Recently, Indore hosted UTT Para Table Tennis National Championship 2022-23, from March 14-17 at Abhay Prashal. Amongst many talent participants, Bharti Ben Pabaria, Poonam, Pragati Kesarvani, Prachi Pandey, Kartik Sharma and Sandip Dangi emerged as winners conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Table Tennis Association.
Victorious participants from the Para Table Tennis Championship
Won Silver medal 🥈in UTT Para Table Tennis National Championships 2022, Indore.@neomotionlife @ipspankajnain @dsya_haryana @ParalympicIndia#tabletennis #paraTT #Nationals #silver #proud pic.twitter.com/eucvChq0Uy
— Sumit Sehgal (@sSehgal321) March 20, 2023
The mega championship was divided into various categories where participants from different states emerged as winners. Some of the trophy holders from the completion are as follows:
In the Men’s Class-1 Category, Dangi of Haryana defeated JD Madan of Tamil Nadu by 8-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-6 and Karthik of Himachal Pradesh overcame Patrick D’Souza of Goa by 11-5, 11-4, 11-4 to clinch the Men’s Class-2 title.
In the Women’s Class-6 Category, Chandigarh’s Poonam defeated Bhavika Kukadia of Gujarat by 11-8, 11-4, 11-2 to emerge the champion.
In the Class-7 Category, Prachi of Uttar Pradesh defeated Dhawani Shah of Gujarat by 11-8, 11-6, 11-4 to emerge the winner.
In the Class-8 Category, Pragati of Uttar Pradesh scored a facile 11-8, 11-5, 11-7 and emerged victorious against Gujarat’s Bhavana Champaneri.
In Class 3 Category , Sonal Patel beat Vidya Kumar by 3-0 to bag the title while in Class 4 Bhavina Patel bagged the gold blanking Usha Rathore.
The prize distribution ceremony was attended by many dignitories such as the Secretary General of Table Tannis Federation of India (TTFI) – Kamlesh Mahta, Secretary General of All India Tennis Association – Anil Dhupar, Treasurer of TTFI – Nagendar Reddy Patel, and Vice President of Madhya Pradesh Olympic Association Om Soni, among others.
