MUMBAI, January 16: Central Bank of India (CBI), who had lost 1-5 to Young Sports in their previous encounter, put up a fine display to rout State Bank of India (SBI) 8-2 in the Bombay Hockey Association Senior Division League at the Mahindra Stadium today.Rommel Pereira (4), Ashley Piedade, D S Negi, Brian D'Souza and Melwyn Carvalho scored for CBI while Santan Pinto and Vinod Furtado reduced the margin.Six in leadTop seed FIDE-Master Avinash Awate (ELO 2280), second seed N Neelakantan (ELO 2250), Shamsul Hasan (ELO 2170) both of Central Bank, Ravi Bhave (ELO 2215), Manishkumar (ELO 2215) and Vinodkumar Solanki (ELO 2215) won both their games in a row and jointly lead the field of 32 players with two points each in the P K Prabhudesai Memorial FIDE Rating chess tournament organised by the Bombay Chess Association at the Zandu Pharmaceutical Works Canteen, Parel.Arun Pandit (ELO 2250) seeded third, Anil Ghadigaonkar (ELO 2160), Vinayak Ghate (ELO 2105, unrated Prakash Date and Anand V are in the second spot with 1.5 points each.GMP down MarolitesGreater Mumbai Police (GMP) scored a 2-0 victory over Marolites in the Hockey Association of Mumbai-conducted Rizvi First Division League at the St Andrew's ground, Bandra. Sandeep Jadhav and Mangesh Mahale scored in that order for the cops.Andrew, Chinai in finalSt Andrew's defeated Khalsa College 1-0 to enter the final of the inter-college hockey final at the Khalsa College grounds today.Lyndn Zurart's second half goal, 20 minutes from close, took Andrew's into the title clash round with Chinai. Chinai went past R K T Ulhas Nagar 3-0 after leading 1-0 in half-time through a Stanley Fernandes goal. Leonard Pereira and Neil Miranda completed the tally.Athletic meetThe 15th Bharat Petroleum Maharashtra State-level Open Athletic Meet, organised by the Thane Metropolitan Gymkhana, will be held at the Dadoji Konddeo Stadium, Thane, from January 29 to February 1. Entry forms are available with Vijay Shetty at the venue between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., Dayanand Kumar at Golders Green IC Colony, Purshottam at St Lawrence High School (Vashi) at the Dadoji Konddeo Stadium canteen. The last date for submitting entries is January 22.
