Sathaye lost 10-26 to Thane's Joshi Bedekar in the women's semi-finals and joined last year's runner-up Maharshi Dayanand in the sidelines. Dayanand lost by three points 17-20 to Ruparel with Sarita Rane, Sheetal Lad and Rashmi Patil playing significant roles for the victors.

The semi-finalists of the inter-collegiate tournament qualify for the inter-zonals.

Results (men's first round)

Patkar bt Chinai 48-45, Dr Ambedkar bt B Vartak 63-18, Acharya Marathe bt K Menon 76-22, Ismail Yusuf bt Khandwala 43-31, BPCA bt Vivek 63-12, Dayanand bt Ruparel 47-12, Bhavan's bt Sydneham 45-27, Lajpatrai bt Chetana 52-35, Mahatma bt Somaya Arts 42-23, Sathaye bt NSS 54-27, TK Tope bt Elphinstone 37-14.

Women's (first round): Ruia bt Jhunjhunwala 48-26, Ruparel bt Kirti 35-9, Dayanand bt BPCA 33-20.

Inter-zonal (first round): Joshi Bedekar bt Ruia 25-13, Ruparel btDnyana Sadhana 60-16; Semi-final: Joshi Bedekar bt Sathaye 26-10, Ruparel bt Dayanand 20-17.

Savio's, Petit tops

St Dominic Savio (Andheri) and Bai Avabai F Petit claimed the boys' and girls' team titles of the third MSSA-Colgate Inter-School road races at the Cardinal Gracias High School, Bandra East, recently.

Results

Boys: Under-16 (5 kms): 1 Vivek Pratap Singh (Malad Municipal), 2 Haryksha Hatkar (St Dominic Savio), 3 Ritesh Thakur (Udayachal, Vikhroli).

Under-14 (3 kms): 1 Prakash Baldaniya (R V Nerker), 2 Langton Mathais (St Dominic Savio), 3 Layston Mathais (St Dominic Savio).

Under-12 (2 kms): 1 Baptist Fernandes (St Dominic Savio), 2 Kshitij Mishra (St Xavier's, Andheri), 3 Melroy Noronha (St Dominic Savio).

Under-10 (1 km): 1 Pankaj Parkar (R V Nerker), 2 Dhiraj Mishra (Udayachal, Vikhroli), 3 Afsar Shaikh (Udayachal).

Girls: Under-16 (4 km): 1 Judy Varghese (Canossa, Andheri), 2 Nergish Daruwalla (Bai Avabai Petit), 3 Bharti Gaurav (R V Nerkar).

Under-14 (3 kms): 1Bhagyashree Sowani (Lady R&S Vissanji), 2 Monaz Jilla (Bai Avabai Petit), 3 Ramiya Rao (RV Nerkar).

Under-12: 1 Vanessa Rodrigues (Canossa, Mahim), 2 Mrunal Berde (Udayachal, Vikhroli), 3 Purva Kanvinde (Canossa, Mahim).

Under-10 (1 Km): 1 Vanisha Rodrigues (Udayachal, Vikhroli), 2 Shobita Shetty (Gokuldham, Goregaon), 3 V Mandhuri (Gokuldham, Goregaon).

Inter-school chess

The Bournvita Inter-school chess tournament organised by the Kalina Recreation and Sports Club jointly with the Bombay Chess Association will be held from October 23 to November 1.

The tournament invites all schools from Mumbai, Thane and Raigad districts and is open to students upto tenth standard.

Entry forms are being sent to all schools. Those who have not received the form may collect it from:

1 Vinay Shetty, 101-A, Valmiki Apartments, Sunder Nagar, Kalina, Santacruz (E) Tel: 6118514, 6187156, 6193498. 2 Bombay Chess Association, C/O Zandu Pharmaceutical Canteen, Sayani Road. 3 Father Agnel Multipurpose School,Sector 9 A, Vashi. 4 Mohandas Children's Chess Academy, Model English School, Dombivli (E). 5 Mr Gaonkar, Avadhoot, Ram Maruti Road, Near Bedekar Hospital, Thane.