The 7th edition of Dr. Filipe Pinto Memorial All-Goa Table Tennis Tournament was held amidst highly enthusiastic atmosphere at Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias, Miramar on Saturday. The tournament was organised by sports promoter Kabir Pinto Makhija under the aegis of the Goa Table Tennis Association.
The tournament was held in two categories. In the Elite final, Amitav Neupane & Anup Mopkar beat Vipin Makhwana & Robert Rodrigues 3 – 1.
The Masters final witnessed a tussle between Sandeep D’Mello/Stanley Remedios and Niraj Kannure/Marvando Mascarenhas with the first-named duo winning 3 – 1.
International swimmer from Goa, Sanjana Prabhugaonker, was the Chief Guest at the finals and prize distribution function. FC Goa midfielder Sahil Tavora was the Guest of Honour.
Kabir also organised felicitation of meritorious sportspersons, namely Johnny D’Souza (Bodybuilder) and Dinesh Heda (Athlete). Soraya Pinto Makhija, Dinesh Sinari (President – GVTTA), Gaurish Agni (Vice-President – GVTTA), Ratnadeep Shivani (Secretary – GVTTA) and Clyde Barreto (Joint Secretary – GVTTA) were also present on the occasion.
Other Results:
Quarter-finals (Elite)
Amitav Neupane/Anup Mopkar beat Laxmi Mendes/Guruprasad Namshikar 3 – 1, Hemant Ramani/John Pinto beat Vinay Sakhardande/Roselyn Bunyan 3 – 1,
Vipin Makhwana/Robert Rodrigues beat John Xavier/Vijay Shetye 3 – 2, Tanay Kaisare/Rakesh Unny beat Amogh Namshikar/Prasanna Bhandagi 3 – 2.
Semi-finals (Elite)
Amitav Neupane/Anup Mopkar beat Hemant Ramani/John Pinto 3 – 1,
Vipin Makhwana/ Robert Rodrigues beat Tanay Kaisare/Rakesh Unny 3 – 2.
Quarter-finals (Masters)
Suneet D’Mello/Faranak Braganza beat Sanjoth S/Leslie Noronha 3 – 2,
Niraj Kannure/Marvando Mascarenhas beat Munir Khan/Anthony Mendes 3 – 0,
Amit Naik/Dr. Brennan Tavares beat Shawn Soares/Rajendra Parsekar 3 -1,
Sandeep D’Mello/Stanley Remedios beat Bonny D’Costa/Shirish Patil 3 – 2.
Semi-finals (Masters)
Niraj Kannure/Marvando Mascarenhas beat Suneet D’Mello/Faranak Braganza
3 – 1, Sandeep D’Mello/Stanley Remedios beat Amit Naik/Dr. Brennan Tavares 3 – 2.
