SAF Junior Athletics Postponed

 

8th Dec. 2009   

SAF Junior athletics championship scheduled to be held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai from 10th to 12th December 2009 has been postponed due to technical reason. The new dates will be announced later , says an official communiqué from New Delhi. Participants of the championship may take note of this change.

 

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Kerala Athletes who are selected to represent India in the SAF Junior Athletics

 

The following athletes are selected to represent India in the forth coming Junior SAF athletics championship scheduled to held at J. N. Stadium Chennai on 10th 11th & 12th December 2009. The selected athletes are directed to report at the venue on 7th December 2009.

BOYS
1	DARIS JOSE .	100m
2	RATHEESH M .	200m
3	VIKAS CHANDRAN .	400m
4	RAHUL G PILLAI	400m
5	AKHIL KRISHNAN .	110m Hurdles
GIRLS
1	SHILPA C .	100m
2	VIJI VIJAYAN .	100m
3	ANU MARIAM JOSE .	400m
4	CHINCHU JOSE .	400m
5	DARSHANA M.S .	100m Hurdles
6	RENUKAMOL V.G .	High Jump
7	LIKSY JOSEPH .	Long Jump

 

Coach:   P P Paul (Kerala Sports Council)

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Kerala did it again!- yes,  14th time in a row-They are the overall Champions of 25th National Junior Athletics Championship 2009

 

Day 5

A great day for Kerala! They did it again in style, announced  it to the sporting public their depth of athletic talents they have in their state.  The medal tally shows the immense talent the state of Kerala is nurturing in the filed of athletics.

Victorious Kerala Team

25th National Junior Athletics Championships-2009
CHAMPIONSHIPS
		TEAM	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE
OVER ALL	1	KERALA	24	30	17
	2	TAMILNADU	21	18	17
	3	HARYANA	16	20	13
	4	ANDHRA PRADEH	10	6	13
BOYS 14	1	KERALA	3	1	0
	2	ANDHRA PRADESH	1	2	0
	2	TAMILNADU	1	2	0
GIRLS 20	1	KERALA	5	6	3
	2	HARYANA	5	6	0
GIRLS 18	1	HARYANA	5	6	0
	2	KERALA	4	6	3
GIRLS 16	1	KERALA	7	7	2
	2	TAMILNADU	3	3	3

 

Congratulations to athletes, coaches and the team amanagers.!

Following are the medal winners from Kerala on the fifth day.

GIRLS 14&UN 600m Run  ANJU MOHAN . ( 1:42.93- Silver)

GIRLS 16&UN 800m Run  JESSY JOSEPH . ( 2:18.18- Silver)

GIRLS 18&UN High Jump JINU MARIA MANUEL (1.65m- Gold)

GIRLS 20&UN 5000m Run#  SUKANYA V.S . ( 18:24.61- Bronze)100m Hurdles  DARSHANA M.S (14.40- Bronze) 4x100m Relay (48.55- Gold) SANITHA SABU ,SHIMNA BABY ., VIJI VIJAYAN . SHILPA C)

BOYS 16&UN  100m Hurdles  AKHIL J0HNSON  ( 14.10- Silver)

BOYS 18&UN  110m Hurdles  PINTO MATHEW . (14.15 sec Bronze), 800m Run  ANVIN S JOHNSON . 1:56.73- Silver)

 BOYS 20&UN  110m Hurdles  AKHIL KRISHNAN .( 14.69sec- Bronze), 4x100m Relay ( 43.45- Bronze  SAJITH K . DARIS JOSE .  BLESSON T . SHAHANSHA K.S )

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DAY 4

A very rewarding day for Kerala. Their athletes went for a gold hunt on the fourth day of the 25th Junior National Athletics Championship at Jawarlal Nehru Stadium at Warangal. The rain on the second day spoiled the well maintained track. It was shown in all the track events list. Sujith Kuttan who came to Warangal with his mother Olympian Mercy Kuttan was ready to repeat his recent performance in the synthetic track, but the heavy and wet mud track at Warangal let him down. He had to content with a bronze medal with a mediocre performance of 11.09 sec in 100m for Boys Under 18. They left the venue of the championship to Amritsar to participate in the School nationals.

