PROSQUASH 
Vol 10 No. 3 Issue No. 39 July 2006
  
Directors : Mahendra Agarwal / Narendra Gour (I.R.S.) / Navneet Soni (I.R.S.) / Shiv Kumar Dhanuka Honored Patrons : Vivek Nair (VC & M.D.The Leela) / Sajjan Jindal (Chairman & M.D. JSW Steel Ltd) / Eric Dastur (Chairman, K.M. Dastur Reinsurance Brokers Pvt. Ltd.) President : Ashish Gupta   Vice President : Noreena Secretary General: Sanjay Goyal   Joint Secretary :  Vicky Kalludi  Treasurer : Ashok Nagpal  Executive Committee Mem. : Bharat Bhushan (I.R.S.) / Saifee Jani  / Rakesh Lakhanpal  / Madhukar Musle  Advisors : Pradeep K. Vijayakar / Swikriti Sharma  Executive Assistant : Vidhya Rao Technical Director : Amitoj Inder Singh Chief Co-ordinator : Riaz Mohammed
  
RAJIV GANDHI MINI OLYMPICS - SQUASH TOURNAMENT (18/05/2006) 

Vikram Malhotra (Winner Men’s Open) receiving the Gold medal from Chief Guest Mrs. Margret Alva (Gen. Sec. AICC) and Mrs. Prabha Rao (President, MPCC) is all smiles at the prize distribution function of Rajiv Gandhi Mini Olympics Squash tournament.

   Yet another Squash tournament was added this year to Mumbai's busy calendar, with Sanjay Nirupam taking a massive initiative for sports. The Rajiv Gandhi Mini Olympics Squash tournament was held from 14th to 18th May 2006 at Juhu Gymkhana. The event saw several players making a mark and upsetting some established players' apple carts. The most noteworthy player to emerge champion was Raghav Mehrotra who stalled Ishan Advani's dream run as champion in several recent events in the Under-11 age group. Aadit Zaveri pocketed his second title in the Under-15 event- watch out for this player who has improved by leaps and bounds in physical and mental strength and has the genes of a Champion National swimmer. In the same age group, Sagar Murudeshwar emerged from Club Aquaria- the new watering hole of squash champions- as a runner-up, beating established players like Pranay Merchant and Samir Mistry on the way. Vikram Malhotra won a double crown- Mens Open and Handicap doubles with partner Sanjay Goyal. Mahesh Mangaonkar bounced back from his earlier defeat to Abhishek Pradhan to overcome him in a convincing 3-1 win keeping the rivalry between both these talented youngsters going. Naveen Jhangra had it very easy in the Boys U-17 since he played against a rookie Ronak Kamat who did well to reach the final of the under 17 event. 
Vikram Malhotra clinched the Mens Open title with a straight win over Siddharth Samantray. Vikram played controlled squash and slowed down the pace to telling effect and Samantray had no answer to the variety of strokes displayed by Vikram. A.I. Singh moved from baby-sitting Rajat Agarwal to a more solid player- Navin Jhangra as his doubles partner. The added depth in the team led to their reaching the finals defeating the solid pair of Rajesh Rajani and Dheeraj Nagpal in a hard fought semifinal. In the finals the pair of Sanjay Goyal and Vikram Malhotra combined well and packed just too many punches and won the gold with a convincing three set win.
Results : 

Boys U-11 : Raghav Mehrotra bt Ishaan Advani 11-7, 11-8, 4-11, 11-6 
Boys U-13 : Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Abhishek Pradhan 11-3, 6-11,11-7, 11-7 
Boys U-15 : Aaadit Zaveri bt Sagar Murdeshwar 11-3, 11-8, 11-4 
Boys U-17 : Naveen Jhangra bt Ronak Kamat 11-2, 11-4, 11-0 
Doubles Handicap : Sanjay Goyal & Vikram Malhotra bt A.I. Singh and Naveen Jangra 7-15, 15-12, 15-12 
Mens Open : Vikram Malhotra bt Siddharth Samantray 11-4, 11-5, 11-5 
    

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