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Nagpur News: With just one round to go the race for the top position heated up. IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni representing Railways has still maintained the top position with highest 7.5 points to his credit at the end of eight round of GH Raisoni Maharashtra State Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament at Saraswati Vidyalaya on Monday.

The tournament is organised by Nagpur Taluka Chess Association in association with Parents Chess Association (PCA). Kulkarni was followed by Akash Thakur, Satchidanand Soman, Shubham Kumthekar, Saurabh Kherdekar and Aditya R with seven points each.

On top board top seed Kulkarni shared point with Akash Thakur after 37 moves.

On second board, FM Satchidanand Soman using all his experience got the better of Mumbai’s Shubham Kumthekar. FM Saurabh Kherdekar of Railways downed Shubham Lakudkar in 41 moves. Under-15 player R Aditya made a light work of Chinmay Pathak in just 16 moves.

Veteran VK Shrivastava lost to IM Anup Deshmukh of LIC Dilip Pagey outwitted budding Shrutika Prachand in 30 moves.

The ninth and final round will be played at 9.30 a.m. onwards on Tuesday followed by prize distribution function at 3.30 p.m.

With One round to go, Vikramaditya leads GH Raisoni Maharashtra State Open Chess Tournament

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Nagpur News: Akash Thakur, on Tuesday, won Maharashtra State Open FIDE Chess Tournament. Akash won the tournament with 8 points out of possible 9 points. While Mumbai Railway player IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni secured runners-up position and FM Saurabh Kherdekar became second runners-up.

Retired Chief Justice, V K Shirpurkar was the chief guest on the occasion. Rameshbabu Bang was guest of honour. Other guest who shared the dais were vice-president of Raisoni Group, Hemant Sonare, President of South Indan Education Society, Subramanian, Secretary Maharashtra Chess Association, Dilip Pagay, Working President, Vidarbha Chess Association, Manoj Itkelwar, President, Nagpur Taluka Chess Association, Sanjay Dahale and President of Parents Chess Association, Abhay Shrivastava.

In all 230 chess players from all over Maharashtra took part in the tournament. In total 66 prizes were distributed in cash and trophies in the prize ceremony.

Swapnil Bansod was the chief arbiter of the tournament while Pravin Takare was his deputy. He was also assisted by Chetan Deodhagale and Umesh Panbude.

Milind Marathe, Deepak Patrikar and group of parents of budding kids (PCA) took pains to make the tournament successful. Results (last round)

Akash Thakur wins GH Raisoni Maharashtra State Open Chess Tournament

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Nagpur News: In the final of Jawaharlal Darda Memorial College Division Football Tournament on Wednesday Hislop College scored 2 goal to  defeat PWS College to win the tournament.

 Shushant Bhivgade , who also won Player of the tournament  award  scored both the  goals in 10 &25th min of the match for Hislop College.

Satish Rigne (RPI) headquarter in charge chief guest of the function.

Prominent persons present were Salim Baig, Abdul Latif, Iqbal Kashmiri , Eugene Norbert , Bernard D’souza , Stanley Gregory , Mohd Abid ,

Prizes

Winner team 12500/-

Runner team. 7500/-

Player of the tournament Shushant Bhivgade 5000/-

Best goalkeeper Owais Khan (Hislop) 5000/-

Best player of looser team 3000/-

Man of the match Arvind Georg (Hislop) 5000/-

Winner team Coach Mrs. Kalpna Jadhav 1500/-

Runner team coach Mr. Atma Ram Pande 1500/-

Hislop College Wins Darda Division Ndfa league football Tournament

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Nagpur News: Budding chess player Divya Deshmukh added another feather to her cap by clinching gold medal in Asian Youth Chess Championship at Sari in Iran.

In under-8 girls section rapid event, Divya coached by Rahul Joshi earned total 6.5 points to win the title. According to the informatuion, in the last round second seed Divya defeated 11th seed Vuong Quynh Anh of Vietnam. Bhagyashree Patil of India finished third in the same category. In the said championship, India bagged highest 14 medals including five gold, three silver and six bronze. The chess payers from 15 Asian countries participated in the event.

Daughter of gynaecologists Namrata and Jitendra Deshmukh, last year she became under-7 Asian chess champion in New Delhi during 8th Asian Schools Chess Championship at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. The officials of chess associaiton have congratulated Divya for her achievement. India bagged highest 14 medals including five gold, three silver and six bronze. The chess payers from 15 Asian countries participated in the event.

