Dabhekar on SJFI body, Barua, Vinod re-elected

The secretary of Sports Journalists' Association of Nagpur (SJAN) Sandeep Dabhekar has been elected as the executive committee member of the Sports Journalists federation of India while Subodh Malla Barua (Assam Sports Journalists' Association) and A. Vinod (Kerala Sports Journalists' Association) were unanimously re-elected as the president and secretary respectively of the SJFI for the 2018-20 term. SJAM's Prashant Keni was retained the treasurer.

New executive committee
President: Subodh Malla Barua (Assam); Vice-presidents: Jac Gladson (Telagana), Tushar Trivedi (Gujarat), R. Narayanan (Tamil Nadu), Saraju Chakraborty (Tripura); Secretary: A Vinod (Kerala); Joint secretary: Manuja Veerappa (Bangalore); Treasurer: Prashant Keni (Mumbai). Executive Committee: Abhishek Sengupta (Kolkata), Amitabha Das Sharma (Kolkata), Sambit Mahapatra (Odisha), Bidyut Kalita (Assam), Vikas Pandey (Indore), Devendra Pandey (Mumbai), Sandeep Dabhekar (Nagpur).
has been unanimously elected as executive committee members of Sports Journalists' Federation of India (SJFI) during an annual general body meeting of the federation held at Guwahati in Assam on Saturday.

SJAN MEDIA BADMINTON 2017-18

Lokmat's Ashish Jain claims double crown in SJAN Media Badminton 2018 tournament

Lokmat's Ashish Jain continued his supremacy in the Gaikwad-Patil International School Media Badminton Tournament by claiming double crown at NMC's indoor hall, Vivekanand Nagar on Saturday. 

The four-day tournament was organised by Sports Journalists' Association of Nagpur (SJAN) in association with Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC). 

Jain who already pocketed mixed doubles title added another feather to his cap winning men's singles crown. In the final he overcame his arch-rival Suhas Nayse (TOI) 21-15, 21-14 to retain the title. Earlier in the semis, Jain quelled the spirited challenge of Ameya Manke (Navbhharat) 22-20, 24-21 in tough battle. In another semi, Nayse downed young Farhan Quazi (Nagpur Today) 21-12, 21-13. 

Jain missed the triple crown as in the men's double event pairing with Pravin Kathane he lost to Manke-Mahesh Sarangi duo 18-21, 15-21.

Rakhi Chavan of Loksatta retained women singles crown defeating her colleague Monika Chaturvedi  15-1, 15-5 in a one-sided affair. 

MLC Prof. Anil Sole, chairman of Gaikwad-Patil Group Dr Mohan Gaikwad, NMC Sports Committee chairman Nagesh Sahare and NDBA secretary Mangesh Kashikar distributed the prizes. Dr Ram Thakur conducted the proceedings and also proposed a vote of thanks. 

Results

Men's singles semis: Ashish Jain (Lokmat) bt Ameya Manke (Navbharat) 22-20, 24-22; Suhas Nayse (TOI) bt Farhan Quazi (Nagpur Today) 21-12, 21-13. 

Final: Ashish Jain bt Suhas Nayse 21-15, 21-14. 

Men's doubles final: Ameya Manke-Mahesh Sarangi (Navbharat) bt Ashish Jain-Pravin Kathane (Lokmat) 21-18, 21-15. 

Women singles final: Rakhi Chavan (Loksatta) bt Monica Chaturvedi (Loksatta) 15-1, 15-5. 

 

 

Ashish-Meenal claim mixed doubles crown

New pair of Ashish Jain and Meenal Jain emerged mixed doubles champions on the penultimate day of the Gaikwad-Patil International School Media Badminton tournament, organized by the Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur in association with Nagpur Municipal Corporation, at the Vivekanand Nagar NMC Indoor Hall here on Friday.

In the mixed doubles summit clash, Ashish and Meenal defeated TOI pair of Suhas Nayse and Deblina Dasgupta 15-8, 15-9.

The men’s doubles semifinals witnessed a major upset as unseeded Mahesh Sarangi and Ameya Manke shocked top seeds Nayse and Fakhruddin Bohra 15-11, 15-8. In the second semis, Jain and his partner Pravin Kathane surprised second seeds Sunil Warrier and Manish Sakharwade of TOI 15-5, 15-3.

In the men’s singles, top seed Jain along with second seed Nayse, unseeded players Manke and Farhan Quazi booked their berths in the semis.

The finals will be played on Saturday at 9 am followed by the prize distribution function. MLC Prof Anil Sole will be the chief guest on the occasion. NMC sports committee chairman Nagesh Sahare and principal of Gaikwad-Patil International School Shabih Chaurasia Chaurasia will also grace the occasion. Yonex has sponsored the shuttles and T-shirts for the winners.

RESULTS

Mixed doubles (final): Ashish Jain-Meenal Jain (Lokmat) bt Suhas Nayse-Deblina Dasgupta (TOI) 15-8, 15-9.

Semis: Ashish Jain-Meenal Jain (Lokmat) bt Pravin Vighre-Anchal Shrivastava (Hitavada) 15-1, 15-6; Suhas Nayse-Deblina Dasgupta (TOI) bt Rajesh Sharma-Alka Tote (Lokmat) 13-15, 15-9, 15-5.

Men’s singles (semis): Suhas Nayse (TOI) bt Waseem Qureshi (Lokmat) 15-5, 15-5; Ashish Jain (Lokmat) bt Mahesh Sarangi (Navbharat) 15-9, 14-15, 15-8; Ameya Manke (Navbharat) bt Fakhruddin Bohra (TOI) 15-10, 12-15, 15-4; Farhan Quazi (Nagpur Today) bt Raynold Morris (Lokmat) 15-5, 15-11.