 

The following are the medal winners of the penultimate day.

GIRLS UNDER 16

3000m Walk   NEENA K.T (16:31.50- GOLD), High Jump MERLIN P (1.55m -GOLD), SRUJINA A .  (1.48m  - BRONZE), Shot Put  ATHIRA MURALIDHARAN (10.24m - GOLD),  P.ENTATHLON- VYSHNENDU P.B .  (2530   GOLD), SNEHA BALAN .( 2331 -SILVER)

GIRLS UNDER 18

Triple Jump SAVITHA P.S .( 11.72m - GOLD),400m Hurdles TINU JACOB ( 1:07.22 -GOLD), 3000m Run SOBHA V.V ( 10:31.72  - BRONZE), 5000m Walk MEESHMA K.M ( 25:33.40 -GOLD) SHEEBA N.C . ( 28:33.80-SILVER), H.EPTATHLON   ADHEENA P.G . ( 3571- SILVER)

 GIRLS UNDER 20

Long Jump LIKSY JOSEPH ( 5.72m -SILVER)4x400m Relay ( 3:58.44 -GOLD) ALBYMOL K.V .  ANU PAUL . NEETHUMOL P MATHEW , NEETHU MATHEW ., H.EPTATHLON- LIKSY JOSEPH . (  4350  -  GOLD),NIKSY JOSEPH .( 4259 -  SILVER)

BOYS UNDER 14

Long Jump- ABDU SAMAD K.M .(5.82m -GOLD)

BOYS UNDER 16

P.ENTATHLON- ANEESH K .  ( 3394 -SILVER)

BOYS UNDER 18

Triple Jump PRANAV P .(15.11m - GOLD), VINOD ANTONY ( 14.28m  SILVER)

BOYS UNDER 20

Triple Jump RAKESH BABU A. V. (15.21m - SILVER),4x400m Relay( 3:20.27 - GOLD) SAJIN V .  RAHUL K.C .  RAHUL G PILLAI .  VIKAS CHANDRAN .

MEDAL TALLY
PLACE	TEAM	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE
1	KERALA	22	25	11
2	HARYANA	14	16	10
3	TAMILNADU	11	15	12
4	UTTAR PRADESH	8	9	7
5	ANDHRA PRADESH	7	4	13
6	MAHARASTRA	7	3	5
7	PUNJAB	6	4	1
8	KARNATAKA	5	5	6
9	ORISSA	4	2	5
10	WEST  BENGAL	3	4	5
11	GUJRAT	3	5	2
12	JHARKHAND	3	0	5
13	MADHYA PRADESH	2	0	0
14	DELHI	1	3	6
15	PUDUCHERRY	1	1	0
16	ASSAM	1	0	1
17	GOA	0	1	2
18	BIHAR	0	1	0
19	CHATTISGARH	0	0	2
20	MANIPUR	0	0	2
21	UTTARAKHAND	0	0	1

 

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Day 3

Rain Goddess kept her smile to keep the sun shine and Kerala. Kerala leads the medal tally with a slender margin of one gold ahead of Harayana.

Kerala leads with ten golds. The following are the medal winners for the day.

 

Girls Under 14

Jeshmi                   High Jump             Bronze

 

Girls Under 16

Merlin P P             100mH                    Silver

Lavanya C             100m                      Silver

Thara M D             1500m                    Silver

                               Medley Relay         Silver

 

Gilrs Under  18         

Midhuna                  Pole Vault              Silver

Arya C                   100m                      Gold

Aswathy                 100m                      Silver

Aneejamol               Long Jump              Silver

                               Medley Relay          Gold

 

Girls under 20

Remya R                  Pole Vault              Gold

Dija K C                  Pole Vault              Silver

 

Boys Under 14

Abdul Kamal            100m                      Gold

 

Boys Under 16

Tony Mathew           Javelin Throw          Bronze

Medley Relay                                          Gold

 

Boys under 18

Pranav V                  Triple Jump             Gold

Pranav V                  Long Jump              Silver

Sachin James            Hihg Jump               Bronze

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 2

Rain plays spoil sport! Unusual rain in this time of year played havoc there in the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Warangal where the National Junior Athletics Championship being organized. The continuous rain took a break in the evening. The organizers are putting in hard labour to clear the flooded track and field and mark the entire track to start the events early in the morning tomorrow. 26 finals scheduled on the 2nd day are to be rescheduled. The organizers are crossing their fingers and hoping that the rain Goddess would show some mercy on them. But the weather department is not  that positive on their prediction. Lets hope for the best.

