T. Rajah Ram (61 n.o.) and T. Senthil Kumar (61 n.o.) chipped in with crucial knocks as Jolly Rovers Cricket Club fashioned a seven-wicket win over Coimbatore Raiders in the TNCA-CDCA first division league at the SNR Sons College grounds here on Saturday.
The scores : Coimbatore Raiders 161 in 44.1 overs (J. Suresh Kumar 64, B. Abenesh four for 17) lost to Jolly Rovers CC 165 for three in 31.4 overs (T. Rajah Ram 61 n.o., T. Senthil Kumar 61 n.o., G. Aakash Kunikullaya three for 25).
Qualifiers spotted
Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, host PSG College of Technology ‘A’, Coimbatore Institute of Technology and Surya College of Engineering (Erode) entered the league stage of the seventh PSG Tech Trophy State-level inter-engineering handball tournament at the PSG Tech courts in Coimbatore on Saturday.
The results (quarterfinals) : Sri Ramakrishna EC, Coimbatore 19 (P.S. Shabari 10) bt BIT, Erode 13 (C. Shanmuga Sundaram 4); PSG Tech ‘A’, Coimbatore 28 (Mahesh Kannan 8) bt ACT CET, Kancheepuram 26 (Anandh Babu 14); CIT, Coimbatore 24 (Gowdham Ram Karthik 9) bt Dr. Mahalingam CET, Pollachi 18 (Kumar Rathinam 7); Surya CE, Erode 24 (M. Karthick 9) bt PSN CE, Tirunelveli 14 (A.M. Raja Vignesh 5).
Sri Krishna CAS wins
Hot favourite Sri Krishna College of Arts and Science won both its matches with relative ease in the district volleyball league championship, for the T.S. Natarajan Memorial Trophy for men, at the VOC Park Corporation Sports Complex courts in Coimbatore on Friday.
The results (league) :
Sports & Cultural Club (Peelamedu) bt FVC (SC Palayam) 25-15, 25-17; Sri Krishna CA bt VVC (Vellakinar) 25-12, 25-10; Sanspaerial Club bt TNGR SC 25-13, 25-18; Cotton City bt Kanuvai 25-22, 25-12; Sri Krishna bt R.N. Academy 25-5, 25-10; Ram Naidu SC bt TNGR 26-28, 25-14, 25-16.