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Sourashtra College retains title

MADURAI: Sourashtra College retained the Alagappa Chettiar Trophy for the fifth successive year defeating arch-rival MSS Wakf Board College 85-80 in the Madurai Kamaraj University Champion Trophy inter-collegiate basketball tournament at the University indoor stadium here on Tuesday. MSS WBC finished runner-up.

The results:

League: Sourashtra College 85 (Ganesan 23, Adhi Ganesh 17, Anand 10) bt MSS WBC 80 (John Antony 21, Venkatesh 14, Kannan 14); Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College 69 (Meenakshi Sundaram 24, Manorajan 12) bt Arulanandar College 67 (Balalingam 34, Ganesh Prabu 10); SC 72 (Ganesh 19) bt AJ College 50 (Senthil Murugan 10); MSS WBC 80 (Venkatesan 25, Vijay Pandy 15) bt AC 59 (Praveen 15); SC 60 (Gajendran 13, Ganesh Prabu 11) bt AC 38 (Vijayan 10, Praveen 10); MSS WBC 73 (Jokin Antonyraja 14, Venkatesan 15) bt. AJ College 63 (Bharath Arun 10).

St. Xavier's in last eight

St. Xavier's HSS, Palayamkottai entered the quarterfinals of the sixth Kalimark K.P. Rajendran-Jayalakshmi trophy State-level inter-school basketball tournament defeating host Idayam Rajendran Residential MHSS `B' 58-38 here on Tuesday.

The results:

Pre-quarterfinals: St. Xavier's HSS 58 (Maharaj 12, Sankar Ganesh 15) bt IRR MHSS `B' 38 (A. Pragadeesh 16, Venkata Subramania Babu 14). Earlier results: NSVV HSS, Pattiveeranpatti 30 (Giridharan 11, Krishna Kumar 10) bt Raja's HSS, Sivagangai 17 (Jeya Kumar 10); GHSS, Batlagundu 49 (Vijaya Kumar 11, Sasikumar 23) bt AV HSS, Paramakudi 40 (Nesarajaperumal 16, Udayakumar 10).

Rajasekaran triumphs

P. Rajasekaran of VOC College won the title in the college boys' category in the ninth district-level Pearl City trophy invitation chess tournament for college/school students organised by Pearl City Chess Association at Tuticorin on Sunday. His college mate P. Dhanaraj finished runner-up.

The results:

Boys: School: U-17: 1. T. Raj Kumar, 2. V. Jebaraj, 3. A. Ramesh; U-15: 1. K. Ganesh Ram, 2. N. Shriram, 3. Philip Benis; U-13: 1. Raja Kathiravan, 2. Chandrasekar, 3. S. Suresh; U-11: 1. S. Raj Kumar, 2. Nirooben Kumar, 3. Suresh Arumugam; U-9: 1. Vithun Vivekananda, 2. Arish, 3. Aarudhra; U-7: 1. Jurel, 2. Viswa Prasad, 3. Prakash Raja.

Girls: College: 1. S. Vanmathi (Govind Ammal Adithanar College, Tiruchendur), 2. M.S. Forgia (St. Mary's College). School: U-17: 1. Vijayalakshmi; U-15: 1. Uma Maheswari, 2. Mariammal; U-13: 1. B. Prathiba, 2. Savbharanika, 3. Jaya Briandha; U-11: 1. Sushmi, 2. Sri Subbulakshmi, 3. Keerthana Vardhini; U-9: 1. Uma, 2. Reethika; U-7: 1. Daarshini, 2. Smrithi, 3. Calista.

Gold for Perumal

M. Perumal of Saraswathy Narayanan College clinched gold in the boys' above - 17 category in Kata in the fifth annual district-level Karate competitions organised by Madurai District Sports Karate - DO Association at Sethupathy HSS, Madurai, on Sunday.

Other results (all winners): Kata: Boys U - 13 (yellow belt): R. Rahu (Dolphin MHSS); blue belt: A. Venkateswaran (Mary Ann); brown belt: S. Jeyaseelan (Anand Memorial School); green belt: K.P. Karuppiah (Chetana).

U-10 (yellow belt): R. Vijay Sarathy (PKM HSS, Thirumangalam).

Girls: U-13 (yellow belt): S. Yamini (Swathi MHSS).

Kum Ite: Boys: U-40 kg: N. Kurubaran (C.S.R. M.H.S.S); U-35 kg: M. Vigneswaran (T.V.S. LMHSS); U-30 kg: M. Suria Kumar (Mary Ann); U-25 kg: R. Yogaraja (MMHSS); U-20 kg: R. Vijay Sarathy (PKM HSS).

Girls: U-35 kg: S. Nivedtha (S.B.O.A. MHSS); 25 kg: P. Mathuri (Krishnammal Ramasubbier HSS).

Volleyball tournament

The Agri Cup district-level Dawn to Dusk inter-collegiate women's volleyball league will be conducted by Madurai District Volleyball Association, at Madura College ground on September 3. For details, contact: T. Vivekanandan, Secretary, MDVA, 42, Nethaji 2nd Street, Viswanathapuram, Madurai-14. Ph: 9443990964.

Open chess tournament

Srivari Chess Academy will conduct a State-level open chess tournament for boys and girls on September 3 at SMS Mahal, Madurai. For details, contact A. Ravi Sankar, Secretary, Srivari Chess Academy, South Petham Patty, Karuvanoor (PO), Madurai-14. Ph: 9442783395.

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