Showing posts with label Jorhat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jorhat. Show all posts

Monday, October 6, 2008

Assam Netball Teams Named

Nazira, Oct 5: The senior men and women Netball teams of Assam have been selected for taking part in 34th National Games to be held at Jharkhand and for the national selection camp in New Delhi from October 4. The India netball team will be selected for Common Wealth Games from the New Delhi camp.
The Assam team’s selection was made after the five-days camp held at Rohiteswar Saikia Memorial Indoor Stadium, here recently where players from Tinsukia, Sivasagar, Nazira, Jorhat, Baksa, Guwahati, Orang and Mariani districts took part.
The teams: (Men) Dipak Gogoi (Sivasagar, Captain), Dipu Deka (Baksa), Atul Boru (Baksa), Pinku Borgohain (Nazira), Siladitya Bhattacharya (Nazira), Devajit Dihingia (Nazira), Jamal Ali (Nazira), Dipankar Gosh (Tinsukia), Sunil Senapati (Tinsukia), Guneswar Sonuwal (Sivasagar), Manash Sonuwal (Jorhat).
Women: Lolita Deka (Baksa), Trishna Mahanta (Baksa, Captain), Maidangshree Boru (Baksa), Nayanmoni Deka (Guwahati), Rumi Chetia (Sivasagar), Kripa Doimari (Orang), Jumashree Musahari (Orang), Rumila Basumatari (Orang), Simi Chetia (Nazira), Boby Baishya (Nazira) and Rita Bora (Nazira).

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

19th All Assam Bodybuilding Championship

Hiranya bags Mr Assam crown:

Golaghat, Dec 10: Hiranya Kalita of Kamrup has been named Mr Assam in the 19th All Assam Bodybuilding Championship here.

Hiranya clinched the champion of the champions title in the two-day meet concluded here yesterday. Arshad Sristi Neog of Jorhat got the best poser award while Dhrubajyoti Banik of Nagaon took the most improved bodybuilder award in the meet where 150 bodybuilders from 12 districts took part.

Former Mr India Bijit Gogoi and gold medellist in the world championship Gautam Kalita were feliciteted by the organisers.

The results: 55 kg (junior) 1st-Raju Hazarika (Sivasagar), 2nd-Bivash Dewan (Kamrup), 3rd-Trailikya Das (Nagaon). Senior: 1st-Shyamal Dev Nath (Kamrup), 2nd-Palash Roy (Sivasagar), 3rd-Ibne Hatibaruah. 60 kg (junior) 1st-Dhrubajit Barik (Nagaon), 2nd-Mridul Chetia (Jorhat), Jatin Thapa (Jorhat). 65 kg (junior) 1st-Bhaskarjyoti Saikia (Biswanath Chariali), 2nd-Bhuban Rabha (Kamrup), 3rd-Gaurav Rajkhowa (Charaideo). (Senior) 1st-Jamastruti Sarma (Kamrup), 2nd-Ankur Gogoi (Jorhat), 3rd-Manashjyoti Bordoloi (Nagaon). 70 kg (junior) 1st-Kuldeep Dutta (Jorhat), 2nd-Sanjay Daimary (Jorhat), Diganta Bora (Sivasagar). (Senior) 1st-Hiranya Kalita (Kamrup), 2nd-Arshad S neog (Jorhat), Nipanjan Hazarika (Sivasagar). 75 kg (junior) 1st-Kailash Basumatary (Nagaon), 2nd-Rajib Lochan Gogoi (Jorhat), 3rd-Krishnamoni Bora (Charaideo). (Senior) 1st-Debu Mili (Jorhat), 2nd-Bidyut Ranjan Baruah (Nagaon), 3rd-Rupak Saikia (Sonitpur). Above 75 kg (junior) 1st-Arabinda Dutta (Sivasagar), 2nd-Shakti Basumatary (Kamrup), 3rd-Amal Baishya (Guwahati). 80 kg (senior) 1st-Thaneswar Bora (Jorhat), 2nd-Apurba Gogoi (Sivasagar), 3rd-Jiauddin Ahmed (Jorhat). Above 80 kg: 1st Dulal Bora (Jorhat), 2nd-Ujjal Deka (Soniitpur). Physically challenged: 1st-Pradip Deka (Nagaon), 2nd-Sahabuddin Ahmed (Sonitpur). Masters: (below 50 years) Putul Ali (Kamrup), (above 50 years) Niranjan Kumar (Kamrup).

Posted On: The Assam Tribune

Monday, November 5, 2007

Assam swimmer felicitated

CM felicitates Bhargav Phukan:

Nov 4: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi felicitated Jorhat schoolboy Bhargav Phukan who claimed three gold medals at the 53rd National School Games at Surat in Gujarat recently.

The Chief Minister pledged a sum of Rs 25,000 for Bhargav. He also assured Jorhat Swimming Society of finishing the incomplete works at the Jorhat Swimming Pool.

Officials wished Bhargav good luck for the Asian School Swimming Championship to be held in Singapore in February next year.

Secretary of the upper Asom chapter of North East Petroleum Dealers’ Association Vijay Singh Sarda gave a cheque for Rs 11,000 to Bhargav who received an additional Rs 5,000 from Jorhat Swimming Society.

Source: The Sentinel

Friday, November 2, 2007

Assam’s record breaking swimmer to be felicitated

Bhargav Phukan, who broke two national swimming records and bagged three gold in the National School Games Swimming Competition held at Surat, Gujarat, recently will be felicitated by the Jorhat Swimming Society on Sunday (Nov 4).

Phukan is a student of the Jorhat Govt Boys’ HS & MP School and a trainee of Jorhat Swimming society.

He had smashed the national record in the 50-metre breaststroke event in the under-14 boys’ category to clinch his second gold.

Phukan had clocked 33.60 seconds to break the previous record set by J Agenshwa of Tamil Nadu in 2003.

The Jorhat lad claimed his first gold on October 25 in the 100-metre breaststroke event in the same category by clocking 1:15:97 minutes. He bettered the earlier record set by Sanjib Chatterjee (1:16:13 minutes) in 1997.