Popular Film and Sports photographer Prasad Naik who is also a very good Veteran Table Tennis player and a finest TT Coach proved his class when he won the Men’s 50+ section Gold medal at the 2nd State ranking Veterans Table Tennis tournament, which concluded on Sunday 18th August 2019. This was his maiden title in veterans’ 50+ event. In the quarter finals, down 1-2, unseeded Prasad rallied hard to beat Shailesh Kulkarni 3-2, who had earlier knocked out seeded Naveen Salian 3-1 in pre quarter finals. Later, in a well contested semi finals he scored a 3-2 win over top seeded Dr. Nitin Toshniwal from Solapur. If this was not enough, he continued his winning run knocking down fifth seeded consistent Ajay Kothavale 3-1 to lift the Gold.
Prasad Naik
PTKS Vile Parle player Samir Deo also put up a good performance, when he knocked down 6th seeded Deepesh Abhyankar from Pune in the Pre quarter finals of Men’s 40+ Singles. Earlier in the second round Samir who was down 0-2 and 7-10 in the third game, managed to win that game and won next two to win the match 3-2. He however lost to his practice partner from PTKS 3rd seeded Sameer Bhate 0-3 in the quarter finals.
Women’s Individual events champions ( L to R) Mangal Saraf ,Sushma Mogre & Dr. Anagha Joshi
All the Results in detail :
Women’s 40+ Singles :
Quarter Finals : Shruti Kanade-joshi(THN) [Seed – 1] Bt Jovita Almeida(MSD)11/4,11/3,11/5
Shravani Dhapre(MCD) [Seed – 3] Bt Sivapriya Naik(MSD)11/4,11/7,11/5
Sushma Mogare(THN) [Seed – 2] Bt Swati Thube(THN)11/3,11/3,11/6
Semi-Final: Sarika Varade(PNA) [Seed – 4] Bt Shruti Kanade-joshi(THN) [Seed – 1), 11/6,6/11,11/8,11/5, Sushma Mogare(THN) [Seed – 2] Bt Shravani Dhapre(MCD) [Seed – 3] 11/5,11/6,11/7
Final Sushma Mogare(THN) [Seed – 2] Bt Sarika Varade(PNA) [Seed – 4] 11/9,11/6,6/11,13/11
Women’s 50+ Singles :
Quarter finals : Anagha Joshi(MSD) [Seed – 1] Bt Sunita Dhatingan(NSK) [Seed – 8]11/1,11/4,11/1,Sneha Padhye(MSD) [Seed – 4] Bt Pradnya Kishore(MSD) 11/6,11/8,11/2 Trupti Machwe(THN) [Seed – 3] Bt Vaishali Malvankar(MSD) [Seed – 6] 11/5,11/7,7/11,11/6, Neeta Kulkarni(MSD) [Seed – 2] Bt Sarita Korday(MSD) [Seed – 7] 11/6,8/11,12/10,11/6
Semi-Final: Anagha Joshi(MSD) [Seed – 1] Bt Sneha Padhye(MSD) [Seed – 4]11/5,11/3,11/1 Trupti Machwe(THN) [Seed – 3] Bt Neeta Kulkarni(MSD) [Seed – 2]4/11,11/9,12/10,11/8
Final: Anagha Joshi(MSD) [Seed – 1] Bt Trupti Machwe(THN) [Seed – 3] 11/1,11/7,11/5.
Women’s 60+ Singles : Quarterfinals : Rajeshwari Mehetre(MSD) [Seed – 1] Bt Sunanda Rao(MCD) 11/5,11/5,11/5, Ujwala Marathe(MSD) [Seed – 4] Bt Deepa Jain(MSD)11/7,11/5,11/7 Mangala Saraf(MSD) [Seed – 3] Bt Mythili Sodhi(MCD)11/4,11/3,11/5, Pratibha Sawant(MCD) Bt Vibha Shinde(MSD) [Seed – 2] 11/5,11/6,11/8,
Semi-Finals: Ujwala Marathe(MSD) [Seed – 4] Bt Rajeshwari Mehetre(MSD) [Seed – 16/11,12/10,11/13,11/3,11/6, Mangala Saraf(MSD) [Seed – 3] Bt Pratibha Sawant(MCD) 11/7,13/11,11/7
Final: Mangala Saraf(MSD) [Seed – 3] Bt Ujwala Marathe(MSD) [Seed – 4] 11/9,11/9,11/5
Men’s individual events champions ( L to R) A.S, Shaikh( 75+), Yogesh Desai( 65+), Prasad Naik(50+), Prakash Kelkar (60+)& Pinakin Sampat ( 70+)
Men’s 40+ Singles :
Quarter finals : Pankaj Rahane(NSK) [Seed – 1] Bt Shekhar Kale(PNA) [Seed – 9] 11/6,11/6,11/3, Suhas Rane(MSD) Bt Upendra Mulye(PNA) [Seed – 12] 10/12,13/11,11/9,11/7, Sameer Bhate(MSD) [Seed – 3] Bt Samir Deo(MSD) [Seed – 11] 11/8,11/7,11/6 Manish Rawat(SOL) [Seed – 2] Bt Ravi Chopra(MCD) [Seed – 7] 11/2,17/15,11/3
Semi-Finals : Suhas Rane(MSD) Bt Pankaj Rahane(NSK) [Seed – 1]11/3,7/11,11/4,11/7,
Sameer Bhate(MSD) [Seed – 3] Bt Manish Rawat(SOL) [Seed – 2] 16/14,11/9,8/11,11/6
Final: Suhas Rane(MSD) Bt Sameer Bhate(MSD) [Seed – 3] 10/12,11/6,11/2,11/5.
