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N.G.M. College takes trophy

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Madurai: N.G.M. College (Pollachi) lifted the Muthiah Ambalam memorial Trophy with an all-win record in the semifinal round-robin league in the State-level inter-collegiate volleyball tournament here on Friday.

Sethu Institute of Technology (Kariapatti) finished runner-up and N.G.P. College finished third.

Praveen in sole lead

M.C. Praveenkumar of Vellore was in sole lead in the boys’ section, while former under-7 National champion T. Saranya of Trivallur leads in the girls’ section, at the end of the fourth round of the Tamil Nadu State under-13 chess championship at Palani on Friday.

Important results (fourth round):

Boys: N.R. Sai Manivannan (3.5) drew with Tejas Ravichandran (3.5); S. Anand Raj (3) lost to M.C. Praveen Kumar (4); N. Rajkumar (2.5) lost to Srikanth Ajay (3.5); P. Lokesh (3.5) bt MRS. Santhosh (2.5); M. Harihara Sudan (3) drew with S. Kaushik (3); M. Swaroop (3) drew with R. Vishnu Sharon (3); D.S. Shashaank (3.5) bt Vasantha Ruba Varman (2.5); S. Boopeash (3) drew with S.S. Manigandan (3); Manu Vaidhya Ramanan (3) drew with A.R. Osama Salim (3); Neil Franclin (3) drew with G. Jaswant (3); S. Nanthakumar (3.5) bt C. Visu Vasanth (2.5); G. Akash (3) bt S. Kumar (2); N.D. Rakesh Kumar (3) bt P. Allan Smith (2); Akash Pe Iyer (3) bt E. Aushmnan (2); P. Dev Balaji (2.5) drew with Ramalingam Karthik (2.5).

Girls: A. Akshaya (3.5) drew with J. Mohana Priya (3.5); N. Akshaya 3 lost to J. Saranya (4); S. Gayathri (3) drew with Srija Seshadri (3); P.V. Nundhidhan (3.5) bt S. Aarthy Sri (2.5); R.S. Soundarya (2.5) lost to J. Janani (3); P. Su jitha (2) lost to V. Janu (3); U. Ashwini (3) bt B. Jayaseri (2); R. Aishwarya (2) lost to R. Karthikeyini (3).
AJBC advances

Anbu Johnson Basketball Club (AJBC), Chennai, crushed Silver Jubilee SC (Periakulam) 82-26 to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the 29th annual Ravi memorial Trophy State-level open basketball tournament at Dindigul on Friday.

The results (second round): AJBC, Chennai 82 bt Silver Jubilee 26; Karur BC 88 bt Young Stars, Batlagundu 72; Salem BC 57 bt Nellai Youth, Tirunelveli 46; Karur Texcity 74 bt MSPSM HSS 68; Lion BC, Chennai 37 bt Sivagangai BC 33.
Venkatesh posts win

N. Venkatesh of Madurai beat Kannan of Namakkal 21-7, 21-5 in the men’s singles section in the Yonex Tamil Nadu state senior-ranking badminton tournament, at Sivakasi on Friday.

Other results (first round):

Men: Dhamaselvan bt Rexon Samuel 21-17, 24-22; Krishna bt Rajeswaran 21-9, 21-14; Sathish Kumar bt M. Rajan 21-17, 21-15; Lionel Fernandez bt Sathish 21-12, 21-13; Geoffary bt N. Kailash 21-10, 21-8; M. Karthikeyan bt Deepak Narayanan 21-16, 21-14.
DSACE in semifinals

Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar College of Engineering (DSACE), Tiruchendur, entered the semifinals of the Anna University zone X inter-engineering cricket tournament defeating Sun Engineering, Nagercoil by 19 runs at Krishnankovil near Srivilliputhur on Friday.

The scores:

At Krishnankovil (zone X): DSACE 105 in 20 overs bt Sun Engg. 86 in 19 overs (Isaac three for 10); Govt. CoE 111 in 20 overs lost to PSR Engg. 112 for seven in 19 overs.

At Sivakasi: Mepco 105 for five in 20 overs bt Jayaraj Annapackiam College 99 for five in 20 overs (Surendran four for 19); Sri Veerasamy Chettiar CE 134 for seven in 20 overs lost to National EC 135 for five in 18 overs.

At Karaikudi (zone IX): SIT, Kariapatti 157 for three in 25 overs bt PSNA, Dindigul 104 for nine in 25 overs (Anwar Ibrahim three for 21); Shanmuganathan EC 122 in 24.5 overs (Vijay four for 21) bt KLN CE, Pottapalayam 95 in 21 overs ( Rajkapur three for 11, Sekar three for eight); Syed Ammal EC, Ramanathapuram 138 for seven in 25 overs (Baskarasethupathy 42) bt ACCET, Karaikudi 134 in 25 overs (Ram Ganesh three for 22); Sudhansan CE, Pudukottai 172 for six in 25 overs (Sathish 52) bt Bharat EC, Andipatti 89 in 22. overs (Vijay Ruban three for 17).
State shooting

About 250 shooters from various clubs will take part in the Tamil Nadu State shooting championship to be held at the Coimbatore Rifle Club Range here from August 12 to 18.

Conducted by the Coimbatore Rifle Club and sponsored by the Lakshmi Machine Works Ltd., the week-long event features 10m air rifle, air pistol, 50m free pistol, 50m rifle and 25m pistol events.

Briefing presspersons here on Friday, A.K. Balashanmugham, secretary of the State association, said the championship would be a qualifying event for the G.V. Mavlankar shooting championship. “This in turn will be the qualifiers for the nationals to be held during October and November in Agra.”

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