Mekhla rallies to pouch women’s title

Mumbai, Nov 20: Mekhla Subedar rallied to defeat Deepali Anvekar 7-9 9-2 9-1 9-3 and clinch the women's title in the Indian Express CCI W...

Mumbai, Nov 20: Mekhla Subedar rallied to defeat Deepali Anvekar 7-9 9-2 9-1 9-3 and clinch the women’s title in the Indian Express CCI Western India squash tournament at CCI today. Junaid Nathani had a mixed bag today, beating Neerav Tomar in the Boys U-17 final, while losing to Mihir Kapoor in the U-19.

Results (all final)
Boys (U-19): Mihir Kapoor bt Junaid Nathani 9-6 9-4 9-1; (U-17): Junaid Nathani bt Neerav Tomar 9-5 9-4 5-9 7-9 9-6; (U-11): Jay Bhagat bt Alisha Mashruwala 9-6 9-5 9-0.

Men (open): Nameet Narain bt Rajdeep Brar 9-6 5-9 9-4 9-2;
(Professionals): Santosh More bt Gopi Mohite 9-5 9-3 9-3; (Over 35): Vaman Apte bt Gopi Mohite 9-4 9-1 9-5.
Women: Mekhla Subedar bt Deepali Anvekar 7-9 9-2 9-1 9-3.

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Trichi, Mugdha champs
TRICHI Chawla of Fr Agnel, Vashi and Mugdha Variyar of Gokuldham, Goregaon crowned themselves as champions in the girls under-10 and open categories respectively of the Bournvita Inter-school chesstournament, organised by Kalina Recreation & Sports Club and Bombay Chess Association at Vile Parle Prabodhankar Thackeray Krida Sankul. They also become winners of the coveted London School of Economics prize for the best boy and best girl in each age category and take home 50 pounds each.

Mugdha Variyar crowned herself as the best schoolgirl in Mumbai, Thane and Raigad districts by taking the open girls crown with 7.5 points.

Placings (Girls open): 1 Mugdha Variyar (Gokuldham) 7.5, 2 Niharika Thakkar (Jankidevi) 7, 7, 3 Tanvi Thakur (St Anne’s) 6.5, 4 Rinkurani Yadav (Fr Agnel) 6.5, 5 Priyanka Punjabi (Joseph’s Bandra) 6.5; (Girls U-10): Trichi Chawla (Fr Agnel) 8, 2 Ketki Kulkarni (C Patkar) 7.5, 3 Saba Mhate (Fr Agnel) 7, 4 Gayatri Velu (Louis, Andheri) 6.5, 5 Sharvari Desai (Navi Mumbai) 6.5.

Results 10th round (U-10 boys): Rohil Bhat (9) bt Nadeem Abdulla (7), Aakarsh Rai (8.5) bt Anuj Moralwar (7.5), Vishal Shah (5) bt Pratik Shenoy (7), Sahil Mujumdar (8) bt Abhijit Hatkar(7), Sanju Malaika (8) bt Akshat Kundalia (7); (Open Boys): Vinaykumar M (7) lost to Sagar Sadavarte (9), Vaibhav Saxena (8.5) bt Atharva Moralwar (7.5), Amar Kamat (8) drew Akash Narayanan (7), Sameer Thakkar (7.5) drew Saurabh Barve (7.5), Vikram Honmurgi (7) lost Omkar Kulkarni (7.5).

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Tons by Kadam, Adhikari
A 199-run partnership for the third wicket between centurions Ashok Kadam and Saket Adhikari helped PJ Hindu Gymkhana score 344 for 5 against MCA Colts on the first day of the two-day Police Invitation Cricket Shield Tournament, sponsored by Jayantilal Khandwala & Sons and Khandwala Securities, today. Kadam’s knock of 127 was studded with twenty two fours off 202 balls while Adhikari hit twenty six boundaries in his 137 which came in 179 balls.

The other centurion of the day was Nilesh Masurkar (103 n.o, 15×4) who helped Catholic Gymkhana declare at 343 for six against Mumbai University at Islam Gymkhana.
Brief scores
Group A’: Shivaji Park Gym 229 (Soham Dalvi32, Ojaz Mehta 78, Bharat Karnik 32; Sameer Apte 3-63, Sandeep Mahadkar 5-69) vs National 39-0; Catholic Gym 343-6 decl (Kiran Manjrekar 68, Rohit Rudra 33, Nilesh Masurkar n.o. 103, Parag Paigankar n.o. 58) vs Mumbai University 32-2; Parsee Gym 266 (Manish More 33, Vishal Jain 89, Pravin Tambe 54, Sachin Sawant 3-29, Mazhar Ghadiyali 4-80) vs CCI 73 for 1 (Abhijit Kale batting 36).

Group B’: Mumbai Police 369-6 decl (Abhinav Bhat 48, Deepak Sawant 60, Amit Aroskar 61, Sulakshan Kulkarni 85, Ashish Mahadeshwar 3-95) vs Bombay Gym 2-0; Islam Gym 192 (Wasim Sayad n.o. 39, Camran Choudhary 36, Atul Ranade 7-58) vs MIG 8-1.
PJ Hindu Gym 344-5 (Ashok Kadam 127, Saket Adhikari 137; Sandeep Dahad 3-90) vs MCA Colts.

Rupesh is Mr Varsity
Rupesh Raut of RKT College was declared Mr Mumbai University in the weightlifting and bodybuilding championship at University Pavilion today.

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Up to 56 kgs: Nitin Khanvilkar (RKT) 157.5 kg. 1st, Balu Sonavane (Birla) 152.5 kg 2nd; Up to 62 kg:Yogesh Chavan (BPCA) 165 kg. 1st, Suresh Chede (Birla) 120 kg. 2nd; Up to 69 kg: Dhanaji V Patil (Siddharth) 237.5 kg 1st; Ovhal Yogesh (RKT) 205 kg. 2nd; Up to 77 kg:
Dattatraya Tole (Siddharth) New meet record (115 snatch, 145 Clean and Jerk, 260 kg total); Sachin Vairala (Siddharth) 160 kg 2; Up to 85 kg
Mangesh Nimkar (Birla) 132.5 kg 1; Jitendra Tripathy (Birla) 115 2nd; Up to 94 kg; Shailendra Thakur (Khandwala) 210 kg. 1st.
Best Physique: Up to 65 kg. Paresh Mhatre (Elphinstone) 1st, Kazi Mirza Saeed (Hinduja) 2nd; Up to 70 kg: Rupesh Raut (R K Talreja) 1st, Amborkar Shekhar (RKT) 2nd; Up to 80 kgs: Rakesh Ghole (Kirti) 1st, Abhijit Nagvekar (Kirti) 2nd; Up to 90 kgs: Roshan Almeida (Dr Ambedkar Law) 1st, Chandankar Dattakumar (RKT) 2nd; Best Lifter: Dattatray Tole (Siddharth). Mr Mumbai University: Rupesh Raut (RKT)