SJAN celebrates National Sports Day

 Pramanik wins penalty shoot-out contest

Sports Journalists' Association of Nagpur (SJAN) celebrated National Sports Day, birth anniversary of hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand, by organising a penalty shoot-out competition at RTM Nagpur University ground on Tuesday.
Paritosh Pramanik of The Hitavada emerged winner while Amit Sampat of The Times of India finished runners-up. Naresh Shelke (Sakal) and Deep Sudhakar (Navbharat) were semi-finalists. National football player and Big Ben coach Nayeem Ansari distributed prizes  in the presence of SJAN president Dr Ram Thakur, treasurer Nilesh Deshpande, EC members Anupam Soni, Piyush Patil, Nikhil Kelapure, members Narendra Chore and Kshitij Udar.

Raut retains twin titles

KUNAL Raut of Mahasagar retained double crowns at the Ankur Seeds Carrom Tournament for Media Employees organised by Patrakar Club of Nagpur and Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur at Press Club, Civil Lines on Sunday.
In the men’s singles final Raut defeated Vijay Thakur of PTI Digital while in doubles, Raut and Vinod Suryawanshi ousted the pair of Bhimrao Lonare and Subhash Sharma of IBM TV 9. ‘The Hitavada’s Nasim Sheikh finished third in men’s singles event while Vijay Thakur-Girish Thakre pair took the third spot in men’s doubles.
Prizes were distributed by Bramhashankar Tripathi, Secretary, Patrakar Club of Nagpur. Dr Ram Thakur, President, SJAN; Paritosh Pramanik, Secretary; Naresh Shelke, Tournament Convenor Charudutta Kahu were present on the dais. Anupam Soni, Nilesh Deshpande, Kshitij Udar, Dilip Ramteke, Deep Sudhakar were also present.
Shelke conducted the programme and proposed a vote of thanks.
RESULTS
Men’s single semi-finals: Kunal Raut (Mahasagar) bt Nasim Sheikh (Hitavada) 25-0; Vijay Thakur (PTI) bt Sandeep Gadge (Tarun Bharat) 25-4. Third place: Nasim Sheikh (Hitavada) bt Sandeep Gadge (Tarun Bharat) 25-0. Final: Kunal Raut bt Vijay Thakur
25-6, 25-7.
Men’s doubles quarters: Kunal Raut-Vinod Suryawanshi (Mahasagar) bt Neeraj Chinchkhede-Rutu Borkar (Hitavada) 25-0. Semi-finals: Bhimrao Lonare-Subhash Sharma (IBM TV 9) bt Nasim Sheikh-Paritosh Pramanik (Hitavada) 13-12; Raut-Vinod Suryawanshi (Mahasagar) bt Vijay Thakur (PTI)-Girish Thakre (New Today Maha) 25-5. Third place: Vijay Thakur-Girish Thakre bt Paritosh Pramanik-Nasim Sheikh 23-11. Final: Kunal Raut-Vinod Suryawanshi bt Bhimrao Lonare-Subhash Sharma 25-6.

Ankur Seeds Carrom tourney for media persons begin

 

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.

 

SJAN's Pramanik, Deshpande on SJFI body

 

Sports Journalists' Association of Nagpur's (Secretary) Paritosh Pramanik of The Hitavada and treasurer Nilesh Deshpande of Lokmat Times have been elected officials of Sports Journalists' Federation of India (SJFI). The election was held during the Annual General Meeting of the national federation at Gujarat Sports Club in Ahmedabad on Sunday (July 23, 2023).

SJFI is affiliated with International Sports Journalists' Federation (AIPS). The team will be headed by Tushar Trivedi of Gujarat Sports Journalists Association. Prashant Keni of Sports Journalists' Association of Mumbai was re-elected as the Secretary for second term. 

While Pramanik garnered highest votes to get elected as one of the Vice-Presidents of the SJFI, Deshpande has been retained as executive committee member for second successive term. 

Elections were held only for four posts of Vice-President while all other office bearers were elected unopposed. 

Pramanik received 12 out of 12 votes to record a thumping win.

The new body has been elected for a term of two years (2023-2025).

New executive committee 2023-2025:

President: Tushar Trivedi (SJAG)

Secretary: Prashant Keni (SJAM)

Joint Secretary: Ramesh Varikuppala (TSJA) 

Vice-Presidents: Paritosh Pramanik (SJAN)

Vikas Pandey (ISPORA)

Manuja Veerappa (SWAB)

Sarju Chakraborty (TSJC)

Treasurer: Partha Chakraborty (ASJA) 

EC members: 

Nilesh Deshpande (SJAN) 

Suresh Kumar Swain (OSJA)

Ripple Christy (SJAG) 

K Keerthivasan (TNSJA) Suprabhat Debnath (TSJC) Bidyut Kalita (ASJC)

Sabi Hussain Naqvi (DSJA).

