Later, IES also entered the boys and girls final of the U-14 team event in the District Sports Council Multi-Games Inter-School Tournament, which also got under way at Sachivalaya Gymkhana today. In the semifinal, the girls demolished Convent Girls School, Prabhadevi 2-0, while the boys defeated sister concern Modern IES, Dadar, by a similar margin.

Results

Boys team events (1st round): Children's Academy, Malad bt St Mary ISC 2-1; St Xavier's, Andheri bt Balmohan Vidyamandir 2-1; Gyan Kendra, Andheri bt Campion 2-0; OLPS, Chembur bt Don Bosco, Matunga 2-0; 2nd round: IES English, Dadar bt Rajhans 2-0;Scholar bt St Joseph's, Wadala 2-0; Cathedral bt St Andrew's, Bandra 2-1; Children's Academy, Malad bt St Xavier's, Andheri 2-1; OLPS, Chembur bt Gyan Kendra 2-0; Sharon English, Mulund bt St Xavier's Boys Academy 2-1; St Francis D'Assisi bt GD Somani 2-1; Jamnabai Narsee bt Activity 2-0

Girls team event (1st round): JB Vachha bt Convent of Jesus & Mary 2-0; Balmohan Vidyamandir bt Sardar Patel, Dahisar 2-0; Cathedral bt Gyan Kendra 2-0; St Anne's, Fort bt Bai Avabai Petit 2-0; JB Petit bt GD Somani 2-0; Jamnabai Narsee bt Parle Tilak 2-1; St Anthony's, Chembur bt Our Lady of Remedy 2-0; IES English, Dadar bt Gopi Birla 2-0

Boys Midget singles (1st round): Akshay Hariharan (OLPS) bt Suraj Tejwani (PG Garodia) 15-7 15-2; Shagun Shah (Cathedral) bt Dhanesh Palshetkar (Balmohan) 15-6 15-1; Kunal Ruparel (Bosco, Matunga) bt Varun Goenka (Cathedral) 15-6 15-8; Niraj Borkar (OLPS) w/o Gaurav Lath (GD Somani); Anant Agarwal (Jasudben) bt Pinakin Godse (Balmohan) 15-7 15-0; Akhil Kamlakar(Lokhandwala) w/o Ashwin Patwardhan (Cathedral); Kedar Tatke (Balmohan) bt Akshay Maliwal (GD Somani) 15-2 15-2; Paritosh Sanghavi (OLPS) bt Anmol Arora (Bombay International) 15-4 15-0; Soumil Patwardhan (OLPS) bt Hemant Sarnobat (Balmohan) 15-3 15-5

Girls sub-juniors singles (1st round): Aanchal Vaswani (GD Somani) bt Shubha Shetty (Sardar Patel) 11-0 11-0; Kairavi Mehta (PG Garodia) w/o Namrata Ahuja (Jamnabai); Priyanka Tawde (IES) w/o Kripa Shetty (Francis, Bhayander); Anurisha Kothari (JB Vachha) bt Neha Sawant (Gopi Birla) 11-0 11-0; Saumya Padhye (Rajhans) bt Parnika Agarwal (Anne's, Fort) 11-0 11-2; Aditi Vedantam (Anthony's, Chembur) bt Anagha Bhide (Balmohan) 11-2 11-9; Shikha Kanoria (JB Petit) bt Sahiba Padam (Bombay Cambridge) 11-5 11-0; Keisha Shah (Sardar Patel) bt Sonam Jain (Convent Girls) 4-11 13-10 13-10; Jannike D'Sa (Joseph's, Bandra) bt Chandani Gandhi (Gopi Birla) 11-1 11-1; Anuksha Sawhney (Cathedral) bt Hina Shah (Bombay Cambridge) 11-0 11-3; Maithili Parekh (JB Petit) btShruti Save (Balmohan) 11-0 11-0; Anisha Chedha (IES) bt Vasudha Somani (Anne's, Fort) 11-6 5-11 11-5; Aditi Mahajan (Anthony's, Chembur) bt Sneha Jaisingh (Teresa's, Santacruz) 11-1 11-6; Radhika Shah (Villa Theresa) bt Shikha Jhaveri (Sardar Patel) 11-3 11-1

Girls midget singles (1st round): Dhriti Udeshi (AVM, Santacruz) bt Gayatri Ravi Chandran (Anthony's, Chembur) 11-1 11-4; Nishita Agarwal (JB Petit) w/o Sonam Gupta (Francis, Bhayander); Amruta Padhye (Girton) bt Anwita Bhure (Balmohan) 11-0 11-0; Esha Raheja (Anthony's, Chembur) bt Manisha Ramchandani (GD Somani) 11-7 11-3; Madhura Paranjpe (Anne's, Fort) w/o Neeta Agarwal (Francis, Bhayander)

Scottish scrape through

Bombay Scottish entered the final of the U-14 boys Multi-Games Inter-School City Badminton Tournament by pipping Saraswati Vidyamandir 2-1 in the semifinals at Sachivalaya Gymkhana today. After Satyajit Deshpande had put Saraswati ahead 1-0, Scottish's Abhishek demolished Gaurang Bastikar in straight games to set up thedecider. Abhishek and Amod were taken to the wire by Saraswathi's doubles team before they prevailed 17-16 11-15 15-12. Scottish also entered the girls final when they defeated Balmohan Vidyamandir 2-0. They will meet IES in both the finals.

Results (all semi-finals)

Boys U-14 team: IES English, Dadar bt Modern IES 2-0 (Rohit Prabhu bt Sameer Sathaye 15-8 15-2; Aditya Kini bt Ameya 15-2 15-2); Bombay Scottish bt Saraswathi Vidyamandir 2-1 (A Arjun lost to Satyajit Deshpande 10-15 15-10 6-15; Abhishek bt Gaurang Bastikar 15-2 15-2; Amod & Abhishek bt Mehul Pai & Satyajit 17-16 11-15 15-12

Girls U-14 team: IES English, Dadar bt Convent Girls 2-0 (Shivani Mayekar bt Maitreya Nigwekar 11-4 11-1; Ranjana Nair bt Meghana Shah 11-0 11-0); Bombay Scottish bt Balmohan 2-0 (Ketki bt Gnyaneshwari Satam 11-0 11-3; Anaksha Rajyadhyaksha bt Shraddha Bharat 10-12 11-9 11-8)