Deepthi, Sourabh emerge winners

TOP seeds Deepthi Ramesh and Sourabh Kerhalkar justified their top billings as they clinched the Under-15 girls and boys’ titles respectively in the Tulsiramji Gaikwad Patil memorial district ranking badminton tournament which concluded at Subhedar Hall on Thursday.
While Deepthi had to sweat it out hard to beat Malvika Bansod 21-11, 16-21, 21-16 to clinch the title, Sourabh Kerhalkar made it look each in defeating Ameya Baheti 21-16, 21-8 for the crown.
In the Under-13 age category, Rohan Gurbani edged out Sudhanshu Bhure 21-18, 19-21, 21-10 to claim the title. Top seed in Under-13 girls category Malvika Bansod quelled the challenge from second seed Gargi Joshi as she ousted her 21-16, 21-11 in the final.
Chairman of Gaikwad-Patil Group Mohan Gaikwad was the chief guest of prize distribution function. NDBA president Kundatai Vijaykar presided over. Principal Anjali Gaikwad, HR head of SNDL Sanjeev Bariyal, NDBA secretary Mangesh Kashikar  also graced the occasion.
Veteran badminton player Dwij Mukherjee was felicitated at the hands of guests on the occasion.
Cash prizes, trophies and certificates were given to winners, runners-up and semi-finalists. SJAN secretary Kishor Bagde and president Dr Ram Thakur conducted the proceedings.

Sourabh, Gargi
declared best
Sourabh Kerhalkar and  Gargi Joshi were selected as the best players of the meet and were awarded special trophies besides Rs 2000 cash prize each.
Results
(All finals)
U-13 girls singles: Malvika Bansod (S-1) bt Gargi Joshi (S-2) 21-16, 21-11. U-10 boys singles: Siddhant Bawankar (S-2) bt Yugandhar Deo (S-1) 21-14, 16-21, 21-12. U-10 girls singles: Nikita Joseph (S-1) bt Aditi Sadhankar (S-2) 21-14, 21-10. U-13 girls doubles: Arya Anchalwar-Gargi Joshi bt Livia Fernandez-Pavitra Somani 21-14, 21-13. U-13 boys doubles: Jaskaran Suri-Sriniwas Saoji bt Om Ghode- Parth Thakkar 21-12, 21-11. U-13 boys singles: Rohan Gurbani bt Sudhanshu Bhure 21-18, 19-21, 21-10. U-15 girls singles: Deepthi Ramesh bt Malvika Bansod 21-11, 16-21, 21-16. U-15 boys singles: Sourabh Kerhalkar bt Ameya Baheti 21-16, 21-8 U-15 girls doubles: Mugdha Agray-Pallavi Pitale bt Gargi Joshi-Arya Anchalwar 21-9, 21-10. U-15 boys doubles: Sourabh Kerhalkar- Sarvesh Kukde bt Ameya Baheti- Samarjeet Pande 21-16, 24-22.

