MAHARASHTRA STATE AMATEUR AQUATIC ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 The Newly Elected Office Bearers of MAHARASHTRA STATE AMATEUR AQUATTIC ASSOCIATION for the year 2015-16 to 2018-19 at its Annual General Meeting held on 30 th April 2015 at Deccan Gymkhana Hall, Deccan Gymkhana, Pune. 1) President: Mr. Abhay Dadhe (Pune) 2) Vice President: Mr. Bansi Jaising (Mumbai) 3) Vice President: Mr. Jaiprakash Duble (Nagpur) 4) Vice President: Mr. Prabhakar Gharat (Raigad) 5) Vice President: Mr. Suresh Kadam (Nanded) 6) Hon. General Secretary: Mr. Zubin Amaria (Solapur) 7) Joint Secretary: Mr. Mayur Vyas (Mumbai) 8) Joint Secretary: Mr. Farukh Shaikh (Jalgaon) 9) Treasurer: Mrs. Neeta Talavlikar (Pune) 10) Joint Treasurer: Mr. Sambhaji Bhonsale (Nagpur) 11) Member: Mr. Sadanand Joshi (Ratnagiri) 12) Member: Mr. Shankarbhau Koli (Raigad) 13) Member: Mr. Ratnakar Kshirsagar (Beed) 14) Member: Mr. Shirish Kolhapure (Solapur) 15) Member: Mr. Shatrughna Birkad ( Akola) 16) Member: Mr. Madhukar Vaidya (Aurangabad) 17) Member: Mr. P. Kadam (Kolhapur) The following are the different Activities and Events which took place in the ensuing months: 1) 32 nd Sub Junior & 42 nd Junior MSAAA State Aquatic Championships 2015 from 12 th to 14 th June 2015 was held at Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi, Pune where in over 750 competitors from 26 Revenue Districts participated. Team for the Nationals was selected from these Championships. 2) 32 nd Sub Junior & 42 nd Junior Glenmark National Aquatic Championships 2015 at Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune from 13 th to 19 th July 2015 where in over 1450 competitors from 29 States participated this was hosted by Maharashtra State Amateur Aquatic Association For the first time in the history of Swimming Federation of India were 2 Championships that is Sub Junior & Junior Nationals held together for a period of 7 days. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals sponsored this mega event where in 1450 Swimmers, 180 Technical Officials from 29 States of India participated. This mega event has been recorded as the largest and longest event by Swimming Federation of India. This event was graced by high profile Dignitaries who appreciated the efforts taken by the hosts. Wide coverage was given through all Local and National Dailies. Special thanks to Maharashtra Media Services & Public Relations Private Limited who compiled all the News Items a total coverage of Rs.8.19,53,240/- was given free of charge on all seven days which is also a record.
Rayna Saldhana was declared the Best Girls Swimmer winning 5 Gold Medals and 2 Records Maharashtra won the Swimming Team Championship for Boys with 143 Points Maharashtra won the Diving Team Championship for Girls with 71 Points Mr. Abhay Dadhe President of MSAAA was the Organizing Secretary Medals Tally of Maharashtra Swimmers at 32ND SUB JUNIOR & 42ND JUNIOR GLENMARK NATIONAL AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIP-2015 PUNE, 13- - 19-7-2015 SWIMMING: Sr. No. Name Event Gold Silver Bronze 800m Freestyle (B-I) 01 1. Ishaan Jaffer 200m Freestyle (B-I) 01 1500m Freestyle (B-I) 01 400m Freestyle (B-I) 01 