Each person in this team was a specimen. Nowhere will one find such colourful people together at once. Polly Umrigar, Nari Contractor, Behram Irani, Farokh Engineer, Rusi Surti, Mehli Irani, Hoshi Amroliwala, Behram Gowadia, Salim Durrani, Abbas Ali Baig, Noshir Tantra, Homi Mehta, Karsan Ghavri and many others. Wicket keeper batsman Mehli Irani, who is now 82-year-old, played Kanga League
Read moreDear Friends, The Zoroastrian Society of Ontario (ZSO) and the Zoroastrian Sports Committee (ZSC) proudly announce that registration for this year’s games are now open! We invite you to take advantage of our early bird deadline of March 22, 2012 and register to attend and participate in the 13th Zoroastrian Games in Toronto, ON Canada. We encourage you to register
Read moreKHURSHID MISTRY WINS THE MUMBAI MARATHON 2012- Half Marathon Ms Khurshid Mistry has won Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2012- Half Marathon under the Veteran Category which was held on January 15, 2012. Ms Khurshid completed 21 kms in 1hour 53 minutes and secured 3rd position under the Veteran Category (2nd Indian women in the category). This year 9,876 runners had participated for the Half Marathon. This is the second
Read moreHera Havewala of std ten a, queen mary school, mumbai, won the gold medal at the i.c.s.e. national athletic meet. She threw the shot put to a distance of 9.76 meteres to win the gold medal.
Read moreIt was in 2003, that a slight, typically fair-skinned Parsi girl – 16-years-old at the time – was anxiously shaking off her nerves before taking her mark for the 200 meter race in her first ever National level tournament in Patiala. As Ayesha Billimoria placed her foot on the starting block and crouched into position, the race was halted by
Read moreDear Friends, The Zoroastrian Society of Ontario (ZSO) and the Zoroastrian Sports Committee (ZSC) cordially invite you to join us for the 13th Zoroastrian Games in Toronto, ON Canada. We look forward to seeing you for yet another memorable event of sports, competition, socializing and meeting with new and old friends beginning on June 29th through July 3rd at York University. Details of registration
Read moreZarathushtis IN SPORTS A family’s involvement & contribution over 90 years By Rusi R. Sorabji When I was a kid in the late 1930’s there were no TV’s, no Nintendo’s, no radios, no MP3’s, but we had indoor games, good books and the
Read moreDear Friends, The 25th Jiji Irani Challenge Cup Cricket Tournament played annually between the Parsis / Zarathustis of Kolkata, Nagpur, Jamshedpur, Secunderabad/Hyderabad and Surat, is to be played at Secunderabad in the 2nd week of January 2012. The Tournament is played on a round robin basis, with each centre hosting the Tournament by rotation. It was started in memory of the late Mr.
Read moreVeterans Athletic Federation of India had recently organised the National Veterans Athletic Championships 2011 from 4 to 7th August, 2011 at Pondicherry in Indira Gandhi Sports Stadium. Approx 2000 athletes from various states of the country participated in the championship. Ms Khurshid Mistry was selected by the Veterans Athletic Federation of India to represent the State of Maharashtra . She was
Read moreDear Friends, The second deadline to register for the 7th Zoroastrian Unity Cup Soccer Tournament if fast approaching. SPACE IS VERY LIMITED as so many of you took advantage of the earlybird registration. So if you haven’t registered, to ensure your team a spot we encourage you to register BEFORE JULY 11, 2011. Prices will drastically increase after July 11th. The application
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