Date:03/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/03/stories/2008100357641800.htm

Sport - Volleyball

Erode, Tiruchi make it to pre-quarterfinals

Tirupur: Erode and Tiruchi made it to the pre-quarterfinals in the boys’ section of the State sub-junior volleyball championship for boys and girls at the Angel College of Engineering and Technology courts here on Thursday.

The results: Boys: Group ‘A’: Nagapattinam bt Kanyakumari 25-19, 25-19; Kanyakumari bt Villupuram 25-17, 25-19.

Group ‘B’: Dharmapuri bt Namakkal 22-25, 25-20, 25-19; Kancheepuram bt Dharmapuri 26-24, 25-20.

Group ‘C’: Chennai bt Sivagangai 25-17, 25-21; Chennai bt Madurai 25-19, 20-25, 25-21.

Group ‘D’: Perambalur bt Tiruvallur 25-19, 25-18; Thiruvarur bt Perambalur 25-22, 25-18.

Group ‘E’: Krishnagiri bt Salem 25-20, 25-22; Coimbatore bt Krishnagiri 26-24, 22-25, 25-12; Coimbatore bt Salem 25-23, 25-19.

Group ‘F’: Tirunelveli bt Virudhunagar 25-20, 26-24; Virudhunagar bt Tuticorin 25-20, 25-12; Tirunelveli bt Tuticorin 25-22, 25-19.

Group ‘G’: Dindigul bt Nilgiris 25-11, 25-17; Erode bt Ramnad 25-6, 25-11; Erode bt Nilgiris 25-15, 25-17; Erode bt Dindigul 25-15, 25-23.

Group ‘H’: Tiruchi bt Thiruvanamalai 25-9, 25-21; Tiruchi bt Theni 25-20, 24-26, 25-23; Tiruchi bt Cuddalore 25-22, 25-15; Cuddalore bt Thiruvanamalai 25-9, 25-9.

Girls: Group ‘A’: Dindigul bt Erode 25-17, 9-25, 25-23; Dindigul bt Tiruvallur 25-15, 25-23; Madurai bt Tiruvallur 25-23, 17-25, 25-17; Coimbatore bt Madurai 25-15, 25-11; Erode bt Tiruvallur 25-9, 25-14.

Group ‘B’: Krishnagiri bt Thiruvanamalai 19-25, 25-16, 25-17; Krishnagiri bt Chennai 25-21, 19-25, 25-17.

Group ‘C’: Virudhunagar bt Kanyakumari 25-21, 25-16; Nagapattinam bt Virudhunagar 21-25, 25-14, 25-22; Nagapattinam bt Kanyakumari 25-23, 25-6.

Group ‘D’: Perambalur bt Cuddalore 25-23, 18-25, 25-23; Perambalur bt Tuticorin 25-21, 25-12; Kancheepuram bt Cuddalore 25-13, 25-19.

Sivagangai triumphs

Sivagangai thrashed Tiruvallur 4-0 and emerged champion in the third State under-13 football championship for boys for the PHF GS Rolling Trophy at Udhagamandalam on Thursday.

The result: Final: Sivagangai 4 (Manikandan, K. Raja 2, Solamalai) bt Tiruvallur 0.