HOSHANG KATRAK By PG Captain & Manager The balance of power in Table Tennis has truly shifted. At the Mumbai City District TT tournament, which concluded at the NSCI, on 31st May, 2023, Parsee Gymkhana won both – Men’s and Women’s titles in the premier division, for the fourth year in a row! With…
Jehan Darayush Irani, Mumbai-based fitness coach and natural athlete, won three silver medals across three categories – ‘Men’s Bodybuilding’; ‘Men’s Physique’; and ‘Classic Physique’ – at the ‘I Compete Natural’ (ICN) India, the Indian chapter of the body-building and fitness competition, on 27th May, 2023. He also won the ‘Champion Posing’ award and has been selected…
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,…
In the 1st Division inter-club table tennis league held from 15th-18th May, 2017, under the Mumbai City District TT Association, Parsee Gymkhana (PG) – represented by Zubin Taraporewalla, Arzan Khambatta, Rayomand Marolia, Sarosh Shroff and Hoshang Katrak – played exceptionally to retain their First Division spot. After outplaying MLWB ‘E’ and CCI on the first…
Champions Parsee Gymkhana (PG) played brilliantly to win the grand finale of the 68th Salar Jung Community Invitation Cricket Tournament, beating Souvenir CC by 40 runs in the finals, at Islam Gymkhana on 1st May, 2017. PG’s Aakarshit Gomel starred in the game with an incredible, unbeaten 87 in 55 balls, smashing 12 fours and…
The Late Maneck Golvala T10 Cricket Tournament organized by the Vice President and Cricket Secretary of Parsee Gymkhana (PG), Khodadad Yazdegardi, from 14th to 16th April, 2017, at the PG grounds, commenced with Chief Guest for the opening ceremony, ex-Indian cricketer, Aavishkar Salvi, encouraging the teams to play hard and fair while competing. The eight…
For the first time in Mumbai, on 19th November 2016, an All-Zoroastrian Men And Women Arm Wrestling Competition was held. It was meticulously organized by Rustom Jasoomoney along with assistance from Freddy Driver, Khodadad Yazdegardi, Minoo Khan, Adi Pardiwalla and the staff of Parsee Gymkhana (PG). Technical guidance and supervision was given by Maharashtra State…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]It’s been 130 years since an all-Parsee team toured England to play cricket. Celebrating this historic occasion under ‘The 1886 Trophy’ on 12th November, 2016, at Parsee Gymkhana, saw numerous personalities from the cricketing arena, ex-Parsee cricketers, umpires et al coming together. Parsi Times Sports Media Specialist, Binaisha M. Surti covered this mega-event,…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Sporting stalwarts from the Parsee community came together for the two-day table-tennis extravaganza at Parsee Gymkhana. PT special correspondent and organising secretary of the tournament Hoshang K. Katrak reports.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] Parsee Gymkhana bagged three prestigious titles – Singles, Doubles and Teams at the TT event held on the 29th and 30th October, 2016, which…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsee Gymkhana will hold the 3rd All-Parsee Table Tennis Tournament on 29 and 30 October, 2016. Organizing Secretary, Hoshang Katrak, reports.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] This year the TT Tournaments got delayed by a couple of months due to the heavy monsoons which impedes smooth functioning of the games. This year we will have players from all…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Recipient of the Arjuna Award and the Padma Shri, Diana Edulji has been India’s greatest woman cricketer. Having represented The Railways, she went on to become the cynosure of the Indian National Cricket Team, which she captained, and worked hard towards securing an extremely popular and long, successful career. Diana adds the pride…