Najpande, Pramanik, Nagdevte, Delikar in semis

Hitavada ‘A’ and ‘B’, Lokmat ‘A’ and Tarun Bharat too make it to last four of championship


Defending champion and top seed Pankaj Najpande (Lokmat, second seed Paritosh Pramanik, Sudhir Delikar (both The Hitavada) and Chittaranjan Nagdevte (Lokmat) stormed into the semi-finals of the 4th Tirupati Co-operative Bank Limited Carrom Tournament for Media Employees organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) on Friday at Hotel Chidambara.
In the team event, ‘The Hitavada’ ‘A’ team comprising Pramanik, Delikar and Anupam Soni too made it to the last four.
They will lock horns with ‘Lokmat’ ‘A’ consisting of Najpande, Nagdevte and Chandu Dasarwar the semis. In the other semis, Tarun Bharat (Sandip Gadge, Datta Wazalwar and Umesh Mahadeokar) will take on 'The Hitavada' B (Kartik Lokhande, Ramesh Marulkar and Anil Futane).
In the single;' quarter-final, Pramanik defeated Anil Futane in two straight games (9-3, 17-2 while Delikar got the better of Ramesh Marulkar 7-4, 13-11.
In the other quarter-final matches, defending champion ‘Lokmat’s’ Pankaj Najpande defeated ‘Tarun Bharat’s’ Sandip Gadge in exciting three games (15-3, 4-12, 16-0) while Chittaranjan Nagdevte (Lokmat) stunned Kartik Lokhande (The Hitavada) 5-12, 16-9, 21-0.
In the team event quarter-final, ‘The Hitavada’ started with a loss when Anupam Soni lost the singles match to ‘Sakal’s’ Devendra Sadavarti 0-18, 9-14. But Pramanik-Delikar pair came back roaring with a crushing win in the doubles match. They defeated the pair of Rajesh Vyahare and Nitin Naigaonkar 22-0, 22-0. In the reverse single Delikar thrashed Vyahare 17-0, 12-5 to take ‘The Hitavada’ into semis.
The semi-finals and finals in both the categories will be played on Saturday followed by prize distribution function
Chairman of Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Limited Sameer Meghe will be the chief guest on the occasion. CEO of Satvik Financial services Limited Amol Dhake will be the guest of honour.
Results (quarters): Men’s singles: Chittaranjan Nagdevte (Lokmat) bt Kartik Lokhande (The Hitavada) 5-12, 16-9, 21-0; Sudhir Delikar (The Hitavada) bt Ramesh Marulkar (The Hitavada) 7-4, 13-11; Pankaj Najpande (Lokmat) bt Sandip Gadge (Tarun Bharat) 15-3, 4-12, 16-0; Paritosh Pramanik (The Hitavada) bt Anil Futane (The Hitavada) 9-3, 11-2.
Team championship: Lokmat ‘A’ bt Times of India ‘A’ 2-0 (Chandu Dasarwar bt Madhav Soman 16-4, 7-3; Pankaj Najpande-Chittaranjan Nagdevte bt Rahul Soman-Dharmendra Kumar 19-0, 18-4).
Tarun Bharat bt Lokmat ‘B’ 2-0 (Datta Wazalwar bt Shekhar Mahule 15-0, 1-12, 12-3; Sandip Gadge-Umesh Mahadeokar bt Deepak Labde-Ramesh Pethe 12-5, 18-4). The Hitavada ‘A’ bt Sakal 2-1 (Anupam Soni lost to Devendra Sadavarti 0-18, 9-14; Sudhir Delikar-Paritosh Pramanik bt Rajesh Vyavhare-Nitin Naigaonkar 22-0, 22-0, Sudhir Delikar bt Rajesh Vyavhare 17-0, 12-5).
The Hitavada ‘B’ got walkover against TOI ‘B’.
Semi-final line up:
Men’s singles: Paritosh Pramanik vs Chittaranjan Nagdevte; Sudhir Delikar vs Pankaj Najpande.
Team championship: The Hitavada ‘A’ vs Lokmat ‘A’, Tarun Bharat vs The Hitavada ‘B’.

