TT Results Updates

BITS boys team of table tennis wins Silver after being defeated by DJ Sanghvi in the finals by 3-1....Rajat of D J Sanghvi emerged as the star player of the clash in finals.

TT Updates

BITS A is in finals and will be playing D J Sanghvi at 8PM today in SAC. Earlier, BITS beat SRM Ghaziabad 3-0 and DJ Sanghvi beat MNIT 3-0. A very interesting and entertaining match can be expected at 8pm in finals.

More updates from SAC

AS we move out of the badminton courts into the open, it feels like we are in an air-conditioned lobby or something. I don't know if it is some architectural thing or if badminton requires it but no wonder there is no audience for badminton matches. Poor carrom guys are placed right above the badminton courts and hot air as we all know rises up!

TT update - The BITS girls have won a gold medal! More on it once we can find someone to tell us about it. Right now the TT room is totally empty.

Boys at the Table

With the sports mania on campus increasing as BOSM draws closer, EPC caught up with the captain of the table tennis team, Abhijit Kamath, to discuss the level of preparedness and expectations of the team this BOSM. A large number of students turned up for the tryouts this year of which four made the cut, taking the total number of players in the team up to nine. The team already has two national level players, making it a major contender. Talking about the facilities in SAC, Abhijit was satisfied with the tables and racquets; although he said that the flooring is not up to scratch and exhaust fans in the TT room are still awaited. Last year our team won the silver medal as they went down fighting to Hansraj College. Even though the team is expecting a tough fight from Hansraj and SRCC this time too, Abhijit confidently asserted that they had their sights trained on nothing less than gold. He believes that as long as every player gives it his best shot, there should be no room for disappointment. Truly, we hope that this admirable confidence reflects in all the matches they play and wish them all the very best!

Pinging through the Pong

BEP met up with Kriti Jain, the captain of the girls’ table tennis team, and talked to her about the team and its level of preparedness for BOSM 2008. Talking about the dwindling participation of girls due to their lackadaisical attitude towards sports, we were shocked to note that only three girls had turned up for the tryouts this time. Of them only a single first yearite had been selected to play in the team which takes the total number of members in the team to three. Disappointing as this is it also rules out the possibility of our team playing in any doubles event, something extremely unfortunate. While talking about the facilities provided, Kriti was satisfied with the coach and the tables provided at SAC although she admitted that racquets for the players were still awaited. We talked about the teams that are coming over and the toughest competition that we face. Last year our girls’ team won a silver medal in the event and Kriti confidently asserted that this year they would be aiming for nothing less than the gold. Her message to all BITSians was to turn up, watch the event and support them. Truly, we wish her and the team all the very best and are sure that they will certainly add to the medals tally!

Smoking Aces

As a series of interviews of captains, we met up with Anshul, the tennis captain of the BITS BOSM team. This is a event with two singles player and one doubles. Only one of the singles player is also allowed to participate in doubles. This event has had participation from well-renowned colleges across India, including Sports colleges. In spite of that,the tennis team has been a consistent good performer in the meet, winning last year's silver medal. On being quizzed on how they expected to perform in this year's meet, Anshul said that, all of the six participating teams are at the same level. He also added that they hoped to clinch the gold this year. When asked about the participation of freshers in the BOSM Team, he said that the turnout of freshers at the try-outs were like any other year. But he also commented that the quality of freshers was not very good, and none of them made it to the final BOSM team.

Anshul also hoped that the turnouts of the BITS populace will be better than it was last year, when except for one match the turnout was abysmally low. He requested all BITS-ians to turn up in large numbers to cheer his team in BOSM.