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Military Games: officials pleased with infrastructure

Sports Reporter

HYDERABAD: A 20-member high-level delegation, led by Brig. Siddiqui, chairman of the Games Technical Conduct Committee, looked pleased with the infrastructure in the city and the readiness to host the World Military Games in October 2007.

This was the impression one got from the high-level delegation which inspected the stadiums here on Wednesday, as part of its efforts to know Hyderabad's preparedness to host the Military Games. "We think the city can host the Games within two days' notice," was the remark made to the senior officials of SAAP, including Deputy Director Ch. Ramesh, who accompanied them.

The Military Games competitions will be held in athletics, aquatics, boxing, judo, handball, hockey, shooting, football, volleyball, wrestling, triathlon and sailing (at Visakhapatnam).

"We are pleased with the infrastructure available. Effectively, there should be no problem as far as technical aspects of the Games is concerned," the delegation told the SAAP officials. The delegation was also happy with the support systems in place for the Games like the software. The recent AICC plenary at the Gachibowli GMC Balayogi Stadium speeded up things on this front and the delegation went around the media centre which can accommodate about 150 personnel.

The Director of Competitions set March 5 as the deadline for formalising the finer aspects on the technical front and the focus would henceforth be on the support staff — number of volunteers — required to organise the show as well as the inaugural edition of the 2003 Afro-Asian Games here.

The delegation inspected all the venues during the hectic trip, including Saroornagar, Lal Bahadur Stadium, Swarnandhra Pradesh Sports Complex in Gachibowli, Yousufguda Indoor Stadium and the shooting ranges in Central University.

SAAP coasts to victory

Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh defeated Hyderabad Mayors 25-22, 25-14, 25-19 in the MCH annual open volleyball tournament at Victory Playground here on Wednesday.

Kiran and Praveen combined well for SAAP, while Fazalullah and Shashidhar played well for the loser.

Thumping win for APHC

AP High Court recorded a nine-wicket win against Sec'bad Court in the Inter-Bar advocates cricket tournament here.

The scores:

Sec'bad Court 113 in 20 overs (K. Sunil Goud four for 15) lost to AP High Court 114 for one in 17.3 overs (K. Sunil Goud 57).

Sangareddy Court 102 for seven in 20 overs (Raghuveera Reddy four for 12, Sarathi four for 13) lost to City Civil Court (Hyd) 103 for two in 18 overs.

Labour Court 118 in 20 overs (Ansari four for 25, Arvind Yadav four for 19) bt Nampally Criminal Courts 117 for eight.

Corporate cricket

The second Champions Trophy Corporate cricket tournament will be held from February 18 at different venues in the twin cities. Twenty teams have confirmed their participation.

VCA trials

The Veterans Cricket Association of Hyderabad will hold a selection trial on February 18 at Gymkhana to pick the State team for the South Zone championship in Bangalore from February 26, P.R. Man Singh, secretary of VCAH, said here.

Players above 35 years of age and willing to take part in the above event may report for the trials.

TCS in final

Tata Consultancy Services defeated Deloitte 2-0 to enter the final of the Sportz Mantra Corporate tennis tournament here.

The results (semifinals):

Clause Tezier India bt Satyavani Projects 2-1 (Rama Rao lost to M. Murali 6-3, 4-6, 2-6; Julian Meliet bt P. Reddy 6-2, 6-2; Rama Rao-Julian Meliet bt M. Murali-P. Reddy 6-2, 6-2).

TCS bt Deloitte 2-0 (Pratyush bt B. Srikanth 6-1, 6-0; Somal bt Jaganmohan 6-1, 6-2).

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