Waghela, Geeta emerge supreme in Telecom TT

The men’s team championship went to Tamil Nadu while Madhya Pradesh triumphed in the women’s group.

Other results (all finals): Men’s Doubles: NV Chandrashekhar-N Balachandran (TN) bt R Chandrashekhar-P Sundaram (TN) 13-21, 21-9, 21-13. Women’s doubles: Geeta Purania-Hemlatha R (MP) bt Shobha Naidu-Anita V Nayak (Mah) 21-17, 21-16. Mixed Doubles: Hemlatha R-Ys Chaohan (MP) bt M Prema-N Balachandran (TN) 20-22, 21-13, 21-10

Reebok signs up Jadeja

Reebok India, a leading sportswear company, today signed Indian cricket team vice-captain Ajay Jadeja to endorse their complete range of cricket gear besides doing promotional work for the company.

Reebok have already signed Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble and Baichung Bhutia.Patil’s all-round show

Parag Patil’s all round show (104 and 5-43) helped BNN College, Bhiwandi score a 47-run victory over Vidyavahini, Vasai in the second round of the Zone II Inter-Collegiate Cricket tournament.

BRIEF SCORES: RK Talreja, Ulhasnagar 162 (Sunil Pandya 57, Pramod Ghorpade 31; Melwin 6-35) bt Bharat, Badlapur 43 (Manoj Gurung 6-16, Ashish Choudhary 3-27); Birla, Kalyan 232 (Vikram Patil 60, Pritish Dalvi 40, Dinesh Thule 42; Ganesh 4-57) bt NKT 47 (Sujit Domse 4-12, Subhash Karande 4-13); Arts & Commerce, Ambarnath 210 (Srikant Suryawanshi 75, Nitin Sakpal 43; Amardeep Dosanj 6-34) bt KMC, Khopoli 118 (Shishir 5-27); Pendharkar, Dommbivli 146 (Sachin 37 n.o.) bt Karandikar, Dahanu 111; BN Bandodkar 92 (Bhanudas 4-31) lost to JSM, Alibag 96-6 (Prashant 4-24); St. Gonsalo, Vasai 88 (Santosh 7-30) lost to Karjat Engineering 90-3 (Bhiraj Vatty 45 n.o.); BNN, Bhiwandi 257 (Parag Patil 104, Praful Gaikwad 50, Amit 4-35) bt Vidyavahini, Vasai 210 (Santosh 35, Kundan 45, Parag Patil 5-43).

Chalke stuns Nimkar

Unseeded Dilip Chalke shocked top-seeded international Niranjan Nimkar 25-9, 25-11 in the third round of the first Maharashtra State Ranking carrom tournament at the Mukand Sports Club, Kalwe.

Chalke continued his winning streak by ousting Amit Oak 25-1, 25-16 to enter the fifth round.

Open singles (4th round): Sayyad Qasim bt Jeetendra Singh 25-15, 15-25, 25-11; Suhas Pomendkar bt Sandesh Patil 25-18, 25-1; Ashok Gurav bt Mukesh Sharma 25-9, 20-25, 25-10; Sachin Kashid bt Kishore Parmar 10-25, 25-19, 25-12; Nitin Pitale bt Jeetendra Koli 25-16, 23-25, 25-11; Dilip Soza bt Vijay Koli 25-19, 25-13; Sandeep Ambekar bt Kishore Gurani 25-14, 25-21; Mahendra Tambe bt Rafique Sayyad 25-5, 25-16; Amit Mohite bt Santosh Sudrik 25-17, 25-7; Nityanand Dontool bt Shashi Kondkar 25-6, 25-14; Nagsen Etambe bt Ajit Karamblekar 25-5, 25-9; Sameer Shaikh bt Shamji Padaya 6-25, 25-17, 25-11; Chakore Salve bt Vijay Marpelli 25-9, 25-11; Jagan Bengle bt Mangesh Bhalerao 25-2, 25-9; Sanjay Mande bt Rajesh Hadkar 25-6, 25-15; Saajid Sayyad bt Pradeep Chunekar 15-25, 25-5, 25-4; Rajesh Khedekar bt Pramod Ghagre 25-7, 16-25, 25-9; Aslam Chikte bt Mahesh Kori 25-16, 25-6; Sanjay Nagaonkar bt Vidhyadhar Rajawade 25-10, 25-15; Abdul Sattar bt Naishil Kamble 25-15, 9-25, 25-12; Pravin Janak bt Harji Boricha 20-25, 25-15, 25-12; Yogesh Pardeshi bt Ganesh Patankar 25-5, 25-12; Dilesh Khedekar bt Chandrakant Tuplondhe 25-1, 25-5.

Subik nets five goals

Five goals by Subik Almeida were the highlight of St Blaise’s 6-2 rout of St Elias (Khar) in the boys’ under-14 Fr Donnelly Cup Schools hockey tournament at the Don Bosco ground, Matunga. Royston Rego was the other goal-getter. Rakesh Kadam and Vivek Kambli reduced the margin for St Elias.

Other results: Don Bosco, Borivli 7 (Siddhant Saldanha 3, Carlton D’Souza 2, Leon D’Souza, Abhinay Patil) bt Holy Family, Andheri 1 (Rovin D’Souza); St Francis D’Assisi, Borivli 1 (Rajesh Kharekar) bt Fr Agnel, Vashi 0.

Verma dazzles

Seven goals by Sandeep Verma was the highlight of Gokuldham School’s 15-0 victory over Arya Vidya Mandir (Bandra) in the 21st YMCA Junior College waterpolo tournament at the YMCA Agripada pool. Sameet Shah (4) and Arun Negi (4) were the other scorers for Gokuldham.

Immaculate B champs

Mary Immaculate B defeated their senior string 34-12 in the mini girls’ under-13 final of the Schools basketball tournament at the MSSA-Castrol Schools Sports Centre court, Azad Maidan.

Neha Deshpande (16), Reema Patel (6) and Sakshi Bami (6) top-scored for the winners. Disha Magdani (4) and Brunell Fernandes (4) shone for the losers.

Kevni prevail

Kevni prevailed 1-0 over Blazers in the HAM Rizvi Fourth Division League at the St Andrew’s ground, Bandra. The all-important goal was scored by Savio Kewskar.

Pro-Am Golf

Nine of the top ten Indian golfers, including Ali Sher, Gaurav Ghei, Mukesh Kumar, will be seen in the Seagram Blenders Pride Pro-Am Golf Tournament at the BPGC on January 13. Each of the professional forms a team of four with the other three being amateurs. The cash prize is Rs 30,000 with the winner getting Rs 10,000.

WCG athletics

The Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana (WCG) three-day floodlit Open Athletic Meet will be held from January 14 to 16 at their sports promotion complex, off 2nd Hasnabad Road, near Khar-Santacruz subway.

Over 700 athletes will take part and prominent State-level athletes are Merwyn Fernandes, Dayanand Shetty, Dhirendra Kumar, Saba Karim and Arti Malekar.

Football tournament

The Bombay Football Referees Association will be conducting a festival tournament for the Fair Play Trophy from January 24 to 26 at the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel. More details can be had from Santan D’Costa 2851593 or with Tony Rodrigues 4155447.