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Rukmini, Krishnan ‘best all-rounders’

HYDERABAD: CPCRI, Kasargod, defeated CIFT, Cochin, 5-0 in the football final of the ICAR inter-institutional sports meet which concluded here. K.K. Rukmini Ammal (NAARM, Hyderabad) was adjudged ‘best all-rounder’ in women’s section and K. Krishnan Nair of CPCRI (Kasargod) in men’s category.

NAARM won the overall championship with 100 points while CPCRI (Kasargod) was second with 73 points. Dr. Y. S. Ramakrishna, Director, CRIDA, Hyderabad, Dr. S. M. Ilyas, Director, NAARM, gave away the prizes.

The results: Football: CPCRI, Kasargod, bt CIFT, Cochin, 5-0, Kabaddi: 1. IIHR, Bangalore, 2. CIBA, Chennai. Carrom: 1. M.K. Samson (NAARM, Hyd), 2. B.V. Rao (DOR, Hyd). Chess: 1. T.E. Janardhan (CPCRI, Kasargod), 2. B. Gandhi (PDP, Hyd). Badminton: Team event: 1. CMFRI (Cochin), 2. CPCRI (Kasargod). Singles: Women: 1. K.K. Rukmani Ammal (NAARM, Hyd), 2. Pushpanjali (NAARM, Hyd). Doubles: 1. K.K. Rukmani & Pushpanjali, 2. Chitra Shankar & Kausalya (DRR, Hyd).

Table tennis: Team event: 1. CRIDA, Hyd, 2. NAAR, Hyd. Women: Doubles: 1. K. Surekha & Rekha Rani (DRR, Hyd), 2. K.K. Rukmani Ammal & Poonam Kashyap (NAARM, Hyd). Singles: 1. K. Surekha (DRR, Hyd), 2. K. K. Rukmani Ammal.

5,000m: 1. Ch. Mukund (CRIDA, Hyd), 2. D. Praveen (IIHR, B’lore), 3. M. Kannaiah (SBI, Coimbatore). 400m: 1. K. Krishnan Nair (CPCRI, Kasargod), 2. M.R. Nagaraj (IIHR, B’lore), 3. V. Rajendran (CMFRI, Cochin). 1,500m: 1. M.N. Ramesha (NAARM, Hyd), 2. Kushalappagouda (NRCC, Puttur), 3. C. Kalidas (NAARM, Hyd). 4x100m relay: 1. IIHR (B’lore), 2. CPCRI (Kasargod), 3. NRCC (Puttur).

Volleyball: 1. CPCRI, Kasargod, 2. NAARM, Hyd.

Easy win for Techpoint

Techpoint Solutions scored a comfortable, 89-run win over Suchirindia in the Concern India Foundation cricket tournament for corporate groups here.

The scores: De Shaw 119 (Hemanth 40, Rahul five for 19) bt Bajaj Allianz 83; Techpoint Solutions 148 (Srikanth 43) bt Suchirindia 59; Basix 64 lost to Intelligroup 68 for five.

Praveen to lead

K. Praveen Kumar will lead Andhra Pradesh in the seventh all-India BSNL cricket tournament to be played in Indore (Madhya Pradesh) from February 10 to 17.

The team: K. Praveen Kumar (capt), P. Somasekhara Rao, P. Naveen Kumar, V. Srinivas Rao, D. K. Anantha Rao, B. Rajalingeswara Rao, K. Shiva Shankar Prasad, B. Bhujanga Rao, A. G. V. Ramakrishna, G. Bala Raj, B. Jayachandra, N. K. Kantha Kumar, R. N. Ravi Krishna, K. Nagendra Prasad, M. V. Satyanarayana and G. Satyanarayana.

Chess tournament

Andhra Pradesh Chess Association will organise the 22nd Brilliant Trophy Open chess tournament at Brilliant Grammar School on February 9 and 10.

Details about the event, with a total prize money of Rs. 10,000, can be had on Phone Nos. 98490 78112 / 92473 99717 /98667 02431.

