BHUBANESWAR 28-Sep-2013 360
S Appa Rao of Sambalpur and Rutaparna Panda of Cuttack bagged a double each in the State Badminton Championship, which concluded at Ispat Indoor Stadium in Rourkela today. The five-day championship was jointly organised by Rourkela Sports Association and Odisha State Badminton Association.
Rourkela Steel Plant Executive Director M K Das handed over the trophies in the presence of OSAP Commandant SK Samal, RSP AGM (Sports) Minati Mohapatra, OSBA secretary P K Mohanty, RSA president Mihir Ray and secretart Bhaskar Nanda.
RESULTS (All finals):
Singles: Men: S Appa Rao (Sambalpur) bt Susant Kumar Rout (Bhubaneswar) 21-15, 21-12. Women: Rutaparna Panda (Cuttack) bt Gitanjali Jena (Bhubaneswar) 21-9, 21-9. U-19 boys: Abhimanyu Bagarty (Bolangir) bt Jasowant Nayak (Anugul) 13-21, 21-13, 21-10. U-19 girls: Rutaparna Panda bt Lipsarani Parida (Bhubaneswar) 21-6, 21-3. U-17 boys: Debasish Mishra (Bhubaneswar) bt Swadhin Gouda (Bhubaneswar) 21-12, 15-21, 21-13. U-17 girls: Jasmin Sahoo (Bhadrak) bt Srabanee Sabat (Bhubaneswar) 21-11, 16-21, 21-13. Veteran 35-45: N Sunani (Kalahandi) bt Mohammad Hasim. Veteran 45-55: Gouri Shankar Bisi (Kalahandi) bt Gunanidhi Sethi. Veteran 55+: K Babu Rao (Sambalpur) bt Manoranjan Dash.
Doubles: Men: S Appa Rao-K Ravi Babu bt Kamal Das-CR Satpathy 21-18, 21-15. U-19 boys: Dibyajyoti Singh-S Panda bt Chandan Panda-S Nepal (Bolangir) 21-15, 13-21, 21-16. U-17 boys: Vikrant Jani-Arabinda Sahu (Bolangir) bt Debasish Mishra-Swadhin Gouda (Bhubaneswar) 21-19, 10-21, 21-17. Veteran 35-45: Snehasis Patra-Prasant Kumar Behera (Rourkela) bt Trinath Dehuri-Nakula Behera. Veteran 45-55: Gouri Shankar Bisi-Samir Kumar Sahoo (Kalahandi) bt BC Mishra-Gurmeet Singh. Veteran 55-65: PK Pal-RC Sethi (Bhubaneswar) bt K Babu Rao-S K Ghosh (Angul).
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PHOTO: Prize winners and guests at the closing function of the State Badminton Championship at Rourkela on Sept 28, 2013.
