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Bombay YMCA TT from todayNachiket Chawathe, who won the men's title at PJ Hindu Gymkhana State Ranking Table Tennis tournament recently, ...

Bombay YMCA TT from today

Nachiket Chawathe, who won the men8217;s title at PJ Hindu Gymkhana State Ranking Table Tennis tournament recently, has been top seeded for the Bombay YMCA championships which gets under way at the Sachivalaya Gymkhana from Saturday.

Mallika Parekh has been given the pride of place in the women8217;s section. She is topseeded in girls too with Aditya Mahagaonkar being the No 1 seed in junior boys.

The Seedings
Men: 1. Nachiket Chawathe MSD, 2. Rohit Choudhary Pune, 3. Sanjay Nemlekar MSD, 4. Mahendra Chiplunkar MCD, 5. Gandeep Bhiwandkar MCD, 6. George Joseph MCD, 7. Nishant Kulkarni MSD, 8 Upendra Muley Pune.

Junior Boys: 1. Aditya Mahagaonkar MSD, 2. Eric Fernandes MSD, 3. Mitesh Puranik MSD, 4. Ankur Mahajan MSD, 5. Shashant Juvekar MSD, 6. Aditya Tawade MSD, 7. Omkar Torgalkar MSD, 8. Amol Pandit MCD.

Sub-junior: 1. Aditya Tawade, 2. Omkar Torgalkar, 3. Aniruddha Sukale, 4. Sanket Utagi Thane, 5. Sohail KothareMSD, 6. Aniket Koparkar Pune, 7. NB Shaikh Thane, 8. Rohan Chinchwadkar Thane.

Cadets: 1. Aniket Koparkar, 2. Rohan Chinchwadkar, 3. Sunil Shetty MSD, 4. Nikhil Bhandari Thane, 5. Abhijit Kamat Thane, 6. Arnav Dey Thane, 7. Aman Baglu Thane, 8. Keshav Thakkar MSD.

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Women: 1. Mallika Parekh MSD, 2. Shalmali Mhatre MSD, 3. Mamta Prabhu MSD, 4. Radhika Ghatnekar Thane.

Junior girls: 1. Mallika Parekh, 2. Mamta Prabhu, 3. Shalmali Inamdar MSD, 4. Kshipra Gogate Pune.

Sub-junior: 1. Madhurika Pathar Thane, 2. Manasi Bhagwat Thane, 3. Ashwini Mokashi Thane, 4. Ruhi Chawla Dhule.

Cadets: 1. Juili Inamdar MSD, 2. Rutu Deshmukh Thane, 3. Aslesha Bodas Pune, 4. Saveri Rathod Nagpur.

State athletic meet in September

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The senior State athletic Championships will be held at Balewadi, Pune, on September 7 and 8. Interested participants from Bombay City District should send the list of events to Govind Dangi atPriyadarshini Park before August 30.

WIAA to organise four car rallies

The Western India Automobile Association WIAA will organise four major car rallies this year and the star attraction will be the rally starting from New Delhi, Chennai, Calcutta and ending in Mumbai, repeating the event of the Golden Jubilee Rally held 30 years back. WIAA has also planned to organise race meets on their own race track in Gujarat on a regular basis and Gymkhanas and woman8217;s car rally are on the cards.

WIAA will also be one of the supporters for the vintage and classic car events being organised in Mumbai, Pune and Goa. A vintage and classic car rally is being proposed from Mumbai to Goa shortly.

SNDT badminton tournament

The SNDT Women University will be conducting the senior Inter-Collegiate Badminton and Table Tennis tournament on August 30 and 31 at the University Pavilion, Marine Lines.