CHENNAI: Anirudh Balaji’s 6 for 31 helped Thiruvallur beat Thiruvarur by innings and 185 runs on the second day of the TNCA inter-districts under-14 tournament.
Brief scores: Vellore 72 in 63.4 ovs and 59/8 in 5 ovs (T Suryaprasad 3/13) drew with Coimbatore 215/4 in 90 ovs (K Sibiyenthal 128 no); Villupuram 204/8 in 90 ovs and 49/1 in 19.3 ovs drew with Salem 172/84 ovs (PK Sachin Kanna 52, R Sudharsan 32, N Ashok Kumar 6/49); Erode 141 in 69 ovs and 120/4 in 40 ovs (CA Bharath 33 no, S Jayanth 3/45) drew with Dindigul 37 in 36.2 ovs (KS Vinu Kumar 5/16, CA Bharath 3/18) and 87/9 in 40 ovs (S Jayanth 30, CA Bharath 5/27); Thiruvarur 42 in 34.1 ovs and 53 in 26.3 ovs (Anirudh Balaji 6/31) lost to Thiruvallur 280 in 65.4 ovs (S Karan 60, S Santhosh Kumar 66, S Vishnunetaran 44 no, H Basheed Ahamed 3/30, S Nikkesh 3/29).
Ajith Kumar dazzles
C Ajith Kumar of Muthialpet HSS, with a timing of 11:5 secs, bagged the gold medal in the 100 metres dash on the second day of the 10th St Joseph’s state level inter-school sports festival held at Sport Village, St Joseph’s CoE, OMR. Meanwhile, Merlin Preetha of PV Selvaraj GHSS, took the top honours in the girl’s javelin throw event. Preetha recorded a throw of 31.83 metres. Akshaya of Santhome HSS finished just behind her with an effort of 31.56 metres.
Results: Athletics: Boys: 100mts: 1. C Ajithkumar, Muthialpet HSS (11:5); 2. Bhavan, Muthialpet HSS (11:6); 3. Rajkumar, Govt. HSS (11.7).
400mts: 1. Kamalvenu, St Joseph’s HSS (53:2); 2. Pranav NLC School (53:4); 3. Ranjith Kumar Meenakshi Mat. HSS (55:8).
1500 mts: 1. Abinesh, Govt. HSS, Nilgiris (4:34:6); 2. Sampath, St Joseph’s HSS (4:38:1); 3. Rojan, Muthialpet HSS (4:38:8).Girls: 1500mts: Prathisha, Nellai Nadar (5:39:1), 2. Manon Mani, Lady Sivaswami Iyer(5:48:1), 3. Atchaya, PV Selvaraj GHSS (5:58:1).
Javelin Throw: 1. Merlin Preetha, PV Selvaraj GHSS (31.83m), 2. Akshaya, Santhome HSS (31.56m); 3. Sivaranjani, PV Selvaraj (25.35m).