Puddicherry boys and girls win

Chandigarh, Jun 2 (UNI) Holders Puddicherry recorded two victories in their boys Pool A programme in the morning session of the second day of the 21st Junior National Atya Patya Championship being conducted by Chandigarh Atya Patya Association at St Joseph's School Complex in Sector 44 here today.

Puddicherry huffed and puffed before prevailing over Manipur 17-23, 15-12, 30-27 and later defeated Tamil Nadu by 12-10, 11-10.

Tamil Nadu suffered their second successive defeat as Delhi beat them by 15-12, 15-14.

Defending champions Puddicherry got full points at the cost of Uttrakhand by 14-11, 12-10. It was their second consecutive win as they had yesterday defeated Chandigarh in a girls Pool A match.

Delhi girls won two matches in their pool B programme. Delhi secured full points after beating Rajasthan by 13-10, 18-15 and later beat Haryana by 13-9, 18-15.

Results: Boys: Pool A: Delhi bt West Bengal 15-13, 11-10; Puddicherry bt Manipur 17-23, 15-12, 30-27, Delhi bt Tamil Nadu 15-12, 15-14; Puddicherry bt Tamil Nadu 12-10, 11-0.

Pool B: Punjab bt Madhya Pradesh 10-8, 14-11; Maharashtra bt Haryana 41-11, 21-8.

Pool C: Himachal Pradesh bt Chandigarh 19-27, 18-15, 23-22; Uttar Pradesh bt Andhra Pradesh 20-15, 21-18.

Pool D: Kerala bt Jharkhand 47-7, 24-11; Karnataka bt Rajasthan 44-10, 40-15.

Girls: Pool A: Chandigarh bt Punjab 18-16, 19-16; Puddicherry bt Uttrakhand 14-11, 12-10; Uttrakhand bt Punjab 20-17, 10-8; Puddicherry bt Punjab 11-8, 10-8.

Pool B: Delhi bt Rajasthan 13-10, 18-15; Manipur bt Uttar Pradesh 14-11, 13-8; Delhi bt Haryana 13-9, 18-15; Manipur bt Delhi 23-20, 17-18, 15-13.

Pool C: Maharashtra bt West Bengal 10-8, 10-6; Tamil Nadu bt Jharkhand 10-9, 21-19, Tamil Nadu bt West Bengal 16-17, 17-16, 17-15.

Pool D: Himachal Pradesh bt Chattisgarh 12-10, 12-10; Karnataka bt AP 20-4, 16-14; AP bt Chattisgarh 12-9, 10-8.

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