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 British
Junior Open, Sheffield (2nd - 7th January 2007)
Tnsra Closed Satellite Championship 2007 (PSA)
World
Junior Women’s - Hong Kong 1-11 Aug
5th
ICL Chennai Open Squash Championship 12-16 June
National
Doubles & Senior Inter State Championship 21-26
July
Karnataka State Open 3rd to 5th August 2007 July
Harish
Chandra Golcha Memo Rial – 12 - 16 September,
2007
SRFI
Elections – 30 September
The big news of the year 2007 that has brought
joy and pride to the Squash Fraternity in India
has been the conferment by the Government of
India of the prestigious “Arjuna Award” on
National Champion Saurav Ghosal, a product of
the India Cements Squash Academy and Brand
Ambassador of the India Cements Limited. Saurav
Ghosal (born Aug 1986) is one of the most
outstanding Squash players of India. He won a
Bronze medal in the 2006 Asian Games held at
Doha. Saurav moved to the ICL Squash Academy at
Chennai as a junior in 2002 to train under
consultant coach Major S Maniam & National Coach
Cyrus. The excellent foundation laid by them
together with the world-class facilities
available helped him to win the Junior National
title consecutively for three years and emerge
as the Men’s National Champion in 2004. His
historic win at the British Junior Open title
followed by the German & Dutch junior titles
enabled him to become the #1 ranked junior
player in the World in the same year. He is the
reigning National Men’s Champion and has won the
title thrice in 2004, 2006 & 2007. He with
Ritwik Bhattacharya won the Silver medal in the
World Doubles Squash.
Championships 2004, held at
Chennai. In recognition of his outstanding
achievements in Squash, the Govt. of India
conferred the prestigious Arjuna Award on 30th
August 2007.
Smt Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President of India
presenting the Arjuna Award to Saurav Ghosal
Anaka
Alankamony was India’s best performer attaining
a creditable 3rd place at the British Juniors in
the girls under 13 category. Anaka defeated
Egypt’s Kanzy El Dafrawy in a five-game
thriller. Saumya Karki’s performed well to
achieve 4th position. Mahesh Mangaonkar, winner
in Scotland was the only other Indian to reach
the quarter finals going down to Pakistan’s
Nematullah Khan in the boys under 13.
SRFI Honours Coaches
The SRFI awarded National
level coaches for their outstanding contribution
for the development of the sport in India in
2006. The award ceremonies was preceded by a 3
day coaching conference conducted by Maj. (R) S.
Maniam, Consultant Coach, & Cyrus Poncha,
National Coach.
N. Ramachandran presented the
awards to the following coaches: Hari Om
Tripathi, B.Balamurugan, Sunil Verma, Dalip
Tripathi, Gajendra Singh Rathore and Dhiraj
Singh. Manan Mashruwala was awarded for his
outstanding contribution to tournament
administration and Yogendra Singh was awarded
for his contribution to refereeing.
25th – 28th April - Circuit 1 Naresh Kumar beat Parth Sharma (5-11, 11-9,
11-10, 11-9)
2nd – 5th May - Circuit 2 Harinder Pal Singh beat Naresh Kumar (11-1, 11-7,
11-3)
6th – 9th June - Circuit 3 Parthiban Ayyapan beat Parth Sharma (15-13, 11-8,
6-11, 11-7)
22nd – 25th Aug Circuit 4 Harinder Pal Singh beat Gaurav Nandrajog (11-4,
11-8, 5-11, 11-9)
26th - 29th Sept Circuit 5 Gaurav Nandrajog beat Harinder Pal Singh (11-7,
11-9, 9-11, 11-7)
3rd - 6th October Circuit 6 Gaurav Nandrajog beat Harinder Pal Singh (5-11,
11-10, 10-11, 11-10, 11-9)
Otters Open Squash Championship
12 - 19 May 2007
Finals
Men :
Samy Farrag bt
Parthiban Ayappan 9-3, 9-0, 9-1
Women :
Mandy Kennedy bt Ankita Sharma 9-2, 9-7,
9-1
Pro : Temo Gomez bt Rohit More 10-8, 9-2, 9-2
Girls U-15 : Ankita Sharma bt Dheeya Somaiya
9-0, 9-5, 9-3
Girls U-17 : Dheeya Somaiya bt Shriya Khatri
9-6, 9-3, 9-7
Boys U-19 : Rishi Jalan bt Karm Kumar 6-9, 9-1,
9-7, 9-5
Boys U-17 : Rishi Jalan bt Karm Kumar 9-0, 9-2,
9-2
Boys U-15 : Abhishek Pradhan bt Aakash Borwankar
9-0, 9-0, 9-4
India finished 9th, the team comprised Dipika
Pallikal, Anwesha Reddy, Surbhi Mishra and Harita Omprakash. In
the pool matches India beat China 3-0, Germany 3-0, South Africa
2-0 and lost to France 2-1. In the placing matches India beat,
Switzerland 3-0, Korea 3-0, and lost to New Zealand 3-0
Anaka & Ravi Win Penang Junior Open – 6-10 June
Anaka Alankamony (Girls U13) and Ravi Dixit (Boys U17)
returned victorious from the Penang International Junior Squash
Championships. Anaka was the only Indian to win both the Penang Open as well
as the Malaysian Junior Open (31st May - 4th June). Ravi Dixit defeated Ng
Jo Wen, winner of the Malaysian Junior Open, in the final of the Penang
Junior in a close four games 9-7, 9-2, 8-10, 10-8. Other Indian’s making the
top 4 were Anwesha Reddy (Girls U17), Ramit Tandon (Boys U15) - runner up,
Dheeya Somaiya (Girls U15), Pankhuri Malhotra (Girls U11), Akshay Deepak
(Boys U15) 4th position. These achievements were a fitting end to a month
long Malaysian tourarranged between the Squash Rackets Federation of India
and Squash Rackets Association of Malaysia
Saurav Ghosal won his maiden Chennai open title defeating
Wong Wai Hang of Hong Kong in the finals. The Chennai Open is Saurav’s Second
PSA title.
