Nowroze Baug started the summer vacations by organizing ‘The All Parsis Throwball, Direct and Indirect Volleyball Tournaments’, under the joint auspices of Nowroze Baug Play Centre and NN Wadia Welfare League, at the Nowroze Baug grounds, from 6th to 15th April, 2017. With over 32 teams participating in Volleyball and Throwball events, the finals of…
Tata Housing Sports Club organized their box cricket tournament, ‘TPL 3 BOX CRICKET 2017’, on 8th and 9th April, 2017 at their THSC grounds. The tournament consisted of 8 owners, each having a team of 7 players, with one lady player compulsory. Making it mandatory for every team to bowl, Team, ‘Pistalis’ owned by Rozan…
CRICKET Mumbai Indians Beat Sunrisers Hyderabad: Excellent batting performances from Parthiv Patel (39), Nitish Rana (45) and Krunal Pandya (37) helped Mumbai Indians win by 4 wickets against rivals SRH. SRH notched up 158-8 in 20 overs. Skipper David Warner top scored with 49 while opening partner Shikhar Dhawan managed 48. Strike bowler for team MI,…
The fifth Zoroastrian Powerlifting Championship, affiliated with and conducted by The Greater Bombay Powerlifting Association, in collaboration with the Naryman Dubash Foundation, was held at the Dadar Parsee Colony Gymkhana Grounds on Saturday, 8th April, 2017. Sponsored by Zarine and Yazdi Daruvala Trust, The WZO Trust, Late Ervad Hormusji Antia and Dinamai Antia Trust, Shapoorji…
The 37th National Masters Athletics championships 2017, held at Meenatai Stadium, Nasik from 24th to 26th March, 2017, saw numerous Parsis making their mark as representatives of Maharashtra. Over 1300 athletes from 24 states across India participated in the Championship. Mehernosh Bamboat from Navroze Baug won gold medals in 100m and 200m run, while Fareez Vesunia…
CRICKET India Win Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Dharamsala hosted India’s victory in the final Test Match by 8 wickets, as also the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2-1. Opting to bat first, Australia amassed 300 in 88.3 overs as Steven Smith scored 111. Debutant Kuldeep Yadav grabbed 4-68 in 23 overs. India scored 332 in 118.1 overs as KL Rahul,…
On 4th and 5th March, 2017, Team SPY (Salsette Parsi Youth) organized its first All Parsees Box Cricket Tournament at the Salsette Parsi Colony at its newly created ground, with the participation of 20 teams in this 6-a-side, 5-over-an-innings contest. Teams were divided into six groups where the top two teams per group moved to…
Kudos to 17-year-old Naasha Pithawalla for winning the ‘National Champion Trophy’ in skating consecutively since the past three years! Naasha also holds the Indian record holder of 28.25 seconds for 300m. Working towards bringing her ‘World Championship’ dream to life, Naasha is currently preparing to represent India at the 2018 Asian Games which will be…
Malcolm Baug Parsi Gymkhana (MBPG) organised its 3rd ‘All-Parsi Flood-Lit Box Cricket Tournament’ on 28th and 29th January, 2017, with 16 teams participating and over 150 cheering spectators. The event showcased exceptional fielding and master strokes, especially during the Salsette V/s CJ Colony finals, with the latter lifting the trophy, thanks to the contribution of…
CRICKET Yuzvendra Chahal’s Heroics Help India Clinch T20 Series: India rode on an outstanding bowling spell from Yuzvendra Chahal (6-25), and helped India beat England by a margin of 75 runs in the final T20. Choosing to bat first India notched up a mammoth 202-6 in 20 overs due to great efforts from Suresh Raina…
New Zealand Level Series With India: After India sealed the 3rd ODI with a win against the Kiwis, they were in no way going to give away the series to India easily. Winning the toss New Zealand elected to bat first during the 4th ODI at Ranchi. They posted a huge total of 260/7 due…