Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 18:
Chandel district junior girls prevented Imphal West district shuttlers from making a clean sweep of the 23rd Inter-District Badminton Championship 2005 which concluded at Indoor Stadium, Imphal yesterday.
The only title missed by the Imphal West district team went to Chandel duo of HT Unishakring and Silvia defeating their Bishnupur district rivals with a score margin of 2-0.Unishakring clinched the first singles of the team competition in junior girls category by shutting out O Bembem 11-4, 11-5 and latter combined with Silvia to record 15-6, 15-4 win margin over Bembem-O Britand pair in the doubles.
Imphal West, on the other hand wrested the championship title with victories in the junior boys, senior men and women and veterans team events.
In junior boys final, the champion district were jolted when L Momo went down to L Rinky Singh of Imphal East 5-15, 10-15 in the first singles but the loss was compensated when Momo teamed up with H Kishan to beat Rinky-Y Ashok combination 15-9, 15-6 in the doubles followed by Kishan�s 15-0, 15-1 win over Ashok in the second singles to take the team crown at 2-1.Imphal West women�s team trio of K Surjubala, A Rekha and Pishakmacha fetched the district�s second title of the championship recording 2-0 victory over T Bina and Miranda of Imphal East.
The veteran men�s title came through A Suniti Kumar, Raghumani and N Lokendro who defeated Imphal East trio of Ch Premanda Roy, N Biren and S Jatra 2-1.In the all Imphal West men�s team final, W Amusana, L Rinky, Robensana, RK Taponkumar ended on the winning side with A Suniti Kumar, L Nandakumar and Sh Momon Sharma having to be satisfied as the second best team despite their fighting performance.
The former team won 3-2 in the three singles and two doubles competitions.
The following are the results of the opening day�s matches in the 4th Promotional Badminton Championships which started at MBA Indoor Stadium today.
Mini Boys singles: Th Bisworjit (UBC) beat H Yaiphaba 15-17, 15-8, 15-9; Ch Tony (UBC) beat H Thoithoi (ESU) 15-7, 15-3; M Surchand (TDBA) beat Elvis (UBC) 15-1, 15-2; Jamesh (UBC) beat L Ajoy (BDBA) 15-2, 15-2; L Sashikumar (TDBA) beat RK Devjit (Esu) 15-9, 15-11; TD Michael (UBC) beat RK Yaisana (esu) 15-8, 15-6; L Pakasana (UBC) beat H Punshiba 15-6, 15-13.Veteran doubles (45+): W Niranjoy/H Yaima (UBC) beat B Shantikumar/RK Tombisana (esu) 17-15, 15-10.