Shri Atulya Misra, Member Secretary (SDAT) presenting the Winners
Trophy to Saurav Ghosal.
Icl National Squash
Championship 17-21 July
Saurav Ghosal won his third
National title scoring a facile win over
Siddardh Suchde 9-2, 9-3, 9-0. In the womens
event Joshna Chinappa bagged her seventh title,
defeating Dipika Pallikal 9-2, 4-9, 9-5, 9-1. In
the professional category 30 year old
Balamurugan, a coach at the ICL Squash Academy
won his 10th title in a row defeating Dalip
Tripathi 3-0
Saurav - Siddharth during the final
Parth
Sharma & Naresh Kumar shocked the top seeds
Saurav Ghosal and Harinder Pal Singh to emerge
as the new National Double Champions.
National Doubles - Winners
In
the Inter-State Championship Tamil Nadu emerged
winners in both the Men’s & Women’s category
Inter State Winners - Tamil Nadu
The
championship was conducted at the JSW Steel
Ltd., Toranagallu (Bellary). Prize money of Rs.
1,14,000/- was awarded to the Winners. There
were a total of 119 participants
Winners
Boys
U-19
: Laxman Joshi (Mah),
U17 :
Prithvi Aditya (TN),
U-15
: Prithvi Aditya (TN),
U-13
Tushar Kothari (TN),
U-11 : Roshan Kannan (TN)
Girls
U-17
: Shriya Khatri (Mah),
U-15 :
Soumya Karki (Mah),
U-13 : Soumya Karki (Mah),
U-11
: Pankhuri Malhotra (Del)
Winners -JSW Karnataka State Open Squash
Championship 2007
ICL Chennai Open
Circuit – II 13-18 Aug
Mohd
Ali Anwar Reda of Egypt toppled top seed &
former Indian National Champion Ritwik
Bhattacharya 2-11, 11-6, 11-5, 7-11, 11-6 to win
the ICL Chennai Open Circuit II event held at
the India Cements Squash Academy in Chennai.
Chinese Delegation
Visits ICL Squash Acadamy- 10 Sept
As
host of the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China
has begun its preparatory work in right earnest.
A reflection of this was seen in the keenness
shown in viewing and studying the squash
facility in the city by a 12- member delegation
led by Mr. Liang Yong, from the Guangzhou Asian
Games Organising Committee (GAGOC). The India
Cements Squash Academy played host to the
visiting Chinese delegation.
The
Chinese delegation with officials of the
ASF/SRFI
Winners:
Womens Open :
Girls U-19
Surbhi Misra (Jaipur) ,
Girls U-15 Saumya
Karki (Mumbai)
Girls U-13 Saumya Karki
(Mumbai)
Saumya Karki (Mumbai)
Men’s Open :
Boys U-19
Harinder Pal Singh,
Boys U-17 Harinder
Pal Singh,
Boys U-15 Ravi Dixit
Boys U-13
Mahesh Mangaonkar
Kush Kumar.
Harish Chandra Golcha Memorial Winners
Little Masters
Juniors Squash Tournament - 18 - 22 September
Saumya Karki of Jindal Squash Academy bagged the
girls under-19 and girls under-15 titles.
Shivangi Paranjpe won the girls under-17
category. Laxman Joshi clinched the boys
under-19 champion title beating Cyrus Vakil 9-4,
9-0, 9-0. In the Boys under-17 & under 15 events
Karan Malik & Abhishek Pradhan emerged winners.
The 32nd Maharashtra
State Open 23-28 September
The
event drew a record 800 entries. Second seed
Sandeep Jangra became the new Men’s Open
Champion after beating top seed Vikas Jangra of
the Services 9-5, 9-2, 10-9 Joshna Chinappa beat
defending champion Mandy 9-3, 9-5, 9-5 in the
Women’s final.
Winners - The 32nd Bombay Gymkhana Maharashtra State Open Squash Championship
Shri
B K Ratnakar Rao and Shri N Ramach a n d r a n ,
were re-elected unanimously as President and
Secretary General of the Squash Rackets
Federation of India respectively.
For
the term 2007-2010 at the Annual General Meeting
of the Federation held on 30th September 2007 at
the ICL Squash Academy.
The following will hold office for the term
2007-2010.
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