Speed 93 Inter Club Squash Championship 2004-2005

Grandfinals-3rd April 2005 at Otters Club, 3rd Leg-27th Feb 2005 at CCI,  2nd Leg-23rd Jan 2005 at Khar Gymkhana, 1st Leg - 26th Dec 2004 at WSC

The second edition of th Speed 93 Inter Club Squash Championship sponsored by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited commenced on 6the October 2004 with the Intra Club round at Otters Club and was followed by the Intra Club round at the other participating clubs in subsequent weeks.

The first Inter Club leg was played from 23rd to 26th Dec 2004 at the Willingdon Sports Club. The Men's Open category was won by Rohan Gracious. Boys U-19 by Vikram Malhotra and Ladies Open by Deepali Anvekar.

The second leg at Khar Gymkhana on 19th to 23rd January 2005 saw thge return of defending champion Manish Chotrani from injury. He won this leg while Deepali Anvekar posted another victory in the Ladies Open and Vikram Malhotra did an encore over Dhiraj Nagpal in the Boys U-19 category.

Cricket Club of India, the venue for the third Inter Club leg witnessed the absence of Deepali Anvekar and thus gave Shahnaz Dastur an opportunity to win the third leg, which she grabbed with both hands. Vikram Malhotra came from two games down to overcome a pirited perormance by Dhiraj Nagpal in the Boy's Under 19 category. The Men's Open saw Manish Chotrani win his second title. This leg was played from 25th to 27th February.

Top eight players from all categories were qualified for Megafinals which was played at Otters Club from 1st to 3rd April 2005.

Results :

Winner : Otters Club 
Runner up : Cricket Club of India

Men's Open : Manish Chotrani (Otters) bt Rohan Gracious (Khar Gym) 9-5, 9-1, 2-9, 9-1
Women's Open : Deepali Anvekar (Otters) bt Shahnaz Dastur (WSC) 9-2, 9-1, 9-1
Boys u-19  : Vikram Malhotra (Otters) bt Cyrus Vakil (WSC) 9-1, 9-0, 9-2
Men's over-45  : Vaman Apte (Bombay Gym) bt Prakash Yelve (WSC) 9-0,9-4,9-0
Men's over-35 : Darius Surti (CCI) bt Gopi Mohite (Bombay Gym) 9-2,9-5,9-0

Speed 93 Intra-Club and Inter Club Squash Championship 2003-2004

Grandfinals-11th April 2004 at CCI, 3rd Leg-29th Feb 2004 at Otters Club,
 2nd Leg-19th Jan 2004 at Bombay Gymkhana, 1st Leg - 29th December 2003 at CCI

2nd Leg North Bombay v/s South Bombay Squash League

North, South in 5-5 tie

Junior players held North Mumbai in good stead as they won their matches against their counterparts from South Mumbai to ensure shared honours in the second leg of the Squash Racquets Association of Maharashtra’s North Mumbai versus South Mumbai League, which was ended in a 5-5 tie at the Juhu Vile Parle Club on Sunday, April 11. 

While Chotrani extended his dominance over Sahil Vora to give North Mumbai a winning start, South Mumbai’s Vaibhav Gupta, Sadiq Madraswala and Cyrus Vakil won their matches to give their team a runaway 3-1 lead, before the North Mumbai juniors got into the act and restored parity.

The next fixture in on April 25 at the Bombay Gymkhana at 10.00 am  and all players desirous of playing in it should register with South Mumbai AI Singh  for South Mumbai and Avinash Bhavnani for North Mumbai before April 20.

Following are the results (players from South Mumbai first): 

Sahil Vora lost to Manish Chotrani 1-3;
Vaibhav Gupta bt Karan Bhatty 3-2; 
Sadiq Madraswala bt Dhiraj Nagpal 3-0; 
Cyrus Vakil bt Cyrus Appoo 3-2; 
Aditya Kochar lost to Rahul D’cunha 0-3; 
Adesh Bhansali lost to Sahil 0-3; 
Caran Arora lost to Mahesh Mangaonkar 0-3; 
Rohan Paranjpe lost to Samir Mistry 2-3.