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KERALA STARTS IN STYLE- JUNIOR NATIONAL ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP 2009

 

 Nov. 17,

 

Kerala team started in style at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Warangal. They are showing a very strong claim for the overall title for the 13th year in a row. They won 9 medals after the completion of 10 finals today. Our athletes bagged 3 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals on the first day of the competition.

 

Nikhil Neethin won in shot put for boys under 14 with a new National Mark- yet o be ratified,  (13.41 Meters), Priyanka M won her gold in Long Jump for Girls Under 16 with a performance of 5.20 Meters and Thara M D added the third gold  in 3000m for Girls under 16 age group.

 

Renukamol V G added the first silver for Kerala in Girls Under 20 High Jump with a performance of 1.63 meters. Rahil Raj M R won his silver in Boys Under 16 3000m with a performance of  9:08.49 . Chithra P U added another silver in Girls Under 16 3000m with a performance 10:58.43 and Sukanya V S added the fourth silver in 3000m for Girls Under 20 with a performance of 10:39.29.

 

Sanithi V O in Shot Put for Girls Under 14 with a performance of 8.65 meters and Neeno Jose in Long Jump for Girls Under 16 with a performance of 5.07 meters.

 

Gold Medal Winners

                        

                             Nikhil Nithin                                Priyanka M                            Thara M D

 

Silver Medal Winners

                      

            Renumol V G                    Rahil Raj                           Chitra P U              Sukanya V S

 

Bronze Medal Winner

  Neeno Jose

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Kerala stays at the top!- wins the Overall Championship

Kerala remains at the top after four days engagements in the 49th National Inter State Athletics Championship which concluded here at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Chennai. Athletes from Kerala excelled in events sprints and jumps to win the overall championship. In the concluding day they bagged 5 gold medals to complete their medal tally 12 gold 4 silver and 13 bronze.

Prajusha completed her double gold when she won the triple jump for women with a performance of 13.15 meters. Tessymole Joseph finished third in the same event. Bindu S R won another silver in 1500m ahead of Sinimole Paulose who was struggling to find her last year's winning streak. Sindhu K D from Rajakad, Idukki who is doing her graduation at Vimala College Thrissur became the national champion in the absence of leading athletes like J J Sobha, Promila Ayyappa.

Chatholi Hamza comfortably and impressively won the 1500m gold. Kerala teams showed their supremacy in the men relay events. They won bothe the relays in men section - 4x100m relay Anoop P K , Debbin Eldhose, Sameermon and Arunjith were the memebers. 4x400 relay team consists of Avin A Thomas, Muhamme Kunji, Joseph G Abraham and V.B Bineesh performed very convincingly establishing their supremacy  and depth of talents  in middle distance events.

WOMEN MADEL TALLY
PLACE	TEAM	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE	Total
1	KERALA	5	2	9	16
2	TAMILNADU	3	6	1	10
3	ANDHRA PRADESH	3	2	1	6
4	JHARKHAND	3	1	3	7
5	PUNJAB	2	2	1	5
6	MAHARASTRA	2	1	3	6
7	DELHI	2	1	1	4
8	UTTAR PRADESH	2	1	1	4
9	HARYANA	0	2	0	2
10	WEST BENGAL	0	1	1	2
11	ORISSA	0	1	0	1
12	MADHYA PRADESH	0	1	0	1
13	RAJASTHAN	0	1	0	1
14	GOA	0	0	1	1
15	HIMACHAL PRADESH	0	0	1	1

