CARROM NEWS

(Other federations are also requested to send their reports)

!0th Euro Cup: Winner Pierre Dubios and Runner

* Delhi State Championship

* Ranking Tournament in UK. Results

* Ranking Tournament in Poland. Results

* Subjunior Championship in India

* 14th SAARC Championship Results

* Open German Carrom Championship 2010

* Senior National & Inter State Championship in India

* Carrom Demonstration in Poland

* UK wins Euro Cup Trophy at Sutton

* Indian Carrom Team received by President of India

* National Championship in Pakistan

* Election of All India Carrom Federation - Office-bearers

* Czech. Republic - Carrom Cup in Praha

* Malaysia Open International Championship

* Euro Cup 2007 Results

* Masters in France

* Tournament in Qatar

* 35^th Sub-Junior National & Inter State Carrom Championshop

* Carrom activities in Sri Lanka

* Italian Carrom Championship, 4th Tournament of the season

* Tournaments in USA

* Senior & Inter-State Carrom Championship in India

* Open German Championship 2007, First round

* All India Federation Cup Tournament

* 10th SAARC Countries Carrom Championship at Colombo

* Xth Euro Cup at St. Rome de Dolan, France

(For details see below)

Delhi State Carrom Championship

Press Release

SAEED AND BHARTI ANNEX CARROM TITLE

Mohd. Saeed of Magic Mind Carrom Carrom Club has won Delhi State Carrom Championship here at Thyagaraj Sports Complex, New Delhi defeating his teammate J. Zahid in a nail biting final Match 17-23, 25-01, 21-11. Third Position Secured by Mohd. Waseem (Manzar) In women singles Bharti Narayan (LIC) has defeated Parvesh Thakur (LIC) in a one sided final Match 25-06, 25-04. Third Position secured by Meena Bhagchandani (DDA)

Other Results:

Winners Runner up Third

Boys Singles: Mohd. Danish (GC) Zain Ameen (Choice) Kamran (Friends)

Sub Jr. Boys Singles: Himanshu Gupta (Bal Bharti) Saksham Aggarwal (BB) Mudit Mahajan (BB)

Cadet Boys Singles: Vaibhav Sahni (Bal Bharti) Vedant Sachdeva (BB) Parth Jain (SPC)

Girls Singles: Abhigya Rawat (Nadeem) Abidha Rawat (Nadeem) Neha Sharan (Lords)

Sub Jr. Girls : Abhigya Rawat (Nadeem) Abidha Rawat (Nadeem) Megha Sahni (BB)

Cadet Girls Singles: Kushi Rawat (Bal Bharti) Ishika Aggarwal (BB) Manvi Naugain (FS)

Veteran Singles Men: Nawabuddin (GC) Mohd. Shamim (GC) Saleem Yusufi (MM)

Dr. S.P. Bansal, Commissioner (Planning ) Delhi Development Authority gave away the prizes to the Winners.

Shri R.K. Singh, Chairman, Shiv Naresh Sports was also present on the occasion.

V.D. Narayan

Hony. General Secretary

Delhi Carrom Association

9971859696

delhicarromvdn@gmail.com

Open German Campionship Singles & Doubles 2011
25th Anniversary of the Foundation of German Carrom Federation

(ICF- Media Commission)

Based on the Report of the G.C.F. President J. Kijanski

Berlin, September 27, 2011,

German city Darmstadt was the scene of the third Tournament of the Open German Championship for singles and Doubles Championship as well as the 25th year anniversary celebration of the German Carrom Federation on this weekend (24th &
25th September 2011). Whie the Carrom Club Darmstadt also celebrated the 25th anniversary of its foundation.

At the end of the Singles Championship Torunament, which was participated by about fifty players from all parts of Germany on Saturday, 24th September, the players assembled at the restaurant "Baobab" to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of their national federation GCF (DCV) and the local Carrom association CCD.

G.C.F. President Joerg Kijanski greeted the guests and expressed happiness over the big resonance. On this occasion Joerg Kijanski presented on behalf of the G.C.F. a certificate of '25 Years membership in G.C.F'. to the Carrom Association CCD as well as a Certificate of Honour to president of E.C.C. and I.C.F. Arif Naqvi for his special envolvement, without which Carrom could not have come so into being in Germany.
This was confirmed by loud and non stop applause of the guests.

Gunter Seibert, President CCD, gave a short account of the background of the formation of his association. After that Arif Naqvi conveyed the greetings of the
European Carrom Confederation and the International Carrom Federation. He thanked
Gunter Seibert and the Board of Management of the German Carrom Federation under
the leadership of Joerg Kijanski and Dirk Polchow for their work in promoting Carrom and wished them much success in future.
At the end the guests took part in a buffet and saw the colour slides prepared by Stefan Besser on the early years of Carrom in Germany.

During the Open German Championship Tournament for Singles, which continued the whole day, Peter Boecker had proved his supremacy winning all rounds of the tournament, held on Swiss System.
After seven rounds the position of the first five was as following:
1. Peter Boecker     14 points
2. Dirk Polchow     12 points
3. Wolfgang Peter    11 point
4. Johannes Joerg    11 points
5. Ralf Klose        10 points

In a one sided final match Peter beat Dirk by 25 : 0

At the Open German Championship - Doubles, which was held on the following day, Sunday 25th September, the final was won by Peter Boecker and Tobias Krueger, who defeated Dirk Polchow and Johannes Joerg by a clear margin of 25:07.
The third place went to Anthony Clement and Kangan Balendran. The fourth position went to Ralf Klose and Nick Humbert. While Mark-Mueller-Linow and Wolfgang Peter came on 5th place.

Peter Boecker and Tobias Krueger defeated Dirk Polchow in final with 25:0

UKCF 2ND RANKING TOURNAMENT RESULTS 2011 9TH JAN.

