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Kandavadivel takes G.R. Nahar Memorial Trophy
Udhagamandalam: K. Kandavadivel, with 38 points, lifted the G.B. Nahar Memorial Trophy golf tournament at the Ootacamund Gymkhana Club here on Sunday.
N.K. Perumal, with as many points, clinched the Khem’s Trophy.
The results: G.B. Nahar Memorial Trophy (01-6): 1. K. Kandavadivel, 2. Ram Prasad D. Kota.
Khems Trophy (17-30): 1. N.K. Perumal 38 pts, 2. S. Viswanathan.
Vivekananda winsAt Coimbatore, Vivekananda posted a 30-run win over Janaranjani Sports Club in the Canara Bank-CDCA fourth division league for the Tirupur Textiles Trophy at the Forest College grounds on Sunday. Radhakrishnan picked four for 9 for the winner.
The scores: Vivekananda ST 114 in 36.3 overs bt Janaranjani SC 84 in 31.2 overs (Radhakrishnan four for 9).
Vigneswaran triumphsN. Vigneswaran lifted the open category title in the Indian Chess Academy’s one-day tournament at the Geetha Hall on Sunday.
Final standings:
U-8: 1. S. Sethuraman (KV), 2. A. Vijay Abimanyu (Vimal Jothi), 3. C. Aswath (NMHSS). U-11: 1. A. Chokkalingam (KV), 2. Dharaniraj (Bharathi MHSS), 3. L. Koushik (Stanes).
U-14: 1. Naveen Bharathi (GRD), 2. R. Sai Krishnan (Chavara Vidya Bhavan), 3. A.P. Arjun Kumar (SBOA). U-17: 1. Saran Rak (SBOA), 2. D.V. Haricharan (BVB), 3. K. Vijay Anand (PKD, Pollachi). Open: 1. N. Vigneswaran, 2. A. Muthusamy, 3. R. Ganesh, 4. J. Charles.
Veterans’ table tennisThe Tamil Nadu State veterans’ table tennis championship will be held at the YTTA Hall on NSR Road on December 27 and 28.
Players to take part in the 16th veterans’ national championship to be held in Indore from January 27 to February 1 next will be selected from this championship.
Easy for NMCCAt Namakkal, Nithya Memorial Cricket Club (Muthugapatti) scored a 83-run win over Century CC (Sendamangalam) in the Canara Bank-DCAN second division league at the ICL Colony grounds on Sunday.
The scores:
Nithya MCC (Muthugapatti) 145 for nine in 30 overs (Vengatesh 40) bt Century CC (Sendamangalam) 62 in 18.5 overs.
Manivel shinesN. Manivel struck an unbeaten 44 as Musiri Government HSS ‘B’ defeated Srirangam Boys HSS by eight wickets to win the title at the Tiruchi DCA Golden Jubilee inter-school T20 cricket tournament in Tiruchi.
The scores:
Srirangam Boys HSS 84 in 19.1 overs (Sivaprabhu two for seven, Muthukaruppan two for 13, Bhaskar two for 14, Rajasekar two for 20, Raghuraman two for 28) lost to Government HSS (Musiri) ‘B’ 85 for two in 17.5 overs (N. Manivel 44 n.o.).
Semifinals:
Srirangam Boys HSS 76 for five in 20 overs (S.R. Mithun 31) bt S.M. HSS 36 in 7.4 overs (Gunasekar four for nine, R. Arun Kumar three for seven, P.T. Subash two for two).
Government HSS (Musiri) ‘B’ 97 for two in 10 overs (K. Muthukaruppan 38 n.o., N. Manivel 35) bt Campion AI HSS 70 for seven in 10 overs (S. Bhaskar two for 19, S. Raghuraman two for 12).
Kombai ‘A’ posts winKombai ‘A’ defeated BNEC by 66 runs in a Theni DCA first division league cricket match at Theni.
First division: Kombai ‘A’ 166 in 27.4 overs (Bobby 41) bt BNEC 100 in 19.5 overs.
Second division:
Rocky CC 64 in 19.3 overs lost to Usilampatti CC 65 for five in 21.5 overs; Kombai ‘B’ 75 in 19.5 overs lost to Medical College ‘B’ 76 for five in 15.4 overs.
Free Birds ‘B’ 25 in 7.3 overs lost to Kombai ‘B’ 26 for two in 5.4 overs.
Andipatti CC 119 in 30 overs bt Veerapandi CC 90 in 24.4 overs.
Free Birds ‘A’ 65 in 17.5 overs (Karthik Selvam four for 29) lost to Kombai ‘B’ 66 for three in 19.2 overs.
Karuna to leadKaruna Jain will lead the South Zone women’s cricket team in the inter-zonal limited overs tournament at Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh from December 23 to 29.
The team:
Karuna Jain (capt.), Diana David (vice-capt.), Thirush Kamini, Sindhu Ashok, Dipikka Babu, Satyavani, Mamata Kanojia, Gouhar Sultana, Y. Rajini, Shikha Pandey, D. Kamashi, V.R. Vanitha, N. Niranjana, Sravanthi Naidu and Sowjanya Nath. Coach: Kalpana; Manager: K.R. Gayatri
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