School Sports

Results: Girls under 10 (1 km): 1) Nicole Franco (St Joseph’s Convent) 4:51 min 2) 2 Sodaye Nikita Tukaram (MGVM) 3) Flaveena Quadras (St Joseph’s Convent); Girls under 12 (1.2 km) 1) Ekta Sonawane (MGVM) 6:55 min 2) Prajakta Chaudhari (MGVM) 3) Pardhiye Bhakti Pardhiye (MGVM); Girls under 14 (2 km) 1) Shetye Mayuri Prakash (MGVM) 7.36 min 2); Manasi Chinderkar (MGVM) 3) Jyoti Shinde (MGVM); Girls under 17 (3 km) 1) Sanaya Wadkar (Apostilic Carmel) 12:40 min 2); Sayali Jadhav (MGVM) 3) Shreshta Tommundrum (St Joseph’s Convent); Boys under 10 (1 km) 1) Baslinga Hanumanta (St Catherine of Sienna) 4:27 min 2) Joel Barnes (St Stanislaus) 3) Raju Ukande (MGVM) Boys under 12 (2 km) 1) Javed Khan (St Catherine of Sienna) 7:38 min 2) Sherali Shaikh (St Catherine of Sienna) 3) Omkar Masurkar (MGVM) Boys under 14 (3 km) 1) Bhosale Pranay Bhosale (MGVM) 12:24 min 2) Dhiresh Jadhav (IES New English School) 3) Jagdish Patel (MGVM) Boys under 17 (5 km) 1) Mandesh Paikrao (MGVM) 19:14 min 2) Jalinder Rathod (MGVM)3) Mayur Bhivara (St Stanislaus). Team championships: GIRLS: Mahatma Gandhi Vidya Mandir (175 pts). BOYS: Mahatma Gandhi Vidya Mandir (117 pts).

Inter-school chess

The Dr. Prakash Vaze Sports Foundation and Maharashtra Seva Sangh,Mulund will organise the 3rd Smt Susheela Vaze Rotating Inter-School Team-Chess Trophy for promotion of chess at school level under the auspices of the Bombay Chess Association,which will be held on 28 August at,Maharashtra Seva Sangh Hall,above Apna Bazar,J. Nehru Road,Mulund (West). Entries are invited from schools from Mumbai,Thane and Navi Mumbai. A team will comprise 4 players – boys and girls. If more than 4 players,the school can send as many entries as it wishes provided each team has minimum 4 players. There will be 4 categories: 1. upto Std 2; 2. upto Std 4; 3. upto Std 6; 4. upto Std 10. Each round will last an hour duration (30 minutes to each player),and there will be a total 80 prizes. Separate prizes will be given to schools and to every team member. Last date for entry is August,25. For more details,contact: Dr. Prakash Vaze 9920148806 / 98210-31006.

Cambridge rout VPMS

Cambridge School from Kandivli defeated VPMS Vidyamandir in the fourth division matches of the under-16 matches of the MSSA interschool football tournaments being held at MSSA ground at Azad Maidan on Monday.

Cambridge School defeated VPMS Vidyamandir,Dahisar 3-0 in the first match of the day. Mehul Mansaramani opened the scoring for his team after they got off to a bright start. Arshad Shaikh then doubled his team’s lead after scoring a good goal. Cambridge were cruising at this stage and held majority of the possession. VPMS,Vidyamandir on the other hand had to answer to their opponents onslaught and were restrained in their own half. Karan Singh added the icing on the cake when he scored the final goal and finished things off.

Activity School played the second match of the day against Hume School which they drew 1-1. Siddharth Manjrekar opened the scoring for Activity School and they looked like they were heading towards a victory when Ajay Mewade equalised for Hume School and dashed their hopes.

Results: B-16-IV-I: Cambridge (Kandivali) 3 (Mehul Mansaramani,Arshad Shaikh,Karan Singh) bt VPMS Vidyamandir (Dahisar) 0. B-16-IV-R: Activity (Peddar Road) 1 (Siddharth Manjrekar) DREW WITH Hume School 1 (Mewade Ajay).