BHUBANESWAR 18-Sep-2010 307
East Coast Railway shuttlers S Appa Rao and Ankita Shailesh won the men`s and women`s singles title respectively in the Orissa State Badminton Tournament, which concluded at NTPC Recreation Centre, Kaniha today. Altogether 70 players from across the state vied for honours in 12 categories of the five-day championship, which was conducted by Orissa State Badminton Association (OSBA).
Surendra Nepal and Pramod Kumar Rana bagged a double each in sub-junior and junior boys categories respectively. Aravind Sahoo of Bolangir was adjudged as the most promising player of the championship. NTPC Gneral Manager S K Singh gave away the trophies in the presence of OSBA secretary S Iqubal Raheman.
RESULTS (all finals):
Mini (u-13) boys singles: Abhimanyu Bagarty (Bolangir) bt Vikarant Jain (Bolangir) 21-12, 21-16.
Mini boys doubles: Debashish Singh-Mandeep Sahoo (NTPC) beat A Bagary-SR Guru (Bolangir) 21-15, 21-13.
Mini girls singles: Jasmine Sahoo (Bhadrak) bt Rutuparna Panda (Cuttack) 17-21, 21-16, 21-19).
Sub-junior (u-16) boys singles: Surendra Nepal (Bolangir) bt N K Ram (Mahurbhanj) 21-10, 21-15.
Sub-junior boys doubles: S Nepal-Chandan Mishra (Bolangir) bt Sudeep Satpathy-Dibyajyoti Singh (NTPC) 14-21, 21-7, 21-11.
Sub-junior girls singles: Mousumee Sahoo (Bhubaneswar) bt Jasmine Sahoo 21-16, 21-17.
Junior (u-19) boys singles: Pramod Kumar Rana (Cuttack) bt Smruti Sourav Rath (Bhubaneswar) 14-21, 21-19, 21-8.
Junior boys doubles: PK Rana-A Babu bt AR Khan-DP Negi (Bolangir) 21-18, 21-17.
Junior girls singles: Lipi Khilo (Koraput) bt Monalisha Mohanty (Bhubaneswar) 21-11, 18-21, 21-19.
Men`s singles: S Appa Rao (East Coast Railway) bt Manas Ranjan Routray (Cuttack) 21-8, 21-9.
Men`s doubles: CR Satpathy-Kamal Das bt PK Rana-K Manoj Kumar 21-8, 21-9.
Women`s singles: Ankita Shailesh (EC Railway) bt Gayatri Mishra (AG Orissa) 21-11, 21-12.
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PHOTO: Prize winners and guests at the State Badminton Championship in Kaniha on Sept 18, 2010.
