According to UP Judo Association official Munawar Anzar, altogether 20 players and officials of UP will take part in the championships.

The team:
Men’s section: Dilip Kumar Mishra (Kan), Veer Bahadur Thapa (Gzb), Yashpal (Gzb), Ram Asrey Yadav (UPP; captain), Ramji (Vns), Deepak Tyagi (UPP), Shiv Kumar (Vns); Lal Kumar (coach); Mehboob Ali (manager);
Women’s section: Manisha (Sre), Sushma (Sre), Shivani (Gzb), Anju (Gzb), Garima Chaudhary (Mrt; Captain); Landhoni Devi (Lko), Taruna Sharma (Lko), Garima (Mrt); Kashi Naresh (coach), Parvez Ali (manager).

Bridge tourney
Cdr RP Srivastava and KN Jaiswal triumphed in the matchpoint pairs event organised as part of a local bridge tourney, on Tuesday evening at Lucknow Club here.
Fifteen pairs played 11 rounds of 2 boards each. The matchpoint action was a low scoring one and was keenly contested. As many as 9 pairs scored above average scores in a spread of 4.5%. Cdr RP Srivastava and KN Jaiswal won the event with 5 tops, 5 above average and one zero.
The top two pairs played the last round against each other. The second placed pair of BB Lal and GN Mehrotra had a good last round but could not overcome the leaders. In the close contest the difference between second and third and third and fourth pair were 0.4 and 0.5 matchpoint, respectively.