PROSQUASH
Vol 14 No. 2 Issue No. 54 April 2010
Chief Patron: Harshvardhan Patil (Minister, Govt of Maharashtra) // Founder Director: Mahendra Agarwal // Directors : Narendra Gour (I.R.S.) Navneet Soni (I.R.S.) // Executive Directors: Anil Diggikar (I.A.S), Bharat Bhushan (I.R.S)// 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: Saifee Jani, Rakesh Lakhanpal, Madhukar Musle, Organising Secretary: Karan Mehra, Imroze Pathan, Karanjeet Singh // Advisor: Pradeep K. Vijayakar // Chief Executive: Vidhya Rao // Technical Director: Amitoj Inder Singh // Chief Co-ordinator: Riaz Mohammed
      

JVPG-GVK 2nd Braveheart Ashok Kamte Squash Classic 2010
At Juhu Vileparle Gymkhana Club, Mumbai –27/3/2010

Vikas Jangra, Ankita Sharma lift titles


All winners along  with Sanjay Goyal (Sec. Gen, ISP), Ashish Gupta (President, ISP) front row : Mahendra Agarwal (Founder Dir, ISP) Anil Mahesh (Hon. Jt. Sec., Juhu Gymkhana), Chief Guest Ms. Archana Tyagi (DIG, CISF), Ms. Revati Dere (Sister in law of late Ashok Kamte), Shiv Malhotra (Secretary General, SRAM) and Harsh Toteja (Chairman Squash Committee, Juhu Gymkhana)


Harish Kumar (Film Actor) along with Riaz Mohammed (Chief Coach, ISP), Vikas Jangra, Sahil Vora, Mahesh Mangaonkar, Vikram Malhotra (Doubles open finalist & runners up)  and Sanjay Goyal

It was entertaining squash at its explosive best and the end of two gruelling finals, one going to four games an one the whole distance, Vikas Jangra and Ankita Sharma emerged the men’s and women’s champions respectively in the JVPG-GVK 2nd Brave Heart Ashok Kamte Squash Classic, 2010, played at the squash courts of the Juhu Vileparle Gymkhana. 

Vikas Jangra the former Services Champion, lost the first set tie break 14-16 against British Junior Open winner Mahesh Mangaonkar, before showing tremendous reserves of stamina, combined with a fine combination of shots to win the next three games 11-7, 11-7, 11-5 to bag the winner's purse of Rs. 8,000. 

The women’s open final was the best encounter of the day, pitting youth v/s experience. The 16-year-old Ankita Sharma, recovering from a mild bout of food poisoning, lost the first set 8-11 against the more experienced former junior national squash champion Deepali Anvekar-Parikh, but bounced back to win the second game tie-breaker 14-12 and the third 11-9. However, not one to give up easily, Deepali who had back problem, stayed in the match by winning the fourth game 11-8 before Ankita played some excellent shots to win the decider 11-8, the final scores reading 8-11, 14-12, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8. Ankita took home a purse of Rs 7,000/-. 

The Doubles Open affair was a very lenghty one. Vikram Malhotra was paired with his Trinity College counterpart Saahil Vora. The three games went over 2 hours 10 minutes before Vikram and Sahil won by 2-1 beating Mahesh Mangoakar and Vikas Jhangra.

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