The Hindu : Sport : Vidya Mandir gets the better of Evans

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Vidya Mandir gets the better of Evans

CHENNAI: Vidya Mandir defeated Evans 2-0 in the badminton team event of the Boost-Santhome HSS State-level inter-school tournaments here.

Other results:

Badminton (team event): MCC HSS bt Infant A (Kancheepuram) 2-0; Holy Cross (Salem) bt Agarwal Vidyalaya 2-0; Le Chatelier (Madurai) bt Radhakrishnan (Tuticorin) 2-0; St. Joseph’s (Cuddalore) bt DAV (Chennai) 2-0; PTVS (Kan) bt St. Joseph’s (Chennai) 2-0.

Basketball: Boys: Pak Palanisamy bt Sir Sivasamy Kalalaya 41-38; DAV bt Little Flower 24-8; Santhome Yellow bt M.Ct.M. HSS 40-23; Sethu Baskara bt MCC 30-9; PSBB SSS bt Sishya 23-4.

Girls: DAV (Gopalapuram) bt Holy Angels 18-4; Sacred Heart bt Government HSS 16-14; St. Anthony’s bt K.K. Nirmala 24-20.

Volleyball: Boys: Anjugam bt PS CBSE 25-9, 25-19; Kalaimagal Vidyalaya bt Bala Vidya Mandir 25-14, 25-12; AJS Nidhi bt St. Peter’s ‘B’ 25-23, 25-20; Don Bosco ‘B’ bt Sri Sankara 25-18, 25-18; Montfort Academy bt RKM ‘A’ 25-15, 25-19; Santhome ‘A’ bt St. John’s CBSE 25-5, 25-4; Santhome ‘B’ bt Oxford 25-17, 25-11; St. Joseph’s bt St. Louis 25-20, 25-15; St. Bede’s bt M.Ct.M 25-13, 25-10; DRBCC bt Brotherhood 27-25, 25-16.

AIKF championship

The 21st AIKF karate National championship will be held at the JJ Indoor Stadium, Chennai, from November 15 to 18. The event is expected to feature around 1500 men, women, boys and girls. Sensei M. Kanaharaj was named as the Technical Director of the meet. Karthi Chidambaram, Patron, AIKF, will give away the prizes on November 18 in the presence of Karate Thiagarajan, Chairman and Acting President, AIKF.

Karate expert dies

Popular Karate expert, trainer and coach Vasant died on Tuesday following a brief illness. He was 55. A sports welfare inspector with the Southern Railway, Vasant participated in several National championships, and was a 3 Dan black belt in the sport. He was also a goalkeeper’s coach in hockey. Vasant was the brother of the late R.V.T. Mani, a renowned karate master. He is survived by wife and daughter.

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