Total 03 01 2. Prathamesh More 800m Freestyle (B-II) 01 200m Freestyle (G-I) 01 50m Breaststroke (G-I) 01 3. Monique Gandhi 400m Freestyle (G-I) 01 100m Freestyle (G-I) 01 100m Breaststroke (G-I) 01 Total 02 01 02 200m Freestyle (G-II) 01 400m Medley (G-II) 01 4. Rayna Saldanha 1500m Freestyle (G-II) 01 400m Freestyle (G-II) 01 800m Freestyle (G-II) 01 Total 05 100m Breaststroke (G-III) 01 5. Kenisha Gupta 200m Medley (G-III) 01 50m Breaststroke (G-III) 01 50m Freestyle (G-III) 01 Total 04 50m Backstroke (B-IV) 01 100m Freestyle (B-IV) 01 7. Anvesh Prasade 50m Fly (B-IV) 01 200m Medley (B-IV) 01 50m Breaststroke (B-IV) 01 50m Freestyle (B-IV) 01
Sr. No. Name Event Gold Silver Bronze Total 01 03 02 50m Backstroke (G-IV) 01 100m Freestyle (G-IV) 01 8. Sanjiti Saha 200m Medley (G-IV) 01 50m Breaststroke (G-IV) 01 50m Freestyle (G-IV) 01 Total 04 01 50m Backstroke (G-IV) 01 100m Freestyle (G-IV) 01 9. Palak Dhami 50m Fly (G-IV) 01 200m Medley (G-IV) 01 50m Freestyle (G-IV) 01 Total 01 02 02 50m Backstroke (B-I) 01 10. Jason Smith 400m Medley (B-I) 01 200m Medley (B-I) 01 Total 01 01 01 50m Backstroke (B-II) 01 400m Medley (B-II) 01 11. Neel Roy 200m Backstroke (B-II) 01 200m Medley (B-II) 01 100m Fly (N-II) 01 Total 02 02 01 50m Backstroke (G-I) 01 12. Yuga Birnale 200m Backstroke (G-I) 01 50m Fly (G-I) 01 Total 03 13. Ariesa Mongia 50m Backstroke (G-II) 01 200m Backstroke (G-II) 01 Total 01 01 50m Backstroke (G-II) 01 14. Tejaswita Bhardwaj 100m Backstroke (G-II) 01 200m Backstroke (G-II) 01 Total 01 02 15. Vedant Bapna Dhruv Patel Aaryan Bhosale Kapil Shetty 4 x 50m Medley (B-III) 01
Sr. No. 16. 17. 18. Name Event Gold Silver Bronze Nishtha Agarwaal Kenisha Gupta Saee Patil Akanksha Shah Anvesh Prasade Arjunveer Gupta Theon Langrani Anshuman Jhingran Palak Dhami Sanjiti Saha Apeksha Fernandes Evanka Shah 4 x 50m Medley (G-III) 01 4 x 50m Freestyle (B-IV) 01 4 x 50m Freestyle (G-IV) 01 19. Muskaan Tolani 400m Medley (G-II) 01 200m Breaststroke (G-II) 01 Total 02 20. Aaryan Bhosale 200m Medley (B-III) 01 100m Backstroke (B-III) 01 Total 02 21. Trisha Karkhanis 200m Fly (G-I) 01 22. Aakanksha Buchade 200m Fly (G-I) 01 100m Fly (G-I) 01 Total 01 01 100m Fly (B-I) 01 23. Ishaan Mehra 50m Freestyle (B-I) 01 100m Freestyle (B-I) 01 Total 02 01 25. Aryan Kedare 50m Breaststroke (B-II) 01 200m Breaststroke (B-II) 01 Total 02 26. 27. Yuga Birnale Mallika Baikerikar Aakanksha Buchade Monique Gandhi Muskaan Tolani Mitali Darda Ananya Mehere Rayna Saldanha 4 x 200m Freestyle (G-I) 01 4 x 200m Freestyle (G-II) 01 100m Backstroke (B-III) 01 28. Vedant Bapna 200m Freestyle (B-III) 01 50m Backstroke (B-III) 01 Total 01 02 29. Shwejal Mankar 100m Backstroke (B-I) 01 200m Medley (B-I) 01 Total 01 01 30. Viraj Prabhu 50m Freestyle (B-I) 01
