Mumbai players from both City as well as Suburban district proved their superiority in the Jayshree Sampat Memorial 3rd State Ranking Veterans’ TT tournament jointly hosted by Maharashtra State Table tennis Association ( MSTTA) and Prabodhankar Thackeray Kreeda Sankul( PTKS) at latter’s premises in VileParle( East), Mumbai. Prominent among them were Yogesh Desai who played in Men’s 65+ Singles and Dr. Anagha Joshi who played in Women’s 50+ Singles. Both won their third consecutive title this season. While Yogesh stopped the winning run of Percy Mehta , who had earlier beaten Suhas Kulkarni and Ulhas Shirke on his way to finals, Anagha overcame Sneha Padhye in finals, who had upset second seeded Trupti Machve in semi finals.
Nashik team poses with trophy after winning the 40 & 50+ team event of the PTKS 3rd State ranking Veterans TT Tournament
It was all Mumbai battle in the men’s 50+ finals, when Prasad Naik scored his second title of the season beating Navin Salian 3-2. Others from Mumbai who claimed titles in their respective age groups were Prakash kelkar( Men’s 60+), Satish Kulkarni( Men’s 69+), A.S. Shaikh ( Men’s 75+) & Mangala Saraf ( Women’s 60+). Two more women from Mumbai namely Maria D’sa who upset Preeti Pardeshi in Women’s 65+ section also received the honours, as the matches were played on league basis in this section. One title went to Solapur, when favourite and top seed Manish Rawat won the finals of Men’s 40+ section. Pune also bagged one title, when Sarika Varade beat favourite and top seed Sushma Mogare from Thane in Women’s 40+ finals.
PJ Hindu Gymkhana team members Praksah kelkar and Suhas Kulkarni pose with their trophy which they won in 60+ Men’s event of the PTKS 3rd State Ranking Veterans TT Tournament.
The team event had attracted 60 entries in two groups from all over Maharashtra turned out to be the most exciting event. In the Group A team event for 40 and 50+ age group, T. Lac team from Nashik which had a balanced team beat Guru TT ‘C’ team from Mumbai , while P.J. Hindu Gymkhana scored an easy win over PTKS ‘A’ team in 60+ team event.
The matches on one table were streamed live by Mobisportz. Veteran TT player and former veterans National champion Pinakin Sampat who had sponsored this tournament in memory of his wife late Jayshree Sampat had also participated in this tournament and was runner up in the Men’s 70+ section. He along with his two daughters Kruttika and Tweesha also gave away the prizes of one of the events. While speaking on the occasion, Pinakin recalled the memories of his wife Jayshree who had toured along with him for several TT tournaments at National and international level in the past.
Pinakin Sampat the Sponsor of this tournament poses with his daughters Kruttika and Tweesha, proudly displaying his trophy .The tournament was held in memory of his wife late Jayshree Sampat.
It was a very well organised tournament and special thanks to Organising secretaries Yogesh Desai and Sameer Bhate,MSTTA official and popular Veteran player Suhas Dandekar and chief of PTKS Mr. Arwind Prabhu under whose able leadership this tournament was possible. His technical team comprising of Manish Deodhar, Rakesh Nigudkar, Naveen Verghese, kedar Khadilkar and others along with chief referee Dominic Savio Lobo, the big team of Umpires , Satish Pingale the Chief Scorer also displayed their excellent team work.
