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Al Ameen College wins

BANGALORE: Al Ameen College downed Mico Naganathpura in straight sets at 25-23, 25-19, 25-19 in just 50 minutes to lift the State `B' division volleyball league title. Both the teams earned promotion to `A' division.

At the Sree Kanteerava Stadium outdoor court here on Thursday, Mico looked mediocre against the Al Ameen side, thanks to some superb spiking by Maruthi and Joby.

Earlier, MEG `B' beat Taurians SC 25-16, 25-22, 25-17. B.K. Shivaram, ACP, CCB, Bangalore was the chief guest and gave away the prizes.

BPCL pips ONGC

BPCL shocked ONGC 4-3 in the final of the third PSPB inter-unit snooker championship at the KSBA hall here.

Manan Chandra stunned Pankaj Advani 2-0, winning 70-43, 85-10 to set the ball rolling. Devendra Joshi was tied 1-1 against Alok Kumar (59-60, 70-50), but BPCL lost its initiative in the best of seven frames final when Anuja Thakur lost both her frames to young Sourav Kothari (ONGC) at 21-59, 8-67.

In the decider, it was Manan Chandra again who won a close 63-44 win over Sourav Kothari to clinch the title for BPCL.

Dominic, Samuel shine

G. Dominic and Samuel Niranjan struck a brace each to guide SAI `B' to a 6-1 win over RBI in a Deccan Herald State `A' division hockey league match at the KSHA Stadium here. Nitin Thimaiah and Anand also scored for the victor while Roshan scored for RBIl.

Other results: Postal 4 (Taranath 2, Nagaraj and Adarsh Ganapathy) bt Bombers 1 (Raju).

Tennis tournament

The Century Club will conduct an AITA Championship series tournament, sponsored by Wearhouse, for U-14 and U-16 boys and girls here from Dec. 4 to 8. Contact Mr. B.M. Ramesh, tournament director, KSLTA, Cubbon Park, Bangalore-560001. Ph: 22861010 / 22869797.

Archery trials

The Karnataka Amateur Archery Association will conduct selection trials on October 29 for the 27th senior National championship, scheduled to be held at Jamshedpur in November. Contact Mr. Anantharaju, on or before Oct. 28. Ph: 22275656.

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