By Hoshang Katrak, PG Captain & Manager In a record of sorts, Parsee Gymkhana’s (PG) Men’s and Women’s teams clinched their fifth successive titles, at the recently concluded (26 – 29 June, 2024) Mumbai City District Table-Tennis Tournament, held at the National Sports Club of India (NSCI). Slotted in the premier First Division, due to […]
By Special Correspondent Hoshang Katrak ‘Cricket is a game of glorious uncertainties’, the late Raj Singh Dungarpur would have remarked had he witnessed the finals between holders Parsee Gymkhana (PG ) and Navsari ‘A’. With some of the best players from the community participating in the six teams – two from Navsari and one each […]
The sixth edition of the much anticipated All Zoroastrian Arm Wrestling Competition was held on the grounds of the Parsee Gymkhana, on 20th January, 2024, displaying much Parsi passion and brawn as 62 (50 male and 12 female) of our community’s strongest came to battle it out for the top spot. Right from the youngest […]
HOSHANG KATRAK By PG Captain & Manager The balance of power in Table Tennis has truly shifted. At the Mumbai City District TT tournament, which concluded at the NSCI, on 31st May, 2023, Parsee Gymkhana won both – Men’s and Women’s titles in the premier division, for the fourth year in a row! With […]
Reminiscing our rich history, Parsis were the earliest community in India to take up cricket, playing this game since 1840. The first Parsi Club – ‘The Oriental Cricket Club’ – was founded in 1848. Later, in February 1885, a group of eminent Parsis met at Bombay’s Ripon Club to discuss the setting up of a […]