Monday, November 30, 2009
SJAN to fete Devendra Fadnavis on Dec 2
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SJAN's award function covered in Orissa too
Saturday, August 29, 2009
SJAN-NMC awards given away
"WHEN I saw international cricket matches held at Nagpur on television I thought that Nagpur knew only about cricket. But I was pleasantly surprised to know that the people here follow hockey and others sports deeply. I think Nagpur is a sports crazy city," said three-time Olympian and former Indian hockey captain Dilip Tirkey.
Tirkey was addressing sports lovers of the city at the jam-packed Tilak Patrakar Bhavan auditorium on the occasion of Annual Awards Function jointly organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) and Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), on Saturday.
"Cricket organisers are doing a good job and we have to learn a lot from them to promote hockey. The cricketers have also done the country proud. And in this atmosphere other sports including hockey will have to fight hard to make a name for themselves.
"We have talent in hockey but we have to spot them at grassroot level and make the young players strong providing good facilities and maximum exposure," Tirkey, chief guest of the function, said.
Tirkey expected passion from the players. "No doubt we have the quality and talent but the players should have passion for the sport. If a player gives his 100 per cent, is physically and mentally strong and plays with passion, he is bound to succeed," said the Indian defender who is playing for India since 14 years.
The Eklavya, Arjuna and Padmashri award winner Tirkey was felicitated by SJAN and NMC with a shawl and a glittering trophy for becoming the only player in the world to play more than 400 international matches.
In the annual awards function which followed, noted kabaddi player Shashank Wankhede, hoopster Khushali Jethwa, upcoming table tennis player Devdatta Fadnavis, swimming champ Vedashree Bondre and noted sports organiser Prof Atmaram Pande were honoured.
Wankhede and Jethwa won the Mayor’s trophies for being the best senior men and women player for the year 2008-09. Fadnavis and Bondre won the Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) and Baidyanath trophy, respectively, in the junior category.
Except for Devdatta, who is representing India in a junior international meet in China, everybody received the award in person at the hands of Tirkey.
Dr Babanrao Taywade, Principal, Dhanwate National College proudly accepted the ‘Best College’ award while Deepak Bajaj of the Sindhu Education Society received the Centre Point School trophy for ‘Best School’ won by Mahatma Gandhi Centennial High School (MGCHS) for promotion of sports.
From next year, the ‘Best College’ trophy would be given in the memory of K C Bajaj, it was announced.
The function started with garlanding of the picture of hockey legend Major Dhyanchand, whose August 29 birthday is celebrated as National Sports Day, and lighting of the traditional lamp.
Rahul Dixit, Secretary, SJAN made the introductory remarks while Dr Ram Thakur, President, spoke on various activities of the association.
Anil Sole, Leader, Ruling Party, NMC; Suresh Sharma, Joint Managing Director, Baidyanath Ayurved Limited; and Balbir Singh Renu, President, Nagpur District Badminton Association also stressed the need to promote sports and sportspersons in the city.
Sole informed the gathering that NMC has already constituted a panel to frame sports policy for the city.
Ms Kana Roy Chaudhuri, Principal, Centre Point School and Pravin Bhisikar, Standing Committee Chairman, NMC shared the dais with the dignitaries.
Kishor Bagde, Joint Secretary, SJAN, and Naresh Shelke, Vice-President, conducted the proceedings while member Ms Aditi Deodhar proposed a vote of thanks. (Report courtsey The Hitavada)
Like cricket, hockey too needs corporates: Tirkey
EXHORTING the corporates to come out in support for the national game and other sports apart from cricket, former Indian hockey captain Padmashri Dilip Tirkey has said that like cricket, hockey too needs to be glamourised.
Speaking at the ‘Meet the Press’ organised by Sports Journalists Association of Nagpur (SJAN), the star defender said that the national game too deserves better support from the corporates.
"I would not say that all the attention is given only to cricket but I feel that corporates should come forward and promote our national game too," Tirkey said when asked about the crores put in by corporates and filmstars in the Indian Premier League cricket.
Being the first hockey player in the world to appear in more than 400 international games, Tirkey said he had never thought of reaching this far.
"As a young player I only wanted to play for India. It was only when hockey statistician B G Joshi told me that I had played 360 international matches that I came to know I was second in the world," recollected Tirkey.
"Today I have played 412 international matches and it feels great to be on top of the world," he said.
Eventhough Indian hockey team is languishing at the 12th spot in the world rankings and European teams dominating the top half of the chart, Tirkey believes there was no favourite to win next year’s Commonwealth Games and World Cup, scheduled to be held in India.
"The game has changed a lot. The team that won the last World Cup failed in the Champions Trophy. So there are no clear favourites," Tirkey said.
Like cricket, Tirkey feels it’s time hockey too is glamourised. "Tournaments like Premier Hockey League (PHL) should be restarted. Our hockey organisers, though doing well, should search new and innovative methods to bring more glamour to the game. PHL tournaments were a great success. We should start such tournaments to bring in crowd," said Tirkey who led Orissa Steelers to the podium in the inaugural edition of PHL.
The Arjuna Awardee is of the view that six-a-side hockey should be introduced to make hockey more fast and interesting.
