Seventh Table Tennis Fellowship
Seventh Table Tennis Fellowship Skill and enthusiasm were on show as 28 Rotarians and kin turned up on Sunday, 10th November for our Club’s Seventh Table Tennis Fellowship, held, as before, at the YMCA at Colaba.
Proceedings were kicked off by Jamshyd Vazifdar explaining the format, after which participants were paired up and divided into two groups. Group A consisted of 6 pairs: Mehernosh Dotivala and Pranay (son of Kirit Kamdar), Kirit Kamdar and Mehul Sampat, Chetan Daiya and Hoshang Nazir, Anand Dalal and Advay (son of Akhil Sanghi), Vivek Himatsingka and Jagdish Malkani, Jaymin Jhaveri and Shivani (daughter of Rtn. Ptn. Chetan Daiya). Group B consisted of 7 pairs: Vikram Daiya and President Satyan Israni, Akhil Sanghi and Dilip Dalal, Uttkarsh (son of Mudit Jatia) and Siddharth Bhimrajka, Aliakbar Merchant and Mahesh Khubchandani, Sanjiv Saran Mehra and Sushil Chandiramani, Anuj Arenja and IPP Manoj Patodia.
The participants were cheered on by Rtn Ptn. Delna Vazifdar, Chairman Moy Biswas and Rtn. Dr. Aashish Contractor. After each pair had played the others in the group, League tables were formed based on points won.
In Group A, the pair of Anand and Advay brushed aside all challengers as they took the number one spot with 5 wins out of 5 games. The second-place spot in Group A went to Vivek and Jagdish.
In Group B, the number one spot was taken by the pair of Sanjiv and Sushil, who won all 5 of their games. Second place was much closer to call and went to the pair of Satyan and Vikram, narrowly edging out Manoj and Anuj.
The next phase of the Fellowship saw the pair of Vivek and Jagdish face off against Satyan and Vikram in a 21-point, “3rd place match.” This was won 21-17 by the pair of Vivek and Jagdish.
The overall winners were decided in the match where Group A winners Anand and Advay played Group B winners Sanjiv and Sushil. After some great rallies and super shots, Sanjiv and Sushil emerged as the winners.
Once the matches concluded, trophies were presented to the winners and runners-up by President Satyan Israni, IPP Manoj Patodia, and Chairman Moy Biswas. Sports Committee Chairman Moy Biswas thanked everyone in attendance, who then continued their fellowship over light refreshments.