Undirwade clinches singles title

6th Carrom Tournament for Media Employees
Organised by Sports Journalists' Association fo Nagpur and sponsored by Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd.

Results

Men's singles (SF): Nilesh Doye (Punyanagari) bt Nitin Pataria (Lokmat) 11-8, 5-8, 12-10; Rakesh Undirwade (Gaurav Garima) bt Bhimrao Lonare (Lokshahi Varta) 20-0, 20-3.
Final: Rakesh Undirwade bt Nilesh Doye 15-5, 25-1.
Third place: Nitin Pataria bt Bhimrao Lonare 15-8.
Men's doubles (semi): Rakesh Undirwade- Vinod Suryavanshi (Gaurav Garima) bt Umesh Mahadeokar-Sandip Gadge (Tarun Bharat) 16-1, 12-7.
Final: Pankaj Najpande- Chittaranjan Nagdevte (Lokmat) bt Rakesh Undirwade- Vinod Suryavanshi (Gaurav Garima) 10-7, 12-3.
  Director of Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd Ramesh Borkute was the chief guest of prize distribution function.   NMC Standing Committee chairman Avinash Thakre was the guest of honour. On the occasion SJAN felicitated general secretary of All India Carrom Federation Prabhjeetsingh Bachher. SJAN president Dr Ram Thakur made introductory remarks. Secretary Kishor Bagde conducted the proceedings while joint secretary Sarang Kunte proposed a vote of thanks. 

Undirwade stuns defending champion Najpande, enter semis

Unseeded Rakesh Undirwade of Gaurav Garima stunned top seed and defending champion Pankaj Najpande of Lokmat in the quarter-finals of the 6th Carrom Tournament for Media Employees organised by Sports Journalists' Association fo Nagpur and sponsored by Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd under way at Patrakar Bhawan.
Undirwade moved into the semi-final defeating Najpande 6-3, 18-0.
In another shocking result, Nilesh Doye of Punyanagari ousted Lokmat’s Chittaranjan Nagdevte 11-7, 17-5 to move into semis.
In the doubles Nagdevte-Najpande pair moved into the final defeating The Hitavada’s Anil Futane and Sarang Kunte 25-0, 24-4.
The semi-finals and finals will be played on Sunday from 9 a.m. onwards followed by prize distribution function. Director of Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd Ramesh Borkute,  NMC Standing Committee chairman Avinash Thakre and general secretary of All India Carrom Federation Prabhjeetsingh Bachher will also grace the occasion.
Results:
Men's singles (quarters): Rakesh Undirwade (Gaurav Garima) bt (S-1) Pankaj Najpande (Lokmat) 6-3, 18-0; Nilesh Doye (Punyanagari) bt Chittaranjan Nagdevte (Lokmat) 11-7, 17-5; Nitin Patariya (Lokmat) bt (S-3) Umesh Mahadeokar (Tarun Bharat) 4-3, 1-13, 13-1; (S-4) Bhimrao Lonare (Lokshahi Varta) bt Gajanfar Baig (Lokmat) 14-3, 13-1.
Men's doubles: (quarters): (S-1) Pankaj Najpande-Chittaranjan Nagdevte (Lokmat) bt Sujan Masid- Nityanand Pathak (Dainik Bhaskar )20-0, 25-0; (S-2) Umesh Mahadeokar- Sandip Gadge (Tarun Bharat) bt Bhimrao Lonare-Ashish Joshi (Lokshahi Varta) 9-0, 14-0; Rakesh Undirwade-Vinod Suryavanshi (Gaurav Garima) bt Suhas Nayse- Dharmendra Kumar (TOI) 21-0, 16-0. Anil Futane-Sarang Kunte entered semis after getting walkover.
Mens' doubles (semi-final): Pankaj Najpande- Chittaranjan Nagdevte bt  Anil Futane-Sarang Kunte 25-0, 24-4.

