CCI Academy player's shines at National Championship.

Sub-Junior National championship 2016. 

The CCI academy players had an amazing performance in recently concluded Junior Nationals. 10 players from The Cricket Club Of India reached the Main draw in the Sub-Junior National Squash Championship held at The Daly college, Indore from 22-27th October 

Jeh Pandole (Boys U-13) and Aditya Chandani (Boys U-11) came third in their respective categories. Both the players played close matches to secure bronze medal. 

The outstanding performance by young talented player's Raghav Parthasarthy and Ipsa Mishra who secured a place for themselves in the main draw for the first time. 

Vivaan Bhatia, Aimaan Zakaria (Boys U-11), Sonya Bajaj (Girls U-13),  Shloke Sahay (Boys U-17), Abhilasha Bhasin (Girls u-15), Aditi Prasad (Girls U-17) secured a position in top 16 in their respective categories. 

Yoshna Singh ranked top 5 in India.

Yoshna Singh best performance in nationals by securing 5th rank in India.  

Yoshna Singh made pune proud by coming 5th in the Sub-Junior Nationals held at Indore from 22-27th October. 

Yoshna played the Girls Under 15 category where she played the top Seed Megha Bhatia in the Q-Finals and lost a close match 3-1. 

In the placing matches for 5/8 ranks she won all her matches by beating Aishwarya Khubchandani from Mumbai 3-0 to secure the 5th position. 

This is her best performance and she has achieved the best ranking among all the players from Pune. 

Pranjali Sharma also stood 6th in her category. 

About Yoshna: 

Yoshna started squash with Abhinav Sinha who is the founder of Rolling Nicks. Yoshna singh has been training at her home court for last 4 years with limited facilities with one court. It's only her dedication and efforts for her achievement. You cannot miss the effort of her dad Mr Ghanshyam Singh who has been putting a lot of time and efforts to support Yoshna.

Otters Squash Academy Players shines at Indian Junior open 2016.

Trainees of the Otters Squash Academy bagged two titles at the Indian Junior Open, held from 31 August to 4 September 2016 at Jaipur.

Tushar Shahani played the best match of his career in the Boys Under-17 final to beat Chi Ho Chan, Hong Kong No-2 and Asia No-4 in a close 5 setter. Trailing all the way by losing the first and third game, and 6-8 down in the deciding fifth game, Tushar relied on his dependable error free strokeplay to perfection, beating Chan 11-9 in the fifth game. This is Tushar's first IJO title in several appearances!

Kaavya Bansal compensated herself for losing out on the Malaysian Junior Open title last week due to illness by taking the IJO Girls Under-11 title, losing just 27 points in 5 matches from first round to the finals! She beat top seed Swetha Sivakumar from Singapore 11-3, 11-1, 11-1 in the final.

Advait Adik proved he is on an upward trajectory since his dissapointment at the Asian Junior team selection in May. He had a closely contested five setter semi final with arch rival Prithvi Singh, losing 15-17 in the fifth game. Advait finished 4th in the Boys U-15 event. 

Vivaan Shah finished 4th in the Boys Under-11 category.

Yash and Rutva makes India proud at Pioneer Cup 2016.

Juniors boys are making India proud. Yash Fadte from a Goa & Rutva Savant from Mumbai made India proud by their performances in Pioneer Cup 2016 which was held in Colonge, Germany. 

Both of them had a tough draw with the first round against the 3/4th seed but they played well and had a good start in the tournament. Rutva Samant came 7th and Yash Fadte came 2nd in their respective age category. This is probably the best results for this year in this event. 

Both the players have been working really hard. Yash Fadte has been training in Goa and travels to mumbai almost every weekend. On the other hand Rutva Samant has been training at Otters Squash academy and has put in a lot of hard work. 

We look forward to see more upcoming stars from India. 

PSL 2016 Details:

PSL 5th season will start in June till July. 

All the players registered will be selected through a bidding process which will take place on 4th June 2016 and teams will be announced on the same day online. 

All the players should commit to the following dates for the matches. 

June- 5, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26, 

July- 3, 10

Timings- 13:00-17:30 

Entry fees- INR 1500 each player. 

For any clarification email us at psl@rollingnicks.com or contact Mr Chiraag Khemani- +91 80-07812634

Defending Champion- SquashZone Smashers captain Yogesh Thube

SMASHERS STILL HUNGRY FOR THIRD TITLE

They are fearless, they can crush any team’s hope at any critical junction, and nothing is impossible for them. They are the Squashzone Smashers and their last Purnartha Squash League outings have proven their credentials.

The top order of the team:-Sandeep Jangra, Sachin Ogade and Yogesh Thube stepped up to snatch 42 out of the 45 available points becoming a ferocious and an unstoppable side. They won the group stage by winning 4 out of 5 matches. They silenced their critics who doubted their capability to deliver after two poor outings in the second and third season of the league. Credit for their success goes to their captain and mentor, Yogesh Thubewho supported and brought the team together in difficult situations. In the semifinals and finals, the Squashzone Smashers were faced with unparalleled challenges and were placed in a do-or-die situation but with perseverance and determination the first league champions surmounted the challenges to emerge asvictors of the 4th Purnartha Squash League.

The captain of the defending champions says “We are still hungry for more and we are looking forward to clinch the 5thPurnartha Squash League title”, to become the only team in the event’s history to win three titles.

Team Leo's captain- Mr Chiraag Khemani shared his plan for the PSL 5th season

“THIS TIME I AM HERE TO WIN”

Chiraag Khemani, the captain, mentor and coach for The Leo’s Squashing which to date remains the only team to consecutively make it to the finals three times, yet their thirst for the Purnartha Squash League (PSL) title stills remains unquenched. Though their captain, Chiraag Khemani remains determined to break the jinx and grab the winner’s trophy this season.

In the last season of the league, The Leo’s Squashing started off with a formidable run winning all of their group stage matches, instilling fear into their opponents. Their most points-earning player was Amit Garg, a C1 player from the Army Institute ofTechnology (AIT), who was an unknown player whose talent was recognized by Chiraag and then he was groomed to become a successful player. Chiraag also extracted the maximum potential from his other teammates:-Vicky Gagat, Orkodeep Paul and Jitendra to place their team at the top of their pool

The winner of the 2012 Pune Closed Championship says “We are closer than ever now in winning this title”. The former Pune no.1 along with his plethora of experience says that he has derived the winning formula and he hopes to pass it on to his teammates to turn the tide this season. After observing theprevious champions, Chiraag says that he has cracked the code to their key to success and how to break the defending champions winning streak, and he states The Leo’s Squashing will be triumphant in the 5th Purnartha Squash League.