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Amuda stars for SAI

Chennai: Three goals by Amuda highlighted the trophy triumph for Sports Authority of India (Chennai) in the D.S. Rajamanickam and Chadrakala Ghatala women's hockey tournament over Ashok Memorial Club at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium here on Sunday. SAI won 4-0 after leading 3-0 at half-time.

The outcome marked SAI's third win in the four-team round-robin league. SAI gathered the full nine points. Ashok Memorial had six points, followed by IHM (Avadi), and Erode District XI.

Amuda gave SAI the lead in the ninth minute and added one before the breather. Her third goal came within a minute on resumption. Jennifer Ruby scored the other goal preventing a hat-trick for Amuda.

Earlier, IHM (Avadi) claimed the third place with a 1-0 victory over Erode District XI. P.T. Ramya scored the lone goal.

Mr. F.R. Joseph, regional director, Reserve Bank of India, gave away the prizes. Mr. S.S. Madan, senior manager, Punjab and Sind Bank, presided over the function.

Convincing wins

At Udhagamandalam, host Nilgiris DCA and Thiruvarur posted convincing wins to qualify for the second stage of the TNCA inter-district under-15 (`E' Zone) cricket tournament at the HPF grounds on Sunday.

Nilgiris drubbed Pudukottai by seven wickets and Thiruvarur beat Dindigul DCA by 67 runs.

Meanwhile, a fine spell by medium pacer M. Kannan (eight for 10) helped host Tirunelveli bowl out Namakkal for a meagre 19 and score an emphatic 209-run victory.

The scores: At Theni: `C' Zone: Tuticorin 64 in 25 overs (Chandramohan five for 17) lost to Ramanathapuram 65 for four in 14.3 overs.

Coimbatore 120 in 50 overs bt Theni 97 in 36.5 overs (Ashik Srinivas four for 16, Manikanda Prabu four for 27).

D' Zone: Tirunelveli 228 in 47 overs (Vishnu Prasanth 60, Paulraj 50, Sri Vishnu four for 10, Ibrahim three for 11) bt Namakkal 19 in 10.1 overs (M. Kannan eight for 10).

Krishnagiri 87 in 26.3 overs (M. Vignesh Kannan five for 19) lost to Thanjavur 88 for three in 14.5 overs (S. Goutham 33).

Saturday's scores: Tirunelveli 268 in 49 overs (Paulraj 33, Kannan 57 not out, Prasanth 31) bt Thanjavur 159 for eight in 50 overs (Aravindan 52).

Krishnagiri 151 in 37 overs (Saravanan four for 46) bt Perambalur 120 in 34.2 overs (Prenith five for 28).

`E' Zone: Pudukottai DCA 75 (N. Pradeep three for 20, including a hat-trick) lost to Nilgiris DCA 76 for three in 14.4 overs (R. Navaneeth 36, M. Pradeep Kumar three for 33).

Thiruvarur DCA 160 for nine in 40 overs (Saravanan 36, Dilipan three for 36) bt Dindigul DCA 93 (K. Surendran four for 15).

YMCA lifts title

At Coimbatore, host YMCA got the better of Rajalakshmi Sports Club 76-62 to lift the title in the 52nd YMCA basketball tournament for men for the S. Venkatakrishnan Trophy at the YMCA courts on Sunday.

YMCA dominated its opponent for most part of the game. The first three quarters saw Akilan (21), Sathish (24) and Syed (17) making merry along the flanks. The trio broke open the defence time and again to score points at will.

In the third quarter, Rajalakshmi tried its best to halt the free-flowing forwards, but found them too stronger.

In the fourth quarter, however, it managed to thwart the efforts of the trio, and in the process increased its tally through Guru's (23) single-handed contribution. The Rajalakshmi men scored as many as 26 points in last quarter as against YMCA's 15, but it was not enough.

The results (final): YMCA 76 (Akilan 21, Sathish 24, Syed 17) bt Rajalakshmi SC 62 (Guru 23); semifinals: Rajalakshmi 72 bt PSG CAS 68.

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