CURRENT TRENDS IN ATHLETICS
The one day seminar on current trends in athletics organized jointly by Department of Physical Education, Maharaja's College and Kerala State Athletics Association was held in Maharaja's College seminar hall, Kochi, on Friday, 10-02-2012. Prominent coaches P. Radhakrishnan, P.I. Babu, M.A. George, Walter John, Dr.George Emmanual, Senior officials S. Pazhania Pillai,Dr. Tony Daniel and journalists K.N.R. Namboodiri and A.N. Raveendradas presented papers at the day-long seminar. A. Vinod was the moderator.S.S.Kaimal, Udaya Kumar, Santhosh Varghese, Dr.Thomas also participated in the discussion.
The system of coaching, progress of Kerala athletes and infrastructure problems were some of the things which were discussed.
Dr. G. Kishore, Principal, LNCPE, inaugurated the event in the presence of Prof. V.K. Asha Latha, Principal-in-charge, Maharaja's College, Prof.P T Sellan,HoD, Department of Physical Education and M.Velayudhan Kutty, Secretary, Kerala State Athletics Association.
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ERNAKULAM EMERGED OVERALL CHAMPIONS
29th January 2012 Ernakulam district team won the overall championship in the 35th Kerala State Mini Athletics Championship conducted at St.Michael's College Stadium on 29th January 2012. They also won championship in Boys under 10 and Girls under 10 category.
The Championship was inaugurated by Sri.Thilothaman, MLA Cherthala in the presence of Baby Mathew Somatheeram and Saji Cherian, President, District Sports Council, Alappuzha. Over 500 athletes representing all the 14 districts. The competitions were held for boys and girls under 10 and 12.
Category Championship
Category |
Winner |
Runners Up |
Boys Under 10 |
Ernakulam |
Kozhikode |
Boys Under 12 |
Palakkad |
Kozhikode |
Girls Under 10 |
Ernakulam |
Kozhikode |
Girls Under 12 |
Kottayam |
Palakkad |
Overall |
Ernakulam |
Kozhikode |
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Selection Trials for Asian Indoor Championships
Venue of trials for selection of athletes for participation in Asian Indoor Athletics Championships has been changed from NS NIS Patiala to Kanteerva Stadium, Bangalore to be held on 28th & 29th January 2012.
The change in venue has been made on the advice of the Chief Coach and other concerned coaches due to extreme cold conditions at Patiala. Moreover, majority of athletes are training at Bangalore and Trivandrum.
EVENTS
MEN
60m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m, 60m Hurdle, 4x400 Relay, High Jump, Pole Vault, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Shot Put, Heptathlon
WOMEN
60m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m, 60m Hurdle, 4x400 Relay, High Jump, Pole Vault, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Shot Put, Pentathlon
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Merit Certificates
The following certificates are ready for distribution
1. 51st National Open Athletics Championship held at Kolkota
2. 23rd Inter Zone Championship held at Bhopal
Kindly contact athletics association office for details
Phone and Fax: 0484 3927444
09946606269
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Warm welcome to the members of Kerala State Team
Warm welcome was given to members of Kerala State Team who reached Ernakulam Junction by Dhanbad Express from Ranchi. Though the state team could not repeat what they were doing for the last 15 years they were happy and they took the bad experience in a very sportive manner. Members were given sweets as a welcome token. Prof. K. J.Paul,President of Ernakulam District Veterns Athletics Association, Sri. Solomon Antony and Sasidharan Nair, Executive Committee memebers of Ernakulam District Athletics Association, Sri. P.R. Purushothaman, Chief Coach of Kerala State Athletics Association, Dr. Tony Daniel, Executive Vice President of Kerala State Athletics Association were present at the station.
The tickets for their return journy from Ranchi were booked around two and a half months in advance. But not many berths were confirmed before the journy day. Timely intervention of Sri. Aryadan Muhammed, Honble Minister for Railwas in the State prompted Sri. Vayalar Ravi, Miniter for Overseas Indian Affairs, to use his good office to influence the Indian Railway board to attach a special boggie for Kerala Team for their comfortable return jounry. Kerala Chief Minister Sri.Oommen Chandy, Sri. A.K. Antony, Hon'ble Minister for Defence, Sri. K. C. Venugopal, Minister of State for Power, Sri. P.T. Thomas, MP also extended their helping hand for the same. Associatrion and the entire athletics fraternity of Kerala extend their sincere gratitude to them.
Reception at Ernakulam Junction
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Kerala pushed down to runners up position in the
27th National Junior Athletics Championship 2011
4 November 2011.
Kerala girls tried their might to push Kerala into the number one spot for the 15th time. But their male counterpart failed to give them valuble support. And hence they finished in the second spot in the overall position, behind Harayana, the up-coming supper power in Indian Sport. Haryana government's positve steps for the last couple of years in the promotion of sports in the state has paid off rich dividents to them. 27National Junior Athletics Championship gives the lead to it. Congratulations to them!. They will be a force in the Indian sports scenario in the coming years. Haryana bagged 27 gold, 16 silver and 15 bronze, where Kerala has bagged 23 gold, 23 silver and 20 bronze medals. If points were considered for the overall position. Kerala wouldl have retained the title for the 15th year in a row.!. Thier women strength should be appreciated.! Jijin Vijayan won the 200m for Youth Boys with a National Record. 21.59 Sec. Thara M D made amendments in her performance by winning the gold in 3000m for Youth Girls with a national record1 Congratulations to them.
