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Adityan scores unbeaten century

Chennai: M. Adityan’s unbeaten 149 powered PS Senior to a 76-run win over Santhome ‘B’ in a recent TNCA under-14 city schools cricket tournament match.

The scores: Union Christian 144 for six in 30 overs (R. Chandar 75, E. Vignesh 39) lost to Sri Sankara Vidyalaya 145 for seven in 29.4 overs (Adarsh 44, Saravanan 31); Vidya Mandir ‘A’ 148 for eight in 30 overs (Anirudh Raghavan 60, P. Muralidhar 43, Bala Vignesh three for 18) bt Hindu SSS 56 in 17.2 overs (Aravind three for 12, K.S. Prabath three for seven); DAV SSS ‘A’ 93 for eight in 30 overs lost to Santhome HSS ‘A’ 96 for five in 28.1 overs (T. Kranthi 44 n.o.); PS Senior 231 for three in 30 overs (M. Adityan 149 n.o., M.S. Suraj 34 n.o.) bt Santhome HSS ‘B’ 155 for six in 30 overs (C. Karthik 57, M.S. Suraj three for 22); Jawahar Vidyalaya SSS ‘A’ 123 for six in 30 overs (Rama Krishnan 25) lost to St. Patrick’s AIHSS 127 for one in 24.5 overs (G.V. Vignesh 75 n.o.); Modern SSS ‘A’ 164 for nine in 30 overs (K.B. Dixit 29, K.V.S.V. Uday Teja 33, Anirudh 28, P. Krishnan 31, Porchelvan three for 40) bt St. Bede’s AIHSS ‘B’ 147 in 28.4 overs (S. Anirudh 46, Anirudh three for 27).

Two share lead

G. Apurva of SDND Vaishnav College and defending champion S. Harini of SRM Engineering College shared the lead with 4.5 points each at the end of the fifth round of the 27th Rachel Paranjothy Memorial women’s chess tournament at the Ethiraj College on Wednesday.

Top seed J. Saranya, who lost to B. Jeyassri in the third round, won her fifth-round match and joined seven other players who follow the leaders half-a-point behind. In the fourth round played on Wednesday morning, National girls’ champions Srija Seshadri and G.K. Monnisha were beaten on the second and third tables.

The sixth and seventh rounds will be held on Thursday and the eighth and final round will be held on Friday.

World champion Viswanathan Anand will be the chief guest at the prize distribution function on Friday.

Important results: Fifth round: G. Apurva (SDND Vaishnav) 4.5 bt V. Janu (Velammal) 4; B. Jeyassri (Amrit Vidyalaya) 3.5 lost to S. Harini (SRM Engg.) 4.5; J. Saranya (Velammal) 4 bt M. Niveditha (Good Earth) 3.5; G. Sushmitha (Jawahar Vidyalaya) 3 lost to K. Mrunalini (St Joseph’s Engg.) 4; Srija Seshadri (Neyveli) 4 bt Hemapriya 3; U. Ashwini (Church Park) 4 bt M. Aruthi (Anna Adarsh) 3; G. Umabharathi (Jaigopal Garodiya) 4 bt M. Mahalakshmi (Velammal) 3; Michelle Catherina (Good Shepherd) 4 bt P. Roshni 3; V. Varshini 3.5 drew with P. Dharanisree (Chettinad Vidyashram) 3.5; G.K. Monnisha (Velammal) 4 bt J.G. Thegesvi 3; J.G. Nivedhitha (Everwin) 3.5 bt K.S. Divyalalitha 2.5.

Laxmi Kumar shines

Laxmi Kumar’s 54-ball 105 helped Colloquial Willows overhaul Greenways Group’s total of 203 with seven balls to spare in a high-scoring Blue Star SSCA Twenty20 cricket match between the two sides.

The scores: Greenways Group 203 for no loss in 20 overs (Sunil 110 n.o., Babu 77 n.o.) lost to Colloquial Willows 205 for three in 18.5 overs (Sohul 44 n.o., Laxmi Kumar 105); Rajasthan Sports Club 166 in 20 overs (Praveen 50) bt Peepee XI 136 for seven in 20 overs; Sutherland 133 for nine in 20 overs (Khader Basha 47) lost to GFS 135 for two in 12.5 overs (Thalaivan 49 n.o., M.K. Shiva Kumar 68); I-Soft 149 for nine in 20 overs bt Cognizant Testing Services 112 for seven in 20 overs; Freeze India 160 for eight in 20 overs (Kamal 72, Akbar four for 27) bt Cognizant Crusaders 118 in 18 overs.

SSCA Premier Cup (30-overs-a-side): Phoenix Players 209 in 28.2 overs (G. Sreedhar 65) bt Samsan CC 175 for nine in 28.4 overs (Ashish Tiwari 59); Mukesh Memorial 121 in 26.1 overs (Vignesh four for 20) bt Phoenix CC 104 in 25.1 overs (Rajkumar four for 15); Force 1 CC 170 in 30 overs ([Elango 49) lost to Surya CC 174 for four in 26 overs (Asif 42, Murali 57 n.o.).

Loyola triumphs

Loyola College won the Madras University inter- zonal badminton tournament held here recently. Loyola, which beat Pachaiyappa’s 29-15, 29-18 in the final, had an all-win record in the tournament.

Other results (semifinals): Loyola bt Madras University ‘B’ 29-10, 29-12; Pachaiyappa’s bt RKM Vivekananda 29-24, 29-19.

Boaz-Suri win

P.D. Boaz and T.M. Suri won the weekly pairs event at the T. Nagar Social Club with a score of 63.39 per cent playing North-South.

Guthirajasekhar and Prajwal won from the East-West direction, scoring 61.99 per cent.

Other positions:

North-South: 2. R. Kannan / N. Niranjan; 3. A. Ramarao / Senphilip; East-West: 2. K.R. Venkatraman / D. Vijay; 3. R. Vijayaraghavan / V. Ramkumar.

T20 tournament

The Seven Star Cricket Academy will conduct the SSCA Championship Twenty20 tournament from January 26. Entries from clubs, corporates, institutions and colleges can be sent on or before January 23. For details contact P.S. Lakshmipathy, SSCA secretary.

Kabaddi meet

As part of the Pongal Games, the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu will conduct an inter-district kabaddi meet on January 10 at the Nehru Stadium.

The final will be held on January 13 at the ICF North Colony. Interested can contact K. Balusamy, Secretary, Chennai District Kabaddi Association at 417/4, ICF South Colony, 12th Street, Chennai, ph: 93805 19583.

Match called-off

Wednesday’s (January 7) St. Joseph’s-CFA Senior Division football match between State Bank of India and Chennai Customs was called off due to wet ground conditions at the Nehru Stadium.

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