Title for DAV Public School-8

However, in the doubles, the duo of Ruchi and Nadia were unable to coordinate at the crucial juncture and lost the initial lead to their opponents. The pair of Anchal and Amarpreet registered a 21-19, 21-17 victory over Ruchi and Nadia to gain an upper hand 2-1.

But in the reverse singles Ruchi beat Amarpreet 21-13, 21-19, 21-17, in tough 25-minute encounter to level the score (2-2). And in the decider, Nadia put it across Anchal 21-19, 21-17, to clinch the title.

In a playoff match, Bhavan Vidyalaya-27 beat Sacred Heart School-26, 3-0 win the third place.

In the boys under-16 section, New Public School-18 defeated Bhavan Vidyalaya-27, 3-1 to bag the third position.

Results
Girls: Under-16: Bhavan Vidyalaya-27 bt Sacred Heart-26, 3-0 (Guaneet lost to Sahila Saini 9-21, 7-21; Saloni bt Nupur 21-4, 21-5. Doubles: Sahila and Saloni bt Priya and Maansi 21-9, 21-9). Boys: Under-16: New Public School-18 bt Bhavan Vidyalaya-27, 3-1 (Sachin Mongia lost to Rachit 19-21, 18-21; Neeraj bt Ravi 21-9, 21-13; Manindra bt Kunal 21-16, 15-21, 23-21; Neeraj bt Rachit 21-13, 21-6).

Easy win for Sanjay
All the seeded players scored a facile win over their respective rivals to get a berth into the third round of the junior boys singles category on the inaugural day of the Chandigarh state carrom championship at St John’s High School-26 here today.

Sanjay Negi beat Sumit Aithani 25-3, 25-0 while Ramanpreet Singh blanked Sahil Makkar 25-0, 25-0 to sail into the third round of the junior boys singles event.

In the men’s singles, M Tanveer defeated Ashwani Kumar 25-5, 25-0.

Results
Men: Singles (first round): Parbodh Sharma bt Sahil Makkar 25-2, 25-4; BS Negi bt NS Pahwa 25-0, 25-0; Om Parkash bt Varun 25-4, 17-18, 25-0; DS Aithani bt BB Kochhar 25-0, 25-0; Ravinder Sharma bt Manoj Gulati 25-0, 0-22, 18-13; Sudhir Sidhu bt Padam Singh 25-4, 25-6; Paramdeep bt Aita Ram 22-18, 23-12.

Boys: Singles (second round): Sanjay Negi bt Sumit Aithani 25-3, 25-0; Jagdev bt Randhir Kalsi 25-0, 25-4; Raunak bt Kushal 25-5, 25-15; Devinderjit bt Ankur 22-9, 25-0; Varun Raghav bt Asher 13-12, 25-13; Ramanpreet Singh bt Sahil Makkar 25-0, 25-0; Rozerio bt Pattric 18-9, 25-9. Doubles: First round: Ramanpreet and Baninder bt Rozerio and Paramdeep 24-17, 17-15; Varun and Abhishek bt Jaspreet and Abhishek 25-0, 25-0; Randhir and Pattric bt Ankur and Asher 13-23, 24-4, 21-6.

Women: Singles (first round): Puneet Lamba bt Inder Kanta 14-15, 23-10, 18-13; Nabhi Sahni w/o from Tania Bhalla; Meena Manocha bt Eveleen 22-0, 25-1. Girls: Singles (first round): Puneet Lamba bt Deepika 25-0; Eveleen bt Pallavi Piplani 25-2.