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Hat-trick by RWF’s Jairaj

Bangalore: Jairaj’s hat-trick (second, 51st and 57th minutes) helped Rail Wheel Factory hold Postal to a 3-3 draw in a State ‘A’ division hockey league match at the KSHA Stadium, here on Thursday.

Prakash Chalke (two) and Kamala Kannan scored for Postal.

In another match, MEG defeated MLI 4-3. Samson Fernandes, Stephen D’Souza, Dayal and Monnappa scored for the victor, while Praful (two) and Dhananjay Mahadik scored for MLI.

Host Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College (SBMJC) won the cricket title in the VIE ’09 all-India sports fest, being organised by SBMJC in Bangalore. In the final, SBMJC defeated Guru Nanak (Chennai) by 115 runs.

State cricketer Manish Pandey slammed 134 to set up SBMJC’s win. Chasing SBMJC’s 333, Guru Nanak was dismissed for 218 in 37 overs.

In tennis, Ajay Selvaraj of Chennai won the men’s title beating Jagadeeshan Kumar 7-5, 6-4 while Asha Nandakumar of SBMJC bagged the women’s title with a 7-6(2),6-4 win over Grace Hanna.

In the women’s basketball league, Jeppiar University defeated Mount Carmel College 41-35 and M.O.P .Vaishnav College (Chennai) beat SBMJC 40-37.

In the volleyball league, Satyabhama University (men) and St. Joseph’s College women emerged champions while Al-Ameen won the men’s hockey title.

Nakul and Nisha will lead the Karnataka boys’ and girls’ teams respectively in the National junior volleyball championship at Pandavapura, near Mandya, from January 11 to 18.

The teams:

Boys: Nakul (captain), Mahantha, Sunil, Sajan Shetty, Sachin, Saravana, Karthik, Sulaiman Raj, Harisha, Chethan, Vikram and Suraj. Coach: Krishne Gowda.

Girls: Nisha (captain), Arpitha Mary, Babitha, Divya, Mallika Shetty, Ranjitha, Jeevitha, Sujaya, Anusha, Manjula, P.C. Anusha and M.S. Prakruthi. Coach: K.C. Ashok.

The Century Club three star ranking badminton tournament for boys and girls in the under-10, 13, and 16 categories will be held in Bangalore from January 24 to 27.

For the first two days, the tournament will be conducted simultaneously at the Century Club and KBA courts, while the matches in the last two days will be held at the club premises.

Entries close on January 20.

A State-level FIDE-rated chess championship will be conducted from January 21 to 26 by PES Institute of Technology at its campus, near here, in Bangalore. Entries close on Jan. 14. Call J. Gowtham (99801-93104) for details.

The T. Anjaneyalu Naidu memorial cricket tournament for fourth division teams will be held during weekends from January 10 to February 23.

The Herons Cricket Club will conduct the KSCA-approved tournament featuring ten teams at the J.P. Nagar Stadium. For details, call 9845096056.

Abhilash bagged five wickets and helped Bangalore United CC (2) defeat Bangalore Indian CC by 54 runs in a KSCA Group I, fifth division league cricket match in Bangalore recently.

The scores: Bangalore United CC (2) 182 in 38.5 overs bt Bangalore Indian CC 128 in 40.1 overs (Abhilash five for 11); Sri Jayachamarajendra CC 204 in 49.3 overs (C.R. Sudendra 42) bt Elite Blues CC 116 in 31.2 overs (Shashidhar four for 21); Wilson Garden CC 200 in 48.3 overs (Sanchit Sharma 46, Badreesh four for 60) lost to Malleswaram United CC 202 for seven in 46 overs (Prateek 45 n.o.); Johnson CC 253 in 44.4 overs (Girish 56, Shreyas 52, Gurumurthy 40) bt YMCA CC (3) 199 in 45.4 overs (Subramanya 47); Eleven Brother’s CC (Magadi) 232 in 40.2 overs (Syed Khadir 55, Adil Khan 51, Thyagy four for 53) bt Citizen CA 100 in 23.1 overs (Ziya five for 26); Govt. Arts College 88 in 20.4 overs (Narayan five for 13) lost to City Cricketers 93 for one in 10.2 overs (Vinay 50 n.o.); Head Quarters CC 173 in 42 overs (Jagadish 45, Madhu four for 33) lost to City Gymkhana 174 for five in 24.2 overs (Mithun 59).

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