GCCI Cup Table Tennis Team championship - Electrotech Systems emerge champions
Electrotech systems emerged champions of the GCCI Cup 2016 Table Tennis Team championship event organised by Panjim Table Tennis Club in association with Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), at Indoor stadium, Panaji. They edged out Mushtifund Saunstha Sports Academy A 3-2 in a cracker of a contest. The championship was held in Youth(Under 21) Boys and Girls categories with one cadet Boys event in team format. Matches were played in Boys singles(Under 12), Mixed Doubles, Boys Doubles, Boys singles and Girls singles in best of 5. 16 Teams/ Institutions participated in the championship. Weslie do Rosario, Sucheta Bansal, Anshuman Agarwal and Upendra Talawdekar represented the winning team while the runners up team was represented by Rutuj Sonawane, Akshata Nair, Kewal Tamhankar, Rajat Dalal, Sourabh Naik and Simran Kubal. Semi Finals prizes were awarded to Lenz TT Foundation & Mushtifund Saunstha Sports Academy C while Miramar Sports Club, Mushtifund Saunstha Sports Academy B, Peddem Sports Club and Mushtifund Saunstha Sports Academy D bagged prizes for reaching quarters. St. Joseph Institute, Vasco was awarded Promising Team prize while Promising Young Player prize(Under 12) was awarded to Vincente Fernandes. Mr. Manguirish Pai Raikar, Past President, GCCI, Gaurish Dhond, Vice President, Goa TT Association, R. Kamat, Director General, GCCI, Satish Shinde, former State Player, Manoj Patil, member, GCCI, Noel Noronha, President, Panjim TT Club, Selvyn Godinho, Secretary, Ajay Naik, Chief Referee, Lenny do Rosario and Daniel Pinto graced the occasion. Finals results: Cadet Boys Under 12 - Upendra Talwadekar beat Rajat Dalal 11-7, 7-11, 11-4, 5-11, 11-3 Youth Mixed Doubles - Anshuman Agarwal/ Sucheta Bansal lost to Rutuj Sonawane/ Akshata Nair 7-11, 7-11, 6-11 Youth Boys Doubles - Wesley do Rosario/ Anshuman Agarwal lost to Rutuj Sonawane/ Kewal Tamhankar 9-11, 11-5, 10-12, 11-8, 11-13 Youth Boys Singles - Wesley Do Rosario beat Kewal Tamhankar 11-5, 11-5, 11-4 Youth Girls Singles - Sucheta Bansal beat Akshata Nair 12-10, 11-9, 11-6 Winners Pic at http://tinyurl.com/gcci2016winners
