Date:12/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/12/stories/2008121261222000.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Jayaseelan beats Prabhakaran

CHENNAI: Players from AG’s Tamil Nadu ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams did well in the penultimate round of the south zone Indian Audit and Accounts Department chess tournament here on Thursday.

While Jayaseelan (TN ‘B’) defeated E. Prabhakaran (Kerala), Suresh Kumar and Ebenezer Joseph (both TN ‘A’) played out a draw.

The results:

Suresh Kumar (AG TN ‘A’) (1.5) drew with Ebenezer Joseph (AG TN’A’) (1.5); A.K. Jagadeesan (AG Kerala) (2) bt Narayan Namboothiri (AG Karnataka) (1); E. Prabhakaran (AG Kerala) (0) lost to Jayaseelan (AG TN ‘B’) (2).

B. Ravindra Kumar (PDA SCR) (0) lost to S. Manivannan (AG TN ‘B’) (1); Nagesh Kumar (PDA SCR) (0) lost to N.V. Ramakrishna (AG Karnataka) (1).

Goalless draw

Tamil Nadu Special Police and Southern Railway played out a drab goalless draw on Thursday in the St. Joseph-CFA senior division league at the Nehru stadium.

Both teams had their share of opportunities but none could be capitalised on. For the promoted team Railway, which played its third match, the one point from this draw took its points tally to four.

As for TNSP, which played its second match, the outcome provided its first point, having lost to SAI in its earlier encounter.

In the first division earlier, RBI drubbed City Police 5-0. Somu (2), Arunraj (2) and Sandilyan were the scorers.

Basketball tournament

The Dev Sports Academy Trust and Lions Club of Chengalpattu Fort are to jointly conduct a basketball tournament for mini (under-13), junior (under-16) boys and girls at the Academy’s court at 48-A, Kalathu Mettu Street, Indira Nagar, Natham, Chengalpattu from December 26 to 30.

Entries, which close on December 20, to be sent to M.D. Ananda Kumar, Organising Secretary at the above address. Ph: 27428331/ 9842328331.

Thirumurthy-Rajagopal duo finishes first

Thirumurthy and A. Rajagopal finished first in the North-South direction, while K.R. Venkataraman and D. Vijay came on top in the East-West direction in the TTK-TVS Alumni Club monthly bridge tournament, here on Wednesday.

Other placings: North-South: 2. Srihari Varghese & Sunil Varghese; 3. K. Natarajan & T.T. Chari.

East-West: 2. V. Krishnan & Dang; 3. R. Vijayraghavan & V. Ramkumar.

Table tennis coaching

The YMIA is conducting regular coaching for boys and girls (age seven and upwards) in table tennis at its premises at New India building, 49 Moore Street, Chennai-1. For details, contact: Ph: 25343337/ 9840171188.

Inter-polytechnic handball tournament

The IPAA Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry Coimbatore division inter-polytechnic collegiate handball tournament, organised by the Sri Ramakrishna Polytechnic College, will be held at its premises in Coimbatore from December 15 to 17.