Hosts SAI STC Imphal shine on first day of All India Inter SAI Sepaktakraw Tournament
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, February 18 2023:
SAI STC Imphal swept the board in the team competition held on the first day of the All India Inter SAI Sepaktakraw Tournament 2023 which got underway here at the Khuman Lampak on Saturday.
The hosts scooped all three gold medals on offer on Day One after winning the men's team event, junior women's regu event and junior women's quad event.
In the men's team event, SAI STC Imphal made a clean sweep of their matches in a round robin league to claim the title.
They started off with a dominant 3 0 win over SAI STC Dimapur and then cruised past SAI STC Bareilly 3-0 before getting the better of SAI STC Delhi by the same 3-0 margin.
SAI STC Bareilly secured the second place and SAI STC Dimapur completed the top three.
On the other hand, SAI STC Imphal upstaged SAO STC Bareilly 21-10, 21-7 to win the junior women's regu event.
Also in the junior women's quad event, SAI STC Imphal outplayed SAI STC Bareilly 21-10, 21-16 to earn the top podium honour.
The tournament which will run till February 20 has four teams SAI STC Imphal, SAI STC Dimapur, SAI STC Bareilly and SAI STC Delhi in the men's competition that has four events (men's team, men's quad, jr men's regu & jr men's quad), while SAI STC Imphal and SAI STC Bareilly are vying in women's group (women's regu, women's quad, jr women's regu & jr women's quad) .