Ankur Chess Championship concluded
Rourkela: The 1st Ankur open Chess Championship-2015 held at Deepika English Medium School (Junior) premises being organised by a social organisation ‘Ankur’ was concluded on Sunday evening.
While Dipansu Ranjan Swain of St. Pauls School became Champion in senior group fletching six points from total seven round match Susobhit Das and Bhakta Kishore Behera stood second and third position respectively securing 5.5 and five points respectively.
Similarly in Junior group Soumyashree Mohanty of Delhi Public School became champion securing eight points from nine rounds match, Samartha Das and Aditya Ranjan Samal stood second and third position respectively securing 7.5 and seven points.
On the prize giving ceremony NIT, Rourkela DEAN Sarat Kumar Patra, Kuarmunda Block WEO Narendra Baliar Singh and Odisha Chess Association Member GC Mohaptra had graced the occasion as Chief Guest and other distinguished guests. According to Ankur chief Susanta Das in coming days they have to plan to run a Chess Academy to train the budding stars of the steel city.
Fed Cup athletic meet: Srabani, Purnima bag gold
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s ace sprinter Srabani Nanda bagged her second gold medal in the 19th Federation Cup national senior athletics championships at Mangala Stadium in Mangaluru on Monday.
Srabani bagged the gold medal in the 200 meter race by clocking 23.67 seconds and her State mate Duttee Chand won the silver medal in the event with the timing of 24.3 seconds. MG Padmini of Karnataka received the bronze medal with a timing of 24.69 seconds. Purnima Hemram bagged the Gold medal in the heptathlon event by scoring 5462 points. liksy Joseph and Niksy Joseph both of Kerala won the silver and bronze medal by scoring 5458 and 5290 points respectively.
Odisha bagged four gold, two silver, a bronze and total of seven medals. Odisha gathered total 42.000 points and finished sixth in the meet. Earlier, Srabani bagged the gold by clocking 11.59 seconds and the silver medal claimed by Dutee Chanda with the timing of 11.86 seconds in the 100 meter event.
Pragati enter Sumit Bosh U-19 Cricket semis
Bhubaneswar: Pragati Sporting of Bhubaneswar defeated Biswabharati Cricket Club of Cuttack by 31 runs and entered the semifinal of the Sumit Bose Memorial Junior U-16 Cricket Tournament at Cuttack on Monday. Batting first, Biswajeet Mohanty smashed 88 runs and guided the Pragati Sporting team to score 194 runs in 40 overs for the loss of six wickets. In reply, Sreyas Gautam of the Pragati scalped five wickets by giving 30 runs and bundle out Biswabharati innings for 163 runs in 36.2 overs. Odisha Ranji team player Biplab Samantary gave away the man of the match award to Biswajeet Mohanty of the winning team. Swagat Das and Basu Sekhar conducted the match as umpire. In the quarterfinal match on Tuesday, Victoria Cricket Academy, Kolkatta would meet Saheed Sporting Club of Bhubaneswar.
Brief score: Pragati Sporting 194/6 in 40 overs (Biswajeet Mohanty 88, Ayush Barik 25, Subham Kumar 22; Amit Das 2/35) beat Biswabharati Cricket Club 163/10 in 36.2 overs ( Shibashis Sahoo 39, Sai Shyam Mohanty 30; Sreyas Gautam 5/30, Chiranjit Das 2/40) by 31 runs.
Ranjan replaces Vivek as CDCA secretary
Bhubaneswar: Ranjan Mohanty replaced Secretary Vivek Tibarewal and elected as new general secretary of Cuttack District Chess Association (CDCA) in the general body held on Sunday. The newly elected body will function for three years. The newly elected body will give emphasis for the grass root development of chess in the districts. AK Mukherjee (President), Ranjan Mohanty (Secretary), Santosh Prusty ( Senior Vice President), Prashant Kumar, Rajendra Kumar Sethy, N Sariff (all vice president), Satya Ranjan Pattnaik, Tapas Mohanty (both joint secretary), Surya Kant Bisoi, Nihar Ranjan Samal, Sk Mansoor Ali ( all tournament director), Frnindra Nath Mohanty (treasurer), Ajay Kumar Nayak, K K Bisoi, Jiban Ballav Samal, Sudhir Mohanty, PK Routray, Biswajit Ray, Pradip Ranjan Prusty (all Executive members), PK Mishra (chief advisor).
Footballer Narendra Jena passes away
Bhubaneswar: Retired Accountant of the Accountant General Office and football player Narendra Kumar Jena passed away on Saturday at his Nayapalli residence here. He was 69 and is survived by a son and two daughters. He had been ailing for some days. His body was taken in a procession and cremated at the Gadasahi village graveyard. Jena, who retired in 2006, contributed a lot in establishment of the Srimad Bhagavad Geeta Vidyamandir and Balunkeswar temple at Gadasahi.
Roller Skating Academy donates for Nepal victims
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Roller Skating Academy on Monday donated Rs50,500 to the Chief Minister’s relief fund for the Nepal earthquake victims. Students of the academy collected the found in an innovative away by creating awareness programme at different shopping malls of the city regarding the devastating earthquake at Kathmandu in Nepal and generated funds for the victims. This noble cause is not only for the people of Nepal but also for the entire humanity. A total of 20 students of the academy starting from the age group of four to sixteen along with their parents involve themselves by demonstrating different skill of skating and stunts. I am happy that I spend my summer vacation for a cause which gave me lot of satisfaction. The people of the city were donated generously and appreciated our work, said four year old skater Pratik Arup Jena. Chief Coach of the academy Partha Sarathi Jena, other members of academy Nutan Mohanty, Anjali Das and S Patra accompanied the players.
Hockey Gangpur enter Jr Women Div-B Hockey final
Bhubaneswar: Hockey Gangpur Odisha barged into the final of the 5th edition of the Hockey India Junior Women National Hockey Championship 2015 (Div B) being played in Rajnandgoan, Chhattisgarh on Monday. In the one sided semifinal match, Gangpur thrashed Chandigarh Olympic Association by 4-1 goals. Rinky Kujur of the winning team bagged the woman of the match award. In the final on Tuesday, Hockey Ganpur Odisha would meet Hockey Patiala. We are confident that we will win the title as our players are playing according the basics, said coach Amulya Nanda Bihari.