RANK	TEAM NAME	TOTAL RNDS	TOTAL PTS	OPP. PTS	TOTAL NET DIFF.
1	Karnal Abdin	6	12	44	96
2	Sunahar Ali	6	10	40	90
3	Nazrul Islam	6	8	50	34
4	Ish Gupta	6	8	40	7
5	Abdul Wahid	6	8	32	60
6	Abdur Rahman Khan	6	6	46	-14
7	Ala Miah	6	6	42	8
8	Murshad Khan	6	6	36	34
9	Abdul Mumit	6	6	36	-1
10	Shuab Ahmed	6	6	32	37
11	Harvey Gomes	6	6	30	-8
12	Aftab Miah	6	6	26	-1
13	Hussian Mukith	6	4	30	-35
14	Nick Lyon	6	2	32	-73
15	BYE	6	2	28	-100
16	Abdul Malik	6	0	32	-134

	UKCF ACCUMULATED POINTS AFTER 2nd RANKING TOURNAMENT 2010 to 2011

		Tournament Played	Games Played	Won	Lost	Draw	Points	Opp Points	Total net points diff
1	Karnal Abdin	2	12	11	1		22	83	169
2	Ish Gupta	2	12	9	3		18	77	80
3	Nazrul Islam	2	12	8	3	1	17	89	95
4	Abdul Wahid	2	12	8	4		16	75	52
5	Abdur Rahman Khan	2	12	7	5		14	76	-2
6	Shuab Ahmed	2	12	6	5	1	13	75	84
7	Murshad Khan	2	12	6	6		12	87	37
8	Ala Miah	2	12	6	6		12	76	18
9	Harvey Gomes	2	12	5	7		10	64	-23
10	Sunahar Ali	1	6	5	1		10	40	90
11	Hussian Mukith	2	12	4	8		8	61	-72
12	Altaf Hussain	1	6	4	2		8	39	35
13	Abdul Malik	2	12	3	9		6	59	-138
14	Nurul Islam	1	6	3	3		6	43	-12
15	Abdul Mumit	1	6	3	3		6	36	-1
16	Md Ahad Miah	1	6	3	3		6	36	-8
17	Aftab Miah	1	6	3	3		6	26	-1
18	Shahjahan Shiraj	1	6	2	4		4	40	-87
19	Shakil Rahman	1	6	2	4		4	26	18
20	Nick Lyon	2	12	1	11		2	64	-200
21	BYE	1	6	1	5		2	28	-100
22	Januo	1	6	1	5		2	24	-87

			SLAMS
	Karnal Abdin	V/S	Sunahar Ali		White Slam		2nd Ranking
	Nazrul Islam	V/S	Abdul Wahid		White Slam		2nd Ranking

Carrom Ranking Tournament in Poland

on February 12, 2011

Results

Poland 2009 Brzeg, 02-12-2011 Warszawski Klub Carrom
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1 Dsilva Cornel 14 62 170
2 Sinha Nitesh “Nick” 12 60 84
3 Nowakowski Jakub 10 60 -9
4 Chmelar Ondrej 8 64 8
5 Svitak Zdenek 8 62 2
6 Pogorzelski Sylwester “Dasilwa” 8 54 66
7 Kleminski Krzysztof 8 48 20
8 Chmelar Tomas 8 48 -18
9 Alenowicz Marek 8 46 26
10 Laskowski Jacek 8 42 23
11 Nowakowska Paulina 6 58 -2
12 Simunsky Horst 6 54 -8
13 Changrani Nitin 6 50 -30
14 Brozek Darius 6 44 -30
15 Kaminski Adam 6 40 28
16 Respondek Lukasz 6 38 -47
17 Sinha Rishi “risci” 6 36 21
18 Drzewinska Marta 4 36 -103
19 Drzewinski Michal 2 38 -89
20 Schierl Pavel 0 40 -112

WorldCup 2010 Results

Results

Men's Singles:
Winner
Yogesh Pardeshi
Second
S. Radhakrishnan
Third
Prakash Gaikwad
*
Women's Single
Winner: Ila Wazhaki
Second: Kavita Somanchi
Third: P.G. Revathy

Men's Doubles
Winner: Prakash Gaikwad & B. Radhakrishnan
Second: Yogesh Pardeshi & Zaheer Pasha
Third: Sarvan Chandrababu & Neil Khatu
Women Doubles
Winner: Ilavazhaki & P.G. Revathy
Second: Rashmi Kumari & Kavita Somanchi
Third: Aishath Fainaz & Aminath Vishama

Swiss League
Winner: Yogesh Pardeshi
Second: Ilavazhaki
Third: Prakash Gaikwad

US Open
Winner: Zaheer Pasha
Second: Yogesh Pardeshi

CARROM AROUND WORLD

14th Euro cup

10 - 14. June, 2010 in Rome, Italy

Under the auspices of the European Carrom Confederation

Host federation: Italian Carrom Federation

(detils of Euro Cup below)

UKCF RANKING AFTER 3 RANKING TOURNAMENTS
2010

1. Karnal Abdin
2. Nazrul Islam
3. Murshad Khan
4. Abdul Malik
5. Abdul Khan
6. Ish Gupta
7.Muhiuddin Ahmed
8.Ala Mia
9.Altaf Hussain
10. Abdul Mumit
11. Shomsu Miah
12. Iqbal Hussain
13. Shuab Ahmed
14. Sunahar Ali
15. Abdul Wahid
16. Abdur Rahman Khan
17. Abdul Momin
18. Abdul Ahad
19. Sharif Miah
20. Syed Jalal Ahmed
21. Anhar Ali
22. Nurul Amin
23. Abdus Shahid
24. Mukit Hussain
25. Nurul Islam
26. Shakil Ahmed
27. Tufail Malik
28. Maruf
29. Azir Uddin

