Manas bags Makhanlal Haldar Chess title
Bhubaneswar : Overnight leader top seed Manas Ranjan Parida of Bhubaneswar maintained his impressive performance till the end emerge champion in the 19th Makhanlal Haldar Memorial All Odisha Open Chess Tournament, which concluded at Durgabadi Samiti premises in Puri on Sunday. Parida gathered 7.5 points from eight rounds and bagged the top prize of Rs 5,000. Puri Municipality Chairperson Shantilata Pradhan gave away the trophies and cash prizes at the closing ceremony. Among others, host Puri District Chess Association president Kumar Haldhar, secretary Bimal Prasad Mohanty, and chief arbiter Debasis Panigrahi were present.
Final top 10 standing: Manas Ranjan Parida (7.5), Santosh Sinha (7), Bira Kishore Behera (7), Prakash Chandra Sahoo (6.5), Sanjay Kumar Dash (6), B Manideep (6), Sangram Dalei (6), Natabar Das (6), Umesh Prusty (6).
CDTA Tennis tourney concludes
Bhubaneswar: Cuttack District Tennis Association (CDTA) organised a two-day- long Tennis Tournament, which concluded in the newly constructed tennis complex at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday.
More than 80 players were participated in the three different age categories. Sarthak Mohanty bagged the boys category title by beating Subham (6-4). In the girls section Sweta beat Harshada (7-6)(7-4)and claimed the top prize. In the sub junior category 12 promising players were given prizes. Additional DG Satyajit Mohanty gave away the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony in presence of Sushil Santuka, Himadri Kanungo, Jaswant Das and chief coach and director of SS Tennis Academy Subhransu Charan Sarangi.