Parsee Gymkhana (PG) conducted its second ‘All Zoroastrian Men and Women Arm Wrestling Competition’, registered and recorded under the Maharashtra Arm Wrestling Association Nagpur, at the gymkhana grounds in Mumbai on 18th November, 2017. Organized by Rustom Jasoomoney, Minoo Khan, Khodadad Yazdegardi and Vivek Chaphekar, and sponsored by Veldon Coats, Wibbs Bakery, Zoroastrian Cooperative Bank, […]
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Sports Roundup – 11th November 2017
CRICKET India Wins 3rd T20 Against New Zealand And Clinch Series: Splendid bowling performances from Jasprit Bumrah (2-9), Kuldeep Yadav (1-10), and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1-18) along with Yuzvendra Chahal who gave away just 8 runs in his 2 overs spell helped India win a thriller by 6 runs in a match that was reduced to […]
FOZAWAC All Parsees Snooker And Billiards Tourney 2017
The FOZAWAC All Parsees Snooker and Billiards competition 2017 was held from 2nd to 5th November, 2017, at the Dadar Parsee Gymkhana. With over 40 entries in billiards, 56 entries in snooker and 5 entries in the team Championship, the billiards format included a game of 200 in quarters and semi-finals with the finals being […]
Ayesha Bharucha Wins Deccan Triathlon
Ayesha Bharucha recently won the 1st edition of the Deccan Triathlon, organized by Kolhapur Sports Club on 29th October, 2017. Participating in the Olympic category comprising of 1.5km Swim, 40 km Cycling and 10km Running Ayesha finished 1st in the female category and 10th overall, clocking a time of 2 hours, 49 minutes. The sport […]
Sports Roundup – 4th November 2017
. CRICKET India Thrash New Zealand To Win 1st T20 In Style: Impressive bowling performances from Yuzvendra Chahal (2-26) and Axar Patel (2-20) coupled with great batting by Rohit Sharma (80) and Shikhar Dhawan (80) helped India clinch a 53 run victory against the Kiwis in the first T20. Batting first, India notched up 202-3 […]
NPC Organises Rink Football Tourney
NPC (Nowroze Baug Play Centre) is organizing its 19th ‘All Parsis Rink Football Tournament’ and this year has already received 20 entries for the Men’s team, 10 team entries for Under-18, 4 entries in Under -12, and other registrations are still open for the ‘Penalty Shootout Tournament’. With NPC conducting the tournaments since 1996, the […]
Mehernosh Bamboat Ranks 7th At ‘20th AMAC 2017’
40-year-old Mehernosh Bamboat secured the 2nd position in the semi-finals and 7th position in finals in 100 m Run at the ‘20th Asian Masters Athletic Championship 2017’(AMAC) held in Rugao, Jiangsu, China, from 24th to 28th September, 2017. Competing with over 1000 athletes participating from 52 countries, Mehernosh was chosen to represent India after securing […]
Shareez Represents Mumbai At NHT
14-year-old Shareez Sidhwa was selected to represent Mumbai at the ‘34th National Handball Sub-Junior Tournament’ held in Haryana, from 25th to 29th September, 2017. The selection that took place a month before the tournament, involved 200 best handball players across schools, competing for a period of a month. Shareez got selected to represent Mumbai in the […]
It’s Surat To Spain For TT Champ Frenaz Chipia
Current Gujarat No. 1, former Silver Medalist at the Open Senior Table-Tennis Nationals and key member of the Parsee Gymkhana (Marine Lines) TT team, Frenaz Chipia is off to Belgium later this month, along with top national players – Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan, Sanil Shetty, Mouma Das and Manika Batra, to participate in the Belgium […]
Sports Roundup – 30th September 2017
. CRICKET AUSTRALIA OUTPLAY INDIA TO WIN 4TH ODI Stellar bowling performances by Kane Richardson (3-58) and Nathan Coulter-Nile (2-56) helped the Australians win the fourth ODI by 21 runs. Opting to bat first, Australia made 334-5 in 50 overs courtesy 124 from David Warner and 94 by Aaron Finch. Umesh Yadav was the pick […]
Rustom Baug Organises Inter-House Badminton Tournament
Rustom Baug conducted its inter-house Badminton tournament from 6 – 10 September 2017, at Sir Ness Wadia Memorial Pavilion (SNWMP) where a record of 44 entries were received, and over 74 matches played by participants with ages ranging from 7 to 70, across various categories. The Under-14 finals between Sean Todiwalla and Rayess Surti was […]