1st Leg North Bombay v/s South Bombay Squash League

The first leg of North Bombay v/s South Bombay Squash League got underway at the Cricket Club of India today. Envisaged as a platform to provide competition exposure to Squash players on a regular basis, the tournament consists of six fortnightly fixtures to be played every alternate Sunday at different venues each time. A team of eleven players from South Bombay clubs- Cricket Club of India, Bombay Gymkhana and Wellington Club plays against a similar team from clubs in North Bombay- Otters Club, Khar Gymkhana and Juhu Gymkhana. These clubs are the hosts for each leg of the event, though players not belonging to them can also participate.

The teams consist of 2 players each from Under-11, Under-13, Under-15, Under-19 and Open categories, and one from Under-17. The match format is best of five, but with 9 point point-a-rally scoring.

With most of the players from North Bombay busy with Final Exams, today was an easy Sunday for South Bombay. They beat North 9-2. Amay Merchant (South) played superbly to beat Rahul D’Cunha (North), an established Under-13 player, playing an age group higher than his actual. Samir Mistry (North) almost shocked Caran Arora (South) before losing 2-3. The match results were-

1. Bikram Oberoi (South) lost to Supreet Singh (North)- 8-9, 8-9, 7-9 (Open)
2. Darius Surti (S) bt Rohan Gracious (N)- 9-8, 4-9, 9-7, 9-5 (“)
3. Rushabh Vora (S) bt Dhiraj Nagpal (N)- 9-6, 9-5, 9-5 (U-19)
4. Sadiq Madraswala (S) bt Mohammad Merchant (N)- 9-4, 9-1, 9-1 (“)
5. Manek Mathur (S) received a walkover (U-17)
6. Akhilesh Nayak (S) lost to Aditya Jagtap (N)- 7-9, 8-9, 7-9  (U-15)
7. Amay Merchant (S) bt Rahul D’Cunha (N) – 9-7, 7-9, 9-6, 9-8 (“)
8. Zahan Dastur (S) bt Abhishek Pradhan 9-5, 9-5, 9-4 (U-13)
9. Aadit Zaveri (S) bt Mahesh Mangaokar- 3-1 (“)
10. Caran Arora (S) bt Samir Mistry (N)- 9-8, 4-9, 8-9, 9-5, 9-5 (U-11)
11. Rohan Paranjpe (S) bt Naman (N)- 9-2, 9-1, 9-1(“)

The next leg is slated for 11 April at North Bombay. Players interesting in participating should contact Avinash Bhavnani, Team Coordinator (North)- 9820039980 and A.I.Singh, Team Coordinator (South) 9820991097 or the Squash Secretary of their respective club or Shiv Malhotra (Indian Squash Professional) Event Director.

3rd Leg Mid-day Junior Squash Circuit 2003

Finals : 
Boys u-19 : Vikas Jangra (Jindal) bt Anurag Gill 15-11, 15-6, 15-11.
Boys u-17 : Sandeep Jangra (Jindal) bt Manek Mathur 15-12, 17-15, 8-15, 15-13.
Boys u-15 : Vikram Malhotra bt Naishad Lalwani 15-10, 15-11, 15-7.
Boys u-13 : Aadit Zaveri bt Zahan Dastur 15-12, 15-12, 9-15, 15-13.
Boys u-11 : Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Abhishek Pradhan 15-8, 12-15, 15-13, 8-15, 17-15.
Girls u-15 : Alisha Mshruwala bt Madhura Paranjpe 15-9, 15-3, 15-6.
Girls u-11 : Sachika Balwani bt Ankita Sharma 15-11, 15-13, 15-10.

Semifinals :
Boys u-19 :  
Vikas Jangra (Jindal) bt Ritesh Sharma (Jindal) 15-10,15-9, 15-7
Anurag Gill bt Rushabh Vora 
Boys u-17 : 
Sandeep Jangra (Jindal) bt Sadiq Madraswala 15-6, 15-5, 15-7  
Manek Mathur bt Sarvesh Chauhan (Jindal) 15-8, 17-14, 15-9.
Boys u-15 : 
Vikram Malhotra bt Tanmay Govil 15-14, 12-15, 15-13, 13-15, 15-11  
Naishad Lalwani bt Cyrus Vakil 15-4, 9-15, 15-9, 15-5
Boys u-13 :
Adit Zaveri bt Aditya Gupta 15-13, 15-3, 15-11  
Zahan Dastur bt Rahul D’cunha 15-10, 15-13, 15-7.
Boys u-11 : 
Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Caran Arora 15-9, 17-16, 15-13  
Abhishek Pradhan bt Tarun Nambiar 13-15, 7-15, 15-8, 15-12, 17-14.
Girls u-15 : 
Alisha Mashruwala bt Nikita Emanuel 15-2, 15-6, 15-4  
Madhura Paranjpe bt Shivangi Paranjpe 15-13, 15-12, 15-2.
Girls u-11 : 
Sachika Balwani bt Shria Khatri 15-6, 15-6, 15-9  
Ankita Sharma bt Somiaya Karkee 15-11, 15-10, 15-11.

