19th State Veteran TT Championships concludes, S Ashalata clinches women's open singles crown

    16-Feb-2020
By Our Sports Reporter
IMPHAL, Feb 16 : S Ashalata Devi of Thoubal was crowned the women's open singles winner beating Nambram Sushila Devi of Imphal East in the final in the 19th State Veteran Table Tennis Championships organised by Manipur Veteran Table Tennis Association at Indoor Stadium, DM College campus.
G Prafulla Sharma of Imphal West on the other hand bagged the 65+ men's singles title beating H Rajendro of Imphal West in the final. Ng Brajakumar finished third in this age group.
Chingshubam Biren Singh of Imphal West claimed the 60+ men's singles crown yesterday with a hard fought win against RK Debendra Singh of Imphal East.
In the men's 50+ singles final, S Chandra Sharma of Imphal West downed Telem Nirmal to win the top honour as Yumnam Subhachandra Singh of Imphal West take the 40+ title beating Laishram Bikram. Mixed doubles title went to S Ashalata and Laishram Bikram Singh beating K Ibeyaima Devi and S Chandra pair in the final and S Ashalata also paired up well with Kh Kiranbala to win the women's open doubles title after beating W Premila and Khaidem Radharani Devi in the final.
Aribam Goutam and Radhakrishnan Chingshubam were on the other hand winners in men's 50+ doubles event as they got the better of Telem Nirmal and Thockhom Rojendro in the final.
Ng Brajakumar and H Rajendro fetched the men's 60+ doubles title after beating Chingshubam Biren and S Shyamananda Singh in the final while Th Dharmendra Singh and Dr M Bapinkumar claimed the men's 40+ doubles title beating N Biren and Ch Manjit in the final.