|
Otters claim Leela-ISP
title
Times
Of India 17 / 7 /2002
Mumbai:
Otters Club ‘B’ made light of an average handicap of eight
points per game to overcome Khar Gymkhana ‘B’ to clinch the Rs 25,000
prize money ISP- Leela Handicap Masters Squash Tournament at the
glass-back courts of the The Leela.
Otters, who clinched
the Motilal Sanghi title opened up a 2-0 lead over Khar Gym, through wins
by professional Santosh More and Tushar Bhambani. However, the old brigade
of Ashish Gupta and Shiv Malhotra brought Khar back into the reckoning
with victories over Supreet Singh and Yogin Thakur.
In the decider Khar
Gym.’s Suraj Shetty too the second game against Avinash Bhavnani when he
had a handicap of plus 9. In
the decider the handicap was revised to six and Bhavnani, who got most of
the returns in the forecourt finished off the rallies to clinch the title
for Otters.
In the match for third
place, Otters Club ‘A’ defeated Khar Gym A 3-2.
The winners took hpme
Rs 6,000, with the runners-up settling for Rs 4,000.
There was an exhibition
match between two tiny tots- five-and-a-half old Nisarg Gagrani
and four-and-a-half year-old Harsh Hemani, which was won by the
former.
Bhushan Gagrani, deputy
secretary to the chief minister, and a keen squash player himself, gave
away the prizes. He lauded the efforts of the Indian Squash Professionals,
led by Mahendra Agarwal, who had conducted some 42 tournaments in the last
ten years, including The Leela handicap for the last ten years. He hoped
teams from downtown would join in and make it more interesting.
Results Finals:
Otters Club (B)
beat Khar Gymkhana (B) 3-2
Santosh More bt Kishore Vanware 12-15,15-8,15-11
Tushar Bambani bt Girish Jadhwani 15-8,10-15,15-12
Supreet Singh lost to Ashish Gupta 6-15,12-15
Yogin Thakur lost to Shiv Malhotra 9-15,15-10,12-15
Avinash Bhavnani bt Suraj Shetty 15-13,4-15,15-8
3rd and 4th place:
Otters Club (A) beat Khar Gymkhana 3-2
Vijay Sonawane lost to Amitpal Kohli 10-15,15-12,13-15
Anurag Gill bt Rajesh Rajani 11-15,15-12,15-10
Cyrus Apoo bt Saket Wali 15-14,10-15,17-16
Karan Bhatty lost to Rohan Gracious 15-13, 13-15,14-15
Sanjay Pawar bt Avinash Bhatija 11-15,15-13,15-13.
Semi-Finals
Otters Club (B)
Beat Khar Gymkhana (A) 3-2
Santosh More lost Saket Wali 9-15, 15-14, 7-15
Tushar Bambani bt Avinash Bathija 15-7, 6-15, 15-8
Supreet Singh lost Amitpal Kohli 10-15, 15-10, 13-15
Yogin Thakur bt Rajesh Rajani 15-14, 11-15, 15-9
Avinash Bhavnani bt Rohan Gracias 15-11, 12-15, 15-9
Khar Gymkhana (B)
beat Otters (A) 3-1
Ashish Gupta bt Cyrus Apoo 15-13, 15-12
Kaushal Ghanshani bt Sanjay Pawar 15-12, 10-15, 15-9
Girish Jadhwni lost Anurag Gill 10-15, 15-9, 14-17
Shiv Malhotra bt Vijay Sonawane 15-7, 10-15, 15-9
Quarter
Finals
Otters Club (A)
Beat Mandpeshwar Club 3-1
Sanjay Pawar Bt Bhuvan Vora 15-13, 13-15, 15-17
Cyrus Appo Bt Sunil Dsouza 61-5, 15-11, 15-12
Vijay Sonawane Lost Gopi Mohite 15-13, 8-15, 10-15
Karan Bhatty Bt Chirag Soni 15-13, 1-16
Otters Club (B)
Beat Khar Gymkhana (C) 3-1
Tushar Bambani Bt Aditya Shastri 15-10, 15-13
Santosh More Lost Kartikgaba 13-15, 15-13, 12-15
Karl Bokdawala Bt Dhiraj Nagpal 12-15, 15-9, 15-9
Yoin Thakur Bt Kunal Jani 15-10, 12-15, 15-10
Khar Gymkhana (B)
Beat Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana (A)
3-2
Girish Jadhawani Bt Bipin Batra 15-7, 11-15, 15-12
Suraj Shetty Lost Jay Thapa 8-15, 12-15
Kaushal Ghanshani Bt Allwyn Naronha 9-15, 15-10, 15-14
Kishor Vanware Lost Rajesh Sonwane 13-15, 11-15
Ashish Gupta Bt Rakshak Malhotra 15-12, 7-15, 15-13
Khar Gymkhana (A)
Beat Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana (B) 3-1
Amitpal Kohli Bt Aditya Manjrekar 10-15, 17-14, 17-14
Rajesh Ratani Lost Jonathon Joshi 15-14, 15-13
Avinash Bathija Bt Prashant Mehra 17-16, 15-12
Saket Wali Bt Sandeep Parab 10-15, 15-12, 17-14
|
|
