Anneguish: Kunal, Nigel revive Joseph8217;s

Mumbai, Feb 13: St Joseph's bounced back from the brink of defeat to advance to the boys under-12 semi-finals of the MSSA-Colgate Inter-s...

Mumbai, Feb 13: St Joseph8217;s bounced back from the brink of defeat to advance to the boys under-12 semi-finals of the MSSA-Colgate Inter-school hockey tournament at St Stanislaus School today.

Trailing Malad neighbours St Anne8217;s by a goal, despite enjoying the better of exchanges, Joseph8217;s found in Kunal Sompura a boy for the hour. His equaliser three minutes before the final whistle rescued them from elimination. Then, with one minute play left in extra time, Nigel McKinley produced the golden goal, much to Anne8217;s anguish.

Joseph8217;s will meet another Malad team in the semi-final, Our Lady of Remedy, who accounted for St Andrew8217;s, Bandra, by a solitary second-half goal.The other semi-final will be contested by traditional rivals Don Bosco and St Stanislaus, who scored identical 2-0 victories over their opponents.Bosco and Stanislaus will also meet in the under-10 boys8217; semi-finals. Today, Bosco defeated Andrew8217;s 3-0, while Stanislaus swamped Our Lady of Remedy 5-0. The feature of that match was a first halfhat-trick by Bradley Tellis.

Results all QF

Boys under-10: St Stanislaus B 3 Dunslan Gonsalves, Daniel Martins, Alessandro Pinto bt Don Bosco Borivli; St Blaise Amboli 1 Gary Rodrigues bt St Anne8217;s Orlem; Don Bosco Matunga 3 Volvino D8217;Souza, Appachu Codanda, Hormuz Bana bt St Andrew8217;s A 0; St Stanislaus 5 Bradley Tellis 4 8212; including hat-trick, Keegan Pereira bt Our Lady of Remedy 0.

Under-12: Don Bosco Matunga A 2 Altino Rodrigues, Nilesh Negi bt Don Bosco Matunga B 0; St Joseph8217;s Malad 2 Kunal Sompura, Nigel McKinley bt St Anne8217;s Orlem 1 Jeremy Rana; St Stanislaus A 2 Shane Vanshipley, Floyd Dharmai bt St Blaise 0; Our Lady of Remedy 1 Danroy Fonseca bt St Andrew8217;s A 0.

Records tumble

New records were established in five out of six events of the Mumbai University Inter-collegiate shooting championship, which concluded at Chetana College today.

Jesal Ganjawala of Thadomal Shahani kicked it off by adding 21 to his own record set last year in thepeep sigh air rifle event. Yogesh Gadmale of Chetana then improved on Pravin Salunkhe8217;s record for open sight air rifle, in the process displacing Pravin to second place. Rishikesh Shinde did likewise to Junior National Amol Chauhan8217;s mark in the air pistol event.On the distaff side, Trupti Rasam of Chetana improved on fellow collegian Sarika Sathe8217;s open sight rifle mark, while Shefali Joshi came up with the best performance of the day, improving on the air pistol record by 101 points.

Results

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Men Peep sight air rifle: Jesal Ganjawala Thadomal Shahani 363 NMR: Previous record 342, Abdul Shah Chetana 360 BMR, Vinod Lohima Chetana 345; Team: 1 Chetana 1049; Open sight air rifle: Yogesh Gadmale Chetana 336 NMR: Previous record 314, Pravin Salunkhe Chetana 308, Shantaram Aier BPCA 281; Team: 1 Chetana 859, 2 BPCA 605, 3 NM 570; Air pistol: Rishikesh Shinde GJ Advani 365 NMR: Pevious record 360, Amol Chauhan NM 359, Sanjay Singh Kirti 348; Team: 1 NM 980, 2 Kirti 933, 3Chetana 770.

Women Peep sight air rifle: Florine D8217;Mello Chetana 328, Rashmi Shetty Chetana 327, Poonam Tahiliani Chetana 325; Team: Chetana 980; Open sight air rifle: Trupti Rasam Chetana 324 NMR: Previous record 319, Suma Panikar Chetana 298, Swati Talekar Chetana 285; Team: 1 Chetana 859, 2 AV College 377, Ruparel 364; Air pistol: Shefali Joshi Sathaye 298 NMR: Previous record 197, Rohini Mayekar Sathaye 230, Kauser Shabwani Mithibai 207; Team: 1 Sathaye 528, 2 Mithibai 523, GJ Advani 450.