Bhavya rallies into main draw

Boys : Singles : Under 16 : First Round : 1-Harry Jindal (PB) bt. Akshay Panghal (DLI) 6-1,6-2; Ranjeet Singh (CHD) bt. Harpreet Singh Sidhu (PB) 7-6(4),3-6,6-1; Hardeep Singh Honey (PB) bt. Nazim Dawala (DLI) 6-4,7-6(5); 7-Bavneet Singh (DLI) bt. Ravjit Singh (PB) 6-0,6-1; 4-Maninder Signh (DLI) bt. Deepak Thapar (PB) 6-3,3-6,7-6(6); 6-Rishab Dev (PB) bt. Kuwar Singh Tater (ASM) 6-3,6-0; Jajbir Singh (PB) bt. Sayam Raj Sagar (DLI) 6-4,4-6,6-4; 8-Kamal Kishore Madirana (RAJ) bt. Hardeep Singh Sidhu (PB) 6-4,7-5; 5-Atul Sri Patel (UP) bt. Jagtar Singh (PB) 6-0,6-0; Dhruv Goel (DLI) bt. Sohrab Kunwar (PB) 6-1,6-1; Manoj (HAR) bt. Dalwinder Singh (PB) 6-0,6-0; 3-Hardarshan Singh Gill (RAJ) bt. Arman Banerjee (KAR) 6-1,6-1; Jagdeep Singh (PB) bt. Tejbir Singh Hara (PB) 6-0,6-1; Manish Drall (DLI) bt. Jotpal Singh (PB) 6-0,6-1; Ravinder Singh (PB) bt. Mandeep Kumar (CHD) 2-6,6-3,6-4; Nischay Rawal (CHD) bt. 2-A. Nikhit Prasad (AP) 6-0,3-6,6-2: Under 18 : First Round : 1-Navneet Kumar (UP) bt. Suraj Beniwal (HAR) 6-1,7-5; Manish Drall (DLI) bt. Jatin Mehra (DLI) 6-2,6-3; 7-Manpreet Singh Chalwa (DLI) bt. Nischay Rawal (CHD) 7-6(2),6-1; 3-Kunal Anand (DLI) bt. Hardeep Singh Honey (PB) 6-1,6-0; Harpreet Singh Saran (PB) bt. Kamal Kishore Madirana (RAJ) 2-6,7-6(4),6-4; Atul Sri Patel (UP) bt. Pradeep Kumar (UP) 6-2,6-2; 6-Ajay Yadav (CHD) bt. Jajbir Singh (PB) 6-0,6-1; 8-Jatin Dhaiya (DLI) bt. Bavneet Singh (DLI) 6-4,6-1; Hardeep Singh Sandhu (PB) bt. Ravi Kant Sahu (UP) 6-3,6-4; Gulshan Kumar (PB) bt. Bheeshmak Srivastava (UP) 6-4,6-1; 4-Maninder Singh (HAR) bt. Jspinder Singh (PB) 6-2,6-4; Rishab Dev (PB) bt. 5-Sunny Dhaiya (HAR) 7-6(2),6-3; A. Nikhit Prasad (AP) bt. Sandeep Singh (PB) 6-3,2-6,6-3; Jagdeep Singh (PB) bt. Gulshan Gupta (DLI) 6-1,6-1; 2-Ronit Bisht (DLI) bt. Harry Jindal (PB) 6-1,6-4; Hardarshan Singh (RAJ) bt. Arjun Singh (DLI) 7-6(2),3-6,6-4.

Dhariwal elected as president
In its Annual General Body meeting held on February 15,Chandigarh Bridge Association (CBA) unanimously elected HS Dhariwal as its president for a period of two years for the third term continuously. Others elected include,Jk Shrama,Col. Govinder Singh,Col. Amrik Singh,Rakesh Goyal,ML Panghotra (vice-presidents),Guriqbal Singh (general secretary),Sunanda Jain (joint secretary),TK Banerji,Wg. Cdr. Russal Lyall,Harjit Sidhu,Maj. Gen. CS Panag,SP Sharma (executive members).

During the meeting,CBA also decided to conduct North Zone Bridge Championship on March 14 and 15. Players from states like Punjab,Haryana,Himachal Pradesh,Chandigarh,Delhi and Uttranchal will take part in the championship.