Saldana wins a thriller

Results

Boys singles U-16: Nilesh Kapoor (OLPS Chembur) bt Rushab Shah (St Joseph’s) 6-0; Akshay Tanna (Cathedral) bt D Kapadia (St Xavier’s) 6-0; S Pradhan (Bombay Scottish) bt Paras Mehta (St Joseph’s) 6-3; Rohit Reddy (St Dominic Savio) bt Sunil Natraj (OLPS Chembur) 6-4; Sriram Ramani (OLPS) bt Abhishek Desai (St Dominic Savio) 6-1; Alexander Johannam (St Dominic Savio) bt Amit Gadkari (IES English) 6-1; Aditya Sanghvi (Jamnabai Narsee) bt Pritesh Chughe (St Stanislaus Bandra) 6-1; Omkar Rajadkasha (IES English) bt Tinikam K (Balmohan Vidyamandir) 6-1; Rohan L (Balmohan Vidyamandir) bt NandrajSirodia (Jamnabai Narsee) 6-O; Suhail Sequeira (St Stanislaus) bt Abhijit Rawale (IES English) (6-4)

U-14: Samik Basu (AVM Juhu) bt Jay Mattani (St Joseph’s) 6-1; M Coelho (St Xavier’s) bt A Paranjpe (IES English) 6-1; V Saldana (St Stanislaus) bt V Shah (Bombay International) 6-5, 7-2; U Mirza (Atomic Energy) bt J Panchamia (St Gregorios) 6-0; N Dhanak (Campion) bt P Kunal (St Joseph’s) 6-0′ R Garg (Cathedral & John Connon) bt R Manarikar (Rajhans Vidyalaya) (6-3); R Sadikot (Bombay Scottish) bt R Khandwala (Jasudben ML) (6-4); Siddesh Mayekar (Balmohan Vidyamandir) bt Anuj Prabhu (AVM Juhu) 6-0

U-10: Jairaj Desai (Rajhans Vidyalaya) bt Rahul Parekh (Bombay International) 6-1; Nissim D’Souza (Jasudben ML) bt Galvin Pareira (St Dominic Savio) 6-5, 7-1; C Marlon (St Xaviers) bt H Chheda (Jamnabai Narsee) (6-2); B Selarka (Jasudben ML) bt K Vnadkat (Jamnabai Narsee) 6-2; S Karpe (Bombay International) bt Raahil D (Jamnabai Narsee) 6-0; V Pachigar (AVM) bt Ryan D’lima (St Dominic Savio) 6-1; A Kauta (CampionSchool) bt G Sonthalia (Bombay Cambridge) 6-5, 7-1

Don Bosco advance

Don Bosco (Matunga) `B’ won their inaugural under-16 match of the Inter School Volleyball Tournament at the MSSA-Castrol Schools Sports Centre today. In a thrilling first round encounter they pipped MP Shah, Vile Parle 15-10, 15-12. Diamond Jubilee High School, BPM (Khar) and Activity High School were among the others to advance in to the second round.

In a Boy’s under-14 tie, St Xavier’s (Borivli) were stretched to three sets by Our Lady’s (Dadar) before the former prevailed 15-8, 10-15, 15-5.

Results (1st round)

Boys U-16: Diamond Jubilee High School bt Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar (Vikhroli) 15-6, 15-6; Don Bosco B (Matunga) bt MP Shah (Vile Parle) 15-10, 15-12; BPM High School (Khar) bt St Joseph’s High School (Kandivli) 15-8, 15-7; Activity High School bt Lions Juhu High School 17-15, 15-8

U-14: St Xavier’s High School (Borivli) bt Our Lady’s School (Dadar) 15-8, 10-15, 15-5; St Dominic Savio (Andheri) bt St Andrew’sHigh School (Bandra) 15-8, 15-7; St Lawrence High School (Borivli) bt Activity High School 15-12, 18-16.

Indian Gym rout YMCA

Indian Gymkhana routed YMCA 6-0 in a WIFA Second Division football league match at the Cooperage today.

KP Pradeep netted twice for the winners who led 2-0 at the interval.

Indian Gymkhana’s other goals were scored by Balaprakash, Jude Patel, Narshima and Amar Singh Thapa.