Date:30/06/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/06/30/stories/2008063053061800.htm

Sport - Cricket

Oliva posts win

Madurai: A half-century by Rashaiyah helped Oliva CC defeat KKRC by 48 runs in the Canara Bank-Madurai DCA first division ‘B’ Zone cricket league here on Sunday.

The scores: First division ‘B’ Zone: Oliva CC 200 in 36.4 overs (Rashaiya 52, Jeyaprakash 45) bt KKRC 152 in 36.2 overs (Nagaraj 40, Pandiarajan four for 30); Crescent CC 149 in 40 overs lost to Oxford CC (Usilampatti) 151 for five in 42.2 overs.

Second division: Babu CA 113 in 30 overs lost to Modern Golden Star CC 114 for six in 23.2 overs.

Third division: Canara Bank CC 168 for nine in 30 overs (Sakthi 51, Kamatchi Pandian four for 25) lost to SS CC 169 for three in 24.2 over (Karthiravan 40 n.o., Arunkumar 40); SuperSonic Concord CC 164 in 29.3 overs (Senthil 40) lost to Thirunagar Rainbow CC 168 for seven in 27.2 overs (Vijay Kandasamy 40, Menon 40).

Kedarnath wins

At Rajapalayam, K. Kedarnath of YRTV MHSS (Sivakasi) and R. Nandhuja of Vinayagar MHSS (Sivakasi) won the boys’ and girls’ titles respectively in the AP Tech Computer Education Virudhunagar district under-19 chess championship.

Kedarnath secured 7.5 points, while Nandhuja totalled seven points from nine rounds.

Meanwhile, in the district-level open chess tournament for boys and girls, R. Nirupan of Jaycees MHSS (Sivakasi) won the boys’ u-12 title with 8.5 points, while R. Solaa of Vinayagar MHSS won the girls’ u-12 title with nine points out of a possible nine.

Finals Standing: Boys: 1. K. Kedarnath 7.5/9; 2. Cibi Hariharan (KVS MHSS, Virudhunagar) 7; 3 Balakrishnan (Kalasalingam University, Anand Nagar) 6.5; 4. Hariraj (KVS MHSS) 6.

Girls: 1. R. Nandhuja 7; 2. Vallikannu (Chinnaya Vidyalaya MHSS) 6.5; 3. S.D.R. Induja (Vinayagar MHSS); 4. M. Gowri (YRTV MHSS) 6.5.

Final standing: Boys: U-12: 1. R. Nirupan 8.5/9; 2. M. Athipathy Kamesh (SHNV MHSS, Sivakasi) 7; 3. Shanmuga VeeraBabu (Rotary School, Rajapalayam) 6.5. U-10: 1. S. Rudra (Maharishi Vidyalaya) 8/9; 2. M. Arun Shankar (SHNV) 7; 3. Aravind Sunder (Jaycees). U-8: 1. Jenis Dharma (Jaycees MHSS) 8/9; 2. Ashok Manickam (Jaycees) 7; 3. Surya Prakash (Kamarajar MHSS, Sivakasi) 6.

Girls: U-12: R. Solaa 9/9; 2. Priyanka (Jaycees) 8 3. Siva Shyla Chinmaya Vidyalaya 6. U-10: 1. Pooja Zen (Chinmaya Vidyalaya) 10/10; 2. S. Nandhini (Jaycees) 9.5; 3. L. Alamu (Ananda Vidyalaya) 8.5. U-8: 1. R. Nandhini (Jaycees) 7/9; 2. S. Vishnu Prabha (Ritary School) 6.5; 3. M. Harini (Jaycees) 5.

Aranid triumphs

At Madurai, V.R. Aranid Chidhambaram of Dolphin MHSS won the open category title in the district-level chess tournament on Sunday.

Final standing: Open: 1. V.R. Aravind Chidhambaram 5/5; 2. P.L. Senthil Murugan (Lakshmi School) 4; 3. M. Vetrivel (Sethupathy HSS) 4. U-10: 1. M. Shree Ram Manikandan (Lakshmi School) 5/5; 2. M. Ajay Krishnan (Lakshmi School) 4; 3. M. Adityan Manick (Amruta Vidyalayam) 3.5. — Sports Correspondent