TTFI determined to curb overage participation

CHANDIGARH, Nov 23: As expected most of the seeded players scored victories over their respective opponents to move into the next round m...

CHANDIGARH, Nov 23: As expected most of the seeded players scored victories over their respective opponents to move into the next round matches in singles event in both the boys and girls groups in the ongoing 61st Stroh8217;s Junior National and Inter-State table tennis championship at the Sector 23 Indoor Table Tennis Hall, here today.

Top seed Anal Kashyap of Petroleum Sports Control Board Academy PSCBA outplayed Hardik of Gujarat 21-17, 21-13 while his team mate Sukanta Das, who is second seed here, beat Ramit Singla Chandigarh 21-9, 21-17, to enter the next round.

Another seeded player of Bengal Anirban Tarafdar also scored a 21-15, 21-12 win over Ajo Joseph Kerala.

In the girls category, top seed Poulami Ghatak Bengal and second seed Mamta Prabhu of Maharashtra also sailed into the next round of the meet.

Meanwhile, the Table Tennis Federation of India TTFI have decided to amend its constitution in the next general body meeting which is expected to take place in December8217;s first week during the Senior National meet which is slated to be held in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh. quot;As of now we think TTFI that some changes should be made in the constitution TFI which can curb overage in various age categories in the national meets,quot; disclosed Mool Chand Chowhan, secretary, TTFI who arrived here today.

At present, the TTFI constitution does not permit to have a medical screening committee at the national meet. quot;The medical board, if set up would check overage players to some extent from participating,quot; said the secretary.

In the ongoing junior national meet, Bengal Table Tennis Association BTTA filed a writ petition in the Calcutta High Court which directed the TTFI to allow some of the Bengal players, who were allegedly overage, to participate in the junior national meet here. The TTFI had to respect the court order and allowed the players to participate.

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The secretary, however, was optimistic that after the amendment they would be able to take stern action against the state units fielding overage players.
Results
Boys: first round: Anal Kashyap PSCBA bt Uday S ZKar 21-119, 21-12; Sukanta Das PSCBA bt Ramit Singla Chd 21-9, 21-17; Sourav Chakraborty Bengal bt H Ramkumar Pondicherry 21-14, 21-14; S Saha PSCBA bt VA Praveen Pondicherry 21-10, 21-12; Jayant Chandra Bengal bt Manish Raj 21-11, 21-8; A Tarfdar Bengal bt Ajo Joseph Kerala 21-15, 21-12; A Ganguly PSCBA bt Vaibhav Rajasthan 21-11, 21-15; B Saha Bengal bt Sahil Kazi Goa 21-13, 21-12; A Amal Raj PSCBA bt Harul Iman UP 22-20, 21-15; Soumyadeep Roy PSCBA bt Gagan Hry 21-14, 21-14; S Ghosh Bengal bt Ankit Anand Delhi 21-18, 21-18; T Dutta Bengal walkover from Zorena Mizoram; D Pandya Gujrat bt Gursimar Singh CHd 21-13, 21-16; Sanjiv Kumar UP walkover from Niloy Basak Bengal; T Arundhar AP bt Arpan Pun 21-9, 21-18; AS Kaushik Assam bt A Navin AP 21-16, 21-16; Ranbir Das Bengal bt Rajat Chopra Dli 21-14, 21-14; Kartik Kar bt Neeraj Bihar 21-12, 23-25, 21-14; Sujay Das Bengal btLathanpuria Mizoram 21-16, 21-18; Subham Choudhary Bengal bt Kedar Deve Guj 21-10, 21-10; Ansh Adlakha Delhi bt Raj Kumar Assam 21-12, 21-11; Pathik Mehta Guj bt Jitendra Chd 21-11, 21-9; Neeraj Kumar Hry bt N Rohit 21-12, 21-12; Prashant MP bt Gaurav Chopra Delhi 21-5, 21-7; Nimish Patankar Mah bt Subhal Mehta Guj 21-10, 21-13; M Elamraman Pond Akash Nadkarni Kar 13-21, 21-18, 23-21: CJ Balaji Kerala bt Dipesh MP 21-22, 14-21, 21-17; Arwind Cardo Goa bt Bintu TN 21-15, 21-17; Nitin Mahajan Delhi bt C Bose Bengal 21-16, 22-20; Eric Fernandez Mah bt Dushyant MP 21-11, 21-17; Abhishek Puri Delhi bt Umesh Kumar AP 21-14, 21-13.