Ankur Seeds media carrom from Aug 5

Patrakar Club of Nagpur and Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) are jointly organising Ankur Seeds 2nd Carrom Tournament for the media employees of the city.

The tournament will be held on August 5 and 6 at the air-conditioned hall of Press Club, situated opposite Institute of Science, Civil Lines.

The members of print, electronic media and portals will be allowed to participate in the tournament which will be held in singles and doubles categories.

The tournament will be inaugurated on August 5 at 9 am.

Press Club President Pradip Maitra, Secretary Bramhashankar Tripathi, Treasurer Shirish Borkar, SJAN President Dr Ram Thakur, SJAN Secretary Paritosh Pramanik, SJAN Treasurer Nilesh Deshpande, Tournament Convenor Charudatta Kahu and others will remain present.

The prize distribution ceremony will be held on August 6 at 2 pm.

Cash prizes will be given to the winners, runners-up in singles and doubles events. The winners of the singles event will be given cash prize of Rs 7,000 while the runners-up will get Rs 5,000. The third place finisher will get Rs 3,000. 

The winners in doubles category will be given cash prize of Rs 10,000 while the runners-up will get Rs 7,000 and third place finishers will get Rs 5,000. All the top finishers will also get glittering trophies.

The entry fees is Rs 100 for singles and Rs 200 for doubles. The entry forms are available at the Press Club, Tilak Patrakar Bhavan and at the sports desk of the respective newspapers. Entries can be submitted with Rajesh Sakharkar at the Press Club or Deorao Pradhan at Tilak Patrakar Bhavan.

The last date of submission of entry forms is August 1, 2023.

Patrakar Club of Nagpur and Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur have appealed all mediapersons to take part in the tournament.

SJAN fetes champion sub-junior cagers

 

 

World Sports Journalists’ Day celebrated

ON THE occasion of World Sports Journalists’ Day, Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN), affiliated to Sports Journalists’ Federation of India (SJFI), honoured Nagpur district sub-junior basketball team members who became state champion after 27 years.
The function was held at Dharampeth Krida Mandal (DKM) basketball courts where a free-throw contest was also organised for SJAN members. Amit Sampat won the competition whereas Sujan Masid and Nikhil Kelapure finished second and third respectively. Those hoopsters who were honoured on the occasion include Om Raut (captain), Sushrut Maske, Samyak Shamkule, Dheer Agrawal, Sarvesh Kavishwar, Yash Amidwar, Soham Deodhar, Varad Gautham, Yash Bhotmange, Anirudh Mundhada, Urjit Deogade, Kartik Bansod. Coaches: Sujoy Bose, Aryan Bante. Manager: Sharad Dewalkar.
NDBA Working President Pranay Ghate, Secretary Bhavesh Kuchanwar and DKM Secretary Ravi Kulkarni distributed the prizes.  SJAN Treasurer Nilesh Deshpande, Joint Secretary Sujan Masid and EC Member Anupam Soni welcomed the guests. Former President Naresh Shelke conducted the proceedings while Vice-President Sampat proposed a vote of thanks.

Lokmat's Ashish Jain & Meenal Jain win singles crown; Navbharat pair of Mahesh Sarangi and SS Ahmad stun top seeds for doubles title 

Ashish Jain and Meenal Jain both of Lokmat emerged winners of the singles men and women categories, respectively in the Sports Journalists' Association of Nagpur organised Suyash Herbal Badminton Tournament for Media Employees. 

The tournament was held in association with Department of Physical Education and Sports, RTMNU and Nagpur District Badminton Association at Subhedar Hall. 

In the men's singles final, Jain defeated Mahesh Sarangi of Lokmat 21-17, 21-12 to clinch the title. 

In women's Singles title clash, Lokmat's Meenal Jain beat Deepika Gedekar of Navbharat 25-23, 21-9.

In men's doubles, the pair of Mahesh Sarangi and S S Ahmad of Navbharat defeated Lokmat's Ashish Jain and Raviraj Ambadwar 22-20, 17-21, 21-15.

Mangesh Kashikar, Senior Vice-president, Maharashtra Badminton Association and Secretary, Nagpur District Badminton Association and Dr Sharad Suryawansh, Director, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University were the guests. Tournament Convenor Sujan Masid, SJAN Secretary Paritosh Pramanik, Treasurer Nilesh Deshpande, Kshitij Udar, Nikhil Kelapure and others were also present. 

SJAN President Dr Ram Thakur conducted the prize distribution function. 

Lokesh Gajendra, Muninder Badoni and Anup Kadwe were the referees.