The follwing athletes won medels for the state in the final day:
Jijin Vijayan Youth Boys 200m 21.59 (Gold), Jinu Maria Junior Women High Jump 1.65 (Gold), Sruthi C Youth Girls High jump 1.53 (Gold), , Vishnu V Sabu, Jithu Baby, Lijo Mani and Sachin Roby Youth Boys 4x400m Relay 3:16.16 (Gold), Tintu Jacob, Anu R, Arya C, Nikhila Joseph Junior Women 4x400m Relay 3:50.35 (Gold)
Unais S Triple Jump for Junior Men 14.56 Mts. (Silver), Abhaya Dev C S Youth Boys octathlon 5303 points (Silver), Neena Elizabeth Junior women Discus Throw 35.93 (Silver)
Nikhila Joseph Junior Women 200m 25.60 (Bronze), Regina C Youth Girls 200m 25.61 (Bronze), Sneharaj Alapat Youth Girls Triple jump 11.94 (Bronze), Shaharbana Siddique girls Under 16 200m 26.13 (Bronze), Akshaya Susan Girls Under 16 High Jump 1.54 (Bronze)
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3, November 2011
Kerala bounced back into the race for the supremacy in junior athletics, after winning a couple of gold medals in the penltimate day. Though they lost many gold medals in the previous day, they fought back gallently to narrow the gap in the medel tally with the leader Haryana. Haryana leads the table with 22 gold 10 silver and 11 bronze medals. where Kerala is closing the gap with 17 gold, 21 silver and 14 bronze medels. If the AFI was following the former point tally Keraa would have the out-right leaders! The medel tally system spoiled the sport for the state. The following is th performance of the Kerala athletes in the third day.:
Akshya S 5 KM RW for Youth Girls 28:31.30 (Gold), Binsi A M 3Km RW for Girls Under 16 14:51.90 (Gold), Anu R 400m H for Junior Women 1:01.27 (Gold), Prabitha TV 400mH for Youth Girls 1:05.24 (Gold), Shilpa Chacko Triple Jump for Junior Women 12.78 (Gold), Jessy Joseph 1000m for Girls Under 16 2:56.86 (Gold), Junior Men 4100m Relay (Rijo Sebastian, Karthikeyan, Sajid N P, Binish K Shaji) 42.25 (Gold), Junior Women 4x100 Relay (Arathy S Kumar, Savitha P S, Adeena P G, Mareena George) 48.53 (Gold)
Melva Varghese High Jump for Girls Under 14 1.43 (Silver), Bastin Joseph 400mH for Junior Men 52.87 (Gold), Savitha P S Triple Jump for Junior Women 12.41 (Silver), Safeer T Triple Jump for Youth Boys 14.23 (Silver),
Neenu Thomas Javelin Throw for Youth Girls 36.61 (Bronze), Vishnu V Sabu 400mH for Junior Men 53.57 (Bronze), Twinkle Tomy 100m for Boys under 16 2:35.68 (Bronze), Youth Boys Medley Relay (Jijin vijayan, Arjun Gangadharan, A Francis, Anoop D) 1:59.05 (Bronze), Medely Relay for Youth Girls ( Lavanya G, Rangitha, Ranga, Anju Varghese) 2:18.01 (Bronze.)
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2. November 2011
Kerala moved into second postion in the overall medal tally by winning four more gold medals. Pinto Mathew clocked his life best(14.12 sec)in 110m H for Junior Men category on his way to win the first gold for the state. Maria Jaison won another gold in long jump for Girls under 14 category. She cleared 5.18 m to fetch the gold. Arya C won the third gold for the state in 400m for Junior Women Category. She clocked 55.48 sec. Sinija Praksh vaulted over 3.30 meters to win the fourth gold in Pole Vault event for Youth Girls Category. Other medal winners are:
Silver medals Raman Yadav 1500m, 4:01.37 (Jr. Men), Sachin Roby 400m 48. 63 (Jr. Men), Shaharbana Siddique 400m 58.40 sec (Youth Girls) , Krishna Rachen Pole Vault 2.70mts. (Youth Girls), Remyamol R 10000m Race Walk 59:31.40 (Jr. Women), Soumya Varghese 100m H 14.72 (Girls Under 16), Alga Winny James Long Jump 5.55m (Jr. Women), Jijin vijayan 100m 10.80 ( Youth Boys), Adheena P G 100mH 14.77 sec. (Jr. Women ),
Bonze Medal Neena Elizabeth Baby Hammer Throw 40.21m (Jr. women), Arya T S 100mH 14.72 (Youth Girls), Abdu Samad 100m (Boys Under 16), Jithin Baby 400m 48.9 (Jr. Men), Nimna Mathew 400m 58.51 (Girls 16)
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1 November 2011
Kerala athletes started off very well defending their overall championship crown by winning three golds, four silver and two bronze medals. Kerala is in the third position behind Haryana, and UP.
