Chandigarh’s Sumit bags North India Open snooker crown
LUCKNOW : Chandigarh’s Sumit Talwar proved his supremacy in style, defeating sparring partner Rajat Khaneja 4-3 to win the North India Open Snooker Tournament, at the Green Baize Academy here. After winning the first frame by 60-14, Sumit loost the second one by 24-070 with Rajat notchin up a break of 52 (1-all). Showing a great spirit of comeback, Sumit then had the third one by 75-37 before losing the fourth one by 6-75. The dingdong battled continued even after that and Rajat had the fifth frame also at 63-39, but thereafter, Sumit in the last two frames turned out to be a different man. He won the sixth one by 73-51 to draw the parity, and then smashed a break of 73 to claim the final frame by 80-0. Earlier in the semi-finals, Sumit defeated Akshay Kumar 4-2, whereas Rajat beat Vinayak Agarwal 4-2.
CHESS TEAM
Lucknow District Chess Sports Association on Monday announced its team for the Under-13 Boys And Girls State Chess Championship to be held at Agra from June 2 to 4.
The team members include, Medhansh Saxena, Harshit Amarnani, Dhairyesh Druv, Tanishq Gupta, Vasundhara, Himmika Amarnani, Prisha Garg, Harshita Srivastav, Maitreyi Gupta. A two-day conditioning camp of the team begins on Tuesday here in Indira Nagar.
ELECTED
Chief sports officer of the UP Power Corporation Sanjeev Kapoor has been unanimously elected as senior vice-president of the All India Electricity Sports Control Board. Kapoor is former state table tennis player.