AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA SPORTS CONTROL BOARD SPORTS ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR 2016-17
1st July to 31st October,2016
1 Achievements of AAI Team in National Tournaments.
TABLE TENNIS
On a request by the Table Tennis Federation of India(TTFI) with which AAI Sports Control Board is affiliated, AAI conducted the prestigious 46th All India Inter Institutional Table Tennis Tournament at Jaipur from 24th to 29th July 2016. 18 organizations participated in the Men’s Team Event, 11 organizations in the Women’s Team Event., 4 organizations in Youth Boys and Youth Girls Team Event. Apart from the team events Men’s Singles/Doubles, Women’s Singles/Doubles and Mixed Doubles were also conducted in which players from the various states also participated. AAI which has in its ranks some of the most promising young players of the country participated in all the events. This tournament is the 2nd most important National Table Tennis tournament in the country after the Senior National Table Tennis Championship. All leading players of the country participated in the event including those who participated on behalf of India in the RIO OLYMPICS namely Sharath Kamal, Soumyajit Ghosh, Mouma Das and Manika Batra.
AAI Men’s and Women's Team finished runner up in the team events losing to Petroleum Sports Promotion Board(PSPB), a composite team of Public Sector Oil Companies. The Youth Girls Team won the Youth girls team event defeating Petroleum Sports Promotion Board while the Youth Boys Team finished runner up to the Petroleum Sports Promotion Board. In view of being finalist, the Men and Women team qualified for the Senior National Table Tennis championship to be held in Gurgaon while the Youth Girls Team in view of being the winner qualified for the Junior & Youth Nationals to be held in Surat.
In the open events, AAI's Ronit Bhanjha and Ayhika Mukherjee finished runner up to G Sathian and Ankita Das of PSPB in the Mixed Doubles Event. The men's singles was won by G Sathian of PSPB, Women's Singles by Suthirtha Mukherjee of West Bengal, Men's Doubles by Sudhanshu Grover & Abhishek Yadav of PSPB and Women's Doubles by Mouma Das & K Shamini of PSPB.
The tournament was inaugurated by Shri Ramcharan Bohara, Hon'ble Member of Parliament(Lok Sabha) in the presence of Shri Rakesh Kalra Regional Executive Director(Northern Region), Airports Authority of India , Shri BK Tailang, Airport Director, Jaipur and Shri Dhanraj Chowdhury, Secretary General, TTFI on 24th July,2016 while Shri Anuj Agarwal, Member(HR) & President, AAISCB was the Chief Guest at the closing ceremony in which Shri PC Chaturvedi, IAS & President, TTFI , Regional Executive Director, AAI, Northern Region and Airport Director, Jaipur were also present.
The tournament was appreciated by one and all and the credit must go to the Regional Sports Control Board (Northern Region), AAI, Sports & Cultural Committee, Jaipur Airport and the officials of Table Tennis Federation of India for ensuring the minutest details to make the event a highly successful one.
BADMINTON
AAI Badminton Team participated in the All India Inter Institutional Badminton tournament conducted by Department of Atomic Energy at Mumbai from 28th to 31st, August,2016. The AAI team won the mixed team event beating LIC in the final thus qualifying for the Senior National Badminton Championship to be held at. In the open events, AAI players won the Women’s Singles, Women’s Doubles, Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles while finishing runner up in the Men’s Singles.
KHO-KHO
On being granted provisional affiliation by Kho Kho Federation of India, AAI Women’s Kho Kho Team participated in the women’s event of the Senior National Kho Kho Championship held at Nagpur in October 2016 performing outstandingly and finishing runner-up.
2. Achievements of Professional Sports Persons
TABLE TENNIS
1. CENTRAL ZONE RANKING TOURNAMENT AT INDORE IN SEPTEMBER 2016.
Ronit Bhanja reached finals in Youth Boys Singles. Archana Kamath won the Youth Girls Title while Priyanka Pareek finished Runner-up. Akula Sreeja reached Semi Final in Youth Girls Event. Noorbasha Shailu reached Semi Finals in Junior Girls Event.
2. WEST ZONE RANKING TOURNAMENT AT RAJKOT IN OCTOBER 2016.
Ronit Bhanja winner of Youth Boys Singles. Selena Deepathi Silva Kumar & Ahyika Mukerjee Semi Finalists of Youth Girls Event. Archana Kamath winner of Junior Girls Singles and Priyanka Pareek Runner-up in the same event. SF Snehit runner up in Junior Boys Singles.
3. SOUTH ZONE RANKING TOURNAMENT AT VISAKHAPATNAM IN OCTOBER 2016.
Archana Kamath winner of Youth Girls Singles & Junior Girls Singles.
Selena Runner up Youth Girls Singles & Semi finalist Junior Girls Singles. Ayhika Mukherjee, semi finalist Youth Girls Singles. Ronit Bhanja Semi Finalist Youth Boys Singles.
