CHENNAI: The Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT) will be organising the Chief Minister Trophy for sports and games for the year 2017-18 in the first week of December. Ten events will be played across multiple venues in Chennai.
All interested athletes should have been born on or after Jan 1, 1997 and should be born in, or working or studying in Chennai. Events are open to both men and women. Participa nts should report at th e venue at 7.00 am on the day of the event. Meets: Athletics (JN Stadium, Dec 2), Sw i mm i ng (Velachery Aquatic Complex, Dec 3), Volleyball (Mayor Radhakrishnan Sta di um, Dec 2), Hockey (Mayor Radhakrishnan St a d iu m, Dec 5), Basketball (JN Stadium, D ec 2), Ta ble Tennis (JN Stadium, Dec 3), Te nnis (SDAT stadium, Dec 4), Kabaddi (Sin g a r a v elar Ground, Dec 2,3), Shuttle badminton (Sh e noy Nagar, Dec 5), Football (JN Stadium B ground, Dec 4).
Arunmozhi shines
E Yazh Arunmozhi’s 4 for 91 helped Tamil Nadu restrict Jharkhand to 257/9 in their secon d essay on the third day of their Cooch Behar Trophy U-19 tournament in Bokaro, Jharkhand. Brief scores: Jharkhand 195 & 257/9 in 89.3 ovs (Shresht Sagar 45, Bhanu Anand 68; E Yazh Arunmozhi 4/91) vs TN 302.
Sanjay cracks 55
TA Sanjay’s 55 helped City III post 145 for 8 against City I on the first day of the TN CA round-robin U-14 tournament. Brief scores: City III: 145/ 8 in 80 ovs (TA Sanjay 55) vs City I; City IV 145 in 77.5 ovs (S Mohamed Ali 3/28) vs City II 41/2 in 29 ovs.
Raghu, Veera come good
S Raghunath (4 for 18) and A Veera Babu (4 for 24) picked up four wickets each to enable Seshadhri MCC to beat Parthasarathy MCC by 40 runs in a first division match of the TNCAThiruvallur District Cricket Association league. Brief scores: I Division: Seshadhri MCC 135 in 33.2 ovs (RM Seshan Muthu 4/24) bt Parthasarathy MCC 95 in 39 ovs (S Raghunath 4/18, A Veera Babu 4/24).
Velammal bag gold
Velammal main school U-14 volleyball boy’s team defeated Rice City MHSS 21-10, 21-14 in the final of the beach volleyball event at the 35th Republic Day games held at Nagapattinam.
Jai Kumar champion
Jai Kumar won the men’s singles title in the Tiruvallur district table tennis tournament def e ating Hemanth 11-5, 11-7, 11-8. Results: Men’s: Jai Kumar (Postal) bt He ma nth (Tel) 11-5, 11-7, 11-8. Jr boys: Kavin Mohan bt Sri Sai Adarsh 11-9, 11-7, 11-8. Jr girls: Nithika bt Priyadarshini 14-12, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7. Sub-jr bo ys: Kavin Mohan bt S Someshwaran 11-8, 11-8, 11-2. Sub-jr girls: Nithika bt V Poojamathi 11-5, 11-2, 11-9.