Men’s doubles (semis): Ashish Jain-Pravin Kathane (Lokmat) bt Sunil Warrier-Manish Sakharwade (TOI) 15-5, 15-3; Mahesh Sarangi-Ameya Manke (Navbharat) bt Suhas Nayse-Fakhruddin Bohra (TOI) 15-11, 15-8.

Quarters: Ashish Jain-Pravin Kathane (Lokmat) bt Piysh Patil-Atul Pande (Maharashtra Times) 15-3, 15-3; Suhas Nayse-Fakhruddin Bohra (TOI) bt Anupam Soni-Nikhil Dixit (Hitavada) 15-5, 15-4; Mahesh Sarangi-Ameya Manke (Navbharat) bt Raviraj Ambadwar-Rajesh Sharma (Lokmat) 15-6, 15-7.

SJAN media badminton (Day 2)

Seeds sail into quarters

Top seed Ashish Jain along with second seed Suhas Nayse and third seed Fakhruddin Bora entered the men' singles quarters smoothly on the second day of Gaikwad Patil International School Media Badminton Tournament, organised by Sports Journalist's Association of Nagpur (SJAN) in association with Nagpur Municipal Corporation at NMC indoor hall, Vivekanand Nagar on Thursday.

In the women section, Loksatta' s Rakhi Chavan and Monika Chaturvedi set up a title clash.
In the men's pre-quarters, Ashish Jain of Lokmat  defeated his colleague Vilas Tijare 30-7. Bora (TOI) quelled the challenge of Lokmat's Rajesh Sharma 30-25. Farhan Quazi, Raynold Morris, Mahesh Sarangi, Ameya Manke and Waseem Qureshi also sailed into the quarters. Second seed Nayse got walkover in prequarters as his opponent didn't turn up.
In double, TOI's Sunil Warrier-Manish Sakharwade pair entered the semis defeating Lokmat's Wasim Qureshi-Raynold morris 15-10, 15-11. On Friday the quarters will begin at 9 a.m. followed by semis.

Results
Men's singles (Pre-QF): Fakhruddin Bora (TOI) bt Rajesh Sharma (Lokmat) 30-25; Ashish Jain (Lokmat) bt Vilas Tijare (Lokmat) 30-7; Ameya Manke (Navbharat) bt Amit Khodke (Lokmat) 30-7; Mahesh Sarangi (Navbharat) bt Piyush Dabhekar (Lokmat) 30-17; Farhan Quazi (Nagpur Today) bt Pravin Kathane (Lokmat) 30-18; Raynold Morris bt Rajesh Vyavhare 30-20; Waseem Qureshi bt Anjaya Anaparthy 30-20.
Men's doubles QF: Sunil Warrier-Manish Sakharwade (TOI) bt Wasim Qureshi-Raynold morris 15-10, 15-11.
Men's doubles Pre-QF: Suhas Nayse- Fakhruddin Bora (TOI) bt Shubham Sondawale-Farhan Quazi (Nagpur Today) 30-7; Anupam Soni-Nikhil Dixit (The Hitavada) bt Dharmendra Kumar-Shashikant Rahate (TOI) 30-24; Mahesh Sarangi- Ameya Manke (Navbharat) bt Amit Khodke-Vilas Tijare (Lokmat) 30-8, Ashish Jain-Pravin Kathane (Lokmat) bt Sandeep Dabhekar-Prateek Siddharth (TOI) 30-8.
Women singles (semis):  Rakhi Chavan (Loksatta) bt Meenal Jain (Lokmat) 30-24; Monika Chaturvedi (Loksatta) bt Anchal Shrivastava (The Hitvada) 30-18.

SJAN Media Badminton begins

Fourth seed Dharmendra Kumar stunned on opening day

Dharmendra Kumar was stunned by Pravin Kanthale on the opening day of the Gaikwad-Patil International School Media Badminton Tournament. The meet is being organized by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) in association with the Nagpur Municipal Corporation at Vivekanand Nagar Indoor Hall.

The Times of India’s Dharmendra, who was seeded fourth, lost the second round match against Lokmat’s Kanthale by 30-22. In the men’s double category TOI pair of Sunil Warrier-Manish Sakharwade brushed aside Lokmat’s Piyush Dabhekar-Sachin Vaidya 30-7.
The tournament was inaugurated by Aparna Popat. Chairman of Gaikwad-Patil Group Mohan Gaikwad presided over the function. Leader of ruling party in NMC, Sandeep Joshi, and principal of Gaikwad-Patil International School Shabiah Chaurasia were also present on the occasion.

RESULTS

Men’s singles (2nd round): Pravin Kanthale (Lokmat) bt Dharmendra Kumar (TOI) 30-22; Rajesh Sharma (Lokmat) bt Samir Barde 30-4; Vilas Tijare (Lokmat) bt Avishkar Deshmukh (Loksatta) 30-7; Reynold Morris (Lokmat) bt Piyush Patil (Maharashtra Times) 30-27;

First round: Pravin Kanthale bt Vinay Pandey (TOI) 30-7; Amit Khodke (Lokmat) bt Nitin Totewar (Maharashtra Times) 30-17; Abhishek Choudhary (TOI) bt Anand Anasane (Hitavada) 30-16; Piyush Patil (Maharashtra Times) bt Manish Shriwas (Navbharat) 30-15; Avishkar Deshmukh bt Nilesh Deshpande (Lokmat Times) 15-6 (conceded);

Men’s doubles: Sunil Warrier-Manish Sakharwade (TOI) bt Piyush Dabhekar-Sachin Vaidya (Lokmat) 30-7;

Women singles (1st round): Meenal Jain (Lokmat) bt Tanuja Ratnaparkhi (TOI) 30-7.