 

 

Idukki wins the overall championship

Hosts Idukki District won the overall championship in the7TH SUB JUNIOR & 33RD MINI KERALA STATE ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 concluded at St George HSS, Kattapana. They also won the championships in Girls Under 10 ( 44 Points) Girls Under 12 (29 Points) age groups categories.  Other winners are: Girls Under 14- Kottayam (35 Points), Boys Under 10 -Thrissur (42 Points), Boys Under 12 Trivandrum (26 Points) and Boys Under 14- Thrissur ( 32 Points). Sri.K K Jayachandran  M L A Udumbalchela,  distributed the trophies to the various winners in the presence of  Smt. Lata Rajai, Silla Panchayath President, Smt. Pravatha Ganesh,President, Kattapana Panchayath , Sri. K L Joseph, President, Idukki District Sports Council, Dr. V. C Alex, Treasurer KSAA, Sri. Benny Johm Joint Secretary, KSAA and Sri. C M Mathew, Secretary Idukki District Athletics Association.

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49th OPEN NATIONAL ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS- 2009
T.T. STADIUM- BHOPAL

 

Tintu adds another silver

Tintu Luka adds another silver medal to her credit and to Kerala's medal tally. She clocked 54.15 sec. to finish second in women 400m race. Chithra K Soman was a distant fourth.

 

 

Rameswari M V won another silver for Kerala, her first medal in the National Open Athletics Championship. She won the medal in 3000m Steeple Chase for women with a performance of 11:39.84.

 

Remeswari M V

Darsana M S won silver in 400m Hurdles for Women with a performance of 1:01.38. Soniya K A finished 4th in the same event.

Darsana M S

Joseph G Abraham established his supremacy in men 400m Hurdles once again and winning the gold and Avin A Thomas gave good fight  to finish second behind him. Both of  these Kerala athletes were representing Railways.

 

M Renjith is back on the platform once again in his event triple jump. After a dismal performance in the Beijing Olympics and the year followed found him in real bad shape. His performance in this championship shows that he is yet to be written off.

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7th Oct.2009

 

Tintu wins gold!

 

Tintu Luka out runs  the star studded pack to win the 800m race for women with an admirable performance of 2:03.53. Incidentally she won the first gold for Kerala in the 49th National Open Athletics Championship at Bhopal.

 

Tintu Luka

 

Arun S Kumar and Vinod P J  added two more gold medals to Kerala's kitty. Stylish and relaxed Arun won the gold in high jump for men with a clearance of 2.11 meters.

 

Arun S Kumar

 Though Vinod P J could not match his previous personal best in decathlon event with a total tally of 6956 points.

Vinod P J

 

Raneesh V V added another bronze medal in the same event with a point tally of 6472.

 

Rineesh V V

 

Victory podium for Women long jump  lined up in all Kerala style. Prajusha M A bagged the gold with a performance of 6.28 meters Reshmi Bose won the silver with a performance of 6.21 meter and Shini A P  bagged the bronze medal with a clearence of 5.98 meters. Prajusha and Reshmi represented Indian Railways and Shini Kerala.

      

Shini A P

Bibin Mathew found his match in men 400m. Bibin Mathew was the undisputable runner in the event for the season. Mortaja S K of SSCB clocked 46.59 to win the gold closely  followed by Bibin with a time of 46.78 sec. Bibin hails from Wayanad, Kerala.

 

Bibin Mathew    

 

 

6th Oct.

49th National Open Athletics Championship started off  a bad note for Kerala. Though many of the Kerala athletes representing their departments  faired well. Bimin K P from Pala Jumps Academy , representing Indian Railways bagged the gold in pole vault for men section. Bimin cleared 5.00 meters to pick the gold. Mr. Bimin is being coached by Mr. K P Satheesan former national pole vaulter. Harikrishnan from Kollam, representing Services won the bronze medal in men long jump with a performance of 7.59 meters. Priya P K picks a bronze for Kerala in women's 100m and Shilpa P C finished seventh in finals.

