Fatima, Ghatkopar set up summit clash

Fatima-Bombay YMCA was close all the way and could have had an exciting finish too when Bombay YMCA earned three free throws with seconds left for final whistle. Sarfaraz sunk the first two shots and missed the third. Unfortunately for Bombay YMCA, the rebound was collected by Fatima players who held on to the ball till the final whistle.

Ghatkopar YMCA looked ragged yet won in a canter against NNH. They were good in the offence and that helped them keep abreast of NNH’s attempt to bridge the gap.

Results: Fatima 47 (Srikumar 17, Rajkumar 10, Anoop Almeida 10, Sailesh 9) bt Bombay YMCA 46 (Shaikh Wasim 13, Abdul Kalam 9); Ghatkopar YMCA 52 (Amit More 17, Azaz 11, Kiran Devkule 15) bt NNH 36 (Shaikh Ayaz 17, Wasim 11).GANGORDE SHINES: Pranali Gangorde struck two goals to help St Joseph’s (Vikhroli) beat Fatima High School (Ambarnath) 5-1 on the opening day of the Sub-Junior girls (under-14) hockey league being played at the St Andrew’s High School Ground, Bandra, today.

Lovita Pinto, Marushka Dias and Jaysuri added the other goals for Vikhroli school. Sumita Bhosle scored a consolation for Fatima.

Roshmi Shilpade slammed in two, with Rachael Silva adding a third as Conossa Convent (Andheri) beat Mary Immaculate (Santacruz) 3-0.

GALA ADVANCES: Shyam Gala beat K Amit 9-8 (7-1) in a boys’ under-16 first-round match of the State junior ranking tennis tournament sponsored by HDFC at the Bhushan Tennis Academy, today.

In other matches, A Sunny beat P Sadarangani 9-6 while D Aditya upstaged G Farhad 9-5 to advance into the second round.

G Aniruddha beat G Dimple 8-4 in the girls under-14 first round. Playing in the same section, Sania blanked Pooja Adwani 8-0.

GHADGE MOVES UP: S Ghadge beat R Adani 3-0 (58-69, 74-71, 5-58, 59-52, 67-32) in the CCI Open snooker tournament, today. In another match Chetan Jhaveri got the better of S Balsara 3-0 (74-18, 59-21, 70-33).

NEW HIND REIGN SUPREME: New Hind Cricket Club upstaged Aarey Cricket Club by 10 runs to win the under-14 Santosh Kumar Ghosh Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Shivaji Park today.

Shirish Mandrekar of Aarey CC was adjudged the player of the tournament.Brief scores: New Hind CC 186 in 35 overs (Sumiran Mehta 62, Alok Manohar 31; Shirish Mandrekar 4-38) bt Aarey CC 176 in 34.5 overs (Shirish Mandrekar 59, M Chinmay 43; J Nishad 3-40, Ashish U 2-23) by 10 runs. MoM: S Mandrekar.