Vinod dazzles in Mars’ victory
Vinod struck six goals as Bangalore Mars overwhelmed Sporting Youth 9-0 in the BDFA’s ‘C’ Division football league at the 515 Army Base Workshop ground on Thursday.
Vinod opened the scoring in the 10th minute and followed it up with strikes in the 12th, 17th, 44th, 47th and 57th minutes. Davies (13th), Kamalahasan (22nd) and Anthony (63rd) were the other scorers for the winners, who lead 6-0 at half-time.
Vishal, Shantanu star for Florence
Vishal (4/23) and Shantanu (3/19) took seven wickets between them as Florence Public School registered a 14-run win over Kedar Cricket Academy, Chennai, in the Pepsi Cup under-13 cricket tournament on Thursday.
Brief scores:
Florence Public School: 160/8 in 30 overs (Shantanu Sharma 30, Furkhan 25; Shree Hari 4-30) bt Kedar Cricket Academy (Chennai): 146 all out in 29.2 overs (Rishab 32, Aditya 36, Vishal 4-23, Shantanu 3-19).
Imtiaz Ahmed Cricket Academy: 170/2 in 30 overs (Chetan Shankar 59 n.o., Kunal Sanghvi 45) bt Kedar Cricket Academy: 131/7 in 30 overs (Aditya 30; Shreyas 3-26, Rohan Jayanthi 3-18).
JPNCA enter semifinals
JP Nagar Cricket Academy beat JP School Cricket Academy to enter the semifinals of the Thyagrajan Memorial under-14 cricket tournament at the ReserveBank of India grounds on Thursday.
Brief scores:
JPS Cricket Academy: 81 all out in 18 overs lt to JPN Cricket Academy: 82/2 in 12 overs (Fazil 4-14).
R Krishnappa CA: 144/9 in 25 overs (Chetan 50) bt Sudharshan Vidya Mandir: 117 all out in 23 overs.
Volleyball trials on January 5
The Karnataka Volleyball Association will conduct a selection trials to select the State Youth team on January 5 at the Sree Kanteerava stadium.
The selected players will represent the State in the 10th Youth National Championships to be held in Uttar Pradesh from January 21 to 27.
Players born on or after January 1, 1987 are eligible to take part in the trials. For details, contact K Nandakumar, Secretary, Karnataka Volleyball Association, Room No 2, Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Kasturba Road, Bangalore-1. Ph: 080-22228695/ 92428-38424.
Throwball, v’ball tournaments
SportzVillage will conduct a corporate women’s throwball and men’s volleyball tournaments on January 19 and 20 at the Sree Kanteerava stadium.
Entries close on January 7. For further details, contact Aubrey (99804-18469) or Hema (98448-24020) or Tarun (99002-68528) or mail to tarun@sportzvillage.com.