Junior National Sepaktakraw Manipur clinch team event title
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 05 2015 :
Manipur clinched the boys' and girls' team event titles of the 19th Junior National Sepaktakraw Championships, organised by Sepaktakraw Federation of India at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
In the girls' team event final, Manipur defeated Odisha 2-1 .
State girls won the first regu in the score of 21-16, 21-13, in the second regu Manipur went down fighting 21-14, 19-21, 19-21.In the third regu, Manipur overcame Odisha 15-21, 21-15, 21-16 .
In the men's team event final, Manipur beat Delhi 2-1 .
In the first regu, Manipur beat Delhi 21-19, 21-6, in the second regu Delhi claimed a 21-14, 13-21, 21-19 win against Manipur while in the third regu Manipur secured an easy 24-22, 21-10 win.
In the regu event, State eves stormed into the semi-final after defeating Uttarakhand 21-7, 21-8 in the quarter-final match.
Earlier in the league rounds, Manipur beat Haryana, Andra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
In the league round of the boys' regu event, Manipur beat Andra Pradesh 21-8, 21-15 and in another match Manipur registered a 21-8, 21-17 victory over Nagaland.