Top seeds sail smoothly

TOP seeds sailed smoothly on the opening day of the 4th Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Limited Carrom Tournament for Media Employees organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur at Hotel Chidambara.
Defending champion Pankaj Najpande had an easy day as he got a first round walk over against Faisul Qamar. The Hitavada’s Paritosh Pramanik, seeded second, Ramesh Marulkar, Anil Futane, Kartik Lokhande, Anjaya Anaparthi, Sudhir Delikar registered easy victories over their respective rivals. In a marathon match, The Hitavada’s Anupam Soni went down fighting to Times of India’s Rahul Soman. The match lasted for two hours and twenty minutes.
Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated at the hands of Sameer Meghe, Chairman, Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Limited Sandip Joshi, NMC Standing Committee chairman was the guest of honour.
SJAN president Dr Ram Thakur made introductory remark. Vice-president Naresh Shelke conducted the proceedings while joint secretary Kishor Bagde proposed a vote of thanks.
Results:
Men’s singles (2nd round): Anil Futane (The Hitavada) bt Deepak Labde (Lokmat) 21-0, 6-0; Paritosh Pramanik (The Hitavada) bt Ramesh Pethe (Lokmat) 20-0, 19-5; Chittaranjan Nagdevte (Lokmat) bt Sudhanshu Bisen (The Hitavada) 21-0, 21-0; Ramesh Marulkar (The Hitavada) bt S Khatre (Punyanagari) 21-0, 18-0; Sandip Gadge (Tarun Bharat) bt Shekhar Mahule (Lokmat) 17-0, 13-6; Kartik Lokhande (The Hitavada) bt Sanjay Lokhande (Tarun Bharat) 21-0, 20-0; Rahul Soman (ToI) bt Anupam Soni (The Hitavada) 10-6, 5-6, 11-4; Sudhir Delikar (The Hitavada) bt Chandu Dasarwar (Lokmat) 20-0, 18-0; Sudarshan Sakharkar (ToI) bt Vilas Tijare (Lokmat) 7-4, 12-4; Jeevak Gajbhiye (Lokshahi Varta) bt Dharmendra Kumar (ToI) 15-0, 7-8, 11-6, Ashwajit Moon (Punyanagari) got walk over against Anand Deshpande (Sakal), Pankaj Najpande (Lokmat) got walkover against Faizul Qumar (ToI).
Team championship (pre-quarters): Lokmat ‘B’ bt The Hitavada ‘C’ 2-0 (Shekhar Mahule bt Pankaj Kumar 19-0, 21-0; Deepak Labde-Ramesh Pethe bt Anjaya Anaparthi-Dheeraj Kumar 10-3).
ToI ‘A’ bt Lokshahi Varta 2-1 (Madhav Soman lost to Jeevak Gajbhiye 4-20, 7-13; Rahul Soman-Dharmendra bt Abhijit Joshi-Rajesh Praykar 12-0, 8-7, 7-7 (1-0) tie breaker; Dharmendra Kumar bt Rajesh Praykar 4-13, 18-0, 8-4).

Carrom Day 1

(All pix paritosh pramanik)

Draws of 4th Carrom Tournament 2011

Carrom meet for media employees from today

The stage is set for fourth edition of carrom tournament for media employees being organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) at Hotel Chidambara, Ramdaspeth from Thursday.
The tournament sponsored by Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Limited has evoked good response. Chairman of the bank Sameer Meghe will inaugurate the tournament at 8.30 a.m. NMC Standing Committee chairman Sandeep Joshi and noted sports organiser Anil Ahirkar would be the guests of honour.
The tournament will be held in two categories i.e. men’s singles and team event. Defending champion Lokmat’s Pankaj Najpande has been given top seeding in the men’s singles event. Paritosh Pramanik (The Hitavada), Umesh Mahadeokar (Tarun Bharat) and Jeevak Gajbhiye (Lokshahi Varta) have been given second to fourth seeding respectively. In the team event Lokmat ‘A’ has been given top billing. The Hitavada ‘B’ is the second seed team.
Cash prizes and trophies would be given to the winner, runners-up and semi-finalists in each categories.
Siddharth Narnaware is the chief referee of the tournament and he is being assisted by Mukund Nagpurkar.
(Lokmat Times)

Carrom meet for media employees from 21st

Sports Journalists' Association of Nagpur (SJAN) will be organising its fourth edition of carrom tournament for media employees from April 21 to April 23 at Hotel Chidambara, Ramdaspeth.
The tournament will be sponsored by Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Limited. The tournament will be held in two categories i.e. men’s singles and team event. Entry fee for men’s singles will be Rs 20 and Rs 50 for team event, says a press release issued by Rahul Dixit, Secretary, SJAN.
Last year Lokmat’s Pankaj Najpande emerged victorious in men’s singles category while in team event Lokmat ‘A’ comprising Pankaj Najpande, Shubhash Sharma and Chandu Dasalwar walked away with the winners trophy. The last date of entry is April 18. Entries can be confirmed with the sports desks of respective newspapers. Cash prizes and trophies would be given to the winner, runners-up and semi-finalists in each categories.
More details can be obtained from convenor Paritosh Pramanik on 9823021215 and co-convenor Nilesh Deshpande (9881243198).