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Jagdeesh is champion

CHENNAI: Jagdeesh, a ninth standard student of Daniel Thomas Matriculation school, won the sub-junior billiards title in the TNBSA State-ranking tournament here on Sunday.

The 14-year old Jagdeesh, representing SIAA and guided by his father Bhuvaneshwaran, himself a top three player in the State, defeated Sunny also of SIAA 125-93 in the final. Both the players will represent the State in the National championship to be held at Indore in November.

The results:

Billiards: Sub-juniors: Final: Jadeesh (SIAA) bt Sunny (SIAA) 125-93. Semifinals: Jagdeesh bt Prashanth (TNBSA) 125-82; Sunny bt Ashiq (CBA) 167-127. Round robin: Prashanth (TNBSA) bt Harish (SE) 63-4; Ashiq (CBA) bt Arunesh (TNBSA) 81-39.

Seniors: Round robin: (best of five frames): Prem Prakash (CBA) bt Bhuvaneshwaran (SIVA) 151-16, 151-47, 151-24; Varun (MCC) bt M.C.Manoj (MCC) 150-32, 63-150, 152-84, 151-132; Praveen Kumar (CBA) bt Girish (CBA) 124-150, 150-131, 151-66, 150-74; Vijay Nichani (CBA) bt Nadeem Ahmed (TNBSA) 152-83, 151-78, 151-57; M.C. Manoj bt Bhuvaneshwaran (SIAA) 151-126, 151-86, 151-43); Praveen Kumar bt Vijay Nichani 117-150, 132-152, 150-102, 151-84, 151-58; Girish bt Nadeem 150-95, 150-151, 150-71; Prem Prakash bt Varun Kumar 152-83, 151-78, 151-57.

Pradeep bags award

The highly rated contemporary footballer, N.P. Pradeep, was honoured by the Kerala Sports Persons Association (KESPA) with its first V.P. Sathyan Award here on Sunday.

Pradeep, whose goal helped India win the Nehru Cup in New Delhi last year for the first time, received a trophy, a certificate of honour and Rs 10,000 cash prize.

The award for the ‘Most promising sportsperson’ was instituted this year in the name of the former Indian football skipper, who died in tragic circumstances over two years ago.

Kerala lad Pradeep’s story is one of rags to riches, similar to that of his illustrious predecessor I.M. Vijayan.

Football has given him security and the former India under-23 captain at the Asian Games in Doha is now a regular member of the Indian team. He is a professional player with Mahindra United in the National Football League. The award was presented to him at the KESPA’s Onam Day celebrations, which was presided over by the Hindustan University Chancellor Elizabeth Verghese.

Also present were the KESPA patrons W.I. Davaram and Joseph Dominic. KESPA President Shiny Wilson and Secretary Sebastian Xavier were at hand to welcome and propose a vote of thanks.

Sakthivel shines

M. Sakthivel’s all-round show (74 and three wickets) was the highlight of Alkraft Technologies’ win over Delphi TVS in the recent matches in the Thiruvallur DCA cricket league.

The scores:

Alkraft Technologies 192 for five in 30 overs (M. Sakthivel 74, M. Palraj 53) bt Delphi TVS 120 in 24.3 overs; OCF 192 for six in 25 overs (C. Karthik 54) bt India Japan Lighting 111 in 22.3 overs (R. Chandran four for 26).

India Japan Lighting 26 in 13.5 overs (M. Sakthivel six for 14) lost to Alkraft Technologies 27 for one in 3.3 overs.

Wheels India 169 in 30 overs (Ravi Kumar 54, Gopinath four for 34) lost to OCF 170 for seven in 28.2 overs (C. Karthik 48); Velan Exports 166 for nine in 30 overs (V. Sathish 58) lost to Schwing Stetter 167 for eight in 29.4 overs (S. Mohanakrishnan 64, V. Ramamoorthy six for 75); Schwing Stetter 157 for eight in 27 overs (Ragunath Rao 75, M. Ramesh four for 50) lost to Lucas TVS RC 158 for eight in 25.2 overs (Manivannan 45).

III div.: Sundram Clayton RC 109 in 28.2 overs (M. Ramesh four for 14) lost to Lucas TVS RC 113 for six in 17.4 overs (Manivanan 49).

MAS CC 208 for five in 30 overs (Rajah Ram 40, S. Anand Karthikeyan 89) bt Wheels India 128 in 25.3 overs (Suresh 41, Muthuraj five for 32).

IV div: Jaya Educational Group 152 for nine in 30 overs (R. Jai Deep 63, S. Balaji four for 38) lost to Ebenezer Marcas CA 154 for six in 26.3 overs (M. Azhagumani 65).

Future Star CA 132 for eight in 27 overs lost to SSCA 133 for seven in 26.2 overs; SSCA 64 in 21.2 overs (S. Balaji four for 19) lost to Ebenezer Marcus CA 65 for one in 9.2 overs.

Jaya Educational Group 128 in 27 overs (S. Balaji 42, N. Balasubramaniam four for 51, D. Naresh Kumar six for 33) lost to Pattabiram CA 129 for seven in 23.3 overs (N. Soundar 66).

Future Star CA 218 for seven in 30 overs (J. Arun 83) bt United CC 141 for four in 30 overs (A. B. Lokesh Babu 78 n.o.)

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