Nagpur’s Divya Deshmukh wins Gold medal at Asian Youth Chess Championship

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Nagpur News : Karan Advani and Himanshi Israni excelled in the first Nandlal Advani memorial badminton tournament, organized by Little Champs Sports Academy, at Dayanand Badminton Hall, Jaripatka here recently.

Divit Wadhwani defeated Shlok Anand 21-17, 21-16 to win the U-10 boys singles title.

In the U-13 boys singles, Karan Advani outclassed Adarsh 21-11, 21-9, while in the girls section, Himanshi Israni quelled the spirited challenge from Roshita 21-15, 19-21, 21-9 to emerge champion.

Himanshi then paired up with Lasim to claim the U-13 girls doubles crown. Poonit and Harsh downed Naveen and Amiraj to pocket U-15 boys doubles title.

In the mixed doubles, Ram Mirani and Sonam thumped Nitesh and Ekta to clinch title.

Earlier, the three-day tourney was inaugurated by MLA Nitin Raut and former president of NDBA Balbir Singh Renu. The prizes were distributed by Suresh Jagyasi and Ghanshyam Kukreja.

Karan, Himanshi shine in Advani badminton tourney

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Nagpur News: Nagpur lad Sharang Kapoor is all set take another challenge in National Under-13 Chess Championship to be organised in Pondicherry from June 29 to July 8. Sharang will represent Maharashtra in the championship.

Sharang has already gave ample show of his potential emerging champion in the recently concluded Maharashtra State Under-13 (boys) Chess Championship at Solapur. In this championship, Sharang had scored 7.5 points in 9 rounds. In all, 81 participants across Maharashtra had taken part in the championship.

All the executive members of Nagpur District Chess Association, Nagpur Taluka Chess Association, Vidarbha Chess Association and chess fraternity have wished him good luck for the championship matches.

Sharang all set to take another challenge

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Nagpur News: As a part of International Sports Journalists’ Day, Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) will be felicitating talented football and hockey players at a function to be held on Tuesday (July 2) at Police Line Takli ground at 10 a.m.

The programme has been organised in association with Nagpur District Football Association (NDFA). Members of NDFA Second Divisional champion team Al Aziz Football Club will be feted on the occasion. Apart from them, four city women hockey players who had represented Maharashtra in the national will be honoured. An exhibition match of football between journalists and NDFA officials will be played on the occasion as a part of celebrations, informs SJAN secretary Kishor Bagde.

SJAN to fete soccer, hockey players

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Nagpur News: In a bid to celebrate International Sports Journalists’ Day, Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) honoured talented football and hockey players of the city at a function held here on Tuesday at Police Lines Takli grounds.

The programme was organised in association with Nagpur District Football Association (NDFA).

Members of NDFA Second Divisional champion team Al Aziz Football Club were felicitated on the occasion along with girls and boys hockey players who represented Maharashtra in Hockey India’s national tournaments.

An exhibition football match between journalists and NDFA officials was also played which was won by the NDFA officials on penalties after both the teams played out a 2-2 draw.

Girl hockey players, who were felicitated include Rinku Yadav, Deepali Arjapure, Sonu Meshram and Anita Gajbhiye while boys who represented Maharashtra Sub-junior hockey team Tabrez Sheikh and Akib Rahim and Shahbaz Pathan (Senior National) were also feted.

The team members of Al Aziz Sports Club include: Meraj Ansari, Waqar Ahamed, Ansari, Mohd Khalil, Md Asif Ali, Ishrad Sagar, Mohd Saqlain, Mohd Muqib, Alam, Sharique Nihal, Mohd Faraz, Amir Patel, mohd. Jameel, Shahid Hassan, Mohd Kafeel, Sartaj, Faizan, Zubir Shekih, Aquib, Arshad Kamal. Coach: Mohd Anees Raza, Manager: Javed Rana.

Anjaya Anaparthy (SJAN) and Naquib Ansari (NDFA) were also honored for their exception play during the friendly match.

The function was graced by Sameer Meghe, Chairman, Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank; Avinash Bhute of Tajshree Motors, Anupam Soni, Secretary, Nagpur Union of Working Journalist; Kishor Jichkar, former Corporator.

Dr Ram Thakur, SJAN president conducted the programme. An exhibition football match between journalists and NDFA officials was also played which was won by the NDFA officials on penalties after both the teams played out a 2-2 draw.

