JSW ALL INDIA SCHOOL & JUNIOR COLLEGE 
SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIP 2007

MAHARASHTRA RANKING TOURNAMENT
From 5th to 7th October 2007
At Jindal Squash Academy, Vasind, Thane District

  
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Organised by 
Indian Squash Professionals

Under the auspices of 
Squash Racquets Association of Maharashtra


Winners showing off their trophies at the JSW All-India Schools & Junior College 
Championship at the Jindal Squash Academy, Vasind


Saumya wins double crown, Laxman Joshi wins under 19 title 

Mumbai, Oct. 7: 

Thirteen-year-old Saumya Karki of Hiranandani School, Thane, bagged the girls under-19 and girls under-15 titles at the Rs 1.30 lakh prize money and JSW Steel Ltd. Sponsored, JSW All-India Schools & Junior College Championship, being played at the Jindal Squash Academy, Vasind, on Sunday. Also Kalyan's Agarwal College Laxman Joshi finished the boys under-19 champion beating H R College, Cyrus Vakil comprehensively 9-4, 9-2, 9-4. Fifteen year old Abhishek Pradhan, from Don Bosco, Borivli, bagged the Boys under-17 & under-15 titles. 

Saumya Karki, who was the top seed in the girls under-19 age group, beat easily second seed Anju Sharma by Jindal Vidya Mandir 9-3, 9-2, 9-2. This was the Saumya's second title in the girls u-19 in 2007. Last month she won the u-19 title in the All India Little Masters Squash Championship. In the Girls u-15 final also she beat Anju Sharma 9-2, 9-0, 9-2. This was the Saumya's fifth u-15 title of the year. Saumya pocketed Rs 8000 for her win in the girls under-15 category and Rs 10,000 for winning the girls under-19 category.

The boys under-19 final was a straight forward affair with Laxman Joshi outclassing Cyrus Vakil. Joshi, seeded one, was head and shoulders above his opponent Vakil, seeded two. Vakil managed to sneak in four points in the first game but after that Joshi took control to romp home 9-4, 9-2, 9-4. Joshi emerged richer by Rs 10,000 while Vakil was handed Rs 5,000. 

The Chief guest of the evening R. C. Sharma (Vice President, JSW Steel Ltd.) give away the prizes of all the winners.

Following are the results: 

All Final :

Boys u-19 : 1-Laxman Joshi (Agarwal College, Kalyan) bt 2-Cyrus Vakil (H R College) 9-4, 9-2, 9-4.
Boys u-17 : 1-Abhishek Pradhan (Don Bosco, Borivli) bt Abhinav Sinha (Wadia College, Pune) 9-4, 9-5, 9-0.
Boys u-15 : 1-Abhishek Pradhan (Don Bosco, Borivli) bt Vrishab Kotian (Don Bosco, Borivli) 9-0, 9-1, 9-2.
Boys u-13 :
1-Rahil Fazelbhoy (Springfield School) bt Jaganath Kyute ( Saraswati School)   9-0, 9-5, 9-4.
Boys u-11 :
1-Yohan Pandole (Cathedral School) bt 3-Sandeep Paswan (Jindal School) 9-3, 10-8, 9-4.
Girls u-19 : 1-Saumya Karki (Hiranandani School, Thane) bt Anju Sharma (Jindal School) 9-3, 9-2, 9-2.
Girls u-15 :
1-Saumya Karki (Hiranandani School, Thane) bt 2-Anju Sharma (Jindal School) 9-2, 9-0, 9-2.
Girls u-13 :
1-Urvashi Joshi (Jindal School) bt 2-Shweta Yadav (Jindal School) 9-2, 9-2, 9-4.
Open u-9 :
2-Siddhant Iyer (Singhania School) bt 1-Ivan Phillips 3-9, 6-9, 9-1, 9-5, 9-5.

