Former international Badminton player Leroy Francis D’sa has been elected as the President of prestigious P.J. Hindu Gymkhana. Elections for the new managing committee took place on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th September 2022 and the results were announced today evening. In a straight contest for the post of President, Leroy defeated Sanjay Shroff by a margin of 158 votes. Leroy had earlier held the position of Vice President of the Gymkhana. He has also served as Badminton Secretary of the Gymkhana in the past and has been member of this Gymkhana for more than 40 years. Leroy D’sa led Progressive panel won all their seats in this election.
In the triangular contest for Vice President, Bharatkumar Narottamdas Gandhi was declared elected for this post. Mr. Chirag Jayndra Desai and Jignesh Shantilal Sanghavi were elected as Jt. Hon. Secretaries, while Mr. Nimesh Chandrakant Soni and Mr. Kuldeep Kishore Khatau were elected as Jt. Hon. Treasurers. Mr. Jaykumar Dhruvkumar Thakkar was elected as the Hon. Tennis Secretary.
Others who were declared elected unopposed were, Mr. Maulik Jitendra Merchant( Hon. Cricket Secretary), Mr. Siddharth Shailesh Parikh( Hon. Billiards Secretary), Mr. Ketan Shashikant Pandya( Hon. Badminton Secretary), Mr. Jaydeep Manilal Maheshwari( Hon. Table Tennis Secretary), Mr. Mehul Arwind Mehta( Hon. Secretary for Gymnastics, Field Tng,Chess , Bridge & Carrom) , Mr. Pinakin Jamnadas Sampat ( Hon. Special Member) & Mr. Rajesh Dilip Mehta ( Hon. Additional Member) .