SJAN, NDFA fete talented players on Sports Journalists’ Day

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Nagpur News: Rigved Telang and Anushka Chintawar clinched cadet boys and girls titles while Kadambari Bhandarkar and Ritwik Gupte emerged champions in sub-junior boys and girls section on the second day of Sudhir Shrivastava Memorial Shruti Club Open ranking Table Tennis Tournament at Dr Ambedkar College Sports Academy (DACSA) Hall on Sunday.

Cade girls final witnessed major upset when Anushka Chintawar surprised top seed Hariti Chavan 11-9, 7-11, 12-10, 11-9. Earlier in the semis, Anushka got the better of Arpita Sapre 11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 10-12, 14-12. Hariti Chavan entered the final defeating Disha Girdhar 11-4, 11-4, 11-7.

In th boys secton, Rigved Telang pipped Sarvesh Patil 4-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-1. In the semis, Telang downed Sarvesh Bhartan 11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9. Sarvesh Patil recorded 11-4, 11-5, 11-6 victory over Vedant Tembhre.

Ins sub-junior girls final, Kadambari Bhandarkar living up to her reputation quelled a challenge of Ruqaiyah Vali 11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9. In the semis, Ruqaiyah sidalined Shravani Dakhale 11-6, 11-3, 11-4. Kadambari made a light work of Apoorva Bhagat 11-2, 11-8, 11-4. In the boys category, Ritvik Gupte clinched the title defeating Nayan Taori 11-4, 11-2, 11-5. Earlier in the semis, Taori shocked top seed Koustubh Udar 11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 11-2. Gupte eliminated Anshuman Naik 11-2, 11-6, 12-10.

Anushka, Rigved champs

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Nagpur News: Shailesh Dravid, a student of Centre Point School, Wardhaman Nagar, brought laurels to the city by winning the champions trophy in Sanjay Kasliwal Memorial All India FIDE Rating (below 2000) Chess Tournament held at Indore.

He scored 8.5 points of out of maximum 10 points (7 wins and 3 draws) among 194 participants from all over India.

He also won a cash prize of Rs.51000 along with the trophy. Vidarbha Chess Association, Nagpur District Chess Association, Nagpur Taluka Chess Association and all chess fraternities on behalf of their members have congratulated Shailesh Dravid on his grand success.

Shailesh Dravid, student of Centre Point School emerges FIDE rating chess champ

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Nagpur News: Representatives of the ten full members (Test playing nations) of the International Cricket Council will have a brainstorming session at the annual two-day ICC National Umpire Managers meeting at Nagpur on July 15 and 16. The first three such meetings were held in Dubai, Australia and England.

Prof. Ratnakar Shetty, General Manager, Game Development, BCCI will represent India at the meeting. Representatives get a chance to highlight the development programmes run by their Boards and also discuss, in general, the umpire-related activity in the previous season.

Other well known names who will take part in the two-day session are Simon Taufel, the ICC umpire performance and training manager and Vince van der Bijl, the ICC umpire and referee manager. They will also conduct a five day (July 17-21) “coach-the-coach” programme at Nagpur.

While Australia, England, South Africa, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, West Indies, Bangladesh will have one retired umpire-representative at this meeting, India — being the host country — will have two persons in Bomi Jamula and V.N. Kulkarni. The five day session will also be attended by Peter Manuel (in charge of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh), Denis Burns (in charge of England, South Africa and Zimbabwe) and David Levens (in charge of Australia, New Zealand and West Indies).

The BCCI has a panel of a dozen umpire coaches, who were discarded for senior tournaments in the last season, but were allotted matches for junior tournaments. After upgrading their knowledge at Nagpur, Jamula and Kulkarni are likely to train the remaining BCCI-panel umpire coaches before the start of the 2013-14 season.

ICC umpire managers meeting in Nagpur

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Nagpur News: MS Dhoni has done it for India once again. Needing 15 to win off the last over, Dhoni hit Shaminda Eranga for two sixes and a boundary as India are crowned the tri-series champions.

Chasing a meagre 202, India, from 139/3 at one point of time, were reduced to 167/8, giving Sri Lanka control. However, Dhoni stayed unbeaten at 45 to guide India to an exciting win.

With 15 required of the final over, MSD smashed a six on the second ball and followed it with a boundary and another maximum to guide India to another title.

Herath dismissed Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin in consecutive deliveries to reduce India t0 152/7.

After Rangana Herath got rid of Sharma, Suranga Lakmal sent back Raina to leave India at 145/5. Raina made 32 before getting caught behind.

