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Dindigul, Madurai teams enter semifinals

Dindigul: Dindigul, Madurai and Thiruvallur entered both the men’s and women’s semifinals in the second State games hockey tournament organised by the Dindigul Unit of Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu on Sunday.

The results:

Men: Quarterfinals: Dindigul 4 (Nippleraj, Prabu, Nickolas, Charan) bt Vellore 0; Thiruvallur 1 (Ravinder) bt Pudukottai 0; Ariyalur 4 (Jegan, Karthikeyan, Kalai Arasu, Ravi) bt Tiruchi 3 (Saravanan, Hussain, Praburaj) via tie breaker, full time 0-0; Madurai 7 (A.G. Kannan 4, Ramdas 2, Chidambaram) bt Nilgiris 2 (Ashok, Salmon). Pre-quarterfinals: Thiruvallur 3 bt Ramanathapuram 0; Pudukottai 5 bt Chennai 4 via tie breaker; Nilgiris 1 bt Tuticorin 0; Madurai 2 bt Namkkal 0; Vellore 1 bt Dharmapuri 0; Dindigul 3 bt Villupuram 1; Tiruchi 2 bt Coimbatore 0; Ariyalur 2 bt Thiruvanamalai 0.

Women: Quarterfinals: Chennai 5 (Vidhya 2, Nancy 2, Jency) bt Tirunelveli 0; Dindigul 1 (Maria Anbarasi) bt Pudukottai 0; Madurai 4 (Rathna 2, Sobana 2) bt Erode 0; Thiruvallur 2 (Angelin, Sheeta) bt Salem 0. Pre-quarterfinals: Tirunelveli 2 bt Tuticorin 0; Thiruvallur 2 bt Thiruvarur 0; Pudukottai 3 bt Krishnagiri 0; Dindigul 4 bt Kanyakumari 0; Erode 5 bt Vellore 0; Madurai 4 bt Virudhunagar 2; Chennai 5 bt Sivagangai 0.

Sathyabama University lifts title

Sathyabama University, Chennai, lifted the Dr. Soundaram memorial trophy defeating Yadava College, Madurai 25-23, 25-16 for its third win in the last match of the semifinal round robin league in the State-level inter-collegiate volleyball tournament at Gandhigram on Saturday.

Yadava College finished runner-up and Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchi, finished third.

Madras Regimental Centre dominates

Madras Regimental Centre, Wellington, cornered glory in the second Kanyakumari State-level mini-marathon race organised jointly by Kanyakumari district Athletic Association and TNAA, by winning all the three (gold, silver and bronze) medals in men’s section at Nagercoil on Saturday.

The results:

Men (21.4km): 1. D. Erappa (MRC) 1:10:43s; 2. Alfred (MRC); 3. P. Nagendra Rao (MRC). Boys: Under-20 (8km): 1. M. Alagesan (Nagercoil) 24:35s; 2. R. Santhosh Kumar (SDAT, Ooty); 3. R. Rajesh (Chatrapathi Sivaji SC). Under-15 (5km): 1. K. Dakshinamurthy (GHSS, Thakkalai) 13:46s; 2. L.M. Logeswaran (AIB HSS); 3. A. Mano.

Women (8km): 1. L. Suriya (KAC, Pudukottai) 27:46s; 2. Maheswari (S. Rly); 3. S. Renuka (KAC). Girls: u-15 (5km): 1. Arputhalakshmi (Nagercoil); 2. J. Kerehiyal; 3. M. Bharathi.

Mahesh Kumar takes title

M. Mahesh Kumar of PSNA College of Engineering won the men’s singles title defeating Vignesh of Dindigul Table Tennis Club 11-7, 11-9, 11-9 in the finals of the district-level table tennis tournament organised by Doctors TT Club at Dindigul on Sunday.

Other results (all finals):

Boys: Under-17: Sudharsan (St. Peter’s MHSS, Kodaikanal) bt Beno (SMBM MHSS) 11-8, 11-7, 11-7. Under-14: Nishanth (Soundararaja Vidyalaya) bt Vigneshwaran (St. Peter’s MHSS) 11-6, 11-6, 11-8.

Girls: Under-17: Sowmya (SRV) bt Sangeerthana (SRV) 11-7, 11-5, 11-5. Under-14: Srinithi (SRV) bt Haritha (SRV) 11-8, 11-6, 11-6.

Murugan scores match-winner

A fourth minute strike by Murugan helped Annai Sports Club defeat Sun Sports Club 1-0 in the DDFA ‘A’ division league for SPD Tools Trophy at Dindigul on Sunday.

Other results:

‘B’ division: GS FC 4 (Regan 2, Gunasekaran, Vijayakumar) bt Pattumani Memorial FC 0; SMBM FC 1 (Arjun) bt Gnanam Memorial 0; Arasan FC 1 (Yuvaraj) bt KDS FC 0.

