- Excellent performance of school carrom players
- Progress of Yash Patil of Kolhapur
- Participation of players from various districts
In the Mumbai Mayor's Cup School Carrom Championship sponsored by MSC Bank by Ananda Rao Adsul Charitable Trust and Ideal Sports Academy, Grisma Dhamankar of IES Sule Guruji School, Tanaya Dalvi of Mahatma Gandhi Vidyalaya, Atul Patil of Vishwavarana Public School-Kolhapur, Umair Pathan of Sri Narayan Guru High School, Soham Jadhav of Shardashram Vidya Mandir etc. Rakhat entered the quarter-finals.
Grisma Dhamankar finished the challenge 14 – 4 by making a perfect play at the crucial moment of the challenge of Gauri Sawant who started strongly.
Progress of Yash Patil of Kolhapur
Taking a big lead from the start, Atul Patil of Vishwavarana School-Kolhapur defeated Yash Ghadi easily by 25-0. Sara Devan, who was playing under pressure as the early boards slipped away, was beaten 7-4 by nationally renowned sub-junior carrom player Tanya Dalvi.
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Participation of players from various districts
In other matches, Soham Jadhav defeated Moinuddin Shaikh 23-0, Umair Pathan defeated Mohammad Hussain 21-0, while Vedant Mandhare defeated Aryan Ghadi 25-0 to win the quarter-finals.
The teachers and parents are appreciating the organizers as 200 school athletes from various districts got special guidance of carrom free of charge for the competition.
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