CHANDIGARH, JULY 27 : The 16th edition of the St. Stephen’s Carrom Ranking Tournament began here at St. Stephen’s School, Sector 45, Chandigarh. The tournament is being organised by the St. Stephen’s School under the auspices of the Chandigarh Carrom Association.
Mr. Tarsem Mangla, Registrar, Punjab & Haryana High Court was the chief guest at the inaugural function. On the first day all the ranked players moved into the next round comfortably.
Results: Boys’ sub-junior singles:
1st Round: Kanwal Bilawal Singh b Hemant Kumar 6-0, 8-0; Onkardeep Singh b Abhay Arora 4-0, 4-0; Arshdeep Sokhal b Onkar Singh 6-0; Aditya Gupta b Sarabjeet Singh 21-01; Anmol Bhatia b Richit Nanda 24-0, 8-0; Aditya Goel b Sahil Sharma 18-0; Yashwant Singh b Anant 4-3; Gurjeet Singh b Mahir Sharma 20-0; Gautam b Ishan Sharma 10-0; Shubham b Vansh Sharma 17-0; Aditya b Kartikay 18-0, 16-0; Aryan Dhaka b Shubham Nehru 19-0; Madhav Inder b Reetinder Singh 5-0; Manish b Hardik Tule 14-5, 16-7; Dhruv b Kartik 5-3; Mohit b Kuldeep 10-3; Ayush b Karan Dinesh Singh 9-0; Raghav b Kunal Bajaj 3-1.
2nd Round: Chirag C. b Navtej Singh 24-0; Yuvraj Singh b Kanwar Bilawal 7-0; Onkar Singh b Onkardeep 16-0; Pushpreet Modi b Rajveer 2-0; Arsh Deep b Ankit 18-0; Aditya Gupta b Damandeep Singh 24-0; Kunal b Dhruv 8-6; Anmol Bhatia b Simarjit Singh 9-0; Aditya Goel b Ankur Singh 18-0; Atul Yadav b Mayank Gupta 15-1; Sahil Thakur b Ankur 21-0; Rishu Sharma b Devkaran Singh 21-0; Amarjeet b Ranvir 20-0; Shubham b Gursharnvir 12-0; Aditya b Amanpreet Singh 24-0; Aryan Dhaka b Jatin Chhabra 19-0; Madhav Inder Singh b Sourabh Gupta 7-0; Manish b Manhar Sharma 20-2; Viren b Viren Bahl 8-0; Ayush Malik b Vansh Gupta 5-3; Manna Singh b Mohit 7-0
Boys’ junior singles: 2nd Round: Mohd. Talib b Rahul Goel 21-0, 21-0; Abhishek Sharma b Taranjit Singh 21-0, 21-0; Reviet Malhotra b Navtej 7-3, 3-6, 7-4; Paras Arora b Aditya Kansal 25-0, 22-0; Yishu Sharma b Jasandeep 21-1, 21-9; Kunal b Amanveer Gill 5-2, 9-0; Kamaldeep b Yash Malik 2-1, 12-0; Kartik Malik b Gourav Mahajan 18-0, 20-0; S M Muntazir b Amijot Singh 0-15; 7-4, 9-4; Sanjam Goel b Salman 18-0, 15-0; Nimitanshu b Amarjit Sharma 15-0, 19-0; Shanu Goyal b Mohd. Arib 16-6, 12-0; Viren b Satnam Singh 9-7, 4-0; Rishu Sharma b Gurpreet 25-0, 17-0; Sahil Thakur b Raghav Patiyal 21-0; Preet Kanwal b Sree Raj 25-0, 25-0; Ritesh Sood b Dhanjay 23-0, 21-0; Ashish b Ramandeep 6-1, 9-0.
Men’s singles:
1st Round: Neeraj Bharti b Rajesh Bhatia 25-0, 25-0; Paras Arora b Parampreet Singh 25-0, 25-0; Mohd. Shahnawaj b Kishore Kumar Patra 25-00, 25-00;
Girls’ sub-junior singles:
1st Round: Komal Gupta b Vanshika 23-00; Suthali Singh b Nawan Preet Kaur 15-00;
2nd Round: Nidhi Gupta b Muskan 25-00; Drishti Jain b Bhaiskha Tyagi 07-00; Komal Gupta b Sanya Mahajan 11-00; Ashu b Reetika Singh 16-00; Maryam b Suthali 15-00; Meena b Bishakha 11-04, 12-00;
Girls’ junior singles:
1st Round: Tuba b Muskan 21-00, 21-00; Vrinda Gupta b Reena 00-04, 14-08, 04-00; Sanya Chadha b Sukhmani 09-00, 08-00; Nidhi Gupta b Jyotsna 21-00, 21-00; Gurkiran b Bhumika Anand 07-04, 11-01; Priya Sharma b Sheela 21-00, 21-00.