 

RESULTS

Men's Singles Final:

Ashish Jain (Lokmat) bt Mahesh Sarangi (Lokmat) 21-17, 21-12 

Men's singles Semis:

Mahesh Sarangi (Navbharat) bt Sujan Masid (Bhaskar) 15-9, 15-11; Ashish Jain (Lokmat) bt Rajesh Sharma (Lokmat) 15-6, 15-6

Women's Singles Final: 

Meenal Jain (Lokmat) bt Deepika Gedekar (Navbharat) 25-23, 21-9.

Women's Singles Semis:

Meenal Jain (Lokmat) bt Yamini Rampalliwar (Lokmat) 15-12, 15-10; Deepika Gedekar (Navbharat) bt Pranjali Sharma (Navbharat) 15-10, 11-15, 15-10.

Men's Doubles Final:

Mahesh Sarangi-S S Ahmad (Navbharat) bt Ashish Jain-Raviraj Ambadwar (Lokmat) 22-20, 17-21, 21-5.

Men's Doubles Semis:

Ashish Jain-Raviraj Ambadwar (Lokmat,) bt Rajesh Sharma-Pravin Kathane (Lokmat) 21-7, 21-10; Mahesh Sarangi-S S Ahmad (Navbharat) bt Sujan Masid-Balmukund Kadwe (Bhaskar) 21-9, 21-6.

Jain, Sharma, Sarangi, Masid in line for twin titles

Ashish Jain, Rajesh Sharma both of Lokmat, Mahesh Sarangi of Navbharat and Sujan Masid of Dainik Bhaskar are in line for twin titles in the Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur organised Suyash Herbal Badminton Tournament For Media Employees being played at Subhedar Hall.
The tournament is being organised in association with Department of Physical Education and Sports, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University and Nagpur District Badminton Association.
The semi-final and final will be played on Sunday starting from 9.30 am. The final will be followed by prize distribution function. Vikas Ahuja, Director, Suyash Herbal will be the chief guest. Mangesh Kashikar, Senior Vice-President, Maharashtra Badminton Association and Secretary, Nagpur District Badminton Association and Dr Sharad Suryawanshi, Director, Department of Physical Education and Sports, RTMNU, will be the guests of honour.
Results: Men’s Singles Quarters: Rajesh Sharma (Lokmat) bt Wasim Qureshi (Lokmat) 15-7, 15-8; Sujan Masid (Bhaskar) bt Balmukund Kadwe (Bhaskar) 15-6, 15-14; Ashish Jain (Lokmat) bt S S Ahmad (Navbharat) 15-7, 15-13; Mahesh Sarangi (Navbharat) bt Raviraj Ambadwar (Lokmat) 15-14, 15-8. Men’s Singles PQF: Ashish Jain (Lokmat) bt Abhishek Kunte (Navbharat) 15-5, 15-0; S S Ahmad (Navbharat) bt Chetan Gadwaikar (Navbharat) 15-6, 15-7; Wasim Qureshi (Lokmat) bt Pranay Kamble (Lokmat) 15-3, 15-6; Raviraj Ambadwar (Lokmat) bt Akshay Kawale (Navbharat) 15-3, 15-1; Mahesh Sarangi (Navbharat) bt Mohanish Kale (Navbharat) 15-6, 15-6. Men’s Doubles Quarters: Sujan Masid-Balmukund Kadwe (Bhaskar) bt Manoj Mule-Rajesh Vyavhare (Tarun Bharat) 15-8, 15-9; Rajesh Sharma-Pravin Kathane (Lokmat) bt Manish Shriwas-Sourabh Deshpande (Navbharat) 15-7, 15-7.
SEMIS LINE-UP
Men’s singles: Ashish Jain (Lokmat) vs Rajesh Sharma (Lokmat); Mahesh Sarangi (Navbharat) vs Sujan Masid (Bhaskar).
Men’s Doubles: Ashish Jain-Raviraj Ambadwar (Lokmat) vs Rajesh Sharma-Pravin Kathane (Lokmat); Sujan Masid-Balmukund (Bhaskar) vs Mahesh Sarangi-S S Ahmad (Navbharat).
Women’s Singles: Minal Jain (Lokmat) vs Yamini Rampalliwar (Lokmat); Deepika Gedekar (Navbharat) vs Pranjali Sharma (Navbharat).

Badminton pics

 

Badminton tournament for media persons begins

Sports Journalists' Association of Nagpur (SJAN) organised Suyash Healthcare Badminton Tournament For Media Employees at Subhedar Hall, Ravi Nagar on Friday. 

The tournament is being organised in association with the Department of Sports and Physical Education of RTM Nagpur University and Nagpur District Badminton Association (NDBA).

Vikas Ahuja of Suyash Healthcare Group, Dr Sharad Suryawanshi, Director of Department of Sports and Physical Education, RTM Nagpur University and Dr Satish Gawande inaugurated the competition. 

