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Arun in last eight

MADURAI: Arun Vijay Malli of Union Club bounced back to beat R. Gautham of Pot Black Centre and entered the quarterfinals of the district-ranking snooker tournament at the Union Club Billiards Hall here on Thursday.

The results (third round): Arun Vijay Malli (UC) bt R. Gautham (PB) 27-38, 33-48, 54-32, 40-26, 81-23; Khaja (BK) bt E.B. Kuppusamy (UC) 68-47, 76-16, 62-46; Sreeshah (BK) bt A. Packiaraj (Rly. Inst) 47-30, 50-33, 51-29; M. Rajesh Babu (UC) bt S. Murugesan (RI) 63-9, 60-24, 68-30; V.S.M.R. Janarthanan (Sourashtra Club) bt Bala (BK) 54-20, 31-64 53-45, 63-53; R. Sunder (PB) bt R. Ramesh (RI) 52-25, 56-24, 29-78, 52-47; C. Movendra Pandian (RI) w/o Suresh Kumar (RI); M. Raja (BK) bt Dinesh (PB) 64-32, 59-31, 47-60, 38-48, 69-47.

SIT wins title

Sethu Institute of Technology, Kariapatti defeated PSNA CE, Dindigul 25-20, 25-16 in the final of the Anna University inter-engineering college volleyball tournament at the Mohamed Sathak EC ground, Kilakarai near Ramanathapuram on Thursday. The results: Semifinals: SIT, Kariapatti bt ACCET 25-4, 25-6; PSNACE bt TCE, Madurai 21-25, 25-18, 25-18.

Sun EC retains title

Sun Engineering College, Nagercoil retained the title defeating St. Xavier's Engineering College Nagercoil 25-20, 25-23 in the final of the Zone-10 inter-engineering college volleyball tournament at Mepco Sechlenk EC indoor stadium at Sivakasi on Thursday.

The results: Third Place: MSEC bt PET EC, Valliyur 27-25, 25-20. Semifinals: Sun EC bt PET EC 25-17, 25-21; St. Xavier's EC bt MEC 25-14, 25-20.

Punitha wins gold

G. Punitha of Chennai won the gold in 46-48kg category of the State junior women's boxing championships organised by the Soldiers Boxing Academy and TN State Amateur Boxing Association at the MGR Race Course Stadium in Madurai recently.

Chennai won the team championship with a tally of 23 points. Soldiers Boxing Academy finished second with 21 points.

The results: 44-46kg: G. Punitha; 46-48kg: M. Amutha (SDAT-Mdu); 48-50kg: Karpagavalli (Che); 50-52kg: R. Lingajothi (SBA); 52-54kg: Pulijala Janani (Che); 54-57kg: Jamsleedi Rahima (Mdu); 57-60kg: E. Janani (SBA); 63-66kg: R. Kalpana (Thiruvallur); R. Manjula (SBA).

Special Awards: Boxer of the Championship: R. Lingajothi (SBA); Promising Boxer: Abi Martin (SBA); Best loser: Thogai Nayagi (Che).

MDHA office-bearers

L. Raju and A.G. Kannan were re-elected unanimously as president and secretary of the Madurai District Hockey Association at the annual general meeting of the association held on Thursday.

The office-bearers: Vice-presidents: V. Kannan, R. Kanagaraj, C. Natarajan, J. Jeyapandian; Assistant Secretaries: R. Ramesh, E. Maria John Pal; Treasurer: P.G. Raja; Executive Committee: S. Sam Anandaraj, M. Veerasamy.

Carrom tournament

The LIC CA Branch and LIC Sports and Recreation Club will conduct a district-level carrom tournament, as part of the Insurance Week celebrations, at Madurai from September 1 to 3. Entries may be sent to R. Ahmed Hussain, Secretary, Tournament Committee, LIC CA Branch, Sellur, Madurai. Ph: 2522395, 2522399.

Mixed luck for St. Mary's

St. Mary's HSS, Dindigul had mixed fortunes in the Mariappa Nadar Trophy State-level inter-school volleyball tournament organised bt the VMJ HSS in Madurai on Thursday.

St. Mary's won the super senior title defeating St. Britto's HSS, Madurai but lost to Mangayarkarasi HSS in the seniors final.

The results: Super-seniors (final): St. Mary's HSS bt St. Britto's HSS 25-22, 19-25, 25-11, 25-19. Seniors (final): Mangayarkarasi HSS bt St. Mary's 25-17, 25-16.

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