Nagpur :- SEEDS moved into the semi-finals of the second edition of Ankur Seeds Carrom Tournament for Media Employees that got under way on Saturday at Press Club, Civil Lines.
The tournament is organised by Patrakar Club of Nagpur and Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN).
Top seed Kunal Raut of Maharagar made it to the semi-finals defeating Chittranjan Nagdeote of Lokmat 25-0. The Hitavada’s Nasim Sheikh beat ; Nasim Sheikh (Hitavada) bt Dharmendra Kumar of The Times of India 25-0 to make semis.
Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated by Girish Gandhi, Trustee of Vanrai Foundation.
Vishal Umalkar, Executive Director, Ankur Seeds was the guest of honour. Patrakar Club of Nagpur President Pradip Kumar Maitra, Secretary Bramhashankar Tripathi, Tournament Convenor Charudatta Kahu Sports Journalists Association of Nagpur Secretary Paritosh Pramanik shared the dais.
SJAN Treasurer Nilesh Deshpande, members Naresh Shelke, Piyush Patil, Kshitij Udar, Kishor Badge, Deep Sudhakar and others were also present on the occasion.
SJAN President Dr Ram Thakur conducted the programme and also proposed a vote of thanks.
The semi-finals and finals in singles and doubles will be played on Sunday afternoon followed by prize distribution function.
Results: Singles 1st round: Vinod Suryawanshi (Mahasagar) beat Nakul Dongre (Hitavada) 25-0, Anil Deogade (Lokmat) beat Amol Maokar (Hitavada) 9-6, Charudatta Kahu (Tarun Bharat) beat Ratnakar Meshram (Bhaskar) 16-8, Chittaranjan Nagdeote (Lokmat) beat Sushil Atram (Nagpur Post) 25-0, Girish Thakre (News Today Maha) beat Govind Kharetiya (Sahara Samay) 25-0, Sunny Bhangade (GTPL) beat Anupam Timothy (Hitavada) 26-0, Neeraj Chinchkhade (Hitavada) beat Durgaprasad Barwe (Supreme Power News) 22-0. 2nd round: Nasim Sheikh (Hitavada) bt Bhimrao Lonare (IBM) 25-0, Paritosh Pramanik (Hitavada) bt Umesh Pawar (Yashogatha) 25-0, Vijay Thakur (PTI) bt Anil Deogade (Lokmat) 27-0, Kunal Raut (Mahasagar) bt Neeraj Chinchkhade (Hitavada) 25-0, Girish Thakre (News Today Maharashtra) bt Vinod Suryawanshi (Mahasagar) 19-11, Chittaranjan Nagdeote (Lokmat) bt Charudatta Kahu (Tarun Bharat) 24-6, Dharmendra Kumar (TOI) bt Sunny Bhongade (GTPL) 25-0.
Men’s Single QF: Kunal Raut (Mahasagar) bt Chittranjan Nagdeote (Lokmat) 25-0; Vijay Thakur (PTI) bt Girish Thakre (News Today Maha) 25-8; Nasim Sheikh (Hitavada) bt Dharmendra Kumar (TOI) 25-0; Sandeep Gadge (Tarun Bharat) beat Paritosh Pramanik (Hitavada) 16-12.
Doubles quarters: Vijay Thakur (PTI)-Girish Thakre (News Today Maha) bt Charudatta Kahu-Sandeep Gadge (Tarun Bharat) 25-0; Paritosh Pramanik-Nasim Sheikh (Hitavada) bt Sunny Bhongade(GTPL)-Sushil Atram (Nagpur Post) 25-0; Bhimrao Lonare-Subhash Sharma (IBM TV9) beat Dharmandra Kumar-Chittranjan Nagdeote) 20-9.
Singles semis line-up: Kunal Raut (Mahasagar) vs Nasim Sheikh (Hitavada)
Vijay Thakur (PTI) vs Sandeep Gadge (Tarun Bharat).