All Semifinals :

Boys u-19 :
2-Cyrus Vakil (H R College) bt 4-Sujat Barua (H R College) 4-9,9-5,9-1,9-2;
1-Laxman Joshi (Agarwal College, Kalyan) bt 3-Abhinav Sinha (Wadia College, Pune) 9-0, 9-0, 9-1.
 

Boys u-17 :
Abhinav Sinha (Wadia College, Pune)_bt Vrishab Kotian (Don Bosco, Borivli ) 9-6,9-1,9-2;
1- Abhishek Pradhan (Don Bosco, Borivli) bt 4-Javed Mohd. 9-2, 9-0, 9-3.

Boys u-15 :
1-Abhishek Pradhan (Don Bosco, Borivli) bt 3-Shashi Pandey (Jindal School) 9-5,9-1,9-2;
Vrishab Kotian (Don Bosco, Borivli) bt Rahil Fazelbhoy (Springfield School) 9-7,9-4,9-5.

Boys u-13 :
Jaganath Kyute ( Saraswati School)  bt Nishikant    Khapre (Jindal School) 9-7,9-1,9-5;
1-Rahil Fazelbhoy (Springfield School) bt 4-Akhilesh Yadav (Bhaskar School, Ambivali) 9-3, 9-0, 9-2. 

Boys u-11 :
3-Sandeep Paswan (Jindal School) bt Aditya Singhi (Ryan Internatoinal) 7-9,9-7,9-7,10-8;
1-Yohan Pandole (Cathedral School) bt 4-Yohan Surti (St. Mary's School, Pune) 9-5, 9-4, 9-2.
 

Girls u-19 :
1-Saumya Karki (Hiranandani School, Thane) bt 4-Nikita Emanuel (Tilak College) 9-0, 9-0, 9-1;
Anju Sharma (Jindal School) bt 2-Rinki Soni (Jindal School) 8-10, 10-8, 9-1, 9-1.
 

Girls u-15 :
1-Saumya Karki (Hiranandani School, Thane) bt Shweta Yadav (Jindal School) 9-0, 9-0, 9-1;
2-Anju Sharma (Jindal School) bt Urvashi Joshi (Jindal School) 6-9, 9-6, 9-2, 9-1.  

Girls u-13 :
1-Urvashi Joshi (Jindal School) bt Aishwarya Kulkarni (Hiranandani School, Thane) 9-0,9-0,9-3,
2-Shweta Yadav (Jindal School) bt 4-Ruchi Mishra (Jindal School) 9-3, 9-6, 9-3.

Open u-9 :
1-Ivan Phillips bt Dev Vazirani (Bombay Scottish) 9-6, 6-9, 9-5, 9-2;
2-Siddhant Iyer (Singhania School) bt 3-Ardehl Ivan (Hiranandani School) 9-3, 9-2, 0-9, 9-4.

All Quarterfinals :

Boys U-17:
Javed Mohd (R K Taleraja College) bt Dheerav Moolani (Wadia College, Pune) 9-3,10-8,9-5;
Abhishek Pradhan (Don Bosco School, Borivli) bt Chetan Rathore (Agarwal College) 9-2,9-0,9-3;
Abhinav Sinha (Army Public School, Pune) bt Shashi Pandey (Jindal School) 9-5,9-6,9-4.

Boys U-15 :
Abhishek Pradhan (Don Bosco, Borivli) bt Akash Kutty (Hiranandani School) 91-, 9-3, 9-1;
Vrishab Kotian (Don Bosco) bt Rahil Fazelbhoy (Springfield School) 9-0, 9-1, 9-2.

Boys U-13 :
Rahil Fazelbhoy (Sringfield School) bt   Devchand Rai (Jindal School) 9-0,9-5,9-5;
Nishikant Khapre (Jindal School) bt Parth Kapoor (Hiranandani School) 9-0,9-0,9-0;
Akhilesh Yadav (Bhaskar School) bt Shailesh Sharma (Jindal School) 9-6,4-9,9-3,9-2.

