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WorldCup 2010 Announcement

INDIA CLAIMS SEVEN GOLD MEDALS IN SAARC CARROMCHAMPIONSHIP

COLOMBO: 31 JULY: Indian carrom players claimed seven Gold Medals, two Silver Medals and one Bronze Medal in the 14^th SAARC Countries Carrom Championship concluded at Hotel Galadari, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Five countries i.e. India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Maldives and Bangladesh participated in three days championship. Nepal could not make it at the last minute. Three men and three women players from each country participated in seven different events of the SAARC Championship.

Yogesh Pardeshi of India, who is also the current World Champion, annexed Men Singles title defeating B. Radhakrishnan of India in straight games 25-16, 25-3. Prakash Gaikwad of India secured third position defeating Sherifddin of Sri Lanka easily 25-5, 25-4. In the semi-finals, Radhakrishnan overcame Prakash Gaikwad 25-23, 25-10 while Yogesh prevailed over Sherifddin 25-6, 25-2. Defending champion, Hidayat Ansari of India could not make it to the Indian team.

Current Women World Champion & defending champion, I. Ilavazhaki claimed Women Singles title defeating Kavita Somanchi of India in a well contested match 25-24, 25-11. Roshita Joseph of Sri Lanka secured third position defeating Aisath Fainaz of Maldives 25-19, 25-00. Both Indian players overpowered their opponents very easily in the Semi-finals. Kavita beat Fainaz 25-4, 25-0 and Ilavazhaki beat Rosita 25-1, 25-0.

In Men Doubles event, defending champion pair from India, Yogesh Pardeshi & B. Radhakrishnan defeated their traditional rivals from Sri Lanka, Chamil Cooray and Nishant Fernando 25-11, 25-14. Third position was claimed by Bangladesh pair of Mohd Ali & Hafizur Rahmandefeating Maldives pair of Neesham and Hamid 25-24, 9-25, 25-24. Indian pair of I. Ilavazhaki and Rashmi Kumari, who was defending champion, won Women Doubles title when they defeated Sri Lankan pair of Roshita and Chalani 25-5, 25-4. Aishath Fainaz & Vishama of Maldives secured third position.

Indian pair of Prakash Gaikwad & Kavita Somanchi claimed Gold Medal in Mixed Doubles event defeating Sri Lankan pair of Sherifddin & Madushika 25-13, 25-7. Maldives pair of Mohd. Shafee & Aminath Nima won Bronze Medal defeating K.G.H. Kabir & Farzana Akhtar of Bangladesh 9-25, 25-23, 25-21.

India won both Men and Women Team events. Bangladesh surprised Sri Lanka to win the Silver Medal in the Men Team event. Sri Lanka and Maldives claimed Silver and Bronze Medals respectively in the Women team event. Prakash Gaikwad scored six Slams while Yogesh Pardeshi scored five Slams in the Championship.

The 14^th SAARC Championship was inaugurated by C.B. Rattanaike, Sports Minister of Sri Lanka in a colourful function. He played the first knock of the Championship as well. The prizes were given away by Secretary (Sports), Government of Sri Lanka; First Secretary, Indian High Commission, R.M. Srivastava; Member of Parliament of Bangladesh, Zunaid Ahmed Palak; Secretary General, International Carrom Federation, S.K. Sharma and President, Asian Carrom Confederation, Zahir Naseer. Dr. Zahir Naseer presented cash awards to all players who scored slams and the best player from each country.

Indian Team was congratulated by Indian cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, M.S. Dhoni, Virender Sehwagand Rahul Dravid who were present in Colombo for the Indo-Sri Lanka Cricket Test Series. $C:\Documents and Settings\pigiron\Desktop\sks2\SK Sign2.tif$

S.K. Sharma

Thrilling matches at the 14th Carrom Euro Cup in Rome, Italy.

(Report by ICF Media Commission)

The 14th Carrom Euro cup held from 11th to 13th June in Rome ended on Sunday by the Prize Distribution Ceremony, in which ECC president Arif Naqvi announced that the 15th Euro Cup has been alloted by the ECC to France.

About one hundred Carrom players from France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Poland, Slovania, Switzerland and United Kingdom participated in this year's Euro Cup, which was held in three disciplines: Singles, Doubles and Team Event.

