The third match of the ITZ championship ended with a scoreline that looks quite skewed, but the match itself was anything but one-sided. Aldona Ambotik began with a flurry, racing ahead in the first round, but Panjim Psmartypants quickly caught up with the home team and was even ahead for a short while. The two teams went into the final buzzer round neck-and-neck, with the South Goa Leftovers barely a nose behind. But in the final round, the Ambotik proved too spicy.
A highlight of the match was the lovely home venue provided by one of SEQC's First Families, the Figueiredos. The Green Zone will have its next match also in a picturesque setting, at Arco Iris in Curtorim, the home venue of the South Goa Leftovers team. That match is scheduled for November 2, to be QMed by Lynn Barreto Miranda.
Results:
Match 3 (Green Group)
Held at the Figueiredo House, Aldona on Sat Oct 5
QM: Rajiv D'Silva
1st: Aldona Ambotik (Aniruddha Sen Gupta*, Anjali Sen Gupta, Leroy Veloso, Lucano Alvares, Savio Figueiredo) – 140 points
2nd: Panjim Psmartypants (Nitish Wagle*, Anant Lawande, Anil Rodrigues, Harsh Bhatkuly, Neil Nunes, Soham Gaunekar) – 90 points
3rd: South Goa Leftovers (Mahesh Prabhu*, Bennita Ganesh, Ganesh Subramaniam, Tanmay Naik, Zibane Paes) – 70 points
