Date:19/11/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/11/19/stories/2008111957261800.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Big win for Apollo CC

TIRUCHI: T. Mukilan and V. Jayakrishnan struck half centuries as Apollo CC defeated Anna Nagar CC by 88 runs in a Tiruchi DCA third division league cricket match here.

The scores: First division: Neptune CC 133 in 34 overs lost to Pudukottai RC 134 for three in 29.5 overs (G. Terrance Savio 40 not out). Second division: Golden XI 128 in 36.3 overs lost to Galaxy ‘A’ CC 133 for seven in 41 overs (M. Prabhu 51 not out). Third division: Apollo CC 242 for nine in 41 overs (T. Mukilan 69, V. Jayakrishnan 50, R. Tamilarasan four for 30) bt Anna Nagar CC 154 for nine in 41.1 overs (N. Nagarajan 43). Galaxy ‘B’ CC 101 in 23.5 overs lost to TU CC 104 for five in 27.1 overs.

Fourth division: Lehar CC 173 for seven in 28 overs (V. Suresh Kumar 51) bt Seven Star CC 83 in 20.3 overs.

Campion AI HSS 175 for eight in 30 overs bt Srinivasa Nagar Blues 122 in 21.1 overs (Siddhanth V. Mittal four for 17).

Gokulakrishnan wins

S. Gokulakrishnan and V. Jayakrithika clinched the under-17 singles title in the boys’ and girls’ sections respectively at the Tiruchi Sahodaya Schools (CBSE) inter-school badminton tournament, organised by the Kamala Niketan Montessori School, here on Tuesday.

The results: (all finals): Boys: Under-17: Singles: S. Gokulakrishnan (RSK HSS) bt S.A.N. Nazeem (Kamala Niketan Montessori School) 21-16, 21-9. Doubles: K.G. Deepan & Sudharsan (RSK) bt N. Nilesh & S.M.S. Sharavana Kumar (KNMS) 21-18, 18-21, 21-13. Under-14: Singles: R. Kasinath (KNMS) bt Vishwashankar (RSK) 21-16, 21-18. Doubles: M. Ajay & Dhanasekar (KNMS) bt Chibi & S. Babu (RSK HSS) 21-14, 21-17.

Girls: Under-17: Singles: V. Jayakrithika (Mahatma Gandhi CV) bt Cippy Jayaprakash (KNMS) 21-5, 21-6. Doubles: J. Shobana & T.S. Yazhini (KNMS) bt V. Yazhmozhi & N. Gayathri (Mahatma Gandhi CV) 21-13, 16-21, 21-19. Under-14: Singles: Keerthana (RSK) bt Preethika (Geethanjali all-India Secondary School) 21-6, 21-10. Doubles: Navya Vijay & Priyadarshini (Aditya Birla Public School) bt N. Swetha & S. Sujitha (KNMS) 21-10, 21-19.

TT tournament

The Tiruchi District Table Tennis Association will conduct a district-level ranking table tennis tournament at BHEL Community Centre here on November 22 and 23. The event will be conducted in junior, sub-junior, cadet, mini cadet categories for boys and girls. Men and women singles and open doubles events will also be held.

Entries close on November 21 with R. Ananda Kumar (94449 52934).