PROSQUASH
Vol 9
No. 4 Issue No.36 October 2005
Directors : Mahendra Agarwal / Narendra Gour (I.R.S.) / Navneet Soni (I.R.S.) / Shiv Kumar Dhanuka Honorary Members : Bharat Bhushan (I.R.S.) / Saifee Jani / Rakesh Lakhanpal / Ashish Gupta / Vicky Kalludi / Sanjay Goyal / Ashok Nagpal Patrons: Vivek Nair (VC & M.D.The Leela) / Sajjan Jindal (Chairman & M.D. Jisco) / Eric Dastur (Chairman, K.M. Dastur Reinsurance Brokers Pvt. Ltd.) Advisors : Pradeep K. Vijayakar/ Shiv Malhotra / Swikriti Sharma P. R. O : Noreena / Global Ambassador / Anisha Sawhney Technical Director : Amitoj Inder Singh Chief Co-ordinator : Riaz Mohammed
Winners at the prize distribution function from left to right : Mahesh Mangaonkar (Boys U-13), Dheeya Somaya (Girls U-13), Vikram Malhotra (Boys U-17), Shivangi Parnjpe (Girls U-19), Aditya Jagtap |
The country’s premier event for school & college
squash players turned out to be a SUPERHIT yet again.Improvements
over the last year’s event .They came by way of (a)Draws being sent
to all participants by email (b) matches being held on schedule despite a
large number of entries and (c)
prizes getting better every
year. Even when squash court was rendered nonfunctional for 2-3 hours by a
heavy downpour that flooded the passage to the courts,the backlog of matches
was soon cleared.All this was despite the absence of Tournament Director
Ashish Gupta . As usual, players were welcomed
with snacks and softdrinks and gifts including a t-shirt,bandana and
a towel. There was keen competition and many players displayed
some excellent squash.Mahesh Mangaonkar turned out to be amongst the most
improved players.He caused not just one ,but two upsets-beating higher rated
Aditya Gupta and Amay Merchant. Dheeya Somaya avenged her defeat to Sachika
Balwani at pune by beating her twice as well as higher seeded Ankita Sharma
. Aditya Jagtap fought bravely with the eventual runner up in higher age group Naishad Lalwani ,losing at precariously close scores.Rahil Fazelbhoy made a mark by finishing 3rd in the U-11 event.Though Abhinav Sinha from BCS Shimla lost to Aditya Jagtap as in Herald Maritime open, |
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he demonstrated a
great improvement made in two months.Sadiq Madraswala extended Vikram
Malhotra to five games,showing a quantum leap in his standard of play.Cyrus
Vakil turned out tobe a more focused and determined player by avenging
earlier defeats to Laxman Joshi.
Finally Naishad Lalwani displayed his character as a former National Champ
by doing exceedingly well by finishing Runner
up and third in U- 17 and U-19 respectively. The victory ceremony was gala event
once again. The fantastic prizes included Televisions , Music systems
, I-pods, computers , Travel bags , Wrist Watches etc. and of course ,
fabulous crystal trophies. Next year , we hope to improve further by creating a method of displaying match schedule details on a screen.This should improve efficiency and allow participants to prepare and warm up conveniently of their matches. |
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All Finals
Boys
U-19 : 1-Sandeep Jangra bt 2-Vikram Malhotra 11-10 (3-1), 11-10 (2-0),
11-10 (5-3)
Third Place: 4-Naishad Lalwani bt Laxman Joshi 4-11, 11-8, 11-5, 3-11,
11-2;
Boys
U-17 : 1-Vikram Malhotra bt 2-Naishad Lalwani 11-3, 8-11, 11-2, 11-6;
Third Place: 4-Cyrus Vakil bt 3-Laxman Joshi 11-6, 11-6, 3-11, 11-4;
Boys
U-15 : Aditya Jagtap bt Abhinav Sinha 11-4, 11-8, 11-4;
Boys
U-13 : 1-Mahesh Mangaonkar bt 2-Abhishek Pradhan 11-8, 11-6, 10-12, 8-11,
11-8;
Third Place: Caran Arora bt Viraj Nayar 11-5, 11-5, 8-11, 11-5;
Boys
U-11 : 1-Ishan Advani bt 3-Arjun Kochhar 11-10, 11-6, 11-9;
Third Place: Rahil Fazelbhoy bt 2-Aviroop Ghosal 11-10, 6-11, 11-4, 11-4;
Girls
U-19 : 2-Shivangi Paranjpe bt 1-Madhura Paranjpe 11-5, 11-10, 11-10;
Third Place: Dheeya Somaya bt 4-Shaheen Madraswalla 11-7, 3-11, 11-5,4-11,
11-3;
Girls
U-13 : Dheeya Somaya bt 2-Ankita Sharma 11-8, 8-11, 11-5, 11-5;
Third Place: 1-Sachika Balwani bt 3-Saumya Karki 11-2, 11-4, 7-11, 11-4;
Semi-Finals
Boys
U-19 :
1-Sandeep Jangra bt 2-Vikram Malhotra 11-10 (3-1), 11-10 (2-0), 11-10
(5-3)
Boys
U-17 : 1-Vikram Malhotra bt 4-Cyrus Vakil 11-4, 11-8, 11-4
2-Naishad Lalwani bt 3-Laxman Joshi 11-13, 12-10, 4-11, 11-6, 11-6.
Boys
U-15 : Abhinav Sinha bt Rahul D'Cunha- 9-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-2,
Aditya Jagtap beat Mahesh Mangaonkar 11-3, 11-6, 11-7.
Boys
U-13 :1-Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Viraj Nayar 11-8, 11-1, 11-4
2-Abhishek Pradhan bt Caran Arora 11-10, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8.
Boys
U-11: 3-Arjun Kochhar bt 2-Aviroop Ghoshal 11-3, 11-4, 11-9;
1-Ishan Advani bt Rahil Fazebhoy 11-4, 11-6, 11-6.
Girls
U-19 :2-Shivangi Paranjpe bt 4-Shaheen Madraswalla 11-3, 11-3, 11-1
1-Madhura Paranjpe bt Dheeya Somaya (Indore) 11-4, 11-4, 11-3.
Girls
U-13: Dheeya Somaya bt 1-Sachika Balwani 10-11, 10-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-5.