"Without disturbing the 70-minute game, I feel six-a-side hockey tournaments should be started. It will be very fast and of short duration," he opined.
Tirkey said India were unfortunate that whenever the team started doing well something untoward happened. "In 2003 we were doing well but defender Jugraj Singh got injured. Similarly, in the recent past the team got a setback when ace dragflicker Sandeep Singh got injured in a freak accident."
The defender is also worried over goal-keeper Baljit Singh’s injury. "He (Baljit) is our main goal-keeper. With him our team had started doing well. He was exceptional under the bar. His injury is a big blow to the Indian team. We hope Baljit recovers fast," Tirkey said.
The 31-year-old Tirkey, who won Arjuna Award in 2002, expressed concern over lack of infrastructure in popularising the game.
"There is a need to create conducive atmosphere for hockey by organising various tournaments at club and district levels," he said.
India’s 1-1 draw against Poland in the 2000 Sydney Olympics still rankles Tirkey, who has been rated as one of the most difficult defenders to get away with in the world.
"By playing a 1-1 draw against Poland, we lost an opportunity to play against Pakistan in the semi-final. That is one of the most regrettable moments in my life," he said.
The gold medal in Bangkok Asian Cup in 1998 is one of the happiest moments in life for the man from Sundergarh in Orissa, who made his international debut in 1995 against England.
Leading the Indian side for around a decade, Tirkey said he enjoyed his stint. "Pressure of leading Indian team was always there. In defeat it was the captain who had to face criticism. But I enjoyed captainship too because victory and defeat are part and parcel of the game," concluded Tirkey. (Report courtesy The Hitavada)
Friday, August 28, 2009
Chief guest Dilip Tirkey arrives in city
The guests of honour include Mayatai Iwnate, Mayor; Aseem Gupta, Municipal Commissioner; Kishor Kumeriya, Deputy Mayor; Anil Sole, Leader, Ruling Party, NMC; Pravin Bhisikar, Standing Committee Chairman; Suresh Sharma, Joint Managing Director, Baidyanath Ayurved Limited; Arundev Upadhyaya, Director, Centre Point School.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Tirkey arriving on 28th for SJAN awards function
The function will be held at Tilak Patrakar Bhavan auditorium, Panchsheel square, on August 29 at 10 am.
Tirkey will be the chief guest of the function. The guests of honour include Mayatai Iwnate, Mayor; Aseem Gupta, Municipal Commissioner; Kishor Kumeriya, Deputy Mayor; Anil Sole, Leader, Ruling Party, NMC; Pravin Bhisikar, Standing Committee Chairman; Suresh Sharma, Joint Managing Director, Baidyanath Ayurved Limited; Arundev Upadhyaya, Director, Centre Point School.
The award winners are- Senior men- Shashank Wankhede. Senior women- Khushali Jethwa. Junior boys- Devdatta Fadnavis. Junior girls- Vedashree Bondre. Best organiser- Prof Atmaram Pande. Best School- Mahatma Gandhi Centennial High School. Best College- Dhanwate National College.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Wankhede, Khushali, Fadnavis, Vedashree, Pande claim top honours, MGCHS, DNC to get awards too
NAGPUR, Aug 21: Noted kabaddi player Shashank Wankhede, hoopster Khushali Jethwa, upcoming table tennis player Devdatta Fadnavis, swimming champ Vedashree Bondre and noted sports organiser Prof Atmaram Pande have been selected for the annual awards of Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) and Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC).
The awards will be conferred on August 29, National Sports Day, at Tilak Patrakar Bhavan auditorium at 10.30 am. Three-time Olympian and former Indian hockey captain Dilip Tirkey will be the chief guest.
Addressing mediapersons on Friday, SJAN secretary Rahul Dixit said that Mahatma Gandhi Centennial High School (MGCHS) has been selected as best school working for promotion of sports while Dhanwate National College has been selected as best college.
The best senior sportsman’s award will be conferred on kabaddi player Shashank Wankhede. He was among the probables for Indian team this year. An employee of South East Central Railway Wankhede has played seven nationals, five for Vidarbha and two for Railways. He was the best player in the Federation Cup kabaddi meet held in Mumbai two years ago. He will get Mayor’s Trophy and Rs 5,000 cash.
Basketball star Khushali Jethwa will be given the best senior sportswoman’s award. Khushali has been representing Maharashtra in senior nationals since last two years. A regular of Saraswati Kanya Sangh (SKS) she was also instrumental in Maharashtra basketball team’s entry into the elite group. She will be honoured with Mayor’s Trophy and Rs 5,000 cash.
The best junior sportsman’s award will go to upcoming table tennis player Devdatta Fadnavis. Currently ranked number five in India in the sub-junior category Devdatta is also Maharashtra number one in the same group. Apart from finishing in the first three in various national and ranking tournaments since last two years, the paddler has re presented India in World Junior Circuit meets at Qatar and Pune and in Asian Junior Circuit meet in Jaipur. He will get WCL Trophy and cash prize of Rs 3,000.
Vedashree Bondre
also has place in school nationals and junior nationals. She will be awarded Baidyanath Trophy and cash prize of Rs 3,000.
