Percy Mehta fromMumbai,put up a good show at the Maharashtra State Veterans Table Tennis Championship, which concluded in Palava, Dombivali, yesterday. This event was organised in memory of Former International TT player Late Suhas Kulkarni by SAS Sports Management, Dombivali, under the auspices of TDTTA and MSTTA. In the Men’s 65+ age group Percy successively defeated Pune’s Avinash Joshi in quarter finals , his doubles partner and National Veterans’ Champ Prakash Kelkar in semi finals and hard hitter Jayant Kulkarni in the finals, to lift the trophy.
In the Men’s 40+ , 50+ and 60+ events Divyendu Chandorkar from Nashik, favourite Manish Rawat from Solapur and Sarosh Shroff from Mumbai lifted the Winner’s trophy, while in the Men’s 70+ and 75+ event Yogesh Desai and Multi talented Zarksis Khandadia both from Mumbai, emerged champions. The Men’s Doubles Championship was won by Nasik pair Divyendu Chandorkar and Pankaj Rahane.
In the Women’s events Shruti Joshi from Thane district lifted the Women’s 40+ Championship, while Dr. Anagha Joshi from Mumbai emerged winner in Women’s 50+ group. Nashik’s Swati Agharkar put up a good show to emerge the Women’s 60+ champion and several times National Champion Mangal Saraf won the Women’s 65+ championship. In the Women’s doubles Shruti Joshi partnering MoonMoon Ghosh won the closely contested finals against Anagha Joshi and Sushma Mogare.
T Lac Academy Nasik won the Men’s team championship trophy defeating Solapur team in a hard fought finals. Thanks to All women team of Shruti Joshi, Asha Chavan and Shilpa Joshi for organising this event successfully under the banner SAS Sports Management. Shruti Joshi besides organising also won a Double crown in this tournament. former international Nandini Kulkarni was special guest of honour during the prize distribution ceremony.
Results of All Final matches :
Women’s 40+ : Shruti Joshi ( Thane) beat Sadiya Vanjara (Mumbai) 3-0
Women’s 50+ :Dr. Anagha Joshi (Mumbai) beat Sushma Mogre( Thane) 3-0
Women’s 60+ : Swati Agharkar( Nashik) beat Nutan Dhikle (Nashik)
Women’s 65+ : Mangal Saraf ( Mumbai) beat Ranjana Patki( Pune) 3-0
Women’s Doubles : Shruti Joshi and MoonMoon Ghosh beat Dr. Anagha Joshi and Sushma Mogare 3-2
Men’s 40+: Divyendu Chandorkar ( Nashik) beat Onkar Jog (Pune) 3-2
Men’s 50+ : Manish Rawat ( Solapur) beat Naveen Salian ( Mumbai) 3-0
Men’s 60+ : Sarosh Shroff ( Mumbai) beat Anil Rasam ( Mumbai) 3-2.
Men’s 65+ : Percy Mehta( Mumbai) beat Jayant Kulkarni ( Mumbai) 3-0
Men’s 70+ Yogesh Desai ( Mumbai) beat Pinakin Sampat ( Mumbai) 3-2.
Men’s 75+ Zarksis Khandadia ( Mumbai) beat A. Shaikh ( Solapur) 3-0.
Men’s Doubles ( Corrected Score) : Divyendu Chandorkar and Pankaj Rahane ( Nasik) beat Gurucharan Singh and Rajesh Singh ( Mumbai) 3-2
Men’s Team Championship: ( Corrected Score) Solapur beat T LAC Academy (Nasik)3-0