Joseph, Deo, Bhure, Bansod enter semis

NIKITA Joseph, Yugandhar Deo, Sudhanshu Bhure and Malvika Bansod stormed into the semi-finals in their respective age categories in the ongoing Tulsiramji Gaikwad memorial district ranking badminton tournament at Subhedar Hall.
The tournament is jointly organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur and Nagpur District Badminton Association.
In the Under-10 girls singles, top seed Nikita Joseph defeated Kripi Sanjwani 15-4, 15-5 to make it to last four.
In the boys section of the same age category, top seeded Yugandhar Deo got the better of Ritwik Bhaskar 15-9, 15-8 to make it to the semis.
Top seed Sudhanshu Bhure kept his reputation intact defeating Sifat Arora 15-10, 15-3 while second seed Rohan thrashed Kedar Dabke 15-5, 15-10.
Similarly, in Under-13 girls singles, Malvika Bansod, seeded top drubbed Palak Thakkar 15-6, 15-3 and Arya Anchalwar beat Liviya Fernandez 15-13, 15-3 to enter semis.
In the U-15 girls doubles, pair of
Chaitali Nayse and Palak Thakkar edged out Shikha Mundada-G Shivanshi 15-12, 15-9 to enter semis.
The semi-finals will be played on Thursday from 8 am onwards followed by finals at 3 pm.
Prize distribution function will be held at 6 pm. Chairman of Gaikwad-Patil Group Mohan Gaikwad will be the chief guest. NDBA president Kundatai Vijaykar will preside over. Director of Gaikwad Patil Group Col Rahul Sharma, business head of SNDL Sonal Khurana will also grace the occasion.
Results: All quarters:
U-10 girls singles : Nikita Joseph (S-1) bt Kripi Sanjwani 15-4, 15-5; Aditi Sadhankar (S-2) bt Vaidehi Ghoke 15-4, 15-7; Amulya Lanjewar bt Aditi Tadas 15-3, 15-3; Sophia Simon bt Anushka Tripathi 15-2, 15-7.
U-10 boys singles: Yugandhar Deo (S-1) bt Ritwik Bhaskar 15-9, 15-8; Siddhant Bawankar bt Harsh Gajbhiye 15-4, 15-5; Ankush Singh bt Anshul Patne 15-13, 15-8; Arav Fernandez bt Siddh Kedia 7-15, 15-9, 15-7.
U-13 boys singles: Rohan Gurbani (S-2) bt Kedar Dabke 15-5, 15-10; Sudhanshu Bhure (S-1) bt Sifat Arora 15-10, 15-3 ; Gandhar Nawale bt Jaskaransingh Suri 15-6, 15-4; Shrniwas Saoji bt Vaibhav Mithe 15-7, 15-9.
U-13 girls singles: Malvika Bansod (S-1)  bt Palak Thakkar 15-6, 15-3; Arya Anchalwar bt Liviya Fernandez 15-13, 15-3; Gargi Joshi (S-2) bt Ashani Joshi 15-5, 15-5; Pavitra Somani bt Radha Bapat 15-8, 15-11.
U-15 girls doubles (QF):  Chaitali Nayse- Palak Thakkar bt Shikha Mundada-G Shivanshi 15-12, 15-9; Ashani Joshi- Sara Pande bt Bhakti Pimplapure-L Janhavi 15-7, 15-4; Mugdha Agrey- Pallavi Pitale (S-2) bt Anika Jaisinghani- Sanjana Sapra 15-7, 15-0; Arya Anchalwar-Gargi Joshi  (S-1) bt P Niyati-D Sakshi 15-6, 15-7.

SJAN- Gaikwad Patil badminton tourney begins

Seeded payers had a smooth sailing  on the first day of SJAN-Tulsiramji Gaikwad-Patil Memorial  Sub-junior District Badminton Tournament at Subhedar Hall on Tuesday.

Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN)  in association with Nagpur District Badminton Association (NDBA)  has organized the three-day tournament.

Earlier, chairman of Gaikwad-Patil group Mohan Gaikwad inaugurated the tournament. Business head of SNDL Sonal Khurana, NDBA secretary Mangesh Kashikar, principal of Tulsiramji Gaikwad Patil Engineering College Sulabha Patil, PRO of SNDL Yogita Kasture and others were also present on the occasion.

SJAN president Dr Ram Thakur made introductory remarks while convener of the tournament Suhas Nayse proposed a vote of thanks.

Results

U-10 girls singles (round 2): Khushi Khandelwal bt Abhinya JP 30-9; Vaidehi Gokhe bt Pinak Rokde 30-11; Noopur Gajbhiye bt Krishna Soni30-23; Arisha Khan bt Anisha Jaiswal 30-18; Debshika Singh bt Manvi Funde 30-22; Akshaya JP bt Arshiya Jain 30-24; Aditi Tadas bt  Ishanka Mali 30-28; Sampada Raut bt Niyati Dipani 30-16; Naisha Vazirani bt Gargi Ankur Joshi 30-9.

