Panse-Sahasra winning combo
Vaishali Panse and Manjusha Sahasra won the over-30 Old Monk-sponsored State level veterans badminton championship women's doubles final with a 15-1, 15-1 win over Smita Khadilkar and Aditi Adkar 15-1, 15-1 at the WIE Sports Complex. Madhavi Joshi, teaming with Alka Chitale beat Pashmina Desai and Jayashree Bedarkar 15-13, 15-11 to clinch the over-35 title.
Men: Over 55 singles (SFs): Umesh Rege bt OP Kawarana 15-11, 15-5; Jayant Kale w/o SP Nanal. Over 50 men's singles (SFs): Dilip Sathaye bt Chandrakant Damle 15-5, 15-4; Austin D'Rozario bt Milind Shirodkar 15-11, 15-3. Over 45 singles (SFs): Jayant Pavgi bt Anand Thakar 15-8, 15-6. Over 40 singles (SFs):Shrikant Deshpande bt Shrikant Gokhale 15-1, 15-6. Over 35 singles (SFs): Sunil Rokade bt Ajay Patwardhan 15-2, 15-11. Women: Over 30 doubles (final): Vaishali Panse/Manjusha Sahasrabuddha bt Smita Khadilkar/Aditi Adkar 15-1, 15-1. Over 35 doubles (final): Madhavi Joshi/Alka Chitale bt Pashmina Desai/Jayashree Bedarkar 15-13, 15-11. Over 40 doubles (final): Pashmina Desai/Jayashree Bedarkar bt Madhavi Joshi/Alka Chitale 15-7, 15-10. Over 35 singles (league): Manjusha Sahasrabudhe bt Rekha Sali 11-1, 11-1.