City schools take CBSE honours

Hyderabad, November 01: Bhavan’s Vidya Mandir Girinagar in Kerala foiled a clean sweep by city-based schools by notching up the under-19 boys and girls team championships on the concluding of the CBSE South Zone Inter-school Badminton championship at the PJR GHMC Indoor Stadium in Chanda Nagar here on Monday.

The four-day event was hosted by DAV Public School in Kukatpally. BVM took the boys title defeating Toch Public School also of Kerala 2-1 while the girls team prevailed over the same rival 2-0.

Results (All Team Finals): Under-14 Boys: Chinamaya Vidyala, Begumpet bt SBOA School & Junior College, Chennai 2-0- (Anirudh Shankar bt R Naresh 21-19, 21-9; Sayam Bohra bt S Godwin 21-18, 21-11).

U-16 Boys: Glendale Academy, Hyderabad bt Delhi Public School, Vizag 2-0 (A S S Siril Varma bt P.RaviKiran15-21, 21-11, 30-29; Saurabh Sharma bt T Saketh 21-9, 21-16)

U-19 Boys: Bhavan’s Vidya Mandir Girinagar,Kerala bt Toch Public School, Kerala 2-1 (Pranav S bt Arjun M 16-21,21-7,21-4; P Vijayan lost to Febin Dileep 15-21, 15-21; Pranav S/Vignesh S bt Arjun M & Febin Dileep 22-20, 21-18).

U-14 Girls: D A V Public School, Kukatpally bt Bhavan’s Sri Ramkrishna Vidyalaya, Sainikpuri 2-0 (V Harika bt K Vaishnavi 21-7, 21-7; G Vrushali bt K Bhargavi 21-6, 21-2).

U-16 Girls: Kennedy High The Public School, Hyderabad bt Jubilee Hills Public School, Hyderabad 2-1(O Sri Chandana lost to P Sreya 16-21, 14-21; T Sarnya bt M Amrutha 21-1,21-0; O Srichandana/T Saranya bt P Sreya/M Amrutha 2-17, 21-16).

U-19 Girls: Bhavan’s Vidya Mandir, Girinagar bt Toch Public School 2-0 (Farha Mather bt Meenakshi Santosh 21-15, 21-18; Vidhu Nair bt Cynda Percy 21-17, 21-18).

——Agencies