The 16th Senior National Indian Round Archery Championship got off to a colourful start at Itanagar, the capital of far-flung Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday. The opening day belonged to Nitu Ingole of Maharashra and Gwimalo Baro of Madhya Pradesh. The two created National records in the 50m event for women and men respectively. Nitu scored 316 points out of 360 and broke the previous record of 309 points held by H. Rajpriya Devi of Manipur established at Vijayawada in 2007. Baro's 332 out of 360 upstaged the old record of 329 points set by S. Basanta of Manipur at Jamshedpur in 2008.

Pratibha Boro of Assam won the 30m distance for women with a score of 327 points. Nitu Ingole of Maharashtra, who stood first in the 50m, was second also scoring 327. Pratibha had 14 (X and 10 pointers) as against Nitu's 12. Anima Basumatary of Assam was third with 318. Rohit Sharma of Services won the men's 30m distance with a score of 330. S. basanta of Assam Rifles was second with 322 (X+10=12) while A. Peru Sharma of Arunachal Pradesh was third with 322 (X+10=8).

Sunil Oraon of Jharkhand won the men's individual Olympic round beating Bishnu Ram Nath of Assam at 105-103. Tulsi Hembrom of Jharkhand emerged the Individual Olympic round champion beating her teammate Lakhi Mondal by 108 points to 98. Th. Usharani Devi of Manipur took the bronze medal in the women's side.

In the men's team Olympic round , Services defeated Madhya Pradesh 214-195. Manipur finished third. Manipur won the women's team Olympic round beating Assam at 202-200. Jharkhand was third.

Results in Details

WOMEN 50 METERS
RANK	NAME	UNIT	SCORE / 360
GOLD	NITU INGOLE	MAHARASHTRA	316
SILVER	BINUMA BRAHMA	ASSAM	308
BRONZE	PRATIVA BORO	ASSAM	299
WOMEN 30 METERS
RANK	NAME	UNIT	SCORE / 360
GOLD	PRATIVA BORO	ASSAM	327
SILVER	NITU INGOLE	MAHARASTRA	327
BRONZE	ANIMA BASUMATARY	ASSAM	318
WOMEN INDIVIDUAL
RANK	NAME	UNIT	SCORE / 120
GOLD	TULSI HEMBROM	JHARKHAND	108
SILVER	LAKHI MANDAL	JHARKHAND	98
BRONZE	TH. USHRANI DEVI	MANIPUR	108
WOMEN TEAM
RANK	NAME	UNIT	SCORE / 240
GOLD	K. MANAVIDYA DEVI TH. USHARANI DEVI K. PRAVAHINI G.DHANESWARI DEVI	MANIPUR	202
SILVER	PRATIVA BORO BINUMA BRAHMA ANIMA BASUMATARY PALLAVI BORO	ASSAM	200
BRONZE	MADO RANI MANDI EKTA BHARDWAJ LAKHI MANDAL TULSHI HEMBROM	JHARKHAND	199
MEN 50 METERS
RANK	NAME	UNIT	SCORE / 360
GOLD	GWIMALU BARO	M P	332
SILVER	KALASKAR AMIT RAJENDRA	JHARKHAND	331
BRONZE	GHASIRAM BESRA	ITBP	330
MEN 30 METERS
RANK	NAME	UNIT	SCORE / 360
GOLD	ROHIT SINGH	SSCB	330
SILVER	BASANTA SINGH	ARAC(MANIPUR	322(X+10=12)
BRONZE	A PERU SHARMA	ARUNACHAL	322(X+10=10)
MEN INDIVIDUAL
RANK	NAME	UNIT	SCORE / 120
GOLD	SUNIL ORAON	JHARKHAND	105
SILVER	BISHNURAM NATH	SSB (ASSAM)	103
BRONZE	PETER BRITO BIHAM	ARAC(MANIPUR)	109
MEN TEAM
RANK	NAME	UNIT	SCORE / 240
GOLD	A. SURAJ SINGH KALICHARAN BESRA ROHIT SINGH PRAN GOPAL MANDAL	SSCB	214
SILVER	AMBONE MANOJ GWIMLAU BARO KRISHAN KUMAR ANIL KUMAR	MP	195
BRONZE	M BASANTA MEITEI CH. SAMUYAI SINGH P. SOMEN SINGH O. TELEHEIBA SINGH	MANIPUR	208