Manish Yadav, Akshata Naik, Kewal Tamhankar and Rutuj Sonawane emerged champions in their respective categories at the Ramacanta Dharwatkar Memorial All Goa Table Tennis Tournament organised by Panjim Table Tennis Club in association with Sports Authority of Goa and JCI St. Inez.
In the championship finals played at Indoor Stadium, Campal, Manish Yadav beat Myron Pereira 11-6, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8 to walk away with the Mens singles title. The Under 21 Girls Singles finals was won by Akshata Naik, who scored a facile 11-8, 11-7, 11-8 straight sets win over Bhakti Pandit to emerge victorious. Meanwhile, Rutuj Sonawane played a brilliant match to win the under 16 boys singles title, beating Joash Mendonca 11-4, 11-7, 11-6. The match of the day was the under 21 Boys singles finals played between top seed Selvyn Godinho and 2nd seed Kewal Tamhankar, with fortunes fluctuating every moment. Selvyn won the first two sets 12-10, 11-6. Kewal came back strongly to win the next two sets 11-6, 11-7. With the match poised at two sets a piece, the final set went the distance with Kewal edging past Selvyn, winning the set 14-12 in an epic contest to register an upset victory over the top seed. Prizes were awarded to the winners, runners-up and the semi finalists. Semi Finalist prizes were won by Sandeep D' Mello & Suneet D' Mello(Mens), Prutha Parrikar & Pranali Sonawane(Under 21 Girls), Gary Freitas & Rutuj Sonawane (Under 21 Boys) and Mandar Joshi & Prathamesh Dhulapkar(Under 16 Boys). The 'Promising Player of the Tournament' award was won by Subray Naik from Aldona. The championship was held to commemorate the 81st birth Anniversary of late Ramacanta V.P. Dharwatkar, one of Goa's foremost Table Tennis champions of the past. Championship prizes were distributed by Mr. Rudolf Fernandes, Social worker from St. Cruz, who was the chief Guest at the occasion along with Guest of Honour Mr. Mahendra Dharwatkar, in the presence of Mr. Siddharth Sakhardande, Past president - JCI St. Inez, Ramesh Naik, Treasurer - Panjim Table Tennis Club & Noel Estibeiro, Chief Referee. Chetan Kavlekar, President of Panjim TT Club welcomed while club Secretary Sandeep Heble later proposed the vote of thanks. Prize Distribution pictures at: https://www.facebook.com/sandeep.heble/media_set?set=a.10201372489452673.1073741842.1187066172&type=1 More championship pictures at: https://www.facebook.com/sandeep.heble/media_set?set=a.10201376838961408.1073741843.1187066172&type=1 https://www.facebook.com/sandeep.heble/media_set?set=a.10201377516418344.1073741844.1187066172&type=1 Sandeep Heble Secretary, Panjim Table Tennis Club 9326129171
