Close race between Maharaja’s, St.Teresa’s at varsity fest

April 27, 2014 12:49 pm | Updated May 21, 2016 01:38 pm IST - KOCHI:

Sen Jansen of Sacred Heart College, Thevara, winner of the Ottanthullal competition at the Mahatma Gandhi University youth festival in Kochi on Saturday. Photo:Thulasi Kakkat

Sen Jansen of Sacred Heart College, Thevara, winner of the Ottanthullal competition at the Mahatma Gandhi University youth festival in Kochi on Saturday. Photo:Thulasi Kakkat

Maharaja’s College and St. Teresa’s College here were engaged in a neck-and-neck race for the championship when results of 26 events were declared at the Mahatma Gandhi University youth fest on Saturday.

Maharaja’s was leading the point tally with 50 points. St. Teresa’s was close behind with 47 points. Maharaja’s could manage only 11 points on the fourth day of the festival while St. Teresa’s, which won 24 points on Friday, surged ahead by winning 23 points on the penultimate day of the festival.

Sacred Heart College, Thevara, emerged the dark horse after it raced ahead of other city colleges to reach the third place by winning 30 points. St. Albert’s College, which was in the third place on Friday, could not step up its chances after it could manage only one individual win on Saturday. The college was in the fourth position in the point tally with 23 points followed by RLV College, Tripunithura (22 points).

Vacant chairs welcomed participants at the majority of venues on day four of the festival. The organisational hiccups reached its peak on Saturday, with most of the events getting stretched by hours.

Participants of the Kathakali competition had a tough time when the event began three hours after the original schedule.

Hundreds of chairs remained vacant, with only a few organisers and police personnel on duty watching the performance of the youngsters.

Kerala Nadanam event disappointed the viewers while Ottanthullal offered some relief. Judges of the Kerala Nadanam competition pointed out that participants were trying to deviate from the traditional movements associated with the dance form.

Results of various events in the order of first, second and third:

String Instrument (Eastern): Sarath H (Al Ameen College, Aluva) and Sreelakshmi P.V. (Adi Sankara Institute, Kalady); Vishnunath (Sree Sankara College, Kalady) and Renjini H (St. Teresa’s College); Vishnu Chandra Mohan (Maharaja’s College).

Elocution (English): Naveen Joemon (SB College, Changanassery); Aleena Johnson (Mar Thoma College, Thiruvalla); Minna Jos (St. Teresa’s College).

Mohiniyattom: Architha Anish Kumar (St. Teresa’s College); Sujana Violet Theresa (St. Albert’s College, Ernakulam), Aswathy Jugesh (Sacred Hearts College, Ernakulam), Chitralekha S. (St. Thomas College, Ranni); Amritha M. Nair (Sree Sankara College, Kalady), Akhila Nair (FISAT, Angamaly).

Aksharaslogam: Krishna Nair J. (Alphonsa College, Pala); Abhijith T.S. (St. Paul’s College, Kalamassery); Aparna S. (UC College, Aluva).

Percussion Instrument (Eastern): Hrishikesh R. (Aquinas College, Edakochi), Aravindh S. Krishna (Sacred Heart College, Ernakulam), Philip Arun (St. Albert’s College), Anu Venugopal (RLV College, Ernakulam); R.S. Sreenath Viswanath (RLV College, Ernakulam); S.B. Subramaniam (Bharata Mata College, Thrikkakara).

Skit: Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam; Bharata Mata college, Thrikkakara; Sacred Heart College, RLV College, Tripunithura.

Kerala Nadanam: Architha Anish Kumar (St. Teresa’s College); Vinny Joseph (Sacred Heart College); Chithralekha S. (St. Thomas College, Ranni).

Ottanthullal: Sen Jansen T.F. (Sacred Heart College); Nandini N. Kumar (St.Teresa’s College); Kelu Bhagvat (Bharata Mata School of Legal Studies, Aluva).

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.