SJAN Secretary Paritosh Pramanik, Treasurer Nilesh Deshpande, Tournament Convenor Sujan Masid, Naresh Shelke, Nikhil Kelapure and others were present. 

Naresh Shelke conducted the programme and proposed a vote of thanks. 

Results:

Men's singles PQF

Rajesh Sharma (Lokmat) bt Swapnil Jain (Lokmat) 15-1, 15-5; Balmukund Kadwe (Bhaskar) bt Vilas Tijare (Lokmat) 15-7, 15-8; Sujan Masid (Bhaskar) bt Pravin Kathane (Lokmat) 15-10, 15-8.

1st Round

Pravin Kathane (Lokmat) bt Vijay Nagpure ((Navbharat) 15-14, 15-9; Raviraj Ambadwar (Lokmat) bt Kunal Admane (Bhaskar) 15-6, 15-5; Sujan Masid (Bhaskar) bt Vishal Paras (Navbharat) 15-6, 15-3; S S Ahmad (Navbharat) bt Ankit Dongre (Bhaskar) 15-1, 15-1; Pranay Kamble (Lokmat,) bt Kshitij Udar (Hitavada) 15-9, 15-10; Rajesh Sharma (Lokmat) bt Manoj Mule (Tarun Bharat) 15-11, 15-8;  Akshay Kawale (Navbharat) bt Nitin Padole (Bhaskar) 15-14, 15-9.

Men's Doubles Quarters: 

Ashish Jain-Raviraj Ambadwar (Lokmat) bt Chetan Gadwaikar-Akshay Kawale (Navbharat) 15-6, 15-4;  Mahesh Sarangi-S S Ahmad (Navbharat) bt Wasim Qureshi-Pranay Kamble (Lokmat) 15-5, 15-3.

1st Round:

Manish Shriwas-Sourabh Deshpande (Navbharat) bt Abhishek Kunte-Vishal Paras (Navbharat) 15-8, 15-4; Sujan Masid-Balmukund Kadwe (Bhaskar) bt Kshitij Udar-Nikhil Dixit (Hitavada) 15-5, 15-3; Wasim Qureshi-Pranay Kamble (Lokmat) bt Kunal Admane-Nitesh Padole (Bhaskar) 15-6, 15-3; Manoj Mule-Rajesh Vyavhare (Tarun Bharat) bt Omkar Mokashi-Nakul Dongre (Hitavada) 15-7, 15-5.

Women's Singles Quarters

Yamini Rampalliwar (Lokmat) bt Shivani Kukde (Bhaskar) 15-6, 15-4; Meenal Jain (Lokmat) bt Preeti Valunjkar (Navbharat) 15-12, 15-6; Deepika Gadekar (Navbharat) bt Manjusha Joshi (Square Media) 15-14, 15-6; Pranjali Sharma got walk over. 

1st Round

Deepika Gadekar (Navbharat) bt Fauzia Sheikh (Bhaskar) 15-9, 15-7.

Media badminton tourney from Friday (May 5)

Sports Journalists' Association of Nagpur (SJAN) is organising Suyash Herbal badminton tournament for media employees from  Friday at Subhedar Hall, Amravati road from 9.15 am to 12 noon.

The tournament is being organised in association with the Department of Sports and Physical Education of RTM Nagpur University and Nagpur District Badminton Association (NDBA).

Lokmat's Ashish Jain has been given top seeding in the men's singles whereas Mahesh Sarangi (Navbharat) is seeded two. In the doubles, Mahesh Sarangi- SS Ahmed have been given top billing whereas Ashish Jain-Raviraj Ambadwar are seeded two. In the women's singles Meenal Jain (Lokmat) has been given top seeding.

Vikas Ahuja of Suyash Healthcare Group, director of Department of Sports and Physical Education of RTM Nagpur University Dr Sharad Suryawanshi and the senior vice president of Maharashtra Badminton Association and NDBA secretary Mangesh Kashikar will grace the inaugural function at 10 a.m. However the matches will begin at 9.15 a.m.

Three events including men's singles, men's doubles and women's singles will be organised. Cash prizes and attractive trophies will be given to winners, runners-up and semi-finalists. 

Media badminton tourney from May 5

Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) is organising Suyash Herbal Badminton Tournament for media employees from  May 5 to 7 at Subhedar Hall, Amravati Road from 9 am to 12 noon. The tournament will be organised in association with Department of Sports and Physical Education of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University and Nagpur District Badminton Association (NDBA).

Three events including men’s singles, men’s doubles and women’s singles will be organised. 

Cash prizes and attractive trophies will be given to winners, runners and semi-finalists. Women singles round will depend on number of entries.

The last date for entry is May 2 by 5 pm and the same can be confirmed with sports desk of respective newspapers. Sujan Masid is the convener of the tournament.