#4: 41ST SUB-JUNIOR NATIONAL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

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#4:  41^ST SUB-JUNIOR NATIONAL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP – FAVOURITES CONTINUE GOOD PERFORMANCES

(Vishnu Ravi Shankar) Nashik, 23 November 2014: The Telengana girls remained undefeated cruising to a 41-15 victory against Bihar on the morning of Day 2. The Telengana boys however fell to the Delhi team in a closely contested contest that ended up with Delhi picking up a 79-69 victory. The West Bengal teams continued their strong run with the girls defeating Goa 38-10 and the boys defeating Jammu and Kashmir 68-24. The Assam teams also had a good outing on the morning of Day 2 with the girls picking up a 50-43 victory against Rajasthan and the boys beating Kerala 77-44.

In other matches, 2013 girls’ runners up Tamil Nadu bounced back from their loss yesterday with a 44-12 victory against the Delhi girls. Among the boys’ games in the afternoon were two blowout victories by Karnataka and Odisha. Karnataka picked up an easy 53-15 victory against Himachal Pradesh while Odisha trounced Jharkhand 81-19 in a lopsided contest. The Punjab boys’ team remained undefeated with a  64-32 victory against the Gujarat boys. Defending champions for the boys’;, Chhattisgarh, notched a second victory with a 75-50 win against Uttar Pradesh.

The results of the matches held from the beginning of the day up to 5.30 p.m. on 23 November 2014 are as follows:

Girls:

1. West Bengal (Liza Deb 9) bt Goa (Nenoshka Fernandez 4) 38-10 (15-6, 7-2, 14-2, 2-0)
2. Manipur (Premita T. 10) bt Jharkhand (Seema 6) 39-12 (15-4, 6-2, 10-2, 8-4)
3. Assam (M. Beguam 20) bt Rajasthan (Sarita 12) 50-43 (13-5, 3-19, 16-9, 9-8)
4. Telengana (Bhavana 18) bt Bihar (Muskan 6) 41-15 (14-5, 8-4, 8-4, 11-2)
5. Chandigarh (Parul Gupta 13) bt Uttarakhand (Hunar Kaur 9) 36-14 (13-3, 11-7, 8-4, 4-0)
6. Uttar Pradesh (Vaishnavi Yadav 23) bt Andhra Pradesh (P.S. Susmitha 2) 58-4 (23-3, 12-0, 15-1, 8-0)
7. Odisha (Saarswati Behera 18) bt Himachal Pradesh (Damini 12) 34-28 (14-2, 0-9, 8-9, 12-8)
8. Tamil Nadu (J. Monika 18) bt Delhi (Shristi Thakur 8) 44-12 (24-6, 10-2, 4-2, 6-2)

Boys:

9. West Bengal (Rohit Kumar Shaw 19) bt Jammu and Kashmir (Shivam Heer 12) 68-24(23-8, 10-4, 16-6, 19-6)
10. Bihar (Bhupender Bahadur 23) bt Manipur (M. Nepoleon 8) 55-32 (14-10, 12-7, 7-7, 12-8)
11. Assam (Sanjay Pal 24) bt Kerala (Abhishek J. Jaison 10) 77-44 (23-12, 8-7, 23-9, 19-16)
12. Punjab (Udatt M. 8) bt Gujarat (Vishavjeet 16) 64-32 (22-10, 12-8, 18-10, 12-4)
13. Delhi (Sanskar N. 21) bt Telengana (C. Kaplesh 21) 79-69 (19-17, 24-12, 21-20, 15-20)
14. Karnataka (Milan F. 8) bt Himachal Pradesh (Ajay Kumar 5) 53-15 (18-5, 18-3, 5-5, 12-2)
15. Chhattisgarh (Salim Ali 26) bt Uttar Pradesh (Amit Singh 14) 75-50 (16-15, 24-7, 12-19, 23-10)
16. Goa (Stalin B. 10) bt Tripura (Dikash C. Deb 22) 44-36 (13-10, 14-9, 8-2, 9-15)
17. Odisha (Suresh Das 23) bt Jharkhand (Amit Kumar Yadav 10) 81-19 (36-8, 17-3, 19-4, 9-4)

The tentative schedule for the matches to be held on 24 November 2014 is as follows:

Date: 24-11-2014 (MONDAY)

