CHENNAI: SA Saleem, R Loganathan from Tamil Nadu will be seen in action in the qualifying rounds of the 7th National 6 Red snooker championship to be held in the city from Saturday. Parthiba Rajendran, S Surendran, Uday Kumar, K Rakesh, Kaavya Bharath, Siddharth Rao, G Prabhu, Vijay Nichani, are the other players from Tamil Nadu who will play the first round. “It is a good opportunity for our boys to rub their shoulders against the best in the country and come out rich from the experience. The format is such that any one can upset a fancied player,” said N Ganesh, secretary, Tamil Nadu Billiards and Snooker Association.
Jeppiaar in final
Jeppiar beat Dr Sivanthi 25-13, 25-14,19-25 in the women’s semifinals of the SNJ-67th senior state volleyball championship.
Results: Men: Quarterfinals: IOB, Chennai bt Tamil Nadu Police 25-22, 26-28, 25-17, 25-16 Women: Semifinals: Jeppiaar bt Dr.Sivanthi 25-13, 25-14,19-25, 18-25,15-12; SDAT SHE bt PKR Gobi 25-20, 25 -21, 25-13.
TN has work cut out
Paras Gurbax Arya and NA Chinmay picked up three wickets each to help Karnataka restrict Tamil Nadu to 151/7 at stumps, on the second day of the Vijay Mercahant trophy, U-16 tournament played in Hyderabad.
Brief scores: Karnataka 304 in 92.5 ovs (Akshan Rao 114, NA Chinmay 78 n.o.) vs TN 151/7 in 85 ovs (Manav Parakh 66, Paras Gurbax Arya 3/37, NA Chinmay 3/28).
Shabbir wins
Shabbir Dhankot scored 255 and 244 to win the DU Bowl winter bowling league and qualify for the nationals. NT Ganesh who made 191 and 209 for runner up place also made it the premier event. Nine time national champion Sabeena Athica also qualified for women’s singles event.