Arshad, Shree in quarterfinals
Mohd Arshad edged past top seed and defending champion Francis Joe 200-199 to enter the quarterfinals of the 10th G Raman Nair billiards handicap tournament organised by East Cultural Association. In another pre-quarters, Shree Advani got the better of Vijay Sadhrangani 200-125.
Results:
Pre-quarters: Md Arshad bt Francis Joe 200-199; Shree Advani bt Vijay Sadhrangani 200-125; Arvind Savour bt Uma Devi 200-140.
Second round: Ajay Bhusan bt Tapendra Kumar 200-119; Michael Rebellow bt Santosh 200-140; Lakshmi Suryanarayan bt Major Sethuram 201-178; Lionel D bt Thomas Mathew Junior 200-148; Arshad bt Colonel Nair 200-105; Santosh Kumar bt Thomas Kunnath 200-175; Sanjeet S bt Lacellot A K 200-195; Captain Talukdar bt Anil Bajaj 200-156; Vijay Chawala bt Thomas Jacob 200-181; Uma Devi bt Y Sippy 200-153; Shree Advani bt Mudir S 200-125; Arshad bt Lionel D 200-139; Umadevi bt Deepak 200-156; Brigadier Venkataraman bt Kaushik S 200-133; Captain Talukdar bt Vivian 200-165; Gautam bt Sajjan Boppanna 200-158; Anil Bajaj bt Brij Gupta 200-117.
Hockey team for Junior Nationals
Midfielder SN Sampath will lead Karnataka in the 34th Junior National hockey championship currently in progress in Chennai. G Parimal Kumar is the coach.
Team: Goalkeepers: Arvind Jerome A (Central Excise), Shan KH (SAI); Defenders: Naveen Shekar S (DBHA), Jeethan Kalappa BK (RWF), Shankar Patil (SAI), Sachin Mallad (YSHC, Hubli); Midfielders: Uva Kishore VR (HAL), Pawan Joseph (DBHA), Girish Ganapathy (RWF), Karthick S (DBHA), Bopaiah KJ (SAI), Naga Srinu Y (HAL), Sebastian A (KSP), Sampath SN (RWF, captain), Pradeep Maria Prakash G (SAI); Forwards: Nanaiah IG (SAI), George Domnic S (BSNL), Muddappa MK (SAI), Samuel Niranjan H (SAI), Nithin Thimmaiah (SAI), Rajesh NS (HAL), Vineeth Michael (SAI), Pradhan Somanna PS (SAI), Ponnanna KC (SAI), Abhishek Muthappa (SAI). Chief coach: G Parimal Kumar (HAL); Coach: C Arockiadass (RBI); Physical trainer: K Santhosh Kumar (RWF); Manager: C Joseph Irudiyanathan; Technical officer: S T Shanmugham; Umpire: Pradhan Cariappa.
