. The Parsee Youth League of Ahmedabad (PYLA) (estd. 1980) hosted its annual floodlit night volleyball tournament at The Parsi Sanatorium Grounds, on the banks of the river Sabarmati. The tournament marked the eighth edition of the Jimmy Muglai Cup, in the memory of the Late Jimmy Muglai – a keen sportsman, body-builder and seven-time […]
The Salsette Parsi Youth (SPY) held the second edition of their All Parsees Box Cricket Tournament (powered by Platinum Corp.) over the 18th and 19th of May, 2019, at the Salsette Parsi Colony. 14 teams, each comprising ‘5 Boys + 1 Girl’, were divided in 4 groups; with top 2 teams from each group qualifying for […]
On 28th April, 2019, Salsette residents were treated to a friendly Mixed Throwball tournament, with a special Under-15 category for its enthusiastic, budding youngsters. Attended by nearly fifty residents, the matches started at 5:30 pm and continued well up to 10:00 pm, where the floodlit ground witnessed high-spirited competition between teams in the Open Category. […]
Hosts Parsee Gymkhana retained their winning streak in the 5th All-Parsee Table Tennis Tournament organised by and held at the Parsee Gymkhana on 24th and 25th November, 2018. The competition saw 77 players – from Surat, Navsari and Pune – vying across five events, with an impressive 79 matches played in just the Open Singles event. […]
Parsi Punchayat Complex Welfare Association (PPCWA) organized an internal Table Tennis tournament on 7th October, 2018, with over 32 entries across three categories – the ‘Under-13’ category was won by Farhan Bacha and Zahan Pastakia; ‘Men’s Singles’ category winners were Hushad Bacha and Zubin Bacha and the ‘Ladies Singles’ category winners were Penaaz Bhathena and […]
Parsee rising stars Frenaz Chipia of Gujarat and Zubin Taraporewalla of Maharashtra played brilliantly to reach the coveted round of 32 at the 79th Senior Table-Tennis Nationals held from 25 – 30 January, 2018, at Ranchi. The tournament witnessed Zubin beat arch-rival Ravindra Kotian of Maharashtra 4-0. Both Zubin and Frenaz, will soon be representing […]
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, […]
Percy Mehta led the six-member strong Parsee battalion to a record five medals at the 24th National Veterans TT Tournament held at Balewadi, Pune from 17-22 January 2017, which saw a record 950 players across 22 States participating. Xerxes Khandadia, who had won five local titles in his 70+ age category earlier this year, bowed […]