 

Tintu Luka, promising ward of Usha and South African trained Sinimole Paulose will be vying for the 800m gold today. This will be a competition to be watched. Saneesh Joseph who is also undergoing training in South Africa, will be testing his progress in 800m men final.

Bimin K P

 

  Results Complete | Team Championship 

21st South Zone Athletics Championship12-14 Aug. 2009

  

Kerala Team  For Open Nationals

Kochi  20 Sept.

The following athletes have been provisionally selected to represent Kerala in the National Open Athletics Championship to be held at Bhopal from 6th to 9th October 2009. The selected athletes are requested to contact Prof. M.Velayudhankutty for further details.(Cell: 9447165165), or Sri.Jayakumar, K.A, Team Manager (Cell:`9633151586)

 

The Team leaves on 3rd  October by Kerala Express at 15.40 Hrs. from Ernakulam Junction ( South station)

 

	Women
	Name	Events
1	Anitha Abraham	Hammer
2	Aswathi Mohanan	400m
3	Dharsana M S	100mH
4	Geetha Roby	400mH
5	Jaseera M K	400m
6	Lindamol M Rajan	Heptathlon
7	Priya P K	100m	200m
8	Raji C T	100mH
9	Rajasree R L	Shot Put
10	Remeswari M V	3000m SC
11	Santhini V	200m	4x100
12	Shilpa C	200m	100m
13	Shini A P	Long Jump
14	Sindhu K V	Heptathlon
15	Sini Jose	400m
16	Sonia K A	400mH
17	Sreena P	5000m
18	Susan K  Joy	Long Jump
19	Tintu Luka	800m, 400m
20	Tintu N D	High Jump
21	Sithara T Illath	Pole Vault
22	Viji Vijayan	100m	200m
	Men
1	Anoop P K	100m
2	Anoop thomas	Long Jump
3	Arun K Joseph	400m
4	Arun S Kumar	High Jump
5	Ayyoob A	5000m
6	Basil George	Long Jump
7	Bineesh Jacob	Pole Vault
8	Binu Varghese	20 KM Walk
9	Jithin Paul	400m
10	Kunjimohammed	400m
11	Lijo C V	Decathlon
12	Manukumar N N	200m
13	Nibu George	110mH
14	Rajeev T S	1500m
15	Reneesh V V	Decathlon
16	Renjith K G	100m
17	Rony Lukose	110mH
18	Sheriff K	200m	100m
19	Vikas Chandran	400mH, 4x400
20	Vinod P J	Decathlon

 

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21st Inter Zone Athletics Championship 2009

 1st to 3rd September 2009, PUNJAB UNIVERSITY GROUND, CHANDIGARH

 Double for  Thara M D.

Though Kerala could  not field their best athletes for the Inter Zonal Championship they performed well in some of the sections and events. Among those  Thara M D stands apart. Thara M D bagged two gold in 1500m and 3000m in Girls Under 16 section.  Pranav P performed extremely well in Triple Jump for Boys under 18 section. Pranav is an athlete to look forward to. He has got the talent and with proper dedication and hard work he could be better triple jumper India has ever produced. Under T.P Ousep's systematic training at Kothamangalam Athletic Academy, he can deliver goods. Look out for this boy in the coming years!

           