Mahatma Gandhi Centennial High School, Jaripatka, has been selected as best school promoting sporting activities. MGCHS has been into sports activities since last many years. The school has also provided good infrastructure for sports and encourages its players throughout the year apart from organising various tournaments. Their Under-16 cricket team had also qualified for inter-school cricket tournament organised by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). They will get Centre Point School Trophy and cash prize of Rs 3,000.
The award for the best college promoting sporting activities will go to Dhanwate National College. The college has maintained its sporting tradition for several years by organising various tournaments and even financially helping their students. DNC also boasts of various titles and good infrastructure for sports.
Baidyanath Ayurved Limited, Western Coalfields Limited, Centre Point School and Manganese Ore India Limited have extended their helping hand to organise the annual awards function.
SJAN President Dr Ram Thakur and Vice-President Naresh Shelke were also present on the occasion. (Report courtesy The Hitavada)
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
SJAN’s office inaugurated
Fadnavis dedicated the office, built through his local development fund, to the sports journalists. He exhorted the sports scribes to keep up their good work and help in sports development of the city.
“Since last decade sports journalists of Nagpur have been doing a great job for raising standard of sports in the region,” Fadnavis said. He also assured more help in functioning of the office.
Sandeep Joshi, corporator, was also present on the occasion. Dr Ram Thakur, SJAN President, made the introductory remarks. Rahul Dixit, Secretary, welcomed the guests. Naresh Shelke, Vice-President conducted the programme while Kishor Bagde, Joint Secretary, proposed a vote of thanks.
SJAN members and many other sports enthusiasts were present on the occasion.
West Nagpur MLA Devendra Fadnavis inaugurating
SJAN office
(All pics Anil Futane)
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
SJAN-NMC annual awards on Aug 29
Olympian Dilip Tirkey to be the chief guest
Continuing its tradition of felicitating outstanding sportspesons of the city, Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) in association with Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) will hold its annual awards function on August 29, birth day of hockey legend Major Dhyanchand, at Tilak Patrakar Bhavan auditorium, Panchsheel square, at 10 am.
Dilip Tirkey, Olympian and the first hockey player in the world to play over 400 matches, will be the chief guest of the function, informs a press release issued by Rahul Dixit, Secretary, SJAN.
Baidyanath and Western Coalfields Limited are the co-sponsors of the event.
Total seven awards including senior and junior sportspersons in men’s and women’s categories, sports organiser, best school and college will be presented on the occasion.
Names of the awardees will be announced soon.
In the past SJAN’s annual awards functions have been graced as chief guest by eminent people including ex-Test stars Dilip Vengsarkar, Sanjay Manjrekar, shooter Anjali Bhagwat, Olympian Mukesh Kumar, former India stumper Kiran More, Indian Cricket Board chief Adv Shashank Manohar and other sports personalities.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Bhaskar’s Vaidya wins singles title
Title winners pose with the guests.
Dainik Bhaskar’s Gendlal Vaidya, who upset last year’s winner Paritosh Pramanik of The Hitavada in the pre-quarters, defeated Jeevak Gajbhiye of Deshonnati for the singles title in a match which went down the wire. in the carrom tournament for mediapersons organised by the Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur at the Nagpur Union of Working Journalists Hall on Thursday.
In the doubles competition, The Hitavada’s second seeded combination of Ramesh Marulkar and Kartik Lokhande reigned .
Vaidya started the final in a grand style pocketing the first 13-0 in no time. Gajbhiye composed himself and bounced back to claim a keenly-contested second set 5-4 which saw fortunes fluctuating every now and then.
The deciding set was also a treat to watch. The tension of playing the last four boards of the title match was visible on the faces of both players. Vaidya won the first board 8-0, Gajbhiye reduced the margin picking two points in the second board (8-2). Vaidya committed some silly mistakes and Gajbhiye executed some brilliant shots to score seven points in the third board to gain a one-point lead (9-8) going in for the final board of the final match.
Vaidya kept his cool when it mattered the most to score five points to make it 13-9 in his favour. The final score read 13-0, 4-5, 13-9.
In the doubles final, Marulkar (popularly known as Tiger among journalists since he covers the forest beat), who had lost the final last year with Pramanik, extracted revenge upsetting the top seeds Chittaranjan Nagdevte-Shekhar Mahule combination of the Lokmat.
Marulkar teamed up with Kartik Lokhande this time and The Hitavada pair won the first set 14-0 giving no chance whatsoever to their opponents. The top seeds tried their best in the keenly contested second set but lost 5-6 to go down in straight sets. In the hard-liners final, The Hitavada combine of Amol Deokar and Anupam Soni lost to Sakaal’s Nikhil Gotmare and Anand Deshpande 3-11, 6-9. Deokar was at the receiving end in the singles match for the third place as Nagdevte beat him 8-5, 16-2.
Sameer Meghe, Chairman, Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd was the chief guest of the prize distribution function. Anil Ahirkar of Anil Kumar Tea Company presided over.
Dr Ram Thakur, President, SJAN delivered the introductory speech.
Prabhjit Singh Bachher, Secretary, Vidarbha Carrom Association and Yashwant Chintaley, former carrom player were felicitated on the
occasion. Bachher, who hails from Akola, was elected as the Vice-President of the Indian Carrom Federation recently. Chintaley has been promoting the game of carrom since decades.