Rangana Herath claimed his second victim in the form of danger man Rohit Sharma (58) after his 62-run stand with Suresh Raina for the fourth wicket and reduced India to 139/4, in their chase of 202.

In the 32nd over, Herath bowled out Sharma after his 89-ball knock that was studded with five boundaries and a six.

Earlier, Herath dealt India third blow by removing Dinesh Karthik (23) after a steady 50-run stand with Sharma.

Herath got Karthik caught by Mahela Jayawardene at slip to reduce India to 77/3 in 23 overs.

Defending 202-run target, Sri Lankan pacer Shaminda Eranga dismissed opener Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli in quick succession to put India in trouble.

Eranga got both Dhawan (16) and Kohli (2) caught behind to reduce India to 27/2 in 10.4 overs.

Earlier in the day India has won the toss as MS Dhoni is back for the final match and he has asked West Indies to bat first.

The Indian team has done exceptionally well to reach the finals of the tri-nation series. After losing two matches in a row, they bounced back to defeat Sri Lanka and then West Indies comprehensively in the next two matches, with bonus points to seal their final berth. After all this hard work, they would want to end their campaign on a high note.

Sri Lanka on the other hand have had a mixed tournament so far. They lost the first match against the hosts after which Tharanga and Jayawardene posted 213 runs for the first wicket against India, a match where they won by 161 runs. They then defeated West Indies in their third match before being bundled for just 96 runs in their last match against India, where the Indian team registered their second win and stormed through to the finals.

India wins Celkon cup by one wicket in gripping final, Dhoni strikes 16 in final over

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Nagpur News: Top seed Varada Dixit and second seed Bhakti Dahasahasra were shocked by unseeded players in women singles semi-finals on the third day of Goel Ganga District Open Badminton Championship at Subhedar Hall on Friday.

Vaishnavi Bhale created sensation surprising top seed Varada Dixit 21-17, 21-10. Another unseeded player Asawari Albal shocked second seed Bhakti Dahasahasra 26-24,21-15 to enter the final.

In under-10 girls singles section, Aditi Sadhankar and Nikita Joseph set up a title clash. While Aditi defeated Sophia Simon 21-11,21-9; Nikkita Joseph trounced Amulya Lanjewar 21-10,21-9.

Results

Women singles (SF): Asawari Albal bt Bhakti Dahasahasra 26-24,21-15; Vaishnavi Bhale bt Varada Dixit 21-17,21-10.

Under -10 girls singles (SF): Aditi Sadhankar bt Sophia Simon 21-11,21-9; Nikita Joseph bt Amulya Lanjewar 21-10,21-9

U-15 boys singles (PQF): Paras Hazarey bt Parth Thakkar 15-6,15-12; Rohan Gurbani bt Tushar Dhurve 15-7,15-11 Amey Baheti bt Gandhar Newale 15-6,15-8; Gaurav Mithe bt Nihar Rathi 15-7,15-10; Rahul Bawankar bt Hriday Deshmukh 15-12,15-14; Ashwin Gurbani bt Sudhanshu Bure (retired hurt) 8-15,5-8; Saurabh Kerhalkar bt Samarjeet Pande 15-6,15-7; Angad Matharu bt Srinivas Saoji 15-5,15-8.

U-15 girls singles (PQF): Nayan Thakre bt Radha Bapat 15-7,15-7;Malvika Bansod bt Shikha Mundra 15-3,15-6; Deepthi Ramesh bt Sakshi Damke 15-1,15-8; Pallavi Pitale bt Radha Mundle 15-13,15-10; Mugdha Agrey bt Vanshika Agrawal 15-8,15-12; Nidhi Chandak bt Palak Thakkar 15-4,15-6; Rashi Lambe bt Yashasvi Rao 15-1,15-2; Ritika Thaker bt Vaishnavi Apte 15-3,15-5.

