Mumbai, Sept 26: VG Vaze, Mulund defeated RA Podar 25-11 to win the inter-collegiate women’s basketball tournament at Indian Gymkhana here today. The was the second successive title for Vaze, after their under-19 girls had won the inter-school title at the same venue last week.
The final produced an expected result, with national Manisha Khaprekar calling the shots. Earlier, Podar qualified for the final with a slender 28-27 win over holders Xavier’s. Podar trailed by over 10 points at one stage, but clawed back, as opponents Xavier’s muffed a few shots, to win. It would be unkind not to give Barrister Babasaheb Khardekar College, Vengurla, a mention here. Situated near the Goa border, but surprisingly affiliated to Mumbai University, the college did not grudge the 600 km travel to participate in the tournament. Commendable, when teams from within the city shy away from participating. BK finished fourth there were just five teams in the draw.
Results
Women’s final: VG Vaze 25 (ManishaKhaprekar 17) bt Podar 11 HT 17-7; 3rd place: Xavier’s 67 (Sangeeta D’Silva 22, Priya D’Souza 13, Swati Bhatnagar 10) bt BK, Vengurla 9 (Ranjita Chavan 9) HT 28-7Semis: Podar 28 (Vandana Subramony 16, Darshani Sawant 11) bt Xavier’s 27 (Sangeeta D’Silva 11, Sabita Sequeira 10) HT 12-16; Vaze 59 (Manisha Khaprekar 28, Rucha Lele 22) bt BK 15 (Ranjita Chavan 11) HT 35-9 Mithibai sweep honours
MITHIBAI swept the honours, bagging the boys and girls team titles, in the Junior College Sports Association inter-college swimming tournament held at PM Hindu Bath here yesterday Mithibai pipped VG Vaze, Mulund by two points to claim the boys title, while their girls, propelled by Mansi Dali, relegated NM to second place.
ResultsBoys: 100m free: Abhijit Nimbalkar (Swami Vivekanand), Akshay Prabhalkar (Xavier’s); 100m butterfly: Aditya Deshmukh (Vaze), Adalkha (Cathedral); 100m back: Abhijit Nimbalkar (Swami Vivekanand), Vishal Naik (Mithibai); 100m breast: Mayur Chitnis (Vaze), Sahil Saigal (HR); 50mfree: Arun Negi (Mithibai), Aditya Deshmukh (Vaze); 200m back: Sahil Saigal (HR), Abhijit Nimbalkar (Swami Vivekanand); 400m free: Sanket Shinde (Mithibai), Abhijit Nimbalkar (Swami); 200m breast: Mayur Chitnis (Vaze), Prashant Shinde (Ruia); 4x50m free: 1. Mithibai 2. Vaze 3. Cathedral; 4x50m medley: 1. Mithibai 2. Vaze 3. Cathedral; Team: 1. Mithibai (34 points) 2. Vaze (32 points)
Girls: 100m free: Radhika Lakhani (NM), Mansi Dali (Mithibai); 200m butterfly: Nanita Khurana (HR), Mansi Dali (Mithibai); 200m free: Mansi Dali (Mithibai), Namita Walawalkar (NM); 100m back: Mansi Dali (Mithibai), Nanita Khurana (HR); 100m breast: Radhika Lakhani (NM), Mansi Dali (Mithibai); 50m free: Mansi Dali (Mithibai), Radhika Lakhani (NM); 200m back: Mansi Dali (Mithibai), Nanita Khurana (HR); 400m free: Mansi Dali (Mithibai), Namita Walawalkar (NM); 200m breast: Radhika Lakhani (NM), Mansi Dali (Mithibai); Team: 1. Mithibai (31 points) 2. NM (26 points)