Boys U-11 :
Yohan Surti (St. Mary's School) bt Vishal Yadav (Jindal School) 9-6,9-7,8-10,9-1;
Yohan Pandole (Cathedral School) bt Aishwarya Singh (Jindal School) 9-2,9-1,9-1;
Aditya Singavi (Ryan Internatoinal) Beat Mohit Yadav (Jindal School) 9-2,10-8,9-1.

Boys & Girls Open U-9: 
Ardehl Ivan (Hiranandani School) bt Nirmit Deshpande (Hiranandani School) 9-1,9-0,9-1;
Siddhant Iyer (Singhania School) bt Rahil Shaikh (Hiranandani School) 9-0,9-0,9-0;
Dev Vazirani (Bombay Scottish) bt Daksha Pathak (Hiranandani School) 9-,9-0,9-0.

Girls U-19 :
Nikita Emanuel (Tilak College) bt Sudha Pandey (Birla College) 9-6,9-3,9-1;
Saumaya Kharki (Hiranandani School, Thane) bt Pratibha Sharma (Jindal School) 9-1, 9-1, 9-0;
Anju Sharma (Jindal Squash Academy) bt Tejal Diggikar (St. Mary's School, Pune) 9-2, 9-0, 9-0;
Rinki Soni (Jindal School) bt Sunita Patwa (Jindal School) 9-1, 9-0, 9-0.  

Girls U-15 :  
Saumaya Kharki (Hiranandani School, Thane) bt Tejal Diggikar (Pune) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0;
Urvashi Joshi (Jindal School) bt Varsha Pandey (Jindal School) 9-0, 9-3, 9-0;
Anju Sharma (Jindal School) bt Aishwarya Iyyer 9-0, 9-1, 9-1.     

Latest Results as on 5th October 2007

Boys U-17
Deepak Dhakria
Beats Omkar Khatri 9-5 9-4 9-2
Anuj Sigh Chauhan
Beats Mrinal Dutt 9-4 9-0 9-4

Open U-9
Rishi Nair (Singhania School)
Beats Parshav Jignesh Sharma (Hiranandani School Thane) 9-0 9-0 9-2 
Srishti Nagar (Hiranandani School Thane) Beats Ritika Shetty (Hiranandani School Thane) 9-5 9-8 9-6 
Robin Maddela (Hiranandani School Thane)
Beats Tanmay Amegaokar (Hiranandani School Thane) 9-4 9-1 9-4 
Nihaal Shetty (Hiranandani School Thane)
Beats Richa Shaji (Hiranandani School Thane) 9-0 9-0 9-0 
Kshitej Nagar (Hiranandani School Thane)
Beats Viraaj Karthik Ramar (Hiranandani School Thane) 9-0 9-0 9-6       
    

Second Round      
Ivan Philips (Hiranandani School Thane)
Beats Rishi Nair (Singhania School) 9-1 9-0 9-0 
Arjun Bannerjee (Hiranandani School Thane)
Beats Nihal Shetty (Hiranandani School Thane) 9-1 5-9 9-5 9-2
 

Boys U-11 
Rajesh Pandey (Jindal Vidya Mandir) Beats Ritvik Shrivastava (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 5-9 7-9 9-2 9-7 9-1
Aashay Kejdiwal  Beats Ivan Philps(Hiranandani Foundation School) 9-4 9-0 9-5 
Sandeep Paswan (Jindal Vidya Mandir) Beats Aakash Jain (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 9-0 9-0 9-0 
Nilesh pal (Jindal Vidya Mandir) Beats Roshan Sharma (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 9-4 9-1 9-0 
Mohit Yadav (Jindal Vidya Mandir) Beats Samarth Jaidev (Hiranandani School Thane) 9-1 9-1 9-1 
Nehal Patidar (Jindal Vidya Mandir) Beats Siddhant Kumar Iyer (Singhania School) 6-9 6-9 9-1 9-2 9-1
Dhruvin Patwa (SE International School) Beats Chinar Amritkar (Hiranandani School Thane) 9-0 9-0 9-0 
Aaditya Sangavi (Ryan International School) Beats Kaustabh Joshi (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 9-0 9-3 9-0 
Vishal Yadav (Jindal Vidya Mandir) Beats Shivam Sharma (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 10-9 9-2 9-4 
Rahul Mathew (Hiranandani School Thane) Beats Ardehl Ivan (Hiranandani School Thane) 9-2 9-4 9-3 
Daksha Pathak (Hiranandani Foundation School) Beats Ninad Chaudhary (Hiranandani School Thane) 9-3 9-0 9-0   

