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EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
Mithibai college beat Sathaye College, 2-0, to win the rain-shortened Inter-Collegiate volleyball tournament final at the University Sports Pavilion today. The scoreline read 15-13, 15-5 in favour of Mithibai in the best of three games final.
In the third place play-off, St Andrew's drubbed Bhavan's 3-0 (15-4, 15-4, 15-8).
It was a double blow for Sathaye when they lost the women's final too. R A Podar rallied superbly to beat the Vile Parle girls 3-2 (4-15, 15-11, 9-15, 15-10, 15-1).
Mulund College of Commerce finished third defeating St Xavier's 3-0 (15-9, 15-9, 17-15) in a tense hardline encounter.
SALDANHA 'TRICKS:
A fine hat-trick by Dennis Saldanha saw Village Amboli stunned Tata Electric 3-0 in a MDFA Harwood League football match at the St Xavier's Ground, Parel today.
Saldanha put Amboli in the lead after cutting through the Tata defence and taking a shot fom the top of the box. He struck again in the 29th minute to put the Tata team on the defensive. Saldanha completed the marginand his hat-trick, a minute before half-time, thanks to a pass by Chandu Varodia.
OTHER RESULTS
Div III A:
Salvation Parish (Dadar) 2 (Rolland Lobo, Sabby Alfanso) bt Worli Sports Club 1 (Timothy Fernandes); Young Dynamos and Sonata failed to turn up for their matches against MTNL and Striker Boys respectively.
ST JOSEPH WIN:
ST Joseph's won the Kalyan Rink football tournament defeating St Roque 3-0 in the final played at Our Lady of Lourdes High School, Kalyan today.
For the winners, Raju scored a brace while Saby completed the rout. In the hard-liners, Masoba Madian drubbed Rambaug 3-0. Rosario Antao, Kelvin D'Souza and Agnelo Mirababa scored a goal each.
Mirani Upsets
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Host club's Vijay Mirani stunned favourite Shakeel Ahmed of Calcutta on the second day of NSCI Open Snooker qualifying rounds at the NSCI Billiards Room today. In a see-saw battle which lasted full five frames, Mirani overcame a tough challenge by Ahmed winning-- 40-64, 58-20, 49-38, 7-64,52-19.
Mumbai's Nishant Dossa beat P Choudhary in another keen encounter. Dossa won the first frame 61-35 but Choudhary pulled back, 35-56, to level scores. Dossa, however, came back strongly to take the next two frames-- 82-40, 45-34 and put the match beyond Choudhary.
Results (QUALIFYING DAY TWO)
Rajat Taneja bt Gunjan Narang 3-0 (50-18, 53-33, 56-15); Ritesh Shah bt Anup Kedia 3-0 (51-37, 81-16, 76-42); Siddharth Parekh bt Jimmy Cardmaster 3-0 (72-10, 85-22, 81-33); Ramesh Sadarangani bt Aftab Shivdasani 3-2 (43-57, 51-40, 14-54, 72-39, 75-43); Mahesh Jagdale bt Gurudasshan Uppal 3-1 (69-25, 42-64, 61=19, 42-21; Sumer verma bt Rehan Sheikh 3-1 (75-63, 59-44, 46-57, 92-41); Farhad Tengra bt Jay Jhaveri 3-1 (45-63, 54-19, 62-19, 62-19); Nikhil Ootam bt Manau Panchal 3-0 (88-37, 75-38, 74-18); Prakash Karande bt Vishnu Kedia 3-0 (61-27, 56-43, 62-50); Dhruv Sitwala bt Sanjay Mirani 3-1 (57-18, 74-45, 43-58, 50-13); K Nicholson bt Neeran Choudhary 3-2 (77-26, 34-54, 34-47, 57-28, 44-23); LionelD'Souza bt K Fitter 3-2 (43-40, 0-84), 38-51, 53-46, 41-32); Nishant Dossa bt P Choudhary 3-1 (61-35, 35-56, 82-40, 45-34); Vijay Mirani bt S Ahmed 3-2 (40-64, 58-20, 49-38, 7-64, 52-19)
RASHI, AVINASH TRUIMPH:
Rashi Oberoi of Otters won the individual championship in the girls Under-15 category with 19 point while Gayatri Dhumatkar of Khar Gymkhana was second with 17 at the Weekender Invitational Swimming meet organised by Sports Promotion team and Khar Gymkhana.
In the boys under-15 category, Avinash Kriplani of Khar Gymkhana won the championship with 21 points while Sidant Nagrani was second with 17 points.
Results
Boys U-7: 1 Anukul Shenoy (MSP 20 points), 2 Siddharth KS (MSP, 6); 1 Sushant Divgikar (KG, 11) and Shriram Murali (BPCL, 11); 1 Vivardhan Kanoria (CCI, 21), 2 Dhiren Shetty (ASP, 12); 1 Rehan Poncha (Otters, 21), 2 Min Kawang Shu (ASP, 9); 1 Avinash Kriplani (KG, 21), 2 Sidhant Nagrani (Otters, 17); V Vinodand Rajamani (both KG, 17) Girls: U-7: 1 Shreya Nadkarni (BPCL, 16), 2 Ruchi Shah (ASP, 12); 1 Nimisha Gupta (BPCL, 14), 2 Janvi Parekh (JVP, 13); 1 Ruksheen Palia (Otters, 16), 2 Avani Shetty (ASP, 12); 1 Vishaka Naik (MSP, 15), 2 Anushka Parwani (KG, 13); Rashi Oberoi (Otters, 19), 2 Gayatri Dhumatkar (KG, 17); Sindoor Thakkar (Otters, 6), 2 Radhika Lakhani (Otters, 12) Copyright © 1998 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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