The Hitavada’s Nasim Sheikh stormed into the semi-finals of men’s singles and doubles events of the second edition of Ankur Seeds Carrom Tournament for Media Employees that got under way on Saturday at Press Club, Civil Lines. The tournament is organised by Patrakar Club of Nagpur and Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN). Sheikh, along with partner Paritosh Pramanik, defeated the pair of Sunny Bhongade (GTPL)-Sushil Atram (Nagpur Post) 25-0 to make doubles semis.
In the singles quarters, Sheikh got the better of Dharmendra Kumar (TOI) 25-0 to storm into last four.
The semis and final will be played on Sunday followed by prize distribution function.
Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated by Girish Gandhi, Trustee of Vanrai Foundation.
Vishal Umalkar, Executive Director, Ankur Seeds was the guest of honour. Patrakar Club of Nagpur President Pradip Kumar Maitra, Secretary Bramhashankar Tripathi, Tournament Convenor Charudatta Kahu, Sports Journalists Association of Nagpur Secretary Paritosh Pramanik shared the dais.
SJAN Treasurer Nilesh Deshpande, members Naresh Shelke, Piyush Patil, Kshitij Udar, Kishor Badge, Deep Sudhakar and others were also present. SJAN President Dr Ram Thakur conducted the programme and also proposed a vote of thanks.
Results: Singles 1st round: Vinod Suryawanshi (Mahasagar) beat Nakul Dongre (Hitavada) 25-0, Anil Deogade (Lokmat) beat Amol Maokar (Hitavada) 9-6, Charudatta Kahu (Tarun Bharat) beat Ratnakar Moraskar (Bhaskar) 16-8, Chittaranjan Nagdeote (Lokmat) beat Sushil Atram (Nagpur Post) 25-0, Girish Thakre (News Today Maha) beat Govind Kharetiya (Sahara Samay) 25-0, Sunny Bhangade (GTPL) beat Anupam Timothy (Hitavada) 26-0, Neeraj Chinchkhade (Hitavada) beat Durgaprasad Barwe (Supreme Power News) 22-0. 2nd round: Nasim Sheikh (Hitavada) bt Bhimrao Lonare (IBM) 25-0, Paritosh Pramanik (Hitavada) bt Umesh Pawar (Yashogatha) 25-0, Vijay Thakur (PTI) bt Anil Deogade (Lokmat) 27-0, Kunal Raut (Mahasagar) bt Neeraj Chinchkhade (Hitavada) 25-0, Girish Thakre (News Today Maharashtra) bt Vinod Suryawanshi (Mahasagar) 19-11, Chittaranjan Nagdeote (Lokmat) bt Charudatta Kahu (Tarun Bharat) 24-6, Dharmendra Kumar (TOI) bt Sunny Bhongade (GTPL) 25-0. Quarters: Kunal Raut (Mahasagar) bt Chittranjan Nagdeote (Lokmat) 25-0; Vijay Thakur (PTI) bt Girish Thakre (News Today Maha) 25-8; Nasim Sheikh (Hitavada) bt Dharmendra Kumar (TOI) 25-0; Sandeep Gadge (Tarun Bharat) beat Paritosh Pramanik (Hitavada) 16-12. Doubles quarters: Vijay Thakur (PTI)-Girish Thakre (News Today Maha) bt Charudatta Kahu-Sandeep Gadge (Tarun Bharat) 25-0; Paritosh Pramanik-Nasim Sheikh (Hitavada) bt Sunny Bhongade(GTPL)-Sushil Atram (Nagpur Post) 25-0; Bhimrao Lonare-Subhash Sharma (IBM TV9) beat Dharmandra Kumar-Chittranjan Nagdeote (Lokmat-ToI) 20-9.
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