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Commonwealth Girls Under 18 Gold Medallist Bhakti Kulkarni (ELO 2112)
started off as the eighth seed in the National Under 19 (Juniors) Girls
Championship which got underway today at nagpur. Nandini Saripalli is the
other Goan in the tough field which will determine the top 6 to make it to
the Indian Junior team to represent the country in many international
tournaments next year.
The top seed is WIM Mary Ann Gomes (ELO 2274) of West Bengal who has
previously won the Asian Junior Girls Championship in New Delhi and the
Bronze medal in the World Under 18 Girls Championship in Batumi, Georgia.
National 'B' Womens Champion WIM Kiran Manisha Mohanty (ELO 2247) and last
years Asian Under 12 Girls Gold Medallist Padmini Rout (ELO 2246) both from
Orissa start as the 2nd and 3rd seeds. WIM Kruttika Nadig (ELO 2238) and two
time winner WIM Elect Soumya Swaminathan (ELO 2178) both from Maharashtra
will give everyone a hard time in this tournament as the 4th and 5th seeds.
Two time National Subjunior Champion WIM P. Lakshmi Sahiti (ELO 2142) from
Andhra Pradesh is the 6th seed and WFM Pon. N. Krithika (ELO 2122) from
Tamil Nadu will be rounding out this extremely competitive field.
Bhakti's coach Dronacharya Awardee Raghunandan Gokhale has expressed
confidence that she will give a good account of herself and keep the Goan
flag flying high.
SOURCE: Sameer Salgaocar - President - GSCA