SJAN Vice-President Naresh Shelke conducted the proceedings while Tresurer Kishor Bagde proposed a vote of thanks. Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd was the sole sponsors of the event for consecutive second year. Technical support was provided by the Nagpur District Carrom Association.
SJAN's FIRST
PRABHJIT Singh Bachher, Vice-President, Indian Carrom Federation, while replying to his felicitation informed the gathering that the Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) became the first association in India to conduct a carrom tournament applying the new rules framed by the International Carrom Federation.
Upsets galore as Deokar storms into SF
Top seed Paritosh Pramanik was stunned by unseeded Gendlal Vaidya.
Ramesh Marulkar and Kartik Lokhande during the doubles match.
Nagpur, Apr 22
Amol Deokar of The Hitavada led the pack of unseeded players into the singles semi-finals as all the top seeds bowed out of the carom meet for mediapersons on the penultimate day at the Patrakar Bhavan Hall on Wednesday.
Ramesh Marulkar and Kartik Lokhande kept The Hiatvada’s flag flying as the duo entered the summit clash of the doubles. The final could well have been an all The Hitavada affair but the combination of Deokar and Anupam Soni threw away the second set after narrowly missing the first one in the other semi-final.
Deokar accounted for two seeds enroute to the singles semis. In the pre-quarter-final, he defeated Sakaal’s fourth seed Anand Deshpande 11-1, 11-1 and then had the better of senior colleague Ramesh Marulkar 9-7, 11-4 in a closely fought quarter-final match.
Gendlal Vaidya of Dainik Bhaskar caused the major upset of the tournament in his maiden entry. He defeated defending champion The Hitavada’s Paritosh Pramanik in a thrilling PQF tie.
Pramanik won the first set 7-7
(1-0) via tie-break but Vaidya bounced back to win the next two 15-4, 12-3 to effect the biggest upset of the day. He had a rather easy outing against an erratic sixth seed Pankaj Najpande of the Lokmat in the quarters winning 10-5, 8-1 in straight sets.
Second seed Pravin Dabli of Vidarbha ki Baat was shown the doors by Jeevak Gajbhiye of Deshonnati. Gajbhiye won 13-5, 12-3. In the pre-quarters, Gajbhiye had beaten Sakaal’s Rajesh Vyawahare in three sets 14-1, 6-7, 8-7.
Chittaranjan Nagdevte of the Lokmat completed the semi-final line-up when he blanked Dilip Thikhile 19-0, 17-0 in a one-sided game.
An in-form Nagdevte defeated third seed Sandip Gadge 13-1, 8-3 in the PQF.
Dabli, earlier in the day, became the first player in the meet to win a set via sudden death. He defeated Dainik Bhaskar’s Sujan Masid
23-0, 8-8 (0-0, tie-break, 1-0 sudden death). When the scores are level at the end of four boards in a set, the game is stretched to a tie-break wherein both the players get three chance to pocket a coin placed in the circle alternatively. If at the end of the tie-break, the scores are still level, the sudden death rule comes into picture. Each player gets a chance one by one.
In the semis, Deokar will take on Vaidya while Gajbhiye plays Nagdevte for a place in the final to be played after the doubles final later in the day.
In the doubles, the top two seeds lived up to their billings. Second seeded combination of Marulkar-Lokhande will play top seeds Nagdevte-Shekhar Mahule for the title. Marulkar-Lokhande defeated Sakaal’s Nikhil Gotmare and Anand Deshpande 9-2, 13-0 while Nagdevte-Mahule had the better of Deokar-Soni 8-6, 14-0 in the semi-finals.
In the doubles quarters, Marulkar-Lokhande beat Tarun Bharat’s Datta Wazalwar-Gadge 6-3, 23-0; Nagdevte-Mahule defeated Dabli-R Nagpure 14-7, 13-6; Deokar-Soni stunned third seeds Lokmat’s Prabhakar Kapshe-Najpande 8-7, 10-8 and Gotmare-Deshpande outplayed Loksatta’s Uday Dindorkar-Ravikant Sane 8-1, 20-0.
The prize distribution function will be held at 12 noon. Sameer Meghe, Chairman, Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd, the sole sponsors of the event, will be the chief guest on the occasion.
Ramesh Borkute, bank’s director and Shirish Borkar, President, Nagpur Union of Working Journalists (NUWJ) will be the guests of
honour.
Prabhjit Singh Bachher, Secretary, Vidarbha Carrom Association and Yashwant Chintaley, former carrom player will be felicitated on the occasion for their services rendered in betterment of carrom in the region.
The tournament is being organised by the Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) with technical support from the Nagpur District Carrom Association.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Second seed Dabli registers exciting win
Anand Deshpande of Sakaal in action. (pic Sakaal)
Ashish Yawle of Saam TV in action during the carrom tournament organised by SJAN and NUWJ. (Pic Courtesy Sakaal).While both entered the pre-quarter-final rounds in the singles category they made it to the quarters in the doubles event.
Marulkar defeated Lokmat’s Yadu Joshi and then teamed up with Kartik Lokhande to beat Tarun Bharat combine of Roshan Tamboli and Yudhistir Raich. The second seeded pair won 16-0, 23-0.
