Abedin, Pratim book semi-final berths

Girls (U-14):Isha Lakhani bt Anuradha Gurung 6-2 6-1; Anuja Parikh bt Pankti Chheda 6-0 6-0; Kartiki Bhat bt Nalini Mallaya 6-1 6-0; Krushmi Chheda bt Soumya Kowtha 6-1 6-3; (U-12): Kartiki Bhat bt Roshni Luthra 8-0; Kanisha Mehta bt Moneeza Siddiqui 0-4 (conceded); Nalini Mallaya bt Aditi Vasant 8-4; Sagarika Phadke bt Priyanka Vengurlekar 8-3.

Bansidhar teams advance
Bansidhar Agarwal teams stayed unbeaten in the MSSA-Colgate inter-school volleyball tournament at Azad Maidan today, winning all four events they participated in. Also doing well were the girls and boys of MBH English School.

Results
Boys U-16 (PQF): Bansidhar Agarwal bt MP Shah 25-15 25-15; Yashodham bt St Joseph, Colaba 25-17 27-26; St Paul’s Dadar B bt Andhra Edn 25-8 25-9; Anjuman-I-Islam bt Don Bosco Matunga B 25-20 25-22.

Boys U-12 (QF): St Xavier’s Fort bt AVM, Juhu 25-11 13-25 15-7; Bansidhar Agarwal bt St Lawrence 25-9 25-16; MBH Engg btSwami Vivekanand, Kandivli 25-12 25-13; Thakur Vidya Mandir bt St Andrew’s 25-20 25-5.

Girls U-16 (PQF): MBH English bt Swami Vivekanand, Borivli 25-11 25-10; Bansidhar Agarwal bt St Mary’s, Dahisar 25-22 26-24.

Girls U-14 (PQF): MBH English bt St Xavier’s, Borivli 25-9 25-9; Bansidhar Agarwal bt Swami Vivekanand, Kandivli 25-6 25-7.

St Joseph girls win
St Josheph’s Vikhroli, girls knocked out long-time rivals St Teresa’s, Santacruz, 3-0 in the MSSA-Colgate inter-school hockey U-16 knock-out tournament at St Andrew’s Ground, Bandra, today.

Boys U-14 (league): St Theresa, Bandra 4 (Darryl Rodrigues 2, Neil Fernandes, Jorell D’Abreo) bt St Aloysius, Bandra 0; St Stanislaus A 5 (Lendell Pereira 2, Clifford Remedios, Rohan Thomas, Julius Fernandes) bt Holy Family, Andheri 0.

Girls U-16 (knock-out): St Joseph, Vikhroli 3 (Marushka Dias, Reena Salian, Nabela Qureshi) bt St Teresa’s, Santacruz 0; St Francis Xavier, Kanjurmarg 2 (Harshada Labde 2) bt Carmel of Joseph,Malad 0.

I-T, SBI enter final
The veterans of State Bank seem to be getting better by each match, physical strain notwithstanding. They shrugged off an early 0-12 deficit and the absence of their point guard Shibu George, sidelined with injury, to overcome a fighting Indian Gymkhana 70-52 in the XII Bombay YMCA Open basketball tournament at Pant Nagar, Ghatkopar, today.

Indian Gymkhana in whirlwind fashion cathing their senior opponents often on the wrong foot. SBI soon settled down, slowed down the pace to their liking and without appearing to exert too much, overtook Indian Gymkhnana at 16-15. From then on it was SBI’s match all the way.

For SBI Siraj Ahmed once again displayed glimpses of his lightning reflexes of yesteryears and the seven-footer Sharad Kulkarni was a stumbling block in defence. SBI are making their appearance in a final match in the local circuit after nearly six years.

The Income-Tax (I-T) team fortified by five new recruits this season accounted for Mastan YMCA inanother semi-final league. With the rich combination of experience and talent at their disposal, the taxmen could afford the luxury of a relaxed game on their way to a 71-43 victory.

I-T and SBI, with two victories each in the four-team semi-final league, will clash in Saturday’s final.
Results:
Men’s semi-finals: State Bank of India 61 (Siraj Ahmed 20, Salim Mohd. 17, Ijaz Khan 13) bt Mastan YMCA 44 (Shailesh Saldanha 12, Wasim Khan 11, Ibrahim Lakadawala 8) HT: 23-21.

Income-Tax 74 (Shri Hari Garge 29, Stephen Rodrigues 16, Satish Warrier 7, Mahesh Naidu 6) bt Indian Gymkhana 55 (Vinod S 20, Chandrashekar 12, Vinod M 11) HT: 35-25.

State Bank 70 (Siraj Ahmed 26, Salim Mohd 16, Sharad Kulkarni 10, R Swaminathan 8, Ijaz Khan 8) bt Indian Gymkhana 52 (Vinod M 19, Vinod S 18) HT: 36-25.

Income-Tax 71 (Satish Warrier 22, Shri Hari Garge 13) bt Mastan YMCA 43 (Zikar Koradia 10, Wasim SK 10) HT: 41-24.