Lokmat's Ashish, Minal claim badminton titles

 

 

 Navbharat's Mahesh Sarangi-SS Ahmed win doubles crown

Lokmat's Ashish Jain clinched the men's singles title while Minal Jain, also of Lokmat, won the women's single crown in the Suyash Herbal Badminton Tournament for mediapersons on Sunday
The tournament was organised by Sports Journalists Association of Nagpur in tandem with Nagpur District Badminton Association and Physical Education and Sports Department of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University at Subhedar Hall
In the men's final Ashish Jain beat Lokmat's Rajesh Sharma 21-14, 21-11.
The doubles title went to the pair of Navbharat Mahesh Sarangi and SS Ahmed. The duo defeated Lokmat's Ashish Jain and Raviraj Ambadwar 21-14, 21-15.
Minal Jain of Lokmat defeated Navbharat's Deepika Gedekar 21-10, 21-18.
Vikas Ahuja, Director, Suyash Herbal was the chief guest of prize distribution function.
Madhavi Mardikar, Ciordinator, PGTD, RTMNU, former SJAN President Dr Ram Thakur, SJAN Secretary Paritosh Pramanik, Treasurer Nilesh Deshpande were also present.
Naresh Shelke conducted the programme and also proposed a vote of thanks.

Jain, Ahmed, Sharma, Sarangi enter semis

 

Top seed Ashish Jain, second seed Mahesh Sarangi, fourth seed Rajesh Sharma and unseeded SS Ahmed made it to the semi-finals of the singles category in the ongoing Suyash Herbal Badminton Tournament for Mediapersons at Subhedar Badminton Hall.
The tournament is organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) in association with Physical Education and Sports Department of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University and Nagpur District Badminton Association.
In the quarter-finals, Lokmat’s Jain got the better of The Hitavada’s Nikhil Dixit 15-4, 15-11 while Sarangi got walk over Vilas Tijare.
Fourth seed Sharma defeated Tanmay Moon 15-11, 15-6 and Ahmed ousted Raviraj Ambadwar 15-11, 15-11.
In women’s singles, top seed Minal Jain beat Shanu Sharma 15-0, 15-4 to make it to the semis.
Results: Women’s singles QF: Minal Jain bt Shanu Sharma 15-0, 15-4; Meha Sharma bt Sakshi Singh 9-15, 15-13, 15-5; Priya Jais bt Sanz Lekhwani 15-4 15-4; Deepika Gedekar [2] bt Sonu Sharma 15-6, 15-6;
Men’s doubles: QF: Mahesh Sarangi-SS Ahmed [1] bt Subham Pathak-Tanmay Moon 15-3, 15-7; Fakhruddin Bohra-Manish Sakharwade bt Rajesh Sharma-Wasim Qureshi 15-13, 14-16, 16-14; Manish Shrivas-Satish Dandare got walk over Pramod Pardhi-Vilas Tijare; Ashish Jain-Raviraj Ambadwar bt Sohel Khan-Vishal Dandekar 15-2, 15-1.

Suyash Herbal Badminton meet for mediapersons begins

 

 

Defending champion Ashish Jain of Lokmaat moved into the pre-quarterfinals in singles category of the Suyash Herbal Media Badminton Tournament organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) at Subhedar Hall, Ravi Nagar.
The tournament is being organised in association with Nagpur District Badminton Association (NDBA) and Department of Sports and Physical Education of RTM Nagpur University. Jain defeated Akash Masne15-2 15-3 to move into last 16. In another match Nikhil Dixit of The Hitavada defeated Navbharat’s Manish Shrivas 15-4, 15-5.
Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated by Vikas Ahuja, Director, Suyash Herbal.
Dr Satish Gawande, Deshmukh Mangesh Kashikar, Senior Vice President, Maharashtra Badminton Association and Secretary, Nagpur District Badminton Association, Dr Vishakha Joshi, Acting Director, Sports and Physical Education, RTMNU, Paritosh Pramanik, Secretary, SJAN, Nilesh Deshpande, Treasurer were also present.
Aditya Galande is tournament referee while Aditya Chilkulwar, Abhishek Hayaran, Gaurav Narnaware and Yatharth Meshram are the umpires.