Quarter finals:
Boys u-19:
Rushabh Vora bt Dhiraj Nagpal 15-11, 15-12  
Vikas Jangra bt Avinash Bathija 15-7, 15-10.
Boys u-15:
Vikram Malhotra bt Nitin Chauhan 11-15, 15-2, 15-8  
Tanmay Govil bt Ishaan Balwani 15-6, 15-8  
Naishad Lalwani bt Naveen Jangra 15-4, 15-11.
Boys u-13:
Zahan Dastur bt Anui Chauhan 15-11, 15-4  
Adit Zaveri bt Ankit Dahia 15-11, 15-7  
Aditya Gupta bt Mohit Advani 15-9, 17-14.
Boys u-11:
Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Ness Bilimoria 15-5, 15-4  
Caran Arora bt Sameer Mistry 10-15, 15-7, 15-14  
Abhishek Pradhan bt Kanhai Parekh 15-1, 15-2.
Girls u-15:
Alisha Mashruwala bt Sudha Pandey 15-0, 15-2  
Shivangi Paranjpe bt Rinki Soni 15-1, 15-2  
Madhura Paranjpe bt Sasha Sahani 15-0, 15-4.

2nd leg Mid-day Junior Squash Circuit 2003

1st leg Mid-day Junior Squash Circuit 2003

Finals : 
Mens : OTTERS CLUB BEAT C.C.I. 4-3
Manish Chotrani beat Sahil Vora 3-0
Karan Bhatty beat Vaibhav Gupta 3-2
Anurag Gill beat Darius Surti 3-1
Kunal Jani lost to Mihir Sheth 0-3
Avinash Bhavnani lost to Manek Mathur 0-3
Dhiraj Nagpal beat Anant More 3-1
Santosh More / Janak Madhavdas W/O

Womens :  Bombay Gymkhana beat C.C.I.

Semifinals :
Mens: 
Otters Club beat Khar Gymkhana 6-1
Manish Chotrani beat Rohan Gracias 3-0
Karan Bhatty beat Suraj Shetty 3-2
Anurag Gill beat Sanjay Goyal 3-2
Kunal Jani beat Vijay Waghela 3-1
Avinash Bhavnani beat Karan Malhotra 3-0
Dhiraj Nagpal beat Avinash Bathija 3-0
Santosh More — Mohd. Merchant w/o

CCI beat Bombay Gymkhana 5-2
Sahil Vora beat Yogesh Panchal 3-0
Vaibhav Gupta beat Vaman Apte 3-0
Darius Surti beat Mohan Malik 3-0
Anant More beat Zal Andhyarjina 3-0
Raj Arora — Vishal Jhujhunawala w/o
Janak Madhavdas — Gopi Mohite w/o

Womens:
Bombay Gymkhana beat C.C.I  2-1
Kanika Premnaryan lost Rachita Vora 1-3
Madhura Paranjpe beat Deepika Chandrathreya 3-0
Shivangi Paranjpe beat Shaheen Madraswala 3-0

Results As on 12-07-2002

Otters Club bt Bombay Gymkhana 9-0
Manish Chotrani w/o Bikram Uberoi
Akhil Behl bt Darab Khan 9-2, 9-4, 9-5
Supreet Singh bt Yogesh Panchal 9-6, 9-7, 9-6
Karan Bhatty w/o Meherwan Daruwala 
Santosh More bt Vaman Apte 9-5, 10-8, 9-0
Paul Fereira bt Gopi Mohite 9-5, 9-1, 9-2
Anurag Gill bt Saumil Shah 9-3, 9-4, 9-0
Avinash Bhavnani bt Shanakar Basu 9-0, 10-8, 9-2
Deepali Anvekar bt Manek Mathur 9-2, 9-2, 9-2