                                Thara M D                            PRANAV P

Performance of Kerala athletes in the 21^st Inter Zone Athletics Championship          

Event	Position	Name	Performance
BOYS 20&UN 100m Run	4	RATHEESH M .	11.43s
BOYS 20&UN 99.0 cms 110m Hurdles	3	AKHIL KRISHNAN	14.54s
BOYS 20&UN Triple Jump	1	RAKESH BABU A V	15.52m
BOYS 20&UN . D.ECATHLON	1	AKHIL S	5795 Points
BOYS 18&UN 400m Run	2	LUKMAL HAKKIM K	49.91s
	4	SURYA GOVIND	50.45s
BOYS 18&UN 1500m Run	7	SUNIL T S	4:15.50
BOYS 18&UN 91.4cms 110m Hurdles	2	PINTO MATHEW	14.60s
BOYS 18&UN 84.0cm 400m Hurdles	1	LUKMAL HAKKIM K	53.92s
BOYS 18&UN Triple Jump	1	PRANAV P	15.63M
BOYS 18&UN 1.50kg Discus Throw	5	MUHAMMED IJAS I	44.27 M
BOYS 18&UN 5.00kg Hammer Throw	3	SACHIN JAMES	55.65 m
BOYS 18&UN 1000m Sprint Medley	4	SIDHU TOM, LUKMAL HAKKIM K, ALEX SHAJI	1:59.81
BOYS 18&UN 10000m Walk	3	EMMANUEL SEBASTIAN	53:44.66
BOYS 16&UN 5.00kg Shot Put	5	RAHUL RATHEESH	12.72
BOYS 16&UN 5000m Walk	3	DILEEP M K	29:18.66
BOYS 14&UN Shot Put	1	NIKHIL NEETHIN	13.00
GIRLS 20&UN 100m Run	2	SHILPA C	12.72
GIRLS 20&UN 1500m Run	3	DESTY SUNNY	4:46.95
GIRLS 20&UN 84.0cm 100m Hurdles	2	DARSHANA M S	15.19
GIRLS 20&UN High Jump	2	ANJU BENNY	1.50
GIRLS 18&UN 100m Run	2	SWATHI PRABHA A V	13.10
GIRLS 18&UN 200m Run	1	SWATHI PRABHA A V	25.56
GIRLS 18&UN 400m Run	1	ASWATHI MOHANAN	56.88
GIRLS 18&UN 3000m Run	3	SOBHA V V	10:55.95
GIRLS 18&UN 76.2cm 100m Hurdles	2	DIVYA PAUL .	15.11
GIRLS 18&UN Triple Jump	2	SHILPA CHACKO	11.99
GIRLS 18&UN 5000m Walk	3	MEESHMA K M	29:30.84
	5	SHEEBA N C	31:08.07
GIRLS 16&UN 100m Run	2	LAVANYA G	13.05
GIRLS 16&UN 400m Run	3	ANJU VARGHESE	58.17
GIRLS 16&UN 800m Run	6	ANGEL MATHEW	2:45.20
GIRLS 16&UN 1500m Run	1	THARA M D	4:48.00
GIRLS 16&UN 3000m Run	1	THARA M D	10:36.49
	3	CHITRA P U	10:59.03
GIRLS 16&UN 76.2cm 100m Hurdles	1	MERLIN P	15.57
	2	ARYA T S	15.79
GIRLS 16&UN Long Jump	2	NEENO JOSE	5.31m
GIRLS 16&UN 1.00kg Discus Throw	5	ASWATHI P S	25.87m
GIRLS 14&UN High Jump	3	SREETHI S	1.43m

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Results Complete | Team Championship 

21st South Zone Athletics Championship12-14 Aug. 2009

 

21st South Zone National Athletics Championship  conducted from 12th to 14th August 2009, was successfully completed. Kerala won the over all championship securing 51 gold medals.

Mr. Baby Mathew Somatheeram, President Kerala State Athletics Association gave away the trophies to the winners

Sri. Baby Mathew Somatheeram, hands over the overall winner's trophy to the Kerala team members.

 

Victorious Kerala Team with Mr. Baby Mathew Somatheeram, Presidentand Prof. M. V.Kutty, Secretary,  Kerala State Athletics Association  along with Prof.Babu P.I , former national coach T P Ousep, Lady Manager Lissy

 

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KERALA STATE ATHLETICS TEAM FOR 21ST SOUTH ZONE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Please click here to view the list of athletes selected to represent Kerala

 

 M K Joseph Memorial 7th Kerala State  Inter Club Athletics Championship 200

M K JOSEPH  Memorial  7^th Kerala State Inter Club Athletics Championship concluded in a promising note on 2nd August 2009 at Maharaja's College Stadium, Kochi.M.A. college Kothamangalam and Assumption college, Changanacherry emerged winners in two sections each..Please click here for results.