Sr. No. Name Event Gold Silver Bronze 31. Shwejal Mankar Ishaan Mehra Jason Smith Ishaan Jaffer Anuj Kittur Prathamesh More 32. Vedant Singh Neel Roy 4 x 200m Freestyle (B-I) 01 4 x 200m Freestyle (B-II) 01 200m Freestyle (G-III) 01 33. Saee Patil 100m Fly (G-III) 01 50m Fly (G-III) 01 Total 01 02 34. Anuj Kittur 1500m Freestyle (B-II) 01 400m Freestyle (B-II) 01 Total 01 01 35. Apeksha Fernandes 50m Breaststroke (G-IV) 01 36. Aarti Patil 200m Breaststroke (G-I) 01 38. Varun Patel 200m Breaststroke (B-II) 01 39. Aarya Rajguru 50m Fly (G-I) 01 TOTAL SWIMMING MEDAL TALLY 28 32 26 DIVING Sr. No. Name Event Gold Silver Bronze 1. SIMRAN RAJANI 1m Spring Board (G-I) 01 3m Spring Board (G-I) 01 Total 02 2. ABOLI AJIT SANGAVE Platform (G-I) 01 3. AISHWARYA BHOSALE Platform (G-II) 01 3m Spring Board (G-II) 01 Total 02 4. SARIKA VIDAP Platform (G-II) 01 3m Spring Board (B-II) 01 NIHAL SUNIL GIRAM 5. 1m Spring Board (B-II) 01 Platform (B-II) 01 Total 03 6. SHIVRAJ PATIL Platform (B-III) 01 7. G. SATVIK EMMANUEL 1m Spring Board (B-III) 01 8. BILWA ANIL GIRAM Platform (G-III) 01 1m Spring Board (G-III) 01 Total 02 9. AARYA PARMAR Platform (B-III) 01 TOTAL DIVING MEDAL TALLY 05 02 07
WATER POLO Boys Team secured III position and won the Bronze Medal The Team consisted of: Sarang Vaidya (Captain), Bhagesh Kuthe, Pranav Mhatre, Shivam Ghadge, Hardik Tadkar, Vaibhav Kuthe, Piyush Suryawanshi, Adwait Purandare, Yash Mehendale, Ysah Jadhav, Suyog Amagaonkar, Jay Dhanani, Yash Gajinkar Girls Team secured II position and won the Silver Medal The Team consisted of : Monika Moses (Captain) Sanjili Wankhede, Nisha Bonde, Pooja Kumare, Mahima Moses, Shloka Motta, Tanisha Motta, Jaini Gogri, Salila Joshi, Kasturi Pinjarkar, Ruchika Kirad, Samiksha Shirke, Namrata Vywhare. 3) 8 th AASF Asian Age Group Selection Trials from 15 th to 18 th July 2015 at Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi, Pune hosted by Maharashtra State Amateur Aquatic Association, where in over 108 Swimmers participated from all over India and from which 69 Swimmers were selected for the Indian Camp 18 Swimmers from Maharashtra participated in the Indian Camp: SWIMMING BOYS : Virdhawal Khade, Viraj Prabhu, Ishan Mehra, Neel Roy, Vedant Sing SWIMMING GIRLS : Aditi Dhumatkar, Monique Gandhi, Rayna Saldhana WATER POLO BOYS: Sarang Vaidya, Bhagesh Kuthe, Pranav Mhatre, Shivam Ghadge WATER POLO GIRLS: Shloko Motta, Pooja Kumbre, Mahima Moses, Nisha Bonde, Sanjili Wankhede DIVING BOYS: Siddharth Pardeshi 4) 8 th AASF Asian Age Group Camp at Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi, Pune from 17 th August to 29 th September 2015 The Indian Camp for the above Championships was conducted by Swimming Federation of India under the supervision of Maharashtra, out of the 69 Competitors selected for the Camp 18 were from Maharashtra SWIMMING BOYS : Virdhawal Khade, Viraj Prabhu, Ishan Mehra, Neel Roy, Vedant Sing SWIMMING GIRLS : Aditi Dhumatkar, Monique Gandhi, Rayna Saldhana WATER POLO BOYS: Sarang Vaidya, Bhagesh Kuthe, Pranav Mhatre, Shivam Ghadge WATER POLO GIRLS: Shloko Motta, Pooja Kumbre, Mahima Moses, Nisha Bonde, Sanjili Wankhede DIVING BOYS: Siddharth Pardeshi India Coach Pradip Kumar was overall in charge Mr. Mayur Vyas for Diving & Mr Shourya Karandikar for Water Polo accompanied the team as Technical Officials from Maharashtra