 RESULTS

MS R16
Raviraj Ambadwar - Abhishek Singh 15-4 15-4 ;
Rajesh Sharma [4] - Yogesh Kumar Pandey 15-2 15-5 ;
Vilas Tijare - Piyush Patil 15-17 15-12 10-8

Ret.;

Mahesh P Sarangi [2] - Raghwendra Tiwari w.o.;

R32

Ashish Jain [1] - Akash Masne 15-2 15-3 ;
Nikhil Dixit - Manish Shrivas 15-4 15-5 ;
Ved Ghulghule - Sohel Khan 14-16 15-8 15-9 ;
Abhishek Singh - Sujan Masid [3] w.o.;
Raviraj Ambadwar - Subham Pathak 15-4 15-1 ;
Pramod Pardhi - Atul Pande 15-8 15-5 ;
Ss Ahmed - Wasim Qureshi 15-6 15-12 ;
Tanmay Moon - Deep Sudhakar 15-5 15-3 ;
Satish Dandare - Manoj Mohite w.o.;
Yogesh Kumar Pandey - M Nageshwar Rao w.o.;
Rajesh Sharma [4] - Deepak Yadav 15-4 15-2 ;
Piyush Patil - Vishal Dandekar 15-11 15-10 ;
Vilas Tijare - Prashant Bhawsar 15-6 15-5 ;
Raghwendra Tiwari - Dharmendra Kumar w.o.;
Mahesh P Sarangi [2] - Nakul Dongre 15-4 15-5 ;

R64

Atish Wankhede - Mohnish Kale 15-6 17-15 ;
Sohel Khan - Nilesh Deshpande w.o.;
Raviraj Ambadwar - Mandar Moroney w.o.;
Pramod Pardhi - Prakash Bhage w.o.;
Wasim Qureshi - Vrushabh Giri 15-11 15-11 ;
Deep Sudhakar - Proshun Chakraborty w.o.;
Satish Dandare - Amit Khodke w.o.;
Yogesh Kumar Pandey - Vaibhav Ganjapure w.o.;
Piyush Patil - Deepak Zanzad w.o.;
Raghwendra Tiwari - Kshitij Udar w.o.;

WS QF
Deepika Gedekar [2] - Sonu Sharma 15-6 15-6 ;
R16
Minal Jain [1] - Dhanashri Kolhe 15-3 15-3 ;
Shanu Sharma - Tanisha Salwan w.o.;
Sakshi Singh - Tanisha Jaiswal w.o.;

Meha Sharma - Devyani Naukarkar 15-4 12-15 15-12;

Priya Jais - Poonam Mahatme 15-6 15-6 ;
Sanz Lekhwani - Deepika Pal 15-5 15-4 ;
Sonu Sharma - Preeti Walunjkar w.o.;
Deepika Gedekar [2] - Shifra Newton 10-15 15-7 15-12

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R32

Meha Sharma - Shubhangi Choudhari 15-10 15-7
Poonam Mahatme - Saroj Wartak 15-8 15-10 ;
Sanz Lekhwani - Vinita Chavhan w.o.;

MD – MD SUYASH HERBAL MEDIA BADMINTON TOURNAMENT 2024

QF
Mahesh P Sarangi+Ss Ahmed [1] - Subham Pathak+Tanmay Moon w.o.;
Ashish Jain+Raviraj Ambadwar - Sohel Khan+Vishal Dandekar 15-2 15-1 ;
R16
Rajesh Sharma+Wasim Qureshi - Abhishek Singh+Akash Masne 15-6 15-7 ;
Manish Shrivas+Satish Dandare - Nakul Dongre+Nikhil Dixit 12-15 15-12 15-
13 ;

Deep wins rifle shooting contest for SJAN membes

 

 

Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) celebrated National Sports Day, birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyanchand by organising a 10-metre rifle competition for its members.
The competition was held at Mahatma Phule Sports Complex, Shooting Range Swavlambi Nagar.
The event was organised in association with Orange City Sports Shooting Club and under the guidance of national shooter Anil Pande. Deep Sudhakar of ‘Lokmat Samachar’ won the contest with 48 points. He was followed by Nikhil Kelapure of ‘Navrashtra’ (40) and Anupam Soni of ‘The Hitavada’ (38).
Sports organiser Shailendra Ghate and former SJAN President Dr Ram Thakur distributed the prizes. Shreyash Ramteke and Sagar Dhote were the referees.

Olympics games quiz competition held

 

Bhavan's schools swept the QuizZest, a quiz competition on Olympic Games organised by SGR Knowledge Foundation and SJAN at Riaan Tower, Sadar on Wednesday.

Schools from Bhavan's won all the prizeson offer.

Bhavan's Trimurti Nagar garnered 11 points to claim the top spot.

BVM Wardha finished second with six points while BVM Civil Lines ended third with five points.

BVM, Chinchbhuvan were declared fourth on cumulative points.

Total 35 teams from different schools of the city participated in the competition.

