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Hat-trick by Adarsh, big win for Bangalore

HYDERABAD: Winger Adarsh struck four goals, including a hat-trick, to guide STC (Bangalore) to a thumping 15-0 win over STC (Kurnool) in the South Zone Sports Authority of India inter-STC hockey tournament at Begumpet Police Stadium here on Wednesday. Adarsh scored all his goals in the first half.

Thimmanna, N. S. Kawar and Nikin scored thrice each, while Ratan (2) completed the tally for the winner.

In another match, STC (Secunderabad) recorded an easy 7-2 win over STC (Eluru) after leading 4-0 at the break.

Ch. Avinash, Aravind and Ashok scored a brace each and Durgaprasad once for the Secunderabad team. Mahender scored twice for Eluru.

Kaushik scores winner

JSN College defeated St. Mary’s College 3-2, via sudden-death, in the Sachdev Sports Cup inter-collegiate football tournament, organised by Shastri Soccer Club, at Trimulgherry grounds here.

The teams were locked goalless at full-time. In the tie-breaker too, Rahul and Manoj scored for JSN, while Suraj and Sandeep scored for St. Mary’s to take the issue into sudden-death.

Kaushik scored for JSN, while Vikas of St. Mary’s missed the target.

Record entries

St. Paul’s Table Tennis Academy (Hyderguda) will organise the 10th Andhra Pradesh State-ranking tournament, sponsored by K. S. Raymond (Malakpet), from July 3 to 6, according to Md. Ibrahim Khan, coordinator of the Academy.

A record number of 748 entries have been received and the first day will witness a staggering 320 matches.

The seedings:

Men: 1. G. Jitendra Kumar, 2. M. Krishna Kiriti, 3. T. Arundhar and 4. Karan Mutha; Youth boys: G. Vishal Reddy, 2. Gautham Gampa, 3. P. Vighnay Reddy and 4. A. V. Anish; Junior boys: 1. T. Sai Praneeth, 2. Harsh Atul Shah, 3. V. S. S. Kaushik and 4. Hannan Khan.

Sub-junior boys: 1. Arsh Agarwal, 2. G. Vamshi Krishna, 3. Md. Annas Ali and 4. Purna Srivastava; Cadet boys: 1. S. K. Sharukh Akram, 2. Anindhya, 3. K. Vamsi Krishna and 4. Jishnu Vakaria; Inter-schools: 1. St. Paul’s HS, 2. Little Flower School ‘A’, 3. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan School and 4. Chirec Public School.

Women: 1. K. Bhavana, 2. K. Spoorthy, 3. K Harshitha and 4. Nikhat Banu; Youth girls: 1. Nikhat Banu, 2. Aisha Afzal, 3. K. Vidisha and 4. P. Manasa; Junior girls: 1. Nikhat Banu, 2. M. Mrudula, 3. K. Harshitha and 4. K. Bhavana.

Sub-junior girls: 1. K. Harshitha, 2. Akshi Sanchetti, 3. T. L. Harshitha and 4. M. Mrudula; Cadet girls: 1. S. K. Saira Banu, 2. K. Spoorthy, 3. Akshi Sanchetti and 4. T. L. Harshitha; Inter-schools: 1. Little Flower HS, 2. Rosary Convent, 3. St. Paul’s HS ‘A’ and 4. Meridian School.

Golden Mile Run

Athletics Coaching Academy, in association with the Hyderabad District Athletics Association, is hosting the 15th Golden Mile Run at NTR Gardens on July 13 for boys and girls (12 to 18), men, women and veterans. Call 92465-29013 for details.

Bridge tournaments

Fateh Maidan Club is holding a master pairs bridge event on July 6 at its premises. Call 98480-81692 for details.

Jubilee Hills International Centre will conduct the JHIC annual Open bridge championship from July 12 to 14 in the team-of-four duplicate, board-a-match and master pairs. For details, contact G. R. K. Raju at 99495-01789 / 23541131.

Volleyball tournament

Hyderabad District Volleyball Association will organise volleyball tournament for boys and girls, sponsored by Vishank Hotels International, on July 4 and 5 at YMCA Narayanaguda. Schools of twin cities can send their entries and for details contact C. Murali Mohan, secretary, Phone No. 9866481486.

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