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Tuesday, Jul 25, 2006

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Peter takes title

MADURAI: John Peter of Southern Railway and Billiards Kingdom's Kaja beat J.V.S.M.R. Janardhanan (Union Club) 41-52, 42-32, 64-10, 54-32, 68-20 and Sunder (Billiards Kingdom) 20-61, 42-53, 40-32, 66-23, 66-28 respectively for their second wins in the semifinal round-robin league in the city open snooker tournament which concluded here on Sunday.

Peter and Kaja were tied for the top spot, but the former clinched the title on better frame difference. Earlier results: John Peter bt Sunder 70-56, 42-44, 66-53, 71-43; V.S.M.R. Janardhanan bt Kaja 32-72, 32-19, 63-54, 61-40, 54-39; Sunder bt Janardhanan 66-33, 82-45, 62-46; Kaja bt John Peter 57-47, 26-16, 56-37, 37-49, 51-35.

Silambarasan triumphs

S. Silambarasan (Vaniyambadi) and A.V. Shameem Fathima (Guntur Subbiah Pillai GHS) won the junior boys' and girls' titles in the Tamil Nadu State tennikoit championship in Chennai on Sunday.

K. Tamil Selvan, associate secretary, Tamil Nadu State Volleyball Association, gave away the prizes.

The results (winners only):

Junior boys: S. Silambarasan (Vaniyambadi); sub-juniors: Arivazhagan (Vaniyampadi); junior girls: A.V. Shameem Fathima (Guntur Subbiah); sub-juniors: B. Madhu Bala (Sivasaki).

Tiruvallur in last four

Tiruvallur DCA got the better of Coimbatore DCA by four wickets and entered the semifinal of the TNCA inter district under-22 cricket tournament at the Neelambal School grounds in Salem on Saturday.

The scores: Coimbatore DCA 190 in 49.5 overs (Hariprasath 40) lost to Tiruvallur DCA 191 for six in 39.2 overs (Petson Mathews 66).

Chess tournament

Anand Chess Academy will conduct a State-level open chess tournament and a State-level chess tournament for students, at PSNA College of Engineering, Dindigul, on July 29 and 30. For details, call N. Ramesh Kumar on 98423-05886.

DDCA office-bearers

R. Sridharan and N. Venkataraman were elected unanimously as president and secretary respectively of the Dindigul District Cricket Association for 2006-2007 at the AGM of the Association held here recently. Other office-bearers: vice-presidents: Dr. S. Babu, A. Mohideen, R.S.K. Raguraman, N. Rajamanickam, K. Senthil Ganesh, J. Sambabu; jt. secretaries: P. Raja Mohan, T. Mahendra Kumar; treasurer: R. Chandrasekaran. executive committee: St. Peter's CC, PSNA CoE, Majestic CC, Sri Vasantha Sweets CC and Nike CC.

Badminton meet

The Arokya-Tamil Nadu State senior-ranking badminton tournament will be conducted by Virudhunagar DBA at AJ Indoor Stadium, Sivakasi, from July 28 to 30. For further details contact A. Ramesh (98430-88847).

MCA's chess tournament

Maharishi Chess Academy will conduct the third annual Sivaganga district-level chess tournament for school boys and girls, college students and polytechnic men and women at the Karaikudi Maharishi Vidhya Mandir on August 5 and 6. Call Mrs. E. Amutha (04565-325523 / 98431-36945) for details.

State-level basketball

The 28th annual Ravi memorial Trophy State-level basketball tournament will be conducted by the MSP Solai Nadar MHSS, in association with the Rotary Club of Dindigul West, at Dindigul from August 9 to 13. Entries close on July 31. Call V. Murugesan (0451-2423719 / 2427710) for details.

Book short-listed

The International Bridge Press Association (IBPA) bulletin reports that R. Jayaram's "Serendipity in Bridge," published earlier this year in USA, is one of the six books short-listed for the 2006 Master Point Press IBPA Book of the Year award. The other contenders are the Englishman, Julian Pottage, who won the same award in 2004, the prolific writer in bridge from Australia, Ron Klinger, the German Sabine Aukin, arguably the best woman player in the World today, a Polish and a Canadian. The winner, to be decided by an international jury, headed by Barry Rigal of the U.S. will be announced during the European championships in Warsaw in August.

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