Deokar blanked Danni Waikar 17-0, 23-0 in the singles and registered his second win of the day when he combined with Anupam Soni to tame Deshonnati pair of Amit Ramteke and Rajesh Praikar 23-0, 11-1.
Except for The Hitavada’s fifth seed Anil Futane and Sakaal’s seventh seed Naresh Shelke all the seeded players had a smooth sailing.
Futane was shocked by Lokmat’s Subhash Sharma 0-23, 0-22 and Shelke was stunned by Jeevak Gajbhiye 0-18, 0-23. However, Sharma will in all probability miss his pre-quarter tie as he has to go outstation to attend a close relative’s marriage.
Defending champion and top seed Paritosh Pramanik of the Hitavada moved into the pre-quarters as Mukesh Hedao didn’t turn up for their second round clash.
In another match which went till the distance Dainik Bhaskar’s Sujan Masid had the better of a fighting Ankeet Ghutke of The Hitavada 6-12, 9-8, 11-0. Ghutke’s blunder in the last board of the second set cost him the match.
Third seed Sandip Gadge beat Shekhar Mahurle 11-0, 12-1 while fourth seed Anand Deshpande had no difficulty in moving past Jugalkishor Dixit 23-0, 7-0.
In other second round singles matches of the day, sixth seed Pankaj Najpande blanked Datta Wazalwar 23-0, 23-0; Gendlal Vaidya beat Prabhakar Kapshe 18-0, 23-0; Aashish Yawle beat Rahul Dixit 17-0, 15-0; C Nagdevte defeated Anupam Soni 18-1, 22-0; Dilip Tikile blanked Kiran Rajderkar 16-0, 26-0; Rajesh Vyawahare beat Girish Thakre.
In the doubles pre-quarters, top seed C Nagdevte-S Mahurle beat Yawle-Waikar 23-4, 23-0; third seeds Prabhakar Kapshe-Najpande defeated Amol Sultane-Sharad Bagde 23-0, 22-0; Dabli-Nagpure beat Pankaj Ganorkar-Vikas Barokar 19-0, 12-0; Wazalwar-Sandip Gadge beat Deepak Labde-R Pethe; Gotmare-Anand Deshpande blanked Ankeet Ghutke-Sachin Gadge 13-0, 20-0; Uday Dindorkar-Ravikant Sane beat Raj Sharma-Abhijit Gade 23-0, 23-0.
The four-day meet sponsored by Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank is progressing smoothly under the guidance of Vidarbha Carrom Association Co-ordinator Iqbal Mohammad.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Media employees' carrom meet begins
Ramesh Borkute, Director, Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank makes a strike to mark the opening of the carrom tournament for media employees organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur in the Patrakar Bhavan premises on Monday. (Pic courtesy The Hitavada)
NAGPUR, April 20, 2009
The second Carrom Tournament for the Media Employees organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur and sponsored by Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank began at NUWJ Hall, Panchsheel Square on Monday
In the most engrossing match of the first round, Anupam Soni of The Hitavada edged out Swapnil Jain of Lokmat Samachar 4-11, 23-0, 10-4 in three sets.
After losing the first set, Soni rallied brilliantly to win the second without conceding a single point in just three boards out of a maximum four. He maintained his rhythm in the decider to win the tie.
Other games of the opening day were one-sided affairs.
Anil Futane of the Hitavada blanked Deepak Labde of Lokmat in straight sets 17-0, 12-0.
Sujan Masid of Dainik Bhaskar had no difficulty in eliminating Balaji Iyer of Sakal 23-0, 14-0. Gendlal Vaidya also of Dainik Bhaskar thrashed Vilas Tijare of Lokmat 23-1, 23-0 in straight sets.
Jeevak Gajbhiye of Deshonnati got the better of Santosh Singh of Lokmat 18-0, 23-0.
On Tuesday the second round will start at 8.30 a.m. followed by doubles first round at 9.30 a.m.
Earlier, the 4-day event was inaugurated by Ramesh Borkute, Director, Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank. Yadu Joshi, President, Maharashtra Union of Working Journalists; Pradeep Maitra, President, Tilak Patrkar Bhavan Trust were the guests of honour on the occasion.
Dr Ram Thakur, President, SJAN; SN Narnaware, Chief Referee and Mukund Nagpurkar, Assistant Chief Referee shared the dais.
SJAN treasurer Anupam Soni conducted the proceedings while convenor of the meet Nilesh Deshpande proposed a vote of thanks.
Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank is the sole sponsors of the tournament.
Results (round one): Gendlal Vaidya bt Vilas Tijare 23-1, 23-0; Anupam Soni bt Swapnil Jain 4-11, 23-0, 10-4; Sujan Masid bt Balaji Iyer 23-0, 14-0; Jeevak Gajbhiye bt Santosh Singh 18-0, 23-0; Anil Futane bt Deepak Labde 17-0, 12-0.
Media employees’ carrom tournament from today
The second carrom tournament for the media employees being organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur and sponsored by Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank will begin on Monday at NUWJ Hall, Panchsheel Square at 9 a.m.