INDIAN CARROM TEAM FOR INTERNATIONAL EVENTS ANNOUNCED

(Report by Kamna Yadav, Gen.Secy Faridabad Dist. Carrom Association)

Faridabad: April 25: The All India Carrom Federation announced Indian National Carrom Team for three international carrom events today. Announcing the Indian Team, General Secretary of the Federation, S.K. Sharma informed that the Indian Team has been selected for Indo-Sri Lanka Test Series to be held from 1st to 7^th May 2010 at Hyderabad and Guntur (AP) in India; 14^th SAARC Countries Carrom Championship to be held from 26^th to 28^th July 2010 at Colombo, Sri Lanka and 3^rd World Cup Carrom Tournament to be held from 27^th September to 1^st October 2010 at Richmond Virginia, U.S.A.

S.K. Sharma informed that following players have been selected by the Selection Committee after adopting the transparent selection procedure of the Federation.

MEN

Yogesh Pardeshi Current World Champion, Current National Champion, former World Cup

Winner and former SAARC Champion; Current No.2 Ranked Player

B. Radhakrishnan Former Asian Champion, Former National Champion, Current No.1 National Ranked player

Prakash Gaikwad Current ICF Cup Winner, Current No.3 National Ranked Player

Zaheer Pasha Current India No.5 Player and selected for the first time for any international event

WOMEN

I Ilavazhaki Current World Champion, former national champion, former Asian Champion and former SAARC Champion; Current No.1 National Ranked Player

Rashmi Kumari Former World Champion, current Asian Champion, former National Champion and former SAARC Champion, Current India No.5

Kavita Somanchi Silver Medalist in US Open, Bronze Medalist in Malaysian Open and SAARC Championship; Current India No.3 National Ranked Player

G. Revathy Former World Champion,
Current India No.4 National Ranked Player

S.K. Sharma informed that two new comer men players who got position in the Indian National Ranking for the first time i.e. Bijoy Rabha of Assam and Jameel Ahmed of Delhi and Current National Champion, Parimala Devi of Tamil Nadu and Sangeeta Chandorkar, who has represented India number of times could not make their position in the Indian Team.

S.K. Sharma further informed that a Coaching Camp for the selected players is being organised by the District Association and sponsored by Vidya Sanskar International Sports Academy till 29^th April 2010. Arun Deshpande, an international Coach and former national champion will impart training to the Indian players. Deshpande has also written few books and produced CDs on carrom. Deshpande is also a member of the Selection Committee of the Federation.

Member of the Selection Committee of the Federation, Zulfiqar Ali stated that the Team was selected on the basis of selection trials conducted by the Selection Committee of the Federation at Vidya Sanskar International School, Faridabad. Zulfiqar further informed that the Committee invited six men and six women players, as per selection procedure of the Federation and selected four men and four women players.

General Secretary of the Faridabad District Carrom Association, Kamna Yadav informed that the Selection Trials and the Coaching Camp for the Indian Team were organised by the District Carrom Association. Kamna further informed that the Trials and Camp were sponsored by the Vidya Sanskar International Sports Academy.

Director (Sports), Vijay Yadav informed that the Vidya Sanskar International Sports Academy will encourage all sports and hence it decided to promote a game in which Indian players are world champions. Vijay Yadav, a well known Indian Cricket Player informed that negotiations are on with the All India Carrom Federation for establishing first ever National Carrom Academy in Vidya Sanskar premises.

14th Euro Cup 10-14. June 2010 in Rome, Italy

Registered Players so far

Czech Republic

France

Germany

Italy

Netherlands

Poland

Switzerland

UK

CZECH REPUBLIC

#	NAME	PLAYER	SINGLES	DOUBLES	TEAM
1	Filip Smoljak	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2	Romana Kralova	Yes	Yes	No	No
3	Stepan Kral	Yes	No	Yes	No

FRANCE

#	NAME	PLAYER	SINGLES	DOUBLES	TEAM
1	Karim Nessakh	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
2	Emilie Neuhauser	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
3	Alfred Rajadurai	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
4	Fabian Pereira	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
5	Mouraly Venou	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
6	Radjou Venou	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
7	Kandassamy Nandakumar	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
8	Pierre Dubois	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
9	Alain Sieger	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
10	Kevin Sieger	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
11	Jonathan Leau	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
12	Jérémy Cieply	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
13	Stéphane Cano	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
14	Norbert Mothe	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
15
16
17
18
19
20

GERMANY

#	NAME	PLAYER	SINGLES	DOUBLES	TEAM
1	Arif Naqvi	No	No	No	No
2	Frank Fehr	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
3	Wolfgang Peter	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
4	Armin Schneider	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
5	Jan Geister	Yes	Yes	?	?
6	Saskia Geister	No	No	No	No
7	Peter Bocker	Yes	Yes	?	?
8	Miriam Fehr	No	No	No	No
9	Rosa Fehr	No	No	No	No
10	Steffen Eder	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
11	Dirk Polchow	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
12	Johannes Jorg	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
13	Ingo Frauenrath	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
14	Andreas Hurtig	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
15	Gunter Seibert	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
16	Bernhard Sander	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
17	Tobia Kruger	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
18	Christian Rosin	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
19	Hans Faller	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
20	Armin Steiner	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
21

