KARACHI, Nov 3: South Shore School swept the boys’ table tennis and badminton titles in the third JUC Inter-school tournament at the JUC premises on Monday.

In table tennis, their victim was Nixor School who went down 1-3 in the final as last year’s champions Fahim’s School System and runners-up Beaconhouse School System Cambridge PECHS were eliminated earlier.

In badminton, they toppled holders Foundation Public School 2-0 for the crown.

As for girls, defending champions Mama Parsi School lived up to their reputation when they beat last year’s runners-up Beaconhouse School System Cambridge PECHS 3-2 in the repeat final to retain badminton title.

Last year’s losing finalist Beaconhouse School System Cambridge PECHS took a sweet revenge when they dethrone holders Beaconhouse School System Jubilee Campus 2-0 to annex the girls’ badminton honours.

Final results:

Badminton boys: South Shore School bt Foundation Public School 2-0. (Ali Khawar bt Umer Daraz 15-4, 15-10; Ali Khawar and Mudassir bt Umer Daraz and Mohsin Rasheed 15-11, 15-8).

Badminton girls: Beaconhouse School System Cambridge PECHS bt Beaconhouse School System Jubilee Campus 2-0. (Salwa bt Arooj Hashmi 15-13, 9-15, 15-14; Javeria Nafees and Salwa bt Arooj Hashmi and Kanwal Tahir 15-5, 15-13).

Table Tennis girls: Mama Parsi School bt Beaconhouse School System Cambridge PECHS 3-2. (Safna Virji lost to Hafsa Paracha 11-7, 6-11, 12-14; Almitra bt Shahjabeen 11-2, 11-5; Hamdah Khan lost to Urooj Jawed 4-11, 8-11; Almitra bt Hafsa Paracha11-2, 11-7; Safna Virji bt Shahjabeen 11-7, 11-6).

Table Tennis boys: South Shore School bt Nixor School 3-1. (Ibrahim Arif bt Ahmed Aslam 9-11, 11-8, 14-12; Bilal Afridi bt Abdullah 11-8, 11-5; Abdullah Seja lost to Zain Ali 9-11, 9-11; Bilal Afridi bt Ahmed Aslam 13-11, 11-5).

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