Girls u-13
Sia Karki (Hiranandani School Thane)
Beats Mehak Dave (Hiranandani School Thane) 7-9 9-2 9-1 9-1
Aishwarya Kulkarni (QR) (Hiranandani School Thane)
Beats Tripti Arora (Hiranandani School Thane) 9-0 9-0 9-0 
Aishwarya Jain (Hiranandani School Thane)
 Beats Himani Kende (Hiranandani School Thane) 10-8 9-7 10-9 
Diksha Dudhia (QR) (Hiranandani School Thane)
Beats Aishwarya Bhattachaya (Hiranandani School Thane) 9-0 9-0 9-0 
Aishwarya Bhattacharya (Hiranandani School Thane)
Beats Ria Rohira (Hiranandani School Thane) 9-0 9-0 9-0 
Jaya Pandey (Jindal Vidya Mandir)
Beats Prachi Kiraula (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 9-0 9-2 9-0  

Boys U-13

First Round             
Kushal Thapa (Jindal Vidya Mandir)
Beats Amar Thapa (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 9-2 9-7 9-0  
Nishikant Khapre (Jindal Vidya Mandir)
Beats Tarun Dutta(Jindal Vidya Mandir) 9-0 9-0 9-0  
Jaganath Kyute(Sarswati School)
Beats Rajat Pandey (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 9-0 9-0 9-0  
Akhilesh Yadav (Bhaskar School)
Beats Amit Singh (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 9-0 9-1 9-0  

Basant Singh (Jindal Vidya Mandir)
Beats Virendra Singh Rautela (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 10-8 9-2 4-9 3-9 9-2
Niranjan Khangarat(Jindal Vidya Mandir)
Beats Dewesh Pandey (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 9-8 3-9 9-6 7-9 9-6
Devchand Rai (Jindal Vidya Mandir)
Beats Jatin Ghangas (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 9-2 9-3 9-2  

Sushil Jaiswar (Jindal Vidya Mandir)
Beats Puneet Pareek (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 4-9 10-8 9-7 9-6 
Harsh Maheshwary QF(Hiranandani Foundation School)
Beats Kunal Soni (Hiranandani Foundation School) 9-0 9-0 9-0  
Agnit Chaudhary (Hiranandani Foundation School)
Beats Sunny Chaturvedi (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 9-1 9-3 9-0  
Mayur Shalar (Jindal Vidya Mandir)
Beats Gaurav Soam (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 9-0 9-0 9-0  
Anuj Bahl (Army Public School)
Beats Jayprakash Swamy (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 9-0 9-0 9-0  
Harsh Maheshwary (Hiranandani Foundation School)
Beats Vikas Chauhan (Jindal Vidya Mandir)  9-0 9-1 9-1  
Shailesh Sharma  (QR)
Beats Siddhant Dariyani  9-2 9-4 9-0  
Riyan Bhatia (Cathedral School)
Beats Krishan Singh (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 9-1 9-3 9-1         
     

Second Round       
Nirmit Deshpande
 Beats Dhruvin Patwa 9-7 9-5 9-2 

Girls U-15
Urvashi Joshi (Jindal Vidya Mandir)
Beats Varsha Pandey (Jindal Vidya Mandir)  9-0 9-3 9-0 

