Date:10/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/10/stories/2008101054242200.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Gladyson bags title

KOCHI: The Regional Sports Centre’s Gladyson Correya won the men’s title in the Ernakulam District table tennis championship at Udyogamandal.

The results (finals): Men: Gladyson Correya (RSC) bt Vysakh Ravi (RSC) 9-11, 8-11, 13-11, 11-9, 11-4. Youth boys: Vysakh Ravi (RSC) bt Sharath Raj (CPT) 12-10, 11-8, 11-7. Junior boys: Paul Albert (RSC) bt Ahlad Ajay (RSC) 10-12, 11-8, 12-10, 6-11, 11-8. Sub-junior boys: Vishal Dilawar (RSC) bt Kurien Kurien (RSC) 11-8, 11-13, 11-3, 10-12, 12-10. Girls: Junior: Lia Chacko (RSC) bt Gayatri Girish (RSC) 11-3, 11-6, 6-11, 11-13, 14-12. Sub-junior: Gayatri Girish (RSC) bt Sivangi Raj (Rajagiri) 11-5, 11-6, 11-9. Cadet: Aswathy Murali (SBOA) bt Sreedevi Suresh (SBOA) 11-3, 13-11, 11-3.

Arjun to lead

Kozhikode’s N.K. Arjun will lead the Kerala team in the forthcoming Vinoo Mankad Trophy South Zone under-19 inter-State limited-over cricket tournament at Visakhapatnam. Thiruvananthapuram’s Sachin Baby will be his deputy.

The team: N.K. Arjun (Kzd, captain), Sachin Mohan (Tvm, vice-captain), Akhil Viswanath (Tvm), Nihal Unni (Ekm), Santu Jose (Tvm), Jaffer Jamal, Vishnu (both Tsr), Akshay Kodoth (Tsr, wk), P.M. Anfal (Ksgd), M.S. Akhil (Ekm), Mohammed Naseef (Knr), Sandeep R. Nair (Alp), Niaz (Tvm), Irshad (Ksgd), Saddam A. Das (Ekm). Reserves (for Cooch Behar under-19 three-dayers): Favaz, Monish Jay, Philip K. Joseph, Vipin, Shaiku (both wk), Ali Asgar, Jibinlal, Kabeer, Jithin Ramachandran, Ramkumar. BB championships

The Pathanamthitta Senior District Basketball Championships will be held at the Public Stadium in Thiruvalla on October 11.