YMCA, VJIT, CCOB post wins

YMCA Secunderabad Alumni, VJIT, City College Old Boys Association and KPHB Basketball Club continued their onward march by posting comfortable wins in the Hyderabad District Club league basketball championship.

VJIT defeated Gavin's Basketball Academy 41-23 after leading 25-11 at half-time while YMCA Secunderabad Alumni beat Belly Boys 62-42.

City College Old Boys Basketball Club outscored BHEL ‘B’ 45-16 while KPHB Club defeated Rahimpura Basketball Club 79-37.

Results: CCOB 45 (Nagaraj 9, Jagadish 11, Phani 13) bt BHEL ‘B’ 16(Osman 7, Harish 5); KPHB Club 79(Lendl 23, Vishnu 24, Sai 15) bt Rahimpura Basketball Club 37(Siddharth 15, Sai Krishna 9); VJIT 42(Vijay 14, Manoj 12, Sunil 10) bt Gavin's Basketball Academy 23(Sanjay 10, Sagar 7, Arjun 6); YMCA Secunderabad Alumni 62(Sanjay Mudiraj 13, G Jacob 12, Raja Reddy 12) bt Belly Boys 42 (Sridhar 16, Yamin 12).

Sepak Takraw natls from tomorrow
Telangana Sepak Takraw Association (TSTA) will be hosting the 19th Sub-Junior national championship for boys and girls at Victory Play Ground (VPG) indoor stadium from July 27 to 31.

Over 650 boys and girls will be taking part in the five-day Championship, which will have Regu and Doubles events in both the categories.

The Annual General Body meeting and election of the Sepak Takraw Federation of India will also be held during the championship.

State Sports Minister T Padma Rao Goud will inaugurate the championship.

Cricket selections
Visionary Junior College will be conducting selection trials for U-19 cricket team for the Eddie Aibara Cup tournament organised by the Hyderabad Cricket Association at CCOB Cricket Academy, Quli Qutub Shah Stadium from 7am to 9am on July 27 and 28. For further details contact head coach Mohammed Farooq on Tel No: 92465-34967.

Basketball trials
Hyderabad District Basketball Association (HDBA) will conduct selection trials for Sub-Junior inter-district basketball championship at YMCA Secunderabad from 3.30pm on August 16. For further details contact Norman Isaac, Secretary on Tel No: 94400-48210

Carrom selections
Hyderabad Carrom Association will be sending team for the South India invitation Carrom championship to be conducted by PR Club, Chilakaluripet on July 30 and 31. BK Haranath, President, HCA in a press release said that the association will field entries of players who have aggregated at least eight points. All the entries for the region will be routed through the association.

For further details contact S Shobanraj, Organising Secretary on Tel No: 94403-02370.