Varsha prevails over Meenal

Varsha prevails over Meenal
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE

MUMBAI, OCTOBER 11: Defending champion Varsha Majmudar of Maharashtra and M Chitra of Karnataka made the quarter-final grade of the second CCI Invitational Women's Snooker Tournament at the CCI, on Wednesday.

In their last Group-A round-robin matches, Varsha ousted Meenal Thakur of Maharashtra 3-1. Varsha, who had beaten Judith Walia of Karnataka yesterday, defeated Meenal 66-41, 64-4, 25-45, 67-11. She had a break of 27 in the second frame. M Chitra managed to squeeze through as the fourth player from her group. Meenal and her team-mate Neeta Sanghvi also made it to the last-eight stage bagging the third and second spots, respectively.

The qualifiers in Group-B have not yet been spotted. However, Anuja Thakur, Jagruti Patel and Sangeeta Hemchand (all from Maharashtra) and R Umadevi of Karnataka have better chances of making it to the last-eight stage.Results - Group-A: Varsha Majmudar (Mah) bt Meenal Thakur (Mah) 3-1 (66-41, 64-4, 25-45, 67-11), M Chitra (Knt) bt Vidhya Pillai (TN) 3-1 (32-58, 52-41, 44-39, 55-32), V Majmudar bt Judith Walia (Knt) 3-2 (69-30, 65-20, 51-66, 33-58, 65-20).

Group-B: P Galundia (Raj) bt H Khandelwal (Mah) 3-2 (42-50, 47-68, 47-37, 64-43, 55-48), Heena bt U Khandelwal (Mah) 3-1 (43-28, 33-61, 64-46, 59-30), A Thakur (Mah) bt R Bharkatiya (MP) 3-1 (50-12, 71-37, 34-46, 55-33), S Hemchand (Mah) bt R Umadevi (Knt) 3-2 (45-50, 55-44, 59-29, 42-52, 78-39).Oberoi slam six
Oberoi Towers whipped Wadi Baug 6-0 and Fr Agnel trounced Greater Mumbai Police 3-0 in the Mumbai District Football Association League encounters, on Wednesday. M Sydney (2), Santano Pereira, Menino Pereira, Anthony D'Souza and Jose Fernandes were the goal-getters for Oberoi.

Aswin Martis, Nicholas Borges and Jose Carvalho scored in that order for Fr Agnel.

Suman cycle race
THE 75-km Suman cycle race from Wadala to Khopoli, conducted by the Amateur Cycling Association of Bombay Suburban District, will be held on Sunday, November 19. The entry fee is Rs 20 per cyclist and a helmet is compulsory. For details, contact Gajen Ganla on Tel: 414 4836/411 4255 or Paul D'Souza on Tel: 643 1530.