Guru Nanak Public School, Cuttack, represented Urja Verma and Sweta Verma, bagged three out of eight titles in the 6th Odisha State Inter-School Table Tennis Tournament, which was organised by Odisha State Table Tennis Association (OSTTA) at Biju Patnaik Multipurpose Indoor Hall, CDC, Cuttack on 20 and 21 August 2025.
The two-day tournament, featuring four team and as many individual events, was participated by more than 300 young paddlers from 66 schools across the State. Former National level table tennis player Anand Poddar inaugurated the tournament in the presence of OSSTA secretary Rabindra Kumar Parida, vice-president Chitta Ranjan Mohanty, treasurer Nihar Ranjan Mishra.
FINAL RESULTS:
TEAM EVENTS:
Senior Girls: Guru Nanak Public School, Cuttack beat Stewart School, Cuttack 3-0 (Sweta Verma bt Ashi Swayanshi 3-0; Urja Verma bt Sakshi Bhagat 3-0; Urja & Sweta bt Ashi & Sakshi 3-2).
Senior Boys: Kendriya Vidyalaya No 1, Bhubaneswar beat Christ Collegiate School, Cuttack 3-0 (Rudra Gouda bt Mohammed Takmil 3-0; Ratikanta Gouda bt Yusuf Khan 3-0; Ratikanta-Rudra bt Takmil-Yusuf 3-0).
Junior Boys: New Stewart School, Cuttack beat Delhi Public School, Kalinga (Cuttack) 3-1 (Sayed Arsh Ali bt Ayushman Pati 3-1; Shuvankar Mahali lost to Hitesha Agrawal 1-3; Sayed Asrh Ali-Tamim Ubaid bt Hitesh-Ayushman 3-0; Sayed Arsh Ali bt Hitesha Agrawal 3-1).
Junior Girls: DAV Public School, CDA (Cuttack) beat Puri Zilla School 3-1 (Neelakshi Bastia lost to Shritija Choudhury 1-3, Aradhya Sahoo bt Abhilipsha Das 3-0; Neelakshi-Aradhya bt Shritija- Abhilipsha 3-0; Aradhya Sahoo bt Shritija Choudhury 3-1).
INDIVIDUAL EVENTS:
Senior Girls Singles: Urja Verma (Guru Nanak Public School, Cuttack) beat Aafiya Mosim (New Stewart School, Cuttack) 3-0.
Senior Boys Singles: Jigyanshu Sahoo (Ravenshaw Higher Secondary School, Cuttack) beat Ratikanta Gauda (Kendriya Vidyalaya-1, Bhubaneswar) 3-0.
Junior Girls Singles: Sweta Verma (Guru Nanak Public School, Cuttack) beat Ansuska Mohanty (St Josephs Girls High School, Cuttack) 3-1.
Junior Boys Singles: Jigyanshu Sai Kiran Pradhan (Kendriya Vidyalaya, Puri) beat Junaid Ali (PM Academy, Cuttack) 3-0.
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PHOTO: Singles champions (L-R) Jigyansu Sai Kiran Pradhan, Urja Verma, Sweta Verma and Jigyansu Sahoo pose at the Odisha State Inter-School Table Tennis Tournament in Cuttack on 22 August 2025.