Carrom Tournament for media employees begins

5th Carrom Tournament for media employees

Sponsored by Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd.

Organised by Sports Journalists' Association of Nagpur

At Hotel Chidambara, Ramdaspeth

Unseeded Umesh Mahadeokar of Tarun Bharat created the biggest upset on the opening day of the carrom tournament for media employees after he stunned second seed Chittaranjan Nagdevte of Lokmat 17-0, 11-5. The tournament is sponsored by Tirupati Urban Ci-op Bank Limited and is played at Hotel Chitambara.
This was the only upset as all the seeded players sailed into the quarter-finals. Former champion Paritosh Pramanik of The Hitavada defeated Vaibhav Ganjapure of Times of India in the second round and then ousted Datta Wazalwar of Tarun Bharat in the pre-quarters to book quarter-finals berth.

Results (all pre-quarters):  (Unseeded) Umesh Mahadeokar bt (2nd seed) Chittaranjan Nagdevte 17-0, 11-5; Jeevak Gajbhiye bt Kartik Lokhande 12-1, 14-10; Sandeep Gadge bt Anupam Soni 14-4, 10-8;  Pankaj Najpande bt Rahul Soman 12-10, 13-9; Bhimrao Lonare entered QF after getting walk-over; Sudhir Delikar bt Dharmendra Kumar 20-3, 19-5; Paritosh Pramanik bt Datta Wazalwar 11-4, 17-10; Anil Futane bt Chandu Dasalwar 16-0, 11-7.

Earlier vice-chairman of Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Narayandas Ahuja and NIT trustee Kishor Kanhere inaugurated the tournament. SJAN president Naresh Shelke made introductory remarks. Member Dr ram Thakur conducted the proceedings while treasurer Anupam Soni proposed a vote of thanks.
(All pics SJAN/S Sudarshan)