Mumbai wins carrom title
HYDERABAD: Mumbai won the men’s team carrom championship title with a 2-1 win over Hyderabad in the final of the 26th all-India Reserve Bank of India sports meet here on Wednesday.
The results: carrom: Team championship: Men: Final: Mumbai bt Hyderabad 2-1 (A.J. Salve bt V.S.K. Naidu 25-23, 19-21, 25-2; A.J. Salvi bt Y. Balsunder 9-23, 18-15, 22-1; Vinod Gajarmal lost to S. Raghunath 20-22, 7-20). Semifinals: Hyderabad bt Nagpur 2-1 (Naidu bt A.S. Rambahad 25-7, 5-12, 24-11; Raghunath bt H.S. Hedaoo 23-8, 25-6; Balsunder lost to Abdul Sagir 25-13, 25-10). Mumbai bt Bangalore 2-1 (Gajarmal bt P. Narayana 24-6, 23-4; H.K. Umesh lost to G. Shiva 19-21, 6-25; Salve bt N. Venkataramana 19-7, 25-3).
Women: Final: Bangalore bt Mumbai 3-0 (Malathi Ramesh bt Supriya Harsha 22-12, 25-0; Kavitha Somanchi bt Varsha Pandit 25-0, 25-0; V. Latha bt K. Shyamala 25-16, 25-22). Semifinals: Bangalore bt Kolkata 3-0 (Kavitha bt Kalyani Chakravarthy 25-0, 25-1; Latha bt Seema Dutta 25-8, 25-5; Malathi bt Kajal Bhattacharya 24-13, 21-13). Mumbai bt Chennai 3-0 (Shyamala bt S. Rajalaxmi 25-11, 25-0; Supriya bt Kannaki 18-10, 25-6; Sangeetha Chandurkar bt R. Sareetha 25-9, 25-5).
Source:http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/18/stories/2008121854961800.htm