Sambit inch closer to bag IS Open Chess Title
Bhubaneswar: Undefeated Sambit Panda of Bhubaneswar defeated Sneh Dave of Gujurat in the seventh round and scored seven points and retain his solo lead in the 2nd IS All India Open Chess Championship at Cuttack on Thursday. In the nine rounds tournament Sambit was gathered one point clear cut lead by the end of seventh rounds. Rajarshi Dutta, Susobhit Das, Sawyan Baran De and Priyabrata Samanta Singh are the four players jointly placed in the second place with six points each. Top seed Rajendra Kumar Sahu shared points in his sixth and seventh and scored 5.5 points and placed in the third place along with nine others.
Inter-District U-16 Tournament from Jan 10
Bhubaneswar: As many as 36 district and institutional teams will take part in the Sumit Bose Trophy Inter-District U-16 Cricket Tournament, scheduled to be held here under the auspices of Odisha Cricket Association from January 10 to 31, 2016. Out of the 36 teams, 32 will play one-day preliminary league after being divided into eight groups and the eight group toppers will then play two-day super league along with last year semifinalists Bhubaneswar-A, Cuttack-A, Cuttack-B and Kendrapara. Super league teams will be divided into four groups and the four group winners will qualify for semifinals. Both the semifinals and the final will be three-day affair. Grouping for preliminary league: Group A: Bhubaneswar-B, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Gajapati, Group B: Balasore, Angul, Nawarangpur, Nuapada, Group C: Sundargarh, Puri, Nayagarh, Kalahandi, Group D: Bargarh, Khurda, Dhenkanal, Rayagada, Group E: Koraput, Ganjam, Mayurbhanj, Sonepur, Group F: Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Paradeep, Boudh, Group G: Bhadrak, Balangir, Keonjhar, Phulbani, Group H: Jajpur, KIIT, Jagatsinghpur, Malkangiri.
VS Vidyalaya annual meet concludes
Sunabeda: The Valedictory Ceremony of the 47th Annual Sports of V S Vidyalaya, Sunabeda, was successfully organised in the school playground. Debashis Deb, General Manager, HAl, Koraput Division and Chairman, AES, graced the occasion being the chief guest. Among the four houses of the school, Dhruv House became the Champion of the session. On the whole, ten students from different classes were declared athletic champions of the session. All the winners of different events were awarded with medals. Commonwealth Karate silver medalist Payal Baral was felicitated. Deb opined, ‘Sports can drive out stress. Thus, each student should take part in the events sincerely for good health and happy life.’ The programme ended with the vote of thanks proposed by P K Mishra, vice-Principal of the school.
Arup Chatterjee, Vice-Chairman, Sabari Chatteree, Adviser, Aarohi ladies Club, Sunabeda, N C Satpathy, General Secretary, Alok kumar Mohanty, Treasurer, S N Pati, Secretary, VSV; Sushant Kumar Rath, President, HAOA; lalt Mohan Dora, President, HAMS were the other distinguished guests of the occasion.
Roller Skating Selection trial on today
Bhubaneswar: The two day selection trial for 53rd National Roller Skating Championship has been scheduled to be held from Friday at Cambridge School in Cuttack. The open trial is organised for the first time by Roller Skating Association of Odisha, to be supervise by Roller Skating Federation of India’s observers and selectors. The interested players can contact coach cum co-ordinator Nimish Sharma for the selection trail through 9778666021, informed Roller Skating Association of Odisha secretary Satyajit Mohanty.