Boys U-15
First Round
           

Aakash Kutty (Hiranandani School Thane)
Beats Venkatesh Yadav (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 9-2 9-1 9-4 
Shashi Pareek (Jindal Vidya Mandir)
Beats Himnshu Singh Kiraula (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 7-9 9-4 9-2 9-0
Abhishek Agarwal (Jindal Vidya Mandir)
Beats Mahendra Mishra (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 9-0 9-4 9-0 
Somveer Sharma (Jindal Vidya Mandir)
Beats Vijay Bharadwaj (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 9-0 9-0 9-0 
Jagarnath Kuyte (Sarswati School)
Beats Jehann Iavn (Hiranandani School Thane) 9-0 9-0 9-3 
Nitin Singh (Jindal Vidya Mandir)
Beats Hemant Manjrekar (Hiranandani School Thane) 9-3 9-2 9-0 
Awedesh Yadav (Bhaskar School)
Beats Piyush Halchandni (Hiranandani School Thane) 9-0 9-2 9-3 
Shashi Pandey (Jindal Vidya Mandir)
Beats Rahul Jaisingh Shekhawat 9-1 9-0 9-0 
Anuj Bahel (Army Public School)
Beats Aaksh Rajmal Patwa 9-0 9-0 9-0 
Nishikant Khapre (Jindal Vidya Mandir)
Beats Adityavardhan Gupta (Singapore International School) 9-0 9-1 9-3 
     

Second Round            
Riyan Bhatia
 Beats Somveer Sharma(jindal Vidya Mandir) 9-5 9-7 9-7   

Boys U-19
Pradeep Paswan
 Beats Prabhakar Sharma  9-0 9-1 9-1 9-1

  

 

Laxman Joshi, a new kid on the block

Article in Times of India, Mumbai : 6th October 2007

Mumbai: Are there more at the Jindal squash stables where Sandeep and Vikas Jangra came from? The answer is yes. At the JSW All-India Inter-School and Junior College Squash Championship, which commenced on Friday at the Jindal Sports Complex in Vasind — 75 km from Mumbai, the cynosure of all eyes was Laxman Joshi.

Young kids marvelled at his ability to pick up every ball. “I used to take part in field events during my young days. I do cross-country running thrice a week, almost 12-20 km. That prepares me for the hard work of chasing the ball on court,’’ said Laxman.

Laxman also has a lot of chasing to do off the courts. Like a two-hour travel every day to Agarwal College in Kalyan. And to tournaments in Mumbai, which is easily 150 km every day.

Inspite of that his spirit is high, particularly so as he has begun winning titles. He won the under-19 at the Little Masters and then the State Open at Bombay Gymkhana. Asked about his best shot, Laxman says: “My forte is chasing the ball rather than playing the winners.’’

Laxman is doing squash-related activities from 3 to 6 pm everyday. Then, he is on the road at the lovely countryside beside the academy.

The only problem is studies. “My eyes shut when I open my books at night. That leaves me only the classroom time to study. The first two years in college I was hardly present in class but now it’s different.’’

Laxman has his board exams this year and his mind is busy managing time between studies and the Junior Nationals which will send him to the trials to pick the India side for the World Juniors in 2008. That’s the goal he has set for himself.

After that it is the PSA circuit for Laxman. Playing professionally is the only road for him, he says. Finances are taken care of by Jindal. “Whenever our MD Sajjan Jindal is here he keeps asking us what more we want so that we can play better squash. It’s a great feeling,’’ he says.

Coach Sunil Verma, when asked who has been his upcoming product, says: “The best is yet to come.’’

Laxman is now targetting the Junior Nationals at Mayo College in Ajmer later this month. “India need good squash players to follow in the footsteps of Saurav Ghoshal. I will try and emulate him,’’ Laxman signed off.  

