Trishna Sailing Club (TSC), Bengaluru, matched Army Yachting Node (AYN) stride for stride, taking two of the seven titles on offer, just as many as the famed Mumbai squad, in the Hyderabad Sailing Week that concluded on Friday evening.
After protests delayed declaration of results, deliberations over the same going late into the night, the final announcements were made on Saturday. Clinching the crowns for the southern side were Vishnu Saravanan in the Laser Radial and Jerome Kumar S. in the RS:X.
Laser Standard champion Gitesh and the 470 pair of Ayaz Shaikh and Shubham Patel landed the spoils for the western team.
The results: 470: Race X: 1. Ayaz Shaikh & Shubham Patel, 2. P. Muttu & Narendra Singh, 3. Atul Lende & Mahesh Yadav (all AYN). XI: 1. Lende & Mahesh, 2. Muttu & Narendra, 3. Imo Lemnok & Navneet (INWTC, M). XII: 1. Muttu & Narendra Singh, 2. Ayaz & Shubham, 3. Lemnok & Navneet. Enterprise: X: 1. Vignesh R. & Ponraj M (CESC), 2. Sanjeev Khanna & Jay Haridas (EMESA), 3. E. Hemant Kumar & E. Karthick Kumar (CESC) XI: 1. Hemant & Karthick Kumar, 2. H.K. Lavin & Y. Madhu Babu (TSC), 3. Vignesh & Ponraj. XII: 1. Lavin & Madhu Babu, 2. Vignesh & Ponraj, 3. Rahul Swamy & Jerin Joseph (NDA).
Hobie 16:X: 1. Kaushal Kumar Yadav & Vishnu Prasad G.R. (AWSA), 2. Ashish Kumar Patel & Nagen Behera (EMESA), 3. Jaspreet Singh & Nitesh Kumar (AWSA).
XI: 1. Jaspreet & Nitesh, 2. J.C. Behera & Umesh Bhosale (INWTC, V), 3. Pawan Kumar & Nitin M.K. (AYN). XII: 1. Ashish & Nagen, 2. Kaushal & Vishnu, 3. Kamlesh Kumar Patel & U.B. Rawankar (AYN).
Laser Standard: X: 1. Gitesh (AYN), 2. Gurjeet Singh (AYN), 3. Deelip Kumar (EMESA). XI: 1. Vishnu Saravanan (TSC), 2. Muzahid Khan, 3. Mohit Saini (AYN). XII: 1. Gitesh 2. Muzahid Khan 3. Vishnu Saravanan.
Laser 4.7: X: 1. Jayalakshmi Sundaravadivel (TNSA), 2. K. Ganesh (EMESA), 3. Rishab Nayar (YCH). XI: 1. Harshita Tomar (NSS), 2. Koteshwara Rao (TSC), 3. Ananya Chouhan (EMESA). XII: 1. Rishab, 2. Koteshwara, 3. K. Venkat Krishna (TNSA).
RS:X:X: 1. Arjun Reddy (AYN), 2. Jerome Kumar S. (TSC), 3. M.N. Kore (AYN). XI: 1. Arjun, 2. Jerome, 3. M.N. Kore. XII: 1. Jerome, 2. Arjun, 3. Kore.
Overall standings: 470: 1. P. Muttu & Narendra Singh 14 points (AYN), 2. Ayaz Shaikh & Shubham Patel 20 (AYN), 3. Atul Lende & Mahesh Yadav 30 (AYN).
Enterprise: 1. E. Hemant Kumar & E. Karthick Kumar 17 (CESC), 2. Vignesh R. & Ponraj M. 20 (CESC), 3. H.K. Lavin & Y. Madhu Babu 22 (TSC).
Hobie 16: 1. Kaushal Kumar Yadav 19 (AWSA), 2. Jaspreet Singh & Nitesh Kumar 29 (AWSA), 3. Ashish Patel & Nagen Behera (EMESA).
Laser Standard: 1. Gitesh 25 (AYN), 2. Muzahid Khan 33 (AYN), 3. Vishnu Saravanan 37 (TSC).
Laser Radial: 1. Vishnu Saravanan 15 (TSC), 2. Sharif Khan 22 (AYN), 3. Israj Ali 41 (EMESA).
Laser 4.7: 1. Rishab Nayar 30 (YCH), 2. Ram Milan Yadav 43 (NSS), 3. Koteshwara Rao 45 (TSC).
RS:X: 1. Jerome Kumar S. 13 (TSC), 2. Arjun Reddy 19 (AYN), 3. M.N. Kore 26 (AYN).