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Thapa
clinches squash title
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Dec 27 :
Top-seeded Hira Bahadur Thapa clinched the title of the Birthday Cup Squash tournament
registering win over second seeded Suresh Gurung on Friday.
Thapa had also beaten
Gurung in the final of the King’s Birthday Cup in July. Satya Narayan Shrestha
managed the third place of the men’s open category. All the finals of the weeklong
tournament completed on Friday.
In veteran’s
category, Bhusan Krishna Shrestha downed Deepak Bohara in the final to bag the title.
Madhuban Lal Maskey was placed third. Janak Thapa won the title of men’s open plate
championship beating Subodh Pradhan. Hiranyalal Shrestha claimed the third position.
Likewise, Anil Singh claimed the masters’ category while Sunil Pradhan and Bir
Bahadur Nepal were placed second and third respectively.
The Royal Nepal Army
chief Pyara Jung Thapa gave away the shield and certificates to the winners.
Table Tennis
Deep Saud defeated Ajay
Suwal in an all Holyland final to claim the boys’ U-16 title of the table tennis
tournament. Suresh Awale and Sandesh Awale, who were beaten by the two finalists, bagged
the third position.
In men’s open
final staged later, Chandan Shahi downed Shiva Sundar Gothe. Purushottam Bajracharya and
Ajaya Suwal managed the third position jointly. The students of Ganesh Memorial
demonstrated cultural programme after the matches. Minister for Information, Communication
and General Administration Ramesh Nath Pandey handed over the trophies and certificates to
the winners. The Minister of Education and Sports Devi Prasad Ojha and National Sports
Council (NSC) member-secretary Binod Shankar Palikhe were also present at the programme.
The Birthday Cup
cross-country race and karate championship starts from Saturday. |
