All winners along with ISP, Jindal and SRAM officials

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Fifteen-year-old Saumya Karki of Hiranandani School, Thane, bagged the girls under-19 title in the Rs 2 lakh prize money JSW All-India Schools & Junior College Championship, which concluded at the Jindal Squash Academy, Vasind. The boys under-17 title was won by Samir Mistry of Rims International College with hard fought five game win over S M Mutha College's Shashi Pandey. However, the grueling match took its toll on Mistry and he was unable to play the under-19 final against the same opponent, giving him a walkover in the process. 

The 16-year-old Mistry showed great resilience and grit to down the bigger built Pandey after the match was tied at 2-2 to win the decider and match. Mistry prevailed 11-5, 13-11, 6-11, 7-11, 11-9. It was unfortunate that he had to concede the under-19 final. 

Saumya Karki, who was the top seed in the girls under-19 age group, beat second seed Ankita Sharma from N M College 11-7, 11-13, 11-3, 12-10 for her second back-to-back girls under-19 title. A week ago Saumya won the u-19 title in the All India Little Masters Squash Championship. Saumya pocketed Rs 8000 for her win. 

The Chief guest of the evening Col. M. L. Bhandari (General Manager, HR, JSW), give away the prizes of all the winners.

All finals :

Boys under 19: 
Shashi Pandey (S H Mutha College) bt 1-Samir Mistry (Rims international college) (Match Conceded)
Boys under 17:  
1-Samir Mistry (Rims International College) bt 2-Shashi Pandey (S H Mutha College) 11-5, 13-11, 6-11, 7-11, 11-9.
Boys under 15:  
2-Akhilesh Yadav (Bhaskar Hindi English School, Ambivali) bt Kunj Rawani (Don Bosco School, Borivali) 12-10, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9.
Boys under 13: 1-Kunj Rawani(Don Bosco School, Borivali) bt 3-Sandeep Paswan (Jindal Vidya Mandri) 11-5, 11-4, 11-5.
Boys under 11 : 2-Chaitanya Shah(Catherdal & John Cannon School) bt 1-Siddharth Iyyer (Smt.Sulochanadevi Singhania School, Thane) 11-9, 11-5, 11-6.
Girls under 19: 1-Saumya Karki( Hiranandani Foundation School, Thane) bt 2-Ankita Sharma ( N M College) 11-7, 11-13, 11-3, 12-10.
Girls under 15: 1-Urvashi Joshi (Jindal Vidya Mandir) bt 3-Varsha Pandey (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 11-4, 9-11, 11-4, 11-4.
Girls under 13:Aishwarya Nambiar (Rustambjee Cambridge School) bt 1-Aishwarya Bhattacharya (Hiranandani Foundation 11-6, 11-6, 11-8.
Open Under-9: 1-Veer Chotrani (Don Bosco, Borivali) bt 2-Tushar Shahani (Arya Vidya Mandir, Bandra) 6-11, 11-4, 11-7, 10-12, 11-3.
Doubles: Laxman Joshi/Arun Sharma bt Kuwarpal Singh/Nitin Chauhan 15-12.  

All Semi Finals 

Boys under 19:
1-Samir Mistry (Rims international college) bt Javed Mohammad (Seva Sadan College) 13-11, 11-4, 12-10, 7-11, 11-9;
Shashi Pandey (S H Mutha College) bt Dheerav Moolani (Wadia College, Pune) 11-9, 11-13, 11-9, 11-7.

Boys under 17:
1-Samir Mistry (Rims international college) bt 5-Akhilesh Yadav (Bhaskar Hindi English School, Ambivali) 11-4, 11-5, 11-4;
2-Shashi Pandey (S H Mutha College) bt 3-Nitin Singh (S H Mutha College) 11-3, 8-11, 11-9, 11-5.

Boys under 15:
2-Akhilesh Yadav (Bhaskar Hindi English School, Ambivali) bt 6-Devchand Rai (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 11-6, 11-7, 11-6;
Kunj Rawani (Don Bosco School, Borivali) bt Jayprakash Swami (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 14-12, 11-2, 11-3.

