Mumbai regain University title

Jodhpur’s Harendra Pal Singh defeated Siddharth Thakkar 2-9, 9-7, 9-7, 9-4 to put Vyas ahead. But Vija Jangra rallied to beat Deepak Rathi while Ashul Manchanda and Saket Wali warapped up the proceedings.

Results (final): University of Mumbai bt J N Vyas, Jodhpur 3-1 (S Thakkar lost to H Singh 2-9 9-7 9-7 9-4; V Jangra bt Deepak Rathi 9-4 9-10 9-7 9-1; A Manchandra bt G Sharma 9-0 9-1 9-0; S Wali bt D Khethai 9-2 9-5 9-6). Third place: Delhi University bt Devi Ahilya, Indore 3-0 (R Dube bt K Nilkanth 9-4 9-1 9-1; R Pandit bt S Rajopadhya 9-2 9-4 9-5; H Singh bt V Patni 9-1 9-0 9-7).

Pagnis tons

AN unbeaten century by Amit Pagnis and a seven-wicket haul by Hrishikesh Shende were the features of the two-day BICHIP under-22 cricket tournament at Bombay Gymkhana on Thursday.

Pagnis (102: 10×4) shared an undefeated 164-run stand with Amit Aroskar (90: 10×4) and took Bombay Gymkhana to 365-3 against Catholic Gymkhana.

Off-spinner Shende took seven wickets for Islam Gymkhana.

Brief scores: Bombay Gymkhana 365-3 (Praful Dhule 75, Ashutosh Narkar 66, Amit Narkar batting 90, Amit Pagnis batting 102) vs Catholic Gymkhana. Parsee Gymkhana 206 (Behzaad Devadhwala 76, Prakash Palande 36; Hrishikesh Shende 7-91) vs Islam Gymkhana 119-7 (S Ansari 30, Viraz Zagde batting 44; Rahul Shejwal 3-50).

HOC thump BARC

HOC defeated BARC 7-1 in a second division Bombay Hockey Association league match at Mahindra Stadium.

Kapoor advances

Vishal Kapoor (HR Commerce) stormed into the boys’ under-17 semi-finals with a 9-0, 9-2, 9-0 winover Animesh Kejriwal in the fourth leg of the Air-India SRAM squash tournament at Otters Club.

Other results: Boys’ under-15: Arun Sharma bt Nikhil Kapoor 8-10, 9-1, 9-1, 9-0; Vikas Jangra bt Rajiv Mishra 9-4, 10-8, 9-2; Ritesh Sharma bt V Yadav 9-2, 9-0, 9-4. Under-11: Anup Sharma bt Kaviraj 9-0, 9-0, 9-1; Vir Seth bt Aditya Bhandari 9-2, 9-0, 9-3.

Desai best

Bijal Desai (Somaiya) and Prajakti Godse (Vaze) won the singles titles at the Choonilal Girdharilal Memorial Inter-collegiate table tennis tournament at Nagindas Khandwala College, Malad.

Results

Men’s singles (final): Bijal Desai (Somaiya) bt Arjun Nandkumar (MMK) 21-19, 21-8, 21-16. Semi-finals: Desai bt Neville Irani (RA Podar) 21-13, 21-6, 17-21, 21-11; Nandkumar bt Sujay Malik (HR Commerce) 21-14, 17-21, 21-10, 21-12.

Women’s final: Prajakti Godse (Vaze) bt Pradnya Sawant (Vaze) 21-15, 23-21, 12-21, 21-12. Semis: Sawant bt Radhika Vaidya (St Xavier’s) 21-12, 21-13, 21-16; Godse bt Deepali Naik-Satam (Vaze) 21-9, 21-9, 21-11.

Mohite triumphs

Kishore Mohite beat Santosh Gaikwad 13-22, 23-17, 24-8 in the second round of the open singles of the ninth District carrom championship at Naigaum.

Results

Open singles (second round): Niranjan Chari bt Krishna V 25-14, 17-24, 19-18; Anand G bt Parvinder Singh 25-6, 17-19, 18-16; Aleem Mulla bt Sandeep Pawaskar 21-16, 10-12, 25-10; Ramesh Deokule bt Sudhakar M 25-11, 4-25, 25-3; Shankar S bt Sunil K 25-4, 13-17, 19-14; Sanjay Desai bt Jitender Surti 10-25, 25-0, 25-0; G Gokane bt Nilesh Pawar 9-21, 19-9, 25-12; Ramesh Andhe bt Ravindra Parab 17-21, 25-9, 25-8; Kishore Mohite bt Santosh Gaikwad 13-22, 23-17, 24-8; Shridhar Waghmare bt Dinesh Saloskar 9-25, 25-15, 19-18.

Kalyan A win

Kalyan Sports Club A beat Solzer Sports Club 3-0 in GroupA of the team events of the XI Thane District carrom championship.

Results

Kalyan bt Sulzer Sports Club 3-0 (Milind Kulkarni bt Bharat Mane 23-0, 25-2; Sanjay Mande bt Prakash Pawar 25-0, 25-0; Sandesh Patil bt Jayendra Jog 5-21, 25-2, 25-5), Smruti Mitra Mandal B bt Navi Mumbai Sports Club 2-1 (Vijay Koli lost to Jitendra Singh 16-11, 16-19, 9-24; Suhas Wakankar bt Sahebrao Gaikwad 5-23, 25-14, 22-15; Kumar Suryavanshi bt Rajesh Hadkar 25-20, 25-16).

Somaiya in final

Somaiya Sports Club entered the final of the third Fr Agnel open baksetball junior boys event, upstaging hosts Fr Agnel 62-42 at Vashi on Wednesday. They will meet Mastan YMCA, who defeated Ghatkopar YMCA 63-45 in the other semi-final. The final will be held late Thursday evening.

Results (junior boys semis): Somaiya 62 (Sachin More 19, Pankaj Rane 17) bt Fr Agnel 42 (KB Binoy 14, Maulick 10) HT 32-21; Mastan YMCA 63 (Suleman Patel 19, Amir Ansari 14) bt Ghatkopar YMCA 45 (Ashish Lad 21, Manoj Choudhary 9) HT 27-21.

Anthony’s again

Holders St Anthony’s School defeated Millat Urdu High School by 35 runs in the final of the inter-school cricket for Malvani schools organised jointly by the Malvani Mohalla Ekta Committee and Malvani Police Station on January 15-16.