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Rohan, Arjan shine

Chennai: Southern Railways’ Rohan Prem (seven for 81) and MCC’s Arjan Kripal Singh (135) excelled in the TNCA second division league cricket matches here recently.

The scores: Div. II: ICF 127 in 49 overs (Saravana Kumar five for 51) lost to UFCC (T. Nagar) 130 for five in 45.5 overs (Dinesh 47, Aditya Ganesh 40); T.I. Cycles 224 for eight in 50 overs (Manivannan 57, Rohan Prem seven for 81) bt Southern Railway 178 in 44.5 overs; AG’s Office 141 in 43.1 overs (P. Subramani 58, Jai Shankar five for 53) lost to SPIC 142 for two in 40.4 overs (Sundaramoorthy 51 not out); MCC 323 for six in 50 overs (Arjan Kripal Singh 135, Vasant Kumar 59, S. Mahesh 50 not out, Sridhar 43) bt Rising Stars 145 in 33.5 overs (Alfred Dias 45, R. Aushik Srinivas five for 46); Mambalam Mosquitos 166 in 47.2 overs (S. Raghunath 62, H. Kadhar Basha 55, R. Pattabhiraman four for 88, P.B. Anand four for 57) lost to Swaraj 208 for six in 48.2 overs (Nazer 57, M. Yuvaraj 50).

Div. III ‘B’: C. Appiah Chettiar MCC 183 for eight in 50 overs (T. Sathya Moorthy 49, C. Dinesh Kumar 40 not out, M. Satish Kumar four for 63) lost to Netaji CC 184 for three in 39.1 overs (Shakthi Kamal 74 not out, Ramesh Kumar 57).

Nataraj, Rashmi win

M. Nataraj (Indian Airlines) and Rashmi Kumari (BSNL) won the men’s and women’s singles titles respectively in the all-India PSU carrom tournament.

Other results: Singles: Men’s runner-up: Yogesh Pardesi (IOCL); Women’s runner-up: Bhanudas.

Team championship: Men: 1. IOC; 2. Air-India. Women: 1. BSNL; 2. Indian Oil Corporation.

Easy for B.S. Mootha

B.S. Mootha defeated St. Ebba’s 25-7, 25-11 in the girls’ section of the inter-school volleyball tournament conducted by the Nellai Friends Club here on Thursday.

The results (semifinals): Boys: Don Bosco (Perambur) bt Santhome 25-18, 25-15; DRBCC (Perambur) bt AJS Nidhi 16-25, 25-21, 25-22.Girls: B.S. Mootha bt St. Ebba’s 25-7, 25-11; Corporation Girls (Nungambakkam) bt Christkint 25-6, 25-19.

Vivek in final

Tamil Nadu’s Vivek Reddy and C. Jasper entered the above-45 final of the T.S. Santhanam memorial national veterans’ clay court tennis tournament at the Mylapore Club on Friday.

Other results: Singles: Semifinals: Above-55: R.I. Singh (Dli) bt C.S. Rajan (Kar) 6-1, 6-0; S. Settu (TN) bt Balachandran 6-4, 6-1. Above-65: S. Parekh (Mah) bt Ramesh Gautham (UP) 6-4, 6-1; Inderjit Singh (Dli) bt K.K. Arvind (TN) 6-2, 0-6, 6-4. Doubles finals: Above-45: Jasper & Vivek Reddy bt Ranganath & Khan 6-3, 6-3. Above-55: R.I. Singh & A.J.S. Chatwal bt Settu & Gangadharan 4-6, 6-1, 10-8. Above-65: Parikh & Muthu Kumaraswamy bt Kesava Perumal & Lakshmanan 6-2, 6-0. Semifinals: Above-45: Jasper & Vivek bt M.P. Shankar & Murali Padmanabhan 7-5, 6-0; Ranganath & Khan bt Shankar & Narasimhan 7-6(6), 0-6, 10-8. Above-55: R.I. Singh & A.J.S. Chatwal bt Prem Kumar Karra & T. Rao 6-2, 6-4; Settu & Gangadharan bt Rajasekar & Krishnan 6-3, 6-3. Above-65: Parekh & Muthu Kumarasamy bt Ramesh Gautham & Kulkarni 6-2, 6-3; Kesava Perumal & Lakshmanan bt H.D. Ballal & Sankameshwar 3-6, 7-5, 12-10.

TNSP posts win

TNSP defeated Soccer Club 2-1 in a CFA senior division league match at the Nehru Stadium here on Friday. L. Kanakaraj and M. Murugan found the mark for TNSP. David reduced the margin for Soccer Club.

SRM clinches title

SRM University won the first Tamil Nadu inter-university cricket tournament, conducted by the Sri Ramachandra University for the Thiru N.P.V. Ramasamy Udayar Trophy, recently. Annamalai University was the runner-up, and was given the Tmt. Kamalam Ramasamy Udayar Trophy. Arjun Sarathy (SRM University) was named Man-of-the-Match, and Vijay Rahul (SRM University), the Man of the Tournament.

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