Companeroes struggle to get past Brazilians Stars of Goa

Other results: Remedimes SC 3 (Migel Fernandes, Kennel D’Souza, Datton D’Souza) bt Flemingoes 1 (Cornel Ahmed); Scorpions 1 (Nestor D’Souza) bt UBMC via tie-breaker.

Andrew’s win

St Andrew’s Parish (Bandra) defeated Mount Carmel (Bandra) 4-3 via tie-breaker in the inaugural St Peter’s Youth Centre Instant Inter-Parish hocket tournament at St Stanislaus Ground, Bandra today.

Both teams were locked 2-2 at full-time.

Down 0-2 at half-time, Mount Carmel equalised through Tasmin Sheikh and Suresh Pereira. Ashelyn Piedade and Colin Rodrigues had put St Andrew’s ahead.

In the tie-breaker, Kirk Pereira, Colin Rodrigues, Gilbert Buthelo and Arthur Castelino converted for StAndrew’s while Saby Noronha, Tasmin Sheikh and Suresh Pereira found the net.

Saleria hits ton

S Saleria slammed 101 (94b, 13×4) in Bandra Centre’s 83-run victory over Goregaon Centre in the first round of the eighth Kalpesh Govind Koli Memorial cricket tournament today.

RESULTS

Group A: Bandra Centre 213-8 (S Saleria 101) bt Goregaon Centre 130 (Pranab Chawan 5-28); Group B: Shivaji Park Centre 256-4 (Mahesh Palekar 67, Nikhil Pawar 50, Sidharth Bhatkar 47 not out) bt Khar Centre 159 (Shorab Khusroshan 52) Man of the Match: Mahesh Palekar. Best fielder: Sidharth Bhatkar.

Group C: Matunga Centre: 181-8 (Aditya Bhatia 44, Altaf Shaikh not out 48; Yogesh Shinde 4-13) lost to Chembur Centre 183-6 (Vishal Tiwarekar 64, Amit Patil 40; Altaf Shaikh 3-38). MOM: Altaf Shaikh. Best fielder: Vishal Tiwarekar.

Group D: Rest of MCA 237-6 (Alok Manohar 68, Prasad Chavan not out 30) bt Worli Centre 219 (Rohan Mayekar 89, Mitesh Khade 31; VinitTendulkar 3-24). MOM: Rohan Mayekar. Best fielder: Prasad Chavan.

Karkaria wins

Unseeded Curl Karkaria of Pune beat local player Kunal Choksi in a taut five frame first round encounter of the Garware Club House All India Invitational Snooker tournament at the Garware Club House here today.

Karkaria managed a break of 66 in the penultimate frame before winning 44-55, 53-71, 57-4, 86-1, 53-15.

In another well contested match Kapil Punjabi of Mumbai pipped Jagruthi Patel of Mumbai 55-50, 43-47, 46-66, 73-29, 61-33 to advance into the second round of the tournament.

RESULTS (first round)

Manish Adani (Mum) bt Ram Pendse (Pune) 3-0 (67-28, 61-23, 65-46); Sameer Unadrcat (Mum) bt Dipesh Vora (Ker) 3-0 (72-12, 80-29, 50-16); NK Hemdev (Mum) bt Vilesh Sanghvi (Nasik) 3-1 (67-59, 50-28, 47-80, 57-37); Dhruv Sitwala (Mum) bt Gaurav Bansal (Mum) 3-0 (71-27, 64-15, 74-25); Curl Karkaria (Pune) bt Kunal Chokshi (Mum) 3-2 (44-55, 53-71, 57-4, 86-1, 53-15); Kapil Punjabi (Mum) btJagruthi Patel (Mum) 3-2 (55-50, 43-47, 46-66, 73-29, 61-33).