Shah makes his mark on debut
Debutant Reehan Shah made a promising start emerging on top in the category II of show jumping, in the Regional Equestrian League competitions, organised by the Amateur Riders’ Club at Mahalaxmi Race Course, here on Saturday.
The 11-year-old Shah atop Mufasa and finished his rounds in 71.33 seconds leaving behind Taarini Lodha and Hayden Hussain in the second and third places. The duo finished their rounds in 73.20 and 60.70 seconds respectively. Taarini rode on Rachel and Hayden on Ballister committed 4 and 8 penalties. In the category I, Aiyaan Meerza topped in of show jumping. Aiyaan finished his rounds in 58.02 seconds without any penalties. Maira Gracias and Rayan Kukreja secured second and third place by finishing their rounds in 58.23 and 59.81 seconds respectively. Maira rode on Visionist and Rayan on Knighthood, both of them secured places with out committing any penalty.
RESULTS
Category - Children I Show Jumping: Aiyaan Meerza (Mufasa / 0), Maira Gracias (Visionist /0), Rayan Kukreja (Knighthood /0)
Category - Children II Show Jumping: Reehan Shah (Mufasa / 4), Taarini Lodha (Rachel / 4), Hayden
Hussain (Ballister / 8)
Pasha knocks out World champ More
Zaheer Pasha of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showed superb touch and steady play to record a stunning straight set win against World champion and top-seed Prashant More also of RBI in a men’s singles semi-final match of the 49th LIC of India-Senior National Carrom Championship, at the Shree Halari Visa Oswal Samaj Hall, Dadar (East) on Sunday.
In the second semi-final, Abdul Rahman of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra’s Sandeep Dive the former managed to scrape through in three sets 2-1. Rahaman lost the opening set, but he fought back to pocket the next two sets to clinch a 14-25, 25-14, and 25-10 victory to make his maiden entry into the National final.
In the women’s Nilam Ghodke of Jain Irrigation Systems Limited (JISL) overcame a spirited challenge from Mantasha Iqbal of AAI carving out a 23-10, 5-25, and 14-3 victory in the first semi-final. Kajal Kumari started shakily and lost the first set against Debagani Tamuly of Defence Accounts Sports Control Board (DASCB), but regained her touch to win the subsequent two sets to clinch a satisfying 8-25, 19-15, 22-11 victory to set up a clash with Ghodke in the title round.