Results of all the Age Group individual events from Qurter finals onwards:
Women’s 40+Singles :
Quarter finals : Sushma Mogare(THN) [Seed – 1] Bt Sadiya Vanjara(MSD)11/4,11/4,11/8;Anupama Shetty(MSD) Bt Nitu Deodhar(MCD) [Seed – 4]11/8,12/14,11/9,11/5;Sarika Varade(PNA) [Seed – 3] Bt Swati Thube(THN)11/3,11/8,11/3; Shravani Dhapre(MCD) [Seed – 2] Bt Susima Almeida(MSD)11/6,11/6,11/6
Semi-Finals:Sushma Mogare(THN) [Seed – 1] Bt Anupama Shetty(MSD) 11/4,11/2,11/2; Sarika Varade(PNA) [Seed – 3] Bt Shravani Dhapre(MCD) [Seed – 2]11/4,11/1,11/5
Final Sarika Varade(PNA) [Seed – 3] Bt Sushma Mogare(THN) [Seed – 1]9/11,11/8,11/8,11/5
Women’s 50+Singles :
Quarter Finals : Anagha Joshi(MSD) [Seed – 1] Bt Vaishali Malvankar(MSD)11/3,11/6,11/9; Sarita Korday(MSD) [Seed – 4] Bt Swati Agharkar(NSK) 11/6,11/7,9/11,11/6; Trupti Machwe(THN) Bt Sadhana Bajaj(MSD)8/11,11/5,7/11,11/7,11/5;Sneha Padhye(MSD) [Seed – 2] Bt Dipti Sanghvi(MCD) 11/5,15/13,11/3
Semi-Finals: Anagha Joshi(MSD) [Seed – 1] Bt Sarita Korday(MSD) [Seed – 4] 11/4,11/1,11/4; Sneha Padhye(MSD) [Seed – 2] Bt Trupti Machwe(THN) 12/10,1/11,14/16,11/5,11/3
Final: Anagha Joshi(MSD) [Seed – 1] Bt Sneha Padhye(MSD) [Seed – 2] 11/2,11/2,11/2
Women’s 60+Final:
Quarter Finals : Ujwala Marathe(MSD) [Seed – 1] Bt Deepa Jain(MSD) 11/9,11/6,11/6;Mangala Saraf(MSD) [Seed – 4] Bt Sunanda Rao(MCD) 11/8,8/11,11/3,11/5;Mythili Sodhi(MCD) [Seed – 3] Bt Aruna Surve(MSD)11/2,11/2,11/4;Pratibha Sawant(MCD) [Seed – 2] Bt Rama Mangal(MSD) 11/9,11/8,11/7.
Semi-Finals: Mangala Saraf(MSD) [Seed – 4] Bt Ujwala Marathe(MSD) [Seed – 1]15/17,11/6,11/3,11/7;Mythili Sodhi(MCD) [Seed – 3] Bt Pratibha Sawant(MCD) [Seed – 2]7/11,11/8,11/4,11/5.
Final: Mangala Saraf(MSD) [Seed – 4] Bt Mythili Sodhi(MCD) [Seed – 3]11/8,11/9,11/6
Women’s 65+ Singles ( Played on Round robin basis): Maria D’sa who won both her matches was declared the Winner, while Preeti Prdeshi was in the second place.
Men’s 40+ Quarter Finals : Manish Rawat(SOL) [Seed – 1] Bt Omkar Jog(NSK) [Seed – 9] 6/11,12/10,11/7,14/12; Deepesh Abhyankar(PNA) [Seed – 5] Bt Amit Modi(MSD) 11/8,13/11,6/11,11/7 ;Pankaj Rahane(NSK) [Seed – 3] Bt Divyendu Chandurkar(NSK) [Seed – 6] 8/11,7/11,11/5,11/9,11/5 ; Sameer Bhate(MSD) [Seed – 2] Bt Ravi Chopra(MCD) [Seed – 7] 11/2,11/5,11/2
Semi-Finals : Manish Rawat(SOL) [Seed – 1] Bt Deepesh Abhyankar(PNA) [Seed – 5] 13/11,11/1,13/11 ; Pankaj Rahane(NSK) [Seed – 3] Bt Sameer Bhate(MSD) [Seed – 2] 11/7,11/9,9/11,12/14,11/9
Final : Manish Rawat(SOL) [Seed – 1] Bt Pankaj Rahane(NSK) [Seed – 3] 11/6,11/6,12/10
Men’s 50+Singles :
Quarter Finals: Nitin Toshniwal(SOL) [Seed – 1] Bt Abhijit Patil(NSK) 11/7,6/11,11/8,11/7; Prasad Naik(MCD) [Seed – 5] Bt Attmaram Gangarde(MSD) [Seed – 13]11/6,9/11,8/11,11/7,14/12; Ravindra Joshi(PNA) [Seed – 10] Bt Ram Kadam(MSD) [Seed – 2] 11/9,14/12,11/9
Semi-Finals: Prasad Naik(MCD) [Seed – 5] Bt Nitin Toshniwal(SOL) [Seed – 1] 11/9,6/11,10/12,11/3,11/6;
Naveen Salian(MCD) [Seed – 3] Bt Ravindra Joshi(PNA) [Seed – 10]11/4,11/6,11/5.
