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This is an archive article published on August 16, 1998

Mahesh disqualified

HYDERABAD, Aug 15: The duo of Dilip Kumar Acharya and Jitendra Rami of Mumbai's Naval Sailing Club NSC today won the sixth race with co...

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HYDERABAD, Aug 15: The duo of Dilip Kumar Acharya and Jitendra Rami of Mumbai8217;s Naval Sailing Club NSC today won the sixth race with consummate ease at the Hussain Sagar Lake here and are assured of the Enterprise Class title of the BPL International Laser Open Championships.

With only one race remaining now, champions Dilip Kumar at helm and Rami as crew won all their six races.

The team of Dharmender Singh and Jaji Joseph of Corps of Engineers Sailing Association CESA, Pune, and the pair from NDA, S Tiwari and RV Jhoyyil, claimed the second and third positions respectively.

In laser standard rig championship, the jury upheld the protest of Nitin Mongia and disqualified R Mahesh for infringement of rules and by not keeping clear of the leeward mark which blocked Nitin Mongia8217;s path yesterday in the fifth race.

Following protests by the two NSC sailors after the fifth race, the organisers had announced only provisional results yesterday.

RESULTS

Sixth race: Laser Standard Rig: 1. RMahesh NSC, Mumbai 1:02.12 2 Nitin Mongia NSC, Mumbai 1:05.10; 3. Arjun Pradeepak SSC 1:05.14.

OK Dinghy: 1. Purshotham Sharma EMESA 1:04.23; 2 Anirudh Vijay Kumar SSC 1:10.49.

Laser Radial: 1. Tirumala Rao SSC; 2 Nisha Shenoy SSC; 3 Rajesh Choudhary EMESA.

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Enterprise: 1. Dilip Kumar Charya and Jitendra Rami NSC, Mumbai; 2. Dharmender Singh and Jaji Joseph CESC; 3. S Tiwari and RV Jhoyyil NDA.Optimist: 1 Nilofer Jamal RMYC; 2 Varun Prabhakar RMYC; 3. Shruti SSC.

 

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