National CC prove invincible

Fr Agnel check Police
A field goal, five minutes from the whistle, by Ilyas Khan enabled Fr Agnel Gymkhana hold fancied Greater Mumbai Police 1-1 in the Bombay Hockey Association Senior Division league at Mahindra Stadium. Ganesh Patoli had given the cops the lead by converting a penalty-corner in the18th minute.

Divecha-Agnelo top
Sharad Divecha and Agnelo Castellino of Golf & Country Design, with a total score of 76 points, won the Seagram’s Blenders Pride Corporate golf tournament’s Western India leg at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club, on Sunday.Dinesh Khanna and Rajiv Maliwal of ANZ Grindlays finished runners-up with 74 points.

Asmita stuns Anupama
Asmita Kanukale shocked Anupama Kedar 25-18, 18-25, 25-18 in the quarter-finals of the ninth District carrom tournament, co-sponsored Amco, Bank of India, Bob, Hindustan Petroleum, Saraswat Bank and Mumbai District Co-op. Bank, at Sharda Mangal Kriyalaya, Naigaon, on Monday.

Other results
Sub-jr boys singles (final): Nilesh Kori bt Roshan Kajrolkar 25-1, 25-14.
Jr girls singles (final): Asmita Kanukule bt Netra Chunekar 25-3, 25-20. Doubles (final): Netra Chunekar/ Swati Yelave bt Tasnema Federal/ Manasi Sahu 25-5, 25-14.
Veteran singles (semis): Bashir Ahmed bt Manu Solanki 4-25, 25-5,25-4; Anil Kanabi bt Vilas Jadhav 25-0, 25-4.

Kaveri Thakur’s feat
Young marathon swimmer Kaveri Thakur has become the first swimmer to swim around Panaji Island in Goa.

The 16-year-old student of S K Somaiya Vinay Mandir covered the distance of 58 kms in 13 hours.

Kaveri has already swum the cold water English Channel, being part of the relay team that was awarded the fastest and the youngest team trophy. In August 1998, she stood first among the junior girls at the World marathon swimming competition, Zurich.