Pune Parsis Organise Friendly Cricket Match

Pune Parsis Organise Friendly Cricket Match

Staying true to the initiative undertaken by Captain Adi Mistry, the Parsis in Pune gathered for their annual ‘Friendly Cricket Match’ at Sir J N Petit Technical High School on 11th February, 2018. Ably supported by young team members, Behzad Tarapore, Naushad Dalal, Tiran Irani and Faram Taraporewalla, amongst others, the matches commenced at 9…

XYZ’s ATHLETIC MEET 2018

XYZ’s ATHLETIC MEET 2018

Xtremely Young Zoroastrians (XYZ) organized its Athletic Meet on 28th January, 2018, at the University Stadium, Marine Lines, with over 300 participants representing various XYZ groups and competing in various categories including Under-7, Under-10, Under-12 and Under-16. Designed to test the kids on stamina, strength and strategy, the races were not restricted to 100m, 200m…

Carrom Tourney At Panthaky Baug

Carrom Tourney At Panthaky Baug

Panthaky Baug Welfare Centre (PWC) organised a Carrom Tournament from 25 – 27 January, 2018, with competitions ranging across six categories. Organisers Ruzbey Irani, Zubin Elavia, Zubin Sodawaterwala, Monaz Siganporia and Eric Lath brought in new Surco carrom boards and equipment and added to the excitement with the ‘Doubles-By-Lots’ held on the last day, having…

Cama Park Holds 2nd All Parsees TT Tourney

Cama Park Holds 2nd All Parsees TT Tourney

The Cama Park Welfare Association, Andheri, held the second edition of the All Parsees Table Tennis Tournament at the Cama Athornan premises, on 3rd and 4th February, 2018, with participants aged 8 to 76 years, pouring in large numbers from Mumbai, Thane, Navsari and Surat. The competitors battled it out in various categories, including the…

35th Jal D Pardivala Annual Athletic Meet 2018 – A Grand Success

35th Jal D Pardivala Annual Athletic Meet 2018 – A Grand Success

All Parsees Sports Foundation organised the ‘35th Jal D. Pardivala Annual Athletic Meet 2018’ under the auspices of the Navroze Baug Play Centre, Mancherji Edalji Joshi Memorial Trust Dadar, Cusrow Baug United Sports and Welfare League, Federation of Zoroastrian Associations for Welfare and Culture (FOZAWAC) on 3rd and 4th February, 2018, at the University Stadium,…

Nekzaad Shines At Taekwon-Do and Karate Championship

Nekzaad Shines At Taekwon-Do and Karate Championship

Martial arts prodigy , Nekzaad Aspi Olpadwalla secured a Gold medal in ‘Poomsae’ (demonstration) and Bronze in ‘Sparring’ (competition) at the recently concluded ‘International Taekwon-Do and Karate Championship’ held from 26th to 28th January, 2018, at Green Park resort, Virar. The event was chaired by Grandmasters, Kim Young Ho of South Korea and Ron Branner of…

‘Cusrow Baug’ Champions At 3rd All-Parsis Football Tourney

‘Cusrow Baug’ Champions At 3rd All-Parsis Football Tourney

The Cusrow Baug United Sports and Welfare League concluded its 3rd All Parsis Annual Floodlit Football Tournament, from 15th to 21st January, 2018, with twelve teams from Mumbai participating in the 8-a-side tournament. The first semi-final witnessed team ‘Cusrow Baug-A’ beat ‘Petit Boys’ with 9 goals, thanks to a hat-trick by Cusrow Baug player, Farzaad…

Sports Roundup – 3rd February 2018

Sports Roundup – 3rd February 2018

CRICKET India Under-19 Storm Into World Cup Final A splendid batting performance from Shubman Gill (102*) coupled with great bowling from Ishan Porel (4-17) helped the boys in blue win by a massive 203 runs against opponents Pakistan during their Super League Semi-Final Two encounter at Christchurch, New Zealand. Batting first, India’s Under-19 notched up…

Parsis Shine At Senior TT Nationals

Parsis Shine At Senior TT Nationals

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…