Power-grid Inter-Regional Carrom Tourney
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
Chandigarh, July 15: In an ongoing Power-grid Inter-Regional Carrom tournament being played at Chandigarh, S Vijaya Lakshmi and Rajat Nag won singles titles in the women and men categories respectively.
S Vijaya Lakshmi of Southern Region-I clinched women’s singles title by defeating Manjusha D.Gadge of Western Region-I in the finals held today. Earlier, S Vijaya Lakshmi defeated Shewta Gupta of Northern Region-III and Manjusha D. Gadge defeated Neelam Singh of Northern Region-I in the semifinals.
Third place was achieved by Shewta Gupta of Northern Region-III by defeating Neelam Singh of Northern Region-I. In the men’s category Rajat Nagof Eastern Region-II clinched the men’s title by defeating V.K.Biswas of North Eastern Region in the finals. In the semifinals held earlier Rajat Nag defeated Rakesh Kumar of Northern Region-I whereas V.K.Biswas got better of Nand Kishore Ranjan of Eastern Region-I. Rakesh Kumar of Northern Region-I achieved third spot by defeating Nand Kishore Ranjan in the position match.
Similarly in the doubles event, Sumegha and Manjusha of western Region-I clinched Womens’ Doubles Title by defeating Shewata and Priyanka of Northern Region-III in the finals held today. Earlier Sumegha and Manjusha defeated Nivedita and Charanpreet of Northern Region-II in first semifinal whereas Shewata and Priyanka defeated Lata and Suman of Corporate Office in the other semifinal. Third place was achieved byLata and Suman of Corporate Office by defeating Nivedita and Charanpreet of Northern Region-II.
Rajat Nag and Md. Akhtar of Eastern Region-II clinched doubles title by defeating A.K .Srivastava and Deepak Kumar of Northern Region-III in the finals. Earlier Rajat Nag and Md. Akhtar defeated Ashwin Pandiya and Ravi Shakya of Western Region-II andA.K.Srivastava and Deepak Kumar of Northern Region-III defeated A.Pawan Kumar and KCS Babu of Southern Region-I in the semifinals. Third place was achieved by Ashwin Pandiya and Ravi Shakya of Western Region-II.
After the matches, the closing ceremony was held in which prizes and trophies were distributed among the players. Rajesh Kumar, Executive Director POWERGRID, Northern Region-II, Sathish Kumar J, CGM (Punjab),POWERGRID, A.H. Khan, Senior GM (Chandigarh), Vinod P Baxla, General Manager(HR) and senior officials of POWERGRID, members and office bearers of Carrom Association, Chandigarh were present on this occasion.
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