ITALY

#	NAME	PLAYER	SINGLES	DOUBLES	TEAM
1	Stefano Fabiano	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
2	Claudio Motta	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
3	Paolo Martinelli	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
4	Elisa Zucchiatti	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
5	Paolo Ometto	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
6	Stefano Stucchi	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
7	Rodolfo Donnini	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
8	Vittorio Canisi	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
9	Gabriele Pellegatta	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
10	Giorgio Balicchi	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
11	Gianluca Cristiani	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
12	Francesco Pedicini	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
13	Sriyantha Weerasinghe	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
14	Patrick Philips	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
15	Ari Liyanage	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
16	Amitha Ubhayathunga	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
17	Luca Cipollone	Yes	No	Yes	No
18	Giuliano Cipollone	Yes	No	Yes	No
19
20
21

NETHERLANDS

#	NAME	PLAYER	SINGLES	DOUBLES	TEAM
1	Jelle Arts	Yes	Yes	yes	No
2	Barry Bergsma
3
4
5

POLAND

#	NAME	PLAYER	SINGLES	DOUBLES	TEAM
1	Paulina Nowakowska	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2	Jakub Nowakowski	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
3	Nick Sinha	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
4	Ravi D'Silva	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
5	Ajay Pal	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
6	Nitin Changrani	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

SWITZERLAND

#	NAME	PLAYER	SINGLES	DOUBLES	TEAM
1	Carlito Bollin	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2	Lorenzo Hurlimann	Yes	Yes	?	?
3	Kurt Scherrer	Yes	Yes	?	?
4	Riz Careem	Yes	Yes	?	?
5	Walter Buchmann	Yes	Yes	?	?
6	Mervin Kalinga	Yes	Yes	?	?
7	Carlos Fernandes	Yes	Yes	?	?
8	Viktor Baumgartner	Yes	Yes	?	?
9
10

UK

#	NAME	PLAYER	SINGLES	DOUBLES	TEAM
1	Abdul Malik	Yes	yes	?	?
2	Abdul Momin	Yes	Yes	?	?
3	Abdul Wahid	Yes	Yes	?	?
4	Ala Miah	Yes	Yes	?	?
5	Anhar Ali	Yes	Yes	?	?
6	Tufail Malik	Yes	Yes	?	?
7	Ish Gupta	Yes	Yes	?	?
8	Muhiuddin Ahmied	Yes	Yes	?	?
9	Mukith Hussain	Yes	Yes	?	?
10	Murshad Khan	Yes	Yes	?	?
11	Nazrul Islam	Yes	Yes	?	?
12	Shaheen Miah	Yes	Yes	?	?
13	Shuab Ahmed	Yes	Yes	?	?
14	Harvey Gomes	Yes	Yes	?	?
15	Karnal Abdin	Yes	Yes	?	?
16	Narul Islam	Yes	Yes	?	?
17	Abdul Khan	Yes	Yes	?	?
18	Azom Ali	No	No	No	No
19	Mohin Ali	No	No	No	No
20
21

3rd. World Cup

27th September - 1st October, 2010

Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A

Under the auspices of the International Carrom Federation

Host: U.S. Carrom Association

Open German Carrom Championship 2010

First Tournament in Berlin on 27.03. 2010

40 players took part in the Championship tournament, including 6 from the Czech Republic.

Peter Boecker ( from Dortmund) won the Final against Juergen Husmann (Hamburg) in 7 boards with

25 : 12.

After three boards Juergen was leading with 12: 8 points. from the 4th board Peter dominated clearly and finished the match in 7 boards.

Tobias Krueger of Dortmund came on 3rd place.

Mridul Gogoi 39^th Senior National & Inter State Carrom Championship

World Champion Yogesh annex Men National Champion title again

M. Parimala Devi Annexed women National Champion Title

Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain lost in pre qtr in Veteran Men Singles

Guwahati- March – 31- World Champion Yogesh Pardesh of Petroleum Sports Prormotion Board won Men Singles Title defeating defending National Champion B. Radha Krishnan of (Tamil Nadu) at 13-3, 9-6 in 4 boards each, M. Parimala Devi of Tamil Nadu won Women Singles National title defeating World Champion and defending National Champion I. Illavazhaki her team mate in sensational fight at 5-13, 8-7, 7-3 on the concluding day of the 39^th Senior National & Inter State Carrom Championship organized by Assam Carrom Association at Deshbhaa Tarun Ram Phunkan Indoor Stadium, in side the Nehru Stadium, Premises, Ulubari, Guwahati (Assam).

In Men Singles ICF Cup Winner Prakash Gaikwad of LIC secured 3^rd place followed by Vijoy Rabha of Assam at 4^th place. In Women SinglesCurrent Federation Cup WinnerKavita Somanchi of RBI secured 3^rd place followed by Sangeetha Chandorkar of RBI at 4^th Place

Prakash Kamble of Maharashtra won Men Veteran National Champion Title defeating Shamji Padaya of Maharashtra 12-6, 0-17, 9-3. Sahadat Ali of Assam got 5^th position.

V. Kongshei of Meghalaya won the Women Veteran Single National Champion Title defeating Nancy Sequeira of NABARD at 12-0, 12-0. D. Savithri Devi (Hyderabad) secured 3^rd position followed by MS Kaladevi (BSNL) at 4^th place.

In the Prize Distribution of the Championship Shri Tarun Gogoi Chief Minister of Assam distributed the Prizes to the Winners in the presence of Shri Raockybul Hussain Minister of Forest & Tourism, Government of Assam, Shri S. K. Sharma, General Secretary, All Inida Carrom Federation, Shri Pradip Kumar Hazarika, Sr. Vice-President, AICF, Genl Secy Assam Carrom Assn. and General Secretary and office bearers of AICF, Assam Carrom Association and a large number of participants, Umpires and Carrom Lovers.