BADMINTON
1. BADMINTON ASIA UNDER 17 & UNDER 15 CHAMPIONSHIP AT INDONESAI IN OCTOBER, 2016.
Kiran George Runner UP in Boys Under 17 Singles Event.
Akarshi Kashyap Semi finalist in girls Under 17 Singles Event.
2. All INDIA JUNIOR RANKING TOURNAMENT AT HYDERBAD IN JULY 2016. AKARSHI Kashyap winner of Girls Singles U-17 Event. Trisha Hegde and Drithi Yathesh Semi finalist in Girls Doubles U-17 Event. Mahima Aggarwal winner of Mixed Doubles U-19 event partnering Krishan Prasad. Akarshi Kashyap Semi Finalist in Girls Singles U-19 event. Mahima Aggarwal winner in Girls Doubles U-19 event partnering Shikha Gautam. Anura Prabhu Desai semifinalist in Girls Doubles U-19 event partnering Riya Mukerjee Apeksha Nayak semifinalists in Mixed Doubles U-19 event partnering Sanjay Srivatsa.
3. V V NATU MEMORIAL ALL INDIA SENIOR RANKING BADMINTON TOURNAMENT AT PUNE IN AUGUST 2016.
Chirag Shetty Semi Finalists in Mixed Doubles event partnering Sikki Reddy. Chirag Shetty winner in Men’s Doubles event partnering Sarthak Sairaj. M R Arjun runner up in Men’s Doubles event partnering Shlok Ramachandran
4. ALL INDIA JUNIOR RANKING BADMINTON TOURNAMENT AT TIRUPATI IN AUGUST 2016
Kiran George semi finalist in Boys Singles U-17 event. Akarshi Kashyap winner in Girls Singles U-17 event. Malavika P Bansod semi finalist in Girls Singles U-17 event. Trisha Hegde & Drithi Yatheesh semi finalist in Girls Double U-17 event. Akarshi Kashyap winner in Girls Singles U-19 event. Mahima Aggarwal winner of Girls Doubles U-19 event partnering Shikha Gautam. Anura Prabhu Desai Semi Finalist in Girls Doubles U-19 event partnering Riya Mukerjee. Mahima Aggarwal winner of Mixed Doubles U-19 event partnering Krishna Prasad.
5. YONEX SUNRISE INDIA JUNIOR INTERNATIONAL AT PUNE IN SEPTEMBER 2016.
Akarshi Kashyap semi finalist in Girls Singles U-19 event.
6. ALL INDIA JUNIOR RANKING BADMINTON TOURNAMENT AT DELHI IN SEPTEMBER 2016.
Kiran George winner of Boys Singles U-17 event. Akarshi Kashyap winner of Girls Singles U-17 event. Akarshi Kashyap Runner-up in Girls Doubles U-17 event partnering Unnati Bisht. Akarshi Kashyap semi finalist in Girls Singles U-19 event. Mahima Aggarwal runner-up in Girls Doubles U-19 event partnering Shikha Gautam. Anura Prabhu Desai semifinalist in Girls Doubles U-19 event partnering Riya Mukerjee. Mahima Aggarwal winner of Mixed Doubles U-19 event partnering Krishan Prasad.
7. 25TH SMT. KRISHNA KHETAN MEMORIAL ALL INDIA JUNIOR RANKING BADMINTON TOURNAMENT AT CHANDIGARH IN OCTOBER 2016.
Akarshi Kashyap winner of Girls Singles U-17 event Malavika P Bansod semifinalist in Girls Singles U-17 event. Akarshi Kashyap semifinalists in Girls Doubles U-17 event Unnatti Bisht Akarshi Kashyap winner in Girls Singles U-19 event. Anura Prabhu Desai semifinalists in Girls Singles U-19 event. Mahima Aggarwal winner in Girls Doubles U-19 event partnering Shikha Gautam. Mahima Aggarwal winner of Mixed Doubles in U-19 event partnering Krishan Prasad.
CHESS
1. WORLD JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP AT BHUBANESWAR IN AUGUST, 2016
SL Narayanan finished 3rd in the open event
IN HOUSE SPORTS
INTER ZONAL TABLE TENNIS AT ALLAHABAD IN AUGUST- SEPTEMBER 2016.
Event Winner Runner-up MEN’S TEAM West Zone North Zone WOMEN’S TEAM Central Zone West Zone
INTER ZONAL CHESS & CAROM AT GUWAHATI IN SEPTEMBER 2016.
CHESS:-
Event Winner Runner-up MEN’S TEAM West Zone East Zone WOMEN’S TEAM West Zone North East Zone
CAROM:-
Event Winner Runner-up MEN’S TEAM West Zone South Zone WOMEN’S TEAM North East Zone West Zone