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AGORC and ICF in a thrilling draw

Chennai: AGORC and ICF drew three-all in a thrill-a-minute St. Joseph’s-CFA Senior Division match here on Saturday. Little separated the sides apart from their contrasting styles — ICF attacking with pace down the wings and AGORC passing the ball back and forth and sideways in patient build-up play.

ICF took the lead in the 11th minute through the head of striker T. Dhadeus, thrust successfully at a superb cross from the right, volleyed first time by S. Suresh Kumar chasing a diagonal ball from F. Jegan.

AGORC replied immediately through a tap-in from midfielder S. Sathish Yadaw, spilled into the net by ICF keeper S. Agastin. Four minutes later, AGORC made it 2-1 with a brilliant lob over the keeper by midfielder Jestes Antony, who had made a clever run round the outside of, and received a well-weighted pass from, centreforward R. Selvakumar.

ICF equalised almost as soon as the second half began, M. Jegan slotting home after controlling a Suresh pass from the left. Six minutes later, ICF went 3-2 ahead; Dhadeus headed his second, off Suresh’s third assist, another pinpoint cross from the right.

The sixth and final goal of the match was a cracker, man-of-the-match Jestes Antony’s second. The little midfielder moved the ball on to his left foot near the right touchline, about thirty five yards from goal. From there, he hit the ball slightly off-centre with his bootlaces, and sent it screaming over the defence, to dip wickedly away from the keeper and find the inside of the far side-netting; a definite contender for goal of the season.

Earlier, goals from R. Balaji and B. Balamurugan gave Madras Eagles a 2-0 win over Perambur Blues in the first division.

SZ revenue meet

It is the turn of Central Excise (Chennai) to host the annual Central Revenue South Zone sports meet this year. The two-day sports programme will be held on January 12 and 13.

Last time it was Customs which hosted the event in the city, said P.N. Vittal Dass, Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, at a press briefing on Saturday. Competition will be in 16 disciplines in all, including athletics and this is the first time the whole event is being staged at one venue, he added. The Nehru stadium will be the main centre of action.

TN is champion

Tamil Nadu emerged the winner on tie-breaker in the all-India postal chess championship tournament with a tally of 13.5 points

Ad-hoc committee’s directive

All the basketball clubs and institutions in Tamil Nadu should get prior permission from the ad-hoc committee before conducting any tournament, V. Ragothaman, Convenor of the ad-hoc committee, said. He added that the registration and transfer of players should be done with the knowledge of the ad-hoc committee. “All the referees must get permission from the committee for officiating in State-level tournaments,” he said. For details, call Ragothaman, ph: 9443074955.

Subramanian and Asokan win

R.N. Subramanian and Asokan won in the North-South direction and R. Vijaraghavan and Ramkumar triumphed in the East-West direction in the Alumni Club monthly TVS-TTK bridge tournament held recently.

Other results: North-South: 2. R. Balagurunathan & J. Sriram; 3.Natarajan & T.T. Chari. East-West: 2. K.R. Venkatraman & D. Vijay; 3. T.K. Mani & Karthik.

Jitender sizzles

Jitendar Sidhanandh returned figures of eight for 11 to set up a 10-wicket win for St. Bede’s ‘A’ in the first round of the Polly Umrigar Trophy under-16 inter-State schools cricket tournament.

The scores: Vivekananda EMS 160 in 46.1 overs (K. Rasheed 54, Adithya Arun four for 50, L.S. Vedant three for 21) bt Vidya Mandir 157 in 49.5 overs (Adithya Arun 39, R. Adithya 34). St. Andrews HS 156 for nine in 50 overs (Vittal Krishna four for 38) bt St. Joseph Indian HS 91 in 36.2 overs (B. Sresht three for 15, G.H. Vihari three for 19).Govt. APHS School 26 in 12.5 overs (Jitendar Sidhanandh eight for 11) lost to St. Bede’s ‘A’ 27 for no loss in 2.3 overs. Progress High School 68 in 30 overs (Pratush Gupta five for 14, Anand Baligar three for 13) lost to Presidency School 69 for four in 15.4 overs.

Kalyanaraman wins

Kalyanaraman clinched the men’s singles (40-49 years) and doubles (with Chandrasekar) titles in the Tamil Nadu veterans’ table tennis tournament in Coimbatore recently.

The results: Men (40-49 years): Final: Kalyanaraman bt Sunithkumar 9-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-8. Semifinal: Kalyanaraman bt Rajasekaran 11-7, 14-12, 7-11, 9-11, 11-2; Sunithkumar bt Kuamran 11-8, 11-2, 6-11, 8-11, 12-10. 50-59 years: Final: John Peter bt Blakrishnan 11-7, 12-10, 11-9.

Semifinals: John Peter bt Abdul Kalam Azad 11-4, 11-5, 11-4; Balakrishnan bt Ravichander 11-9, 11-6, 11-7. Above-60: Final: Manickam bt T.V. Sriram 11-8, 11-6, 11-5. Semifinals: T.V. Sriram bt Xavier 11-7, 11-9, 11-3; Manickam bt Arjunan 11-6, 12-10, 11-3. Doubles: Final: Kalyanaraman & Chandrasekar bt Rajasekaran & Kumaran 10-12, 11-7, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9; Semifinals: Kalyanaraman & Chandrasekar bt Sundar & Obli Chandrasn 11-8, 11-9, 11-7; Rajasekaran & Kumaran bt Balakrishnan & John Peter 11-9, 11-7, 11-5.

Good show by Ajay

Royal Madras Yacht Club’s Ajay Rau capped a consistent performance to finish 14th overall out of 80 sailors at the just concluded Australian Championships. Ajay qualified to race in the Gold fleet for the first time in his career.

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