Road Races

Exhibition Society will organise Road Races on February 9 at BJR Statue from 6.30 am. Competitions will be held for men and women, boys and girls (under-16 and 12 year age groups). For details contact Phone No. 92465 29013.

Sepak Tekraw teams

C. Ashok and M. Saileela will lead Andhra Pradesh boys and girls teams respectively in the sub-junior National sepak tekraw championship to be held in Madgoan (Goa) from February 7 to 9.

The teams: Boys: C. Ashok (capt), Md. Sameed, G. Srinath, K. Rajashekar, R. Venkatesh, P. Gopi, G. Yankiah, K. Raju, K. Kranthi, M. Srikanth, Ramesh Kumar, N. Madhu, P. Thirupathi, L. Srinivas, Badri Vishal, M. M. Quarrath and N. Prasad. Coaches: M. Vikesh Kumar and G. Shashikanth.

Girls: M. Saileela (capt), M. Bhavani, M. Bhavani, T. Laxmi, Rabia Begum, B. Srivani, A. Sirisha, K. Durga Bhavani, Amtul Mustafa, G. Prasanna, Zuveria Naseem, J. Anusha, T. Triveni, A. Uma Maheswari, P. Kalavathi, K. Nagarani. Caoch: A. Chandramohan and Kapil Anand.

Technical officials: S.R. Prem Raj, D. Ravindra, Jahangir Pasha, D. Haridass and M.A. Qayyum.

Athletics trials

The trials to select the Krishna District athletics contingent for the forthcoming State-level sub-junior athletics meet will be held at the Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation Stadium in Vijayawada on February 7 at 9.30 a.m. according to Krishna District Amateur Athletic Association Secretary A. Raghavendra Rao on Wednesday. The meet will be held at the CBR Sports Academy at Kethanakonda near Ibrahimpatnam on February 9 and 10.

All the participants should report to SAI coach D.N.V. Vinayak Prasad on February 9 with their birth certificates.

Arun rallies to win

K.R. Arun Kumar of AP dropped a set before beating Yogesh Shah of Gujarat to make the last eight in the 45-plus category event of the third CMR-AISTA veterans’ all-India ranking tournament in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday.

The results (quarterfinals): 45-plus: R.E. Sudharshan Rao bt A.S. Khan 6-0, 6-1; Paul Manohar bt T. Srinivas 6-4, 6-3; K.R. Arun Kumar bt Yogesh Shah 1-6, 6-4, 6-3; R.N. Ramesh bt M. Suresh 6-4, 6-2; Subba Rao bt M.V. Swamy 6-1, 6-3; Anand Swaroop bt V.S. Narasimham 6-0, 6-1; Panduranga Rao bt T. Koteswara Rao 6-2, 6-4; V. Srinivasa Reddy bt P. Janardhan 6-0, 6-1.

Plus-55: V. Rammohana Rao bt Varahalaiah 6-0, 6-0; S. Settu bt C.S. Rajan 6-3, 6-2; A. Chatwal bt Venkata Chalam 6-2, 6-4; T.A.P.N. Rao bt B. Ankaiah 6-0, 6-2; Pushpa Raj bt D.S. Rao 6-4, 6-3; R.I. Singh bt Abdul Azeez 6-2, 6-2; A.R. Rao bt A.S.N. Raju 6-3, 6-2; Radhakrishna Murthy bt Bhaskar Rao 6-1, 6-2.

Plus-65: S. Parekh bt R. Subba Rao 6-1, 6-0; Kesava Perumal bt D.R.V. Prasad 6-4, 6-4; T. Sreeedhar bt A.V. Dhayanandhan 6-1, 6-0; P. Venugopal bt R. Padma Raju 1-6, 6-1, 6-1; B. Somalingam bt A.J. Keerthi Kumar 6-4, 6-4; Muttu Inderjith bt Madhav Murthy 6-1, 6-3; Seshadrinath bt Narappa Reddy 6-2, 6-2; V.R. Kulkarni bt C. Radhakrishna 6-4, 6-2.

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