JANUARY 6: Maharashtra beat Andhra 3-0 to annex the boys team title in the 27th Junior National and Inter-State carrom championships held at Vadodara, recently.Results (all finals)
Boys' team event: Maharashtra bt Andhra 3-0: (Mukesh Sharma bt M A Reddy 25-10, 25-24; Naresh Rathod bt G Ramesh 25-18, 23-25, 25-10; Sandeep Deorukhkar bt A Mallikarjuna 25-7, 0-25, 25-19).
Girls' team event: Tamil Nadu bt Hyderabad 2-1: (K Deepa lost to K Suvarna 16-25, 13-25; A Poonarasi bt K Swarupa Rani 25-11, 24-25, 25-1; R Sharmila bt S Appoorwa 25-14, 25-5).
Boys singles: E Sundara Vinayakan (TN) bt M Suman (TN) 25-22, 25-13. Doubles: N Murugan & K S Bharathi (TN) bt James Pradhan & Suresh Pradhan (Orissa) 25-0, 25-18.
Girls singles: Sharmila Ravi Varman (TN) bt Rashmi Kumari (Bihar) 25-4, 10-25, 25-24. Doubles: R Sharmila & A Poonarasi bt G Shweta & N J Bhargavi (Andhra) 25-0, 25-6.
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