The 2nd HCL International Junior Squash Concludes

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The 2nd HCL International Junior Squash Concludes

NOIDA, India, December 15, 2017/PRNewswire/ -- . Aryan Parekh won the U-19 category for boys . Sanya Vats and Sankalp Anand won the U-17 category for girls

and boys, respectively . Aishwarya Khubchandani and Aryan Khandelwal won the U-15

category for girls and boys, respectively Aasya Patel and

Yuvraj Wadhwani won the U-13 category for girls and boys,

respectively . Anahat Singh and Ekambir Singh won the U-11 category for

girls and boys, respectively

HCL, a leading global conglomerate, today announced the successful conclusion of the 2nd HCL International Junior Squash championship - a silver event under the Asian Squash Federation (ASF) calendar, rated five star by the Squash Racket Federation of India (SRFI). Hosted at the Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, this five-day championship is one of the highest-level tournaments in the country. The winners were felicitated by Arjuna award winner Bombayla Devi Laishram, a celebrated Indian archer, with a total prize purse of INR 5,49,000 across all categories.

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The top players will receive ranking points for the matches played during this tournament, which will add up to determine their Asian ranking in the relevant age group. The Championship, which saw participation from 261 players, was organised under the aegis of The Squash Racket Federation of India and the Uttar Pradesh Squash Rackets Association to promote the sport at a competitive level.

Sundar Mahalingam, Chief Strategy Officer, HCL Corporation and Shiv Nadar Foundation, said," I would like to congratulate all the players for their outstanding performance and hope that they will keep practising so that next year the quality of their game is raised further. This is the second time HCL has organized the Junior Squash Championship in order to promote the sport in our country. HCL's brand philosophy is to touch people's lives in ways that can have a transformative effect on their journey. We aim to continue supporting Squash as a sport in India in collaboration with SRFI."

Harish Prasad, National Squash Development Officer at Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI), said, "It is always wonderful to see such young players walk into the court with the determination to show their best game. It was a great experience seeing these young talents battle each other for the title. Like always, HCL supported us with excellent facilities and helped us throughout to conduct the Championship in an efficient and time bound manner."

The Championship was played in a knockout format followed by play-offs of the top eight positions in all categories. The

details of the winners and runners up are as follows: Category BU-19 BU-17 GU-17 BU-15 GU-15 BU-13 GU-13 BU-11 GU-11 Winner Aryan Sankalp Sanya Aryan Aishwarya Yuvraj Aasya Ekambir Anahat Parekh Anand Vats Khandel Khubchand Wadhwani PatelSingh Singh

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Runner-up Rahul Prithvi Amira Jay Diksha Rutva Kaavya Gurveer Unnati Baitha Singh Singh Vaknalli Aurobindo Samant Bansal Singh Tripathi

About HCL Founded in 1976 as one of India's original IT garage start- ups, HCL is a pioneer of modern computing with many firsts to its credit, including the introduction of the 8-bit microprocessor-based computer in 1978 well before its global peers. Today, the HCL Enterprise has a presence across varied sectors that include technology, healthcare and talent management solutions and comprises three companies - HCL Infosystems, HCL Technologies and HCL Healthcare. The enterprise generates annual revenues of over US $7.5 billion with more than 120,000 employees from 140 nationalities operating across 39 countries, including over 500 points of presence in India.

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