The team from Czech Republic could not attend at the last minute due to the death of the father of an important member

of the team.

the 14th Euro Cup was opened on Thursday evening by Arif Naqvi, President of European Carrom Confederation and ICF,

who appreciated that the Carrom Euro Cup has been held every year without any interval and has contributed to its popularity and rise of the standard. He said that the 14th Euro Cup should be taken as a rehersal for the 3rd World Cup which would be taking place from 27th September to 1st October in Richmond, Virginia USA. Naqvi appreciated the dedicated hard work done by Elisa Martinelli and other members of the Italian Carrom Federation to make the event successful.

The teams Championship conducted on first day, 11th June, was won by the UK with an edge of only one point against Germany. Switzerland came on third place.

The points are as following:

1. UK 25 points

2. Germany 24 points

3. Switzerland 15 points

4. France 14 points

5. Italy 12 points

6. Poland 0 points

Simultaneously the doubles Campionship was conducted on the same day which was won by Italy's Weerasinghe Sriyantha and Cristiani Gianluca agians Collard Steve and Pierre Dubois of France, with 25 to 24 . Both sides gave a excellent performance. At one point the score in the final game was 24 to 24. Leu Jonathan and Pierre Fabian of France came on third place.

The Singles Event , which was conducted on 12th and 13th June, was won by Karnal Abedin of UK for the third consecutive time. After the 11 round of matches the final was held between Karnal Abedin of UK and Pierre Dubois of France. While Karnal was leading clearly after 11 rounds with 20 points in hand Pierre Dubois of France, Peter Boecker of Germany and Abdul Malik of UK followed him with 18 points each, while Pierre had edge with Bucholz points.

The final between Karnal Abedin and Pierre Dubois was extremely exiting. While Karnal won the first game clearly, Pierre gave him a very good fight in the second game, winning the game clearly. The third game was however dominated by Karnal Abeding and he won the match and the trophy for the third consecutive time. Peter Boecker of Germany came on the third place.

The meeting of the General Council of the European Carrom Confederation was also held during the Euro Cup in Rome. It was attended by the representatives of France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Slovania (as guest), Switzerland and United Kingdom. The 15th Euro Cup was alotted to France and is to be held near Paris.

Poland's Paulina Nowakowska and UK's Nazrul Islam were included in the ECC General Council as two new Vice Presidents.

The 14th Euro Cup was concluded with prize distribution ceremny and a closing speech of the ECC President Arif Naqvi

at a restaurant rear the sea side of Rome. Naqvi asked the players to forward to 3rd. World Cup (2010) in USA, while Elisa Martinelly thanked on behalf of the italian federation to all players and sponsors for the coperation.

Presidents.

The present Office Bearers of the ECC are as following:

President: Arif Naqvi (Germany)

Vice Presidents: Paulina Nowakowska (Poland)

Nazrul Islam (UK)

Secretry General: Elisa Martinelli (Italy)

Treasurer: Kurt Scherrer (Switzerland)

!4th Carrom Euro Cup Results

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Singles Event: ( 91 player )

Winner: Karnal Abedin (UK)

2nd: Pierre Dubois (France)

3rd.: Peter Boecker (Germany)

Doubles Event:

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Winner: Weerasinghe Sriyantha and Cristiani Gianluca (Italy)

2nd: Collard Steve and Pierre Dubois (France)

3rd.: Leau Jonathan and Fabian Pereira (France)

Teams Event

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1. UK

2. Germany

3. Switzerland

4. France

5. Italy

6. Poland

Arif Naqvi

Chairman

ICF Media Commission

UKCF RANKING AFTER 3 RANKING TOURNAMENTS
2010

1. Karnal Abdin
2. Nazrul Islam
3. Murshad Khan
4. Abdul Malik
5. Abdul Khan
6. Ish Gupta
7.Muhiuddin Ahmed
8.Ala Mia
9.Altaf Hussain
10. Abdul Mumit
11. Shomsu Miah
12. Iqbal Hussain
13. Shuab Ahmed
14. Sunahar Ali
15. Abdul Wahid
16. Abdur Rahman Khan
17. Abdul Momin
18. Abdul Ahad
19. Sharif Miah
20. Syed Jalal Ahmed
21. Anhar Ali
22. Nurul Amin
23. Abdus Shahid
24. Mukit Hussain
25. Nurul Islam
26. Shakil Ahmed
27. Tufail Malik
28. Maruf
29. Azir Uddin

