Date:04/12/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120471082000.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Dinesh, Easwaramoorthy in last four

Erode: T. Dinesh and Easwaramoorthy qualified for the semifinals from Group ‘A’ in the fifth Erode district-ranking snooker tournament here on Monday.

Three-time champion S. Surendran and K.S. Umakanth booked last-four berths from Group ‘B.’

The former later paired with Andrews to blank the duo of T. Dinesh and R. Murugesh 3-0 for a place in the doubles final.

The results: Round-robin: Group ‘A’: Thirumurugan bt Saravanan 3-1, bt Andrews 3-1; T. Dinesh bt Andrews 3-0, bt Saravanan 3-2, bt Easwaramoorthy 3-0, bt Thirumurugan 3-2; Saravanan bt Andrews 3-2; Easwaramoorthy bt Thirumurugan 3-2. Group ‘B’: S. Surendran bt R. Murugesh 3-0, bt Suresh 3-0, bt Dhanasekar 3-0 bt Umakanth 3-1; Umakanth bt Murugesh 3-2, bt Dhanasekar 3-2, bt Suresh 3-0; R. Murugesh bt Suresh 3-0, bt Dhanasekar 3-1; Dhanasekar bt Suresh 3-0.

Doubles: Semifinals: S. Surendran/ Andrews bt T. Dinesh/ R. Murugesh 3-0; Thirumurugan/ Suresh bt Umakanath/ Easwaramoorthy 3-2. Quarterfinals: S. Surendran/ Andrews bt Manoj/ Periasamy 3-0; K.S. Umakanth/ Easwaramoorthy bt Dhanasekar/ Saravanan 3-2; Thirumurugan/ Suresh bt Rajan/ Kumar 3-0; T. Dinesh/ R. Murugesh bt Srinvasan/ Sameem 3-1.

Gopal Naidu HSS wins

At Coimbatore, Gopal Naidu HSS, with a better goal aggregate, emerged the school champion of the Bishop Ambrose Trophy football tournament in Othakkalmandapam on Sunday.

Karpagam Polytechnic College tallied nine points to clinch the title among polytechnic colleges.

Final standings: Polytechnic-level: 1. Karpagam PC (9 points), 2. NPA Centenary PC (4), 3. VLB Janakiammal PC (4). School-level: 1. Gopal Naidu HSS (7), 2. Swami Sivananda HSS (7), Bishop Ubagarasamy HSS (3).

Hari scores century

An unbeaten 106 by K. Hari Prasad enabled Sri Ramakrishna Mills SC score a six-wicket win over ABT CC in the Canara Bank-CDCA first division cricket league for the Pricol Trophy here on Sunday.

The scores: First division: ABT CC 249 for nine in 50 overs (Subramanian 80, John Britto 98) lost to Sri Ramakrishna Mills SC 251 for four in 43.2 overs (K. Hari Prasad 106 not out, Dheer Bhimani 62, K. Nazeer 43); Tirupur CC 99 in 30.1 overs (M. Balakrishnan five for 13) lost to RKS Kalvi Nilayam ICC 100 for two in 16.4 overs (A. Siddharatha 42); Rainbow CC 221 in 47 overs (T. Rajasekar 80, Sakthivel 59, K.N. Sounderamani four for 40) bt Jolly Rovers CC 171 in 42 overs (John Baptist 70, Srinivasan four for 32); Sri Ramakrishna CT 159 in 42 overs (M. Hari Prasad 73, U. Sathish five for 24) lost to RKS CA 163 for four in 37.2 overs (Aslam Sher Khan 59).

Easy for Sterling Biotech

At Udhagamandalam, Sterling Biotech posted a 90-run win over Mechanics CC in the Canara Bank-NDCA ‘B’ division cricket league for the A.R. Raja Gowder Memorial Trophy at the Lawrence School grounds on Monday.

The scores: ‘B’ division: Sterling Biotech CC 211 (N. Rajini Kumar 61) bt Mechanics CC 141 (H. Jabarullah four for 11).

‘C’ division: Blossom Cricketers 143 (N. Jeeva 45) lost to JSS CoP 146 for four in 24.4 overs (A. Abdul Jabbar 59).

Big win for Colts

Colts Cricket Club scored an eight-wicket win over Cordite Factory Sports Club in the NDCA-HPF Staff Club Rolling Trophy cricket tournament on Sunday.

The scores: Nilgiris CC 258 for seven in 40 overs (A. Sasi 66, V. Dharmveer Singh 58, I. Ignatius 50) bt Fern Hill Youngsters SC 175 (R. Timothy four for 10); Cordite Factory SC 146 for seven in 40 overs (R. Hariharasubramani 50, B. Jaikumar 56, U. Anup four for 24) lost to Colts CC 152 for two in 26.1 overs (S. Sandeep 66 not out, D. Vinoth 40); All Stars CC 144 (K. Krishnamohan 40 not out) lost to Yankees CC 146 for seven in 36.4 overs (Arun K. Nair 44).

Mukesh, Pradnya win

Mukesh Maravi of Bhopal and Pradnya of Bangalore won the men’s and women’s titles respectively in the all-India BHEL inter-unit table tennis tournament at Tiruchi on Monday.

The results (all finals): Men: Singles: Mukesh Maravi (Bhopal) bt S. Kumaran (Tiruchi) 11-5, 11-13, 5-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-6. Doubles: Brij Mohan & J.P. Bagla (Delhi) bt Shiva Honniah & Raghavendran (Bangalore) 11-6, 11-9, 12-10.

Team: Bhopal bt Delhi 3-1 (J.P. Masand lost to Brij Mohan 11-7, 5-11, 9-11, 10-12; Mukesh Maravi bt J.P. Bagla 11-6, 11-5, 11-8; M.P. Deshpande bt Rakesh Khanna 11-7, 11-5, 11-4; Mukesh Maravi bt Brij Mohan 11-4, 11-2, 11-9).

Women: Singles: Pradnya (Bangalore) bt Manjula Bhagat (Haridwar) 11-6, 11-7, 11-5. Doubles: Manjula Bhagat & Komal Gandhi (Haridwar) bt Sharada & Lakshmi Rajam (Hyderabad) 11-5, 11-5, 11-2.

Srirangam BHSS advances

Srirangam Boys HSS defeated Jessi MHSS by 50 runs and qualified for the next stage in the Tiruchi DCA inter-school knock-out cricket tournament at Tiruchi on Monday.

The scores: Srirangam Boys HSS 179 for seven in 30 overs (M. Ramesh 43, R. Keemakeerthan three for 21) bt Jessi MHSS 129 in 24.4 overs (Siddharth 42 not out, R. Loganathan three for eight, Ganesh Ravi Ramamurthy three for 14).