Other Scores :

Men Singles (Semi Final)

B. Radhakrishnan (TN) bt. Prakash Gaikwad (LIC) 18-3, 13-0

Yogesh Pardeshi (PSPB) bt. Bijoy Rabha (Assam) 11-5, 14-0

Men Singles (Quarter Final)

Bijoy Rabha (Assam) bt. Dilesh Khedekar (IAAD) 7-6, 0-16, 5-2

Prakash Gaikwad (LIC) bt. K. Ramesh Babu (PSPB) 6-3, 7-5

Yogesh Pardeshi (PSPB) bt. Zahir Pasha (Karnataka) 14-4, 23-0

B. Radhakrishnan (TN) bt. Abdul Sagir (RBI) 12-0, 10-0

Men Singles (Pre-Quarter Final)

Bijoy Rabha (Assam) bt. Ashok Gaur (PSPB) 11-5, 4-3

Dilesh Khedekar (IAAD) bt. Madhab Saha (assam) 11-7, 11-0

Prakash Gaikwad (LIC) bt. Waseemuddin (MP) 14-5, 9-8

Yogesh Pardeshi (PSPB) bt. L. Rakesh Singh (Mani) 11-7, 20-0

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Zahir Pasha (Karnataka) bt. Lakhan Soni ((cht) 19-7, 20-3

B. Radhakrishnan (TN) bt. Sandeep Deorukhkar (PSPB) 15-1, 12-10

Abdul Sagir (RBI) bt. Nilesh Jambulkar (Vidarbha) 17-0, 9-3

K. Ramesh Babu (PSPB) bt. K. Sagyabharti (TN) 10-2, 17-6

Women Singles (Semi Final):

I. Illavazhaki (TN) bt. Kavita Somanchi (RBI) 13-0, 11-6, 12-6

M. Parimala Devi (TN) bt. Sangeetha Chandorkar (RBI) 1-9, 9-6, 8-4

Women Singles (Qtr. Final):

I. Illavazhaki (TN) bt. P. Nirmala (LIC) 13-0, 7-10, 14-5

Kavita Somanchi (RBI) bt. G. Revathy (TN) 14-4, 3-11, 8-0

M. Parimala Devi (TN) bt. Kajol Singh (Beng) 8-4, 11-3

Sangeetha Chandorkar (RBI) bt. A. Poonnarasi (TN) 0-13, 13-11, 8-7

Women Singles (Pre Qtr. Final):

I. Illavazhaki (TN) bt. Anuraju (DASCB) 10-9, 10-2

P. Nirmala (LIC) bt. Barsha Baruah (Assam)12-0, 16-0

G. Revathy (TN) bt. Sneha More (PSPB) 9-11, 19-0, 8-3

Kavita Somanchi (RBI bt.Farheen (Chd) 9-11, 8-0, 16-0

M. Parimala Devi (TN) bt.Geetha Devi (BSNL) 9-10, 13-0, 12-0

Kajol Singh (Beng) bt. D. Yuvarani (TN) 9-4, 13-0

D. Swaranalath (IAAD) bt. Minal Lele (MAH) 3-11, 12-0, 19-0

Sangeetha Chandorkar (RBI) bt. D. Swaranalatha (IAAD) 10-6, 10-3

A. Poonnarasi (TN) bt. Rshmi Kumari (BSNL) 11-7,4-5, 9-0

Veteran Men Singles (Semi-final)

Shamji Padaya (Maharashtra) bt. Vilas Zita (AI) 12-8, 5-8, 10-5

Prakash Kamble (Mha) bt. Shakeel Ahmed (UP) 3-15, 21-0, 15-0

Veteran Men Singles (Quarter Final)

Shamji Padaya (Maharashtra) bt. L. Kesho (Mani) 17-4, 3-8, 13-0

Vilas Zita (AI) bt. Lallan (bihar) 9-8, 12-1

Prakash Kamble (Mha) bt. Palansany (TN) 3-19, 19-7, 14-6

Shakeel Ahmed (UP) bt. Sahadat Ali (assam) 11-8, 2-12, 6-3

Veteran Women Singles (Semi Final)

V. Kongshei (Meghalaya) bt. MS Kala Devi (BSNL) 12-7, 15-2

Nancey Sequeria (NABARD) bt. D. Savithri Devi (Hyderabad) 0-14, 10-8, 6-5

Veteran women Singles (Quarter Final)

V. Kongshei (Meghalaya) bt. Parvathi Bhat (Karnataka) 7-0, 16-0

Kaladevi (BSNL) bt. P R Bara (Bihar) 18-2, 0-15, 6-3

Nancy Sequeria (NABARD) bt. Vasumati Jeev Ratnam (TN) 23-2, 19-0

D. Savithri Devi (Hyderabad) bt. Shipa Acharjeee (TRI) 23-0, 23-0

(Bharat Bhushan)

Chairman – Media Committee

All India Carrom Federation

A unique Tournament in Cannes

Report by

Elisa Martinelli

On Friday13th Feb 3 tournaments were held for each category: Women, Under 18 and Outsiders Men. The winner from each of these tournaments would qualify for quarter finals in the World Carrom Tour. This time only few players could be invited at short notice but the organizers told me they hoped that in future editions they would be able to extend invitations to just a few more of the top players.

All players for the pre selection participated at their own expenses. This hopefully also may change in the future if sponsors can be found. For the invited players Carrom Production took charge of the hospitality.

There were 7 men for the Outsider's event: Miah Shaheen, Nazrul Islam, Mouraly Venou, Lorenzo Hurlimann, Paolo Martinelli, Jerome and Jonatham Leau. All players played against each other. Mouraly Venou of France was the winner with 5 victories.

For Women's event there were 4 players: Emilie Neuhauser , Florence Roumegous, Elisa Zucchiatti and Silvy Dumas. Elisa was the winner with 3 victories.

In the Under 18 category there were 4 players all from France: Rajou Mouraly, Tom Colomby, Kevin Sieger and Vincent Carcagno. Rajou was the winner.

