racquet and ball they were given by her father mehernosh chipia and sister zena who had both played the game at the national level so after running with the wooden racquet and knocking over antique pieces and glass panes frenaz was gradually drawn towards the table i actually wanted her to play the game because it helps develop concentration says mehernosh who also doubled up as a coach it proved correct as she topped her school st xaviers english in surat but also became a better player with regular practice frenaz has already played in u12 schools and open nationals i hold my performance at the national school games in mizoram in 200607 where we won the team gold and i the individual silver as my best till date she says once in a while the little girl in her emerges and she yearns for a burger and fries with her friends but on most occasions i give it a miss tt comes first and then the rest shireen limaye 15 basketball cuesports netball amultisport prodigy shireen limaye takes to sport like a duck to water at fourteen she has already carved a niche for herself as a hoopster cuesport champ and netball hopeful shireen made her maiden appearance for india at the asian under16 basketball championship in pune where she was adjudged rebound ace latching on to the ball rebounding from the board 61 times she devotes two hours in the mornings for snooker and three hours for basketball she idolises her mother suvarna and elder brother animesh suvarna is a former statelevel player while animesh is a national level player she finished runnerup in billiards in subjuniors u16 at the agra nationals this year in the 2008 indore nationals she lost to citymate arantxa sanchis in snooker in the junior u18 category shes presently among the 20 probables at the india netball camp for the 2010 delhi commonwealth games vaibhav suri 12 chess nineyearold vaibhav suris introduction to chess happened solely because his mother vandana wanted her introvert child to open up the process began in vaibhavs hobby classes at rs junior modern school in delhi vaibhav started competing in january 2006 and won individual gold at the asian school games in singapore recently in a span of three years this delhi boy has established himself as a prime upcoming chess talent in the country today at elo 2344 vaibhav is ranked world no 1 asian no 1 and national no 1 in the u12 category his scholarly look belies his age and harry potter does not give him the kick that chess does when it comes to talking about himself the shy boy clams up but ask him about his hero veselin topalov and he tells you in a soft voice that he admires the bulgarian grandmaster because he remained honest and clean during his unified world championship title against vladimir kramnik in 2006