Date:02/11/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/11/02/stories/2007110257282000.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Madras bows out

VIJAYAWADA: Pune’s Bharati Vidyapeeth University defeated University of Madras 15-10, while Jalgaon’s North Maharashtra University outplayed Chennai’s Tamil Nadu Physical Education & Sports University 13-9 in the South West Zone inter-university handball (men) tournament’s knockout fixtures held at ANU campus at Guntur on Thursday.

The results: Kannur bt Saurashtra 22-11, Gujarat Vidyapeeth bt Alagappa 21-7, MGU (Kottayam) bt Bharatiyar University 32-25, RTM Nagpur bt Gujarat University 32-21, VTU (Belgaum) bt Tumkur University 16-7, Sri Venkateswara bt Barkathullah 17-4, University of Kota bt Thiruvalluvar 12-4, University of Calicut bt Madhurai Kamaraj 18-15, Bhavnagar bt Dr. BAM University 19-4, Andhra University bt RG Proudyogiki Viswavidyalaya 17-8, MD Saraswathi bt University of Mysore 13-10, Bharati Vidyapeeth bt University of Madras 15-10, Kakatiya University bt HCR North Gujarath 19-5, SGB Amaravati bt Jai Narayanavyas 21-7, Acharya Nagarjuna bt VN South Gujarath 24-12, North Maharasthra bt TN Physical Education & Sports 13-9.

AP archers excel

Andhra Pradesh archers won the team championship defeating Jharkhand (225/240) in the final of the National sub-junior archery championship, which concluded at Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) on October 30, according to team manager Ch. Satyanarayana. Vijayawada’s Ch Jignash won the individual Olympic round by hauling 110 out of 120 points. He also won two gold medals (60m and 30m), silver (50m) and a bronze (70m).

TT selections

The trials to select Krishna District table tennis teams (men, women and boys) to take part in the 31st Inter-district championship will be held at DRMC stadium on November 3 and 4. Call B. Uday Kumar (94406-61729) for details.