Irudaya Mary wins three gold

Irudaya Mary of Thanjavur won three golds (100m, 200m and 400m) in the women’s above 50 category in the 26th Tamil Nadu State Masters athletics meet at Race Course stadium on Sunday.

The results:

Men:

Above 40: 200m: Susai Manickam; 800m: R. Shankar; High jump: Thangavel; Shot put: V. Kandanatthan; Hammer: S. Selvam. Above 45: 200m: Balasubramani; 800m: Govindaraj; Triple jump: Sukumaran; High jump: Muralidharan; Shot put: B. Parthiban; Hammer: S. Subramanian.

Above 50: 200m: S. Michael Raja; 800m: R. Arunachalam; Triple jump: A. Pious; Shot put: P. Anand; Hammer: P. Subramanian.

Above 55: 200m: D. Jeyaseelan; 800m: A. Ponnusamy; Triple jump: Puthinraja; High jump: Puthinraja; Shot put: R. Jeganathan; Hammer: Palanichamy.

Women:

Above 35: 100m: V.K. Shanthimol; 200m: P. Kanchana; 400m: P. Janaki; 800m: P. Janaki; 80m hurdles: Kanchana; High jump: V.K. Shanthimol; Shot put: Rajeswari; Discus: Rajeswari; 5km walk: Sivagami; Hammer: P. Kanchana.

Above 40: 100m: Shanthi Sundararajan; 200m: Vanitha; 400m: Vanitha; 800m: Rajeswari; High jump: B. Jessy Sajan; Shot put: Suzina; Discus: Suzina; 5km walk: Rajalakshmi; 10,000m: Jasmine Sheerani. Above 45: 100m: Shanthi Sundararajan; 200m: Shanthi Sundararajan.; 400m: Jeyamma; 800m: Jeyamma; 80m hurdles: Valarmathi; High jump: Jenitha; Shot put: Panchavarnam; Discus: Panchavarnam; 5km walk: Chitra.

Above 50: 100m: Irudaya Mary; 200m: Irudaya Mary; 400m: Irudaya Mary; Shot put: Bhuvaneswari; Discus: Radhamani; 80m hurdles: Vidhya; 5km walk: Samsath Begum; 100m hurdles: M. Malini.
Thamilarasan scores four goals

At Neyiveli, A. Thamilarasan struck four goals as Thanjavur blanked Erode 6-0 and stormed into the final of the 24th sub-junior State football championship, conducted by the Cuddalore District Football Association, here on Sunday.

In the other semifinal, Cuddalore edged out Tuticorin 3-2.

The results: Semifinals: Thanjavur 6 (A. Thamilarasan 4, Rajesh 1, Swaminathan 1) bt Erode 0; Cuddalore 3 (Manivannan, Edwin Vanspaul, Sharath Kumar) bt Tuticorin 2 (Muthumariappan 2).
Gopinath scores century

At Tiruchi, E. Gopinath scored a century as Urumu Dhanalakshmi College defeated Golden XI CC by two wickets in a Canara Bank–Tiruchi DCA first division league cricket match here.

The scores:

First division:

Golden XI CC 192 for nine in 45 overs (Navaneetha Krishnan 62) lost to Urumu Dhanalakshmi College 193 for eight in 43.1 overs (E. Gopinath 101).

Second division: National College 93 in 31.4 overs (Prabhakaran five for 18) lost to Majestic CC 97 for three in 25.1 overs.

Third division: Galaxy CC 144 for eight in 40 overs bt Warriors Avenue CC 124 in 38 overs.

Fourth division: Campion AI HSS 72 in 25 overs lost to Golden Arrows CC 73 for two in 19.3 overs (P.S. Nirmal Kumar 49 not out).

Fifth division: Indian CC 85 in 25.3 overs lost to UDC ‘A’ 86 for three in 18.5 overs (B. Vajravel 43); Seagull CC 141 for nine in 30 overs (T.R. Padmanabhan four for 15) lost to Rainbow CC 142 for seven in 27.5 overs (A.D. Azad 46); Dolphins CC 112 for nine in 27 overs lost to Young Sobers CC 114 for four in 23.4 overs.
White Blues downs HMC

White Blues downed HMC 3-0 in a Tiruchi DFA second division ‘B’ Zone football league fixture on Sunday. Anbudasan, Senthil and Vijayakumar were the scorers.

Other results:

Second div.: Bishop Heber College 2 (Kousikan, Gielak) bt Golden Arrows 0.

Third div.: Challenge Union 1 (John) bt Rock City 0; Kallakudi 0 drew with Athavan 0.

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