Short Corner 8212; Pune

In the semi-finals of the doubles events, the duo of Veerdhawal Shirole and Gautam Shikdar of Thermax beat Rohit Bhandari and Vijay Venkat of Infosys 6-0, 6-2, while Cummin8217;s Vishwas Joshi and Sandeep Belludi defeated Rohinton Israni and Ashwani Malhotra 0-6, 6-4, 10-8.

Boxing meet
A one day Invitational Boxing meet will be conducted by Avdait Sports Centre, at the SP College campus premises on March 7.

The meet will be held in sub-junior, junior and senior categories. Weighing in and other formalities will be at the premises of the Pune District Amateur Boxing Association, within the Nehru Stadium complex.

For further details contact: Sunil Nevrekar, at the PDABA office between 7 to 8 p.m. or phone no. 486043.

Pune Mayor8217;s trophy
The Maharashtra Amateur Boxing Association will conduct a state level boxing meet for the Pune Mayor8217;s Trophy8217; at the Nehru Stadium from March 8 to 10.

The contest is open for senior participants in the age category of 17-32 years. The tournament will be inaugurated by the Pune Mayor Vatsala Andekar.

Weighing in and other formalities will be conducted at the competition venue on March 8 from 8:00 a.m. onwards.

For further details contact Madan Kothule, 29/413 Lokmanya Nagar, Postmaster, Pune 30, Phone no. 537497.

Kaustubh, Omkar get black belt
Kaustubh V Sahasrabuddhe and Omkar Dhavalikar of Muktangan Karate Club emerged successful in the Black Belt8217; examination held by the Universal Shotokan Karate Federation USF here on Sunday.

They received the Black Belt and the certificate from Sanjay S Pawar, chief instructor of the institute.