Poonawalla emerges fastest

MUMBAI, March 28: Neville Poonawalla emerged the fastest driver in the Maruti Autocross at the National Sports Club of India NSCI here ...

MUMBAI, March 28: Neville Poonawalla emerged the fastest driver in the Maruti Autocross at the National Sports Club of India NSCI here today. He clocked the best time of 3 minutes 29.79 seconds in the Esteem General Class for unmodified vehicles to earn the tag of Fastest Driver of the day.Close on Poonawala8217;s heels was Baroda8217;s Ashish Doshi who clocked 3:29.99 minutes and was followed by Asif Shaikh 3:34.16.

Navaz Bathena was fastest among the ladies. Her time of 3:33.55 in the General Class for modified vehicles gave her the third place in the group.

Results

800cc for novice: 1 Chimay Dalya 3:46:82, 2 Trphan Mogul, 3 Sajid Sakarwala; 800cc for ladies: 1 Rufinal Karmali 3:54:18, 2 Jayashree Sen, 3 Rupal Gandhi; 1000cc for novice: 1 Nilesh Mehta 3:57.78; 1000cc for ladies: 1 Preeti Shah, 2 Leena Shah; Zen for novice: 1 Irphan Mogul 3:38:29, 2 Alok Khadelwal, 3 Manoj Vaidya; Zen for ladies: 1 Navaz Bhathena 3:51:01, 2 Neeta Jhaveri, 3 Lata Balakrishnan; Zen for general: 1 SohrabZorabian 3:32:43, 2 Neville Poonawalla, 3 Hormuzd Sorabjee; Gypsy 1000cc for general: 1 Afzal Khan 4:42:98, 2 Amol Kulkarni, 3, Narendra Patil; Gypsy King 1300cc for general: 1 Ashish Shah 4:59:67; Esteem for ladies: 1 Preeti Dolwani 4:05:58, 2 Navaz Bhathena, 3 Leena Shah; Esteem for general N-Nat: 1 Neville Poonawalla 3:29:79, 2 Ashish Doshi, 3 Asif Shaikh; Esteem for general A-Nat: 1 Ashish Doshi 3:32:00, 2 Neville Poonawalla, 3 Navaz Bhathena; Fastest driver: Neville Poonawalla 3:29:79; Fastest lady driver: Navaz Bhathena.

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The BPT forwards combined well and wrested the lead in the 10th minute. A pass by Newton Leitao saw Nasir Ahmed surge ahead and beat Customs 8216;keeper Constan Fernandes hands down.

Newton also did the spadework when Francis Fernandes scored with a neat placement to putBPT two-up. BPT defender Deepak Pal deflected the ball into his own goal following a corner taken by Customs8217; Albert Pinheiro.RCF claim title: Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers RCF defeated SBI 25-12, 25-16, 25-11 to emerge champions in the Bombay YMCA Callan Cup volleyball tournament held at Agripada.