Final : Prasad Naik(MCD) [Seed – 5] Bt Naveen Salian(MCD) [Seed – 3] 11/6,11/3,8/11,3/11,11/3
Men’s 60+ Singles :
Quarter Finals : Anil Rasam(MSD) [Seed – 1] Bt Anandateerth Avadhani(THN) 5/11,11/4,11/2,11/6;Prakash Kelkar(MCD) [Seed – 5] Bt Dinkar Selarka(MCD) [Seed – 4]14/16,12/14,11/8,11/6,11/6; Jayant Kulkarni(MCD) [Seed – 6] Bt Umesh Kumbhojkar(NSK)11/4,6/11,11/13,11/8,11/9;Harish Salvi(PNA) [Seed – 7] Bt Rohidas Garud(PNA) [Seed – 2] 11/4,13/11,8/11,11/5.
Semi-Finals: Prakash Kelkar(MCD) [Seed – 5] Bt Anil Rasam(MSD) [Seed – 1] 11/8,8/11,11/9,11/6;
Harish Salvi(PNA) [Seed – 7] Bt Jayant Kulkarni(MCD) [Seed – 6]11/8,11/7,13/11
Final: Prakash Kelkar(MCD) [Seed – 5] Bt Harish Salvi(PNA) [Seed – 7] 11/7,11/2,11/8
Men’s 65+ Singles :
Quarter Finals : Yogesh Desai(MSD) [Seed – 1] Bt Ashok Kudwa(MSD) 11/3,11/3,11/4; Shivanand Kundaje(NSK) [Seed – 5] Bt Suhas Dandekar(MSD) [Seed – 4] 11/5,12/10,11/4; Percy Mehta(MCD) [Seed – 6] Bt Ulhas Shirke(MCD) [Seed – 3] 4/11,11/5,11/9,11/8; Suhas Kulkarni(MCD) [Seed – 2] Bt Jitu Mavani(MSD) [Seed – 7] 12/14,12/10,11/5,13/11;
Semi-Final Yogesh Desai(MSD) [Seed – 1] Bt Shivanand Kundaje(NSK) [Seed – 5] 11/4,11/4,11/6; Percy Mehta(MCD) [Seed – 6] Bt Suhas Kulkarni(MCD) [Seed – 2] 11/7,11/8,11/7
Final : Yogesh Desai(MSD) [Seed – 1] Bt Percy Mehta(MCD) [Seed – 6] 11/6,1/11,9/11,13/11,11/8
Men’s 70+ Singles:
Quarter Finals : Pinakin Sampat(MSD) [Seed – 1] Bt T.m. Kammu(THN)11/5,11/6,11/7; Girish Sawant(MSD) [Seed – 4] Bt Arun Acharya(MSD)11/2,11/3,11/9; Satish Kulkarni(MSD) [Seed – 3] Bt Zarksis Khandadia(MSD) 11/6,10/12,11/7,8/11,11/5
Semi-Finals: Pinakin Sampat(MSD) [Seed – 1] Bt Girish Sawant(MSD) [Seed – 4]11/6,11/3,11/5;Satish Kulkarni(MSD) [Seed – 3] Bt Dilip Kudtarkar(PNA) [Seed – 2] 11/5,11/7,11/6
Final: Satish Kulkarni(MSD) [Seed – 3] Bt Pinakin Sampat(MSD) [Seed – 1]10/12,11/6,8/11,11/5,11/9
Men’s 75+ Singles :
Quarter Finals : A S Shaikh(MCD) [Seed – 1] Bt Zarir Khandadia(MCD) 11/5,11/1,11/5;Shrikant Onkar(MSD) Bt Vinod Dighe(THN) [Seed – 4] 11/5,11/6,11/7;Ashok Koppikar(NSK) [Seed – 2] Bt Rammohan Rau(MCD) 11/3,11/7,11/6;
Semi-Finals: A S Shaikh(MCD) [Seed – 1] Bt Shrikant Onkar(MSD) 11/6,11/1,11/5;Satish Shirisath(NSK) [Seed – 3] Bt Ashok Koppikar(NSK) [Seed – 2] 11/5,11/7,11/4;
Finals: A S Shaikh(MCD) [Seed – 1] Bt Satish Shirisath(NSK) [Seed – 3] 12/10,12/10,11/4.