Date:23/11/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/11/23/stories/2008112355251400.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Saravanan sparkles

Coimbatore: Saravanan slammed in four goals including a hat-trick as Thyagi NGR posted a 5-0 win over Young Hunters Football Club in the CDFA first division football league here on Saturday.

The results: Thyagi NGR FC 5 (Saravanan 25, 28, 33, 37, Rajesh 59) bt Young Hunters FC 0; Sara Elgi FC 1 (Chanakyan 56) bt Peelamedu FC 0.

Aditi in last four

Aditi Anand and Sneha S. Kamath from Stanes defeated their opponents with ease and entered the semifinals in both the under-13 and 16 girls’ singles in the district schools badminton tournament on Saturday.

The results: Quarterfinals: Boys: U-13: P.T. Harshath (VN) bt V. Maheswaran 21-9, 21-11; Harikrishna (Sub) bt V. Aravind (Carmel) 21-11, 21-11; Easwar (GD) bt Sankesh (BVB) 21-4, 21-10; P. Soundararajan (VN) bt T. Abishek (Kikani) 21-9, 21-10.

Girls: U-13: Aditi Anand (Stanes) bt S. Sadhana (Stanes) 21-6, 21-13; Sneha S. Kamath (Stanes) bt G. Shibani (Stanes) 21-14, 21-13; K.A. Vikasini (VN) bt K. Malini (VK) 21-7, 21-9; Reshmi S. Babu (Sishu) bt Visrutha (Stanes) 21-9, 21-11.

U-16: K. Sangavi (Kikani) bt G. Shibani 21-9, 21-11; Aditi Anand bt D. Amritha (Stanes) 21-9, 21-13; Sneha S. Kamath bt Arpita S. Lulla (SBOA) 22-20, 21-18; Reshmi S. Babu bt K.A. Vikasini (VN) 21-9, 21-8.

Doubles: Semifinals: Girls: Reshmi Babu & D. Amrita bt Shibani & Visrutha 21-14, 21-11; Aditi Anand & Arpita bt K. Sangavi & Sadhana 24-22, 21-19.

Washed out

The CDCA inter-School under-13 cricket final between RKS Kalvi Nilayam and Jayendra Saraswathi MHSS, scheduled at the SNR Sons grounds on Saturday, could not be played due to wet weather conditions.