CCI bt Willingdon Sports Club 8-0
Darius Surti v/s R. Kothari (Conceded)
Mihir Sheth bt Jahangir Surti 9-3, 9-7, 9-5
Raj Arora bt Anuj Bhagwat 4-9, 9-4, 9-7, 9-4
Vaibhav Gupta bt Prakash Yelve 9-6, 8-10, 9-0, 9-0
Jamshid Pandole w/o K Sagar 
Anant More bt S Kamani 9-2, 6-9, 9-1, 9-3
Siddharth Thakkar bt Diven Doshi 10-8, 9-6, 9-0
Bobby Bajaj bt M. Lalwani 9-0, 9-6, 9-3
Rushabh Vora bt P. Merchant 9-1, 5-9, 9-7, 9-3

Khar Gym beat Willingdon Sports Club 9-0
Amitpal Kohli bt Jahangir Surti 9-3, 9-6, 7-9, 2-9, 10-9
Saket Wali w/o Akshay Bhagat
Rohan Gracias bt Prakash Yelve 9-1, 9-3, 9-1
Kunal Jani W/o K. Sagar
Vijay Wagela bt S. Kamani 9-1, 9-1, 9-4
Dhiraj Nagpal bt D. Doshi 9-4, 3-9, 9-4, 5-9, 9-6
Avinash Bhatija bt M. Lalvani 9-1, 9-0, 9-0
Shiv Malhotra bt P. Merchant 9-2, 9-0, 9-7
Rajesh Rajani w/o Cyrus Vakil

Mens Event
Khar Gymkhana beat Bombay Gymkhana (6-3)
Anshul Manchanda lost Bikram Uberoi 5-9, 5-9
Amitpal Kohli bt Darab Khan 9-4, 9-4, 9-6
Saket Wali bt M. Daruwala 9-4, 9-4, 1-9, 9-5
Rohan Gracious bt Vaman Apte 9-5, 9-0, 9-1
Kunal Jani bt Gopi Mohite 5-9, 7-9, 9-6, 9-5, 9-6 (3-2)
Vijay Waghela bt S. Merwani 9-7, 9-0, 10-9
Dhiraj Nagpal lost Saumil Shah 3-9, 5-9, 2-9
Avinash Bathija bt S. Basu 10-9, 9-6, 9-3
Rajesh Rajani lost Manek Mathur 2-9, 1-9, 3-9

Otters Club bt Willingdon Sports Club (9-0)
Supreet Singh bt R. Kothari 9-2, 9-2, 9-1
Karan B. bt Jehangir Surti 9-7, 7-9, 9-7, 7-9, 9-3
Santosh More w/o Anuj Bhagwati 
Paul Ferrira bt Prakash Yelve 9-3, 9-4, 9-5
Anurag Gill  bt Kunal Sagar 9-1, 9-2, 9-0
Avinash bt S. Kamani 9-7, 9-5, 9-3
Deepali Anvekar bt Diven Doshi 10-8, 9-0, 9-2
Vikarm Malhotra w/o Sidharth Sheth 
Yogin Thakur bt Cyrus Vakil 9-2, 9-3, 9-3

Womens Event (2-1)
Deepali Anvekar w/o Rachna Patnayak
Liana Deboo bt Uttara Bhandare 
Sachika Balwani w/o Geeta Balwani 

Results As on 9-07-2002

Womens Event : (1-2)
Deepali Anvekar w/o Rachita Vora
Liana Deboo lost Deepika C. 1-9, 2-9, 9-4, 9-1
Shaila Pandore bt Sachika Balwani 9-0, 9-0, 9-0

A. Manchanda w.o. Manish Chotrani
Summet Rewari lost to Niraj Shirgoakar 10-8/5-9/9-2/5-9/5-9
Rohit Gupta lost to Saket Wali 4-9/0-9/1-9
Siddharth Suchde bt Cyrus Poncha 9-3/9-0/9-2
Darius Surti w.o  S. Ramchandani
Shyam Mashruwala w.o. S. Motwani
M. Nathani bt Rustom Dalal 9-4/9-7/9-1
VK Kochar w.o. Bharat
Anant More bt Santosh More 2-9/9-5/9-5/5-9/9-2

CCI bt Otters 3-2(Junior Boys)
Jay Bhagat bt Ishaan Balwani 3-0
Gautam Kalani bt Nikhil Seth 3-0
Rushabh Vora bt Rishabh Singhvi 3-2
Sahil Vora lost to Vishal Kapoor 0-3
Saumil Gandhi lost to Mohir Kapoor 0-3

Willingdon bt JVPD 2-1 (Ladies)
Rhea Bhandare bt Saroj Mayadev 3-0;
Supriya Balsekar bt Vrinda Mehta 3-0;
Anuradha Yusuf lost to Malika Samantray 0-3.

