Salsette Welfare Association (SWA), a recently formed body by some Salsette residents, is holding its first ever ALL Parsees Table Tennis League, on 15 and 16^th October, 2022. It boasts of a format unique to the regular tournaments, which comprises an owner-backed team of 8 players each, ranging from ages 12 to 80, selected in a Player auction, on the lines of IPL.

It all started three months ago, with the finalisation of team owners, post which players were invited to register. An auction for the top 64 players from across Mumbai, Pune, Navsari and Surat was conducted on 24^th September, 2022.  The excitement around the auction was palpable! Owners were given a notional kitty of Rs. 1,25,000/- to select their players. The marquee (star) players had a unique draft-cum-auction process, making it that much more work for the owners.

The community’s top TT player, Zubin Taraporewalla was picked up by the Super Smashers team at Rs. 47,500/-. A few teams which overshot their allocated budgets were penalised a few points before the start of the league to make it level playing for all.

The eight teams (and their owners) include: ‘Ace Spinners’ (Peshaan Kerawalla); ‘Paddle Kings’ (Nauzad Munshi); ‘Top Spinners’ (Darayas Bhappoo); ‘Spenta’s Eagles’ (Spenta Umrigar); ‘Rowdy Racq8s’ (Sam Gandhi); ‘Super Smashers’ (Dick Mody and Rayomand Pithawalla); ‘Simply Smashing’ (Ardaviraf Motiwalla); and ‘Spin Wizards’ (Khushru Pardiwalla). The teams have been conducting practice sessions, gearing up for the big weekend! The Associate Sponsors for the League are the Khareghat Colony Youth Association Trust Funds.

So don’t miss the excitement at Salsette next weekend with the unveiling of one of the community’s top TT events!