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Kerala Women retains title-  9th Junior Federation Cup Athletics Championship

July 26,

Kerala women team retains team title in the 9th Junior Federation Cup Athletics Championship concluded here in Lucknow. The girls won 5 gold 7 silver and 7 bronze medals.  Kerla finished third in the overall standing behind Haryana  and Tamilnadu

Aswathy Mohan won yet another gold  medal for the team. Neethumol P Mathew (400mH), 4x100 relay women team won the silver medals and Merina Joseph (Triple Jump -Women) and Sreejithmon (Triple Jump - Men) won bronze medals in todays events.

Medal Tally

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Haryana	8	10	5	23
Tamilnadu	7	2	7	16
Kerala	5	8	8	20

The victorious Women Team

 

9th Junior Federation Cup Athletics Championship

July 25,

The intense heat hits the performance of Kerala athletes. Though they have won a couple of medals, the performance didn't raise up to the expectations.

Jijimol R  and Meesham K M picked a gold and a bronze from the 10000m  race walking course for women while Dija K C and Remay R picked up a gold and silver from pole vault pit. Darsana M S missed the gold in 100m Hurdles for women and Savitha Sabu a bronze in the same event  Swathiprabha A V won yet another silver for Kerala in the women 200m and Nikhila Joseph a bronze in the same event. Neena V won a bronze medal in women long jump event and men 4x400 m relay pushed to third spot.

The medal winners

    

          Dija & Remya                       Jijimole &Meeshma          Soniya K A

           

   Swathi Prabha         Nikhila Joseph           Neena V               Sanitha Sabu

 

MEDAL TALLY- Day 2
PL	TEAM	G	S	B
1	HARYANA	6	9	4
2	TAMILNADU	5	2	3
3	KERALA	4	4	7
4	JHARKHAND	4	1	0
5	UTTAR PRADESH	2	6	4
6	WEST BENGAL	2	2	3
7	ORISSA	1	2	3
8	MAHARASTRA	1	1	2
9	MADHYA PRADESH	1	1	0
10	CHHATISGARH	1	0	0
11	GUJRAT	1	0	0
12	PUNJAB	0	0	1

 

July 24,

Kerala athletes off to a good start. Kerala athletes bagged two golds two silver and one bronze in the opening day of the 9th junior Federation Cup athletics which started to a low note at  35th Battalion PAC Stadium here on Friday. Luckow. Shilpa C clocked 12.43 secs to became the fasted lady in the meet. Steny Michael cleared 1.65 meters to bag the gold in women hihg jump event.  Jinu Marium Manuel picked the bronze medal in the same event. Arun S Kumar picked his silver medal in men high jump when he cleared the bar at 2.03 meters.

Shilpa C

Jinu Mariam and Steny Michael

Arun S Kumar

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M K Joseph Memorial 7th Kerala State Inter Club
Athletics Championship 2009

Kochi July 15, 2009

M.K. Joseph Memorial 7th Kerala State Inter Club Athletics Championship will be conducted on 31st July 1st and 2nd August 2009 at Maharaja's College Stadium, Ernakulam. Competitions will be held in the following categories. Girls Under 14, Girls Under 16, Girls Under 18, Girls Under 20 , Women, Boys Under 14, Boys Under 16, Boys Under 18, Boys Under 20 and Men. For details of the events in each category, please click on downloads on this page and open the " Technical Details of the Events".

Any club or institution affiliated to the District Associations is eligible to participate.Please note only athletes with Association Registration Number will be permitted to participate in the competition. Online registration can be done on this site. After submitting the "online application form" the registered athlete has to produce the Original Date of Birth Certificate ( S.S.L.C Book or the Certificate issued by the appropriate Local Administrative Body - Panchayath, Municipality or Corporation) to any one of the following persons to get the registration number.

Prof. P.M. N. Namboodiri "Karthika" Green Park Avanue Post Thiruvampadi Thrissur -22.

Mr. Jimmy Joseph Secretary Kottayam District Athletics Association Pala.

Prof. P I Babu Secretary Ernakulam District Athletics Association 1st Floor Maharaja's college Pavilion P T Usha Road Kochi .

The Entry closes on 20th July 2009