Ranjit Singh (Uttar Pradesh) won the U-19 category for Boys
Sanya Vats (Delhi) and Aryan Parekh (Maharashtra) won the U-17 category for Girls
and Boys, respectively
Ananya Dabke (Maharashtra) and Deepak Mandal (Maharashtra) won the U-15
category for Girls and Boys, respectively
Yuvna Gupta (Maharashtra) and Yuvraj Wadhwani (Maharashtra) won the U-13
category for Girls and Boys, respectively
Anahat Singh (Delhi) and Rohan Arya Gondi (Telangana) won the U-11 category for
Girls and Boys, respectively
28 December, 2016, Great Noida, India: HCL, a leading global conglomerate, today
announced the successful completion of its first ever HCL Junior Squash Championship, which was one of the highest level tournaments in the country. The winners were felicitated
by Mr. Rajiv Swarup, President, Shiv Nadar University and Col. Gopal Karunakaran, CEO, Shiv Nadar Schools with a total prize purse of Rs. 5,00,000/- across all categories. The
championship which kick-started on 24
th December was held at Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida. The top players will also receive ranking points and will be included in the National Junior
ranking list in the relevant age group. The Championship which saw a participation from a
total of 270 players was organised under the aegis of The Squash Racket Federation of
India and the Uttar Pradesh Squash Rackets Association to promote the sport at a
competitive level. Sundar Mahalingam, Chief Strategy Officer, HCL Corporation and Shiv Nadar Foundation
said, “I would like congratulate all the participants for the high quality matches played over
the last five days. This was HCL’s first ever initiative to promote squash in the country and a
part of HCL’s brand philosophy which aims at touching people’s lives. We will continue to
build on this initiative in order to provide a serious platform to young upcoming players in the
country.” The Championship was played in a knock-out format followed by play-offs of the top 8
positions in all categories. The details of the winners and runners up are as follows:
Catego
ry
BU19 BU17 GU17 BU15 GU15 BU13 GU13 BU11 GU11
Winne
r
Ranjit
Singh
(UP)
Aryan
Parekh
(MH)
Sanya
Vats
(DL)
Deepak
Mandal
(MH)
Ananya
Dabke
(MH)
Yuvraj
Wadh
wani
(MH)
Yuvna
Gupta
(MH)
Rohan
Arya
Gondi
(TL)
Anahat
Singh
(DL)
Runn
er-up
Yash
Bhargava
(DL)
Utkarsh
Baheti
(RJ)
Jannia
Singh
(CH)
Diwakar
Singh
(UP)
Ananny
a Morey
(MH)
Jeh
Pandol
e (MH)
Kaavy
a
Bansal
(MH)
Vivaan
Bhatia
(MH)
Unnati
Tripath
i (UK)
About HCL
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many firsts to its credit, including the introduction of the 8-bit microprocessor-based computer in 1978 well
before its global peers. Today, the HCL enterprise has a presence across varied sectors that include
technology, healthcare and talent management solutions and comprises four companies – HCL Infosystems, HCL Technologies, HCL Healthcare and HCL Talent Care. The enterprise generates annual revenues of
over US $7 billion with more than 110,000 employees from 100 nationalities operating across 31 countries,
including over 500 points of presence in India. For further information, visit www.hcl.com.
