Mixed luck for hosts Deccan Gymkhana at 3rd Edition of Katakkar Trophy All-India Inter-Club Water Polo Tournament
Pune, 18th February 2026: Hosts Deccan Gymkhana has mixed luck on the opening day winning one match against Indian Airforce and going down to Central Railways at the 3rd edition of Katakkar Trophy All-India Inter-Club Water Polo Tournament which is being organized by Deccan Gymkhana and played the Deccan Gymkhana Tilak Tank.
In a close match Deccan Gymkhana edged Indian Airforce 13-12. Both team were tied 9-9 at Full time . in the Penalty Shoot Deccan Gymkhana won 4-3. In the other encounter Central Railway trounced the hosts 23-07
In other league matches Southern Railways handed another loss to Indian Airforce winning 13-05. Indian Navy scored two wins first against Raigad winning 16-05 and 09-06 win against Trivandrum XI.
The tournament was inaugurated by Mr.Hemant Katakkar of Kat Control.Mr. Mihir Kelkar, General Secretary of Deccan Gymkhana and Mr. Vishwesh Katakkar. Tournament Director Mr.Shuarya Karandikar, Mr. Jay Apte, Chief trustee of Deccan Gymkhana, Neeta Talawalikar, Former International Player Mr. Sanjay Karandikar, Mr. Shailesh Tamhankar, Mr. Chandu Date, Mr. Kunal Vanakudre, Mr. Ashish Sandu, Mr. Mayank Patel, Mr.Sanket Shinde were present on the occasion.
Results: Group League Round:
Central Railway: 23(Amal Kumar 6, Appu Ns 5, Uday Uttekar 4, Ruturaj Bidkar 3, Rohit Bs 2, Parth Ambulkar 2, Rohit Kuthe 1) bt Deccan Gymkhana: 07(Piyush Suryavanshi 3, Prayag Jaiswal 2, Vaishnav Mahadik 1, Balasaheb Bhise 1); POM-Amal Kumar;
Southern Railway: 13(Adarsh Bs 5, Abhilash R 2, Ambadi NS 2, Adithyan AB 2, Anandu A 1, Akash VS 1) bt Indian Airforce: 05(Lal Krishna 1, Nitheesh UN 1, Monjith MM 1, Praveen 1, Akhil BK 1); POM – Adarsh Bs;
Indian Navy: 16(Bhagesh Kuthe 4, Ankit Prasad 3, Vaibhav Kuthe 3, Pranav Mhatre 2, Sumit Shaw 1, Abhishek Gupta 1, Sandeep Ds 1, Sumit Prasad 1) bt Raigad: 05(Dinanshu Kuthe 1, Shravan Indre 1, Harsh Thakur 1, Nikhil Shinde 1, Sahil Kuthe 1); POM – Ankit Prasad;
Western Railway: 16(Shreyas Vaidya 5, Ashwinikumar Kunde 4, Sarang Vaidya 3, Aditya Thete 2, Manish Khomane 2) bt Trivendrum Xi: 02(Anand Satheesh 1, Visal V 1); POM -Shreyas Vaidya;
Central Railway: 16(Rohit Bs 3, Uday Uttekar 3, Afsal Navas 2, Ruturaj Bidkar 2, Amal Kumar 2, Rohit Kuthe 2, Appu Ns 1, Mahesh Kuthe 1) bt Amravati: 02(Aryan Hingimre 1 Ashwin Kaloti 1); POM – Ashwin Kaloti;
Deccan Gymkhana: 13(Piyush Suryavanshi 3, Abhijeet Mokashi 2, Vaishnav Mahadik 1, Balasaheb Bhise 1, Viraj Dhokale 1, Priyesh Karale 1) bt In Penalty Shoot Out Indian Airforce: 12(Monjith Mm 4, Praveen 3, Sibin V 2); Full Time: 9-9; Penalty Shoot: 4-3; POM – Guruprasad Khaire;
Indian Navy: 09(Pranav Mhatre 2, Bhagesh Kuthe 2, Tamal Mistry 2, Midhun Aj 1,Abhishek Gupta 1, Vaibhav Kuthe 1) bt Trivendrum Xi: 06(Krishnan Yadhav 3, Anand Satheesh 1, Sidharth Sc 1, Irfan Is 1); POM – Krishnan Yadhav.
