Jayanagar Sports Club (JSC) State Level Basketball Championship 2014: Favourites Vijaya Bank and Mounts Club Women post wins

Young Orions’ Agu lays the ball against YMMA.

Favourites Vijaya Bank men registered their second straight win in the Jayanagar Sports Club (JSC) State Level Basketball Championship 2014 that is underway at the Madhavan Park Courts in Jayanagar. Mounts Club Bangalore, a star studded line up featuring many junior and senior Karnataka players, had little trouble in opening with a win over Appaiah BC. In the third morning league game, BOSCH men, who had lost last evening to hosts JSC turned the corner to record a convincing 40-18 win over Creative BC.

Earlier this evening, Young Orions stayed undefeated by easily putting aside the challenge posed by YMMA. Guards Vinoth and Agu topscored for the winners with 20 and 18 points respectively. National Games Village BC (NGVBC) beat Sakarnagar BC 62-48 courtesy junior Karnataka player Issac’s 21 points.

Morning League Results from Day 2 (14-6-14)

Men

1)      Vijaya Bank (Roby, 19, Anil 14, Srinivas 7) bt Rajkumar (Manja 18, Ashray 15, Rakshith 4) 65-44 [HT: 38-22] – POOL 1

2)      BOSCH (Ashwin 13, Arjun 10, Ashwin Reddy 8) bt Creative (Abhijith 6, Fayaz 6, Salman 4) 40-18 [HT: 20-13] – POOL 4

Women

1)      Mounts (Kruthika 17, Rithika 10, Aastha 7) bt Appaiah (Sigddha 23, Pavana 4, Vanishree 2) 52-34 [HT: 29-17] – POOL 5

Evening League Results from Day 2

Men

1)      Young Orions (Vinoth 20, Agu 18, Yashas 14) bt YMMA (Shobhith 14, Vijay 10, Karthik 7) 68-41 [HT: 41-18] – POOL 2

2)      NGVBC (Issac 21, Rohan Ashok 17, Ronish 8) bt Sakarnagar SC 62-48 [HT: 29-33]

3)      CMP ( Nesaraj 23, Hrishikesh 21, Mandal 11) bt JSC (Kaif 11 Preetham 8, Varun 8) 59-31 [HT: 35-19]

4)      Koramangala BC (Abhishua 17, Abhishek John 11)bt BSNL (Ashok 14) 72-51 [HT:41-18]

5)      Beagles (Wilson 15, Etang 12, Sharath 10) bt PPC (Anil 22, Praveen 10, Srikanth 6) 57-55 [HT: 22-19]

6)      HAL (Mark 12, Kaushal 8, Visu 6) bt Orions (Pavan 12, Suhas 9) 41-30 [HT: 25-12]

Women

1)      Mounts (Sagarika 13, Kruthika 11, Lopamudra 9) bt Beagles (Lian 13, Sandhya 11, Sushma 6) 48-40 [HT: 26-20]

2)      JSC ( Avanti 9, Siri 8, Sindhuri 7) bt NGVBC (Nisha 11, Aloka 7) Karthini 6 45-32 [HT: 21-12]

Evening League Results from Day 1 (13-6-14)

Men

1)      Orions SC (Suhas 19, Pavan 12, Praneeth 8) bt Sahakara Nagar SC (Chethan 12, George 9, Prajeth 7)  53-38 [HT: 19-16] – POOL 3

2)      Young Orions SC (Vinoth 23, Agu 22, Yashas 20) bt PPC (Praveen 23, Dhanraj 10, Anil 9) 81-49 [HT: 35-21] – POOL 2

3)      HAL (Mark 18, Lokesh 15, Seisze 10) bt NGVBC (Issac 16, Rohan 13, Rohan K 4) 59-44 [HT: 42-23] – POOL 3

4)      JSC (Kaif 18, Preetham 14, Sandesh 7) bt BOSCH (Ashwin S 13, Arjun 9, Deepak 4) 66-42 [HT:30-17] – POOL 4

5)      Vijaya Bank (Basavaraj 18, Roby 18, Anil K 10) bt Koramangala BC (Abhishek 15, Carey 9) 63-41 [HT: 30-33] – POOL 1

Women

1)      IBBC (Aashika 9, Pragati 6) bt NGVBC (Nisha 7, Muskaan 4) 27-18 [HT: 9-10] – POOL 6

Schedule for Day 3 (15-6-14)

Morning

Evening

About JSC Basketball Championship 2014

The Jayanagar Sports Club (JSC) Basketball Championship 2014 for Men and Women is being held from 13^th to 22^nd June. Twenty-two teams all across Karnataka have confirmed their participation in this state level tournament that is being played during the day and also under floodlights at the Madhavan Park courts in Jayanagar 3^rd block, Bengaluru. The teams in this competition are vying for the JSC Basketball Cup accompanied by grand prize money. There will also be awards handed out to the best players in the men’s and women’s sections.

To encourage more participation and crowd presence, all the matches will be held over two consecutive weekends (13^th to 15^th June and 20^th to 22^nd June). Additionally, a three pointer contest and a skills challenge open to the participants of all teams will be conducted alongside the main tournament.

On the opening day (Friday, 13^th June 2014), after the conclusion of the morning matches, a grand inauguration ceremony will be held in the evening at 6:00 pm with Shri Vijayakumar, MLA, Jayanagar Constituency as the honourable chief guest. Also gracing the occasion will be Shri K Govindraj, Member of Legislative Council & President, Karnataka Olympic Association and Shri S Nagaraju, Corporator, BBMP. The ceremony will be presided over by Shri Atul Gurjar, President of JSC.

This is a league cum knockout tournament. League matches are being played in the mornings and evenings starting tomorrow, 13^th June (Friday) and conclude on 15^th June (Sunday). Knockout matches will be held on the last three days, from 20^th to 22^nd June, in the evening session only. The morning session matches will commence from 7:00 am onwards and evening matches will be played from 4:30pm onwards.

Men Teams: Pool 1- Vijaya Bank, Koramangala, BSNL, Rajkumar; Pool 2- Beagles, YMMA, Young Orions, PPC; Pool 3- HAL, Orions, Sakarnagar, NGV; Pool 4- CMP, JSC, Creative, Bosch

Women Teams: Pool 5- Mounts, Appaiah, Beagles; Pool 6- IBBC, NGV, JSC

About Jayanagar Sports Club (JSC)

JSC was founded in 1977 with the objective of introducing children to the growing sport of basketball. Subsequently, the Sri Manjunath Sports Development trust was formed with the support of well-wishers and its alumni in order to broaden the facilities of JSC and to expand its activities across other sports as well. Late Shri K.L Manjunath and Mr.Srinivas Murthy started JSC under the guidance of late Shri Appaiah, the legend of Indian Basketball, to identify talent in the field of sports. Through the years, JSC has nurtured many sports men and women who have represented the state and India at various international competitions. JSC proudly holds the record for the most number of age-group state championship wins.

For additional support & queries contact

ABHISHEK SUKUMARAN, (JOINT SECRETARY) JAYANAGAR SPORTS CLUB PH: 98800 26691