Boys under 13:
1-Kunj Rawani(Don Bosco School, Borivali) bt 5-Yohan Surti (St. Mary’s School ICSE, Mazgaon) 11-5, 11-8, 11-5;
3-Sandeep Paswan (Jindal Vidya Mandri) bt Ajit Sharma (Bhaskar English Hindi School) 11-1, 11-5, 11-7.

Boys under 11:
2-Chaitanya Shah(Catherdal & John Cannon School) bt Yash Fadte (Jt Joseph Institute, Goa) 11-7, 11-3, 11-4;
1-Siddharth Iyer bt Veer Chotrani 11-5, 10-12, 11-9, 11-6.

Girls under 19:
1-Saumya Karki( Hiranandani Foundation School, Thane) bt 4-Anju Sharma (Birla College) 11-6,11-1, 11-3;
2-Ankita Sharma ( N M College) bt 3-Urvashi Joshi (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 11-9, 11-6, 11-4.

Girls under 15:
1-Urvashi Joshi (Jindal Vidya Mandir) bt 4-Aishwarya Kulkarni (Hirnandani Foundation School, (Thane) 11-5, 11-4, 11-2;
3-Varsha Pandey (Jindal Vidya Mandir) bt 2-Aishwarya Nambiar (Rustambjee Cambridge School) 9-11, 11-5, 13-11, 11-9.

Girls under 13:
1-Aishwarya Bhattacharya (Hiranandani Foundation) bt Daksha Pathak (Hiranandani Foundation) 11-2, 11-6, 11-5;
2-Aishwarya Nambiar (Rustambjee Cambridge School) bt Anushka Nair (Gundeja Educational Academy) 11-1, 11-5, 11-2.

Open u-9:
1-Veer Chotrani (Don Bosco, Borivali) bt Om Fadte(St. Joseph Institute, Goa) 11-4, 11-2, 11-3;
2-Tushar Shahani (Arya Vidya Mandir, Bandra) bt 3-Yash Fadte (St. Joseph Institute, Goa) 11-8, 11-5, 11-5.

All Quarterfinals :

Boys u-19 :
Samir Mistry (Rims International) bt Aman Singh (Ideal College) 11-2, 11-2, 11-3;
Shashi Pandey(Mutha college) bt  Nitin Singh (Mutha College) 11-5, 11-7, 11-3;
Javed Mohammad (Seva Sadan College, Ulhasnagar) bt 4-Ness Billimoria (Jai Hind, College) 11-8, 11-2, 10-12, 11-5.  
Dheerav Moolani bt Sachin Singh 11-0, 11-6, 11-5

Boys u-17 :
Sameer Mistry bt Rohit Patel 11-1, 11-1, 11-4
Akhilesh Yadav bt Vicky Singh 11-4, 11-1, 11-9
Nitin Singh bt Ajan Jayant (conceed)
Shashi Pandey bt Devchand Rai 7-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-5

Boys u-15 :
Kunj Rawani (Don Bosco, Borivali) bt Basant Singh (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 11-6, 11-7, 11-5.
Jay Prakash Swami bt Kushal Thappa  11-4, 11-9, 11-6
Devchand Rai bt Aishwarya Singh 11-7, 11-8, 11-9
Akhilesh Yadav bt Nilesh Pal 11-4, 11-8, 11-6

Boys U-11:
Siddhanth Iyyer (Smt.Sulochanadevi Singhania School, Thane) bt Tushar Shah 11-6, 11-7, 11-1
Veer Chotrani br Ivan Phillip 11-6, 10-12, 11-13, 11-7
Yash Fadte bt Ishaan Agarwal 11-2, 11-3, 11-3
Chetan Shan bt Yash Bharganwar 11-4, 11-4, 11-1

Boys U-13:
Kunj Rawani bt Siddhant Iyyer (Smt.Sulochanadevi Singhania School, Thane) 11-2, 11-3, 11-3
Yohan Surti bt Ritwik Srivastav 11-4, 11-13, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7
Sandeep Paswan bt Pranay Jain 11-7, 11-7, 11-7
Ajit Sharma bt Sanket Saini 11-8, 11-9, 11-4

