New Delhi: Reigning national champions Bhatnagar International School (Vasant Kunj) yet again proved their superiority as they beat Manav Sthali (R-Block) 3-0 to enter the Senior Boys team finals in the DSTTA organized 11Even Sports Inter-school Table Tennis Championships at the Hansraj Model School at Punjab Bagh here today.
In the final to be played tomorrow, BIS will take on Bal Bharti Public School (Pitam Pura), who handed out Amity International School (Mayur Vihar), a similar verdict.
In the senior girls team finals, the title-clash will be between Hansraj Model School (Punjabi Bagh) and Manav Sthali (R-Block). The school which is hosting the event defeated BIS (Vasant Kunj) 3-2 in a thrilling semifinal, while Manav Sthali accounted for another branch of BIS from Paschim Vihar 3-1.
The entry of BIS into the final was a foregone conclusion, thanks to paddlers like Payas Jain and Yashansh Malik, the backbone of the team. In fact, in the national final last year at Vadodara, they taught a few lessons in table tennis to school teams from the rest of the country. The two are a regular feature Team India scheme that it is well within their reach to see their school team through in the final tomorrow. The Bal Bharti boys will have to play out of their skin to beat them for title.
In singles events, introduced for the first time, Tejas Narang of Hansraj Model School, Prabhneet Singh of St Marks School, Samrath Singh of Vishwa Bharti School and Parth Yadav, also of Hansraj Model School entered the semifinals in the Junior Boys section.
In the Junior Girls singles, Manika Kesar of Modern School, Yashika Sharma of Hansraj Model, Archa Jain of Appejay School and Kashvi Gupta of Hansraj Model School booked their semifinal berths.
Finals in both the team events as well as singles in all categories will take place tomorrow.
Results (Team Championships):
Senior Boys (Semifinals): Bhatnagar International School (Vasant Kunj) bt Manav Sthali (R-Block) 3-0, Bal Bharti Public School (Pitam Pura) bt Amity International School (Mayur Vihar) 3-0; Quarterfinals: BIS bt GHPS (Fateh Nagar) 3-0, ManavSthali bt Indraprastha (Paschim Vihar) 3-2, Amity International bt GHPS (Nanak Pura) 3-0, Bal Bharti Public School bt DPS (Mathura Road) 3-1.
Senior Girls (Semifinals): Hansraj Model School (Punjabi Bagh) bt Bhatnagar International School (Vasant Kunj) 3-2, Manav Sthali (R-Block) bt Bhatnagar International School (Paschim Vihar) 3-1.
Junior Boys (Semifinals): Hansraj Model School bt Bal Bharti Public School (Pitam Pura) 3-0, Bhatnagar International School (Paschim Vihar) bty Manav Sthali (Junior Branch) 3-1.
Junior Girls (Semifinals): Hansraj Model School bt Bal Bharti Public School (Ganga Ram) 3-0, Modern School (BK Road) bt Bhatnagar International (Paschim Vihar) 3-1.
Junior Boys Singles (Quarterfinals): Tejas Narang (HRMS) bt Vansh Jain (BIS) 3-0, Prabhneet Singh (St Marks) bt Shourya Vaish (DPS) 3-0, Samrath Singh (Vishwa Bharti) bt Veerman Singh (BIS) 3-2, Parth Yadav (HRMS) bt Ashish Jain (Apeejay) 3-1.
Junior Girls Singles (Quarterfinals): Manika Kesar (Modern) bt Saima Arora (BIS) 3-0, Yashika Sharma (HRMS) bt Vanshika Mudgal (BBPS) 3-1, Archa Jain (Appejay) bt Ayesha Aggarwal (BIS) 3-0, Kashvi Gupta (HRMS) bt Niharika (BBPS) 3-0.
