LESA Carmo TT: Tanisi,
Wesley win double crowns
The ninth edition of
the Loyola Ex-Students Association (LESA), Margao All-Goa Major Ranking Table
Tennis tournament was held at Loyola school hall on October 14. This is also
the eighth edition as Carmo Memorial Table Tennis.
The tournament got
underway at 8.30am with the qualifying round. Later the competition got hotter
with the cream of table tennis vying for the crowns in the mini cadet, cadet
and sub-junior categories. Tanisi Kirtani won a double crown in the cadet girls
and sub-junior girls categories and Wesley DoRosario (Fomento Resources) won
the cadet boys and sub-junior boys categories. Tanisi beat Prutha Parrikar
11-4, 11-8, 11-10 to win the cadet crown while she came back from two sets down
to beat Urmila Mense 11-13, 9-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-5 in a five set thriller to
clinch the sub-junior crown. In the
cadet boys finals Wesley (Fomento Resources) got the better of Varun Ghangodkar
11-2, 11-7, 11-5 while in the sub junior finals he got the better of the
challenge from Shidhant Parekh 11-4, 11-6, 7-11 and 12-10.
In the mini cadet
(boys) category, Vaidic Shrivastava beat Neelay Kamat 11-3, 11-6, 11-8 to claim
the mini cadet (girls) title while Aditi Chodancar beat Tanvi Naik 11-5, 11-9,
11-9.
In the quarter finals
of the mini cadet girls category Aditi Sawardekar beat Nicole Gomindes 11-1,
11-3, 11-2 while Aditi Chodankar beat Anaika Afonso 11-8, 11-8, 11-5. Shenaya
Javeri beat Sanisha Shetye 11-2, 11-8, 11-4 and Tanvi Naik beat Ravisha
Kudchadkar 9-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-9. In the semifinal Aditi Chodancar beat
Aditi Sawardekar 11-5, 11-3, 11-4 while Tanvi Naik beat Shanaya Javeri 11-7,
6-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-9.
In the quarter finals
of the mini cadet boys category Vaidik Shrivastava beat Yash Harlankar 11-6,
11-2, 11-2 while Jaden Monteiro beat Aidan Furtado 11-9, 11-9, 11-7. Shantesh
Mapxekar beat Stephen D’Costa 11-2, 11-7, 9-11, 11-2 and Neelay Kamat beat Naguesh
Verenkar 11-3, 11-1, 11-9. In the semifinal Neelay Kamat beat Santesh Mapxekar
12-10, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9 and Vaidic Shrivastava beat Jayden Monteiro 11-3, 11-4,
11-4.
In the cadet girls
quarterfinals Tanisi Kirtani beat Ibtisan Zulekha 11-2, 11-6, 11-3 while
Rithika Ghanti beat Tanvi Naik 11-4, 11-3, 11-10. Nandita Das beat Ravisha
Kudchadkar 11-9, 11-6, 11-10 and Prutha Parrikar beat Deanne Pacheco 11-3,
11-4, 11-5. In the semifinals Tanisi beat Rithika 11-1, 11-1, 11-4 and Prutha
beat Nandita 9-11, 11-5, 11-6.
In the cadet boys
category quarterfinals Wesley (Fomento Resources) beat Shaan Javeri 11-5, 11-3,
11-9 while Mandar Joshi beat Atharva Nadkarni 14-12, 11-9, 11-3. Varun
Ghangodkar beat Karl Gomindes 11-4, 11-5, 11-9 and Vaidic Shrivastava beat
Shushwat Mapxecar 11-5, 11-8, 11-5. In the semifinal Wesley beat Mandar Joshi
11-5, 11-7, 11-4 and Varun beat Vaidic 11-6, 11-2, 3-11, 12-10.
The quarterfinals in
the sub junior girls category saw the excitement continue with Urmila Mense
beat Prutha Parrikar 11-5, 11-3, 11-8 while Arantxa Noronha beat Utkarsh Shivani
13-15, 11-8, 11-7, 11-13, 11-7. Komal Salgaokar beat Pranalee Sonawane 11-6,
11-6, 11-8 and Tanisi Kirtani beat Nandita Das 11-7, 11-7, 11-9. In the
semifinal Urmila Mense beat Arantxa Noronha 11-4, 11-6, 11-7 while Tanisi
Kirtani beat Komal Salgaokar 11-5, 11-6, 8-11, 11-5.
The sub junior boys
category quarterfinals Wesley (Fomento Resources) beat Amey Naik 11-5, 11-6,
11-8 and Sidhant Parekh beat Rutuz Sonawane 13-11, 11-8, 11-9, Yash Salgaocar
beat Keval Tamankar 11-7, 11-7, 11-9 and Pranav Naik beat Maguesh Sakordekar
12-10, 11-7. In the semifinals Neelay Kamat beat Santesh Mangueshkar 12-10,
8-11, 11-9, 11-9 while Vaidic Shrivastava beat Jayden Monteiro 11-3, 11-4, 11-4.
Other results mini
cadet boys Nihal Virginkar lost to Naguesh Verenkar 11-6, 3-11, 3-11, 3-11 and
Yash Halarnkar beat Vedant Rivonkar 11-4,11-7, 11-8. Cadet boys Yash Halarnkar
lost to Jayz Gomes 11-9, 13-15, 6-11, 8-11 while in the sub junior boys Vaidic
Shrivastava beat Keegan Soares 11-8, 13-11, 11-6.
Elvis Gomes, Executive
Director of Sports Authority of Goa (SAG) was the chief guest while former
national player Noel Noronha was the guest of honour. The occasion was also
graced by Fr William Rodrigues SJ, principal and Fr Basil Vago SJ vice
principal of Loyola high school and Ashok Mhambre, chief referee and Secretary
Goa Table Tennis Association (GTTA). Also present were Emanuel Furtado,
Secretary LESA, Dr Lewis D’Silva, Treasurer LESA. In his address, Elvis Gomes
was happy to note that the tournament, unlike the norm, ended with a girls
match which was the most exciting match of the day. He also informed about the
efforts being made by the government to establish a tie-up with a Russian
sports university, so that we could send promising youngsters to turn into
excellent sportspersons there. Elvis Gomes expressed happiness that he was able
to watch table tennis after a long time.