U-13 boys (PQF): Jaskaran Suri bt Shashank Gupta 15-6,15-10; Rohan Gurbani bt Parth Thakkar 15-5,15-8; Ishan Vithalkar bt Tanuj Rathi 15-13,12-15,15-8; Kedar Dapke bt Hriday Deshmukh 15-11,9-15,15-10; Sudhanshu Bhure bt Aditya Deshpande 15-8,15-6; Om Ghode bt Vaibhav Mithe 10-15,15-9,15-12; Sifat Arora bt Kirtesh Chaudhary 15-11,11-15,15-11; Abhiram Sahasrabhojanee bt Aryan Bagul 15-4,15-6

U-13 girls singles (QF): Arya Anchalwar bt Aditi Sadhankar 15-3,15-5; Palak Thakkar bt Advika Saraf 15-5,15-6; Gargi Joshi bt Chaitali Nayse 15-5,15-13; Farha Mirza bt Radhika Deshpande 15-10,15-10; Ritika Thaker bt Saloni Deshmukh 15-3,15-1; Radha Bapat bt Sara Pandey 14-15,15-13,15-7; Malvika Bansod bt Anushka Jhawar 15-0,15-5; Pavitra Somani bt Nikkita Joseph 15-4,15-11

Goel Ganga District Open Badminton Championship

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Nagpur News: Former Indian Test opener and Ex- MP Chetan Chouhan has appreciated Indian captain Mahendrra Singh Dhoni as the superman of Indian cricket. Chouhan was in the city to participate in the programme organised by Krida Bharti.

While talking to media persons Chouhan whole heartedly lauded Dhoni. He said, ” MS has lot of talent. Whether it is captainship or finishing the things at appropriate time, he has no match”. He said Dhoni has already proved his mettle in all forms of cricket. Under his leadership, India drubbed Australia in home Test series and then won Champions Trophy and Tri Series at West Indies. Under his captainship, India became Twenty-20 cricket champion also”.

About India’s chances in 2015 World Cup, Chouhan said, ” The average age of the current player is 26. I think in coming days there will not any major changes in the team combination. The way young brigade is performing under the leadership fo Dhoni, India will be the strong contender for the 2015 World Cup to be hosted by Australia and New Zealand”.

Chouhan is optimistic about the comeback of Delhi pair Virender Sehwag and Gautam gambhir. He said,” There is always a possibility of comeback of such players whose avarage is between 44 to 50 in the internatioanl cricket. Such cricketers can be out of form for some time but no one can ruled them out totally. Sehwag and Gambhir are such players who can regain their lost form at any time”.

Chouhan rated his opening partner Sunil Gavaskar as one of the best openers in international cricket. In this regard he said, ” I got an opportunity to open with him in as many as 34 Test matches. I have not seen the opening batsmen like him till date”.

Asked who is deserves Bharat Rata Sachin or Major Dhyan Chand, he said, ” No doubt, hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand deserves first Bharat Ratna in sports”. He said when it was thought to give Bharat Ratna to the sportspeson, Sachin was at centre place. But Sachin is still playing and he can be honoured with this prestigious award later also”. The former Test cricket also said that nobody can compare the achievements of two legends. ” Under Dhyan Chand’s leadership, Indian hockey team consistently clinched gold medals. As far as Sachin is concerned he has scored 100 centuries in international cricket”.

Chetan Chouhan Chetan Chouhan has advocated to bring Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) under the purview of RTI. He said, ” I personally think that to maintain the transparency each sports organisation should come under the ambit of RTI. Especially cricket in which huge amount of money is involved”. At the same time Chouhan said the government will have to make some amendments before implementation of RTI in sports. The issues like selection should kept away from RTI.

Chetan Chouhan advocate to bring BCCI under the purview of RTI

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From Left to Right- R.Debgupta,Marketing Manager, R.Chander-Sr.Divisional Manager, K.S.Johar-Manager-P&IR-(DM)

Nagpur News: 47th LIC Western Zonal Table Tennis Tournament start July 16 at R.T.M.N.U. Subhedar Hall,Ravi Nagar ,Nagpur. Teams from 22 Divisions of LIC of India , Western Zone comprising of the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa are participating in the two day event.

Dr.Gopal Dhawan, Chairman-cum-Managing Director MOIL will inaugurate the tournament at 9 am on 16th july ,  Deepak Kanetkar from Nagpur will be the Chief Referee of the Tournament.

Host Nagpur Division team will be represented by Digambar M.Ramtekkar in Men sections and Sanjula Mishra in Women section.

Match start at 10:30 AM onward on 16th july and 9:00 Am on 17th july. Final will be played at 4:00 pm on 17th followed by prize distribution ceremony by hand of Rajesh Middha, Regional Manager ( HRD ), LIC, Western Zone, Mumbai.

An Organising Committee, along with various sub-committees has been formed for the smooth conduct of the tournament headed by Chairman R. Chander, Sr. Divisional Manager , R. Debgupta, Vice Chairman, M.K. Pande, Vice Chairman, K.S.Johar , Manager( P&IR) Vice Chairman, Sanjay Vyas, Organising Secretary, Milind Rambhad, Jt.Secretary and Abhay Nimje,Tresasurer.

