The Natl motorcycle meeting continues- The New Indian Express

Sender Express News Service

CHENNAI: TheMRF-MMSC The FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship, with more than 100 participants, will resume after a month’s break as the third round kicks off at the MMRT here on Friday, promising exciting action as pioneers seek to secure places on the leaderboard.

Much of the attention of this weekend’s 19-race card, which will go through once Covid-19 safety measures are in place, is focused on the two main open classes, 301-400cc and 165cc, dominated by Chennai star pair Rajini Krishnan (RACR Castrol Power Racing) and Jagan Kumar (TVS Racing), both won three of four races in two rounds.

Preyesh shines
S Preyesh from RTTHPC won a big double win by winning both the Men and Under 19s Titles at the 1st TNTTA State Table Tennis Tournament.

Results: (all finals): Men: S Preyesh (RTTHPC) bt Navaneeth Kutty (RTTHPC) 11-8, 11-9, 11-7, 11-7; Boys: U-19: S Preyesh (RTTHPC) bt Navaneeth Kutty (RTTHPC) 11-5, 11-5, 11-3; U-17: Navaneeth Kutty (RTTHPC) bt Anirudh Balaji (RTTHPC) 11-2, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6; U-15: MR Balamurugan (RTTHPC) bt Anirudh Balaji (RTTHPC) 11-3, 9-11, 11-4, 11-8; U-13: M Nikkhil Menon (MST) bt Vishruth Ramakrishnan (MST) 8-11, 11-5,11-3, 5-11, 11-8; U-11: R Akash Rajavelu (MST) bt Tharoon AB (DTTA) 11-9, 11-6, 11-5; Women: S Yashini (ICF) bt DK Vedhalakshmi (MVM) 11-4, 11-13, 14-12, 11-5, 11-4; Girls: U-19: Sharmitha S (DTTA) bt Madhu Preetha CV (DTTA) 11-8, 11-6, 11-9; U-17: Anushkaa Datta (ITTC) bt D Cathrin Tina (ITTC) 11-6, 8-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-6; U-15: Hansini M (MST) bt I Marzuqah (ITTC) 12-10.11-4.11-7; U-13: Hansini M (MST) bt BR Nandhini (MVM) 11-4, 13-15, 11-4, 7-11, 12-10; U-11: K Ananya (ITTC) bt Jaisri (coronation) 11-7, 11-5, 13-11; Company: N Aditya (MP2 Fintech) bt Hariharasudhan (DTTA) 11-8, 11-6, 7-11, 11-6; Veterans: Senthil Kumar bt Suresh 11-4, 11-8, 11-8.

Ganesh’s scalp is five
Offie A Ganesh Kumars 5/56 was helpful to the ICF Sports Association to win the Bunts CC in 31 innings in the TNCA League Third Division match. In the second match, Prem CC beat Perungalathur CC 13 times.

Short score: Division III B: ICF Sports Association 266/8 50 ovs (R Jayachandran 67, SL Lawrence Nova 48 no; RI Sanjay Sorrya 3/46) bt Bunts Cricket Club 235 in 45.4 ovs (M Sadiqulameen 90, SP Vinod 72; Ganesh Kumar 5/56); Prem Cricket Club 171 in 41.5 ovs (B Karthik 36; Vinay Lokanathan 4/15) bt Perungalathur Cricket Club 158 in 29.5 ovs (SP Nathan 69, K Arun Kumar 5/47).