Athira Surendran of opened the account medal tally for Kerala by winning gold in Long Jump for Girls Under 16 category. She cleared a distance of 5.72 meters in her 5th attempt. Sheena N V fetched another gold in javelin throw for Junior Women Category. She hurled the javelin to a distance of 40.71 meters to win it style.But she failed to repeat her personal best of 42.57 meters. She is trained under Prof. Babu P I of M A College, Kothamangalam at Kothamangalam Athletics Academy. Nayana James brought in the third gold for Keral by winning long jump for Junior Women Category She could not come up to hthe expectations. She came out with a an average performance much below than her compartriot in girls under 16 category. 5.68 meters!. Both the long jumpers Athira and Nayana are from SAI Training Center at Thalasserri, trining under Jose Mathew. Babitha C brought in a silver medal in 600m for Girls under 14. She clocked 1:37.71.
Sreenith Mohan won bronze medal in High Jump for Youth Boys. He cleared a height of 1.99 meters. Mohammed Afsal P brought in their second silver in 3000m for Boys Under 16 Category. He clocked 9:00.56 and was followed by Kishore M witha timming of 9:12.24 for the bronze medal.
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Ranchi 31 October 2011
Kerala fielded a 142 memeber strong team for the 27th edition of the national inter state athletics championship for juniors. Kerala is ruling the rosster for the last one and a half decades. But hey are facing stiff competition from states like Tamilnadu, Haryana. and Maharashtra. Haryana State governments sports policy is changed a whole scenario in that state and it started paying off in a rich way. Maharastra is helped by the Army sports School's batallion, Tamilnadu is breathing on the Kerala's neck for its run for the overall championship for the sixteenth time. Things wont be easy for Kerala in the long run, unless the authorities approch and attitude takes a positive turn.
Kerala Team participating in the March past of the opening cermony of 27th Natinal Junior Athletics Championship started off at Birsa Munda Stadium Ranchi.
35th Kerala State Mini Athletics Championships
In partial modification of the Athletics Calendar published, the 35th Kerala State Mini Athletics Championships will be held at St. Michaels College Stadium, Cherthala, Alappuzha on 27th November 2010 under the auspices of Alappuzha District Athletics Association
- Competitions will be held for:
- Boys and Girls Under 12 yrs (Born on or after 28-11-1999)
- Boys and Girls Under 10 yrs (Born on or after 28-11-2001) (for detailsclick on events' list on the left side of this page,please)
- Team championship will be declared on the basis of points i.e 1st – 7 points, 2nd – 5 points, 3rd – 4 points, 4th – 3 points, 5th – 2 points, 6th – 1 point and it shall be declared section wise. Overall Championship also will be declared.
- Only registered athletes with the Registration No. issued by the State Association shall be allowed to participate in the Championship. (for online registration pleaseclick on Registration button above . This is compulsory for all the age groups since the merit certificates are issued with photograph.
- A District can field only three athletes for an event and an athlete can take part in two events only, excluding relay. No reserve entry shall be considered.
- An Athlete is allowed to participate in One age group only.
- The nearest Rly. Station is Cherthala.
- A team of Doctors will be present to determine the age of the athletes, in case of doubt
- Please inform Sri. Ullas. B, Mob: 9446481611 about the travel plan of your team well in advance.
Participating athletes have to complete the registration formalities to get the Registration Number. This Registration Number is to be used to confirm the Entry of your district team. Contact District Secretaries for further information.
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TEAM KERALA FOR 27th NATIONAL JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS-RANCHI- 1- 4 November 2011
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55th Kerala State Junior and 9th Sub Junior Athletics Championships
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Sri. Hibi Eden was the guest of honour in the validectory function of the 55th Kerala State Junior Athletics Championship being conducted at Maharajas College Stadium, from 7th to 9th October. Ernakulam District regained their Overall title once again scoring 594 points
Sri. Hibi Eden, the guest of honour distributing the trophies to the winners in the presence of Sri. Baby Mathew Somatheeram , Presient , Kerala State Athletics Association, Sri. Roy Joseph, President, Ernakulam District Athletics Association, Sri. E S Jose, Patron, Ernakulam District Athletics Association.
Victorious Ernakulam District Athletics Team with Sri. Baby Mathew Somatheeram , Presient , Kerala State Athletics Association, Sri. Roy Joseph, President, Ernakulam District Athletics Association, Prof. P I Babu, Secretary, , Ernakulam District Athletics Association.
55th Kerala State Junior Athletics Championship was inaugurated by Adv. P.T.Thomas, Member of Parliament, Idukki at Maharajs' College Stadium on 7th October 2011. Over 1900 athletes took part in the three day athletics championship.
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The 35th Kerala State Mini and 9th Sub Junior Athletics Championships
The 35th Kerala State Mini and 9th Sub Junior Athletics Championships scheduled to be held in Alappuzha District on 24th and 25th September 2011 stands postponed. The exact Venue and the dates will be intimated later.