Sameer Meghe, Chairman, Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank will inaugurate the tournament in the presence of Pradeep Maitra, President Tilak Patrakar Bhavan Trust; Shirish Borkar, President, NUWJ and Yadu Joshi, President, MUWJ.
SN Narnaware is the chief arbiter of the tournament and he is being assisted by Mukund Nagpurkar.
The tournament has evoked good response as 53 in singles and 16 pairs in doubles have registered their entries.
The tournament will be played according to the new rules framed by Carrom Federation of India.
The seedings of the tournament have also been declared. Paritosh Pramanik, last year’s single’s winner has been given top billing in singles while C Nagdeote and S Mahurle have got first seeding in doubles.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Media employees’ carrom tourney with new rules
Carrom meet for newspaper staffers from April 20
The tournament will be held in two categories i.e. men’s singles and doubles. Women’s singles event will depend on the entries. The entry fee for the men’s singles will be Rs 30 and Rs 50 for doubles. The last date of entry is April 17 and it can be confirmed with the sports desk of respective newspapers.
Cash prizes will be given to the winner, runners-up and first runners-up in each categories.
This is the second year of the tournament. Last year Paritosh Pramanik of The Hitavada clinched the title.
In the doubles, Lokmat duo Chittaranjan Nagdevte- Chandu Dasarwar emerged the winner while Paritosh Pramanik- Ramesh Marulkar finished runners-up.
Last year 81 players participated in the tournament. This year the organisors have expected more than 100 entries.
For more details interested persons can contact the coordinator Nilesh Deshpande (9881243198) and Bhaskar Choudhary (9822232987).
Media employees’ carrom meet with new rules
Carrom meet for newspaperstaffers from April 20
April 6
Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur will be organising Carrom Tournament For Newspaper Employees at Tilak Patrakar Bhavan from April 20 to 23. The tournament has been sponsored by Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank.
The tournament will be held in two categories i.e. men’s singles and doubles. Women’s singles event will depend on the entries. The entry fee for the men’s singles will be Rs 30 and Rs 50 for doubles. The last date of entry is April 17 and it can be confirmed with the sports desk of respective newspapers.
Cash prizes will be given to the winner, runners-up and first runners-up in each categories.
This is the second year of the tournament. Last year Paritosh Pramanik of The Hitavada clinched the title.
In the doubles, Lokmat duo Chittaranjan Nagdevte- Chandu Dasarwar emerged the winner while Paritosh Pramanik- Ramesh Marulkar finished runners-up.
Last year 81 players participated in the tournament. This year the organisors have expected more than 100 entries.
For more details interested persons can contact the coordinator Nilesh Deshpande (9881243198) and Bhaskar Choudhary (9822232987).
Monday, March 2, 2009
Double delight for Sant
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Jain continues his winning run
Soni-Limbachia enter semis
THE Hitavada’s pair of Anupam Soni and Hitesh Limbachia entered the men’s doubles semi-finals of the 5th Badminton Tournament for Mediapersons in progress at the Subhedar Hall.
Soni-Limbachia got the better of Lokmat duo of Pawan Dande and Anand Junankar 21-13, 21-13 in straight games.
They will take top seeds Ashish Jain-Manish Charpe, another Lokmat combination in the semis.
In the other semi-final, Times of India pair of Suhas Nayse and Sarabjit Ahluwalia will play Loksatta’s Vivek Puradbhat-Vijay Sant.
Jain defeated Limbachia in the men’s singles quarter-finals 21-9, 21-7; Sant had the better of Jaideep Hardikar 21-7, 21-6; Tijare edged past Manish Sakharwade 22-20, 21-5 while Suhas Nayse beat Naresh Shelke 21-7, 21-8 to book semi-final berths.
The Hitavada’s Tanveer Shaikh went down fighting to Meenakshi Menon in the women’s singles semi-final while colleague Manjusha Ladke plays Rakhi Chavan in the other semis on Sunday.
The three-day meet ends of Sunday and will be followed by prize distribution. Pro-Vice-Chancellor Dr Gaurishankar Parashar will be the chief guest while Krishnarao Pandav, President, Sanmarg Shikshan Sanstha will preside over. Director, Gurunanak College of Engineering, Dahegaon will be the guest of honour.
The tournament, organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur in co-operation with the Post Graduate Teaching Department of Physical Education, RTM Nagpur University, is being sponsored by Sanmarg Shikshan Sanstha which runs Smt Radhikatai Pandav College of Engineering.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Badminton meet gets under way
Girish Pandav (L), treasurer, Sanmarg Shikshan Sanstha plays a shot to inaugurate the badminton meet. SJAN president
Dr Ram Thakur looks on. (Pic The Hitavada)
The 5th annual badminton tournament for media employees of the city which got under way at the Nagpur University’s Subhedar Hall, off Amravati Road on Friday.
The tournament is being organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) in association with the Post Graduate Teaching Department of Physical Education (PGTDPE), Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University.
In the early encounters all the seeded players moved up without any tough fight.
SJAN treasurer Anupam conducted the proceedings. President Dr Ram Thakur made the introductory remarks while member Aditi Deodhar proposed a vote of thanks.
