Ashwathama wins chess title
Sumathi Jai High School’s Ashwathama won the Kolar district chess championship conducted by The Chess International Club of KGF. Ashwathama scored five points out of five rounds.
Children’s chess tourney
Hosur Chess Academy will conduct their 92nd children’s monthly chess tournament on March 2 at the Shree Ayyappa Temple, 27th cross, 7th block, Jayanagar.
Competition will be held for under-8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and Top Ten categories. Further details from Jayapala Chandady (09486593322).
Vinay, Harish star for BHSFGC
An unbeaten opening stand of 126 from Vinay (60 not out) and Harish (41 not out) helped BHS First Grade College ‘A’ thrash Vijaya Degree College by 10 wickets in the BHSFGC Staff cricket tournament on Thursday.
Brief scores:
Vijaya Degree College ‘A’: 123 all out in 18.3 overs (Prashanth 30 n.o.; Devraj 2-29, Rajeev 2-21) lt to BHSFGC ‘A’: 126 for no loss in 12.3 overs (Vinay 60 n.o., Harish 41 n.o.).
State-ranking billiards meet
Karnataka State Billiards Association will conduct an 8 ball pool and 9 ball pool State-ranking tournaments. The 8 ball pool will be held on March 8 and 9 while the 9 ball pool will be held from March 14 to 16.
Entry fee will be Rs 200 for a single event and Rs 300 for both events. The last date for receiving entries will be March 5. The tournament and will be played on roll on roll basis. The draws will be posted at the KSBA notice board and website www.ksba.in on March 6.
BGC score over MGC
Bangalore Golf Club defeated Madras Golf Club, Chennai, recently in the annual inter-club golf tournament after a gap of 19 years.
BGC scored 9.5 points to that of 8.5 by the hosts MGC. The senior BGC team also won the match by an impressive 6.5 points. MGC could manage only 5.5 points.
Corporate cricket tournament
Roots Sports will conduct a super six corporate cricket tournament from March 8 to 23 on weekends at the GKVK ground.
Each team can field six players in the league-cum-knockout five-over-a-side match.
For further details contact Amit on 9900579895 or Pradeep on 9980090013. E-mail: amit@rootssports.org.
