Men’s singles: 1. Sudhir Delikar 2. Chittaranjan Nagdevte 3. Paritosh Pramanik 4. Pankaj Najpande 5. Anil Futane 6. Sandeep Gadge 7. Kartik Lokhande 8. Ramesh Marulkar.
Men’s doubles: 1. Sudhir Delikar-Paritosh Pramanik 2. Ctittaranjan Nagdevte-Pankaj Najpande 3. Datta Wazalwar-Sandeep Gadge 4. Kartik Lokhande-Ramesh Marulkar.

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