5) 5 th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2015 from 25 th to 30 th August 2015 at Singapore Miss Monique Gandhi was the only Swimmer to represent India from Maharashtra for these Championships 6) 8 th AASF Asian Age Group Championships, Bangkok, Thailand 1 st to 4 th October 2015 The following Swimmers, Water Polo Players and Divers of Maharashtra represented India SWIMMING BOYS : Virdhawal Khade, Viraj Prabhu, Ishan Mehra, Neel Roy, Vedant Sing SWIMMING GIRLS : Aditi Dhumatkar, Monique Gandhi, Rayna Saldhana WATER POLO BOYS: Sarang Vaidya, Bhagesh Kuthe, Pranav Mhatre, Shivam Ghadge WATER POLO GIRLS: Shloko Motta, Pooja Kumbre, Mahima Moses, Sanjili Wankhede DIVING BOYS: Siddharth Pardeshi Medalists were: Virdhaval Khade 50 Meters Free Style Gold, 100 Meters Butterfly Silver Virdhaval Khade Member of 4 x 200 Free Style Indian Relay team won Bronze Medal Siddharth Pardeshi High Board Diving Gold Medal 7) 12 th National Masters Championships 2015 at Bhopal from 9 th to 11 th October 2015 Maharashtra State Amateur Aquatic Association sent 96 Entries for the above mentioned Championships held at Bhopal. The swimmers of Maharashtra won the highest medals 8) 77 th MSAAA Senior State Aquatic Championships 2015 on Saturday 10 th & Sunday 11 th October 2015 at Nagpur & on Thursday 1 st October at Solapur The 77th Senior State Aquatic Championships (Swimming & Water Polo) was held on Saturday 10 th & Sunday 11 th October 2015 at Maharashtra Kamgar Kalyan Swimming Pool, Raje Raghuji Nagar, Nagpur and Diving on Thursday 1 st October at Markandeya Olympic Swimming Pool, Ashok Chowk, Solapur, both the above Competitions were hosted by their respective District Associations that is Nagpur District Amateur Aquatic Association & Solapur District Amateur Aquatic Association under the auspices of Maharashtra State Amateur Aquatic Association. A total number of 320 Swimmers from 25 Districts participated.
9) 69 th Senior National Aquatic Championships 2015 at Rajkot, Gujrat from 28 th October to 1 st November 2015: A contingent of 75 Swimmers participated in the aforesaid Championships. We secured Overall Runners Up Position in the Championships. Mr. Veerdhaval Khade with 30 Points was declared the Best Swimmer of the Meet Medal Winners of Maharashtra for 69 th Senior National Aquatic Championships 2015 were: SWIMMING: Men: 1) Mr. Veerdhaval Khade: I in 50 Meters Free Style II in 100 Meters Free Style I in 50 Meters Butterfly I in 100 Meter Butterfly III in 50 Meters Breast Stroke 2) Mr. Mitesh Kunte III in 800 Meters Free Style Maharashtra Me s Tea stood III in 4 x 100 Meters Free Style Relay Me s Medal Tally as 5 Gold, 1 Silver & 3 Bronze Women: 1) Miss Jyotsana Pansare: I in 50 Meters Butterfly II in 50 Meters Back Stroke II in 100 Meters Back Stroke 2) Miss Monique Gandhi II in 800 Meters Free Style II in 1500 Meters Free Style III in 400 Meters Free Style 3) Miss Avantika Chavan II in 50 Meters Free Style II in 50 Meters Back Stroke II in 50 Meters Butterfly III in 100 Meters Free Style
