Date:20/12/2005 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2005/12/20/stories/2005122009782000.htm

Sport - Archery

Punya, Ranjit to the fore

Special Correspondent

KOLKATA: Punya Prabha of Uttar Pradesh and Ranjit Das of Jharkhand stood first in the overall standings of the FITA round of the 28th junior National archery championship at Jamshedpur on Monday.

According to information received here, junior world championship team silver medallist, Prabhat Kandir of Jharkhand was relegated to third position. Ranjit Das headed the ranking with a total of 1286, while his Statemate Amardeep Kerketta and Kandir followed in that order with 1265 and 1259 respectively.

Leading scores: FITA round: Boys (read as: 90m, 70, 50, 30m and total): 1. Ranjit Das (Jhar) 298, 330, 322, 336, 1286; 2. Amardeep Kerketta (Jhar) 293, 314, 314, 344, 1265; 3. Prabhat Kandir (Jhar) 282, 316, 321, 340, 1259; 4. Ranjit Hembrom (Jhar) 272, 316, 320, 340, 1245; 5. Birsa Bandia (Jhar) 292, 308, 298, 345, 1243; 6. Kapil (Cht) 289, 312, 309, 332, 1242.

Girls (read as 70, 60, 50, 30 and total): 1. Punya Prabha (UP) 314, 327, 324, 349, 1314; 2. Laxmi Rani Majhi (Jhar) 302, 312, 328, 346, 1288; 3. Renu (UP) 301, 315, 302, 347, 1265; 4. Roesy Lalrem Huluni (Jhar) 288, 315, 305, 348, 1256; 5. Reshma Banerjee (Ben) 298, 320, 297, 320, 1235; 6. Mahamaya (Jhar) 279, 303, 311, 325, 1218.