Ruia, with 10.5 points, are one point clear of second-placed RA Podar. Even if Podar were to tie with Ruia, the latter will be declared winners as they enjoy a better progressive scoring. Somaiya Science were placed third with 9 points.

In the sixth round, Harish and teammate Aditya Vora demolished joint leaders BV & LU 2-0 to relegate the latter to the fourth position. Harish is one of the few players in the fray with experience at the national level, even if his performance was indifferent. "I have not beenconcentrating on chess. Academics (engineering) is my priority," parries Harish in defence.

Results

Boys (afer 5 rounds): 1. Ruia 8.5 (Harish Narayan 5, Aditya Vora 2.5, Mahesh Jain 1); MV & LU 8.5 (Kedar Prabhavalkar 5, Roshan Miranda 2.5, Mahesh Jain 1); 2. BSGD 8 (Dharmesh Patel 4, Raunak ?Husain 1, Jigar Dattani 3); 3. Somaiya Science, RA Podar, Cathedral & John Connon, Gnyan Sadhana (7.5); 4. Andrew's, Bhavan's, Jaihind (7)

Girls (after 3 rounds):

1. RA Podar 5 (Grishma Doshi 2, Kinnari Gandhi 3), ML Dahanukar 5 (Prachi Kushte 3, Pralaya Gulekar 2); 2. BH Somani 4 (Sandhya Sawant 2, Hemali Ved 2), Atomic Energy 4 (Sheela Anthal 3, K. Gunasundari 1); 3. Jaihind, Burhani, Tolani Walia (3)

Jindal in final

Vikas Jangra and Anurag Gill played their hearts out before Jangra carried Jindal past Sacred Heart and into the boys under-14 team final of the Steelmade Furniture Inter-School and junior colleges Squash at the Otters Club, Bandra, today.

There was little tochoose between them as the two squared up for the decider and fought tooth and nail. Gill seemed to gain the upper hand when he led by two games to one but Jangra staged a spirited rally to win at 10-8, 7-9, 3-9, 9-3, 9-4, the match lasting an hour and 20 minutes. Jindal now awaits the winners of the other semi-final between Jasudben and Cathedral.

There were two upsets in the boys under-16 quarter-finals. In an all-Cathedral clash Auloke Mathur defeated third-seeded Sahil Vora while Mihir Sheth also of Cathedral downed fourth-seeded Jaikaran Juneja of HR Commerce.

A game down, Rachita Vora of JB Petit steadied herself to surprise Shubika Bilkha, the third seed, in the girls under-19 event.

RESULTS

Team events (under-14): Jasudben bt Avm 3-0; Jindal bt Sacred Heart 2-1. Under-16: Cathedral wo Sacred Heart; Jindal wo Scottish. Under-19: Cathedral `B' bt HR Commerce `B' 3-0; Cathedral `A' bt HR Commerce `C' 3-0.

Boys Under-19 (QFs): Parth Doshi bt Shlok Melwani 9-0, 9-2,9-0; Mahesh Verma bt Auloke Mathur 9-2, 9-5, 7-9, 9-1; J Nathani bt Tushar balsara 9-0, 9-2, 9-6; Abhijit Kukreja bt D Yadav 9-1, 9-3, 9-0.

Under-16 (QFs): Junaid Nathani bt Deepak Yadav 9-4, 9-2, 9-3; Mihir Sheth bt Jaikaran Juneja 9-1, 9-3, 5-9, 9-4; Auloke Mathuir bt Sahil Vora 9-4, 7-9, 9-2, 9-5; S Suchede bt Karan Sethi 9-0, 9-1, 9-0.

Under-14 (quarter-finals): Karan Sethi bt Vikas Jangra 9-3, 9-3, 9-3; Sahil Vora bt Anurag Gill 9-1, 9-3, 9-3; Siddharth Suchede bt H Pendse 9-1, 9-1, 9-0; Mihir Sheth bt Siddharth Samantaray 9-2, 9-0, 9-3.Girls under-19 (QFs): Deepali Anvekar bt Shaila Pandole 3-0; Supriya Balsekar bt Narsha Lall 3-0; Rachita Vora bt Shubika Bilkha 3-1; Rhea Bhandare bt Alisha Mashruwalla 3-0.

Amit in line for double

Inter-school champion Amit Singh lined up a possible double title when he romped into the sub-junior boys final in the Dadar Bhagini Samaj badminton tournament today. Top seed Amit defeated Anish Kanekar 15-5, 15-2 to set up a clash withthird seed Swapnil Vyavaharkar, who had to sweat before overcoming second seed Merric Gonsalves in three games. Amit had earlier defeated Merric in straight games to clinch the boys singles title.

In other finals, Siddharth Gupta upset top seed Mandar Londhe 15-5, 15-12 to claim the midget boys title, while Amrita Sawant notched the midget girls title with a 11-3, 11-9 win over Ruma Rane.

Results

Boys (final): Amit Singh bt Merric Gonsalves 15-7, 15-4 Sub-junior boys (semis): 1-Amit Singh bt Anish Kanekar 15-5, 15-2; 3-Swapnil Vyavaharkar bt Merric Gonsalves 8-15, 15-13, 15-7

Mini boys (final): Akshay Dewalkar bt Parin Chopda 13-15, 15-10, 15-11

Midget boys (final): Siddharth Gupta bt 1-Mandar Londhe 15-5, 15-12

Women's (semis): Shalakha Damle bt Vandana Walimbe 11-3, 11-0

Girls (final): Anuj Wadke bt Nikita Hurkadli 11-2, 11-4

Midget girls (final): Amrita Sawwant bt Ruma Rane 11-3, 11-9

Narrow win for NHQ

Naigaum Police Headquarters (NHQ)bt CEAT 1-0 in the Chhatrapati Shivaji League organised by MDFA at St Xavier's Ground, Parel, today. The lone goal, scored by Uday Gade, came in the 20th minute of the first half. In other matches, Bad Boys Club held Jai Ambe, and MLWB held Dadar Young Boys to goalless draws.