Sepaktakraw National C'ship : State Jr and Sub-Jr boys' teams get off to flying start
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 27 2022:
Both the junior and sub-junior boys' teams of Manipur posted two successive regu event wins in the 25th Junior and 24th Sub-Junior boys National Sepaktakraw Championship at SMS Indoor Stadium, Jaipur.
In the junior boys regu event, Manipur thumped Himachal Pradesh 21-8, 21-6 in the opening match before Manipur cruised to a 21-8, 21-8 win over Gujarat in the second match.
Meanwhile, the State sub-junior boys' team eased past Jharkhand 21-8, 21-4 before demolishing Punjab 21-4, 21-2 for the second win.
Manipur are grouped together with Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh in Group D of the 28 team junior boys' competition while the sub-junior boys' team are drawn in Group B along with Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Punjab, Jharkhand and Chandigarh.
In both the tournament, top two teams from each group will qualify for the quarter finals.