Queens Birthday Tournament 2007 (Christchurch)

The 2007 NZISA Annual Sports Tournament headed south this year, hosted by the Christchurch Indian Sports Club.  Everyone who attended were treated to fine southern hospitality, fabulous sunny days and exhilarating Netball and Hockey action.

Netball teams competing this year were, Christchurch, Auckland and Waikato. The teams played each other twice therefore completing two rounds over two days of play. The standard of Netball increases every year.  Auckland has set the standard and was the deserved eventual winners. The stand out games were between Waikato and Christchurch, absolute nail biters!

Women's Hockey. With three team entries, Wellington, Pukekohe and Christchurch (yes Christchurch, their 1st women's hockey team to compete at QBT) the three clubs agreed to a different format. After a standard round robin play on Sunday, the round robin winner, Wellington went direct to the final, and Christchurch and Pukekohe fought out the final place in an early Monday morning semi final. Won by Christchurch, they met Wellington in the final, with Wellington the winners.

Men's B Section Hockey. Four teams made up the B Section, North Harbour, Pukekohe B, Bay of Plenty and Auckland B. This section was always going to be hot! With only four teams, a trophy and promotion to the A section for the winner it was going to be tight and it lived up to expectations with two teams, Auckland B and North Harbour on equal points heading into the last game against each other (could not have planned it better).  Heartache for Auckland B, jubilation for North Harbour.

Men's A Section. Everything here was normal.  Six teams competing for the coveted Dhyan Chand Trophy, Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland A, Central Districts, Wellington B and Pukekohe. Hard to think of a game that was not thrilling.  We were all treated to some superb hockey that went down to the wire on more than one occasion.  Penalty strokes became the order of the day. On paper there were a number of teams that could have taken home the silverware, Wellington did the business and the trophy is there for the year.

Congratulations to all players who made the NZISA tournament teams and to those voted most valuable player for each of their squads. Thank you to everyone who attended tournament this year, especially to the members of the Christchurch Indian Sports Club for being such fantastic hosts.

New Zealand Indian Sports Association
Ashok Ganda

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QBT 2007 -TOURNAMENT TEAMS

MEN'S A
Umesh Parag (Wellington A), Nermesh Ramji (Wellington A),
Shashil Govind (Christchurch), Anesh Kesha (Auckland),
Hitesh Daya (Pukekohe), Jaydep Keshaw (Auckland),
Sanjay Patel (Auckland), Sanjiv Menon ( Christchurch),
Priyesh Bhana (Central Districts) Yogesh Hari (Pukekohe)
Rajeev Menon (Christchurch), Hitesh Patel (Wellington A)
Rakesh Parsotam (Christchurch), Vinay Patel (Wellington A)
Sunjay Ganda (Christchurch), Jayesh Parbhu (Wellington B)

MEN'S B
Raynesh Smith (North Harbour), Vijay Mitha (Auckland),
Jayesh Ravji (Pukekohe), Yashvant Masters (North Harbour),
Dipak Dheda (Bay of Plenty), Jayesh Kalidas (North Harbour),
Dharmesh Patel (Auckland), Bhavesh Sima (Bay of Plenty),
Mahin Kika (North Harbour), Mukesh Bhana (Pukekohe),
Jitu Patel (Auckland), Annil Dheda (North Harbour)
Chetan Parsot (Pukekohe), Hus Narsai (Auckland),
Nilesh Vaidya (Auckland), Sunil Unka (North Harbour)
 
WOMEN'S HOCKEY
Trishna Abernathy (Pukekohe), Jayshree Ganda (Christchurch),
Neisha Chhiba (Wellington), Smittee Dayha (Wellington),
Meenakshi Chhagan (Wellington), Sarah Daji (Christchurch),
Sharmila Bhana (Wellington), Anita Hari (Pukekohe),
Meera Patel (Wellington), Babita Bhana (Wellington),
Kavita Morar (Wellington), Asha Patel (Wellington),
Sharmila Vallabh (Pukekohe), Sharmila Bhikha (Christchurch),
Jaya Dheda (Christchurch), Niketa Bhana (Wellington),

NETBALL
Nalika Patel (Auckland), Esther Sankop (Christchurch),
Anjeena Singh (Waikato), Alisha Patel (Auckland),
Maneesh Singh (Waikato), Kajal Keshvara (Waikato),
Kiran Keshvara (Waikato), Jayshree Magan (Auckland),
Sangita Ranchhod (Auckland), Julia Thomas (Waikato),

Most Valuable Player Awards

Mens B Section Hockey
Auckland B Bhavesh Patel
Pukekohe B Deon Naran
North Harbour Raynesh Smith
Bay Of Plenty Dipak Dheda
        
Netball
Auckland Alisha Patel
Waikato Kajal Keshvara
Christchurch Karishma Govind
        
Womens Hockey
Wellington Meera Patel
Christchurch Sarah Daji
Pukekohe Bhavika Babu
        
Mens A Section Hockey
Wellington A Hitesh Patel
Wellington B Jayesh Parbhu
Central Districts Vijay Soma
Christchurch Sunjay Ganda
Auckland A Jaydeep Keshaw
Pukekohe A Vimal Patel

Player of the Tournament: Men's A, Sunjay Ganda, Christchurch
Player of the Tournament: Women's, Jaya Dheda, Christchurch
Player of the Tournament: Men's B, Raynesh Smith, North Harbour

For more information please email events@cisc.org.nz