This was the second triumph for All Parsees. They had beaten Holy Family in their first outing.

All Parsees could have won by a more handsome margin, but their forwards were guilty of wasting several chances.

The all-important goal came in the 45th minute. A pass by Ardeshir Jeejibhoy to Hosang Sinor, saw the latter run down and beat a defender before placing the ball past Saki Village Boys Johnson D'Souza.

Saki Village Boys had a chance for the equaliser in the 47th minute, but Johnson Fernandes' attempt was saved by Parsees goalkeeper Sharom.A minute from the final whistle, Saki Village goalkeeper Johnson brought down Shaeen Mistry and was sent off by referee Xavier Faria. From the resultant penalty, Mistry's shot hit the post and went out.

Other results:

Div. III-B: Worli Sports Club drew goalless with BKM; Wadia Baug 4 (FarhanDubash 2, Percy Domasia, Delzad Dilawar Ni-Jad) bt Deablers 0. Div. II-B: Wonder Boys 1 (Hemant Kadam) bt Cecelians 0.

Otters steal show

With a wealth of talent in their midst, three teams from Otters Club qualified for the semi-finals of the Professional Squash Association's Rs 10,500 Jindal Cup handicap squash team event at Vasind, today. Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana was the other side to make the grade.

While Otters A and B had a fairly smooth run in the league phase among the 10 participating teams who had been divided into two groups, Otters C edged out hosts Jindal B, 3-2, in a thriller.

Saket Wali clinched the issue for Otters C by defeating Vikas Jangra after the rivals were level at 16-all in the final game of the decider. Wali won at 17-16 with Jangra hitting the tin.

Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana emerged as a surprise packet. They won a key encounter when they defeated Jindal C 4-1 but they could not match Otters A and went down 0-5.

Recently adopted by the Indian SquashProfessionals, 17-year-old Priyanka Yadav underlined her potential by defeating Vijay Jangra 15-12, 15-13. Her success was significant as it enabled The Leela to overcome Jindal A 3-2.

Results

Otters A bt The Leela 4-1: Sanjay Pawar lost to Riaz Shaikh 15-6, 12-15, 13-15; Rohan Juneja bt Mahendra Agarwal 15-13, 15-13; Vijay Sonawane bt CS Pawar 15-12, 13-15, 15-7; Gaurav Juneja bt Priyanka Yadav 15-12, 12-15, 15-9; Abhijit Kukreja bt Sameer Wali 15-13, 17-14.

Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana bt Jindal C 4-1: Bipin Batra bt Rajeev Gupta 15-10, 15-13; Aditya Manjrekar bt Rajeev Misra 5-15, 15-8, 15-10; Karan Batra lost to T Verma 8-15, 13-15; Rohan Gracias bt Sandeep Jangra 17-15, 15-11; Rajesh Sonwane bt Arun Sharma 15-7, 15-12.

Navi Mumbai Sports Association bt Khar Gymkhana 3-2: Leon Emanuel bt Gautam Acharya 15-6, 15-8; Gupta lost to Suraj Singh 8-15, 15-11, 13-15; Ravi bt Kunal Jha 15-4, 15-10; Wadekar lost to Viren Shah 15-14, 7-15, 9-15; Inderpal Singh bt Manoj 15-11, 15-12.

Otters B bt KharGymkhana 5-0: Mihir Kapoor bt Suraj Shetty 15-12, 17-15; Parth Doshi bt Kunal 15-12, 15-9; Vishal Kapoor bt Viraj 13-15, 15-10, 15-12; Santosh More bt Manoj 7-15, 15-12, 15-13; Otters got a w.o. in last match.

Otters A bt Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana 5-0: Gaurav Juneja bt Bipin Batra 15-12, 14-15, 15-13; A Kukreja bt Aditya Manjrekar 15-13, 3-15, 15-13; Vijay Sonawane bt Rajesh Sonawane 15-7, 15-1; Sanjay Pawar bt Tarun Batra 15-8, 15-7; Otters A gained a w.o. in last match.

The Leela bt Jindal A 3-2: Hillary bt Arvind Singh 15-9, 15-4; Priyanka Yadav bt Vijay Jangra 15-12, 15-13; Aditya Manjrekar lost to Ritesh Sharma 6-15, 2-15; Sameer Wali lost to Deepak Yadav 12-15, 15-9, 15-17; CS Pawar bt Ashish Bhagra 15-10, 15-12.

Easy for Parimi

Parimi Nirmala, the top seed, scored a facile 25-3, 25-4 win over Jyotsna Yadav in the women's singles third-round of the Kshatriya Union Club District Ranking carrom tournament,, sponsored by Philips, Colgate, IOC, Union Bank, LIC and Saraswat Bank, at theVanmali Hall, Dadar today.

Other results

Women's singles (3rd round): Shubhangi Jadhav bt Hemlata Pednekar 19-17, 1-15, 17-16; Anupama Kedar bt Ujjwala Sakpal 25-0, 25-7; Manisha Nagaokar bt Asmita Kanukale 25-10, 25-1; Sangeeta Chandorkar bt Shubhada Sawant 25-3, 25-0; Vijayalaxmi Rangarajan bt Trupti Kambli 25-4, 25-0.