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Tintu qualifies for Olympics !
Tintu Luka clocked her seasonal best time to qualify for the London Olymppic2012 participation. She once again came sixth in her semi final heat with a seasonal best ime in 800m by clocking 2min 0.95 secs. Congratulations to Tintu and her mentor and coach Dr. P T Usha. Hope they will hit the jackpot in London!
Renjith Maheswari once again disappoints his well-wishers!. If he would have produced his Commonwealth perforamnce he would have been in the final of Triple jump for men. He left the field with No Marks- three failed attempts!
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Tintu enters Semi Finals
Tintu Luka entered the semi-finals of World Championships in Daegu this morning as a fastest loser in 800m heats. She clocked a commendable 2:01.89 to achieve this feat while finishing sixth in her heat which includes defending World champion Caster Semenya from South Africa. With the top-4 finishers from the five heats gain automatic qualification in to three semi-finals slated for tomorrow, Tintu gave some anxious moments while lying third among the losers after her fourth heat. A slow fifth heat won by Ugandan Annet Negesa in 2:02.75 brought relief to everyone in the Indian camp as it ensures Tintu’s berth in the semis.
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STATE TEAM FOR INTER ZONE CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Team is leaving by Kerala Express on 30/08/2011.The return journey is on 04/09/2011 by Rapti Sagar Express. Kindly contact Secretary for further details.
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STATE TEAM FOR OPEN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The team is leaving by 12507 Guwahaty Express on 06/09/2011.Return journey is on 14/09/2011 by 12660 Gurudev Express.Please confirm your participation to the Secretary by return.
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Mayookha finishes 9th in women's Long Jump
The Asian champion miserably missed a god-given opportunity to win a global medal. Yes, a medal was well within her reach until the customary three trials were over.
Everyone wondered what went wrong when she started with a not so great 6.37m jump and went down with marks of 6.31m and 6.26m on her next two try-outs. Her first jump placed her ninth after the third round and thus she missed entering the top-eight as well as denied three further jumps which could have brought her a medal. American Janay DeLoach made it to final as an eighth placer with her 6.39m effort and went on to improve it to sixth with her last round 6.56m.
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She made it!
Mayooka Johny made into the final of World athletics
Mayu Johny made it into the final of Long Jump for women in the World athletics being organized at Daegu, Korea.
She competed in the Group B along with the leading athletes like Higga Maggi, Ivona, Darya Klishina, Funmi Jimoh, Ineta Radevica. She made her best jump in her third attempt. Out of 36 athletes participated in groups A and B together she finished in the 10th position. A good achievement for the standard! Hope she will come out with her best in the final.
The final will be held on 28th August 2011 at 14.45 (IST). Mayu will be participating as the 2nd competitor in the event behind Fumi Imoh of US. You can watch the event live in Ten Sports Action.
Final standing of the athletes after the qualifying competition:
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Mr.C K .Valson receives IAAF Vetran's Pin from Mr. Lamine Diack , President, International Association of Athletics Federations, in the IAAF World Conference held at Daegu, Korea
23rd SOUTH ZONE ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Kerala in Second position- Overall Medal Tally
August 21
Kerala lost the crown to Tamilnadu in the 23rd south Zone Athletics Championship held at GMC Balayogi Stadium, Gachibowli from 19th to 21st August 2011. The following is the medal tally and sectional championship.
SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS |
| BOYS UNDER 14 |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
| BOYS UNDER 16 |
KERALA |
| BOYS UNDER 18 |
TAMIL NADU |
| BOYS UNDER 20 |
TAMIL NADU |
| GIRLS UNDER 14 |
TAMIL NADU |
| GIRLS UNDER 16 |
TAMIL NADU |
| GIRLS UNDER 18 |
KERALA |
| GIRLS UNDER 20 |
KERALA |
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GOLD |
SILVER |
BRONZE |
BOYS UNDER 20 |
TAMIL NADU |
10 |
5 |
10 |
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KERALA |
6 |
8 |
7 |
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KARNATAKA |
5 |
8 |
3 |
| |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| |
PONDICHERRY |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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GIRLS UNDER 20 |
KERALA |
10 |
10 |
6 |
| |
TAMILNADU |
6 |
5 |
7 |
| |
KARNATAKA |
4 |
4 |
6 |
| |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| |
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|
|
BOYS UNDER 18 |
TAMIL NADU |
8 |
6 |
6 |
| |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
7 |
2 |
2 |
| |
KERALA |
3 |
7 |
10 |
| |
KARNATAKA |
2 |
5 |
2 |
| |
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GIRLS UNDER 18 |
KERALA |
9 |
10 |
6 |
| |
TAMILNADU |
7 |
4 |
7 |
| |
KARNATAKA |
5 |
5 |
6 |
| |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| |
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|
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BOYS UNDER 16 |
KERALA |
8 |
4 |
3 |
| |
TAMILNADU |
4 |
3 |
4 |
| |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
3 |
1 |
6 |
| |
KARNATAKA |
0 |
8 |
1 |
| |
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GIRLS UNDER 16 |
TAMILNADU |
9 |
3 |
5 |
| |
KERALA |
3 |
7 |
3 |
| |
KARNATAKA |
2 |
4 |
5 |
| |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| |
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|
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BOYS UNDER 14 |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
3 |
4 |
2 |
| |
TAMILNADU |
3 |
0 |
2 |
| |
KERALA |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| |
KARNATAKA |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| |
|
|
|
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GIRLS UNDER 14 |
TAMILNADU |
3 |
3 |
2 |
| |
KARNATAKA |
2 |
1 |
2 |
| |
KERALA |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| |
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OVER ALL |
TAMIL NADU |
50 |
29 |
43 |
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KERALA |
40 |
49 |
36 |
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KARNATAKA |
20 |
36 |
26 |
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ANDHRA PRADESH |
14 |
8 |
17 |
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PONDICHERRY |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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August 20
Varsha erases Preeja Sreedharan's Record
M V Vrasha created a new record in 3000m race for Girls Under 16 category. She finished the race in 10min. 24.21 sec.erasing the old mark held by Olympian and Arjuna Award winner Preeja Sreedharan.