Sunil Raisoni, Chairman, Raisoni Group of Institutions was the chief guest of the prize distribution function.

Palak Raisoni, Director, Raisoni Group and Mangesh Mopkar, international table tennis umpire were the other guests.

Inter-school Olympics quiz competition today

As many as 36 teams from across the Nagpur will be in action during the inter-school quiz competition on Olympic Games which will be held at the Riaan Tower, Sadar, on Wednesday. 

The competition will begin at 9.30 am.

The day-long quiz competition organised jointly by SGR Knowledge Foundation and Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) is supported by the Raisoni Education and District Sports Office (DSO), Nagpur.

In anticipation of the 2024 Paris Games which commences on July 26, SJAN and SGR Knowledge Foundation jointly aim to foster awareness and enthusiasm among students of Nagpur regarding the prestigious global event.

The quiz competition on the multisport event will provide a platform to students to showcase their knowledge, develop teamwork and enjoy a day of healthy competition.

The top four finishers of the quiz competition will take home a handful of cash rewards along with trophies and mementoes and certificates. While the winning team will be richer by Rs 7,000, the team finishing second will win Rs 5,000. The third and fourth placed teams will get Rs 3,000 and Rs 1,500 respectively.

Prizes will be distributed by Sunil Raisoni, Chairman, Raisoni Education. On the occasion, District Sports Officer Pallavi Dhatrak and Director of Raisoni Education Palakh Raisoni will share the dais as guests of honour.

All the participating students will be given participation certificates and refreshments. 

Students of Sadabai Raisoni Women’s College, Nagpur will be the volunteers during the competition.

SJAN felicitates medal winning athletes

 

 

World Sports Journalists’ Day celebrated

Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) celebrated World Sports Journalists’ Day by felicitating talented and medal winning athletes of district.
The athletes brought laurels to the district by winning medals in the recently concluded Maharashtra State Athletics Championship.
On the occasion, Girish Vyas, Vice-President Carrom Federation of India and Dr Sharad Suryawanshi, former international athlete and Secretary of Nagpur District Athletics Association were present as the guests.
The athletes were felicitated by the guests during the prorgamme held at SJAN Office in Vivekanand Nagar.
Vyas, himself a former kabaddi player, lauded the work of sports journalists and said that it is because of these sports reporters, the sportspersons get recognition.
“They (sports journalists) have their limitations but they still try to highlight the achievements of sportspersons,” he stated.
Dr Suryawanshi said that all athletes should learn how to deal with the scribes as it is one of the important aspects of their journey to the top.
“Once you start representing the country, you will have to face sports journalists and their queries. You should prepare yourself from now onwards,” he opined.
Those who were felicitated include Ujwal Kalasit, Gopal Palandurkar, Adarsh Bhure, Nayan Sarde, Sakshi Tambhake, Bhavyashree Mahalle, Tejaswini Lambhkane, Neha Dhabale, Pratik Kanere, Romesh Shende, Ashutosh Bawane, Ishan Khodke, Lacha Veladhi, Palash Gadware, Chaitali Borekar, Bhuwaneshwari Masram, Pravin Kumar, Vishal Kore, Anushka Bodile, Sanika Mangar, Dhanashri Kamthe, Siyongita Misar, Saurav Tiwari, Riya Dohatare.
SJAN President Dr Ram Thakur, Secretary Paritosh Pramanik and other members were present on the occasion. Naresh Shelke conducted the programme.

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नागपूर : गिरिश व्यास, डॉ. शरद सूर्यवंशी व अन्य मान्यवरांसोबत सत्कार करण्यात आलेले अॅथलिट्स.

