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Sub-junior meet from today

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BANGALORE: Karnataka boys will take on Orissa in the opening fixture of the 32nd sub-junior National volleyball championship beginning at the Nehru stadium in Shimoga on Monday.

Tamil Nadu boys and girls are the defending champions having won a double in Jammu last year.

Uttar Pradesh and Kerala along with West Bengal in the girls section are the other top contenders for the title. The finals are slated for November 22.

The championship, sponsored by Surya Bulbs and Tubes is being organised in the memory of Smt. Mytra Devi, the late wife of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa.

The organisers — the District Administration along with Karnataka Volleyball Association and the District Volleyball Association — have readied four outdoor courts and one indoor court for the championship that will see 24 teams in the boys and 20 in the girls section.

Karnataka with two title victories is clubbed in a relatively easy Pool D and is expected to make the title round.

“Our boys and girls team have been undergoing coaching in a camp at Shimoga for the last three weeks and look good for the title,” said A. Lokesh Gowda, president of the Karnataka Volleyball Association (KVA).

Meanwhile the Karnataka boys and girls teams were announced.

The groups: Boys: Pool A: TN, AP, Haryana, MP, Jharkhand and HP; Pool B: UP, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Puducherry and Bihar; Pool C: Kerala, Punjab, West Bengal, Delhi, Goa and Assam; Pool D: Karnataka, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Orissa.

Girls: Pool A: TN, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Manipur and Orissa; Pool B: West Bengal, Kerala, Goa, Jharkhand and Puducherry; Pool C: UP, AP, Punjab, MP and Bihar; Pool D: Karnataka, Haryana, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Delhi. State teams:

Boys: N. Chetan, K.N. Govinda, Dhanaraj, Manikanta, K.R. Bharath, Kaushik, Vinayaka, Akash, Safiulla, Preetham, Suresh, Kishore, Chandrasagar, Mukesh, Karthik and Satish Reddy. Coach: Lohith and Chandrappa. Manager: Prasanna.

Girls: Anitha Patil, Sushmitha, Niraja Anand, M.P. Vaishnavi, Varishta, Naiza Anand, Manvitha T. Swamy, G.T. Nalina, T.K. Meghana, Ashmitha, Yashaswini, Rachitha Reddy, Sahana, Bindu and Tejaswini. Coach: Anil Lokhare. Trainer: Basavaraj Hosmath. Manager: Rashmi Ramachandran

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