M V Varsha
Kerala is in the second position in overall standings with 34 Golds in the 23rd South Zone Athletics Championships being held at GMC Balayogi Stadium, Hyderabad. Tamilnadu leads the medal tally with 39 gold.
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Mar Basil HSS wins the Overall Championship -M.K.Joseph Memorial 9th Kerala State Inter Club Athletics Championship 2011
24 July 2011
The M.K.Joseph Memorial 9th Kerala State Inter Club Athletics Championship was concluded at the Mahrajas college Stadium with Mar Basil School winning the overall championship.
Sri. P I Sheik Pareed IAS, District Collector of Ernakulam gave away the trophies to the winners.
Sri. P I Sheik Pareed IAS, District Collector of Ernakulam giving away the overall championships to members of the Mar Basil HSS, Kothamangalam, in the presence of Mr. Baby Mathew Somatheeram, President KSAA and Mr. Velayudhankutty, Secretary KSAA, Prof. Babu P I, Secretary, Ernakulam Disrtict Athletics Association, Dr. Tony Daniel, Joint Secretary Athletics Federation of India
Sectionwise Champions of the Meet
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22. July 2011
The M.K.Joseph Memorial 9th Kerala State Inter Club Athletics Championship was inaugurated by Hon'ble Minister for Sports and Forest Sri.K B Ganesh Kumar in the midest of grand fanfare.
Sri. Ganesh Kumar made an appeal to all Sports Associations to make their activities more transperent. Ganesh Kumar stressed his point once again to athletes for a dope free competition. He has promised the athletes an improved and modern training facilities in every district.
Over 1400 athletes are participating in the 9th edition of State Inter Club Championship.
Sri. K B. Ganesh Kumar, Minister for Sports and Forest speaking on the occation of the inauguration of M K Joseph Memorial 9th Kerala State Inter Club Athletics Championship being held at Maharaja's College Stadium, Kochi. in the presence of Sri. P R Purushothaman (Chief Coach), Prof. S P Pillai (Former Chairman, Technical Committee AFI), Sri. T.P.Ouseph (Former National Coach), Smt. Padmini Thomas (President, Kerala State Sports Council), Prof. M.S. Viswambaran (Principal, Maharaja's College), Sri. Baby Mathew Somatheeram (President, Kerala State Athletics Association), Prof. Paul Aluvathingal (Member Standing Committee, KSSC), Dr. Tony Daniel (Joint Secretary AFI), Chairman Students Union, Dr. V C Alex (Treasurer, KSSA), Sri. M.V.Kutty (Secretary, KSSA)
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ANTI-DOPING EDUCATION PROGRAMMEFOR ATHLETICS COACHES AND TRAINERS
"Let’s Perform- Dope Free! "
One day anti-doping education programme aimed for the athletics coaches and tainers conducted at Conference Hall, YMCA Ernakulam, was inaugurated by Olympian K.M. Binu. Binu stressed about the importance of Doping Control in the field of sports.
Olympian K M Binu inaugurates the Seminar in the presence of Dr. V C Alex, Dr. Tony Daniel, Sri. M.V.Kutty, Dr. P S M Chandran, Prof. S.P.Pillai
Dr. P.S M Chandran led the presentation and gave an exhaustive informative one. Dr. Ajithkumar presented a paper on ayurvedic supplements and its effects. Dr. P. Jayaprakash, Consulting Endocrinologist of Medical Trust Hospital talked about the ill side of the usage of performance enhancing drugs and methods. The programme was very informative and effective. Though participants were few in number, they were at the opinion of organizing similar classes at various centers. The programme was concluded at 5.30 pm.
