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Mumbai, August 1: Big guns Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Air-India made light work of their clashes against Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Maharashtra State Police (MSP), respectively, as they maintained their unbeaten run in the Bombay Hockey Association Super Hockey League at the Mahindra Stadium, on Tuesday.
BPCL have aggregated 31 points from 11 games, with ten wins and a draw against Western Railway and are placed atop the league ladder. Air-India, who have played a game less than BPCL, have triumphed in all their ten outings.
BPCL were given a run for their money by youthful SAI in the opening half but came up trumps with a slender 3-2 lead at the breather. They then slammed in two penalty-corners early in the second-half to settle the hash of their opponents. The game was fought robustly and S Jeelani of BPCL was injured badly in the process by SAI’s Sunil Singh who was given the marching orders in the second-half. Sunil was later suspended for six months.
International Saurabh Bishnoi gave BPCL the lead by neatly converting their opening penalty-corner in the fourth minute. SAI, supported by a highly vocal crowd, levelled terms in the 10th minute through Rahul Bhatkar who converted their third penalty-corner.
Olympian Sabu Varkey and left-half KT Mohan were concerned in a fine move down the middle before Amar Aiyamma applied the finishing touches after SAI goalkeeper had stopped Varkey’s shot. Mohan made it 3-1 for BPCL and Prem Singh netted one before the two teams crossed over with the score at 3-2 in BPCL’s favour.
BPCL defenders Bishnoi and Ajay Kumar then struck through penalty-corners in the second-half before the match, which was played at a blistering pace, turned out to be a drab affair with BPCL playing out time and SAI running out of goal ideas.
Earlier in the evening, Air-India made sure of victory in the first-half itself when they crossed over with a commanding 4-1 lead against MSP who have yet to register a victory in the competition.
Surinder Singh (2), Kishore Kumar, Gavin Ferreira and Davinder Kumar were on target for Air-India. Yogesh Yesur and Milind Lonare struck for the cops.
Dadar XI B’ held
Dadar XI B’ were held 2-2 by Chembur English in an Allwyn MDFA Senior Division Football League encounter at the Cooperage on Tuesday.
Gibbs and Luis netted for Dadar XI and Pinto and Edgar D’Sa accounted for Chembur English.
Hansel D’Silva strikes
A lone late goal by Hansel D’Silva enabled Our Lady of Perpetual Succour beat Cimpaneroes 1-0 in an Allwyn MDFA Division I Football League tie at the St Xavier’s ground, Parel, on Tuesday.
Other results:
Div. I: Dena Bank 2 (Aldrin Lobo 2) bt FCI 0. Div. II: Jet Airways 3 (Melwyn Rozario, Lloyd Pereira, Lincoln Pereira) bt BARC 0; Hotel Centaur 3 (Emileo Singh 2, Selwyn Carvalho) bt CFC 0.
Div. III: Air-India Football Academy 1 (Anil Netto) drew with Young Combined (St Thomas) 1 (Romie Singh); BPCL Marketing failed to turn up against All Together.
Easy for Podar
RA Podar trounced Kirti 3-0 in the men’s team event of the Inter-Collegiate Table Tennis Tournament at the University Sports Pavilion, Marine Lines, on Tuesday.
Other results – Men’s: St Gonsalo bt Patkar 3-0; RD National bt Dnyana Sadhana 3-0; Hinduja bt Somaiya Sc 3-0; Chetana bt SIES 3-2; Wilson bt Thakur 3-0; Royal bt Ismail Yusuf 3-0; Bhavan’s bt Pendharkar 3-0; VES Tech bt Somani 3-0; Khandwala bt Pillai A&C 3-0; Vaze bt Sathaye 3-1; Mithibai bt Raheja 3-0; Finolex bt RSS 3-0.
Women’s (2nd round): Sydenham bt Somaiya Arts 3-0; NM Com. bt SIES, Nerul 3-0; RA Podar bt Vaze 3-2; Dayanand bt Vivek 3-0; Wilson bt St Andrew’s 3-2.
Shasha Sahani scores
Shasha Sahani (Bombay Scottish), who trains at the Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana, scored exciting wins over Karan Arora (Cathedral) 15-6, 15-10 and Neerav Tolani (Jasuben) 15-7, 15-12, in the first and second rounds, respectively, on the opening of the six-day Khar Gymkhana and Sidhishaan.com co-sponsored West Zone Inter-School Squash Championship at the Khar Gymkhana courts, on Tuesday.
Open Rapid Chess
The CPA Millenium Open Rapid Chess Tournament, which will be conducted by the Mumbai Chess Association, will be held at the Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh, Mumbai Mazdoor Mansion, GD Ambekar Marg, Parel, on Sunday, August 6. For details contact Tel: 413 8553.
Road race
Our Lady of Health High School, Sahar, will conduct a road race on August 13, as part of the Diamand Jubilee of the school. For details contact TM Easow on Tel: 832 6003.
BFRA course
The Bombay Football Referees Association will conduct a course for new referees from Monday, August 7 to 14 at the Little Flower of Jesus High School, Marine Lines.
Those interested in qualifying as a referee may contact Santan D’Costa at the MSSA, Tel: 262 0400 or Tony Rodrigues Tel: 415 5447.
Schools’ chess
The MSSA-Colgate Inter-School Chess Tournament for boys and girls, has been postponed. The tournament will now be held from Thursday, August 17, at the University Sports Pavilion, Marine Lines. Entries close on Friday, August 4.
