Sameera Salunke, 16, and Nilansh Chipalunkar, 14, of Vanita Vishram High School, Girgaum, emerged champions among U-16 girls and boys respectively in the MSSA inter-school carrom tournament at the Dr Antonio Da Silva High School hall, Dadar, on Thursday.

In the finals, Sameera defeated Siddhi Patel of Swami Vivekanand International School (Kandivli) 16-4 while Nilansh prevailed over Mayuresh Kirve of IES Modern (Dadar) 11-2. Sameera, a former U-12 champion, was happy to get an opportunity to play competitive matches.