Supriya downs Rhea in a thriller, makes final

In other close matches, Vikas Jangra rallied to beat Rushabh Singhvi 8-10, 9-6, 9-1, 10-8 in the under-15 category, while Sandeep Jangra overcame Naishad Lalwani 1-9, 9-4, 9-3, 9-4 win in the under-13 category.

RESULTS (SEMI-FINALS)

Boys U-11: Vir Seth bt Ishan Balwani 9-4, 9-7, 9-4; Vikram Malhotra bt Jain Dalal 3-1. U-13: Nikhil Seth bt Jay Bhagat 9-4, 9-0, 9-6; Sandeep Jangra bt Naishad Lalwani 1-9, 9-4, 9-3,9-4. U-15: Karan Sethi bt Yogin Thakur 9-4, 9-0, 9-3; Vikas Jangra bt Rushabh Singhvi 8-10, 9-6, 9-1, 10-8. U-17: Vishal Kapoor bt Supreet Singh 9-5, 9-2, 9-2; Sahil Vora bt Deepak Yadav 9-6, 9-4, 3-9, 0-9, 9-5. U-19: Junaid Nathani bt Vijay Jangra 9-7, 9-4, 3-9, 0-9, 9-5; Mihir Kapoor bt Taran Machra 9-7, 9-1, 9-5.

Girls (U-15): Alisha Mashruwalla bt Shailee Shelke 3-0. U-19: Deepali Anwekar bt Priyanka Yadav 9-2, 9-0, 9-3; Supriya Balsekar bt Rhea Bhandara 10-8, 8-10, 8-10, 10-9, 9-7.

Alok, Shruti made to toil

Alok Shah (Don Bosco, Matunga) and Shruti Bansal (St Anne’s) were made to toil in their respective categories before advancing to the fourth round of the MSSA-Colgate Inter-School table Tennis Tournament in progress at the University Pavilion.

In third round matches played today, Alok rallied to overcome Aditya Khanjode (Swami Vivek) 20-22 21-14 21-10 in the boys under-14 category while Shruti clawed back to down Vinita Merchant (JB Petit) 20-22 21-9 21-19 in the girs under under-10section.

RESULTS (3RD ROUND)

Boys under-14: Rachit Parekh (Cathedral & John Connon) bt Kapil Khanna (Gyan Kendra) 21-7 21-11, Dewang Bhimjani (Campion) bt Travasso Cayton (Domic Savio) 21-14 21-15, Priyank Desai (St Mary, Dahisar) bt Pawan Jangani (St Theressa) 21-18 21-12, Kayan Shetty (OL Salvation) bt Pranav Kohli (AVM, Bandra) 21-16 19-21 21-13, Pratik Purohit (Christ Church) bt Rahul Valecha (Bom Scottish) 21-11 14-21 21-15, Diyang Behere (Atomic Energy) bt Amit Kothari (NRP Seth) 20-22 21-14 21-9, Santosh Raman (Yashodham) bt Yash Mehta (Utpal Sanghvi) 21-17 17-21 21-19, Alok Shah (Don Bosco, Matunga) bt Aditya Khanjode (Swami Vivek) 20-22 21-14 21-10, Rohan Khubchandani (Cathedral & JC) bt Vrushal Diwate (OL Salv) 23-21 21-13.

Under-10: Abhishek Kaul (AVM, Bandra) bt Vishal Shah (Utpal Sanghvi) 21-8 21-11, Abhijeet Ballani (Stanislaus) bt Dhruv Kapoor (Cathedral) 21-12 22-20, Shlok Kamdar (Jamnabai Narsee) bt Hardik Parekh (St Joseph, Wadala) 21-9 21-7

Girls (under-10): Shruti Bansal (StAnne’s) bt Vinita Merchant (JB Petit) 20-22 21-9 21-19, Tania Hurry (Cathedral) bt Sayali Vichare (IES PD Eng) 21-14 23-21.

Amay extends Akhil

Akhil Kamlakar of Lakhandwala Foundation was the only player to find tough opposition in the MSSA-Colgate Inter School Badminton finals held at the Cricket Club of India (CCI) courts here on Sunday. Kalamkar was stretched to the distance by St Mary’s Amay Merchant 15-8 14-17 15-7 for the boys under-10 crown. All other winners had a relatively smooth sailing.