47th LIC Western Zonal Table Tennis Tournament start July 16

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Nagpur News: The Inter-School Football Tournament organized by the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA),Nagpur, witnessed the minnows Bhavan’s Bhagwandas Purohit Vidya Mandir defeating the strong Bhonsala Military School 1-0 in the opening match of the tournament. The matches are being played at the Bishop Cotton School Ground in Sadar, Nagpur.

TODAY’S RESULT

1.       B. K. V. V. SCHOOL BEAT D. Y. PATIL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL BY 6 – 1

SCORER – B. K. V. V

ATHARVA MUTHAL – 03, 09 MIN

ANIKET PAULKAR – 35, 40, 60 MIN

JOSHUASONTAKEY – 60 MIN

SCORER – D. Y. PATIL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

ADVAIT KOLSE – 50 MIN

2.       PRGATIK HIGH SCHOOL, KORADI BEAT ROYAL GONDWANA PUBLIC SCHOOL BY 2 – 0

SCORER

NOEL BANSOD – 40 MIN

SHUBHAM PAKHIDDE – 60 MIN

3.       ST. XAVIER (CBSE), HINGNA BEAT SHRI. GURU GOBIND SINGH SCHOOL BY 4 – 1

SCORER – ST. XAVIER (CBSE), HINGNA

NINAD SHELGAONKAR – 16, 50 MIN

PALASHBHUSARI – 40 MIN

JWALA CHOUDHARY – 45 MIN

SCORER – SHRI. GURU GOBIND SINGH SCHOOL

SAURABH MISHRA – 15 MIN

4.       C. D. S SCHOOL BEAT SWAMINARAYAN SCHOOL BY 4 – 0

SCORER

JASBIR SINGH – 15, 37, 44 MIN

SHAHBAZ ANSARI – 28 MIN

5.       SANDIPANI, HAZARIPAHAD BEAT ST. XAVIERS (STATE) HINGNA BY 5 – 0

SCORER

ROHIT KHURSANKAR – 4 MIN

AMAN SINGH – 11 MIN

PRASHIK BORKAR – 15 MIN

MAYUR RATHOD – 18 MIN

SHUBHAM GOSAVI – 36 MIN

TOMORROW’S MATCHES

1.       SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISE VS NEERI MODERN SCHOOL

2.       M. B. CONVENT VS ST. XAVIERS SCHOOL, WARDHAMAN NAGAR

3.       MODERN SCHOOL, KORADI VS SACRED HEART ACADEMY

4.       INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SCHOLARS VS B. V. M. AASHTI

5.       MONTFORT HIFG SCHOOL VS SCHOOL OF SCHOLARS

YMCA Football: Minnows Bhavan’s Vidya Mandir defeat strong Bhonsala Military

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Nagpur News: The 47th LIC Western Zone Table Tennis Tournament 2013-2014 being hosted by LIC Nagpur Division got off to a great start today at Subhedar Hall, Nagpur.

The tournament was formally inaugurated by Dr.Gopal Dhawan – Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL). In his inaugural address he delved into the history of the game right from the British era to the present day game called table tennis. He wished the players all success and have a great tournament.

R.Chander sr.Divisional Manager LIC Nagpur Division welcomed the chief guest with a floral bouquet and thanked him for accepting the invitation to inaugurate the tournament. Also seated on the dais were Rajesh Middha, Regional Manager HRD, Ajit Sawant, LIC Sports Promotion Board Member, K.S.Johar, Manager (P&IR), Nagpur Division and Sanjay Vyas, Organizing Secretary.

R.Debgupta & M.K.Panda marketing managers of Nagpur division, Gajanan Bhosale Zonal Observer were also present. The chief referee for the tournament is Deepak Kanetkar from WCL.

The program started by lighting of traditional lamp by the dignitaries followed by Nigam Geet & Welcome song presented by LIC employees. On the occasion a brochure was also released at the hands of chief guest. The tournament was inaugurated symbolically by the chief guest by serving the ball against Ms.Prajakta Tipale, last years LIC All India Womens Singles winner. The proceedings of the program were conducted by Mrs.Anju Dewase and Mrs. Mamata Sawane proposed the vote of thanks.

SEMI FINALS LINE-UP DRAWN: All the seeded players in both mens and womens section sailed smoothly into the semi final round. In the round robin league format matches played throughout the day, in eight groups in each category, the following players emerged as winners from respective groups to qualify for quarter finals.

