Velammal MHSS claimed the overall championship for boys, while PC Girls HSS and Pankajam HSS shared the overall championship for girls in the inter-school table tennis tournament held in Theni recently.
Results: (Boys Singles u-14): 1. S Amartyan (Nadar Saraswati Boys HSS); 2. R Vignesh (Nadar HSS); 3. SP Abhishek Kumar (Velammal MHSS); U-17: 1. M Kalaiselvan (Velammal MHSS); 2. R Abhishek (Nadar HSS); 3. M Thottappan (Nadar HSS); U-19: 1 M Vignesh (Kammavar HSS); 2. V Naveen (Kammavar HSS); 3. S Rambabu (Nadar HSS).
Doubles: U-14: 1. SP Abhishek Kumar & S. Amartyan (Velammal MHSS); 2. R Vignesh & T Mohan Raj (Nadar HSS); 3. C Akash & SM Kishore Deepak (TMHNU MHSS); U-17: 1. R Abhishek & M Thottapan (Nadar HSS); 2. M Kalaiselvan & A Sambreeth (Velammal MHSS); 3. M Manoj & K Ruben (Velammal Vidyalaya); U-19: 1. V Naveen & M Vignesh (Kammavar HSS); 2. S Rambabu & K Yuvaraja (Nadar HSS); Men (Singles): 1. S Amartyan (Nadar Saraswati Boys HSS); 2. P. Vetriventhan (Velammal MHSS); 3. M Vignesh (Kammavar HSS); Doubles: 1. S Amartyan & P Vetriventhan (Velammal MHSS); 2. M Vignesh & V Naveen (Kammavar HSS); Girls: (Singles U-14): 1. C Nithya (Pankajam HSS); 2. K Azhagubharathi (Pankajam HSS); 3. R Veerazhagu (P.C. Girls HSS); U-17: 1. N Azhghulakshmi (P.C. Girls HSS); 2. R Amasaveni (Pankajam HSS); 3. N Annalakshmi (P.C. Girls HSS); U-19:1. R Gowsalya (Pankajam HSS); 2. M Mahalakshmi (P.C. Girls HSS); 3. S Pavithra (P.C. Girls HSS); Doubles: U-14: 1. C Nithya & K Azhagubharathi (Pankajam HSS); 2. S Shanthi & R Veerazhagu (P.C. Girls HSS); U-17: 1. N Annalakshmi & N Azhghulakshmi (P.C. Girls HSS), 2. R Rashmi & R Amsaveni (Pankajam HSS); U-19: 1. M Mahalakshmi & S Pavithra (P.C. Girls HSS); 2. R Gowsalya & S Sharmila (Pankajam HSS). Women: Singles: 1. S Abibala (N.S. College); 2. M Nisha (N.S. College); 3. G Pandiammal (Ramakrishna Chandra Physical Education); Doubles: 1. S Abibala & M Nisha (N.S. College); 2. G Pandiammal & A Mani Nirmala (Ramakrishna Chandra Physical Education).
Pachaiyappa’s claim football crown
Pachaiyappa’s College thrashed St Joseph’s College 3-0 and claimed the fifth State-level inter-collegiate football tournament for the Rev. Fr. I. Prince, SJ Rolling trophy recently. Later, Mannar Thirumalai Naicker College beat Karunya University 5-4 in tie-breaker after play ended 1-1 in regular time.
Results: Pachaiyappa’s College, Chennai 3 (Venkatesan, Aaron, Somasundaram) bt St Joseph’s College, Tiruchi 0, Mannar Thirumalai Naicker College, Madurai 5 (Kumar, John Issac, Ajmeer, Sarath Kumar, Niranjan) bt Karunya University, Coimbatore 4 (Joshva, Hector, Selvamani, Hissam) via tie-breaker.
Faisal Prevails
Top seed Faisal Khan defeated Laxman Rawat 5-2 in the best-of-nine frames of The RKG Snooker Masters Pro-Am 2013.
Results (Final): Faisal Khan bt Laxman Rawat 5-2; Semifinals: Faisal Khan bt Balaji Reddy 4-1; Laxman Rawat bt Shivam Arora 4-2.
Chettinad Triumph
Chettinad Vidhyashram defeated Sir Sivaswamy Kalalaya 47-37 in the boys final of the 14th Kumararani Meena Muthiah-invitation basketball tournament. In the girls final, Chettinad Vidyashram overcame PSBB (KK Nagar) 42-36.
Chettinad girls team bagged the title for the 14th successive year. Sri Krishna and R Varsha (both Chettinad Vidyashram) were named the best boys and girls players.