Naren, Rohitaaz claim titles

Naren, Rohitaaz claim titles
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MARCH 31: VR Naren Kumar and Rohitaaz Kumar, both from the MRF team, won the coveted Castrol Championships for cars and motorcycles, respectively.

It was a clean sweep for the MRF team who swept away most of the titles in both the two-wheeler as well as four-wheeler events, with their drivers, riders and navigators bagging top honours in the overall category as well as in Group `A' and Group `N'.

The Coimbatore Auto Sports Club, for both, the two-wheeler as well as the four-wheeler categories, won the best Organizing Club Trophy.

RESULTS
Drivers Overall: 1 VR Naren Kumar, D Ramkumar (MRF) 116.25; 2 Arjun Balu, Kumar Ramaswamy (MRF); 3 Hari Singh, Gurinder Singh Mann (JK). Group A: VR Naren Kumar, D Ramkumar (MRF) 60.00; 2 Arjun Balu, Kumar Ramaswamy (MRF); 3 Hari Singh, Gurinder Singh Mann (JK). Group N: 1 Vijayant Chaudhary, Jaidas Menon (MRF) 61.00; 2 Manik Raikhy, P Vivekanandan (JK); 3 Karandip Singh Sandhu, Sandeep S Rao (MRF).

Riders Overall: 1 Rohitazz Kumar (MRF) 95.00; 2 K Prasad (MRF); 3 Nipender Jassy. Group C: 1 Rohitazz Kumar (MRF) 47.50; 2 K Prasad (MRF); 3 Nipender Jassy. Group D: G Prasad 49.75; 2 R Srinivas; 3 SP Chinnappa.

Novices Riders: 1 Mohan Rego 39; 2 K Amith Kumar; 3 Kilan Ganapathy. Novices Drivers Group N: 1 PG Abilash, C Rajaram 30; 2 NK Ramesh, Sherin Balachandran; 3 Umakanth Alva, Sunil K Shetty.

Bernard nets winner
A lone goal by Bernard Pereira turned out to be the match-winner for St Xavier's, Vile Parle, against Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers (RCF) in the Mucos Pharma-sponsored Karnatak Sport Association Veterans Football League at the Karnatak SA ground, Churchgate, on Friday.

Other results: Indian Oil 0 drew with Mumbai Customs 0; Central Railway Mumbai Division 4 (Francis Fernandes, Abito Pires, Vidyadharan Nair, Madan Lal) bt Bombay Referees Association 0.

Pawar stuns Mohite
Former professional National champion Chandrakant Pawar pulled off the first upset of the Kanchan Pro Squash Tournament when he got the better of second seed Gopi Mohite in the semi-finals at the Willingdon Gymkkhana, on Friday.

Pawar, representing The Leela and seeded third, seemed to have shed his advanced years when he stepped onto the glass back court as he beat Bombay Gymkhana's Mohite in straight games of 15-8, 15-9, 15-11.

Other results: Professionals (semis): Santosh More (Otters) bt Anant More (CCI) 15-11, 13-15, 15-8, 15-8.
Handicap doubles (Q-F): Neeraj Shirgaonkar/Amit Chinai bt Vijay Sonawane/Karan Bhatti 15-12, 16-17, 15-13, 12-15, 15-13; Jatin Mehta/Ashish Soni bt Xavier Marquis/S Goyal 15-12, 14-15, 15-11, 15-12; Amit Pal Kohli/Karl Bokdawala bt Saket Wali/Yakub Shaikh 15-10, 15-13, 13-15, 15-12..

Easy for Jindal
Jindal Steel and Power defeated Piramal `A' 8-4 1/2 in the Glucon D Heinz 55th Polo Tournament at the Mahalaxmi racecourse ground, on Friday.

Results: Jindal Steel & Power 8 (Nicholas Garros 4, Sami Suhag 3, Siddharth Singh) bt Piramal A 4 1/2 (Dhruvpal Godara, Harsh Piramal); ACCS/ARTY 4 1/2 (JS Shekhawal 2, VS Kehlon, AS Sidhu) bt ARC `B' 4 (Shyam Mehta 2, Dinyar Madon, Shailendra Singh).