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M.K.Joseph Memorial 9th Kerala State Inter Club Athletics Championships
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- The M.K.Joseph Memorial 9th Kerala State Inter Club Athletics Championships will be held at Maharajas College Stadium, Kochi 22nd 23rd and 24th July 2011
- Competitions will be held for
Boys and Girls Under 14 yrs( Born on or after 05-09-1997)
Boys and Girls Under 16 yrs( Born on or after 05-09-1995)
Youth Boys and Girls Under 18 yrs (Born on or after 05-09-1993)
Junior Men and Women( Born on or after 05-09-1991)
(for details of events please visit www.keralaathletics.org)
No competitions will be held for Men and Women categories
- Medals and Merit Certificates shall be awarded to the 1st 2nd and 3rd place winners
- Prize money shall be given to the winners as follows :
1st Place – Rs.500/-, 2nd Place – Rs.300/- and 3rd Place – Rs.200/-
- Team championship will be declared on the basis of points i.e. 1st – 7 points, 2nd – 5 points, 3rd – 4 points, 4th – 3 points, 5th – 2 points, 6th – 1 point and it shall be declared section wise. Overall championship also will be declared.
- Only registered athletes with the Registration No. issued by the State Association shall be allowed to participate in the Championship. (for online registration please visit www.keralaathletics.org ).
- A Team can field only two athletes in an event and an athlete can take part in two events only, excluding relay. No reserve entry shall be considered.
- Please be strict to the minimum entry standard for the State Championship while selecting your team.
- Participation certificate will be issued to those who attain the minimum entry standard only
- The Kerala State team which is to participate in the 23rd South Zone Junior Championship to be held at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh from 14th to 16th August 2011
shall be selected based on the performance of this meet. The fourth place performance of 22nd South Zone meet will be the qualifying mark
Entry of your team shall be sent to keralaathletics@gmail.com with a copy to mvkutty@gmail.com and by post to the undersigned before 10th July 2011
M.Velayudhan Kutty
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15th June 2011
51st SENIOR NATIONAL INTERSTATE ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP 2011
Rousing welcome to Kerala Team members.
Ernakulam District Athletics Association gave a rousing welcome to Kerala Athletics Team members at Ernakulam Junction Railway station as they arrived by Ernakulam Express from Bengaluru after making history at the 51st National Senior Inter State athletics Championship concluded at Sree kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru. Kerala won both the sectional-women and men- and overall championship. Sajeesh Joseph and Mayookha Johny were adjudged as the best male and female athletes of the championship to stamp their supremacy in athletics. Prof. K.J. Paul, Sri. Solomon Antony, Sri.M.L.Poulose, Executive Committee Member of Kerala State Athletics Association, Sri. P.R.Purushothaman, Chief Coach of Kerala State, Sri. Dileep Senapathy and Dr. Tony Daniel, Executive Vice President of Kerala State Athletics Association were present at the Railway Station. Sweets and bouquets were distributed to the team members.
Reception to the Kerala Team members at Ernakulam Junction Railway Station. Team members with Sri. P.R. Purushothaman, Dr. tony Daniel, Dr. v.c. Alex, Sri. G.K. Pillai, Sri. Solomon antony, Prof K. J. Paul and Sri. M.L.Poulose.
Palakkad District Athletics Association had also arranged a welcome to the team members as they reached Palakkad Junction en route to Ernakuklam.
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Day 4, 14th June 2011
Victorious Kerala Senior Team
Kerala become overall champions
Kerala become overall champions in the National Senior Inter-State Athletics Championships which concluded at Sree Kanteerava Stadium here on Tuesday evening. Kerala State also won the men’s and women’s team title and garnered a total 13 gold, 7 silver and an equal number of bronze medals for the overall honours.
Tintu made a glorious return
The country’s leading middle distance runner Tintu Luka returns to track on a big stage after a lay-off of eight months. Naturally everyone anticipated a good race from her and she did not disappoint the audience. In her usual style she led the race right from the beginning and clocked a moderate 2:05.32 at the end. State-mate S.R. Bindu made it a 1-2 for Kerala, exactly five seconds later.
Tintu Luka
Kerala got another gold medal in this event through Sajeesh Joseph as he prevents Ghamanda Ram taking a double in the men’s race. The Rajasthan runner recently garnered three silver medals in the Asian Grand Prix series in China and hence a pre-race favourite to win the event. However he was a wee bit earlier shown the victory sign and thus lost to Sajeesh at the post. Sajeesh won the event in 1:47.34, three-hundredths of a second faster than that of Ghamanda Ram. Sajeesh Joseph adjudged the “best athlete” among men. The honour in women’s division also went to another Keralite--long jumper Mayookha Johny.
Sajeesh Joseph, Adjudged best male athlete of the Championship and gold medalist in 800m for men
Mayookha Johney best female athlete of the championship and gold medalist and record hold in long jump for women
Anchu M M was too good to her TN rival Kalaivani as she clocked 13.90 secs. to take the women’s 100m hurdles.
Anchu M M
Kerala women teams won both the relays- 4x100 and 4x400. But Kerala men side was contend with gold in 4x400 and silver in 4x100.
Team members
Women 4x4100 :- Priya P K, Shamna Mohammed, Neethu Rajan and Shilpa, 4x400 :-Tintu Luka,
Tiana Mary Thomas, Arya C and Anu R
Men 4x100:-Rahul G Pillai, shameermon, Raja Ommen and Anas S, 4x400 :- Jithin Paul, Sheriff A, Avin A Thomas and Bineesh V P.
