CHENNAI:S Danush and Sharon Mary Cherian clinched the Group I individual championships at the 27th Madras District Aquatic Association inter-school swimming meet for Chennai district schools held at Lady Andal School’s ORCA Pool on Sunday. N Krishnan, president of MDAA, Dr Sadayavel Kailasam, MDAA secretary, and KK Mukundan, former national coach and current coach at ORCA Club, felicitated individual champions with a cycle, trophy and a swimming kit bag.
Individual champions: Group I: Boys: S Danush (Akshayah School, 25 points), Girls: Sharon Mary Cherian (The Schram Academy, 25). Group II: Boys: Harish Balaji (Agarwal Vidyalaya, 25), Girls: Priyanga Pugazharasu (Christ Church, 25). Group III: Boys: Krishna Pranav (Sir Mutha School, 25), Girls: Monicka Pugazharasu (Christ Church, 19). Group IV: Boys: PR Kathiroli (Sri Ram Dayal Khemka VV Junior College, 25), Girls: P Preshetha (Chennai Public School, 25). Group V: Boys: Deepak Nahar (Guru Shree Shanthi Vijay Jain Vidhyalaya, 13), Girls: D Swathi (KV, 15). Group VI: Boys: Samrudh V (Velammal Vidhyashram, 15), Girls: (St Britto’s Academy, 15). Group VII: Boys: K Mitesh (SBOA , 20), Girls: Madhushree S (Ravindra Bharathi Global School, 20).
Kaushik cracks ton
Kaushik Gandhi celebrated his inclusion in the Tamil Nadu team for the Vijay Hazare trophy with a punishing century that helped Jolly Rovers beat IOB in the first round of the VA Parhasarathy Memorial Trophy limited-overs tournament — organised by TNCA — at the IIT Chemplast grounds. Gandhi and M Shahrukh Khan added 98 runs in 102 balls for the second wicket. For IOB, K Bharat Reddy and AG Pradeep cracked half-centuries.
Brief scores: At MAC: CromBest 235/8 in 50 ovs (Wilkins Victor 65) lost to AG’s Office 236/7 in 45 ovs (NS Chaturved 78; Wilkins Victor 4/32). At CPT-IP: TSC 139 in 42.3 ovs (Rajwinder Singh 3/17) lost to India Pistons 140/2 in 28.4 ovs (Jiwanjot Singh 61, S Chandrasekar 51 n.o). At VB Nest: Alwarpet 230 in 48 ovs (Abhishek Sharma 94; R Rohit 3/43) lost to Young Stars 231/7 in 47.4 ovs (K Vishal Vaidhya 92 n.o). At IIT-Chemplast: Jolly Rovers 304/5 in 50 ovs (Kaushik Gandhi 101, Robin Bist 76) bt IOB 221 in 43.1 ovs (K Bharat Reddy 54, AG Pradeep 66).
Arjun scalps five
G Arjun’s 5/19 enabled BSCA to beat Velammal New Gen Park by 113 runs in the Thiruvallur District Cricket Association’s U-12 inter-academy tournament.
Brief scores: BSCA 199/7 in 25 ovs (Kiran Karthikeyan 65; R Charan 3/27) bt Velammal New Gen Park 86 in 20 ovs (G Arjun 5/19, KM Shrivathsan 3/14), MGCA 105/6 in 25 ovs lost to Annai Violet CA 106/8 in 21 ovs (Harshaa Pradeep 3/22), Dolphin CA 10 in 12.1 ovs (Karan Gupta 3/1) lost to Thiruvallur DCA 12/1 in 1.4 ovs, Savya Sachi 148/5 in 25 ovs (Kuswanth Silora 85, N Roshan 3/20) bt King Star CA 45 in 16.5 ovs (M Mukesh 4/10).
