Khar
Gym – Airtel Junior Squash Inter School / College Event (17/08/2003)
Inter-School Squash a big success
The winners
pose with the Khar Gymkhana president
Manu Dadlani |
The prestigious
West Zone Interschool/College Squash Championship was held for the
4th year in a row at Khar Gymkhana and has easily become the most
popular and eagerly awaited tournament for Junior's in the city of
Mumbai. The title Sponsors for this years championship were Airtel (Bharti
Cellular Ltd.) The Budget for this championship was Rs. 3 lacs and
it was easily the richest interschool event in the country. The response was
tremendous with over 230 entries from across the state the highest
ever in an Interschool Championship. The Khar Gymkhana Squash courts
were bustling with nervous excitement among the players who were
vying for top honor's as well as the fabulous prizes on
display. Some of the countries top players were seen in action and the pace of the games were fast and furious due to the 15 point a scoring format. For the first time a 'Plate Event' was introduced to encourage the first round losers and freshers in Squash. Being a State Ranking Tournament players were seen pushing hard to make the final grades. There were a number of upsets too the most prominent being the defeat of the Boys and Girls under 19 top seeds. |
The Prize Distributions functions saw a packed house with all players excited with the fabulous prizes that were given away which included Sony Stereo systems, DVD players, Digital Cameras, Play Stations, Watches and many other gifts. Speaking on the occasion the Chief Operating Officer of Airtel Atul Jhamb said he was very happy to be associated with the championship and seeing the kind of response, confirmed the participation of Airtel as title sponsors for another 2 years.
The prestigious 'Raju Chainani Award' for the most outstanding performance in squash for the years 2002-2003 was won by Superstar Vikram Malhotra who is presently ranked as the No. 1 player in the Under 15 category in the country. The award is based on a points system and was given by the Squash Rackets Association of Maharashtra. Keep it up Vikram!
Results (All
finals):
Boys U-19: Vikas Jangra (Jindal VM) bt Sahil Vora (H R College) 15-12,
12-15, 15-13, 15-13; Boys U-17: Sandeep Jangra (Jindal VM) bt Manek Mathur
(Cathedral) 15-4, 15-6, 15-14; Boys U-15: Vikram Malhotra (Beacon High) bt
Cyrus Vakil (Nalanda H S) 15-11, 15-10, 15-8; Boys U-13: Aditya Jagtap
(Bombay Scottish) bt Rahul D'Cunha (Gyan Kendra) 14-17, 15-13, 15-12,
15-12; Boys U-11: Abhishek Pradhan (Don Bosco, Borivli) bt Tarun Nambiyar
(Hiranandani Foundation) 15-12, 17-14, 15-17, 15-12; Girls u-17: Shahnaz
Dastur (J B Petit) bt Madhura Paranjpe (St. Anne's) 9-15, 15-11, 17-15,
15-8; Girls U-13: Shivangi Paranjpe (St. Anne's) bt Nikita Emmanuel
(Sacred Heart, Vashi) 15-13, 15-6, 15-9;
All Semi- finals
Boys U-19: Sahil Vora (H R
College) bt Ritesh Sharma (St. Andrew's College) 15-10, 15-12, 15-9; Vikas
Jangra (Jindal Vidya Mandir) bt 3-Anurag Gill (H R College) 17-15, 15-13,
15-7. Boys U-17: Sandeep Jangra (Jindal Vidya Mandir) bt Sarvesh Chauhan (Jindal
Vidya Mandir) 15-11, 15-12, 17-14; Manek Mathur (Cathedral) bt Rushabh
Vora (H R College) 15-7, 9-15, 15-9, 15-9 Boys u-15:
Vikram Malhotra (Beacon High School) bt Jay Bhagat (Catherdal)
15-6, 15-7, 15-7; Cyrus Vakil (Nalanda High School) bt Anup Sharma (Jindal
Vidya Mandir) 15-13, 15-8, 15-5. Boys U-13: Aditya Jagtap (Bombay
Scottish) bt Zahan Dastur 15-0, 15-9, 15-4. Boys U-11: Tarun Nambiyar (Hiranandani
Foundation) bt Caran Arora (Catherdal) 17-14, 15-3, 15-3; Abhishek Pradhan
(Don Bosco, Borivli) bt Mahesh Mangaonkar (Don Bosco, Borivli) 15-7, 15-6,
11-15, 8-15, 15-12. Girls Under-13 : Shivangi Paranjpe (St. Annes) bt
Shasha Sanhani (Dhirubhai Ambani) 15-2, 15-1, 15-4; Nikita Emanuel (Sacred
Heart, Vashi) bt Sachika Balwani (Bombay Scottish 15-8, 15-7, 15-2