   

 Squash caravan moves to Jindal academy

Article in Times of India, Mumbai : 5th October 2007 

Mumbai: After Willingdon Sports Club and Bombay Gymkhana in downtown Mumbai, the squash caravan will travel 75 km away to Vashind in Thane district where the JSW all-India school and junior college squash championship will be held. The October 5-7 tourney will carry a prize money of Rs 1.3 lakhs. 

Four slick glass-back courts will await some 170 children from various parts of the state. It is a culmination of the dream of Sajjan Jindal, MD of JSW, to create top-class facilities in line with their steel plants so that champions can be produced. Sajjan was hooked on to squash at Willingdon Sports Club and The Leela where he met Mahendra Agarwal of Indian Squash Professionals, who organised a handicap event at the Jindal Sports Complex in 1994. 

Playing that event was Nashik’s Sunil Verma, who was persuaded by Sajjan’s wife Sangeeta and Willingdon pro Prakash Yelve, to join the academy. For four years the players’ only exposure to quality squash was watching squash queen Mekhala Subedar who trained there. They would travel some 75 km to tournaments in Mumbai, only to lose in early rounds and travel back. In 1998, they reached the finals of the Steelmade Furniture inter-school event at Otters Club. They won a few titles in 1999 and have never looked back since. In 2004, the Squash Rackets Federation of India chose Jindals’ Vikas Jangra, Sandeep Jangra, Ritesh Sharma and Sarvesh Chauhan in the provisional squad for the World Juniors in 2004. 

Verma’s hard work has seen 15 state-level and two World junior level players emerge. The recent final of the State Open was an all-Jindal affair between Sandeep Jangra and cousin Vikas, now with the Navy. Laxman Joshi and Saumya Karki claimed the juniors titles. Laxman was runner-up in the Milo Open in Kuala Lumpur. 

Col ML Bhandari, corporate and HR manager, JSW, said they were looking to buy land and expand the academy. A Jindal scion, Parth, was also looking at setting up a table tennis academy which will boost the sport in Thane district. 

Laxman Joshi has been given top billing in the boys under-19 category and Saumya Karki in the girls. Abhishek Pradhan will try for a double in the boys u-15 and u-17 age groups. 

The boys u-19 winner will take home Rs 10,000, while the girls u-19 winner will be richer by Rs 9,000. About 10 outstation entries have also been received from players in Pune and Nashik.

  

Committee Members of Indian Squash Professionals :
Ashish Gupta, Noreena, Vicky Kalludi, Ashok Nagpal, Karan Mehra,
Imroze Pathan, Ajit Singh
 

Organising Committee
JSW HR Department & JSA 

Chief Referee
Riaz Mohammed 

SRAM Observer
Sanjay Goyal
 

Tournament Director 
Mahendra Agarwal
 

Ex-Officio Committee Members of JSW
Mr. R.C. Sharma     Col. M.L. Bhandari      Mr. Sanjay Goyal     Mr. J.D. Jindal             Mr.B.Yadav 

Organised by
Indian Squash Professionals 

Under the auspices of 
Squash Racquets Association of Maharashtra

 
   
 

TOTAL PRIZE MONEY : RS. 1,30,000

Category

Winner

Runner Up

1st Semifinalist

Semifinalist

Total

Boys U-19

10,000

6,000

3,000

3,000

22,000

Boys U-17

8,000

4,000

2,500

2,500

17,000

Boys U-15

7,000

3,000

2,000

2,000

14,000

Boys U-13

5,000

3,000

2,000

1,500

11,500

Boys U-11

4,000

2,500

1,250

1,250

9,000

Girls U-19

9,000

5,000

2,500

2,500

19,000

Girls U-15

7,000

3,500

2,000

2,000

14,500

Girls U-13

5,000

3,000

1,500

1,500

11,000

Open U-9

Gift

Gift

Gift

Gift

12,000

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