Zoroastrian Sport Committee

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 Zoroastrian Sports Committee

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The 10^th Zarathushti Games

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

 The Zoroastrian Sport Committee (ZSC), the official sports committee of the Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America (FEZANA) is pleased to report that the 10^th Zarathushti Games took place on June 30 – July 4, 2006 in Los Angeles, California.  This year, the ZSC Games attracted participants from all over the world including the United States (from 16 states), Canada, Iran, Germany, Australia, England, and Finland. 

 Roughly 400 participants engaged in competitions in basketball, volleyball, swimming, track and field, and table tennis.  These participants comprised 14 adult basketball teams, 4 youth basketball teams, 12 volleyball teams, and over 150 registrants for individual sports (i.e. swimming, track and field, and table tennis).

 The champions for this year’s games include:

 Youth Basketball:

            1^st Place:   Azad from South Central US

            2^nd Place:  Team3 from Orange Country CA

            3^rd Place:  Fobs from mix of San Jose, Germany, and Los Vegas

 Adult Basketball:

            1^st Place:   Vesta from Washington DC

            2^nd Place:  Azar  from Vancouver BC

            3^rd Place:  Atash from Los Angeles

 Volleyball:

            1^st Place:  Mehr from San Diego

            2^nd Place: Jaraghe from Los Angeles

            3^rd Place: Valley1 from Los Angeles Valley

 Track & Field (Youth – 80 meter - Boys):

1^st Place (Ages 8-9):  Arman Irani from San Diego California

            1^st Place (Ages 10-12):  Arash Goshtasbi from Orange County

1^st Place (Ages 13-14):  Aurash Behroozi from Dallas Texas

             2^nd Place (Ages 10-12):  Pedram Ghaibi from Los Angeles California

2^nd Place (Ages 13-14):  Mehrban Mostaghnipour from Irvine California

             3^rd Place (Ages 10-12):  Armand Behroozi from Dallas Texas

 Track & Field (Youth – 80 meter - Girls):

1^st Place (Ages 8-9):  Keemia kasravi from Orange County California

            1^st Place (Ages 10-12):  Sarah Kasravi from Orange County California

1^st Place (Ages 13-14):  Diba Zomorrodi from Los Angeles Valley California

             2^nd Place (Ages  8-9):  Autusa Behroozi from Dallas Texas

2^nd Place (Ages 10-12):  Aryana Behmardian from Orange County California

2^nd Place (Ages 13-14):  Noosheen Goshtasbi from Orange County California

            3^rd Place (Ages  8-9):  Neda Delgosha from Los Angeles Valley California

3^rd Place (Ages 10-12):  Abrisham Khosravyani from San Jose California

3^rd Place (Ages 13-14):  Avishan Khosravyani from San Jose California

 Track & Field (Adult – 1600 meter - Men):

            1^st Place:   Viraf Soroshian from San Diego, CA

            2^nd Place: Arian Banki from San Diego, CA

            3^rd Place:  Jahangir Mehrkhodavandi from Los Angeles Valley

 Track & Field (Adult – 1600 meter - Women):

            1^st Place:  Afrouz Demehri from Toronto

            2^nd Place: Jasmine Mahabadi from Phoenix Arizona

            3^rd Place:  Homa Kameh from Toronto Ontario

 Table Tennis:

            1^st Place:  Faraz Demehri from Sydney Australia

            2^nd Place: Ashkan Yazdani from San Diego California

            3^rd Place: Rashid Billimoria from Los Angeles California

 Swimming (Youth – 25 meter - Boys):

1^st Place (Ages 8-9):  Pedrum Ghaibi from Los Angeles California

            1^st Place (Ages 10):  Arash Goshtasbi from Orange County California

                                                tie with   Darius Bhadha from Los Angeles California

1^st Place (Ages 11-14):  Arman Mazdiyasni from Orange County California

             2^nd Place (Ages  8-9):  Bahman Engineer from San Jose California

2^nd Place (Age 10):  Bahram Ostad from Los Angeles Valley California

2^nd Place (Ages 11-14):  Rostam Vahoumeni from Orange County California

            3^rd Place (Ages  8-9):  Shayan Mehrshahi from Orange County California

3^rd Place (Ages 10):  Farid Banki from San Diego California

 Swimming (Youth – 50 meter - Boys):

1^st Place (Ages 8-14):  Darius Bhadha from Los Angeles California

2^nd Place (Ages 8-14):  Arash Goshtasbi from Orange County California

3^rd Place (Ages 8-14):  Bahram Ostad from Los Angeles Valley California

  Swimming (Youth – 25 & 50 meter - Girls):

1^st Place (Ages 8-14):  Nisa Goshtasbi from Orange County California

2^nd Place (Ages 8-14):  Diba Zomorrodi Los Angeles Valley California

3^rd Place (Ages 8-14):  Avishan Khosravyani from San Jose California  

Swimming (Adult – 50 meter - Men):

1^st Place:  Porus Engineer from San Jose California

2^nd Place: Omid Mazdiyasni from Orange County California

3^rd Place: Harry Engineer from San Jose California

 Swimming (Adult – 100 meter - Men):

1^st Place:  Omid Mazdiyasni from Orange County California

2^nd Place: Porus Engineer from San Jose California

3^rd Place: Harry Engineer from San Jose California

 Swimming (Adult – 100 meter Relay - Men):

1^st Place:        Arsham Dianat from Los Angeles California

Omid Mazdiyasni from Orange County California

            Sam Namiri from Los Angeles California 

            Zavash Rashidi from Los Angeles California

2^nd Place:       Freddy Engineer from San Jose California

                        Harry Engineer from San Jose California

                        Porus Engineer from San Jose California

                        Arian Banki from San Diego California

3^rd Place:        Behnam Bastani from San Diego California

                        Nima Bastani from Vancouver BC

                        Ramin Shariari from Los Angeles California

                        Orang Demehry from Orange County California

The ZSC social activities were all sold out events.  The Beach Party at Dockweiler Beach on Saturday night attracted close to 400 attendees; Over 300 people also attended the Disco Night on which was held on the LMU campus on Sunday night; and the Cruise Night at Marina Del Rey attracted over 360 people and was a sold-out event a month prior to the Games. 

email us at zsc@fezana.org