U-13 boys singles: Rohan Gurbani bt Vrishank 30-6; Om Ghode bt Kaiz Dhamani 30-21; Lokesh Gajwani bt Nilay Deshpande 30-16; Parth Kundale bt Yash Velankar 30-15; Tanuj Rathi bt Kanad Yerpude 30-22; Raghav Chandak bt Vivek Rathi 30-29; Naimish Kasat bt Sumesh Ramteke 30-6; Vaibhav Mithe bt Utkarsh Kumar 30-2; Siddhant Bawankar bt Karan Adwani 30-23; Parth Thakkar bt Anay Paraskar 30-5; Ayush Jadhav bt Shrijit Demapure 30-20; Kaustubh Niraj bt Shreyas Kumar 30-8; Shashank Gupta bt Ansh Agrawal 30-1; Sarang Chimote bt Mahansha Dhole 30-18; Madhur Gattani bt Sandeep Motwani 30-4; Rohit Sangole bt Sanskar Khemani 30-16; Aditya Shiralkar bt Dev Rajesh 30-21; Gandhar Newale bt Prathmesh Darda 30-8; Bhupesh Jasnani  Kunal Deo 30-14; Sahil Bhusari bt Paresh Pande 30-20; Aryan Bose bt 30-15; Shriniwas Saoji bt Harsh Gajbhiye 30-10; Aditya Shipalkar bt Pranay Mohgaonkar 30-29; Abhishek Bansod bt Bhavesh Mohod 30-23; Piyush Nikhare bt Arjun Jichkar 30-21; Sumit Gidwani bt Tarun Bhojwani 30-17; Kedar Dabke bt Kartik Dhawad 30-4; Yugandhar Deo bt Raghav Fadanvis 30-7.

U-15 girls singles (1^st round): Chaitali Nayse bt Anika Jaisinghani 30-19;  Tanika Dave bt Niyati Paul 30-15; S Shivanshi bt Isha Kudale 30-17; Anjali Kshirsagar bt Alvina Hussain 30-7; Sanskruti Borikar bt Shalomi Johnson 30-17; Shriya Arora bt Vaishnavi Apte 30-27; Astha Haware bt Agni Bhole 30-17; Divya Ramteke bt Sakshi Damke 30-17.

Sub-junior badminton tourney from Tuesday

The stage is set for the SJAN-Tulsiramji Gaikwad-Patil Memorial District Open Sub-Junior Badminton Tournament beginning at  Nagpur University’s Subhedar Hall on Tuesday. 

The tournament will start at 9 a.m. with under-13 boys singles first round followed by formal inauguration at 11 a.m. Chairman of Gaikwad Patil Group Mohan Gaikwad will inaugurate the tournament at 11 a.m. in the presence of Anjali Gaikwad, SNDL marketing head Sonal Khurana and the secretary of Nagpur District Badminton Association (NDBA) Mangesh Kashikar. The tournament has evoked  evoked tremendous response as record 465 entries have been received.  Boys and girls will vie for top honours in ten events in three age categories – Under-10, Under-13 and Under-15. The total prize money of the tournament is Rs 34,000.

The NDBA will provide the technical support to the tournament. Yonex will provide the shuttles, while prizes will be sponsored by SNDL Nagpur.

Record 465 entries for district badminton meet

SJAN-Tulsiramji Gaikwad-Patil Memorial District Open Sub-Junior Badminton Tournament has evoked a record 465 entries.
The three-day tournament, to be held under the auspices of Nagpur District Badminton Association (NDBA), will be played at Nagpur University’s Subhedar Hall from November 5 to 7.
Boys and girls will vie for top honours in ten events in three age categories – Under-10, Under-13 and Under-15. The total prize money of the tournament is Rs 34,000.
NDBA will provide the technical support to the tournament.
Yonex will provide shuttles, while prizes will be sponsored by SNDL Nagpur. More details can be had from tournament convenor Suhas Nayse (9890011197) and co-convenor Nilesh Deshpande (9881243198).
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Seedings
U-10 girls singles: 1) Nikita Joseph 2) Aditi Sadhankar.
U-10 boys singles: 1) Yugandhar Deo 2) Siddhant Bawankar.
U-13 boys singles: 1) Sudhanshu Bhure 2) Rohan Gurbani.
U-13 boys doubles: 1) Rohan Gurbani-Sudhanshu Bhure 2) Parth Thakkar-Shriniwas Saoji.
U-13 girls singles: 1) Malvika Bansod 2) Gargi Joshi.
U-13 girls doubles: 1) Gargi Joshi-Arya Anchalwar 2) Chaitali Nayse-Palak Thakkar.
U-15 boys singles: 1) Ameya Baheti 2) Angad Matharu.
U-15 boys doubles: 1) Sudhanshu Bhure-Rohan Gurbani 2) Atharva Mengal-Param Mudholkar.
U-15 girls singles: 1) Deepthi Ramesh 2) Malvika Bansod.
U-15 girls doubles: Gargi Joshi-Arya Anchalwar.