Jamnabai Narsee, Juhu and IES VN Sule Guruji, Dadar claimed the team honours in the boys and girls section respectively.

RESULTS (ALL FINALS)

Boys Seniors (under-16): Sushil Sawant (Dr Antonio D’silva) bt Anand Pawar (Jamnabai Narsee) 15-8 15-12. Juniors (u-14): Sagar Chopra (St Pius, Mulund) bt Rohit Sadani (Gyan Kendra) 15-12 15-1. Sub-juniors (u-12): Harsh Jhaveri (Cathedral & John) bt Sidharth Bhimani (St Joseph’s, Malad) 15-3 15-9. Midget (u-10): Akhil Kamlakar (Lokhandwala Foundation)bt Amay Merchant (St Mary’s) 15-8 14-17 15-7. Team Championships: 1. Jamnabai Narsee, Juhu; 2. OLPS, Chembur; 3. St Francis D’Assisi, Borivli.

Girls Seniors (u-16): Nikita Hurkadli (St Joseph’s) bt Shivani Mayekar (IES, Dadar) 11-2 13-12. Juniors (u-14): Ridhi Panjwani (AVM, Santacruz) bt Maitreyee Nigwekar (Convent, Prabhadevi) 11-1 11-2. Sub-juniors (under-12): Neha Rane (PG Goradia) bt Aishwarya Nair (Leelavatibai Podar) 11-2 11-6. Midget (under 10): Vinita Ghate (IES, Dadar) bt Ishani Sawant (JB Vachha) 11-3 11-6. Team Championships: 1. IES VN Sule Guruji, Dadar; 2. Cathedral & John Connon, Fort; 3. Jamnabai Narsee, Juhu.

Don Bosco win

Don Bosco Youth Centre A’ bt Wenden B’ by 2-0 in the MDFA Chattrapati Shivaji Trophy Division I-B football league at the St Xavier’s ground, Parel, today. Johnny Dias took a powerful shot from a free-kick which beat Wenden ‘keeper Vinod Pillai hands down in the seventh minute (1-0).

In the second-half the Wenden forwards tried had but they could not beatDBYC ‘keeper S. Sawant. The second goal came in the 40th minute and was scored by Suresh Yella from close range.

Mohile nets brace

Prakash Mohile’s fine brace saw Air-India register their fourth successive victory in the Our Lady of Egypt Church Sports Committee-organised 12-team Kalina football league at the St Mary’s school ground, Kalina. Air-India beat Big Village Bhat (Green) 3-0. Prem Malhotra netted the other goal.

OTHER RESULTS: Nester Compound 7 (Troydon Miranda 3, Christie Fernandes, Bona Ferreira, Kevin Pinto jr., Edrich Lazrado) bt Big Village, Matharwar Red 4 (Joslyn Mathews 2, Aliston Gonsalves, Karl Rodrigues); Indian Airlines 6 (Karan Sawand 2, Harishchand 2, Harishchand Baria 2, Hekmat Singh, Rajesh Rane) bt Kolovery Village Red 1 (Dillon Kinny); Kolovery Village Blue 4 (Lloyd Braganza, Sunny C, Walter D’Souza, Walter Parlekar) bt Behind the Church 0; Big Village, Matharwar Black & White 2 (Kingley Rebello, Don Rodrigues) bt CST Road Vidyanagari Black & White 1 (PravinGotad); CST Road, Vidyanagari Red & Blue 6 (Vivek Oberoi 3, Neil D’Costa 2, George D’Lima) bt Big Village Bhat Orange 1 (Sunil D’Souza).

Nohar Nath triumphs

Nohar Nath shot a four-over 74 (nett 68) to win the Bombay Presidency Golf Club selection trials to pick the team for the Johnnie Walker Inter-Club golf tournament. Nohar, who finished five strokes clear of brother Shivas Nath (gross 79, nett 72) will represent BPGC in the 0-9 handicap category.

The other members of the BPGC team are Rani Goenka (gross 79, nett 66) in the 10-17 handicap section and HK Sippy (gross 85, nett 66) in the 19 to 24 handicap category.