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SRR & CVR College wins overall title

VIJAYAWADA: SRR & CVR College of Vijayawada clinched the overall championship in the Acharya Nagarjuna University inter-collegiate archery championship held at IGMC stadium here on Thursday. KVR College (Nandigama) and Bhavanarayana Sanskrit College (Ponnur) finished second and third respectively. J. Rama Rao (ANU College) emerged men’s overall champion with 630 points out of 720, while M. Rishita (SRR & CVR) took the honours in the women segment by hauling 640 points out of 720.

SAI’s NSTC selections

Sports Authority of India (SAI) is conducting a State-wide selection for the National Sports Talent Contest (NSTC) scheme at V.P. Siddhartha Public school in athletics for the year 2007-08 on September 18 and 19 from 8 a.m. Athletes in the age group of 12 to 15 years are eligible for participation. If selected, the trainees will get expert training by qualified coaches throughout the year. In addition, they will also receive a monthly stipend of Rs. 300, sports kit and exposure trips. Interested athletes should report to the SAI coach at VPS Public School with sports kit and date of birth certificate from their respective educational institutions.

No play

Rain played spoilsport as the first day’s play between Kadapa–Kurnool and Chittoor- Nellore in the ACA Matrix Labs South Zone u-15 inter-district tournament for A. V. Narasimha Reddy memorial trophy was washed out at Kurnool on Thursday.

Thomas, Sunil shine

Centuries by Benjamin Thomas (170 not out, 17x4) for Sardar Patel Degree College and K. Sunil Naidu (100, 10x4, 1x6) for Nizam College in different matches were the highlights of the M.N. Abbasi Trophy inter-collegiate cricket tournament at Hyderabad on Thursday.

The scores: M.N. Abbasi Trophy: Sardar Patel Degree College 298 for four (Benjamin Thomas 170 not out, D. Sohail 67, Naveed Siddiqui four for 57) bt St. Joseph’s Degree College 144 (Naveed Siddiqui 66, Yuvraj Yadav three for 35).

Nizam College 224 (K. Sunil Naidu 100, Dutta four for 40) bt VV College 147 (Rajesh 38, Atiq three for 26, Srikrishna three for 34).

PG College 101 (Raj Kumar four for 11) lost to IIMC 104 for five.

Little Flower Degree College 131 (Sudheer 59, Shakeer five for 35, Srikanth Yada four for 13) lost to Aurora Degree College 133 for five (Abhishek Shah 41).

B-Division league: Satya CC 205 for six (Shoaib Khaledi 42 not out) lost to Cosmos 206 for four (Prem 52, V. Kartik 40 not out).

Noble CC 97 (K. Bhanu Prasad four for 25, Ajay four for 40) lost to Sungrace 100 for eight (Sk. Muzzafar six for 29).

Deccan Colts 313 (Shaik Ahmed 96, Mushtaq Ahmed 79) bt Raju’s CC 294 (Shashank 79, Abhinav 62, Anurag Reddy 53).

Hyderabad Wanderers 135 (Surya 45, Subhan five for 40) lost to Telecom 138 for six (Md. Mukkaram Siddiqui 54 not out).

PN Youngsters 143 (Imtiaz Shareef 57, Krishnakanth four for 46) bt Tirumala 128 (Raghu 42, Junaid Ahmed four for 23).

Lal Bahadur CC 205 (Md. Shafiullah 55, Ravi seven for 38) bt FMC 143 (Anji Reddy 50, D.V. Ravi Kumar 42, P. Vishal four for 23).

Bharatiya CC 187 (Srikanth 54, Jitender four for 48) lost to Mahaveer 188 for seven (Raghu 57, Albert four for 40).

C-Division league: APAU 170 (Raghava 51) bt Chums XI 106 (Guru Prasad six for 19).

Concorde 196 (Mudassir Mirza 51, Waseem five for 75) bt Akshit 102 (Nadeem Osman seven for 40).

Shalimar 174 (Sajid Ali 60, Rakesh five for 21) lost to Imperial 175 for four (Rakesh 79 not out).

Sunshine 131 tied with Col. Kumar Acrylic 131 (Sumeet Sharma 44 not out, Satya six for 35).

D-Division league: YMRC 117 lost to Satyam Colts 119 for four (G.N. Parashuram 41).

Reitz India golf

Reitz India invitational golf championship will be held at the EME Golf Course on September 16.

A record number of 120 entries have been already confirmed for the event, being held as part of its 10th anniversary celebrations.

“Special prizes will be given away not just to the best golfer of the event but also for the longest drive, closest to the pin to promote the sport in a big way,” he said.

Some of the big names who will take part include former DGP Swaranjit Sen, Hyderabad Ranji team coach Vivek Jaisimha, C. Suresh, Commandant, Artillery Centre (Golconda) and Ulrich Breder, chairman of Reitz India from Germany.

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