PRESS RELEASE

INDIAN CARROM FOR INTERNATIONAL MATCHES ANNOUNCED

(Report by Kamna Yadav)

Faridabad: April 25: The All India Carrom Federation announced Indian National Carrom Team for three international carrom events today. Announcing the Indian Team, General Secretary of the Federation, S.K. Sharma informed that the Indian Team has been selected for Indo-Sri Lanka Test Series to be held from 1st to 7^th May 2010 at Hyderabad and Guntur (AP) in India; 14^th SAARC Countries Carrom Championship to be held from 26^th to 28^th July 2010 at Colombo, Sri Lanka and 3^rd World Cup Carrom Tournament to be held from 27^th September to 1^st October 2010 at Richmond Virginia, U.S.A.

S.K. Sharma informed that following players have been selected by the Selection Committee after adopting the transparent selection procedure of the Federation.

MEN

Yogesh Pardeshi Current World Champion, Current National Champion, former World Cup

Winner and former SAARC Champion; Current No.2 Ranked Player

B. Radhakrishnan Former Asian Champion, Former National Champion, Current No.1 National Ranked player

Prakash Gaikwad Current ICF Cup Winner, Current No.3 National Ranked Player

Zaheer Pasha Current India No.5 Player and selected for the first time for any international event

WOMEN

I Ilavazhaki Current World Champion, former national champion, former Asian Champion and former SAARC Champion; Current No.1 National Ranked Player

Rashmi Kumari Former World Champion, current Asian Champion, former National Champion and former SAARC Champion, Current India No.5

Kavita Somanchi Silver Medalist in US Open, Bronze Medalist in Malaysian Open and SAARC Championship; Current India No.3 National Ranked Player

G. Revathy Former World Champion,
Current India No.4 National Ranked Player

S.K. Sharma informed that two new comer men players who got position in the Indian National Ranking for the first time i.e. Bijoy Rabha of Assam and Jameel Ahmed of Delhi and Current National Champion, Parimala Devi of Tamil Nadu and Sangeeta Chandorkar, who has represented India number of times could not make their position in the Indian Team.

S.K. Sharma further informed that a Coaching Camp for the selected players is being organised by the District Association and sponsored by Vidya Sanskar International Sports Academy till 29^th April 2010. Arun Deshpande, an international Coach and former national champion will impart training to the Indian players. Deshpande has also written few books and produced CDs on carrom. Deshpande is also a member of the Selection Committee of the Federation.

Member of the Selection Committee of the Federation, Zulfiqar Ali stated that the Team was selected on the basis of selection trials conducted by the Selection Committee of the Federation at Vidya Sanskar International School, Faridabad. Zulfiqar further informed that the Committee invited six men and six women players, as per selection procedure of the Federation and selected four men and four women players.

General Secretary of the Faridabad District Carrom Association, Kamna Yadav informed that the Selection Trials and the Coaching Camp for the Indian Team were organised by the District Carrom Association. Kamna further informed that the Trials and Camp were sponsored by the Vidya Sanskar International Sports Academy.

Director (Sports), Vijay Yadav informed that the Vidya Sanskar International Sports Academy will encourage all sports and hence it decided to promote a game in which Indian players are world champions. Vijay Yadav, a well known Indian Cricket Player informed that negotiations are on with the All India Carrom Federation for establishing first ever National Carrom Academy in Vidya Sanskar premises.

( Kamna Yadav )

General Secretary

INDIA SRI LANKA TESTSERIES
(A report from Mr. B.K. Haranath)

Sri Lankan men and women Teams will be visiting India to play three official test matches. The presents tests are 10th of the official test series between the two great carrom countries and generate great interest, particularly in the background of Sri Lanka nibbling at Indian successes on and off in Asian and other championships. Sri Lanka shocked India when they won the World Team Championship at Cannes, France in February, 2008.

Schedule of Test Series: 1st and 2nd tests will be played at Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh, India) on 2nd and 3rd May, 2010. The third test will be played at Guntur (Andhra Pradesh, Idia on 6th May, 2010).

Hyderabad Men, National Inter-State Championship winners in March, 2010 will be playing a friendly test against Sri Lanka on 1st May, 2010 and so will be the Hyderabad Women's team. The men and women teams of Andhra State Carrom Association will also be playing a friendly test against Sri Lankan teams on 5th May, 2010 before the last and final test.

