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Cluny Convent takes title

BANGALORE: Cluny Convent defeated host Mary Immaculate School 32-26 in the final of the Marry Immaculate School golden jubilee inter-school basketball championship here. The winner trailed 20-21 at half-time.

The result (final):

Cluny Convent 32 (B.C. Karishma 11) bt Mary Immaculate School 26 (C.G. Aishwarya 14, Steffi Catherine 10).

Kishan scalps five

Kishan’s five-wicket haul helped BEL Colony Recreation Club defeat Deccan United CC by 107 runs in a KSCA Group I, fourth division league match here recently.

The scores:

BEL Colony RC 253 in 50 overs (Dhinesh 54, Rajiv 50) bt Deccan United CC 146 in 45.1 overs (Eshwar 45, Kishan five for 50); Young Challenging Cricketers 231 in 43.2 overs (Nagabhushan 78, Shankar four for 45, Sunil four for 108) bt Sangam CA 78 in 22.5 overs (Balasubramaniam 40); Minerva CC 210 in 46.1 overs (B.A. Vinay 56) bt Oriental CC 186 in 41.5 overs (Shahid 46, Karthik 45); Visveswarapuram CC (2) 169 in 44.1 overs (Sudershan 44) lost to Young Boy’s CC (Kolar) 171 for four in 36.4 overs (Manjunath 68, M.S. Manjunath 44); Century Cricketers 154 in 36.2 overs (Kalyanpur 43) lost to Cavaliers CC 158 for three in 32 overs (Rakesh 53 n.o., C. Deepak 42).

Saloni sizzles

Saloni Varma defeated Apoorva 7-4 in a girls’ under-18 pre-quarterfinal match of the Mahila Seva Samaja Tennis Club’s annual State ranking tournament here on Wednesday.

The results (pre-quarterfinals): Boys: Under-12: E. Mirajkar bt Vivek Gowtham 6-2, B. Suhas bt P. Chirag 6-1, L. Harsha bt Narahari 6-4, M. Nishal bt Y. Bharath 6-2, K. Hemanth bt Varun Venkat 6-0, Mohith Reddy bt Murari 6-1, Sandesh bt M. Rohit 6-2, Vashisht bt Miher Raj 6-4.

Girls: Under-12: Shwetha Samuel bt Rashmika 7-2, Shika bt Ashtha Malik 7-3, Kavya Kumar bt Piali Boopanna 7-1, M. Shreya bt Prerana 7-3, Alisha bt Soha 7-2, Azza bt Navya Shree 7-1, Arshiya bt M. Shivani 7-4, Abhistha bt Uma Shanker 7-5. Under-18: Saloni Varma bt Apoorva 7-4, Uma Shanker bt Swetha Samuel 7-5, Preeti Gokhale bt A.K. Devika 7-2, Amla Warrick bt M. Shreya 7-4, Swathi Kumar bt Meghana Joshi 7-1, S.P. Ritu bt Shynica 7-0, Shruthi Prashanth bt Sophiya Faizal 7-0, Vidya Bharath bt Anitha Yadav 7-6(4).

Vanitha shines

V.R. Vanitha’s 102 set the base for Karnataka Institute of Cricket’s (KIOC) 160-run victory over Raichur Zone in a KSCA women’s super league match here recently.

The scores:

KIOC 232 for five in 50 overs (V.R. Vanitha 102, Karuna Jain 60) bt Raichur Zone 72 in 37 overs; Raichur President’s XI 93 in 40.2 overs (Sumitha five for 20) lost to Falcons SC 96 for two in 18.4 overs.

Brace by Thomas

J. Thomas scored a brace as South defeated North 5-1 and entered the semifinals of the DGQA inter-zonal football tournament.

Ram Kumar, Krishna Kumar and Stanley also scored for the victor while A.K. Upadhyay chipped in North’s lone goal in the 20th minute.

Thursday’s semifinal line-up: South vs West; East vs Central.

Santosh delights

C.S. Santosh, with another flawless display, won the Gulf Cup ‘Clash of the Titans’ at Nashik on Sunday.

The TVS Racing Bangalore rider, who topped in the earlier rounds at Mangalore, Pune, Jodhpur and Nashik, was the overwhelming favourite in this leg and was in a class of his own in a field that had only the top riders from the previous rounds.

Besides winning the Indian Expert Class Group ‘A’ foreign motorcycles upto 260cc, he also won the Indian Expert Class Group B upto 260cc 2 & 4 stroke to emerge richer by Rs. 54,000.

His pickings from the meet included the highest takeaway of Gulf Oil’s overall purse of Rs. 3.91 lakh and trophies worth Rs. 40,000.

Santosh’s TVS Racing teammate, H.K. Pradeep, finished second and Veer Patel was third.

Easy for Lions School

Lions School registered a 10-wicket win over JK School of Hubli in the KSCA under-16 inter-school cricket tournament at the Karnataka Gymkhana Ground in Hubli on Wednesday.

The scores:

JK School 60 all out in 24 overs (Chaitanya Patil four for 8) lost to Lions’ School 60 for no loss in 8.1 overs.

Gymnastics championship

The Karnataka State Gymnastics Association will conduct the State championship for seniors, juniors and sub-juniors at Tumkur on December 20 and 21, according to M. Nagendra Prasad, hony. secretary, KSGA.

RGUHS hogs limelight

Host Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) led the fray with 18 gold, 16 silver and six bronze medals on the second day of the all-India inter-health university athletics championship at the St. John’s Medical College Ground, Bangalore on Wednesday.

Winter camps

SPT Sports will host winter camps in football and golf from December 20 to 31 at its Academy in Bangalore.

The camp is open to youngsters in the five to 18 age group. Call 41475441 / 42 for details.

Selection trials

The Karnataka Amateur Archery Association will conduct selection trials for sub-junior boys and girls at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore, on December 24.

The selected team will compete in the National championship at Delhi from January 3 to 7. For details, call: 22275656.

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