Double For Chennai (Both Under-19 and Under-14), Under-17 Title For Ernakulam
46th KVS National Inter-School Girls’ Badminton Championship has ended on Wednesday at Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium. Chennai won the under-19 and under-14 titles while the host Ernakulam walked away with the under-17 honours.
RESULTS: Team Finals:
Under-14:
Chennai bt Hyderabad 2-0 (S. Bala bt G. Poojitha 15-6, 15-8; Nikitha & Bala bt Poojitha & S. Swathi 15-5, 15-6).
Under-17:
Ernakulam bt Dehradun 2-0 (Varsha Venkitesh bt Vigya Koushal 15-8, 15-5; Varsha & Smrithi Anil bt Ragasree Garg & Divyanshi Sharma 15-13, 15-11).
Under-19:
Chennai bt Ernakulam 2-1 (Divina lost to Suhana Sajid 4-15, 1-15; B. Madhumitha & Niteesha Rajesh bt Suhana Sajid & U.K. Bhavya 15-8, 13-15, 15-13; Madhumitha bt Maria Karen 15-0, 15-7).
Quarter-Finalists:
The quarter-finalists were spotted in both under-14 and under-19 sections in the basketball event held at Thiruvananthapuram.
Bengaluru, Bhopal, Chennai, Dehradun, Ernakulam, Jammu & Kashmir, and Lucknow qualified for the quarterfinals in the under-19 category while Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Ernakulam, Hyderabad, Jaipur, and Mumbai moved into the quarterfinals in the under-14 category.
The Results (League):
Under-19:
Chennai 27 (Chaitanya 13) bt Jammu & Kashmir 24;
Jammu & Kashmir 22 (Jaspreet Kaur 11) bt Gurgaon 20;
Ernakulam 21 bt Jabalpur 9;
Chennai 25 (Navina Durai 11) bt Tinsukia 2;
Hyderabad 29 (Geethika 13) bt Gurgaon 8;
Ernakulam 32 bt Ahmedabad 15;
Bhopal 52 (Anjali 14, Samiksha 10) bt Chandigarh 32 (Gunjan Varma 21);
Bhopal 44 (Akansha 19, Anjali 11) bt Jabalpur 15;
Bengaluru 32 bt Varanasi 9;
Jaipur 33 (Monikha 11) bt Mumbai 32 (Vrushi 11, Chandini 10);
Bengaluru 32 (Ruth 14) bt Mumbai 14;
Lucknow 25 (Anishka 10) bt Delhi 14;
Kolkata 20 bt Ranchi 14;
Guwahati 19 (Pushpanjali 10) bt Agra 16;
Jabalpur 36 (Khushi Kalare 10) bt Ahmedabad 32 (Mahima 10).
Under-14:
Ernakulam 28 (Devi Santosh 11) bt Jaipur 14;
Bengaluru bt Mumbai 16-14;
Hyderabad 8 bt Ranchi 1;
Chandigarh 20 bt Chennai 0.
By conducting Games/Sports at KVS Regional & National level gives an opportunity to select the teams for SGFI Meet, organized by the School Games Federation of India wherein the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has been accorded the status of a State for participation in SGFI meets.