Ridoy and Mahi lifted the titles of the boy’s and girl’s singles by winning their respective finals of the South Bangla Bank 2nd National Junior Table Tennis at the Shahid Tajuddin Indoor Stadium yesterday.
Ridoy, who hails from Bagerhat, beat his teammate Jubair by 4-1 games to win the boy’s title while Mahi, playing for Bangladesh Army, beat Mou of Dhaka by 4-1 games in the girl’s final. Both Mahi and Ridoy received awards from Walton as the best players.
Bagerhat and BKSP were the champions and the runner-up respectively in the boys’ team event while Bangladesh Army and Dhaka were the champions and the runner-up in the girls’ team event. Sajib and Anoj of Chittagong emerged as the boys’ doubles champions while Sabbir and Swahdhin finished runners-up. Oishee and Juthi became girls’ doubles champions while Tushi and Shumona of Narail finished runners-up.
Jahid Ahsan Russell, the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee for sports and youth ministry, distributed the prizes as the chief guest. Rafikul Islam, the managing director of South Bangla Bank and A.F.M. Iqbal bin Anwar Dawn, the additional director of Walton were the special guests. BTTF general secretary Zobera Rahman Linu presided over the prize-giving ceremony.