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Great end to an memorable Championship Pathanamthitta women and Kasrgod Men Win their Maiden Title Kurianoor 24th Nov 2019 : Huge crowd throne the Stadium every day as am memorable championship came to an end with and Kasargod men claim in the maiden title here for the CVC 64th Kerala State Basketball Championship as the six day championship ends at St Thomas Food lit Temporary Indoor Stadium in Kurianoor . The championship has his own speciality as it came in the history of Kerala Basketball that a championship is been telecast live for the first time in ACV UTSAV , that technical perfection was there that it has electronic score boards , Shot clocks Timers and video walls also first time team statics was introduced in Kerala ,temporary roffing was also made for the Smooth conduct , To make the championship a memorable one the presence of former players and officials and former players of kurianoor who even came from Canada , USA and Middle east to make it a part of it The absence of India captain Jeena PS , Stephy Nixon, Anjanna PG, Aneesha Cleetus, Minnu George and local hero Sejin Mathew who are on national duties was a set back to the champions , but some memorable matches put these aside The women final the host side Pathanthitta anchored by International Trio of Smruthy Radhakrishnan Poojamaol KS and Neenumol PS and Youth International Aneeta PV and was well supported by seasoned Surya P R of Kerala Police came on to beat defending Champion Trivandrum who were handicapped by the Internationals Jeena PS, Stephy Nixon, Anjanna P G Aneesha Cleetus and Nimmy Goerge Pathanamthitta down by 4-15 in the first Quarter trailed 16-25 at the half time Poojamol and Smruthy rose on to the occasion and with a good defence from Surya PR and captain Neenu, reduced the score to 3 point deficit as the 3rd Quarter ends before winning it at 55-49 Smruthy was the top scorer for pathanamthiita with 17 points and Poojamol made 13 for Trivandrum Kavitha Jose came up with 12 points Kasargod powered by players from central Eacise Kochi took the maiden me title for as they beat Trivandrum 71-62 top scored by Manoj R and was well supported by Monish Wilson ,Shinumon and Robin S Bronze for Thrissur Thrissur men and women grabbed the Bronze medal as their women beat Kozhikode 75-51 and men scrape past Kottayam 62-60 respectively. Susamma Koshy Most valuable Player Award for Rojamol and Grigo Mathew Rojamol Grigo Mathew from Trivandrum were sected as the Most valuable Player of the championship INT 10,000 each Instituted by elanjikackal family in memory of Susamma Koshy PS Viswappan Gold Medal for Poojamol and Manoj Poojamol KS of Pathanamthitta and Manoj R of Kasargod were selected for the PS Viswappan Memorial Gold Medal Kerala Junior Team Felicitated Shri John M Chacko chief patron of Kerala Basketball Association felicitated the winners of 70th Junior National Basketball Championship organised by the Bihar Basketball Association , under the aegis of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI), at the patliputra Sports Complex in Patna . with cash awards and Mementoes Kerala Girls emerged as champions after 9 years as they beat Chhattisgarh 70-50 Kerala women after their League encounters came in to the Knock out round to Face Guajarth and defeated them with the score 66-36 and in the Semi Final beating the defending champion Tamil Nadu 92-54 before Crowing the Chamionship as they beat Chhattisgarh 70-50 Kerala Team coached by Raju Abraham nd lead by Srekala R Trophies and mementoes were distributed by Shri John. M Chacko chief patron of Kerala Basketball Association.