These tournaments took place during the International Festival de Jeux in the Carrom Art stand and many members of the public were able to watch and also practice on carrom boards nearby. The winners of each tournament were interviewed briefly.

The following 8 players therefore took part in the WCT: Karnal Abdin (UK) Head of series, Pierre Dubois (France ) Head of series, Carlito Bollin (Switzerland) Peter Bocker (Germany), Gianluca Cristiani (Italy) Mouraly Venou (France), Elisa Zucchiatti (Italy) and Rajou Venou (France). On Saturday 14^th February the WCT Quarter finals took place. A draw was held and the following matches were played and filmed one at a time. Claudio Motta was chief referee and Stefano Fabiano 2^nd referee. The matches were played on basis of best of 3 games, 25 points or 8 boards, no time limit.

Matches and results:

1^st session Pierre vs Elisa 25-0, 25-0

2^nd session Mouraly vs Rajou 25-4 , 19-17

3^rd session Peter vs Carlito 25-4, 25-2

4^th session Karnal vs Gianluca 25-2, 25-0

The semi finals and final were played on Sunday 15^th February

1^st semi final: Pierre vs Mouraly 25-10, 25,2

Pierre scored a black slam in the 1st board of the 2^nd game

2^nd semi final Karnal vs Peter 22-8, 18-10

The small final was played in the Carrom Art stand and was not filmed but many people were able to watch

Peter vs Mouraly 25-13, 18-10

Final Pierre vs Karnal 11-10, 22,21

The final between Karnal and Pierre was very exciting. In game 1 board 7 Karnal was leading 11-5 and Pierre only just missed a victory the game ending 11-10. In the second game once more Pierre seemed close to winning leading 21-17 on the 7^th board but lost in the 8^th board by 22-21. The final, like all the other games was played in one of the auditoriums of the Palais des Festivals and was filmed with top equipment and professional crew. 4 cameras were used to capture every moment in HD and flat screens were supplied for the public. All in all it was a very serious and well organized effort and I feel sure the results will be excellent on TV. A small prize giving ceremony was held and trophies given to Karnal, Pierre and Peter as well as bronze medals for other participants. All players were interviewed.

I sincerely hope that all the effort put in this production will prove worthwhile and allow this venture to continue in the future. I wish to thank all the organizers for their splendid work and I feel confident that this will be of great use in promoting carrom world wide. All the players and other participants also contributed greatly to the friendly and fun atmosphere and especially the sense of optimism which in these hard times is a very welcome breath of fresh air not only in the carrom community!

Don't forget to take note of broadcasting times and tell as many people as possible.

38th Sub-Junior National & Inter State
Carrom Championship

Akola – October 23, 2010- Kajal Kumari of Bihar Second time in his
career annex the sub junior girls singles national champion title in a
row after defeating her teammate Archana V. by 28-2, 21-0 in girls
single event for 38th Sub Junior National and inter state Carrom
championship 2010 concluded here at Prabhat Day Boarding School,
Washim Road, Akola (Maharashtra). In Boys cadre Mohd. Talib of
Chandigarh made his victory over sub junior boys national championship
title by defeating Abhishek Bharti of Maharashtra by 21-11, 21-7.
Abhishek Bharti of Mah. & India Rank no. 6 Mohd. Talib of Chandigarh
entered into boys single final. In the first semi finals Abhishek
Bharti of Maharashtra had neck to neck fight Deep Thakur of Bengal in
both the games with ended by 10-8, 15-13 both completed in six boards.
In the second semi finals Mohd. Talib of Chandigarh had faced three
games struggles against Vishal Gupta of UP by 9-15, 15-6, 20-12.
Kajal Kumari (India rank 3rd )of Bihar and Archana V. of Bihar entered
into girls singles final. In the first semi final Archana V. of Bihar
defeated Tuba of Chandigarh in tough contested match at 14-20, 14-9,
9-7. In the second semi final Kajal Kumari (India rank 3rd )of Bihar
defeated her team mate Rinki (India Rank 7th) by 20-6, 19-10.
Chief Referee of Championship Shri Sanjay Nadkarni had announced
results of the championship Shri J.V. Sangam, Technical Director of
the championship announced all Indian Ranking for the year 2010 of Boy
and Girls.
Boys Singles-
1) Mohd. Talib of Chandigarh
2) Abhishek Bharti of Maharashtra
3) Vishal Gupta of UP
4) Deep Thakur of Bengal
5) Sonu Choudhary of Assam
6) Yash Birwadkar of Maharashtra
7) Deepak Choudhary of Bengal
8) Taha Tanveer of UP
Girls Singles –
1) Kajal Kumari of Bihar
2) Archana V. of Bihar
3) Tuba of Chandigarh
4) Rinki of Bihar
5) Bibha Kumari of Bihar
6) S. Binita of Manipur
7) Bani Das of Bengal
8) Shikha of UP
Shri K.V.S.S.S. Murthy,Technical Delegate of the championship
announced all Indian Ranking for the year 2010 of Cadet Boy and Cadet
Girls.
Cadet Boys Singles-
1) Deep Joshi of Maharashtra
2) K.S.D.Kumar of Andhra
3) T. Wamsi of Andhra
4) Dinesh Kumar of Tamil Nadu
5) Shabuddin of Assam
6) Nayan Wankhade of Vidharbha
7) S. Bonikapoor of Manipur
8) S. Mahapatra of Maharashtra
Cadet Girls Single-
1) Nisha of Bihar
2) Pooja of Bihar
3) Dharshani of Tamil Nadu
4) M. Shweta of Tamil Nadu5) Radhika Joshi of Maharashtra
6) Amulya of Andhra Pradesh
7) Neha Patel of Maharashtra
Shri S. Madan Raj, Chairman of Umpires committee AICF announced the
results of All India Umpire Examination held during the course of
Championship Success full candidates are –
1)    Sajida Khadar of Andhara
2)    Sultan Moideen of T.N.
3)    Mridul Talukdar of Assam
4)    Md. Moinul Haque of Assam
5)    D. Vardharajan of T.N.
6)    Jaimani Naidu of Vidharbha
7)    Panakj Kumar Singh of Bihar