Carrom meet gets under way

The 6th Carrom Tournament for Media Employees organised by Sports Journalists Association of Nagpur (SJAN) and sponsored by Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd. was inaugurated by vice-president of the bank Narayandas Ahuja. Noted sports organiser and corporator Prof. Vijay Barse and president of Tilak Patrakar Bhavan Trust Pradip Maitra also graced the occasion. SJAN president Dr Ram Thakur made introductory remarks. Secretary Kishor Bagde, treasurer Suhas Nayse, member Nilesh Deshpande and Narendra Chore welcomed the guests. Member Amit Sampat conducted the proceedings while joint secretary Sarang Kunte proposed a vote of thanks.
Winner of rounds two entered the pre-quarters
Results (round 2): Ramesh Marulkar (The Hitavada) bt Nityanand Pathak (Dainik Bhaskar) 25-0, 25-0; (S-1) Pankaj Najpande (Lokmat) bt Sudarshan Sakharkar (Loksatta) 25-2, 25-0, Rakesh Undirwade (Gaurav Garima) bt Deepak Labde (Lokmat) 25-0, 25-0; (s-3) Umesh Mahadeokar (Tarun Bharat) bt Avishkar Deshmukh (Punyanagari) 25-0, 15-0; Sujan Masid (Dainik Bhaskar) bt Faizul Qumar (TOI) 25-2, 9-3; Kartik Lokhande (The Hitavada) bt Vinod Suryavanshi (Gaurav Garima) 9-0, 19-4; Chandu Dasalwar (Lokmat) bt Chinmay Kale (Maharashtra Times) 8-0, 16-0; Gajanfar Baig (Lokmat) b Ashish Joshi (Lokshahi Varta) 15-7, 8-9, 15-0; Rakesh Undirwade (Gaurav Garima) bt Deepak Labde (Lokmat) 25-0 25-1; Bhimrao Lonare (Lokshahi Varta) bt Vikas Barokar (Punyanagari) 17-4, 13-3; Chittaranjan Nagdevte (Lokmat) bt Piyush Patil (Maharashtra Times) 25-0, 19-0; Anand Kasture (Maharashtra Times) bt Anil Futane (The Hitavada) 11-9, 7-6; Nilesh Doye (Punyanagari)n bt Uday Dindolkar (Tarun Bharat) 20-4, 14-5; Nitin Patariya (Lokmat) bt Jeevak G

ajbhiye (Lokshahi Varta) 13-9, 5-3, 15-4; Sandeep Gadge (Tarun Bharat) bt Dharmendra Kumar (TOI) 14-10, 11-13, 17-4; Girish Thakre (Doordarshan) bt Pravin Shende (Lokmat) 9-13, 19-5, 12-6.

Media carrom tourney begins from Friday

Stage is set for the sixth edition of carrom tournament for media employees being organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) at Tilak Patrakar Bhavan from Friday. 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  10 a.m. Former NMC Standing Committee chairman Sandeep Joshi would be the guest of honour. Cash prizes and trophies would be given to the winners, runners-up and semi-finalists in each categories.The finals will be played on Sunday followed by prize distribution function. Siddharth Narnaware is the chief referee of the tournament. He will be assisted by Mukund Nagpurkar.

Najpande gets to top billing

 Lokmat's Pankaj Najpande has been given top seeding in Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Limited sponsored  and Sports Journalists' Association of Nagpur (SJAN) organised  6th Carrom Tournament for Media Employees beginning at Tilak Patrakar Bhavan from April 26.
In the men's singles, Paritosh Pramanik of The Hitavada has been given second billing while Umesh Mahadeokar of Tarun Bharat is ranked third. Other seeded players are Anil Futane of The Hitavada (4th), Bhimrao Lonare of Lokshahi Varta (5th), Jeevak Gajbhiye of Lokshahi varta (6th) and Sandip Gadge of Tarun Bharat (7th).
In doubles, Pankaj Najpande and Chittaranjan Nagdevte duo of Lokmat has been given top seedings. Sandeep Gadge- Umesh Mahadeokar has been given second billing. Others are Kartik Lokhande-Ramesh Marulkar (third) and Paritosh Pramanik- Anil Futane (4th). The tournament has evoked good response. Siddharth Narnaware is the chief referee of tournament and he is assisted by Mukund Nagpurkar.

Thakur, Bagde to lead SJAN

DR RAM Thakur of Lokmat Samachar was elected as the president of the Sports Journalists Association of Nagpur (SJAN) for the second time at its annual general meeting on Sunday.
The entire executive was elected unopposed for a three-year term (2013-2016).
Lokmat’s Kishor Bagde retained his post of secretary while The Times of India’s Suhas Nayse was elected as the treasurer. Sandeep Dabhekar of ToI and Sarang Kunte of The Hitavada secured the posts of Vice-President and Joint-Secretary respectively.
The executive members also elected unopposed, include Nilesh Deshpande (Lokmat Times), Narendra Chore (Sakal), Amit Ramteke (Lokshahi Varta) and Sujan Masid (Dainik Bhaskar).
Election Officer Adv DS Karunashankar declared the new executive body.