Date:08/10/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/10/08/stories/2006100807121600.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Thulsi Ram stars in HPS's win

HYDERABAD: Striker Thulsi Ram scored eight goals as Hyderabad Public School (Ramanthapur) blanked BEL, Bangalore 14-0 in the boys' U-19 section of the South Zone CBSE inter-schools hockey tournament, which began at Ivy League Academy (near Hakimpet) here on Saturday. Manoj (3), Madan (2) and Ibrahim (1) were the other scorers.

In another match, Ivy League Academy coasted to an easy 6-0 win over Jain International School, Bangalore, with Sharan and Dillip scoring a brace each. Jogabrata and Vivek also found the net.

In the girls' section, Anusha Reddy's hat-trick helped VPNN, Kondapur record a 4-0 win over HPS (Ramanthapur). Prudhvi completed the tally.

The results: Boys: U-14: KLE, Naipani, 3 (Narender Kalam 3) bt Ivy League Academy 1 (Yaipabha); HPS, Ramanthapur 3 (Praveen, Prudhvi, Venkatesh) bt CPRF Hakimpet 0; Sainik School, Bijapur w/o Jawahar School, Neyveli. U-19: VPNN w/o CPRF, Hakimpet. Girls: U-14: Lawrence, Lovedale 5 (Kriti 2, Aarthi 2, Meghna 1) bt CRPF, Hakimpet 0. U-19: VPNN, Kondapur 4 (Pruthvi Reddy, Anusha Reddy 3) bt HPS, Ramanthapur.

Archana loses

V. Archana of Hyderabad lost to Korean Park Hui-kyung 6-3, 6-2 in the final of the ITF Junior Circuit (Grade V) U-18 tennis championship in Colombo, according to information received here.

Uday moves up

A. Uday Shanker defeated R. Nihaal 8-0 in the boys' U-10 first round of the State open junior tennis tournament organised by Ganesh Raman Tennis Academy in Bowenpally here.

The results: Boys: U-10: A. Uday Shanker bt R. Nihaal 8-0; N. Anirudh Yadav bt A. Thatwavith 8-4; R. Sameer Varma bt Jitesh Swamy 8-3; Aviraj bt Jai Sachdev 8-7(6); Abhinav Macedo bt Hemanth Kumar 8-0; Varun Reddy bt Pranav Rawalani 8-4; Yash Puri bt V. Dheemanth 8-3; P. Siddarth bt Santosh Reddy 8-1; M. Ankit Reddy bt Hashim Ali Khan 8-3; T. Kapadia bt Gurpreetham 8-7(4); Jitesh Arora bt Manoj Kumar 8-7(6). Girls: Y. Pranjala bt Sneha 8-0.

Accenture wins

Accenture scored a 10-wicket win over Apollo in the Idea Cup corporate cricket meet organised to raise funds for Concern India Foundation here.

The scores: Apollo 65 in 14.2 overs lost to Accenture 66 for no loss in 10.3 overs; ICCI 194 for four (Yahiya Khan 55, C. Vatsal 43 not out) bt Batrionics 66 for seven; GMR 71 lost to GE 72 for six; BOA 86 lost to Satyam 88 for three. C3i w/o Comptech.

Disabled sports meet

The Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad will organise a sports meet for the physically challenged in different age groups on Oct. 17 and 18 at the Victory Playground. Competitions will be held in athletics, basketball, kabaddi, tug-of-war and chess. Entries close on Oct. 13. For details, contact 9849068433.

Chess tournament

The Brilliant Trophy open chess tournament will be organised at Brilliant Grammar School (Dilsukhnagar) on Oct. 14 and 15. For details, contact 9247399717.

Selection trials

The APCA will organise the U-11 and U-7 selection trials at Brilliant Grammar School during the State open event to pick the teams for the Nationals to be held in Chennai and Goa respectively.

Trials to select the Osmania University chess teams will be held on Oct. 9 at the Department of Physical Education, OU. Interested persons are requested to report to Maj. Shiv Prasad (manager) or Kanna Reddy (coach).

School Games Federation for Saroornagar Zone of Ranga Reddy district will organise under-14 and 16 cricket selections on October 9 at BVB Kamalarani Sanghi Public School in Sanghinagar.

Contact 9246203255 for details.

The Ranga Reddy District Judo Association will conduct trials to select the junior boys and girls' teams at the Saroornagar Stadium on October 9 at 4 p.m. The selected players will represent the district in the State championships in Nizamabad.Call Ravinder on 9849283573 or 9391044164 for details.

Hyderabad advances

Hyderabad men and Krishna women were the first teams to enter the quarterfinals in the 21st State-level atya patya tournament at Amberpet Playground here on Saturday.

The results: Men: Ranga Reddy bt Kurnool 46-15, 30-10; Krishna bt Nalgonda 9-2, 18-2; Mahabubnagar bt Nellore 10-9, 18-2; Hyderabad bt Adilabad 9-5, 18-12; Krishna bt Kadapa 9-7, 10-7; Krishna bt Medak 11-9, 15-14; Hyderabad bt Prakasham 43-9, 48-14; Mahabubnagar bt Vizianagaram 13-8, 16-11. Women: Krishna bt Anantapur 23-16, 26-16; Nalgonda bt Prakasham 14-8, 22-14; Hyderabad bt Karimnagar 15-12, 19-9; Krishna bt Adilabad 31-17, 21-17; Nalgonda bt Kadapa 14-7, 13-9; Mahabubnagar bt Kurnool 13-15, 20-9, 13-9.