36th Senior National Women’s Handball

Manipur meet Railways in final:

Guwahati, Dec. 17: Defending champions Railways will play Manipur in the final of the 36th Senior National Women’s Handball Championship on Tuesday.

Manipur beat a fighting Haryana 17-15 in the second semi-final on Monday evening to move into the final.

The Manipur girls led 9-8 in the first half.

Manipur were the lone entrant from the Northeast in the semi-finals, beating Chhattisgarh by a narrow margin (25-23) in the quarter-finals.

In a keenly contested match played at the Nehru Stadium, the girls from Manipur put up a better show but failed to convert several penalties that came their way, helping the Chhattisgarh team to remain in the hunt till the last.

In the first semi-final, played at Deshbhakta Tarun Ram Phookan Indoor Stadium, the Railways staved off a spirited challenge by the All India University team to march into the final this evening. The Railways won 36-26.

Earlier, Railways defeated last year’s runners-up Maharashtra 27-8 in the quarter-final.

The university team beat Punjab 27-25 and Haryana got the better of Delhi 20-17 to move into the semi-final.

Maharashtra finished fifth beating Punjab 35-25 while Chhattisgarh ended sixth beating Delhi 26-21.

Tomorrow, Punjab will play Delhi for the seventh and eighth positions.

Meanwhile, the annual general meeting of the Handball Federation of India, which was held here, decided to bid for the Asian Championship in Kuwait on December 29.

Assam Handball Association president Kalyan Gogoi said Guwahati is in the running for hosting the meet along with Chandigarh.

Posted On: The Telegraph

36th Senior National Women’s Handball

Manipur win, mix day for Assam:

Guwahati, Dec 15: Once again it was a mixed day for Assam in the 36th Senior National Women’s Handball Championship as the side registered one win and one loss at the Nehru Stadium here on Saturday.

Earlier yesterday also Assam registered same results in their two group matches.

The hosts, who first clashed with Orissa, won the game 23-11. Juri Baishya, Bobita Chetry, Jhuma Roy, Sona Misra and Sanu Sarma scored four goals each while Dulumoni Talukdar pumped in three more goals for the winners.

In their second match of the day against Chandigarh, Asom fought well but lost the game in a nail-biting finish 14-12.

Bobita Chetry (2), Juri Baishya (30) Sona Misra(2), Pinki Chetry (2), Anu Patar (1), Dulumoni Talukdar (1) and Ranu Barua (1) scored the goals for the home side.

Assam now should win their last two group matches in order to qualify for the quarter-final in the championship.

Meanwhile, defending champion Indian Railways registered another win today defeating Jammu and Kashmir 12-7.

Results of the other matches: Gujarat bt Tripura 10-6; Himachal Pradesh bt Madhya Pradesh 11-7; All India University bt Nagaland 43-7; Delhi bt Pondichery 35-10; Uttar Pradesh bt Pondichery 35-10; Chhatishgarh bt Chandigarh 17-14; Manipur bt Bihar 30-4; Kerala bt Bihar 23-6; Uttarakhand bt Andhra Pradesh 13-8 and Maharastra bt West Bengal 20-3.

Posted On: The Sentinel

36th Senior National Women’s Handball

Twin losses for Assam:

Guwahati, Dec 14: Hosts Assam on Friday opened their campaign with two losses in the 36th senior national women’s handball championship at Nehru Stadium here.

The home side went down fighting to Madhya Pradesh 15-17 in their Group C match and then to Himachal Pradesh 12-13. The Assam women’s best efforts went in vain, as their opponents scored over them both in speed and temperament.

Manipur, on the other hand, have won in the two matches they have played so far in Group D. Manipur edged past All India Universities 20-17 and then tamed Uttarakhand 20-4 this evening.

Tripura registered the biggest win of the day, thrashing Tamil Nadu 40-3 in a Group A match, signalling a challenge to defending champions Indian Railways who are pitted in the same group.

The Handball Federation of India today decided to bid for an Asian Championship to be held in Guwahati next year and also to organise some national coaching camps here.

Posted On: The Telegraph