Patiala: The men’s team from Patiala with 42 points and the Fatehgarh Sahib women (37 points) emerged overall champions in the three-day Senior Punjab State Fencing Championship that concluded at Punjabi University, Patiala, recently. Gurdaspur (26) and Fatehgarh Sahib (22) bagged second and third place in the men’s section, while Patiala (22) and Gurdaspur (22) eves were second and third respectively in their category.

The Punjab Fencing Association also honoured Karankit Kaur, Shammipreet Kaur, Komalpreet Shukla and Nutom Walia for representing India in the Asian Games.

Final results: Epee Men’s Individual: 1st semi-final - Lovepreet Singh (Gurdaspur) b Satish Garnaik (Patiala); 2nd semi-final - Nitish Nav (Patiala) b Ajay Shori (Jallandhar); Final - Nitish Nav b Lovepreet Singh.

Epee women’s individual: 1st semi-final - Shammipreet Kaur (Gurdaspur) b Pawandeep Kaur (Patiala); 2nd semi-final - Baby Verma (Fatehgarh Sahib) b Gurmeet Kaur (Taran Tarn); Final - Baby Verma b Shammipreet Kaur.

Foil Women’s Individual: 1st semi-final - Jasmine (Patiala) b Ramneek Kaur (Fatehgarh Sahib); 2nd semi-final - Inderpreet Kaur (Fatehgarh Sahib) b Kavneet Kaur (Patiala); Final - Jasmine b Inderpreet Kaur.

Sabre Women’s Individual: 1st semi-final - Kawaljeet Kaur (Gurdaspur) b Dalvir Kaur (Fatehgarh Sahib); 2nd semi-final - Komalpreet Shukla (Fatehgarh Sahib) b Neelam Rani (Patiala); Final - Komalpreet Shukla b Kawaljeet Kaur.

Foil Men’s Individual: 1st semi-final - Karan Joshi (Patiala) b Kehar Singh (Gurdaspur); 2nd semi-final - Bikrampal Singh (Patiala) b Jodhvir Singh (Amritsar); Final - Joshi b Bikrampal.

Sabre Men’s Individual: 1st semi-final - Varinder Singh (Gurdaspur) b Mandeep Singh (Fatehgarh Sahib); 2nd semi-final - Dapinderjeet Singh (Gurdaspur) beat Dharam Singh (Mohali); Final - Varinder b Dapinderjeet.

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