WOMENS : Prajakta Tipale (Thane) bt Shubhada Rarvekar (Nashik) 11-3, 11-1, 11-3, 11-5

Mrunmaye Mhatre (Mumbai) bt Amita Fattarpekar (Mumbai) 11-9, 11-7, 11-6, 11-3

Shruti Talnikar (Thane) bt Megha Paranjpe (Pune) 11-7, 11-3, 11-8, 11-5

Sushma Mogre (Thane) bt Shilpa Muley (Kolhapur) 11-0, 11-9, 11-4, 11-5

MENS : Ravi Joshi (Bhavnagar) bt Manoj Makhwana (Surat) 11-1, 11-7, 11-3, 11-7

Balasaheb Boje (Surat) bt Amol Jade (Mumbai) 11-5, 11-6, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9

Chandrashekhar Gosavi (Mumbai) bt Hitendra Narvekar (Mumbai) 11-8, 11-3, 11-5, 11-7

Vipul Unadkat (Rajkot) bt Rajendra Sawant (Pune) 11-8, 10-12, 11-7, 11-13, 11-9, 11-6

47th LIC Western Zone Table Tennis Tournament 2013-2014 gets off to a grand start

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Nagpur News: In a one-sided and dull match, Neeri Modern School drubbed the Seventh Day Adventise by 3-0 in the Inter-School Football Tournament organized by the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA),Nagpur on the second day of the tournament. The matches are being played at the Bishop Cotton School Ground in Sadar, Nagpur.

TODAY’S RESULT

1.       NEERI MODERN SCHOOL BEAT SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISE BY 3 – 0

SCORER

PRANSAL GOYAL – 20 MIN

ROHIT  KAMNANI – 28 MIN

DILAWAR PRABHAKAR – 37 MIN

2.       ST. XAVIERS, WARDHAMAN NAGAR BEAT M. B. CONVENT BY 2 – 0

SCORER

ATHARVA HIWASE – 12 MIN

CHINMAY NAIDU – 20 MIN

3.       MODERN SCHOOL KORADI BEAT SACRED HEART ACADEMY BY 6 – 0

SCORER

DAKSH KHULLAR – 5, 20, 35 MIN

ANUKOOL WAHANE – 32 MIN

TANISHO GODGATE – 38 MIN

KARTIK DAPKE – 39

4.       B. V. M. AASHTI BEAT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SSCHOLARS BY 4 – 0

SCORER

ARDHIS AMRITE – 2, 12 MIN

AYUSH KOLHE – 12, 30 MIN

5.       SCHOOL OF SCHOLARS BEAT MONTFORT SCHOOL BY 1 – 0

SCORER

ADITYA GUTU – 30 MIN

TOMORROW’S MATCHES

1.       ORANGE CITY HIGH SCHOOL VS CENTRE POINT SCHOOL, DHABA – 08:00 AM

2.       ST. JOHN HIGH SCHOOL VS ST. XAVIERS, WARDHAMAN NAGAR – 08:45 AM

3.       S. F. S HIGH SCHOOL VS ST. ANNS ENGLISH SCHOOL – 09:30 AM

4.       C. D.S HAZARIPAHAD VS ANJUMAN URDU SCHOOL – 10:15 AM

5.       ST. VINCENT PALLOTI VS SCHPPL OF SCHOLARS – 11:00 AM

Neeri Modern School drubs Seventh Day Adventise in YMCA football tournament

Nagpur Today : Nagpur News

YMCA Inter-School Football Tournament

Nagpur News: The Centre Point School, Dhaba made a mockery of the Orange City High School and put them to a shame by defeating the school by a huge margin of 5-0 in the Inter-School Football Tournament organized by the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA),Nagpur. The matches are being played at the Bishop Cotton School Ground in Sadar, Nagpur.

