
PUNE, April 19: Abhinav A8217; lads lifted the boys under-13 basketball title humbling Deccan Gymkhana 48-21 in the final of the Poona District Basketball Association conducted basketball tournament-cum-selection trials in progress at the Deccan Gymkhana courts today.
In a surprise result, the enterprising batch of youngsters held the upper hand from the start and stayed in control till the very end. The winners were ably supported by Akshay Jathar who top scored 11 points followed by Sujeet Adhye 8 points and Abhisek Garge 7 points. For the losers Arjun Mehta and Sahil Jadeja made some consistent efforts scoring six and four points respectively.
Later the prizes were given away by the hands of Prof SN Karandikar, founder member of the Poona District Basketball Association. The girl8217;s trophy was given away to St Mary8217;s by Viswas Joshi, founder member PDBA.
U/13 Boys Finals: Abhinav A8217;: 48 Akshay Jathar 11, Sujeet Adhye 8, Abhisek Garge 7 b Deccan Gymkhana: 21 Arjun Mehta 6, Sushil Jadeja 4.
U/18: Leagues: Boys: Deccan Gymkhana C8217;: 35 Pradeep More 16, Ninath Patkar 10 b Bharati Nivas Sports Club: 14 Bhushan Bokil 8.
Girls: Youngsters: 28 Amruta Rane 14, Shweta Shitole 10 b PYC Gymkhana: 14 Pranati 8; St Joseph8217;s, Pashan: 24 Samiksha Kulkarni 8, Aditi Paradkar 5 b Bharati Nivas Sports Club: 12 Nupur Gokhale 7; Deccan Gymkhana: 41 Roshini Bagalia 16, Pooja Bhale 8 b Honey Bees B8217;: 5; Honey Bees A8217;: 46 Rashmi Kulkarni 16, Manjusha Sathe 12, Renuka Agarwal 9 b Shikshan Prasarak Mandali: 9; Sardar Dastur: 25 Surrerat Sachnakul 7, Sachi Modi 4 b St Annes: 9 Yakuta Poonawala 6.