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Squash pays its
tribute to Braveheart Kamte
Pradeep Vijayakar
Mumbai:
Sunday saw the city's sporting fraternity give a fitting tribute to Ashok
Kamte one of three super cops who died in the 26/11 terror blasts.
Mahendra
Agarwal's Indian Squash Professionals held a squash tournament at Juhu
Gymkhana called the Braveheart Ashok Kamte Memorial Squash Tournament.
Ashish
Bhagra, who played squash with Kamte when he was in the SP Rural Police in
Thane district said, ``He had respect for rules and never argued over
points.''
Giving away
the prizes Archana Tyagi, ACP, west region, gave newer insights into Kamte's
life. "Kamte was my first SP when I joined the force at Karad. His
mantra was `phele action, phir section'. He meant one could always find
justification for action from the books. He led from the front as we saw
when six terrorists, being taken from Thane to Kolhapur, escaped near Satar.
Kamte wanted to chase them himself all the way to Karnataka but had to be
dissuaded from doing so as his job was to say in charge of his district,''
said Tyagi adding, "He was the sort of officer I would give my life
for. That's the type of respect he commanded from the constabulary. At his
farewell at Satara people wept openly on the streets, Kamte too.'' Tyagi
said Kamte would love play sport with with the constables rather than fellow
officers. At recruitment time he would want to be present to interview cops
with a sporting background. It's numbing when one thinks of him. One still
can't believe he is dead.''
Kamte's
sister-in-law Revati Dhere said Kamte was jack of all trades (sports) and
master of some. ``He played individual and team sports: shot put, javelin
throw, tennis, swimming, basketball, hockey, football, basketball,
weightlifting. He won the best all-round sportsman prize at St Xavier's
College in 1983-84, was Maharashtra champ in the shot put, won laurels in
junior powerlifting and won the Maharaj Singh trophy at the National Police
Academy at Hyderabad and the Akruti Cup for unarmed combat.''
Mahendra
Agarwal announced the tournament will be an annual affair.
Jangra,
Mangaonkar lift title
The combination of experience and youth prevailed in the Top 8 doubles final
of the Rs 50,000 prize money Braveheart Ashok Kamte Squash Tournament,
organized by ISP, which concluded at the Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana, here,
late on Sunday.
Former India player Vikas Jangra and talented teenager Mahesh Mangaonkar
were just too strong for opponents Kunwarpal Singh and Nitin Chauhan, wining
15-7, 15-9 to take home the winner's purse of Rs 10,000.
Earlier, in the semi-finals, the champions had to overcome a tough challenge
from Jindal Squash Academy's young pairing of Laxman Joshi and Arun Sharma,
the match going the distance before ending 15-13, 13-15, 15-13 in the favor
of Jangra and Mangaonkar.
In the Doubles Handicap event, Samir Mistry and Mukesh Desai got the better
of professionals Sanjay Pawar and Virendra Pawar 15-10, 15-10.
All
Results
Finals :
Mens Open : Vikram
Malhotra bt Mahesh Mangaonkar 11-5, 15-17, 11-4, 11-9
Doubles Open : Kunwarpal Singh / Arun Sharma bt Vikram Malhotra / Shiv
Malhotra 15-8, 17-15
Doubles Handicap : Sanjay Kalati / Sachin Jadhav bt Riaz Mohd /
Rameez Mohd 15-8, 13-15, 15-12
Over 35 : Vivek Khanna bt Yudhvir Katoch 8-11, 4-11, 11-3, 11-3,
12-10
Over 45 : Deepak Moolani bt Riaz Mohd 11-4, 12-10, 11-4
3rd – 4th Play off :
Mens Open :Siddharth Samantray bt Sanjay Pawar 11-8, 11-8
Doubles Handicap : Kishore Vanwari / Girish Jadhwani bt Ashish Mehta /
Nilay Dalal 6-15, 15-9, 15-6
Over 35 : Anil Mohite bt Yakub Shaikh 11-8, 8-11, 12-10
Semifinals :
Mens Open :
Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Siddharth Samantray 11-3, 11-5, 11-9
Vikram Malhotra bt Sanjay Pawar 11-9, 11-4, 12-10
Doubles Open :
Vikram Malhotra / Shiv Malhotra bt Sanjay Pawar / Siddharth
Samantray 15-10, 15-11
Kunwarpal Singh / Arun Sharma bt Rajesh Rajani / Mohd. Merchant 15-17,
15-10, 15-9
Doubles Handicap :
Sanjay Kalati / Sachin Jadhav bt Ashish Mehta / Nilay Dalal 15-13,
15-9
Riaz Mohd / Rameez Mohd bt Kishore Vanwari / Girish Jadhwani 15-10,
15-8
Over 35 :
Vivek Khanna bt Yakub Shaikh 11-7, 4-11, 11-7, 11-5
Yudhvir Katoch bt Anil Mohite 11-4, 11-7, 4-11, 11-9
Over 45 :
Deepak Moolani bt Shiv Malhotra 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 12-10
Riaz Mohd bt Jai Thapa 13-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-1
Quarterfinals :
Mens Open :
Sanjay Pawar bt Vijay Waghela 8-11, 11-3, 11-3, 11-6
Vikram Malhotra bt Arun Sharma 11-2, 11-1, 11-6
Siddharth Sharma bt Virendra Pawar 12-10, 11-5,
11-9
Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Kunwarpal Singh 11-5,
11-3, 11-1
Doubles Open :
Kunwarpal Singh / Arun
Sharma bt Waqar Pathan / Sujat Barua 15-10,
15-17, 15-8
Rajesh Rajani / Mohd. Merchant bt Vijay Waghela / Rohan Gracias 15-13,
9-15, 15-12
Sanjay Pawar / Siddharth Samantray bt Amitpal Kohli / Anil Mohite 15-7,
15-11
Kunwarpal Singh / Arun Sharma bt Rajesh Rajani / Mohd Merchant 15-17, 15-10,
15-9
Doubles Handicap :
Riaz Mohd / Rameez Mohd bt Joginder Singh / Deepak Moolani 15-13,
9-15, 15-5
Ashish Mehta / Nilay Dalal bt Imroze Pathan / Ajit Singh 15-13, 15-13
Sanjay Kalati / Sachin Jadhav bt Yakub Shaikh / Ajaz Shaikh 15-13, 10-15,
15-11
Over
35 :
Anil Mohite bt Ajay Goyal
11-4, 11-2, 11-3
Yakub Shaikh bt Deepak Behl
11-8, 8-11, 11-3, 11-9
Vivek Khanna bt Ravi Patil 7-11, 9-11, 11-3, 13-11, 11-1
Yudhvir Katoch bt Rajesh Rajani 11-9,11-6, 11-8
Over 45 :
Shiv Malhotra bt Kishore Bamania 11-0, 11-6, 11-5
Deepak Moolani bt Shashi Gupta 11-7, 11-7
Jai Thapa bt Shashank Talwalkar 11-5, 11-2
Riaz Mohd bt Hari Shenava 11-5, 11-9
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