Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 17: Model Institute of Education and Technology (MIET) and Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences were among the five Colleges registered wins over their rivals in the Inter-Collegiate Table Tennis Championship, which got underway at Jammu University, here today.
Principal, GGM Science College Jammu was the chief guest on the occasion and declared the Championship open in a simple function. He was introduced with the players of various teams on the occasion.
Earlier, MIET blanked GDC Samba by (3-0) in an easy contest. Abhishek Arora drubbed Sunil Sambyal by (11-3, 11-5), Sumit Mahajan trounced Pankaj Kumar by (11-0,11-3), while Kanav Sharma defeated Abhinav Sambyal by (11-4, 11-5).
In another match, ASCOMS drubbed GDC Akhnoor by (3-0). Rohit Sood defeated Arman Chandan by (11-9, 11-8), Vikas beat Pankaj Verma by (11-1, 11-1) and Jaskeerat Singh trounced Mohit Sharma by (11-4,11-4).
GCET outplayed SRS College by (3-1) in another contest. Harpreet Singh got better of Ramandeep Singh by (11-3,11-9), Samrandeep Singh prevailed upon Jatinder Pal by (9-11,11-7,11-6), Kanav Bali lost to Govardan Singh by (8-11,4-11) and Harpreet Singh outclassed Jatinder Pal by (11-1, 11-2).
In another contest, GDC Udhampur thrashed GDC Paloura by (3-0). Rohit Pal beat Kaushik Gupta, Ankit Sharma toppled Akshay Bhasin and Kumar Tarun defeated Anshu Bhat.
GDC Hiranagar got better of GDC Ramnagar by (3-1). Manoj Jasrotia beat Vicky Thakur, Atul Sharma lost to Pawan Kumar, Sahil Sharma defeated Ram Pal and Atul Sharma defeated Vicky Thakur. In other matches, MAM College got walkover against Dogra Law College, while New Age College got walkover against GDC Thanamandi.
The matches were officiated by Ravish Vaid, Amit Sharma and Sandeep.
Prominent among others present on the occasion were Prof Karan Singh, Dinesh Jasrotia, Prof Sami, Dr Vinod Bakshi, Ravinder Singh, Mahesh Sharma, Balbir, Neelam Chalotra, Dr Sonam Angchock, Ramesh Thakur and Senior Table Tennis Coach Ramesh Magotra.