Girls U-19:
Saumya Karki bt Aishwarya Kulkarni 11-0, 11-5, 11-2
Anju Sharma bt Varsha Pandey 11-6, 11-5, 11-3
Urvashi Joshi bt Namrata Purohit 11-3, 11-6, 11-3
Ankita Sharma bt Shweta Yadav 11-1, 11-0, 11-3

Girls u-15 : 
Urvashi Joshi bt Anushka Nair 11-1, 11-0, 11-4
Aishwarya Kulkarni (Hiranandani Foundation, Thane) bt Rucha Deshmukh (Hiranandani Foundation, Thane) 11-1, 11-3, 11-4.
Varsha Pandey bt Aishwarya Bhattacharya 11-9, 17-15, 6-11, 11-8
Aishwarya Nambiar bt Diksha Dudhia 11-0, 11-0, 11-1

Girls U-13 :                                                     
Aishwarya Bhattacharya (Hiranandani Foundation, Thane)  bt Aakansha Salunkhe (Naval Institute, Goa)  11-2, 11-4, 11-1;
Daksha Pathak (Hiranandani Foundation, Thane)bt Jaya Pandey (Jindal Vidya Mandir, Jindal) 11-6, 11-3, 11-5;
Aishwarya Nambiar bt Seema Joshi (Jindal Vidya Mandir) 11-3, 11-5, 11-2.
Anuksha Nair w/o Gayatri Raheja

Open U-9 :
Veer Chotrani bt Rahu Gidwani 11-3, 11-1, 11-2
Om Fadte bt Rahul Dhhara 11-3, 11-3, 5-11, 11-2
Yash Fadke bt Yash Bharganwar 11-9, 11-7, 11-5
Tushar Sahani bt Roshan Premnath 11-2, 11-2, 11-4

SAUMYA, MISTRY EXCEL
(Article in Indian Express : 9/02/2010)

FIFTEEN – year old Saumya Karki of Hiranandani School , Thane , bagged girls u- 19 title in the Rs 2 lakhs prize money JSW – All India Schools & College Championship , which concluded at the Jindal Squash Academy , Vasind. 

The boys under –17  title won by Samir Mistry of Rims International College’s Shashi Pandey . However , the grueling match took its toll on mistry and he was unable to play the under – 19  final against the same opponent , giving him a walkover in the process.

SQUASH CHAMP SAMIR WINS U – 17 TITLE , LOSES U – 19
(Article in Asian Age : 9/2/2010)

Sixteen – years – old Samir Mistry of Rims International College won the boys under – 17  title the Rs 2 lakhs prize money JSW All India Schools and Junior College Squash Championship , which conclude at Jindal Squash Academy Vasind.

The final was a tightly fought five game match with SM  Mutha College ‘s Shashi Pandey. The grueling match took its toll on Samir and he was unable to play the under – 19 final against the same opponent , giving Shashi a walkover in the process.

The 16 – years – old showed a great resilience and grit to down the bigger built Pandey after the match was tied at 2-2 to win the decider and match .Samir prevailed 11-5 , 13-11 , 6-11 , 7-11 , had to concede the under – 19 final.

Meanwhile , Fifteen - year - old Saumya Kraki of Hiranandani School , bagged the girls under – 19 title .Saumya , who was top seed in her group , beat second seed Ankita Sharma from N.M. College 11 –7 , 11-13 , 11-3 , 12-10 for her second back to back under – 19 title. 

A week ago Saumya won the under – 19 title in All India Little Master Squash Championship. Saumya pocketed Rs 8,000 for her win.

CHOTRANI DEFEATES SHARMA 
(Article in DNA :  6/02/2010)

Khar Gymkhana’s Veer Chotrani beat Hitesh Sharma 11 – 2 , 11- 5 , 11- 6 in the boys U- 11 second round match in 2^nd JSW All India School and Junior College Squash Championship at Vashind on Friday.

SAUMYA MISTRY EXCEL IN JSW ALL INDIA SQUASH 
(Article in Free Press Journal : 9/02/2010)

Fifteen – year – old Saumya Karki of Hiranandani School , Thane , bagged girls

under - 19 title in the Rs 2 lakh prize money JSW All – India School and Junior College Championship , which conclude at the Jindal Squash Academy , Vashind. 