Results are as follows
Play Off Matches for 7th and 8th Position – Boys Single
Deepak Choudhari of Bengal bt Taha Tanveer of UP by 6-12, 11-1, 21-0
Play Off Matches for 5th and 6th Position – Boys Single
Sonu Choudhari of Assam bt Yash Birwadkar of Mah. By 19-3,
Play Off Matches for 3rd and 4th Position – Boys Single
Vishal Gupta of UP bt Abhishek Bharti of Maharashtra by 10-11, 14-11, 21-0

Play Off Matches for 7th and 8th Position – Girls Single
Bani Das of Bengal bt Shikha Singh of UP by 17-0, 19-0
Play Off Matches for 5th and 6th Position – Girls Single
Bibha Kumari of Bihar bt S. Binita of Manipur By 20-9, 0-21, 6-5
Play Off Matches for 3rd and 4th Position – Girls Single
Tuba of Chandigarh bt Rinki of Bihar by 10-12, 13-8, 21-0

INDIA CLAIMS SEVEN GOLD MEDALS IN SAARC CARROM CHAMPIONSHIP

COLOMBO: 31 JULY: Indian carrom players claimed seven Gold Medals, two Silver Medals and one Bronze Medal in the 14^th SAARC Countries Carrom Championship concluded at Hotel Galadari, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Five countries i.e. India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Maldives and Bangladesh participated in three days championship. Nepal could not make it at the last minute. Three men and three women players from each country participated in seven different events of the SAARC Championship.

Yogesh Pardeshi of India, who is also the current World Champion, annexed Men Singles title defeating B. Radhakrishnan of India in straight games 25-16, 25-3. Prakash Gaikwad of India secured third position defeating Sherifddin of Sri Lanka easily 25-5, 25-4. In the semi-finals, Radhakrishnan overcame Prakash Gaikwad 25-23, 25-10 while Yogesh prevailed over Sherifddin 25-6, 25-2. Defending champion, Hidayat Ansari of India could not make it to the Indian team.

Current Women World Champion & defending champion, I. Ilavazhaki claimed Women Singles title defeating Kavita Somanchi of India in a well contested match 25-24, 25-11. Roshita Joseph of Sri Lanka secured third position defeating Aisath Fainaz of Maldives 25-19, 25-00. Both Indian players overpowered their opponents very easily in the Semi-finals. Kavita beat Fainaz 25-4, 25-0 and Ilavazhaki beat Rosita 25-1, 25-0.

In Men Doubles event, defending champion pair from India, Yogesh Pardeshi & B. Radhakrishnan defeated their traditional rivals from Sri Lanka, Chamil Cooray and Nishant Fernando 25-11, 25-14. Third position was claimed by Bangladesh pair of Mohd Ali & Hafizur Rahman defeating Maldives pair of Neesham and Hamid 25-24, 9-25, 25-24. Indian pair of I. Ilavazhaki and Rashmi Kumari, who was defending champion, won Women Doubles title when they defeated Sri Lankan pair of Roshita and Chalani 25-5, 25-4. Aishath Fainaz & Vishama of Maldives secured third position.

Indian pair of Prakash Gaikwad & Kavita Somanchi claimed Gold Medal in Mixed Doubles event defeating Sri Lankan pair of Sherifddin & Madushika 25-13, 25-7. Maldives pair of Mohd. Shafee & Aminath Nima won Bronze Medal defeating K.G.H. Kabir & Farzana Akhtar of Bangladesh 9-25, 25-23, 25-21.

India won both Men and Women Team events. Bangladesh surprised Sri Lanka to win the Silver Medal in the Men Team event. Sri Lanka and Maldives claimed Silver and Bronze Medals respectively in the Women team event. Prakash Gaikwad scored six Slams while Yogesh Pardeshi scored five Slams in the Championship.

The 14^th SAARC Championship was inaugurated by C.B. Rattanaike, Sports Minister of Sri Lanka in a colourful function. He played the first knock of the Championship as well. The prizes were given away by Secretary (Sports), Government of Sri Lanka; First Secretary, Indian High Commission, R.M. Srivastava; Member of Parliament of Bangladesh, Zunaid Ahmed Palak; Secretary General, International Carrom Federation, S.K. Sharma and President, Asian Carrom Confederation, Zahir Naseer. Dr. Zahir Naseer presented cash awards to all players who scored slams and the best player from each country.

Indian Team was congratulated by Indian cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, M.S. Dhoni, Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid who were present in Colombo for the Indo-Sri Lanka Cricket Test Series.

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S.K. Sharma

Open German Carrom Championship 2010

First Tournament in Berlin on 27.03. 2010

40 players took part in the Championship tournament, including 6 from the Czech Republic.

Peter Boecker ( from Dortmund) won the Final against Juergen Husmann (Hamburg) in 7 boards with

25 : 12.

After three boards Juergen was leading with 12: 8 points. from the 4th board Peter dominated clearly and finished the match in 7 boards.

Tobias Krueger of Dortmund came on 3rd place.

Mridul Gogoi 39^th Senior National & Inter State Carrom Championship

World Champion Yogesh annex Men National Champion title again

M. Parimala Devi Annexed women National Champion Title

Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain lost in pre qtr in Veteran Men Singles

Prakash Kamble of Maharashtra won Men Veteran National Champion Title defeating Shamji Padaya of Maharashtra 12-6, 0-17, 9-3. Sahadat Ali of Assam got 5^th position.

