Today organisers are making every effort to make a particular sport interesting. We have seen different forms of Cricket played at National and international level, to make it more interesting from the audience point of view. One such experiment was tried in the game of Table Tennis by organisers Cricket Club of India ( CCI) during last week end. The Concept & Initiative was by Shane Sequeira Of Sasia Club & Ameet Poojara of CCI with Data Compiled by Pankaj Harlalka of Garware Club House.
The particiapnts at the CCI 5 way TT event pose for a group photo.
Five clubs from Mumbai, namely 1. CCI , Churchgate2. Garware Club House, Churchgate 3. Saisa Club, Bandra 4. Jolly Gymkhana, Ghatkopar & 5. Procter YMCA, Bombay Central had taken part in this event, which was hosted by CCI .The eligibility of participants was 40+ age and those who had played the Mumbai City or Suburbs inter club League in the 3rd or 4th Division. Each match played was of 3 games (all 3 games were required to be played irrespective of result) and the points scored in each game were added to the team total for each individual playoff. The sum of the points accumulated after playoffs was the final score. Best match was between Shane Sequeira (Sasia Club) & Pankaj Harlalka (Gaware Club House) which was full of excitement.
The teams were as follows:
1. CCI , Churchgate
a) Ameet Poojara (Captain)
b) Prakash Panjabi
c) Housang Vajifdar
d) Rupen Parekh
e) Sanjeev Makhija
2. Garware Club House
a) Pankaj Harlalka (Captain)
b) Rajkumar Agarwal
c) Niraj Mehta
d) Ojas Choksi
e) Jai Motishaw
3. Saisa Club, Bandra
a) Bobby Duggal (Captain)
b) Shane Sequeira
c) Dhananjay Sathe
d) Shafi Khan
e) Dayrrel Perriera
4. Jolly Gymkhana, Ghatkopar
a) Urvir Bhayani (Captain)
b) Rajesh Patel
c) Manish Tolia
d) Jaydeep Modi
e) Sandeep Panchamia
5. Procter YMCA, Bombay Central
a) Murtaza Jaliwal (Captain)
b) Alihussain Udaipurwala
c) Mustafa Unwala
d) Xerxes Khandhadia
e) Tayeb
The Final Scores after all playoffs were as follows:
|
CCI |
JOLLY |
GCH |
SAISA |
Procter |
Final |
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|
CCI |
|
127 |
140 |
151 |
161 |
579 |
1st |
|
JOLLY |
148 |
|
127 |
136 |
151 |
562 |
2nd |
|
GCH |
121 |
139 |
|
143 |
158 |
561 |
3rd |
|
SAISA |
109 |
138 |
128 |
|
145 |
520 |
4th |
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Procter |
96 |
118 |
94 |
132 |
|
440 |
5th |
10. Other Highlights
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Max Points WON in ONE Match |
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|
CCI |
161 |
Against |
Procter YMCA |
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Min Points LOST in ONE Match |
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|
Gaware Club House |
94 |
Against |
Procter |
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Net PLUS points made by a player |
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|
CCI |
Rupen Parekh |
38 |
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Net NEG points made by a player |
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|
Procter YMCA |
Tayeb |
-62 |
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Max Points won by a Player |
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CCI |
Sanjeev Makhija |
134 |
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Max Points Lost by a Player |
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Procter YMCA |
Tayeb |
132 |