AICF is preparing the Indian Teams in right earnest to assert their superiority. The selections trials for the Indian teams are in progress at Faridabad, which will be followed by a 5 day camp, before they leave for Hyderabad on 29th May, 2010.

Open German Carrom Championship 2010

First Tournament in Berlin on 27.03. 2010

40 players took part in the Championship tournament, including 6 from the Czech Republic.

Peter Boecker ( from Dortmund) won the Final against Juergen Husmann (Hamburg) in 7 boards with

25 : 12.

After three boards Juergen was leading with 12: 8 points. from the 4th board Peter dominated clearly and finished the match in 7 boards.

Tobias Krueger of Dortmund came on 3rd place.

Mridul Gogoi 39^th Senior National & Inter State Carrom Championship

World Champion Yogesh annex Men National Champion title again

M. Parimala Devi Annexed women National Champion Title

Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain lost in pre qtr in Veteran Men Singles

Guwahati- March – 31- World Champion Yogesh Pardesh of Petroleum Sports Prormotion Board won Men Singles Title defeating defending National Champion B. Radha Krishnan of (Tamil Nadu) at 13-3, 9-6 in 4 boards each, M. Parimala Devi of Tamil Nadu won Women Singles National title defeating World Champion and defending National Champion I. Illavazhaki her team mate in sensational fight at 5-13, 8-7, 7-3 on the concluding day of the 39^th Senior National & Inter State Carrom Championship organized by Assam Carrom Association at Deshbhaa Tarun Ram Phunkan Indoor Stadium, in side the Nehru Stadium, Premises, Ulubari, Guwahati (Assam).

In Men Singles ICF Cup Winner Prakash Gaikwad of LIC secured 3^rd place followed by Vijoy Rabha of Assam at 4^th place. In Women SinglesCurrent Federation Cup WinnerKavita Somanchi of RBI secured 3^rd place followed by Sangeetha Chandorkar of RBI at 4^th Place

Prakash Kamble of Maharashtra won Men Veteran National Champion Title defeating Shamji Padaya of Maharashtra 12-6, 0-17, 9-3. Sahadat Ali of Assam got 5^th position.

V. Kongshei of Meghalaya won the Women Veteran Single National Champion Title defeating Nancy Sequeira of NABARD at 12-0, 12-0. D. Savithri Devi (Hyderabad) secured 3^rd position followed by MS Kaladevi (BSNL) at 4^th place.

In the Prize Distribution of the Championship Shri Tarun Gogoi Chief Minister of Assam distributed the Prizes to the Winners in the presence of Shri Raockybul Hussain Minister of Forest & Tourism, Government of Assam, Shri S. K. Sharma, General Secretary, All Inida Carrom Federation, Shri Pradip Kumar Hazarika, Sr. Vice-President, AICF, Genl Secy Assam Carrom Assn. and General Secretary and office bearers of AICF, Assam Carrom Association and a large number of participants, Umpires and Carrom Lovers.

Other Scores :

Men Singles (Semi Final)

B. Radhakrishnan (TN) bt. Prakash Gaikwad (LIC) 18-3, 13-0

Yogesh Pardeshi (PSPB) bt. Bijoy Rabha (Assam) 11-5, 14-0

Men Singles (Quarter Final)

Bijoy Rabha (Assam) bt. Dilesh Khedekar (IAAD) 7-6, 0-16, 5-2

Prakash Gaikwad (LIC) bt. K. Ramesh Babu (PSPB) 6-3, 7-5

Yogesh Pardeshi (PSPB) bt. Zahir Pasha (Karnataka) 14-4, 23-0

B. Radhakrishnan (TN) bt. Abdul Sagir (RBI) 12-0, 10-0

Men Singles (Pre-Quarter Final)

Bijoy Rabha (Assam) bt. Ashok Gaur (PSPB) 11-5, 4-3

Dilesh Khedekar (IAAD) bt. Madhab Saha (assam) 11-7, 11-0

Prakash Gaikwad (LIC) bt. Waseemuddin (MP) 14-5, 9-8

Yogesh Pardeshi (PSPB) bt. L. Rakesh Singh (Mani) 11-7, 20-0

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Zahir Pasha (Karnataka) bt. Lakhan Soni ((cht) 19-7, 20-3