TODAY’S RESULTS

1.       CENTRE POINT SCHOOL, DHABA BEAT ORANGE CITY HIGH SCHOOL BY 5 – 0

SCORER

AMAN KIRNAPATRE – 08 MIN

TAUQUEER KHAN – 15, 27 MIN

SHAMIT GHAJBHIYE – 20 MIN

RIWANSHU CHIB – 39 MIN

2.       ST. XAVIER SCHOOL, WARDHAMAN NAGAR BEAR ST. JOHNS HIGH SCHOOL VIA TIE BREAKER 2 – 1 FULL TIMR SCORE 0 – 0

SCORER ST. XAVIER SCHOOL

AKSHAY BHARTI

YASH RAROKAR

SCORER ST. JOHN’S HIGH SCHOOL

ANURAG BAIS

3.       S. F. S. HIGH SCHOOL BEAT ST. ANN’S ENGLISH SCHOOL BY 2 – 0

SCORER

DANIS PAUL – 20 MIN

VASU KANOJIYA – 25 MIN

4.       ANJUMAN URDU SCHOOL NEAT C. D. S. SCHOOL BY 1 – 0

SCORER

SHEIKH SAMEER – 35

5.       ST. VINCENT PALLOTI BEAT SCHOOL OF SCHOLARS BY 3 – 0

SCORER

GIFTSON SAJI – 20, 30 MIN

YASH SHUKLA – 40 MIN

TOMORROW’S MATCHES

1.       BISHOP COTTON HIGH SCHOOL VS CENTRE POINT , KATOL ROAD – 08:00 AM

2.       MODERN SCHOOL, KORADI VS DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL – 08:45 AM

3.       ST. MICHEAL HIGH SCHOOL VS B. V. M, CIVIL INES – 09:30 AM

4.       GURU NANAK HIGH SCHOOL VS ST. XAVIER (CBSE), HIGNA – 10:15 AM

5.       B. K. V.V. VS BHOLA HIGH SCHOOL – 11:00 AM

Centre Point School, Dhaba makes mockery of Orange City High School, routs by 5-0

Nagpur Today : Nagpur News

YMCA Inter-School Football Tournament

Nagpur News: The match between the Centre Point School, Katol Road and Bishop Cotton High School made the heartbeats of spectators throb in a horse’s speed. The match reached to an exciting peak when the full time score stood at 1-1. In the subsequent tie-breaker, Centre Poinr School beat the Bishop Cotton High School 3-2 thus finally cooling down the nerves of the players and fans as well. The match was part of the Inter-School Football Tournament organized by the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA),Nagpur. The matches are being played at the Bishop Cotton School Ground in Sadar, Nagpur.

TODAY’S RESULT

1.       CENTRE POINT SCHOOL, KATOL ROAD BEAT BISHOP COTTON HIGH SCHOOL VIA TIE BREAKER 3 – 2, FULL TIME SCORE 1 – 1

SCORER FULL TIME CENTRE POINT

DHAWAL MOTHGHARE – 18 MIN

TIE BREAKER SCORER

AREEB AHMED

KAUSTUBH JAGTAP

NIKHIL HARCHANDANI

SCORER FULL TIME BISHOP COTTON SCHOOL

BHARAT BHAISWARE – 03 MIN

TIE BREAKER SCORER

JOHN. B

LAVPREET SINGH GHOTRA

2.       MODERN SCHOOL, KORADI BEAT DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL BY 1 – 0

SCORER

DAKSH KHULLAR – 02 MIN

3.       B. V. M. SCHOOL, CIVIL LINES BEAT ST. MICHAEL HIGH SCHOOL VIA TIE BREAKER 3 – 0, FULL TIME SCORE 0 – 0

SCORER B. V. M. SCHOOL

GHANSHYAM BHUTE

VAIBHAV BHARTIYA

SHEIQUE ALAM

4.       ST. XAVIERS (CBSE), HINGNA BEAT GURUNANAK HIGH SCHOOL BY 1 – 0

SCORER

JWALA CHOUDHARY – 29 MIN

5.       B. K. V. V. BEAT BHOLA HIGH SCHOOL BY 2 – 0

SCORER

ANIKET PAULKAR – 30, 34 MIN

TOMORROW’S MATCHES

1.       NEERI MODERN SCHOOL VS MAHATMA GANDHI HIGH SCHOOL – 08:00 AM

2.       KIDWAI HIGH SCHOOL VS CENTRE POINT SCHOOL, DHABA – 08:45 AM

3.       ANJUMAN ENGLISH SCHOOL VS GURU HARKISHAN PUBLIC SCHOOL – 09:30 AM

4.       NAGPUR RESIDENCY SCHOOL VS SANDIPANI HIGH SCHOOL, HAZARIPAHAD –10:15 AM

5.       PRAGATIK SCHOOL, KORADI VS CENTRE POINT SCHOOL, WARDHAMAN NAGAR – 11:00 AM

Centre Point School, Katol Road beats Bishop Cotton School 3-2 in a thriller