MUMBAI, May 26: Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers Limited (RCF) , Central Railway (CR) moved into the semi-finals of the 2nd Police Cup Hockey tournament at the Police headquarters Ground, Naigaum here today.RCF drubbed Central Bank 6-0 in the first quarter-final encounter S Megraj put RCF into the lead with a 28th minute strike. Two minutes later Hemant Dabak found the net to score RCF's second goal before the breather.Dabak scored his second and RCF's third in the 39th minute off a pass by Megraj. Solomon Alexander (two goals) and Vinod Kumar completed the rout.In contrasting style Central railway laboured to a 3-1 win over GM Police. CR took the lead in the 11th minute through a penalty corner struck by Subodh Khande. Amit Sen increased the margin for tha railwaymen in the 31st minute through a penalty shot. Jansher Khan made completed the tally for CR. Ganesh Patole reduced the margin for GM Police.Manikala prevailsJanmali Manikala of Andheri YMCA pipped Tejasvi Rao 8-7 (10-8) inthe boys under-12 first-round of the inaugural Bombay YMCA Maharashtra State Ranking tennis tournament, today.In another under-12 match, Aniket Ghaskadvi upset sixth seed Irshad Allana 8-3, while fourth-seeded Marlon Coelho struggled to beat Tufail Merchant 7-5 in the boys under-10 section.RESULTSBoys under-12 (1st round): Keshav Narsimhan bt Hryday Chedda 8-1; Kaushal Mahale bt Shasha Contractor 8-2; Neel Patel bt Gaurav Agarwal 8-1; Allan Moses bt Arnav Jain 8-2; Rohan Sevakramani bt Akbar Ali Kamil 8-0; Janmali Manikala bt Tejasvi Rao 8-7 (10-8); Aniket Ghaskadvi bt Irshad Allans 8-3; Sidhant Sane bt Rohan Shah 8-1; R Ramnath bt Akash Gujrathi 8-0; Vivek Menon bt Siddharth Chedda 8-2; Karan Mordani bt Anshul Sonavale 8-3; Dhruval Kothari bt Varun Bhasin 8-0; Karan Zaveri bt Sahil Dhandir 8-3; Ayush Wadhuvan bt Rugved Apte 8-1; C Akshay bt Arun Parwani 8-0; Marlon Coelho bt R Nanda 8-3.Boys under-10 (1st round): Marlon Coelho bt Tufail Merchant 7-5; Bhavik Shelarkar bt HrydayChedda 7-2; Varun Parwani bt Jairaj Desai 7-5; Ankesh Bhargava bt Nishant Mehta 7-3; Shantanu Sahay bt Pratap Kaul 7-3; Kaushal Mahale bt Swapnil Akut 7-2; Tejasvi Rao bt U Raghuram 7-5.Puthran nets braceA brace by Prasad Puthran was the highlight of Chembur English's 3-1 triumph over Central Railway Mumbai Division in the BDFA-conducted Air-India Trophy football tournament at the St Xavier's ground, Parel, today.Napolean Pereira was the other goal-getter for the winners. Sudip Roy reduced the margin. All the four goals came in the first-half itself.Amit Dani bestAmit Dani emerged best in the fourth Khanderao Rangnekar Memorial single-wicket cricket tournament, organised by the Sporting Clubs' Committee (Thane), at the Central Maidan.In a closely contested semi-finals, Mandar Phadke beat Mandar Sane and Amit Dani defeated Amit Pagnis.In the final, Amit Dani scored 30 runs with the help of two towering sixes. Mandar Phadke also hit a huge sixer but could manage to score only27 runs.Chetan Tambade of Vijay Cricket Club, Thane, was adjudged best fielder.
