VDWR won men’s and MCI claimed women’s championship in 11 Corporate TT

Malay became singles champion and Anjula Barupal won the women title

Vadodara Division Western Railway (VDWR) Men’s Team became Champion in their category while Medical Council of India (MCI) claimed Women’s Team Championship in the recently held 11 Sports Corporate Table Tennis tournament. Malay from BSNL became Men’s Singles Champion andWomen’s Singles crown went to Anjula Barupal of The New India Assurance Ltd.

Organised by Table Tennis Association of Baroda (TTAB) the championship concludes on 24th with a two minutes silence to give tribute for the martyrdom of our great soldiers. The Corporate event is organised second time in the city for two days on 23rd – 24th February 2019.

This year again Vadodara Division Western Railway (VDWR) men’s team has defeated Central GST & Excise (CGST) with the set score 3-1. CGST got sad back when the second match lost by Rishi Sharma after leading first two games and in third game he was 10-9 up with service benefit, but unable to encase the advantage and lost third game with 10-12 score and trailing games also lost against Subhadip Roy of W.Rly. with 6-11 and 11-13 games scores.

Even in the deciding game, Rishi lost at 11-13 and thus the hope of winning crown of CGST was little bit loose in the men’s team championship event. And then after third and forth matches CGST lost against VDWR with the set score 1-3.

In women’s team championship title won by Medical Council of India (MCI) with the excellent performance.

However, Central Excise and Central GST stood first in medal telly points with two Gold, three silver and one Bronze medal.

In Men’s Singles Malay Parikh (BSNL) beat Satish Patel (RIL) 21-19, 11-7, 14-12 and in Women’s Singles Anjula Barupal (NIA) beat Pallavi Mahadik (MGVCL) 11-6, 9-11, 11-5, 11-3. In Men’s Doubles Bhinnang Kothari & Rishi Sharma (CGST) beat Brijesh Narigara & Subhadip Roy (VDWR) 9-11, 7-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-5 while in Women’s Doubles Dr. Kinnari Patel & Dr. Mayaben Patel (MCI) bt Pallavi Mahadik & Rita Gamit (MGVCL) 11-7, 11-4, 6-11, 11-9. In Mixed Doubles Bhinnang Kothari & Elizabeth (CGST) Beat Rishi Sharma & Neeru Kodnani (CGST) 7-11,11-9,11-8,7-11,11-6 to won the crown.

PRASHANT RAUT, General Manager, IT, IOCL and Vice President Officers Club IOCL was the Chief Guest during the prize distribution function. Guest of honours were Jayaben Thakkar, President-TTAB, Kalpesh Thakkar, Hon. Secretary-TTAB and Jityang Bhatt, Hon. Treasurer-TTAB.