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Tiruvallur retains title

Tirunelveli: An unbeaten 64 by B. Aparajith helped Tiruvallur defeat Coimbatore by eight wickets in the final of the under-13 inter-district cricket tournament and retain the ICL-Mahavirchand memorial Trophy at ICRC turf ground, Sankarnagar on Wednesday.

The scores: Coimbatore 134 in 40 overs (Srivaradan 37, Hari Prasad 30) lost to Tiruvallur 135 for two in 37.5 overs (B. Aparajith 64 not out, B. Inderjth 37 not out).

Raffik, Gopi shine

Aided by incisive bowling by medium pacers, M. Mohamed Raffik (five for 49) and B. Gopi (four for 41), Dindigul restricted Vellore to a moderate 157 in 52.2 overs on the opening day of the two-day quarterfinals in the TNCA inter-district under-19 cricket tournament at Dindigul on Wednesday.

The scores: Vellore 157 in 52.2 overs (M. Bilwa Prasad 49, B. Gopi four for 41, M. Mohamed Raffik five for 49) vs Dindigul 76 for four in 34.4 overs (N. Veeramalai 29 batting, Zia Ullah Sheriff three for 16).

Cosmo CC triumphs

Host Cosmo CC lifted the TDCA-Lions Club of Theni Mullai Trophy defeating Sanford Cricket Club, Andipatti by three wickets in the final of the District-level cricket tournament at TKSTTS ground, Theni on Wednesday.

The scores: Sanford CC 176 in 29.4 overs (Kubendran 39) lost to Cosmo CC, Theni 178 for seven in 29.3 overs (Ram Prakash 52, Santhanam 40).

Armed Police posts wins

Armed Police, Chennai beat Sethu BC, Kariapatti 74-44 for its second successive win in the semi-final round robin league of the 29th annual Irulappa Servai memorial Trophy State-level basketball tournament at Batlagundu on Wednesday.

The results (League):

Armed Police, Chennai 74 (Rajendran 23, Robinson 16) bt Sethu BC 44 (Paranivelrajan 11, Dinesh 10); SAI, Salem 55 (Ramkumar 13, Arun Chandradas 22) bt Young Stars BC 51 (Premkumar 15, Srinivasan 10).

Armed Police 76 (Shankar 22, Rajendran 21) bt SAI, Salem 71 (Arunchandradas 35, Karthikeyan 14); Young Stars BC 72 (Premkumar 26, Srinivasan 15) bt Sethu BC 50 (Paranivelrajan 17, Raphael 13).

Two share lead

Ram S. Krishnan of BSNL and P. Phoobalan of SRM College, Chennai share the lead, with 7 points each, at the end of the eighth round of the SGKNKM FIDE-Rated chess tournament, sponsored by PSNA College of Engineering and Rotary Club of Dindigul West and organised by Dindigul District Chess Association at Dindigul on Wednesday.

Important results (eighth round): Ram S. Krishnan 7 bt A. Shankar 6; Syed Anwar Shazuli 6.5 drew with P. Mithrakanth 6.5; M. Kunal 6.5 drew with S. Nitin 6.5; Praveen Kodathala 5.5 lost to P. Phoobalan 7; M.H. Sanjay Sindhia 5.5 lost to N. Ramesh Kumar 6.5; P. Stanley Samson 5.5 lost to R. Pawashe Aniket 6.5; Sriram Sarja 5.5 drew with P. Ganesh 5.5; H.G. Bharadwaj 5 lost to P. Sreekumar 6; Y.G. Vijendra 6 bt S. Athirai 5; S. Ramesh 6 bt R. Venkatraman 5; M. Paramasivam 6 bt Gavi Siddayya 5; R.K. Ranjith 6 bt A. Shelk Dawood 5; A. Nagaarjuna 5 lost to J. Arun 6; P. Rajasekaran 6 bt P. Sumathi 5; N. Vigneshwaran 5.5 bt V. Vinod 5; C.S. Rajesh 5.5 bt S. Adhistha Selvem 4.5; T. Balaguru 5.5 bt J Mohamed Lqbal 4.5; B. Vinod Kumar 5.5 bt Jeyaraj John 4.5; R. Amuthan 5 drew with R. Muralidharan 5; S. Ajay Kumar 4.5 lost to R. Magudeswaran 5.5; N.R. Raghuraman 5.5 bt R. Visalatchi 4.5; Y. Anurag Kashyap 4.5 lost to R. Kannan 5.5; D. Ashraf Subhani 5 drew with Aparna Raja 5; M.A. Yazhiniyan 4.5 lost to V.M. Rajeev 5.5; K. Vikram 4.5 drew with S.S. Mnigandan 5.

Vigneshwar wins

P. Vigneshwar of Arulanandar College, Karumathur won the boys under-25 title in the State-level chess tournament organised by Madurai District Chess Association at Madurai recently.

Final standings:

Boys U-25: 1. P. Vigneshwar 3.5/4, 2. B. Vignesh 3.5, 3. C. Princepaul 2.5; U-15: 1. P. Uma maheshwaran 6/6, 2. M.J. Manoj 5, 3. S. Arun 5; U-12: 1. P. Vigneshwaran 6/6, 2. G. Yogesh 5.5, 3. K. Karthikeyan 5; U-9: 1. V.R. Aravind Chithambaram 5/5, 2. M. Md. Harris 4, 3. C. Prithivraj 4;

Girls U-25: 1. O.S. Hamsa Priya 2/4, 2. S. Amritha 1, 3. V. Vijayalakshmi 1; U-15: 1. C.R. Aasha 4, 2. P. Kiruthika 4, 3. R. Shivaranjani 3; U-12: 1. C.R. Varsha 4/6, 2. M. Keerthana 4, 3. G. Varshini 3.5; U-9: 1. K. Rakshana 4/5, 2. V. Anurika 4, 3. E. Soundarya 2.5.

State-level hockey

Thirunagar Hockey Club will organise the eighth annual BJPM Trophy State-level hockey tournament at Thirunagar ground, Madurai from February 14 to 18. Entries close on February 1. For details, contact B. Ramesh, C-112, Kamarajar Street, Thirunagar, Madurai - 625006. Ph: 0452-2484068. Mobile 94433-03668.

Inter-school TT

The SDAT-Ellis Table Tennis Coaching Academy will conduct the second Stag District-level inter-school table tennis tournament at the Academy premises, Madurai on January 25 and 26. Contact B. Sundar, Ph: 2602441. Mobile: 94435-01721. — Sports Correspondent

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