Calcutta, Oct. 18 :
Calcutta, Oct. 18:
North Calcutta Zone (NCZ) won the men's team title by defeating Central Calcutta Zone (CCZ), while South Calcutta Zone (SCZ) retained the women's crown in the 66th state table tennis championship in Haldia today.
According to information received here, NCZ boys emerged best in the junior and sub-junior sections as well. In the junior boys final, NCZ beat Siliguri.
Siliguri and Hooghly came second and third in the women's competition.
RESULTS
MEN: Final - NCZ bt CCZ 3-0 (Ranabir Das bt Ranjan Chakraborty 21-15, 21-15; Arup Basak bt Souvik Basu Roy 21-13, 24-22; Subham Chowdhury bt Indranath Bhattacharya 21-17, 21-19). JUNIOR BOYS: Final - NCZ bt Siliguri 3-0 (Amit das bt Tanmoy Dutta 21-13, 21-12; Sourav Chakraborty bt Anirban Tarafdar 21-15, 21-9; Sourav/Jayanta Chandra bt Tanmay/Anirban 21-17, 21-14). WOMEN: SCZ bt Siliguri 3-0 (Susmita Ray bt Mantu Ghosh 21-13, 19-21, 21-16; Poulami Ghatak bt Kasturi Chakraborty 21-17, 21-16; Susmita/Poulami bt Mantu /Kasturi 21-19, 21-7). SCZ bt Hooghly 3-0 (Poulami bt Madhumita Guin 21-5, 21-14; Susmita bt Anindita Chakraborty 21-18, 18-21, 21-19; Poulami/Susmita bt Anindita /Rajasree Saha 21-14, 23-21). SUB-JR BOYS: NCZ bt North 24 Parganas 3-1 (Sourav Pradhan lost to Subhadip Das 16-21, 19-21; Nilay Basak bt Amarnath Das 21-13, 21-14; Nilay/J. Sarkar bt Subhadip/Snehasish 21-18, 15-21, 24-22; Nilay bt Subhadip 21-9, 21-18). NCZ bt Hooghly 3-1 (Nilay bt Abhishek Karmakar 21-7, 21-13; Sourav lost to Chiranjib Chowdhury 13-21, 16-21; Nilay/J. Sarkar bt Chiranjib/Rana Das 21-19, 21-19; Nilay bt Chiranjib 21-10, 21-7).