Mahatma, CHM in final

MUMBAI, NOV 19: CHM College, Ulhasnagar entered the final of the inter-collegiate handball tournament by defeating Somaiya Arts 17-15 in a c...

MUMBAI, NOV 19: CHM College, Ulhasnagar entered the final of the inter-collegiate handball tournament by defeating Somaiya Arts 17-15 in a close match at Somaiya College here today. Favourites Mahatma Education Society were hands-down winners of the second semi-final, as Pendharkar, Dombivli, failed to unravel their opponent’s superior game, and went down 10-25.

Somaiya have to thank their custodian Sachin Nair for keeping them in the game with numerous brilliant saves. Apart from that, the tie hardly rose above the ordinary. Somaiya repeatedly allowed Sudhir Mirajkar of CHM openings, which he exploited in the second half. That undid the good work Karan Patel had done by tying down the dangerous southpaw Samson Silveira. In offence, Somaiya were to miss half a dozen penalties.

The lead kept changing hands in the second half, and the score was tied at 14 with four minutes play left. Sudhir scored twice with drives, while at the other end, Somaiya made three costly turnovers in their haste to draw levelthrough fast-breaks.

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Despite the excitement and close finish, the game paled in comparison to the brilliant stuff displayed by Mahatma earlier. Their fakes and passes were of a high quality, as Ajay Kulkarni and Sushant Thakur combined well to bore holes in Pendharkar’s defence.

Conspicuous in their absence from the semi-final draw were Mithibai and NM Commerce. School champions Jamnabai Narsee feed these colleges with a ceaseless flow of talent, and it was surprising to see Mithibai not turn up for their match, while NM crashed out in the quarters.

Amateur Handball Association of Mumbai secretary Sandeep Joshi explained, “The students from Jamnabai play for a maximum two seasons for the college sides, and then quit. That cuts down the supply of fresh players to the Mumbai team, forcing seniors like us to continue playing.”

Results

Men (semis): Mahatma 25 (Ajay Kulkarni 8, Sushant Thakur 8, Dinesh Sale 4, Mannalal Yadav 4, Asif Shaikh) bt Pendharkar 10 (Milind Gaekwad 6, Mandar Manolikar3, Mangesh Bhalerao) HT 15-8; CHM 17 (Sudhir Mirajkar 11, Samson Silveira 3, Umesh Musale 2, Sagar Kulkarni) bt Somaiya Arts 15 (Suraj Nambissar 7, Sachin Nair 2, Daryl Pinto 2, Jeetendra Nayak 2, Rajgovind Kharbari, Karan Patel) HT 7-6; QF: CHM, Ulhasnagar 10 (Samson Silveira 5, Sagar Kulkarni 3, Sudhir Mirajkar, M Parag) bt NM 2 (Darshan Patel, Puneet Bharadwaj); Somaiya Arts 9 (Jeetendra Nayak 4, Suraj Nambissar 3, Karan Patel, John Rajsingh) bt Podar 2 (Kirti Soni, Kartik Gandhi); KV Pendharkar 9 (Milind Gaekwad 6, Mandar Manolikar 2, Ashish Arekar) bt Somaiya Science 7 (Sandesh Pawar 4, Paresh Birla 2, Vinod Pillai).

Abhyudaya win

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Abhyudaya Krida Mandal, the second-string side from Agradneya Vyayamshala, Dombivli entered the mini girls semi-final of the XIth Bombay YMCA open basketball tournament, sponsored by Kanara Engineering and United Phosphorus, with a 64-6 win over Canossa Girls at Ghatkopar YMCA here today. In another one-sided match, Ghatkopar YMCA defeated Mahatma Sports Club 60-22to make the quarter-finals in the mini boys event.

Results

Boys (Under-13): Ghatkopar YMCA 60 (Vivek Shetty 8. S Samit 16, S Sandeep 6, S Manish 13, T Pratim 10) bt Mahatma 22 (Sujit Mohite 6) HT 38-12; Indian Gymkhana A 71 Anchit 8, B Rohan 12, BS Girish 9, C Benny 9, Venkatesh 12, Robin Rodrigues 8) bt Ghatkopar YMCA C 5 HT 41-4; Wellingdon YMCA A 66 (Shiraj Ansari 18, Safiullah Shaikh 20, Talha Shaikh 8, Shaikh Qureshi 6) bt NNH B 11 HT 34-2

Girls’ (under-13): Abhyudaya Kreeda Mandal 64 (Sadhana Datar 6, Shweta Dalvi 6, Arti Samant 10, Shubda Choudhary 10, Deepti Mali 10, Devashree Patwardhan 10) bt Canossa 6 HT 38-2.

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