4) Miss Trishna Karkhanis II in 100 Meters Butterfly II in 200 Meters Butterfly 5) Miss Rayna Saldhana III in 800 Meters Free Style III in 1500 Meters Free Style III in 400 Meters Individual Medley 6) Miss Rujuta Bhatt III in 100 Meters Butterfly Maharashtra Wo e s Tea stood I in 4 x 100 Meters Free Style Relay II in 4 x 200 Meters Free Style Relay I in 4 x 100 Meters Medley Relay Mixed Relay for the first time was introduced and we had the proud privilege to win both the Events I in 4x 50 Meters Free Style Relay I in 4 x 50 Meters Medley Relay Wo e s Medal Tally as 3 Gold, 10 Silver & 7 Bronze DIVING: Miss. Simran Rajani II in 1 Meter Spring Board I in 3 Meter Spring Board WATER POLO Wo e s tea stood II a d secured Sil er Medal Sayali Ghodekar (Captain), Vaishnavi Shriniwas, Monika Moses, Mauravi Sukar, Mahima Moses, Shloka Motta, Nisha Bonde, Payal Gahanekari, Mansi Gawde, Amruta Keluskar, Pooja Kumbare, Sayali Gogri, Sanjili Wankhede Total Medal Tally 8 Gold 11 Silver 10 Bronze 10) Representation at the Maharashtra Olympic Association Annual General Meeting 2014-15 on 1 st November 2015 The Annual General Meeting of the Maharashtra Olympic Association (M.O.A.) 2014-15 was held on 1 st November 2015 At Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Mahalunge, Balewadi, Pune and was chaired by Hon. Ajit Pawar President. Mr. Zubin Amaria Hon. Secretary attended this meeting and discussed on the various aspects including Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi, Pune to be allotted free of cost for State and National Championships.
11) 14 kilometers Long Distance National Swimming Competition to be held at Kolkata on Sunday the 20 th December 2015 The following 6 Swimmers from Maharashtra participated 1) Miss. Sampanna Shelar 2) Miss. Anushka Purandare 3) Miss. Khushi Parmar 4) Miss. Sai Desle 5) Miss. Abbha Narote 6) Miss. Geeta Malsure 7) Mr. Tejas Shankaran 8) Mr. Dev Shah 12) State Level Coaching Camp for School Game Medalists organized by Director of Sports & Youth Service and MSAAA 18 th to 30 th January 2016 A coaching Camp was organized for the School Game Medalists by the Director of Sports & Youth Service and MSAAA from 18 th January to 30 th January 2016 120 Swimmers participated in this residential camp where in Mr. Dinkar Sawant N.I.S. Coach Pune & Mr. Balaji Kendala N.I.S. Coach Kolhapur coached these competitors on various techniques to increase speed and stamina 13) 12 th South Asian Federation Games Guwhati, Assam 5 th to 16 th February 2016 Though there were 5 Swimmers who were selected from Maharashtra to represent India for the 12 th South Asian Federation Games Guwhati, Assam, Swimming being held from 5 th to 12 th February 2016 only 4 participated 1)Mr. Saurabh Sangvekar Won 2 Golds and 2 Silvers I in 400 M Free Style Men II in 200 M Free Style Men II in 1500 M Free Style Men I in 4 x 200 M Free Style Relay (Team Event) 2)Mr. Veerdhawal Khade Won 1 Gold and 1 Silver I in 50 M Butter Fly II in 50 M Free Style Men 3)Miss. Avantika Chavan Won 1 Gold & 1 Silver II in 50 M Butterfly Women I in 4x100 M Free Style Relay (Team Event) 4)Miss. Jyotsana Pansare Won 1 Gold I in 50 M Butterfly Women A total of 5 Golds & 4 Silver Medals were won by our competitors from Maharashtra DR. Jaiprakash Duble, Mrs. Neeta Talavlikar and Mr Dhansukh Kagatra were invited as Technical Officials
