Mumbai: St Stanislaus emerged as the undisputed champions, as they went on to win the boys under-10 hockey titles, after their seniors swept aside the rivals, to make a clean sweep in all the three age groups of the MSSA inter-school hockey championships.
At their own ground, here on Monday, it was yet again Don Bosco who were left with the silver spoon as the under-10 St Stanislaus got the better of them 2-0, to sign off the season on a triumphant note, netting once in each session.
A minute of silence was observed for the CRPF Jawans who were killed in Kashmir. Hosts’ Jorden Desmond soon got down to business as he opened finding the net in the 9th minute of play. Skye D’coata put tyhe issue beyond the rivals reach finding the target in the 26th minute.
Jaisinghani, Boricha advance
Gaurav Jaisinghani (+10 handicap) and Luv Boricha (+30 handicap) got the better of Abhishek Soparkar (+20) and Nikhil Patel (+30) by a narrow 3-2, in a second round match of the Khar Gymkhana Snooker Shootout, co-sponsored by Rustomjee Builders and Nagee Cues, at the
Khar Gymkhana’s Yasin Merchant snooker room, here on Monday. Jaisinghani prevailed over Patel 88-59 in the 15-red first frame, but his teammate Boricha lost to Soparkar 33-47 in the 6-red second frame. Later, Patel and Soparkar showed good understanding to pocket the 15-red doubles third frame 87-42 and take a 2-1 lead.
But, Boricha found his touch in the nick of time and defeated Patel 82-66 in the 15-red fourth frame before Jaisinghani tamed Soparkar 82-10 in the deciding 6-red fifth frame and seal the win for his team and advance to the round of 16.
In a first round match, the team of Mohsin Achhava (+30) and Karmesh Patel (+20) outplayed the seasoned Otters Club duo of Yash Babani (+30) and Steven Samuel (+30) 3-1 to progress into the second round.
Results
Second Rd: Gaurav Jaisinghani (+10)/Luv Boricha (+30) bt Abhishek Soparkar (+20)/Nikhil Patel (+30) 3-2. First Rd: Sanjeev Bijlani (+30)/Amit Sapru (+30) bt Chinmay Gawade (+30)/Mahadev Bhogle (+20) 3-1; Rayaan Razmi (+20)/Vilas Upsham (+20) bt Darshan Rawal (+30)/Sumit Saldurkar (+20) 3-1; Mohsin Achhava (+30)/Karmesh Patel (+20) beat Yash Babani (+30)/Steven Samuel (+30) 3-1.
Bandra rink football today
Leading football teams from the city and suburbs will be seen in action in the annual Bandra Gymkhana Floodlit Rink Football tournament, organised under the auspices of the MDFA and to be played at the DPRC grounds, Bandra from February 19 to March 3. A total of 116 teams have confirmed their participating in the men’s open (72 teams), womens’ (16 teams) and men’s veterans (28 teams), events.
Wodehouse Gymkhana tennis
The Wodehouse Gymkhana will be organise a two-day ladies 35 Open Prize-Money Tennis tournament at the Wodehouse Gymkhana tennis courts, on March 2. Competition will be conducted in two categories, ladies singles and ladies doubles. For details contact, email to alitennis2003@yahoo.co.in or via WhatsApp on 9821209733. For more details contact on phone +91 9821209733.
