Somani upset VN Sule

MUMBAI, AUG 16: GD Somani School upstaged defending champions IES VN Sule to march into the Under-14 girls finals in the Mumbai City Inte...

MUMBAI, AUG 16: GD Somani School upstaged defending champions IES VN Sule to march into the Under-14 girls finals in the Mumbai City Inter-School Badminton Tournament, conducted by the District Sports Office DSO, at Sachivalaya Gymkhana today. The spearhead of Somani8217;s victory was Aanchal Vaswani, who beat Priyanka Tawde in the opening singles, and then paired with Apeksha Kulkarni to clinch the doubles.

The final, between Somani and St Anne8217;s, will be held on Thursday. The Under-17 team events are scheduled for tomorrow, while the Under-19 and women8217;s event are to be held on Wednesday.

Results

Boys U-14 semis: IES VN Sule bt Saraswati Vidyamandir 2-0 Rohit PRabhu bt Mehul Pai 15-5 15-0, Rohit amp; Aditya Kini bt Mehul amp; Sanket Kanade 15-7 15-2; Bombay Scottish bt Balmohan Vidyamandir 2-0 Siddharth Dhote bt Amit Telvekar 15-5 15-13, Amod Athavale amp; Salil Mahajan bt Amit amp; Saiprasad Naik 15-2 15-4.

Girls U-14 semis: GD Somani bt IES VN Sule 2-0 Aanchal Vaswani bt Priyanka Tawde 11-6 11-2, Aanchal amp; Apeksha Kulkarni bt Priyanka amp; Pallavi Shetty 15-2 15-4; St Anne8217;s bt Bombay Scottish 2-0 Mansi Seth bt Ketki Rajsimha 11-5 10-12 11-2, Mansi Seth amp; Madhura PAranjpe bt Ketki amp; Mallika Kulkarni 15-6 15-6.

MCC, Mithibai in final

Mulund College of Commerce MCC and Mithibai College both won the crucial doubles to enter the girls team final of the Junior College Sports Association inter-college table tennis tournament at MCC, Mulund, today.

Results

Girls singles QF: Mamata Prabhu MCC bt Tushna Kanga Ruparel 21-4 21-5 21-7; Prajakti Godse Vaze bt Shivali Nayak Mithibai 21-17 21-17 21-19; Amruta Joshi Ruparel bt Avanti Tendulkar Podar 21-17 21-14 19-21 21-14; Shalmali Inamdar Mithibai bt Prachiti Joshi MCC 21-12 21-13 21-14.

Girls team SF: MCC bt NM 2-1 Renu Shirodkar lost to Aishwariya Jain 21-19 8-21 22-24, Mamata Prabhu bt Anshu Agarwal 21-7 21-3, Mamata amp; Renu bt Aishwariya amp; Anshu 21-15 21-15; Mithibai bt RA Podar 2-1 Shalmali Inamdar bt Avanti Tendulkar 21-10 21-8, Shivali Nayak lost to Disha Varadarajan 17-21 20-22, Shalmali amp; Shivali bt Avanti amp; Disha 18-21 21-7 21-11.

Mario nets winner

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Central Railway Parel Workshop defeated Bandra Packers 1-0 in the MDFA Harwood football league at the St Xavier8217;s ground, Parel, today.

The all-important goal was scored by Mario Rodrigues off a pass by substitute Pascol Pereira.

Earlier in the evening, Wenden Institute B beat BMMPKB by a solitary goal scored by Narendra Karanjekar.

St Anthony8217;s best

St Anthony8217;s defeated Millat 11-0 in the final of the Mahani Mohalla Ekta Committee, Malvani Police Station and Silver Sports Club-organised Inter-School football tournament at Malad.

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John Paul St Anthony8217;s was adjudged player of the tournament and Shadab Ahmed St Jude8217;s was named the upcoming player.