Mumbai, Jan 5: The All-India juniors and sub-juniors golf championship will be played at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club from tomorrow. The four-day event is a 72-hole strokeplay event for boys in Class A (15-17 years, Class B (13-14 years) and Class C (11-12 years).There are 90 entries from Delhi, Calcutta 8, Mumbai 14 and from Chennai, Bangalore, Lucknow, Chandigarh and Pune. The tournament is run by the championship committee of the host Club and assisted by the Indian Golf Union juniors committee chairman, Sujit Duggal, members Capt K N Harsh and Sharad Divecha.Juniors who are expected to play a prominent role are Raghav Jaggi (Lucknow), Shiv Kapoor, Bikram Singh and Suleman Ali all from Delhi. The local challenge will be from Rohit Goyal, Llit Goenka and Wilson D'Mello.The BOC juniors Inter-Zonal team championship will be conducted concurrently with the All-India Championship. North: Shiv Kapoor, Bikram Singh, Suleman Ali and Ashok Kumar; East: Abhisek Mitra, Ranjit Singh, Rahul Halwasiya and Gaurav Sinha; West: Rohit Goyal, Lalit Goenka, Wilson D'Mello and Vikrant Chopra; South: Sandeep Syal, Vivek Vijay Raghaven, V Narayan Gaurav and Vignesh Ranga Rao.Nohar Nath bestNohar Nath came home with rounds of 78 and 79 for an aggregate of 155 to gain the gross prize in the two-day 36 hole stroke-play Gold Medal tournament at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club par-70 course here today.A nine handicapper, Nohar Nath shot two birdies. In second place was Ratan Bali with cards of 80 and 79 for an aggregate of 159. The best nett prize was won by Anand Gandhi (170 with 137).Nimkar, Shilpa top-seededThe Mukand Sports Club (Kalwe), alongwith the Thane District Carrom Association is organising the first Maharashtra State ranking carrom tournament under the auspices of the Maharashtra Carrom Association from January 7 to 10 at the Mukand Sports Club Hall, Kalwe (East).Niranjan Nimkar and Shilpa Joshi have been top-seeded in the open and women singles, respectively.Seedings - Open singles (280 entries): 1 Niranjan Nimkar, 2 Nagsen Etambe, 3 Aslam Chikte, 4 Narsing Rao, 5 Yogesh Pardeshi, 6 Jagan Bengle, 7 Mahendra Tambe, 8 Dilesh Khedekar. Women's singles (38 entries): 1 Shilpa Joshi, 2 Anupama Kedar, 3 Monaz Cooper, 4 Sujata Haylinge, 5 Malti Kelkar, 6 Manisha Nagaonkar, 7 Minal Lele and 8 Sonal Lele.Fr Agnel down D'AssisiFr Agnel (Vashi) beat St Francis D'Assisi (Borivli) 34-14 (half-time 20-9) in an Inter-Schools mini boys (under-13) basketball tournament at the MSSA courts today.Roshan top scored for the winners with 12 while Varun and Mithari with six each kept the scoreboard ticking for the winners. Tanuj Joshi rendered some resistance with six points.Arya Vidya Mandir (Juhu) beat Gokuldham High School 42-31 (27-15) in another mini boys match. S Vikram (14) and A Akash (13) piled on the points for Arya Vidya Mandir While Firdaus Chhoga and Anish Mohanan (10 each) replied for Gokuldham. St Stanislaus (Bandra) overran Don Bosco (Matunga) `B' 30-3 in the same group. Joel Vincent and Abhay Bhatia with 16 points each.
