MUMBAI, SEPT 17: Indian Education Society's (IES) VN Sule English Medium School swept the honours at the Multigames inter-school badminton zonal finals at Sachivalaya Gymkhana today. The school won four finals -- U-14 boys and girls, U-17 boys and girls -- to qualify for the divisional tournament, a lead-up to the National School Games. The U-19 boys and girls titles were annexed by Ruparel and Podar respectively.IES were served well by their reliable bets in each age group: Rohit Prabhu (U-14 boys), Swapnil Vyavaharkar (U-17 boys), Shivani Mayekar (U-14 girls) and Aditi Kulkarni (U-17 girls). Each of them won their opening singles with ease, ensuring that IES were stretched to three games in only one final.
The Ruia-Ruparel clash for the boys U-19 title had its moments of suspense though. Ruparel's Nihar lost his first singles to last year's school champion Amit Singh, but state player Anupam Singh won the doubles and the reverse singles to guide Ruparel home.
Results (all finals)
Boys (U-14):IES bt Bombay Scottish 2-0 (Rohit Prabhu bt Arjun Ashra 15-4 15-11; Rohit & Aditya Kini bt Abhishek Phatarphekar & Amod 15-7 8-15 13-15; Nilesh bt Abhishek 15-2 15-0)
U-17: IES bt Balmohan 2-0 (Swapnil Vyavaharkar bt Mayur Shingre 15-0 15-0; Swapnil & Aniket Limaye bt Aditya Bhide & Aditya Ambre 15-3 15-9)
U-19: Ruparel bt Ruia 2-1 (Nihar lost to Amit Singh 1-15 4-15; Anupam Singh & Siddhesh bt Amit Singh & Indrajeet Tawde 6-15 15-3 15-4; Anupam Singh bt Ojas 15-1 15-1)
Girls (U-14): IES bt Bombay Scottish 2-0 (Shivani Mayekar bt Aparna Badbade 11-1 11-0; Shivani & Neha Shanbag bt Ketki Rajsinha & Anagha Rajadhyaksha 15-3 15-11)
U-17: IES bt Balmohan 2-0 (Aditi Kulkarni bt Amrita Munj 11-1 11-0; Aditi & Madhura Mahodikar bt Sonal Amdekar & Poonam Sheth 15-1 15-1)
U-19: Podar bt HR 2-0 (Gauri Narayan bt Akshata 11-3 11-0; Gauri & Yesha Sanghvi bt Neha Ganguly & Charmi Sethia 15-4 15-7)
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