APRIL 22: Debutants Maa Saheb Meenatai Thakre Academy (MSMTA) trounced Cricket Club of India 3-0 in the sub-junior team final of the Inter-Club Badminton Tournament, sponsored by Kanji Money Changers, at the PJ Hindu Gymkhana, on Saturday.
Results – Sub-junior (final): MSMTA bt CCI 3-0: (Anand Pawar bt Zarir Warden 15-2 15-0, Amruta Sawant bt Rima Zaveri 11-0 11-4, Sushil Sawant/ Rohit Sadani bt Harsh Jhaveri/ Abhinav Shukla 15-5 15-0).
Men’s Motiram Cup (semis): PJ Hindu Gym A bt CCI A 3-1: (Yogesh Padukone bt Sushant Niddodi 15-3 15-6, Mangrish Palekar bt Deepak Jaitley 15-0 15-2, Ravi Kunte/ Pradeep Iyengar lost to Ayaz Billawala/ Suray Modi 5-15 15-5 14-17, Leroy D’Sa/ Yogesh Padukone bt Jaitley/ Bezad Dewadwala 15-3 15-2).
MIG Cricket Club bt MSMTA 3-1: (Akshay Thakkar lost to Rahul Tipnis 15-10 10-15 1-15,, Mayur Ghatnekar bt Vinayak Putran 15-12 15-7, Ajit Nair/ Sameer Deorurkar bt Sachin Bharati/ Putran 10-15 15-6 15-11, Jitesh Padukone/ Thakkar bt Putran/ Tipnis 15-13 15-12).
Women’s Anant V Ullal Cup (semi-final): CCI bt BEST 2-0: (Nirmala Kotnis/ Neha Gangulli bt Rita Dias/ Sarita Rao Rane 15-0 15-1, Neha bt Sarita 11-0 11-0).
Saraswati teams win
Saraswati Kanya Sangh A and B teams registered easy victories in the sub-junior girls section of the Colgate-Palmolive-sponsored 10th DB Prabhu Memorial State-level Basketball Tournament at the Indian Gymkhana court, on Saturday. Their A team beat Agradneya B and their junior string toyed with Abhyudaya Krida Mandal.
Results – Boys: Wellingdon YMCA A 47 (Afzal Shaikh 10, Zahiruddin Shaikh 10) bt Agradneya 18 (Ninad Katre 6) HT: 26-12, Mastan YMCA A 32 (M Samsher 10, Naved Khan 6) bt Agnel Gym A 10 (C Sinu 10) HT: 12-6.
Girls: Agnel Gym 21 (P Anchita 10, Uma Joseph 6) bt Ajinkya Gym 6 (Shraddha Nalawade 6) HT: 12-4, Saraswati Kanya Sangh A 48 (Abha Khare 18, Sonali Dube 8) bt Agradneya B 1 HT: 24-1, St Louis 8 (Sharmila Gokhale 4) bt Agraneya B 7 (Sneha Sawant 4) HT: 8-3, Indian Gym 42 (Nupur Zarapkar 8) bt Abhyudaya Krida Mandal 12 HT: 30-4, Saraswati Kanya Sangh B 58 (Avanti Likhita 22, Anju Chawla 8) bt Abhyudaya KM 0 HT: 18-0.