RCGC in title-round

The Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC) on Monday made the national final cut in the sixth edition of the McDowell’s Signature Club Golf Championship, to be held in Bangkok next month.

In the regional final at the RCGC here on Monday, the hosts outplayed six other teams to grab the elite spot from the eastern region.

The RCGC team was represented by Akshay Butta and Gaurav Ghosh in the 0-8 handicap category, Manish Goenka and Pradeep Bhaumik in the 9-16 handicap category and Naresh Keyal and Prakash Shah in the 17-24 category. The team logged 124 stableford points to finish on top.

Gokarna Forest Golf Resort and Spa from Kathmandu Nepal finished second with 110 points.

RCGC will face Eagleton Golf Resort (winners of southern leg), Noida Golf Course (winners of northern region) and BPGC (winners of western Leg) in the national final.

School tennis

Mahadevi Birla set up the title-round clash with Modern High in the girls’ team championship of the Britannia 11th inter-school tennis tournament, organised by the IndianTennis Academy at the SAI Complex.

In the semi-finals played on Monday, Mahadevi Birla earned a 2-0 win over St Thomas while Modern HS defeated La Martiniere for Girls 2-1.

RESULTS

Mahadevi Birla bt St Thomas 2-0 (Amrita Mukherjee bt Arundhuti Basu 6-0, 6-2; Srishti Kumar bt Rachana Sethia 7-6 (7-4), 6-2). Modern HS bt La Martiniere 2-1 (Mohana Sarker bt Snigdha Kapoor 6-3, 6-1; Agana Mukherjee lost 5-7, 4-6 to Raseena Chablani; Mohana Sarker and Agana Mukherjee bt Raseena Chablani and Rashmi Somani 6-1, 6-1).

Basketball

Modern High and La Martiniere will clash in the girls final of the Frank Anthony Public School basketball tournament.

In the semi-finals, Modern High accounted for Loreto Dharmatala 14-9 while La Martiniere for Girls demolished St John’s 58-08.

In the boys’ section, Frank Anthony Public School, Assembly of God Church, Bharati Vidya Bhavan and Julien Day completed thesemi-final field.

RESULTS

Boys quarters: Frank Anthony Public School bt St Joseph’s 39-37; Julien Day School (Elgin Rd) bt Don Bosco (Liluah) 28-13; Assembly of God Church School bt Grace Ling Lang 27-25; Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan bt Don Bosco (Park Circus) 26-20; Girls semi-finals — Modern HS bt Loreto Dharmatala 14-9; La Martiniere for Girls bt St John’s 58-08.

TODAY IN SPORT

BASKETBALL: Inter-school meet at Frank Anthony Public School from 11am.

CRICKET: Polly Umrigar Trophy — Bengal vs Sikkim at JU, Salt Lake campus from 10am

TENNIS: Boys’ semi-finals inter-school meet at SAI Complex from 9.30am onwards.