LUCKNOW, JAN 8: Petroleum Sports Control Board's domination in both men and women's team events was complete as they won the titles in their respective categories in the 61st Sahara National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championships at the Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar Stadium Saturday evening.The PSCB men won the Barna-Bellack Cup, symbol of supremacy for men, for the sixth time in a row when they outclassed debutant finalists Uttar Pradesh 3-0 in the final which hardly rose above mediocrity. This was PSCB's seventh title-win in their eight years of participation in the team events.On the contrary, the women's final between PSCB and last year's winners Railways turned out to be a close affair with the former clinching the issue after having been stretched to the full distance. PSCB thus regained the Jayalakshmi Cup to make it their eighth title, after having finished third at Chennai last year.Results: Men (final): PSCB bt Punjab 3-0 (S Saha bt Deepak Thakur 21-17, 21-17, Chetan Baboor b V Chopra21-15, 20-22, 21-13, A Dutta bt N Ravichandran 21-17, 21-10); Semi-finals: PSCB bt Railways 3-0 (S Raman bt S Dutta 19-21, 21-12, 21-12, C Baboor bt B Thakur 21-17, 21-14, A Basak bt N Santra 21-11, 19-21, 21-16); Punjab bt UP 3-1 (D Thukral bt Rahul Prakash 21-19, 21-12, V Chopra bt K D Sarkar 19-21, 22-20, 21-17, Ravichandra lost to Z Singh 17-21, 21-9, 17-21, D Thukral bt K D Sarkar 23-21, 21-18).Women (final): PSCB bt Railways 3-2 (P Ghatak lost to K Chakraborty 17-21, 21-23, M Das b A Chakraborty 21-16, 22-20, N R Indu bt M Dutta 21-15, 21-14, P Ghatak lost to A Chakraborty 23-25, 10-21, M Das bt K Chakraborty 21-16, 21-15); Semi-finals: PSCB bt Bengal 3-1 (P Ghaktak bt Avanti Sinha 21-16, 21-8, M Das bt S Roy 21-15, 21-15, M Ghosh lost to N Saha 21-18, 20-22, 11-21, P Ghatak b S Roy 21-9, 21-12); Railways bt Tamil Nadu 3-2 (K Chakraborty lost to B Bhuvaneshwari 21-19, 9-21, 8-21, A Chakraborty bt T Pradeepa 21-15, 21-19, M Dutta lost to Lavanya Ratnam 18-21, 13-21, A Chakrabortybt Bhuvaneshwari 21-18, 21-14, Kasturi bt Pradeepa 21-18, 21-11).Final positions: Men: 1 PSCB, 2 Punjab, 3 Railways, 4 UP, 5 Bengal, 6 Tamil Nadu, 7 Rajasthan, 8 Maharashtra B, 9 Delhi, 10 Assam, 11 Karnataka, 12. Orissa. Women: 1 PSCB, 2 Railways, 3 Bengal, 4 Tamil Nadu, 5 Delhi, 6 Rajasthan, 7 Maharashtra A, 8 Assam, 9 Punjab, 10 Kerala, 11 Maharashtra B, 12 Chandigarh.