एसजेएएनतर्फे युवा अॅथलिट्स सम्मानित

नागपूर, ता. २ : जागतिक क्रीडा पत्रकार दिनानिमित्त स्पोर्ट्स जर्नलिस्ट असोसिएशन ऑफ नागपूर (एसजेएएन) तर्फे मंगळवारी शहरातील युवा अॅथलिट्सचा सत्कार करण्यात आला.
विवेकानंदनगरस्थित एसजेएएन कार्यालयात आयोजित या कार्यक्रमाला भारतीय कॅरम महासंघाचे उपाध्यक्ष गिरिश व्यास मुख्य अतिथी म्हणून उपस्थित होते. व्यासपीठावर नागपूर जिल्हा अॅथलेटिक्स असोसिएशनचे सचिव डॉ. शरद सूर्यवंशी, एसजेएएनचे अध्यक्ष डॉ. राम ठाकूर व सचिव परितोष प्रमाणिक उपस्थित होते. यावेळी मान्यवरांच्या हस्ते सर्व अॅथलिट्सना भेटवस्तू देऊन गौरविण्यात आले.
सम्मानित खेळाडूंनी गेल्या महिन्यात नागपुरात पार पडलेल्या राज्यस्तरीय वरिष्ठ गट अॅथलेटिक्स स्पर्धेतील विविध प्रकारांमध्ये नागपूर जिल्ह्याला पदके मिळवून दिली होती. नरेश शेळके यांनी कार्यक्रमाचे संचालन केले.
सत्कार झालेले अॅथलिट्स : गोपाल पलांदूरकर, आदर्श भुरे, नयन सरडे, आशुतोष बावणे, विशाल कोरे, साक्षी तंबाखे, भव्यश्री महल्ले, तेजस्विनी लांबकाने, नेहा ढबाले, चैताली बोरेकर, भुवनेश्वरी मसराम, रिया दोहतरे, सानिका मंगर, धनश्री कामठे, संयोगिता मिसर, अनुष्का बोदेले, प्रतिक कनेरे, रोमेश शेंडे, इशान खोडके, लच्छा वेलादी, उज्ज्वल कळसाईत, पलाश गढवाले, प्रवीण कुमार, विशाल कोरे व सौरव तिवारीचा समावेश आहे.

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एसजेएएन ने खिलाड़ियों को सम्मानित किया
– विश्व खेल पत्रकारिता दिवस
स्पोर्ट्स जर्नलिस्ट एसोसिएशन ऑफ नागपुर (एसजेएएन) द्वारा विश्व खेल पत्रकारिता दिवस के उपलक्ष्य में मंगलवार को प्रतिभावान और उदयीमान खिलाड़ियों का सत्कार किया गया. मुख्य अतिथि कैरम फेडरेशन ऑफ इंडिया के उपाध्यक्ष गिरिश व्यास और नागपुर जिला एथलेटिक्स एसोसिएशन के सचिव डॉ. शरद सूर्यवंशी ने विवेकानंद नगर स्थित एसजेएएन ऑफिस में आयोजित कार्यक्रम में खिलाड़ियों को सम्मानित किया. सम्मानित खिलाड़ियों ने पिछले महीने नागपुर में आयोजित राज्य स्तरीय सीनियर एथलेटिक्स चैंपियनशिप में अलग–अलग प्रतियोगिता में पदक जीतने में सफलता अर्जित किया. इस मौके पर एसजेएएन के अध्यक्ष डॉ. राम ठाकुर, सचिव परितोष प्रमाणिक सहित अन्य सदस्य मौजूद थे. नरेश शेल्के ने मंच का संचालन किया.

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SJAN holds walkathon for media employees

  

 

 

NAGPUR, March 31: 
Lokmat’s Rajesh Sharma emerged winner whereas Ishwar Polkar secured second place in the above 50 years men’s category in the Media Walkathon For Media Employees held at Annabhau Sathe Square on Sunday Morning.
The event was organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) in association with Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank and Nagpur District Athletics Association (NDAA).
In the men’s above 50 years category, Sharma clocked 21.8:47 minutes to achieve the first place. He was followed by Ishwar Polkar (23.1:.20 min) and TOI’s Shashi Ratate (24.9:67) for the second and third place respectively. Lokmat’s Raviraj Ambadwar and TOI’s Sandesh Kulkarni finished fourth and fifth.
In 5-km below 50 years’ men’s category, Ranjit Karudkar of Dainik Bhaskar triumphed clocking 32.3.71 minutes. Nitin Bagde (33.23:65) of Star India 24 News and Sudhir Mehare (37.37:64) finished second and third respectively. Chaitanya Deshpande and Nakul Dongre achieved fourth and fifth places respectively.
In the 3-km women section, Sakshi Raut of Sakal (17.43:17) Disha Hatwar of UCN (20.33:45) and Sarita Pandey of TOI (20.34:32) came first to third respectively.
In the family women section, Lata Hatwar, Sarita Hurmade and Asha Mahajan achieved first to third places respectively. Kaustubh Udar, Devans Singh and Prajwal Rakhde were given consolation prizes.
Earlier PI of Bajaj Nagar police station Baliram Sutar flagged off the event. Director of Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank and former mayor Raghunath Malikar, chief secretary of Annabhau Sathe Memorial Committee Kishor Bihade, director of Department of Sports and Physical Education of RTM Nagpur University Dr Sharad Suryawanshi and the president of NDAA Gurudeo Nagrale distributed the prizes. SJAN president Dr Ram Thakur and Naresh Shelke conducted the proceedings.