CCI Indiabulls Western India Squash Championship

Men’s Open: Ritwik Bhattacharya bt Harinderpal Singh (Chennai) 9-5, 9-1, 9-5
Women: Joshna Chinappa (Chennai) bt Shivangi Paranjpe 9-3, 9-3, 9-0
Boys: U-19: Vikram Malhotra bt Sandeep Jangra 10-8, 4-9, 10-9, 5-9, 9-0
U-17: Vikram Malhotra bt Cyril Kuhn (Chennai) 9-5, 9-1, 9-5
U-15: Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Aadit Zaveri 9-4, 2-9, 9-2, 9-4
U-13: Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Caran Arora 9-3, 9-2, 9-3
U-11: Raghav Mehrotra bt Kunj Rawani 9-4, 9-5, 9-6
Girls: U-19: Shivangi Paranjpe bt Sachika Balwani 9-2, 9-1, 9-4
U-15: Ankita Sharma bt Sachika Balwani 9-7, 9-3, 7-9, 9-5
Pro: Sanjay Pawar bt Sachin Jadhav 9-1, 9-0, 9-4
In the semifinal Harinder defeated national finalist Gaurav Nandrajog, 9-3, 3-9, 9-6, 10-8 in a match that lasted one hour and 45 minutes. Ritwik beat Vikas Jangra 9-0, 9-3, 9-2 in the other semi.

Junior National Squash Finals, Kolkata 2006

Results of the finals of the Indian Junior National Championship 2006 held at Calcutta Racket Club, Kolkata:
 BU11 – Kush Kumar {ND} beat Raghav Mehrotra {MAH} 9-4 9-1 9-0
 BU13 – Mahesh Mangaonkar {MAH} beat Karan Thariamal {RAJ} 9-6 10-8 9-3
 BU15 – Ravi Dixit {TN} beat Aditya Jagtap {MAH} 9-7 9-1 9-0
 BU17 – Vikram Malhotra {MAH} beat Sujat Barua {TN} 9-0 9-0 9-2
 BU19 – Parth Sharma {TN} beat Naresh Kumar {TN} 9-3 9-5 9-3
 GU11 – Lakshya Ragavendran {TN} beat Likhitta Dugar {TN} 9-5 9-0 9-5
 GU13 – Saumya Karki {MAH} beat Anaka Alankamony {TN} 10-8 1-9 10-8 9-6
 GU15 – Harita Om Prakash {TN} beat Dheeya Somaya {MP} 9-3 9-2 9-3
 GU17 – Surbhi Misra {RAJ} beat Shivangi Paranjpe {MAH} 9-7 9-7 9-5
 GU19 – Dipika Pallikal {TN} beat Anwesha Reddy {TN} 9-4 9-1 9-3

Junior Nationals individual and interstate, Kolkata 2006

Calcutta Racket Club, one of the oldest squash clubs in the world, will host the Indian Junior National and Interstate Squash Championship from 25 October to 1 November. We have received entries from 350 participants across the country, competing in various age groups from under 11 to under 19. The individual tournament will be till October 28, and the interstate team championship will commence from Oct 29 till November 1.

This is a tournament I look forward to, as it is interesting to see the depth and quality of our junior squash.

Willingdon Little Masters Finals

U-19 final: 1-Sandeep Jangra bt 2-Vikram Malhotra 9-5, 9-1, 9-5
Semifinals: Jangra bt Cyrus Vakil 9-0, 92, 9-0; Malhotra bt Naishad Lalwani 9-1, 9-5, 9-0

U-17 final: 1-Vikram Malhotra bt 3-Cyril Kuhn (TN) 9-6, 9-6, 6-9, 9-6
Semifinals: Kuhn bt 2-Laxman Joshi (Jindal Squash Academy) 9-2, 9-2, 9-2; Malhotra bt Karan Malik (TN) 10-8, 9-6, 9-6

U-15 final: 1-Karan Malik (TN) bt 2 Aadit Zaveri 10-8, 9-0, 9-2
Semifinals: Zaveri bt 3-Mahesh Mangaonkar 9-4, 96, 9-4; Malik (TN) bt Aakash Borwankar 9-0, 9-0, 9-0

U-13: 1-Mahesh Mangaonkar bt 3-Caran Arora 9-1, 9-6, 9-2

U-11: 2-Raghav Mehrotra bt 1-Arjun Kochhar 9-7, 9-1, 9-5

Girls U-19: 1-Shivangi Paranjpe bt 2-Harita Omprakash (TN) 6-9, 10-8, 9-2, 9-5
U-15: 1-Harita Omprakash (TN) bt Dheeya Somaya (Indore) 9-2, 9-5, 9-1.
Boys & girls U-9: Rajat Agarwal bt Sandeep Paswan 9-4, 9-6, 9-1.

Willingdon Little Masters Qtrs & Semis

Quarterfinals – Boys – U-19: 1-Sandeep Jangra bt Kuwarpal Singh 9-3, 9-2, 9-0; Cyrus Vakil bt 4Laxman Joshi (Jindal Squash Academy) 9-2, 9-6, 95; 2-Vikram Malhotra bt Cyril Kuhn (TN) 2-9, 10-8, 9-3, 9-3; Naishad Lalwani bt Fateh Singh (Indore) 9-2, 9-3, 9-1; U-17: 1-Vikram Malhotra bt Akhilesh Nayak 9-2, 9-0, 9-0; 2-Laxman Joshi bt Navin Jangra (JSA) 9-2, 10-9, 9-0; 3-Cyril Kuhn (TN) bt Abhinav Sinha 9-2, 9-5, 9-4; Karan Malik (TN) bt Aditya Gupta 9-0, 9-3, 9-2; U-15: 1-Karan Malik (TN) bt Dhananjay Singh (Indore) 9-1, 9-0, 9-2;

Otters Open – Final

Men’s Open: Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (Chennai) bt Vikas Jangra (Mah) 9-7, 9-6, 9-0.
BU-19: Vikram Malhotra (Mah) bt Parth Sharma (Chennai) 3-9, 9-2, 3-9, 9-3, 9-1.
BU-17: Vikram Malhotra (Mah) bt Laxman Joshi (Mah) 9-3, 9-0, 9-0.
BU-15: Ravi Dixit (Chennai) bt Aditya Jagtap (Mah) 10-9, 6-9, 9-10, 9-4, 9-3.
BU-13: Mahesh Mangaokar (Mah) bt Abhishek Pardhan (Mah) 9-6, 9-2, 9-10, 9-3.
BU-11: Kush Kumar (Del) bt Arjun Kochhar (Mah) 9-4, 9-4, 9-4.
Women’s Open: Mandy Kennedy (England) bt Alisha Mashruwala (Mah) 9-5, 9-0, 9-7.
GU-17: Surbhi Mishra (Raj) bt Shivangi Paranjpe (Mah) 9-7, 9-7, 9-5.
GU-13: Saumya Karki bt Sachika Balwani 9-7, 10-9, 9-5.
Men Over-35: Rohit Thawani w/o Deepak Kochhar.
Men Over-45: Vaman Apte bt Deepak Kochhar 6-9, 9-3, 4-9, 9-3, 9-3.
Pro: B. Balamurgan (Chennai) bt Rohit More (Mah) 9-2, 9-6, 9-0.