Sunday 13 September 2015

13th Late Mukhtar Ahmed Memorial Carrom Tournament 2015

6th seeded National & Former World Champion employed with Indian Oil Corporation. Yogesh Pardesi of Pune & 4th seeded Sneha More of Indian Oil Corporation claimed Men & Women singles title respectively.

In  the men singles final Yogesh Pardesi exhibited plenty of resilience & strong fighting qualities to overcome a strong challenge from World No. 4 Riyaz Akbar Ali of Air India in a keenly contested thrilling three game encounter 25-13, 13-25, 25-0 to annexe the men singles title. In the 1st game Yogesh Pardesi displaying attacking game and excellent cut shots won the first game 25-13 in 8 boards. But in 2nd game Riyaz Akbar Ali after trailing 0-9 took the next 5 boards to win by 25-13 points and make it 1 each. But in deciding 3rd game Yogesh outplayed Riyaz Akbar Ali 25-0 in four boards giving no chance to recover and in the process Yogesh scored a break to finish in the 2nd board of 3rd game. Yogesh Pardesi won a cash prize of INR11,000/- & Trophy, Runner-up Riyaz Akbar Ali received INR7,000/- as cash prize. 

Earlier in the semi-final Yogesh Pardesi wiped out unseeded Mangesh Pandit of Mumbai 25-5, 25-11 in straight games. In another semi-final, Riyaz Akbar Ali overcame unseeded Reserve Bank Of India's Prashant More 25-12, 25-7 in straight games to enter the finals.

In the women singles final fourth seeded Sneha More of Indian Oil overcame Jain Irrigation's Former SAARC & State Champion Ayesha Mohd. 25-12, 5-25, 25-17 in a keenly contested three game encounter to claim first major title of her carier. Sneha More Received INR6,000/- cash prize & Trophy. Runnerup Ayesh Mohd. had to be content with INR4,000/- cash prize.

The glittering prize distribution function was held in the presence of Shri Abhay Shahapurkar - Asst. General Manager, Mumbai City Region, Bank Of Maharashtra chief guest. Which was presided over by Shri Shri. Ajit Ravate-Vice Chairman, Shri Chandrashekhar Pathare, Hon. Secretary, KUC, Shri Atul Joshi-chief Manager, Bank Of Maharashtra, Shri Prakash Kankonkar-Officer, BOM, Shri Mahendra Tambe, Hon. Treasurer & Shri Datta Vinerkar, Chairman, Shri D. G. Chalke-President, Shri Shashi Kondkar-Secretary, Shri Ashok Hadkar-NKGSB Bank & other dignitories were Guest of Honour. 

International Umpire Shri Parvinder Singh was the chief referee & assisted by Shri Vijay Marpelli for this prestigious Tournament.

RESULTS
Men Single’s Final
Sixth Seeded National & Former World Champion Yogesh Pardesi (Pune) bt. Unseeded Riyaz Akbar Ali (Mumbai) 25-13, 13-25, 25-0

Semi Final :
(1) Riyaz Akbar Ali (Mumbai) bt. Prashant More (Mumbai) 25-12, 25-7
(2) Sixth Seeded National & Former World Champion Yogesh Pardesi (Pune) bt. Mangesh Pandit (Mumbai) 25-5, 25-11

Women Single's Final
(1) Fourth Seeded Sneha More (Mumbai) bt. Fifth Seeded Ayesha Mohd. (Mumbai) 25-12, 5-25, 25-17

Men Double’s Final
(1) Ganesh Taware / Vasant Vairal (Mumbai) bt. Sandeep Deorukhkar / Ashok Gour (Mumbai) 25-7, 1-25, 25-11

Men Veteran Single’s Final
(1) Manu Baria (Mumbai) bt. Ganesh Patnakar (Mumbai) 12-25, 25-15, 25-3

Junior Boys Single's Final : (Under 18 Years)
(1) Deepak Maru (Mumbai) bt. Rohit Mirajkar (Pune) 25-18, 9-25, 25-16

Junior Girl's Single's Final : (Under 18 Years)
Janhavi More (Thane) bt. Pushkarni Bhattad (Pune) 25-10, 25-9

TOTAL SLAMS SCORED

19 White Slams (Break to Finish)
6 Black Slams

PHOTOS FROM THE TOURNAMENT

Women Single's Winner Sneha More (right) in action against Ayesha Mohd

Men Single's Winner Yogesh Pardesi (left) in action against Riyaz Akbar Ali

Men & Women Single's winners Yogesh Pardesi, Sneha More along with their trophies pose with chief guest Shri Abhay Shahapurkar-Asst. General Manager, Mumbai City Region, Bank Of Maharashtra Shri Shri. Ajit Ravate-Vice Chairman, Shri Chandrashekhar Pathare, Hon. Secretary, KUC, Shri Atul Joshi-chief Manager, Bank Of Maharashtra, Shri Prakash Kankonkar-Officer, BOM, Shri Nagsen Etambe, Shri M. S. Prabhughate, Shri Ashok Hadkar-NKGSB Bank & other dignitories were Guest of Honour

Men & Women Single's winners Yogesh Pardesi & Sneha More  both of Indian Oil Corporation along with their Trophies

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