Jamnabai Narsee School from Mumbai, Maharashtra made bright starts with their junior boys, senior girls and senior boys teams winning their respective group matches on the opening day of the 2nd 11even Sports Inter-School Table Tennis National Championships 2016, jointly organized by 11even Sports (ESPL) and Table Tennis Association of Baroda (TTAB), and played at Sama Indoor Sports Complex, Vadodara on Saturday.
Players of Gujarat’s Navrachna School junior boys team won their opening league match in the 2nd 11even Sports Inter-School Table Tennis National Championships 2016
In the junior boys Group ‘A’ team championship league match, Jamnabai defeated Telengana’s St. Paul’s 3-1, while their Senior outfit enjoyed a much easier time as they blanked KIIT Bhuvaneswar, Odisha 3-0 for their first win in Group ‘A’ league.
The Jamnabai girl’s senior team also won with too much of effort as they handed Kerala’s St. Joseph’s Anglo Indian School a 3-0 defeat.
In junior girls team event first round match, Gujarat’s G.M. Donda Primary School comfortably defeated SICA SS School from Madhya Pradesh by a 3-0 margin.
Later, in the junior boy’s team event, Navrachna School from Gujarat got the better of Tangjeng Ninothon Flowers School, Manipur by a 3-1 score line.
Earlier, a colourful ceremony marked the opening of the 2nd 11even Sports Inter-Schools Table Tennis National Champion 2016 at the Sama Sports Complex, Vadodara, Gujarat on Saturday morning.
Children from the participating school teams from 28 states in India took part in the march past in the presence of Dhanraj Choudhary, Secretary General, TTFI; 11even Sports, Director, Kamlesh Mehta, an 8-time men’s singles National & Arjuna Awardee; Jayben Thakkar, President, TTAB; Sandeep Pradhan, Director General, SAG; Kalpesh Thakkar, Organising Secretary; Indian national coach Massimo Costantini and other dignitaries.
The dignitaries then lit the traditional lamp followed by the oath taking ceremony. This was followed a cultural programme of traditional dances by the local people.
Results – Junior girls (1st round): Jermel’s Academy (NB) bt Gayatri Vidya Peth (Uttk) 3-1; Scholars Rosary Senior Secondary School (Har) bt Don Bosco Central School (Ker) 3-0; Nalanda Public School (Mah) bt St. Patrick’s Jr. College (UP) 3-1; Kalyani Public School, Barasat (WB) bt St. Patrick’s Matric HS (Pond) 3-0; Bharathidhasanar School (TN) Dav Chandrasekharpur (Odsh) 3-0; G.M. Donda Primary School (Guj) bt SICA SS School (MP) 3-0.
Junior boys (1st round): Jamnabai Narsee School (Mah) Maharashtra bt St. Paul’s (Tel) 3-1; Maharaja Agreshen Public School (Raj) bt Maharshi Vidya Mandir (TN) 3-0; Navrachna School (Guj) bt Tangjeng Ninothon Flowers (Man) 3-1; DAV Public School (Har) bt Apeejay Mahavir Marg (Pun) 3-0; The King’s School (Goa) bt Summer Valley School (Uttk) 3-1; Techno India Group Public School (NB) bt Advance Academy (MP) 3-1.
Senior girls (1st round): Siliguri Girls HS (WB) bt Summer Valley School (Uttk) 3-0; Nahhti Adarsh Vidya Niketan (WB) bt Rainbow International School (HP) 3-0; Jamnabai Narsee School (Mah) bt St. Joseph’s Anglo Indian (Ker) 3-0; Soha School & Jr. College (TN) bt Mushtifund HS (Goa) 3-0.
Senior boys (1st round): Jamnabai Narsee School (Mah) bt KIIT Bhuvaneswar (Odsh) 3-0; Loyala HS (Goa) bt St. Paul’s HS (MP) 3-1; Techno India Group PS (NB) bt Sri Kumaran Children Home (Ktk) 3-0; Scholars Rosary School (Har) bt Paradise English School (Man) 3-0; Rainbow International School (HP) bt The Doon School (Uttk) 3-0; Rabindra Path Bhavan (WB) bt Amalorpavam Higher Secondary School (Pon) 3-0.