Men’s 50+ Singles :
Quarter Finals: Nitin Toshniwal(SOL) [Seed – 1] Bt Ravindra Joshi(PNA)6/11,11/6,11/6,11/7,
Prasad Naik(MCD) [Seed – 5] Bt Shailesh Kulkarni(MCD) 7/11,11/7,6/11,11/5,11/9
Ajay Kothavale(PNA) Bt Kapil Kumar(MSD) [Seed – 6] 11/8,11/5,11/9,
Ram Kadam(MSD) [Seed – 2] Bt Rajesh Mudam(MSD) [Seed – 10] 11/9,6/11,11/7,6/11,12/10
Semi-Finals: Prasad Naik(MCD) [Seed – 5] Bt Nitin Toshniwal(SOL) [Seed – 1] 7/11,12/14,16/14,11/7,16/14,Ajay Kothavale(PNA) Bt Ram Kadam(MSD) [Seed – 2] 11/4,11/7,13/11
Final: Prasad Naik(MCD) [Seed – 5] Bt Ajay Kothavale(PNA)11/6,5/11,11/7,12/10
Men’s 60+ Singles :
Quarter Finals: Prakash Kelkar(MCD) [Seed – 1] Bt Anandateerth Avadhani(THN) 11/2,11/5,11/5,Anil Rasam(MSD) Bt Ravi Gulgule(MCD) 11/4,11/2,11/4,
Rohidas Garud(PNA) Bt Umesh Kumbhojkar(NSK) [Seed – 6]11/6,11/9,11/8,
Avinash Joshi(PNA) [Seed – 2] Bt Mahesh Shetye(MCD) 11/6,14/12,11/8
Semi-Finals: Prakash Kelkar(MCD) [Seed – 1] Bt Anil Rasam(MSD)11/9,9/11,11/4,10/12,11/5,
Rohidas Garud(PNA) Bt Avinash Joshi(PNA) [Seed – 2]11/4,7/11,11/5,11/9
Final Prakash Kelkar(MCD) [Seed – 1] Bt Rohidas Garud(PNA) 11/5,11/5,11/6
Men’s 65+ Singles :
Quarter finals: Deepak Dudhane(MCD) Bt Suhas Kulkarni(MCD) [Seed – 1]11/8,11/4,11/3,
Ulhas Shirke(MCD) [Seed – 5] Bt Percy Mehta(MCD) [Seed – 4] 11/3,11/4,9/11,11/9, Yogesh Desai(MSD) [Seed – 6] Bt Suhas Dandekar(MSD) [Seed – 3]11/6,12/10,11/9, Shivanand Kundaje(NSK) [Seed – 2] Bt Ashok Sawant(MSD)11/3,12/10,11/6,
Semi-Finals : Deepak Dudhane(MCD) Bt Ulhas Shirke(MCD) [Seed – 5] 8/11,11/6,11/7,11/4,
Yogesh Desai(MSD) [Seed – 6] Bt Shivanand Kundaje(NSK) [Seed – 2] 12/10,13/11,11/4
Final: Yogesh Desai(MSD) [Seed – 6] Bt Deepak Dudhane(MCD) 9/11,11/9,11/4,11/8
Men’s 70+ Quarter finals :
Pinakin Sampat(MSD) [Seed – 1] Bt Zarksis Khandadia(MSD)11/5,11/8,11/4, Francis Dcunha(MSD) [Seed – 3] Bt Arun Acharya(MSD)11/3,11/5,11/4,Satish Kulkarni(MSD) [Seed – 2] Bt Girish Sawant(MSD)11/8,11/7,11/9.
Semi-Finals: Pinakin Sampat(MSD) [Seed – 1] Bt Dilip Kudtarkar(PNA)11/8,11/5,11/5, Satish Kulkarni(MSD) [Seed – 2] Bt Francis Dcunha(MSD) [Seed – 3] 11/8,11/6,11/8.
Final: Pinakin Sampat(MSD) [Seed – 1] Bt Satish Kulkarni(MSD) [Seed – 2]:
Men’s 75+ Singles : Quarter finals : Zarir Khandadia(MCD) Bt Satish Shirisath(NSK) [Seed – 1] 11/3,11/8,11/6, A S Shaikh(MCD) Bt Gafoor Shah(MCD) [Seed – 4]11/5,11/6,12/10, Vinod Dighe(THN) [Seed – 2] Bt Devkinandan Agarwal(THN)11/5,11/6,11/7.
Semi-Finals: A S Shaikh(MCD) Bt Zarir Khandadia(MCD) 11/8,11/6,8/11,10/12,11/6, Ashok Koppikar(NSK) Bt Vinod Dighe(THN) [Seed – 2]9/11,11/8,11/5,11/5.
Final: A S Shaikh(MCD) Bt Ashok Koppikar(NSK) 11/7,11/7,11/9.
Men’s team Championship ( 40 & 50+) :
Finals : Nashik beat Solapur 3-2
Men’s team Championship ( 60+)
Finals : PJ Hindu Gymkhana beat Prabodhankar Thackeray Kreeda sankul, Parle 3-0.