The results:
Men: 200m: 1. Joseph (Kar) 21.82s; 2. Manikanda Arumugam (TN) 21.88; 3. Mayur Malbiya (Guj) 21.90. 800m: 1. Sajeesh Joseph (Ker) 1:47.34; 2. Ghamanda Ram (Raj) 1:47.37; 3. Satnam Singh (Pun) 1:48.31. 110m hurdles: 1. Surendhar (TN) 14.62; 2. M. Krish Beethovan (Manipur) 14.66; 3. M.K. Sumanth (Kar) 15.14. 4x100m relay: 1. Tamil Nadu (Vijaya Kumar, Manikanda Arumugam, Praveen Kumar, Al Ameen) 41.33; 2. Kerala 41.58; 3. Karnataka 41.83. 4x400m relay: 1. Kerala (K. Shareef, V.B. Bineesh, Avin A. Thomas, Jithin Paul) 3:14.08; 2. Karnataka 3:14.59; 3. Punjab 3:15.51. Long jump: 1. Amritpal Singh (Pun) 7.81m; 2. Ankit Sharma (MP) 7.74; 3. Sudhir (Har) 7.70. Javelin throw: 1. Kashinath Naik (Kar) 73.77m; 2. Amit Majumdar (Bihar) 71.18; 3. Rajender Singh (Har) 70.68.
Women: 200m: 1. K. Mrudula (AP) 24.93s; 2. Archana (TN) 25.27; 3. Rebecca Jose (Kar) 25.38. 800m: 1. Tintu Luka (Ker) 2:05.32; 2. S.R. Bindu (Ker) 2:10.32; 3. Pavithra (TN) 2:12.60. 100m hurdles: 1. M.M. Anju (Ker) 13.90; 2. Kalaivani (TN) 14.60; 3. V. Hani (Chhattisgarh) 15.22. 3000m steeplechase: 1. Sudha Singh (UP) 10:01.24, NMR (Old record: O.P. Jaisha 10:03.05, 2010); 2. Priyanka Singh (UP) 10:21.37; 3. O.P. Jaisha (Pun) 10:25.10. 4x100m relay: 1. Kerala (C. Shilpa, Neethu Rajan, Shamna Muhammed, P.K. Priya) 46.99; 2. Tamil Nadu 47.65; 3. West Bengal 47.87. 4x400m relay: 1. Kerala (R. Anu, C. Arya, Tiana Mary Thomas, Tintu Luka) 3:44.81; 2. Tamil Nadu 4:00.51; 3. Andhra Pradesh 4:03.71. Shot put: 1. P. Udaya Lakshmi (AP) 14.14m; 2. Vasumathi (TN) 13.24; 3. Sonia (Har) 13.13.
Medal tally (read as G: Gold, S: Silver, B: Bronze): 1. Kerala 13, 7, 7; 2. Punjab 6, 3, 7; 3; Tamil Nadu 4, 10, 4; 4. Karnataka 4, 2, 3; 5. Uttar Pradesh 3, 4, 1.
/ Ram. Murali Krishnan /
Prajusha and Remya win gold
Prajusha cleared a distance of 13.53m to clinch the gold for Kerala. Mayookha kept away from competition due to personal reasons which took away the expected fierce completion between the two. Amitha Babuy took the bronze with a leap of 12.61m.
Prajusha M A
Remya R
At the pole vault event for women, campers R. Remya of Kerala and Karnataka's Khyati Vakharia finished at the same height of 3.40 metres and finished in that order.
Khyati, who was a sure bet for gold for the host, having achieved a personal best of 3.65 metres at the Ranchi Games, wept after the disappointing silver finish.
Preeja suffered a setback in the 5000m when her training partner over took her at the last 40 meter stretch of home straight Surya of Tamilnadu hit the front right from the start and maintained it till the final straight when both Kavita and Preeja stepped on the gas, a wee bit too late, one thought. Kavita had it in her while Preeja was just not there for the final kick, with Surya holding out for the silver.
Result 400m hurdles: 1. Satinder Singh (Pun) 51.13; 2. Joseph Abraham (Ker) 51.41; 3. Avin A. Thomas (Ker) 51.89.High jump: 1. Jithin Thomas (Mah) 2.10m; 2. L. Yogaraj (TN) 2.10; 3. Nikhil Chittarasu (TN) 2.10. Shot put: 1. Saurav Vij (Del) 18.99m; 2. Budhisatva (MP) 17.98; 3. Jagroop Singh (Pun) 17.85. Hammer: 1. Harvinder Singh Dagar (UP) 66.21; 2. Chandrodaya Narayan (UP) 63.44; 3. Shiv Kumar (Utk) 61.90.
