A Bombay Central cager (left) attempts to stave off a Satara challenge in the girls inter-district final.

MUMBAI, May 11: Nagpur and Satara crowned themselves boys and girls champions in the Maharashtra State Inter-District Juniors Basketball Championships organised by the Bombay South-East District Association at the Mastan Talao Playground, this evening, beating Ahmednagar and Bombay Central District respectively in the finals, this evening.

Satara retaining the title, led 30-14 at half-time en route to a facile 61-33 victory. Nagpur's boys won a closer battle 74-60 after leading 35-31 at the interval.

Kaustubh Pandey (20) and Sanket Belpandey (10) starred for Nagpur while Harshal waged a lone battle for Ahmednagar with 22 points. Early play in the girls' title clash suggested a tight battle with Bombay Central's Sangeeta D'Silva finding the cage with regularity. Figueiredo sisters Lovita and Loveena created a buzz in the attack to put the rival citadel under pressure but as time wore on Bombay Central were found wanting in the fundamentals of the game.

Satara grabbed the iniative through senior international Arnika Gujar well supported by sister Mithila and international Pradnya Mane.

The MSBA, its office bearers, Bombay South-East District Association and Bombay YMCA presented Arnika a cheque of Rs 11,000 to help meet expenses incurred while joining the national team to the Bangkok Asian Senior Championships.

RESULTS (finals)

Boys: Nagpur 74 (K Pandey 20, S Belpandey 10) bt Ahmednagar 60 (Harshal 22) Girls: Satara 61 (Pradnya Mane 22, Arnika Gujar 19, Mithila Gujar 9, Kanchan Nalawade 8) bt Bombay Central 33 (Sangeeta D'Silva 22, Loveena Figueiredo 7) Kalina Bipin champs

KALINA held out for a goalless draw in their concluding match in the Bipin Memorial Football Association's 10th summer vacation camp tournament for boys under-16 at the Karnataka Sporting Association Ground, Churchgate on Saturday.

The league, sponsored by Jaya Poojary of Gokul and Amarpali Hotels, Pepsi and Apoorva Restaurant, involved all five coaching centres of the camp. Kalina remained unbeaten and two wins and two draws brought them eight points and the title. Andheri Sahar finished with a point less and took runners-up slot, pipping third-placed Malad.

RESULTS

Churchgate bt Borivali 1-0; Malad bt Andheri-Sahar 1-0; Borivali drew with Kalina 0-0; Andheri-Sahar bt Churchgate 3-0; Kalina bt Malad 1-0; Andheri-Sahar bt Borivali 2-0; Kalina bt Churchgate 1-0; Malad drew with Borivali 0-0; Kalina drew with Andheri-Sahar 0-0; Malad bt Churchgate 2-0.

Best players: Kalina: Vikram Singh; Andheri-Sahar: Joseph D'Souza; Malad: Shaun D'Souza; Churchgate: Shaikh Zaheer; Borivali: Nirlope Thakkar. Fair Play Award: Borivali.

Panikar shines

AN unbeaten half century by Sinosh Panikar (53) and his unbroken 87 run stand for the third wicket with Abhishek Nair helped Bandra Centre to beat Mumbai Centre by eight wickets in the second round of the Kalpesh Govind Koli Memorial cricket tournament (40 overs) for MCA-summer vacation camps, sponsored by Maharaja Fatesinhrao Gaekwad Sports Foundation at Matunga Ground, today.

Panikar hit nine fours while Nair cracked two sixes and nine boundaries in his 48 off just 33 balls.

BRIEF SCORES

Group `A': Shivaji Park Center 149 in 35.1 overs (Pushkaraj Korde 44, Kalpesh Korgaonkar 30, Dutta Prasad 25; Bhavesh Gharat 2-37, Amit Thakur 3-23) lost to Vasai Centre 152-3 in 31.5 overs (Abhishek Bandiwadekar 49, N Gurjar n.o. 32). M-o-M: A Bandiwadekar

Group `B': Chembur Centre 234-8 in 40 overs (Kartik Ramkrishnan 42, Uday Karkera 66, Abhijit Gaekwad 23; Amit Kadam 3-38, Deepak Abhaynkar 2-55) bt Kalyan Center 111 in 27.1 overs (Abhijit Gaekwad 4-26, Sanchit Pandey 2-27, Prashant Bardoliwala 2-11) M-o-M: A Gaekwad

Group `C': Purandare Center 135 in 31.2 overs (Rohan Shelar 45, Sushil Tulaskar 25, Sachin Shetty 23; Usman Malvi 3 for 15, Devraj Parmar 2-18) lost to Bhiwandi Center 136-4 in 22.5 overs (Vilas Bhair 46, Kalim Ansari n.o. 47; Harshad Gharat 3-23). M-o-M: Vilas Bhairi.

Group `D': New Mumbai Center 136 in 29.2 overs (Hrishikesh Gore 42, Kumar Patil 33, Chetan Gawde 4-18, Prajit Nanu 3-10, Pranav Chavan 2-29) lost to Bandra Centre 138-2 in 19 overs (Sinosh Paniker n.o. 56, Abhishek Nair n.o. 48).

St Thomas camp

THE St Thomas Sports Talent Centre's annual coaching camp in athletics, football, volleyball and cricket concluded recently at the St Pius Seminary Ground, Goregaon (East).

Chief Guest, football star Godfrey Pereira, advised young trainees to exercise will power and dedication in sporting endeavours.

Football enjoyed the best response with as many as 75.

Outstanding trainees, awarded kit, were:

Athletics: Anthony D'Cruz (Our Lady of Health, Sahar); Mrinal Koregaonkar (St Thomas). Volleyball: Arundhati Tivle (St Thomas); Hemant Nikale (JM Patel College of Commerce). Football: Leston Marchon (St Thomas); Sheldon Braganza (Rizvi College, Bandra); Nikit Koregaonkar (St Thomas).

Inter-Parish soccer

The Inter-Parish Rink Football Tournament, organised by the Vincention Youth Movement, will commence at the Khar Danda (West) from May 22. The final is to be played on June 1. The matches are to be played under floodlights. Parish teams interested in participating can contact MR Jude at the St Elias School Ground, Khar, or call him at 6047001. Last date is May 14.

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