Other Scores :

Men Singles (Semi Final)

B. Radhakrishnan (TN) bt. Prakash Gaikwad (LIC) 18-3, 13-0

Yogesh Pardeshi (PSPB) bt. Bijoy Rabha (Assam) 11-5, 14-0

Men Singles (Quarter Final)

Bijoy Rabha (Assam) bt. Dilesh Khedekar (IAAD) 7-6, 0-16, 5-2

Prakash Gaikwad (LIC) bt. K. Ramesh Babu (PSPB) 6-3, 7-5

Yogesh Pardeshi (PSPB) bt. Zahir Pasha (Karnataka) 14-4, 23-0

B. Radhakrishnan (TN) bt. Abdul Sagir (RBI) 12-0, 10-0

Men Singles (Pre-Quarter Final)

Bijoy Rabha (Assam) bt. Ashok Gaur (PSPB) 11-5, 4-3

Dilesh Khedekar (IAAD) bt. Madhab Saha (assam) 11-7, 11-0

Prakash Gaikwad (LIC) bt. Waseemuddin (MP) 14-5, 9-8

Yogesh Pardeshi (PSPB) bt. L. Rakesh Singh (Mani) 11-7, 20-0

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Zahir Pasha (Karnataka) bt. Lakhan Soni ((cht) 19-7, 20-3

B. Radhakrishnan (TN) bt. Sandeep Deorukhkar (PSPB) 15-1, 12-10

Abdul Sagir (RBI) bt. Nilesh Jambulkar (Vidarbha) 17-0, 9-3

K. Ramesh Babu (PSPB) bt. K. Sagyabharti (TN) 10-2, 17-6

Women Singles (Semi Final):

I. Illavazhaki (TN) bt. Kavita Somanchi (RBI) 13-0, 11-6, 12-6

M. Parimala Devi (TN) bt. Sangeetha Chandorkar (RBI) 1-9, 9-6, 8-4

Women Singles (Qtr. Final):

I. Illavazhaki (TN) bt. P. Nirmala (LIC) 13-0, 7-10, 14-5

Kavita Somanchi (RBI) bt. G. Revathy (TN) 14-4, 3-11, 8-0

M. Parimala Devi (TN) bt. Kajol Singh (Beng) 8-4, 11-3

Sangeetha Chandorkar (RBI) bt. A. Poonnarasi (TN) 0-13, 13-11, 8-7

Women Singles (Pre Qtr. Final):

I. Illavazhaki (TN) bt. Anuraju (DASCB) 10-9, 10-2

P. Nirmala (LIC) bt. Barsha Baruah (Assam)12-0, 16-0

G. Revathy (TN) bt. Sneha More (PSPB) 9-11, 19-0, 8-3

Kavita Somanchi (RBI bt.Farheen (Chd) 9-11, 8-0, 16-0

M. Parimala Devi (TN) bt.Geetha Devi (BSNL) 9-10, 13-0, 12-0

Kajol Singh (Beng) bt. D. Yuvarani (TN) 9-4, 13-0

D. Swaranalath (IAAD) bt. Minal Lele (MAH) 3-11, 12-0, 19-0

Sangeetha Chandorkar (RBI) bt. D. Swaranalatha (IAAD) 10-6, 10-3

A. Poonnarasi (TN) bt. Rshmi Kumari (BSNL) 11-7,4-5, 9-0

Veteran Men Singles (Semi-final)

Shamji Padaya (Maharashtra) bt. Vilas Zita (AI) 12-8, 5-8, 10-5

Prakash Kamble (Mha) bt. Shakeel Ahmed (UP) 3-15, 21-0, 15-0

Veteran Men Singles (Quarter Final)

Shamji Padaya (Maharashtra) bt. L. Kesho (Mani) 17-4, 3-8, 13-0

Vilas Zita (AI) bt. Lallan (bihar) 9-8, 12-1

Prakash Kamble (Mha) bt. Palansany (TN) 3-19, 19-7, 14-6

Shakeel Ahmed (UP) bt. Sahadat Ali (assam) 11-8, 2-12, 6-3

Veteran Women Singles (Semi Final)

V. Kongshei (Meghalaya) bt. MS Kala Devi (BSNL) 12-7, 15-2

Nancey Sequeria (NABARD) bt. D. Savithri Devi (Hyderabad) 0-14, 10-8, 6-5

Veteran women Singles (Quarter Final)

V. Kongshei (Meghalaya) bt. Parvathi Bhat (Karnataka) 7-0, 16-0

Kaladevi (BSNL) bt. P R Bara (Bihar) 18-2, 0-15, 6-3

Nancy Sequeria (NABARD) bt. Vasumati Jeev Ratnam (TN) 23-2, 19-0

D. Savithri Devi (Hyderabad) bt. Shipa Acharjeee (TRI) 23-0, 23-0

(Bharat Bhushan)

Chairman – Media Committee

All India Carrom Federation

Carrom Demonstration in Poland

Our Carrom demonstration was very nice. The weather was wonderful so there was no problem of playing carrom outdoor.We started at 1 pm and there was no brake up to 8 pm. A lot of people came and try to play but unfortunately it is not a very simple game. We were at kids zone and there was a little too much kids under 10 years old but they also try to play and were delighted when some coins drop to the holes. Around 10 Indian people came and we played carrom together. Maybe some of them join our carrom group playing in Warsaw. The quantity of our webside visitors has risen after the demonstration. We will send you some photo afterwards.
Best regards,
Paulina

UK wins Euro Cup Trophy at Sutton

12th Euro Cup 2008, Sutton, U.K.

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