Date:20/03/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/03/20/stories/2008032060112400.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Double for Selvi

CHENNAI: A. Tamil Selvi bagged the girls’ under-13 and under 16 singles titles in the Tiruvallur District badminton tournament at the Ambattur Badminton Association-Kamalam John Samuel Indoor Stadium here recently.

Other results: Men: (singles): 2. Anandan; (doubles): 1. Aravind / Satish, 2. Manikandan / Senthil Kumar; Boys: U-16 (singles): 1. Aditya Sabha, 2. Jaya Sriram; (doubles): 1. Sammrat / Akilesh, 2. Venkatesh / Jaya Sriram.

U-13 (singles): 1. Kunal, 2. M. Anand Kumar; (doubles): S.L. Diwakar / M. Anand Kumar, 2. Venkatesh / Harith.

U-10 (singles): 1. Ravi Ranjan, 2. Imthiyas Hussan.

Girls: u-16 (singles): 1. Tamil Selvi, 2. Priya Darshini; (doubles): 1. Nikita Susan / Munu Sindhuri, 2. Prachi / Priya Darshini. U-13 (singles): 1. A. Tamil Selvi, 2. J. Sifra.

Venkatraman-Krishnan pair wins

K.R. Venkatraman and R. Krishnan won the pairs event in the North-South direction in the open bridge tournament, conducted by Alumni Club of Anna University in association with IOB. Guthip Rajasekar and N. Prasanth of IIT finished second, while T.K. Mani and B. Kamakoti was third.

More than 100 participants, including those who had represented India at Bermuda Bowl, China and Pakistan, took part. For a change, the players accepted the ‘zero noise’ concept. Usually heated arguments and endless discussions inside and outside the venue form the feature.

The General Manager of IOB, Ashoke Chatterjee, gave away the prizes.

Other results: East-West: 1. R.N. Subramanian and Asokan 2. R. Kannan and Niranjan 3. P.S. Santanam and V. Krishnan. Swiss league: 1. Nest Inn 2. Well Knit 3. Leela Iyengars 4. Trinity.

ACMCA camp

Audhi Chetty Memorial Cricket Academy will conduct a camp for boys between six and 19 years from April 13 to May 31 at AJS Nidhi HSS, Alandur. Call T.K. Janakiraman (22441454 or 9840150098) for details.