GUWAHATI, June 19 - Assam Table Tennis Association (AATA) will host the 4th Nagen Hazarika and 8th RG Baruah All Assam Major Ranking Table Tennis Championships at the Deshbhakta Tarun Ram Phookan Indoor Stadium in the RG Baruah Sports Complex here from July 4.
The 4th Nagen Hazarika ranking meet will be held from July 4 to 6 while it will be followed by the 8th RG Baruah memorial championship from July 7 to 9. It will be the fifth and sixth all Assam major ranking championship of this year. Nagaon, Golaghat, Dibrugarh and Duliajan already hosted the previous tournaments.
More than 400 paddlers from all the affiliated districts including Guwahati, Golaghat, Mangaldoi, Jorhat, Sivasagar, Dibrugarh, Nagaon, Nazira, North Lakhimpur, Duliajan besides the two institutions � NF Railway and Oil India Limited are expected to participate in the championships. All the ranked players of the State will be seen in action during the upcoming championships. Entries should be send on or before June 24.
Subrajit Singha, joint secretary, ATTA of Golaghat and treasurer Nayan Jyoti Sarma of Jorhat have been appointed as official observers of the championship while ATTA assistant secretray Rajdeep Bhuyan of Dibrugarh has been named as competition manager for both the tournaments. Chandan Goswami of Nagaon will be the chief referee for the Nagen Hazarika championship while Gobinda Upadhaya will conduct the RG Baruah championship as chief referee. Biman Bhagaboti of Sivasagar will be the deputy chief referee for both the championship. The draws for the championships will be made on July 25, stated a release issued by ATTA secretary Tridib Duvarah.
