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Monday, Apr 26, 2004

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Southern Railway retains title

DINDIGUL, APRIL 25. Southern Railway, Chennai, retained the Cauvery Ammal Memorial Trophy 12th State-level basketball tournament defeating Tuticorin Port Trust 57-40 at Government Higher Secondary School court, Vadamadurai, near here, on Saturday night.

Though Southern Railway and Port Trust registered two wins and a loss each in the semifinal round robin league, the win against Port Trust clinched the issue in favour of Southern Railway.

The winner collected a cash award of Rs 7,000, besides the trophy, while Port Trust got a purse of Rs 5,000 and the R.S. Kothandaraman Memorial Trophy. Armed Police, Chennai defeated Hindustan Basketball, Chennai 76-70 to finish third. Armed Police got Rs 3,000 and Centwin Trophy while Hindustan Club won Nellai Trophy and a cash prize of Rs 2,000.

E. N. Palanichamy, Managing Director, Sri Mookambiga & CAV Mills and President, Cauvery Ammal Basketball Association, gave away the prizes.

The results: Southern Railway 57 (Bernard Philips 20, T. Suresh 15, Jeyaprakash 11, Raja 10) bt Tuticorin Port Trust 40 (Senthilkumar 15, Santhosh 12). Armed Police, Chennai 76 (Bharathi 25, Robinson 20, Saravanan 15) bt Hindustan BC 70 (Gnanavel 20, Periasamy 12, Gokulakrishnan 13).

Special awards: Ezhilarasan (MRC, Wellington), Bharathi (Armed Police), Vinodh (Port Trust) and Mohan Raj (Hindustan BC); disciplined team: Breeze BC.

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