Results: Men’s singles (2nd round): Vilas Tijare (Lokmat) bt Vivek Puradbhat (Loksatta) 21-8, Ranjeet Deshmukh (ToI) bt Manoj Joshi 21-9, Vijay Sant (Loksatta) bt Amit Sampat (ToI) 21-12, Harshad Pandharipande (ToI) bt Madhav Soman (ToI) 21-13, Suhas Nayse (ToI) bt Vikram Harkare (Loksatta) 21-1, Piyush Patil (Loksatta) bt Bagish Jha (Lokmat Times) 21-4, Manish Sakharwade (ToI) bt Manoj Mule (Sakal) 21-11, Balaji Ayyar bt Charudutta Kahu (Loksatta) 21-11, Hitesh Limbachia (The Hitavada) bt Daniel Warrior (Saam TV) 21-7, Ashish Jain (Lokmat) bt Nilanjan Bhowmik (ToI) 21-8, Fakruddin (ToI) bt Nitin Totewar (Loksatta) 21-7, Anupam Soni (The Hitavada) bt Devendra Sadavarti (Loksatta) 21-14, Nikhil Dixit (The Hitavada) bt Uday Dindolkar (Loksatta) 21-13.
Men’s doubles (1st round): Naresh Shelke-Manoj Mule (Sakal) bt Amol Deokar-Ankit Ghutke (The Hitavada) 21-9, Nikhil Gotmare-Rajesh Vyavhare (Sakal) bt Rajesh Patil- Ram Bhakre (Loksatta) 21-10, Amit Khodke-Vilas Tijare (Lokmat) bt Samaresh Acharya-Rakesh Roshan (ToI) 21-16, Charudutta Kahu-Vikram Harkare (Loksatta) bt Pankaj Ganorkar-Pawan (Tarun Bharat) 21-18, Ravikant Sane-Manoj Joshi (Loksatta) bt Vikas Barokar-Raj Sharma (Tarun Bharat) 21-5.
Women’s singles (1st round): Rakhi Chavan (Loksatta) bt Farina Salim 21-13, Tanvir Sheikh (The Hitavada) bt Ananya Roy (Lokmat Times) 21-10, Nisha Kar (Lokmat Times) bt Aditi Deodhar (The Hitavada) 21-16.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Jain gets top billing
Defending champion Ashish Jain of Lokmat has been seeded top in men’s category in the 6th annual badminton tournament for media employees of the city which will be held from February 27 to March 1. Last year’s runner-up Times of India’s Suhas Nayse has been seeded second in the single’s category.
The tournament will be held at Subhedar Hall, off Amravati road. The annual tournament is being jointly organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) and Post Graduate Teaching Department for Physical Education, Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University. Radhikatai Pandav College of Engineering, Umrer road, run by Sanmarg Shikshan Sanstha, has sponsored the event.
Gurunanak College of Engineering, Dahegaon has also joined hands with SJAN in conducting the event.
The categories include men’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s singles and veterans’ (45-plus) singles.
Defending champions Ashish Jain and Manish Charpe of Lokmat are seeded top in the doubles category while the pair of Nayse and Sarabjit Aluwalia (Times of India) has been seeded second.In singles, 60 participants have confirmed their participation. Around 16 women employees from different media (print and electronic) too confirmed their participation. Winners and runners-up in all categories will be awarded attractive prizes.
All the participants are requested to report at the venue at 8 am sharp.
SEEDINGS: (Men’s Singles): 1. Ashish Jain (Lokmat), 2. Suhas Nayse (ToI), 3. Harshad Pandharipande (ToI), 4. Manoj Mule (Sakaal), 5. Vivek Puradbhat (Loksatta), 6. Piyush Patil (Loksatta), 7. Ranjit Deshmukh (ToI), 8. Nikhil Dixit (The Hitavada).
Men's Doubles: 1. Ashish Jain-Manish Charpe (Lokmat), 2. Suhas Nayse-Sarabjit Aluwalia (ToI), 3. Anupam Soni-Hitesh Limbachia (The Hitavada), 4. Harshad Pandharipande-Madhav Soman (ToI).
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Badminton tournament for media employees from 27th
The annual badminton tournament for media employees of the city will be held from February 27 to March 1, 2009, at Subhedar Hall, off Amravati road. Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) in association with Post Graduate Teaching Department for Physical Education, Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University, are organising the event. Radhikatai Pandav College of Engineering, Umrer road, run by Sanmarg Shikshan Sanstha, has sponsored the event.The categories include men’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s singles and veterans’ (45-plus) singles.Winners and runners-up in all categories will be awarded attractive prizes, stated a press release issued by Rahul Dixit, Secretary, SJAN.Last date for entries is February 23, 2009. Entries should be confirmed with sports desks of respective newspapers or Anupam Soni, convenor (9822714965). Entry fee is Rs 20 for singles, Rs 30 for doubles.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
The Hitavada are champions again
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An old score was to settle. A loss was to be avenged. A perception was to be changed. As fortunes started fluctuating with each passing over the tension mounted but the belief never diminished. Using their experience, keeping their cool and showing their never-say-die attitude The Hitavada emerged the deserving champions of the 11th Orange City Hospital Cup Inter-Press Cricket T20 Tournament.
By defeating defending champions Lokmat by 20 runs The Hitavada lifted its eighth title in ten finals.