VISHAL JHUNJHUNWALA (TIRTON)BT ADIL KHAN (DEUTSCHE BANK)5-15,15-5,15-6,15-6

SUMEET REWARI (KOTAK SECURITIES)BT ADITYA SANGHI(RABO INDIA)15-5,15-4,15-3

SALVER SEMI-FINALS

RANJIT PRASHANT (ANZ GRINDLAYS BANK) BT NEVILLE PONCHA(HDFC BANK) 15-4,15-2

SANDIP SABHARWAL (SBI MUTUAL FUND)BT PADMANABH SINHA(RABO INDIA)15-12,15-6,15-10

BOWL SEMI-FINALS

SAMEER BAISWALA (JM MORGAN STANLEY) BT SHARIQ PATEL(EXIM BANK) 12-15,15-7,1-15,15-13,15-8

NIREN SHAH (KPMG)BT S.SATRAJ(TIMESBANK) 15-12,15-13,15-8

CATEGORY 30 TO 35 CHAMPIONSHIP CUP SEMI-FINALS

JANAK MADHAVDAS (MITSUBISHI) BT NAVALBIR KUMAR (ANZ GRINDLAYS)15-10,15-12

CATEGORY OVER 50

PRANAB DATTA (MARICO)BT KHALID A-H ANSARI (MID-DAY )15-6,15-3 AND SAURABH 15-7,15-3

NIRMAL BHOGILAL (BARLIBOI)BT KHALID ANSARI(MID-DAY)  15-5, 15-9 AND DILIP CHOKSHI(DELOITIC, HASKIN & SELLS)15-1,15-2

LADIES :- SHABNAM KAPUR (STRATCAP SECURITIES) BT NANDITA SWARUP (ESSAR SHIPPING)15-9,15-10,15-6 

FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY

MEN 25-30:-SUMEET REWARI BT VISHAL JHUNJHUNWALA10-15,15-13,15-7,15-8   

MEN 30-35:- JANAK MADHAVDAS BT A PADGOANKAR 15-12,15-11,15-11

SALVER :-PANKAJ RATNA BT GAUTAM THAKKAR 8-15,15-6,15-6,15-12                

MEN 35-40

CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY:- SUNIL SHIROLE BT SHOAIB SHAIKH 15-10,15-13,13-15,10-15,13-15 

SALVER    :- MICKY KOCHAR BT RAVI SETH 15-8,15-9,15-13 

BOWL       :- MIHIR DOSHI BT DHANRAJ BHAGAT 15-8,15-8,15-10              

MEN 40-45:- SHANKAR BASU BT PRAKASH KURUVILLA 9-15,15-8,15-9,15-5        

MEN 45-50:- CARL SALDHANA BT S. VAIDYANATHAN 15-9,15-10,15-4 

MEN OVER 50:-PRANAB DATTA BT NIRMAL BHOGILALB 15-11,15-13,15-10

At otters club, Mumbai

Finals scores:
Under 12:  KARANPAL SETHI BEAT SINGHVI  9-4,9-5,9-2
Under-14:  SIDDHARTA SUCHDE BEAT AULOKE MATHUR  9-3,3-9,9-2,9-7
Under-16:  JUNAID NATHANI BEAT MAHESH VERMA  9-1,9-0,9-5
Under-19:  AWISCH JAYASWAL BEAT GAURAV JUNEJA  9-10, 9-4, 9-6, 9-2.
Girls Under-19:  DEEPALI BEAT SUPRIYA BALSEKAR  9-0,9-1,9-1
Doubles:  GAUTAM KALANI AND SAKET WALI BEAT AVISH JAISWAL AND MOIN MOTIWALA  9-4/9-2

JAISWAL WINS COLLEGIATE TITLE

KINGFISHER DIET SQUASH (SEPT 97)

Peter Nicol Beat Rodney Eyles 13-15, 15-10, 7-15, 17-15, 15-13