The boys under – 17 title was won by Samir Mistry of Rhims International College with a hard fought five game win over SM Mutha College’s Shashi Pandey. However , the grueling match took its toll on Mistry and he was unable to play the Under – 19 final against the same opponent , giving him walkover in the process. 

The 16 – years – old  Mistry showed great resilience and grit to take down the bigger built Pandey after match was tied at 2-2 to win decider and match. Mistry prevailed 11 –5 , 13 -  11 , 6-11 , 7 – 11 , 11 – 9. it was unfortunate that he had to concede the under – 19 final. 

Saumya Karki , who was top seed in the Girls Under – 19 age group beat second seed Ankita Sharma from NM College 11-7 , 11- 13, 11-13 , 12-10 for her second back to back Girls Under – 19 title. A week ago Saumya won the Under – 19 title in All India Little Master Squash Championship. Saumya pocketed Rs 8,000 for her win. 

The Chief guest of the evening Col . M.L Bhandari (General Manager , HR , JSW) give away prize of all the winner.

SAUMYA MISTRY EXCEL
(Article in Times of India : 9/02/2010)

Fifteen – years – old  Saumya Karki of Hiranandani School , Thane , bagged the girls under – 19 title in the Rs 2 lakhs prize money  JSW All – India – School & Junior College Championship , which conclude at Jindal Squash Academy , Vasind. 

The boys under – 17 title was won by Samir Mistry of Rhims International College  with hard and fought five game win over SM Mutha College’s Shashi Pandey. However , the grueling match took its toll on Mistry and he was unable to play under – 19 final against the same opponent giving him a walkover.

TWO Q/F ENTRIES FOR VEER
(Article in Asian Age : 6/02/2010)

Khar Gymkhana ‘s Veer Chotrani enter quaterfinal of boys u –11 and open – 9 age group on Friday in the second. JSW – All India School and Junior College Squash Championship. Rs 2 lakhs prize money tournament is being played at glass back squash court of Jindal Squash academy in Vasind.

Veer outplayed Hitesh Sharma 11 –2 , 11 –5 , 11 –6 in the boys under – 11 second round match and beat Rahul Gidhwani 11 –0  , 11-0 , 11 –1 in the Open – 9 category. Meanwhile Tushar Shahani beat Jayesh Pamnani 11 –4 , 11-2 , 11-5 in the boys under – 11 category to enter the quaterfinals. 

Also . in the first round of the boys under – 13 category , Don Bosco School’s Kunj Rawani defeated Jindal Vidya Mandir’s Harsh Gupta 11 –1 , 11 – 1 , 11 –0 to reach the second round. 

There have been over 250 entries – from the Jindal Squash Academy at Vasind , Mumbai the Hiranandani Foundation in Thane to Goa , Bengaluru , Raigad , Delhi , Allahabad and Kolhapur – for these three tournament.

VEER , TUSHAR SQUASHES AHEAD 
(Article in Free Press Journal : 6/02/2010)

Khar Gymkhana’s Veer and Tushar Shahani entered the quarter final of the boys Under – 11 & Open – 9 age groups in the Rs 2 lakhs prize money 2^nd JSW – All India School and Junior College Squash Championship. 

The event was organised by Indian Squash Professionals (ISP) under the aegis of SRAM being played at the glass back squash court of Jindal Squash Academy ,Vasind on Friday. 

He beat Rahul Gidhwani 11-0 , 11 –0 , 11- 1 while Tushar Shahani beats Jayesh Pamnani 11 – 4 , 11-2 , 11-5 in the boys U- 11 category . 

In the first round of boys u – 13  category , Don Bosco School’s Kunj Rawani defeated Jindal Vidya Mandir’s Harsh Gupta 11 –1 , 11 –1 , 11 – 0 to reach the second round. More than 250 entries have been received by Jindal Sqaush Academy Vasind , Mumbai , Hiranandani Foundation – Thane , Goa , Banglore , Raigad , Delhi , Allahabad and Kolhapur for this three days tournament.