The Men in Blue went through a roller-coaster ride before putting up a competitive 148 for seven in 20 overs. Defending the target against a strong Lokmat batting line-up the bowlers needed to put their hands up. They did. As Lokmat started building partnerships the pendulum swung their way. But Man of the Final Avinash Kahu had a rabbit left in his hat! He used brains to counter Lokmat’s brawn and soon the eighth title came The Hitavada’s way. Lokmat were restricted to 128 for eight in 20 overs. Kahu had figures of 4-0-21-4.
Batting first The Hitavada had a disastrous start losing Kamlesh Waghire and skipper Susheem Kolay with just six on the board. A partnership was needed and Praveen Lokhande (26; 21b, 3x4) forged it with ‘crisis man’ Nikhil Dixit (50; 53b 6x4, 2x6).
Runs were just trickling when left-arm spinner Ashish Budholia came into attack. Dixit and Lokhande launched into him to garner 20 in one over and The Hitavada were on recovery path.
The duo stitched together a stand of 60 in 51 balls for the third wicket. Dixit was his usual cool self never letting go a loose ball. His straight six of Pawan Dhande was sheer delight. Lokhande too kept his calm and picked gaps.
At 66 in 11 overs Lokhande was out but Dixit found Vijay Choure (14; 14b, 2x4) for help. They added 38 for the fourth wicket in 25 balls.
At 104 for 4 in 15 overs an impetus was needed to the innings for a big total. Vice-captain Rahul Dixit joined his elder brother, wielded his willow, and got a quick 18 (10b, 1x4, 1x6). The Dixit brothers’ 31-run stand in just 18 balls provided the momentum to The Hitavada innings.
Lokmat started badly losing in-form Nitin Patoriya for a duck. Amit Khodke (45; 41b, 4x4, 1x6) kept fighting at other end keeping the asking rate under control with Manish Charpe (19). Dhande then joined Khodke for a quick 47-run stand that almost shut the door on The Hitavada.
Stepped in Kahu and the challenge was snuffed out with some excellent fielding and absolutely fantastic catching by Sanjay Chinchole and Hitesh Limbachia.
With an average age of 34 the talk of The Hitavada’s cricket team as a ‘Dad’s Army’ was gaining ground. But the experience that comes with age and playing 10 finals was enough to help them reaffirm their authority on inter-press cricket.
The match was enjoyed live all over Vidarbha on UCN.
Udaybhaskar Nair of Nairsons group was the chief guest at the prize distribution function. The special guests were Dr Anup Marar, Director, Orange City Hospital and Research Institute, Sadanand Fulzele, Secretary, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Smarak Samiti, Jaswinder Singh Mukar, Deputy General Manager, Tata Indicom, Nagpur, Sanjay Jog, Deputy General Manager (Marketing), Tata Indicom, Deepak Lalwani of Deepak Agencies, and Pradeep Kumar Maitra, President, Tilak Patrakar Bhavan Trust.
Individual prizes were sponsored by Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited. Deepak Agencies and Panchavati Builders too supported SJAN in organising the tournament.
Kishor Bagde conducted the function, Dr Ram Thakur made the introductory remarks, Naresh Shelke compered the ceremony while Sandeep Dabhekar proposed a vote of thanks.
THE HITAVADA INNINGS
Kamlesh Waghire run out A Budholia 2
Susheem Kolay lbw S Rahangdale 0
Pravin Lokhande c A Seth b S Mishra 26
Nikhil Dixit c&b S Rahangdale 50
Vijay Choure c A Seth b S Mishra 14
Rahul Dixit c S Mishra b A Khodke 18
Hitesh Limbachia Not Out 12
Sanjay Chinchole c P Dhande b A Khodke 0
Paritosh Pramanik Not Out 1
Extras: (w 22, lb 2, b 1) 25
TOTAL: (Seven wickets, 20 overs) 148.
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-6, 3-66, 4-104, 5-135, 6-135, 7-140.
Bowling:
Pawan Dhande 4-0-24-0
Amit Khodke 4-0-24-0
Ashish Bodholia 2-0-31-0
Sharad Mishra 4-0-25-2
Gitesh Wanjari 2-0-28-0
LOKMAT INNINGS
Amit Khodke c S Chinchole v A Kahu 45
Nitin Patoria c P Lokhande b V Choure 0
Manish Charpe v P Lokhande 19
Pawan Dhande c V Choure b A Kahu 23
Sharad Mishra run out A Kahu 7
Aasman Seth c&b A Kahu 18
Ashish Budholia c H Limbachia b A Kahu 2
Ravin Singh run out (K Waghire-P Pramanik) 1
Sachin Rahangdale Not Out 2
Gitesh Wanjari Not Out 3
Extras: b 3, w 4) 7
TOTAL: (8 wickets, 20 overs) 128
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-44, 3-92, 4-96, 5-112, 6-121, 7-121, 8-124.
Bowling: Vijay Choure 3-0-24-1
Susheem Kolay 4-0-27-0
Nikhil Dixit 1-0-11-0
Pravin Lokhande 4-0-18-1
Rammurti Nerle 4-0-23-2
Avinash Kahu 4-0-21-4
Result: The Hitavada won by 20 runs.
Man of the final: Avinash Kahu.