There were thrills aplenty during the Finals of the GCCI Cup 2010, a Talent Search Table Tennis Tournament organized by Panjim Table Tennis Club in association with Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Sports Authority of Goa, held at the Indoor Stadium, Campal on Sunday.
Tyrone D Costa scored a convincing 11-6, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7 victory over the higher ranked Neville Gonsalves to clinch the Junior Boys Singles crown. Suraj Rathod emerged the Under 14 Boys Champion, defeating the young and promising Joel Andrade 11-4, 11-6, 11-8. In the Under 12 Boys Singles, top ranked Kevin Gonsalves scored a comfortable 12-10, 11-2 win over Sidhant Parekh to emerge triumphant. Satya Vagmi got the better of Sidhant Sharma 11/6, 11/7, 11/9 in the Under- 10 Boys category, while in the Under 10 girls, Anushka Hammanavar beat the young Shania Salelkar 11-1, 11-1. In the Girls Under -12 duel, Annalee Serrao brushed aside the challenge of Faith Mathos with an easy 11-3, 11-5 victory. The match of the day was the Under 14 Girls event, which turned out to be a see saw battle, a match of fluctuating fortunes. Leandra Araujo in the end emerged triumphant with a hard fought 11-6, 5-11, 8-11, 11-8 and 11-4 win over Shyamli Souza. Chief Guest Mr. Nitin Kunkolienkar, Past President of GCCI, distributed the prizes in the presence of Air Commodore P.K. Pinto and Kirit Magalal of the GCCI, Club president Chetan Kavlekar, Secretary Sandeep Heble, Vice President Hilary fernandes, Dr Deepak Mayenkar, Ramesh Naik and Former State Champions Noel Noronha and Ajit Ghantker. GCCI Cup 2010 Finals Photographs available at: http://tinyurl.com/gccicupfinals Yours sincerely Sandeep Heble Secretary, Panjim Table Tennis Club 9326129171
