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HP-Artillery combine wins

HYDERABAD: The Hampshire Plaza-Artillery Combined team won the AP Tourism Trophy defeating AP Tourism by 7 goals to 5-and-a-half goals, in an exciting final at the Bison Polo Grounds here on Tuesday.

For the winner Manupal Godara, a plus-4 handicap player, scored five goals. Manupal struck once in the first chukker, twice in the second and twice again in the fourth.

J.S. Shekhawat of Artillery Centre (Nasik) also made a mark with his exceptional skills. Shekhawat chipped in with two goals – one apiece in the second and third chukkers.

For AP Tourism which began with an advantage of half a goal, Dhruvpal Godara scored four goals – twice each in the first and fourth chukkers. Khadar Siddique was the other scorer.

Thursday is a rest day.

Rahul in semifinals

K. Rahul Banerjee defeated Shaikh Rifaat 6-3 in the boys’ under-eight quarterfinal of the YMCA Independence Day mini and sub-junior tennis tournament.

The results:

Boys: quarterfinals: Under-8: C. Abhinov Reddy bt M. Theertha Sashank 6-0; A. Sai Vardhan Reddy bt Neerav Tolani 6-0; K. Rahul Banerjee bt Shaikh Rifaat 6-3; A.K. Rohit bt D. Sri Aditya 6-1.

Under-10: B. Vaishnav bt Aditya Soni 6-4; A.K. Rohit bt S. Himakesh 6-2; P. Siddarth bt M. Teertha Sashank 6-1; T. Sahith bt Vishal Warrier 6-1.

Under-12: P. Siddarth bt Mohd. Numan Hyder 6-3; B. Vaishnav bt Y. Akshay Reddy 6-4; Jai Sachdev bt T. Sahith 6-2; Ashray Sunil Kumar bt A. Gyaneshwar 6-2.

Under-14: Mohd. Numan Hyder bt Abhishek Kassi 6-1; Parth Kothari bt Vijaya Simha Reddy 6-3; Vishal Patel bt Y. Yogesh 6-0; Joseph Vijay Raj bt Chaitanya 6-2.

KV Begumpet wins title

Kendriya Vidyalaya (Begumpet) defeated Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Public School (Jubilee Hills) 25-19, 25-15 in the girls’ volleyball final of the seventh CBSE inter-school sports meet here.

Other results:

Boys: Volleyball: HPS Ramanthapur bt Govt. HS, Yousufguda, 20-25, 15-10.

Girls: Throwball: BVBP Jubilee Hills School bt Vignan Vidyalaya (Nizampet) 25-16, 25-15.

Srinivas to lead

L. Srinivas Reddy will lead the Hyderabad men’s team in the 56th senior National kabaddi championship to be held in Puducherry from September 12.

The teams:

Men: L. Srinivas Reddy (Capt.), P. Satish Kumar (vice-capt.), Shivarama Krishna, Chougule, Pandu Nayak, Mahesh Kumar, Mohit, T. Narayana, Mahender Reddy, Chandrasena Reddy, Vamsi Vignesh, Manik Raj, Rajesh Kumar, Akram and Mallesh Goud. Coaches: Praveen Kumar and P. Sudhakar Reddy.

Women: Upendra (Capt.), Arshia Jabeen (vice-capt.), Vasanta, T. Laxmi, Mamatha, Bhagyasree, Ramalamma, Soni, Vasanta, Jyothi, Bhavani, Swapnapriya, Kavitha and Hymavathi. Coaches: M. Ravi Kumar and J. Chandramohan Goud.

Cross country trials

Osmania University will organise cross country selection trials for men and women in 12km and 6km events respectively on September 21 at OU grounds from 6.30 a.m. For details Ph: 9848216891.

Tennis academy

Ganesh Raman Tennis Academy has signed a tie-up with Meridian School to start the Meridian Tennis Academy on the latter’s premises in Madhapur.

Those interested in enrolling for coaching may contact Ph: 9348801233.

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