Women: 5000m: 1. Kavita Raut (Mah) 17:00.89s; 2. L. Surya (TN) 17:01.00; 3. Preeja Sreedharan (Ker) 17:01.22. 400m hurdles: 1. Sapinder Kaur (Pun) 1:00.56; 2. M.S. Darshana (Ker) 1:01.45; 3. K.A. Soniya (Ker) 1:02.65. Pole vault: 1. R. Remya (Ker) 3.40m; 2. Khyati Vakharia (Kar) 3.40; 3. Kiranbir Kaur (Pun) 3.30. Triple jump: 1. M.A. Prajusha (Ker) 13.53; 2. Shradha Ghule (Mah) 12.80; 3. Amitha Baby (Ker) 12.61.
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Day Two, 12th June 2011
Sameer, Priya fastest
As expected Kerala sprinters Sameer Mon and P.K. Priya took the 100m crown for men and women divisions clocking 10.58 and 11.97 secs respectively. Shameer Mon was not at his best, but ran a splendid race to win the gold. Though he had a slow reaction to the starter’s gun, he made up the lost ground midway through and finished strongly.
Sameermon
It is Priya’s first gold in the senior nationals and she equaled her life best performance.
Priya P K
The results: Men: 100m: 1. Shameer Mon (Ker) 10.58s, 2. Krishna Rane (Mah) 10.61, 3. Ritesh Anand (Jha) 10.71; 400m: 1. S.K. Mortaza (WB) 47.05, 2. Davinder Singh (Pun) 47.32, 3. J. Premanand (MP) 47.80; 1,500m: 1. Ghamanda Ram (Raj) 3:48.12, 2. Pranjal Gogoi (Mah) 3:48.43, 3. Sandeep (Har) 3:48.52; 3,000m steeplechase: 1. Rama Chandran (TN) 8:42.58s (NMR), 2. Th. Sanjit Luwang (Man) 8:44.26, 3. Jaiveer Malik (Har) 8:45.16s; 20km walk: 1. Maniram Patel (MP) 1:29:35.00, 2. Irfan (Ker) 1:30:34.00, 3. Manjit Singh (Pun) 1:31:34.00; Triple jump: 1. Arpinder Singh (Pun) 16.32m, 2. Renjith Maheswary (TN) 15.96, 3. Bipin Dev (Mah) 15.86m; Decathlon: 1. Bharatinder Singh (Har) (7658 pts - National record; old: Jora Singh, 7502), 2. Rahul Kumar (Raj) 7599, 3. Chandrahas Khushwaha (UP) 6537.
Women: 100m: 1. P.K. Priya (Ker) 11.97s, 2. Asha Roy (WB) 12.20, 3. N. Sudha (AP) 12.22; 400m: 1. A.C. Ashwini (Kar) 52.82, 2. Mandeep Kaur (Pun) 53.21, 3. Jauna Murmu (Ori) 53.81; 1,500m: 1. Jaisha (Pun) 4:21.32, 2. Jhuma Khatun (Jha) 4:23.89, 3. S.R. Bindu (Ker) 4:25.56. 20km walk: 1. Deepmala Devi (Jha) 1:47:19.29, 2. Gourav Kumari (MP) 1:52:26.09, 3. Ranjana Gupta (MP) 1:52:26.09. High jump: 1. Sahana Kumari (Kar) 1.81m, 2. Mallika Mondal (WB) 1.76, 3. Siji (Ker) 1.73m .
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Day One, 11th June 2011
Mayookha bettered meet mark in long jump
Mayookha Johny, who recently become the first Indian woman to cross the 14m mark in triple jump, was back in action at the long jump pit. Her state-mate from Kerala, M.A. Prajusha, add colour to the contest as the duo promised to provide an exciting contest from the beginning. Mayookha, who had an incredible 6.64m while winning last year’s Asian All-Stars Athletics Meet at New Delhi, was trying to attain the World championship qualifying norm of 6.65m here. She started her campaign with a 6.63m opening jump, which eventually bettered Anju Bobby George’s five year old meet mark by 10 cm, and fetch her gold medal today. Compatriot Prajusha was second with 6.47m while Delhi’s Shalu Chaudhry took the bronze in 6.24m.
"memories of not winning a major medal last season” Mayookha told after the event. She was sixth at the Commonwealth Games and seventh in the Asian Games last year. It was the second time she missed the World’s qualifying mark in long jump, but optimistic about making it at the Asian championship in Kobe, next month. Mayookha is going for a double as she takes part in triple jump on Monday.
A sweat revenge for Preeja
In yet another exciting contest, Preeja Sreedharan pips training partner Kavita Raut from Maharashtra in the 10,000m for women. The Kerala girl avenged her defeat to Kavita at the national games. Kavita had a golden double at Ranchi. Preeja is the national record holder in both 5000 and 10000m run. She clocked 34:33.48 for the evening’s win while Kavita was just 0.16 secs slower for the silver medal. Tamil Nadu runner Surya Loganathan was a distant third in 35:27.18.
Lleading Kerala thrower Anitha Abraham heaved the hammer to a distance of 54.88m to fetch her a silver medal. Rajasthan’s Manju Bala won the gold with a 55.94m throw.
Bimin K P bagged the third gold for Kerala. He cleared 4.95 m to in pole vault for men for his gold. Bineesh Jacob won the bronze medal with a clearance of 4.70m in the same event
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