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Kaushik, Meenu Priya win titles

Madurai: S. Kaushik of TCA (Chennai), with nine points, won the State under-11 chess championship, organised by Madurai District Chess Association, at Velammal Matriculation School, Madurai, on Tuesday.

He pipped top seed S.K. Somasundaram (Salem), who also finished with nine points, on better progressive score. S.E. Meenu Priya of Madurai won the girls' title.

The results: Final placing: Boys: 1. S. Kaushik 9; 2. S.K. Somasundaram (Slm) 9; 3. G. Akash (Che) 8.5; 4. Osama Saleem (Che) 8.5; 5. Neil Franklin (Che) 8.5; 6. Mugil Jeyavel (Che) 8; 7. M. Siddarth (Che) 8; 8. Michael Catherina (Che) 8; 9. G. Alkondan (KK) 7.5; 10. J. Nishtin (KK) 7.5.

Girls: 1. S.E. Meenu Priya (Mdu) 9.5; 2. Sujitha (Cbe) 8.5; 3. P.V. Nandhitha (Nmkl) 8; 4. G. Radhika (Che) 8; 5. Susmitha (Che) 8; 6. Monisha (Che) 7.5; 7. U. Ashwini (Che) 7; 8. M. Niveditha (Kanchi) 7; 9. Srija Seshadhri (NLC) 7; 10. R. Dharani Shri (Che) 7.

BSNL- S. Rly final

At Dindigul, Defending champion BSNL (Chennai) and Southern Railway (Chennai) will clash for the title in the Cauvery Ammal memorial trophy State-level basketball tournament.

The results (League): Southern Railway 68 (Bernard Philips 20, Leonard Thomas 15, Saravanarajan 10) bt Armed Police, Chennai 62 (Robinson 20, Ramachandran 15, Shankar 10); BSNL, Chennai 62 (Gokula Krishnan 18, Gnanavel 15, Delliraja 15) bt Port Trust, Tuticorin 38 (Ramalingam 13, Sethil 13, Santhosh 10).

Southern Railway 60 (Venkatesh 16, Leonard Charles 14) bt Port Trust 48 (Arumugam 18, Murugaraj 10); BSNL, Chennai 96 (Gnanavel 23, Delliraja 20, Raja 15) bt Armed Police 70 (Robinson 20, Shankar 18, Ramakrishnan 12).

Easy for Blues FC

At Karaikudi, Blues FC thrashed Dr. Ambedkar FC (Erode) 6-1 and entered the pre-quarterfinals of the 24th annual Champion Club football tournament for the Universal Trophy at the Krishna Stadium, Velangudi, on Tuesday.

Velmurugan (11th min), Periannan (22nd), Ganeshkumar (48th, 75th), Selvam (57th, 77th) scored for the winner while Gopala Krishnan reduced the margin in the 48th minute.

Other result: Solar FC, Nilakottai bt 4-2 Nagalkeni FC, Kanchipuram.

SAI Hostel posts win

SAI Hostel (Thalassery) bounced back from a one-set deficit to oust Sports Division (Kannur) 17-25, 25-21, 25-20, 25-20 in a round robin women's league of the CDVA Golden Jubilee Classic Polo All India volleyball tournament at the Nanjappa HSS grounds at Tirupur on Tuesday.

The results:

Men: BPCL (Kochi) bt Punjab Police 25-18, 25-13, 29-31, 25-19.

Women: SAI (Thalassery) bt Sports Division (Kannur) 17-25, 25-21, 25-20, 25-20. Monday results: Western Rly bt S. Rly 25-21, 25-18, 25-14; Central Rly bt Golden Jubilee Team (Cbe) 25-8, 25-19, 25-9.

Coaching camp

A three-week long basketball coaching camp, sponsored by Kalyan Oxygen and Maan Mark Rice Basketball Club, will be organised by Madurai District Basketball Association at the Association ground, Anna Nagar, from May 17. Contact 94431-52134, 93441-16672.

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