Arya Shetty played a star role while helping Ryan International (Malad) beat Rajhans 2-1 in the girls under-17 final of the DSO (Divisional Sports Office) All Mumbai (Taluka) inter-school under-17 badminton tournament , organised by Vision Sports Reconnect and Fairplay Sports Management at Goregaon Sports Club here today.
Ryan International’s captain Arya Shetty being congratulated by Rajhans’ captain Sakshi Shetty after Ryan girls won the girls under-17 final
Arya, who is being coached by former India Thomas Cuper Uday Pawar, first won her singles 21-14 against Ritika Paliath after Rajhans took the opening singles with Sania Kapadia losing to Sakshi Shetty 21-8. A pep talk by coach Uday Pawar before the all -important doubles, saw Arya, with a novice Sania as per partner, covering the court all over to outsmart their rival pair of Sakshi Shetty and Gauri Dhote to clinch the doubles titles and with that the under-17 title.
The Utpal Sanghavi boys from Juhu bagged the corresponding title in the under-17 section with a 2-1 win over SM Shetty’sBunt Sangh.
Results of the finals:
(BOYS U-17): Uppal Sanghavi bt S.M.Shetty Bunt Sangh 2-1: Varun Nagdeo lost to Vikhyat Bangera 12-21; Aditya Desai bt Ameya Joshi 21-6 ; Varun/Aditya bt Vikhyat/Anshul Rokade 21-17. (3rd Place): Udayachal bt Arya Vidyamandir (Juhu) 2-1.
(GIRLS U-17):Ryan Intl (Malad) bt Rajhans (Andheri) 2-1: Sania Kapadia lost to Sakshi Shetty 8-21; Arya Shetty bt Ritika Paliath 21-14; Arya/Sania bt Sakshi/Gauri Dhote 21-8. (3rd Place): AVM (Bandra) bt Ryan Intl. (Chembur) 2-1.
CLOCK FOR THURSDAY –
BADMINTON – 1 p.m. onwards – DSO (All Taluka) u-19 tournament, Goregaon Sports Club.