14) 56 th Maharashtra State Level Sunk Rock to Gate Way of India Sea Race 2016 on Wednesday 10 th February 2016 A total of 250 Swimmers participated from 18 Revenue Districts in Maharashtra. Mr. Prabhakar Gharat Vice President & Chair Long Distance Sub Committee was appointed as the Organizing Secretary of the event. The Competition was conducted in 5 different Age Groups for both Boys & Girls & Men & Women. Mr. Anuj Kittur from Nasik was adjudged the fastest Swimmer of the Race he completed the said event in 37.15 seconds. We are thankful to Jolly Boards Pvt. Ltd, Otters Club, Nagpur District Amateur Aquatic Association& Glenmark Aquatic Foundation for their donations. 15) Selection of Swimmers & Divers for the Mission 2020 Olympics We have shortlisted a total of 35 Swimmers and 15 Divers from various Districts in Maharashtra for the Mission 2020 Olympics and have also selected the following Coaches and Technical Officials for Swimming and Diving
SWIMMING: COACHES: 1) Late Mr. Subodh Danke (Mumbai) M- 98206332709 ( shall be now represented by another coach) 2) Mr. Vinay Marathe (Pune) M- 9689893714 3) Mr. Dhansukh Kagatra (Mumbai) M- 9022407711 TECHNICAL OFFICIALS 1) Mrs. Nita Talavlikar (Pune) M 9850646142 2) Mr. Gokul Kamat (Thane) M 9820724157 3) Mr. Jaiprakash Duble (Nagpur) M 9975590226 DIVING: COACHES: 1) Mr. Mayur Vyas (Mumbai) M 9819720758 2) Mr. Shrikant Shete (Solapur) M 9421033567 TECHNICAL OFFICIALS: 1) Mr. Harish Annaldas (Solapur) M - 9595957597 2) Mr. Rushikesh Gullapalli (Mumbai) M - 9869657789 16) Participation in One day Workshop on Anti Doping in Sports under PEADS A One day Workshop was organized by Director of Sports & Youth Service & National Anti Dope Agency New Delhi on Friday 4 th March 2016, the following representatives attended DR. Jaiprakash Duble Vice President MSAAA Mr. Gokul Kamat Coach Thane 17) Appointment of Coach for State Level Sports Teachers Coaching Camp from 12 th to 20 th March 2016 The Director of Sports & Youth Services had organized a State Level Sports teachers Coaching Camp from 12 th to 16 th March 2016 Mr. Dinkar Sawant N.I.S. Coach Pune was appointed as an Official on behalf of MSAAA for this Camp. 18) Meeting to review & change in Rules & Regulations to award Shiv Chhatrapati Kreeda Puruskar The Director of Sports & Youth Service had invited a team of representatives on Tuesday 29 th March 2016 to review and discuss the changes needed in awarding Shiv Chhatrapati Kreeda Puruskar, the following members represented Maharashtra for the Meeting Mrs. Neeta Talavlikar Mr. Gokul Kamat Mr. Vinay Marathe
19) Invitational Inter District & State Level Championships held Apart from the above the Affiliated District Units and Institutes organized various Inter District and State Level Championships for which permission was given 1) YMCA Open League Water Polo Championships, Khar Gymkhana, Mumbai 2) St. A s I itatio al S i i g Cha pio ships, Pu e 3) 24 th IIT State Level Swimming Gala, IIT Powai 4) Flame Kurukshetra Invitational Swimming Championships, Pune 5) Nagpur Inter District Invitational Meet 6) SVJC s Sports Acade y Rat agiri I itatio al S i i g Cha pio ships 21) Our Heartfelt Condolences a) Mr. Prakash Arora Ex Vice President MSAAA b) Mr. Subodh Danke International Coach We are thankful to all the Swimmers, Coaches, and well-wishers, sponsors and Office Bearers who have assisted us whole heartedly at all times. Mr. Zubin Amaria Hon. Secretary MSAAA