SRAM- Mumbai Police Squash Camp ( 9 / 1 / 2003 )
Good with the
racquet as well as the danda
Right to left : Ganesh Patole (Winner), Preeti Jhangyani (Chief Guest, Film Actress), Pankaj Jadhav (Runners-up), Sharad Kapoor, (Chief Guest Film Actors), Insp. Pradeep Sharma |
That was the
lesson from the month- long squash camp for policeman, conducted by the
Squash Racquets Association of Maharashtra at the A-H Ansari
squash courts in Andheri Sports Complex. Head-coach and nine time
national squash champion Chandrakant Pawar said : “ They performed
beyond our expectations. They managed to learn so well since they are very
fit . Though they still don’t have a good court sense, it will come with
time,” Pawar said.
Time seems to be the problem for all cops, including the winner of the tournament that was played amongst the 32 participants of the camp. Ganesh Patole, a constable at the police headquarters in Naigaon, got the better of Pankaj Jadhav 9-6, 9-7. The problem will continue unless they build courts at Naigaum or the police Gymkhana. Pawar , however, said some of the best policemen will be given further training of about 6 months. “Talks are going between SRAM and the Indian Squash Professionals and we just have to finalise the best six to eight players and thenstart with the camp. |
“The SRAM and ISP are also working towards providing the enthusiastic cop with a squash court all of their own. “ We have already finalised everything, but still it’s a long process and will take almost a year to build the courts Till that time they can always come and practice here at Andheri ,”Pawar said. Movie stars Sharad Kapoor and Preeti Jhangiani graced the occasion and gave away the prizes.
All India
Inter-University Squash Championship, Mumbai ( 5 / 2 / 2003 )
Mumbai varsity best
Defending Champions University of Mumbai claimed their fourth varsity title in a row when they beat last years runners-up University of Delhi 3-1 to retain the All India Inter University Squash Tournament crown at the Bombay Gymkhana’s glass-back courts. Kunal Jani gave Mumbai a jumpstart beating Delhi’s Neerav Tomar 2-9,9-5,9-3,9-4 after droping the opening game in the first tie. Tomar’s aggressive play unsettled Jani in the first game to score at 9-2 Jani struck form in time and capitalized on Tomar’s poor fitness to give Mumbai the desired advantage.
Results of finals. Mumbai University beat Delhi University 3-1: Kunal Jani beat Neerav Tomar 2-9, 9-5, 9-3, 9-4. Semi-finals: University of Mumbai beat LNIPE, Gwalior 3-0: Kunal Jani beat Rajuvendra Rajput 9-2, 9-1, 9-0 ; Sahil Vora beat Rakesh Kumar 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 ; Anurag Gill beat Dorjee Khirmey 9-1, 9-0 , 9-0 ;University Delhi Beat University of Pune 3-1: Neerav Tomar Arjun Agnihotri 9-4,9-5,1-9,9-7; Abhimanyu Arya lost to Ranveet Singh 10-9,7-9,6-9,2-9; Yashwardhan Singh beat Swapnil Raopadhyaya 9-2,9-0,9-0; Digvijay Alwat beat Suraj Shetty 10-8,9-2,9-3.
Chandrakant Pawar at the foundation stone laying ceremony along with Mahendra Agarwal, Shiv Malhotra (SRAM), Y.P.Singh (commandant SRPF), Ashish Gupta (SRAM), Mrs. Surili Gupta |
Squash got another set of fans the foundation stone of squash courts were laid at the State Reserve Police Force ground in jogeshwari, Mumbai by 9 times professionals national champion Mr. Chandarkant Pawar. The idea was in pipeline from some time and with the help of Mr. Yogesh Pratap Singh (Commandant of SRPF) and Squash Racquets Association of Maharashtra, policemen will now have two squash courts in there own back yard But Singh said idea behind the squash courts was more to groom talent rather than serve as a form of leisure. “The policemen will certainly play when they will get time. Many will play for fun. But the courts are more for there families. If the sports needs to grow then we need to get children playing the game,” he said. Swing also said that involving children could also result in SRPF producing a national champion one day. “It is probability. If they are given the right kind of training and exposure, they can be excellent players ,”Singh said. |