East Singhbhum paddlers shine in state trials

Paddlers from East Singhbhum put up a formidable present on the three-day state desk tennis choice trials which concluded at JSCA International Stadium in Ranchi on Sunday.

East Singhbhum’s Archita Dey topped the cadet women’ (under-12) and sub-junior (under-15) classes by edging out district-mate Aadya Chouhan and Dhanbad’s Anjali Kumari. Soumil Mahato proved his mettle within the cadet boys’ part by tripping Jamshedpur-mate Arunabh Saha.

Pratik Agarwal of Hazaribagh claimed the highest slot within the sub-junior boys class by prevailing over Nitin Kumar Mehta of Garhwa.

East Singhbhum gamers continued with their dominance within the trials for junior women and boys (under-18) part because of Saniya Bannerjee and Karan Raj who beat Suhani Sharma (Ranchi) and Dinesh Selvam (additionally from Ranchi), respectively.

Suhani, nonetheless, compensated her loss within the junior part by topping the youth class with a fluent win in opposition to Hemlata Sinku of Dhanbad. East Singhbhum’s Mrinmaya Pradhan excelled within the competitors for boys by outsmarting his Hazaribagh rival Kumar Shresth.

Monisha Mukherjee outclassed East Singhbhum’s Chandni Kumar to prime the senior ladies’s class, whereas Shivaji Roy of West Singhbhum received the honours within the males’s part by placing it throughout Ranchi paddler Somir Chakraborty.

Expressing happiness, East Singhbhum District Table Tennis Association secretary U.K. Chatterjee mentioned they had been assured in regards to the efficiency of the paddlers.

“Keeping their performance in mind, our players are all set to find berths in the national championship for different age groups. Though they (players) were out of action for a long time due to the pandemic, they excelled during the trials in Ranchi,” Chatterjee added.