Court – 1

No	Team “A”	Vs	Team “B”	Group	Timing
49	ASSAM	VS	TELANGANA	GF	07.00 AM
50	ASSAM	VS	MANIPUR	BF	08.00 AM
51	HIMACHAL PRADESH	VS	MIZORAM	BE	09.00 AM
52	CHANDIGARH	VS	KARNATAKA	BE	10.00 AM
53	TAMIL NADU	VS	ANDHRA PRADESH	GB	11.00 AM
54	MADHYA  PRADESH	VS	UTTAR PRADESH	GB	12.00 PM
55	CHATTISGARH	VS	ODISHA	BA	01.00 PM
56	ANDHRA PRADESH	VS	JHARKHAND	BA	02.00 PM
57	CHATTISGARH	VS	KERALA	GA	03.00 PM
58	RAJASTHAN	VS	HARYANA	BB	04.00 PM
59	MAHARASHTRA	VS	PUNJAB	GA	05.00 PM
60	MADHYA PRADESH	VS	MAHARASHTRA	BB	06.00 PM

Court – 2

No	Team “A”	Vs	Team “B”	Group	Timing
61	PUNJAB	VS	TRIPURA	BC	07.00 AM
62	GOA	VS	GUJARAT	BC	08.00 AM
63	BIHAR	VS	RAJASTHAN	GF	09.00 AM
64	BIHAR	VS	KERALA	BF	10.00 AM
65	JHARKHAND	VS	WEST BENGAL	GD	11.00 AM
66	GOA	VS	MANIPUR	GD	12.00 PM
67	WEST BENGAL	VS	TELANGANA	BD	01.00 PM
68	DELHI	VS	JAMMU & KASHMIR	BD	02.00 PM
69	HIMACHAL PRADESH	VS	UTTARKHAND	GE	03.00 PM
70	CHANDIGARH	VS	ODISHA	GE	04.00 PM
71	GUJARAT	VS	JAMMU & KASHMIR	GC	05.00 PM
72	GUJARAT	VS	TRIPURA	BC	06.00 PM
73	GOA	VS	UTTARKHAND	BC	07.00 PM

About the 41^st Sub-Junior National Basketball Championship

The Sub-Junior National Basketball Championship is an annual national tournament for U-14 boys’ and girls’ teams from states across India. The Nashik District Basketball Association under the aegis of the Basketball Federation of India and IMG-Reliance are conducting the 2014 tournament on the two wooden courts at the Meenatai Thakare Indoor Stadium here in Nashik. The tournament will be conducted over a period of 7 days from the 22^nd to the 28^th of November 2014. This year’s tournament is witnessing the participation of 27 boys’ teams and 25 girls’ teams from various states of the country. The 2013 version tournament was conducted in Patna, Bihar. The Chhattisgarh teams won both the boys and the girls category last year, while the Madhya Pradesh boys and the Tamil Nadu girls finished runners-up respectively.

About the Basketball Federation of India

The Basketball Federation of India or BFI is the governing and controlling body of basketball in India, and is responsible for the development and promotion of the sport at all levels. BFI has been involved in conducting camps, clinics, events, and training sessions at its academies for the development of basketball. BFI came into being in 1935 and took complete control over Indian basketball in 1950. Prior to that time, the Indian Olympic Association handled the conduct of Indian basketball championships. Since 1950, the BFI has been conducting various such championships, from the grassroots to senior team participation in international tournaments. In addition, the BFI has been responsible for the establishment of strong sub-junior and junior level programs. The BFI has to its credit produced several international players of repute, among them 17 have been bestowed with the honor of Arjuna Award. More information atwww.indiabasketball.org

About IMG-Reliance

IMG Reliance Pvt Ltd., is an equal joint venture between Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), India’s largest and most recognized private sector company, and IMG Worldwide (IMG), the world’s leading sports marketing and management company. The joint venture company will develop market and manage sports and entertainment in India. Its current assets include India’s premier fashion event, Lakmé Fashion Week and South Asia’s only ATP World Tour event, the Aircel Chennai Open. IMG Reliance has entered agreements with the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) to create a new professional basketball league and manage all aspects of the commercial rights to the game in India and the All India Football Federation (AIFF), to improve, popularize and promote the game of football throughout India, from the grassroots to the professional level. IMG Reliance has also created a scholarship program to identify and train talented young Indians from sports including – basketball, soccer and tennis at IMG’s world-class sports training facilities at IMG Academies in Bradenton, Florida.