Dahisar’s VPM Sports Club’s athletes for the third year in row cornered the major honours on a day when 20 new meet records were established on the concluding day of the Poinsur Gymkhana open athletics championships held at their ground at Kandivali here today. They aggregated 454 points, far ahead of Children’s Sports Academy (310) and Udayachal School (117). Incidentally, both the men and women shared the haul of the records with 10 each to their credit.
VPM SC-champs
And their athletes Nikhil Kadam with 18 points , with three golds and a silver and Shweta Hakke with 15 points , winning three events – 100m, 200m, 400m – all with new records) emerged best men and women athlete respectively. While Rene Desai and Kirti Bhoite, also from VPM SC, jointly earned the honours in the under-16 section, with 13 points each. However, Manav Shah, of children’s Academy, with 15 points was the best athlete in the under-16 boys category.
Individual winners in various categories were:
All the individual champions pose with Mr Karunakar Shetty, Poinsur Gymkhna’ s Vice – President (Sports).
MEN: Nikhil Kadam (VPM SC) – 18 pts. WOMEN: Shwetw Hakke (VPM SC) – 15 pts.
BOYS: U-16: Manav Shah (Children’s Aca) – 15 pts. Under-14: Meet Patel (Children’s Ava) -13 pts. Under-12: Urvish Pokhariyal (Children’s Aca) – 15 pts. Under-10: Neel Kasar, Bharat Choudhary, Shivba Narkar and Bharat Choudhary (VPM SC) – 5 pts each. Under-8: Nihal Sharma (Prima Academy) – 10 pts. Under-6: Aditya Bhagwat (VPM SC) -5 pts
GIRLS: : U-16:Rene Desai and Kirti Bhoite (VPM SC) – 13 pts each. Under-14: Anushka Bhagwat (VPMSC ) – 15 pts. Under-12: Shrushti Shetty(Children’s Aca) – 14 pts.Under-10: Siya Sawant (Lakshdham Prashansa Sarangi (Lokhandzwala Foundatuon) – 6 pts each. Under-8: Shavi Mehta (Children’s Aca) – 15 pts. Under-6: Bhoomi Pendurkar (VPM SC) – 5pts..
CLOCK FOR SUNDAY
Athletics – 6.30 a.m. onwards – Poinsur Gymkhana Minithon Road Races, Poinsur Gymkhana ground, Kandivali.
TABLE TENNIS – 9 A.M. ONWARDS – Poinsur Gymkhana Promotional tournameny, , Poinsur Gymkhana ground, Kandivali.