B. Radhakrishnan (TN) bt. Sandeep Deorukhkar (PSPB) 15-1, 12-10

Abdul Sagir (RBI) bt. Nilesh Jambulkar (Vidarbha) 17-0, 9-3

K. Ramesh Babu (PSPB) bt. K. Sagyabharti (TN) 10-2, 17-6

Women Singles (Semi Final):

I. Illavazhaki (TN) bt. Kavita Somanchi (RBI) 13-0, 11-6, 12-6

M. Parimala Devi (TN) bt. Sangeetha Chandorkar (RBI) 1-9, 9-6, 8-4

Women Singles (Qtr. Final):

I. Illavazhaki (TN) bt. P. Nirmala (LIC) 13-0, 7-10, 14-5

Kavita Somanchi (RBI) bt. G. Revathy (TN) 14-4, 3-11, 8-0

M. Parimala Devi (TN) bt. Kajol Singh (Beng) 8-4, 11-3

Sangeetha Chandorkar (RBI) bt. A. Poonnarasi (TN) 0-13, 13-11, 8-7

Women Singles (Pre Qtr. Final):

I. Illavazhaki (TN) bt. Anuraju (DASCB) 10-9, 10-2

P. Nirmala (LIC) bt. Barsha Baruah (Assam)12-0, 16-0

G. Revathy (TN) bt. Sneha More (PSPB) 9-11, 19-0, 8-3

Kavita Somanchi (RBI bt.Farheen (Chd) 9-11, 8-0, 16-0

M. Parimala Devi (TN) bt.Geetha Devi (BSNL) 9-10, 13-0, 12-0

Kajol Singh (Beng) bt. D. Yuvarani (TN) 9-4, 13-0

D. Swaranalath (IAAD) bt. Minal Lele (MAH) 3-11, 12-0, 19-0

Sangeetha Chandorkar (RBI) bt. D. Swaranalatha (IAAD) 10-6, 10-3

A. Poonnarasi (TN) bt. Rshmi Kumari (BSNL) 11-7,4-5, 9-0

Veteran Men Singles (Semi-final)

Shamji Padaya (Maharashtra) bt. Vilas Zita (AI) 12-8, 5-8, 10-5

Prakash Kamble (Mha) bt. Shakeel Ahmed (UP) 3-15, 21-0, 15-0

Veteran Men Singles (Quarter Final)

Shamji Padaya (Maharashtra) bt. L. Kesho (Mani) 17-4, 3-8, 13-0

Vilas Zita (AI) bt. Lallan (bihar) 9-8, 12-1

Prakash Kamble (Mha) bt. Palansany (TN) 3-19, 19-7, 14-6

Shakeel Ahmed (UP) bt. Sahadat Ali (assam) 11-8, 2-12, 6-3

Veteran Women Singles (Semi Final)

V. Kongshei (Meghalaya) bt. MS Kala Devi (BSNL) 12-7, 15-2

Nancey Sequeria (NABARD) bt. D. Savithri Devi (Hyderabad) 0-14, 10-8, 6-5

Veteran women Singles (Quarter Final)

V. Kongshei (Meghalaya) bt. Parvathi Bhat (Karnataka) 7-0, 16-0

Kaladevi (BSNL) bt. P R Bara (Bihar) 18-2, 0-15, 6-3

Nancy Sequeria (NABARD) bt. Vasumati Jeev Ratnam (TN) 23-2, 19-0

D. Savithri Devi (Hyderabad) bt. Shipa Acharjeee (TRI) 23-0, 23-0

(Bharat Bhushan)

Chairman – Media Committee

All India Carrom Federation

Carrom Demonstration in Poland

Our Carrom demonstration was very nice. The weather was wonderful so there was no problem of playing carrom outdoor.We started at 1 pm and there was no brake up to 8 pm. A lot of people came and try to play but unfortunately it is not a very simple game. We were at kids zone and there was a little too much kids under 10 years old but they also try to play and were delighted when some coins drop to the holes. Around 10 Indian people came and we played carrom together. Maybe some of them join our carrom group playing in Warsaw. The quantity of our webside visitors has risen after the demonstration. We will send you some photo afterwards.
Best regards,
Paulina

UK wins Euro Cup Trophy at Sutton

12th Euro Cup 2008, Sutton, U.K.

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