Angley’s Cup semis: Contrasting wins for Panjim Table Tennis Club, BPS A‘
Panjim Table Tennis Club’ moved into the Finals of the Angley’s Cup Table Tennis Team Championship event organized by Panjim Gymkhana. The defending champions were made to fight hard but in the end prevailed with a hard fought 3-1 win over BPS B in the semis held at Panjim Gymkhana on Monday. Tito Diniz gave ‘BPS B’ a dream start with a shock 3-0 straight sets win over former State Champion Ajit Ghantker. In the 2nd rubber, the young & prodigious Tejas Shevde of ‘BPS B’ was on the brink of upsetting Goa’s Table Tennis stalwart Noel Noronha after taking a 2 sets to 1 lead. In the pulsating edge-of-the-seat contest, Noel had to dig deep from his reserves before recording a 3-2 victory over the talented youngster and level the scores at 1-1. Wilber Fernandes gave Panjim TT Club a decisive 2-1 lead with a hard fought 3-2 win over Akhil Shirwaiker in the third rubber in another pulsating contest. It was a see saw battle between the former State Champion and the youngster. The match was evenly balanced match with fortunes fluctuating from one end to the other. Wilber looked down and out at 7-9 in the Final set, but came back strongly to win the next 4 consecutive points and the match for Panjim TT Club. In the first reverse singles Ajit Ghantker used all his guile and experience to score a comfortable 3-0 straight sets win over Tejas Shevde and thereby clinch a place for Panjim Table Tennis Club in the Finals. In the other semis, it was a stroll in the park for ‘BPS A’. ‘BPS A’ featuring Goa’s top two paddlers Diljeet Velingker and Agnelo Naik stormed into the Finals with a thumping 3-0 win over Remy Fans. Diljeet and Agnelo had easy outings against Sanjeev Afzalpulkar and Vishnu Kolwalkar to give ‘BPS A’ a 2-0 lead. In the 3rd Tie, Amit Naik beat Rajan Naik to cap a comfortable win for BPS A and set up a summit clash against Panjim Table Tennis Club in a repeat of last years encounter in what promises to be a mouth watering contest. The Finals will be held at Panjim Gymkhana on Tuesday July 27 at 7 pm. Yours sincerely Sandeep Heble 9326129171 * * * UK STOCKS EXHAUSTED! After a community-supported launch at Croydon, Selma Carvalho's *Into the Diaspora Wilderness* is available at Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. Ask a friend to pick up a copy. Details of the book http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *
