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Noida, 6th June 2017: Kerala at last found a victory as they beat Gujarat 48-28 and now to play against Delhi and the Victory aginst it will book a berth into the quarter-final here for the 68th Junior National Basketball Championship at Shiv Nadar University Noida.

Kerala boys stayed undefeated as they beat Delhi 93-83 and drubbed Telangana 109-26 in Group B Match
Neighbours Punjab and Haryana boys squared off in a level 1 class which was expected to be a bruiser of a contest. However, Punjab’s size and talent was too much for Haryana to handle, who crumbled to a 79-55 defeat. Up to five Punjab players scored in double digits. In the other level 1 boys’ match yesterday evening, Chandigarh got the better of Telangana (89-58), led by Amit’s 28 points. Tamil Nadu girls also picked up a win last evening against Rajasthan 59 to 31 and remained unbeaten.

On the morning of Day 3, defending champions Karnataka maintained a perfect record with a win against Delhi 45-37. A strong first quarter (23-7) set the tone for Karnataka who cruised to the win, despite not having the services of forwarding Snigdha, who suffered a minor injury yesterday.

The Uttar Pradesh girls continued to shine on their home court. Shreyasi (17 points) and Vaishnavi (14 points) ensured a 19-2 start to the game, which ended in a 47-20 win for UP against the Odisha girls. Both the girls’ and boys’ teams of Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal registered victories today, while the Madhya Pradesh boys overcame Himachal Pradesh in a 71-58 win.

Women: Level 1 Group A

• Kerala (Jayalakshmi 8, Lithra 5, Sreekala 5, Aneesha 5) bt Gujarat (Tavleen 12, Ria 7) 48-28 (16-9, 9-3, 11-6, 12-10)
• Karnataka (Sanjana Ramesh 18, Harshitha 14, Chandana G. 7) bt Delhi (Meena 16, Sushantika 10) 45-37 (23-7, 9-11, 4-9, 9-10)
• Tamil Nadu (S. Puspa 19, N. Mirudhula 11) bt Rajasthan (Yashika 16, Ishika 7) 59-31 (17-7, 18-12, 10-6, 14-6)

Women: Level 2 Group A

• Uttar Pradesh (Shreyasi 17, Vaishnavi 14) bt Odisha (Lipramayee 7, Ambika 6) 47-20 (19-2, 11-11, 10-5, 7-2)
• West Bengal (Paromita 29, Babita Das 16) bt Telangana (Nashita Amira 14, R. Jyothi 10, G. Sandhya 10) 77-45 (31-15, 12-6, 18-13, 16-11)
• Andhra Pradesh (Vyshnavi 16, Susmitha 10, N. Padmavathi 8, Uma Maheshwari 8) bt Uttarakhand (Srishti 10) 50-19 (6-4, 14-4, 14-2, 16-9)
• Himachal Pradesh (Poonam 17, Muskan 12) bt Jharkhand (Pallavi Ghosh 7) 39-16 (18-2, 9-2, 8-12, 4-0)
• Telangana (K. Jyothi 17, Nashita A. 11) bt Goa (Amisha L. 8) 45-16 (10-6, 15-8, 8-2, 12-0)
• Uttarakhand (Srishti Rawat 15, Jaya Joshi 10) bt Assam (Mamtaz Begum 6) 40-11 (14-0, 15-4, 6-7, 5-0)

Men: Level 1

• Punjab (Kanwar Gurbaz 19, Swapnil Sharma 16, Mandeep Singh 14, Gurwinder Singh 13, Princepal Singh 12) bt Haryana (Rinku 33, Sachin 11)79-55 (23-18, 15-12, 25-12, 16-13)
• Chandigarh (Amit 28, Anuj 17, Rahul 16, K Vishal 11) bt Telangana (Vipin 16, Pradeep 11, S. Sai Krishna 11) 89-58 (22-17, 27-22, 22-15, 18-4)

Men: Level 2

• Madhya Pradesh (Yugesh 18, Puneet 14, Rituraj 10) bt Himachal Pradesh (Jatin 15, Sahil 10, Akshay 10, Namneet 10) 71-58 (24-8, 10-16, 11-16, 26-18)
• West Bengal (Gopal 22, Vinod 19, Saddam 17) bt Jharkhand (Ashwini 28, Ranjan Singh 15, Rahul 11) 85-67 (29-19, 18-11, 16-21, 22-16)
• Andhra Pradesh (AS Pavan 25, N. Md. Haroon 17, V. Naga Durga 16, SS Krishna 12) bt Odisha (Sarat 21, Suresh 20, Srikanta 14) 88-74 (24-26, 24-18, 22-20, 18-10)
• Andhra Pradesh (AS Pawan Kumar 13, SS Krishna 13) bt Puducherry (M. Samuel 6) 55-26 (19-7, 11-4, 19-5, 6-10)

Kavita Akula’s unconventional path to play basketball in the US bore fruit on May 28, 2017, as she became the first Indian-born female basketball player to get a full scholarship to a Division 1 (D1) college Grand Canyon University in the US. D1 is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the US. The 21-year-old will begin her college basketball journey this September.

Before that She Will be joining the Indian Women Camp Starting at Bangalore on 5th June at Kantheerava Stadium in preparation for the 39th William Johns Cup to be held at Taiwan from 7th to 14th July later for the preparation of FIBA women Asia Cup to be held at Bangalore from 23rd July to 29th July 2017.

In the shortlisted Sixteen member Indian camp from Kerala we have Jeena PS, P G Anjana, Grima Merlin Varghese (all from KSEB) and Poojamol KS from Kottayam along with the tallest from the camp 6ft 9 inches Poonam Chaturvedi, Barkha Sonkar from Uttar Pradesh who is also playing in USA and Anmolpreet Kaur from Punjab who is now in Japan (who also will Join shortly) and the senior most player Anita Paul Durai from Tamil Nadu.

Akula had two offers on her plate – one from Grand Canyon in Phoenix, Arizona and another from Saint Francis University in Pennsylvania but she decided to sign with Grand Canyon because of their new head coach, Nicole Powell, who is a former WNBA All-Star.

According to ESPN Kavita Akula’s incredible basketball journey
From Bhilai to Kansas via Bradenton, 21-year-old Kavita looks to build a career out of grit and guts.

“Coach Powell has great energy and she is looking for somebody who can lead the team, and I thought I will fit in well,” Akula said. “Coach said my experience playing junior college will help the team.”

Akula will be a point/shooting guard for the Grand Canyon team starting this fall and will be a junior (third year of college, since she played two years of junior college). She will major in business management and marketing.

Akula first moved to the US at age 14 to train at the IMG Academy in Florida, and then decided to stay back in the US and play basketball for Garden City Junior College in Kansas. It was an unconventional move, but Akula knew it was the right step toward her ultimate goal to play D1 college ball.

Tiruvalla May 31st 2017:- International Muhamed Shiras of St Ephrem’s HSS Mannanam and Sneha Sebastian from Little Flower HSS Koratty will lead the Kerala Junior State Men and women respectively here for the 68th Junior National Basketball Championship for Men & Women to be held at Shiv Nadar University, Gautam Budh Nagar District, in NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh from 4th to 11th June, 2017.

The team was selected after a 21 days camp at Assumption College Indoor Stadium Changancherry (women) and Men at St. Pius College’s new indoor stadium at Rajapuram in Kasargod District.

The Women Team will be coached by Thomas Chandy from Kerala State Sports Council and managed by Rilja Babu from Thrissur

The Men will be coached by Sudeep Bose from Kerala State Sports Council and Managed by Anil Kumar from Thevara

The Team Women Sneha Sebastian(c) Reyna Katharine & Aparna Sadasivan (all from Thrissur) Sreekala R and Anupama M.J (both from Thiruvananthapuram) Lithara K C and Anagha N V(both from Kannur) Aneesha Cleetus and Sylvia Grace Shibu (both from Kottayam) Jayalakshmi V J (Alappuzha) Angela Sunny (Kozhikode) Olivia T Shaibu (Idukki)

The Team Men Muhammed Shiras N (C) Chacko C Simon & Shanzil Muhammed (all from Kottayam) Joshua George,Sharan Frazilin, & Shaun A Louis (all from Ernakulum) Feby Joseph George and Amal Raghu (Alappuzha) Sejinn Mathew (Pathanamthitta) Gokul G(Thiruvananthapuram) Gokul Babu (Thrissur) Aswin Binu (Idukki).

Indian Teams Fail in the Qualification Round
Sreekala Dazzle but Fail to qualify

Cyberjaya (FIBA 3×3 U18 Asia Cup 2017) – Indian Men and Women teams rather a Younger outfit averaging 16years fail to qualify for the Final round in the third edition of the FIBA 3×3 U18 Asia Cup, in the Malaysian city of Cyberjaya on 26-28 May.

Sixteen men’s teams and sixteen women’s teams will compete at the tournament –

The first edition of the FIBA 3×3 U18 Asia Cup was held in Bangkok, Thailand in 2013 and saw Philippines’ men and Chinese Taipei’s women win gold.

India women drubbed Turkmenistan 21-9 and Lost to Chinese Taipei 12-17.
Chinese Taipei scored 36 points from the two Matches while India scored 33 points from Two matches finished second in the Group 16-year-old Sreekala from Kerala was the leading Scorer for India as well as in the Group and 4th best Scorer in the qualifying round came up with 15 points followed by 15 years Vaishnavi Yadav from UP contributing 14 points. Indian Men lost both their matches Contributed 21 points from 2matches Lebanon beat Turkmenistan 18-17 to qualify Prasanth Tomar (Karnataka)8 points PrincepalSingh (Punjab) 6, Sejinmathew (Kerala) 4 Points

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FOR SAMJOSEPH VENUE: St EPhremes MAnnanam & KE School Mannanam DATE: 16-21 May 2017

Title for Kottayam and Thiruvanathpuram

20th MAY 2017- 34th Kottayam boys Retained the Boys Title defeating Idukki (69-42) Thiruvanthapram Girls defeated Thrissur 90-84 in the finals of the 34th edition of the Kerala State Basketball Championship For Youth Boys and Girls 2017, will be held tomorrow (21st May )at the St Ephrem’s Basketball Flood Lit Indoor Stadium at Mannanam and at KE School Mannanam . Final Four 

In Girls division Thiruvananthapuram girls after trailing 31-46 in the Interval came back strongly through Sree Kala who contributed a massive 37 points to her team o the victory she was well assisted by Ameesha Jose with 17 points, JijiS with 11points and Krishna Priya for Thrissur Aparna sadasivan was the leading scorer with 24 Points and Sandra Contributing 21 points

In the boys, Final in an evenly contested first half where Kottayam lead points for Kottayam Jerome Prince was the leading scorer was the leading scorer with points followed by scoring points and for Idukki, Tom Jose was leading scorer with18 points

The Trophies for the Girls Division was distributed by Jose K Mani MP

Special Awards

Best Player

• Sreekala R, Thiruvanathapuram (girls)
• Jerome Prince Kottayam (Boys)

Promising Player

• Aparna Sadasivan Thrissur (Girls)
• Tom Jose, Idukki (boys)

Bronze for Alappuzha Boys and Kottayam Girls
Alappuzha boys defeated Thrissur 61-46 while Kottayam Girls trounced Kannur 41-20 to claim the Bronze medal

Detailed Scores

Finals Girls 
Trivandrum-90 (Sreekala R 37, jiji Ameesha, Jose Jiji S 11, Krishnapriya10) bt,Thrissur-84 (Aparna Sadasivan24, Sandra Anil 21, Ann Maria Johnny18,)

Finals Boys
Kottayam – 69(Jerome Prince 23, David C V12, Dinoy12), bt Idukki- 42(Tom Jose 18, Noyal Jose16)

Bronze Medal Match
Girls
Kottayam-41((Ann Mary Zacharia10) bt Kannur-20

Boys
Alapuzha-61(Chriso Sabu22,Yajur das11) bt Alapuzha-46(Rahul J 18,Midhun PM10)

Sejin Mathew who hails from Tiruvalla Now the only Keralite at the NBA Academy in Noida and Sreekala R of St Goretti HSS Thiruvanthpauram will represent India at the second edition of the FIBA 3×3 U18 Asia Cup in Cyberjaya, Malaysia Starting from 26th to 28th May 2017

The team is undergoing Training at the Kantheerava Stadium in Bangalore. Jeena Zacharia from Southern railway will also be with the team as Leader of the women Squad India Men is in Qualifying round along with Turkmenistan Lebanon and will Join Group C along with Bahrain and Qatar In the women’s category India will play the Qualifying round along with Turkmenistan Chinese Taipei and if qualify will Join the reigning champs from Japan will face 3×3 powerhouse Indonesia Group C The 32 participating teams (16 men’s and 16 women’s) were divided into two groups based on the FIBA 3×3 Federation Ranking after the automatic seeding of the, presented by Under Armour, The 20 best teams in the FIBA 3×3 Federation Ranking on the 1 November 2016 cut-off date (including the hosts) got an automatic spot in the main draw and were divided into 8 pools of 3. The other 12 teams were placed in a qualifying draw with 4 pools of 3. The winners of each 1 of these 4 pools will join the main draw.

Teams directly qualified (world-rank at cut-off in brackets):

Men: Malaysia (Host), Indonesia (8), Kyrgyzstan (12), Philippines (13), Qatar (21), China (23), Bahrain (24), Kazakhstan (31), Japan (32), Sri Lanka (34)

Women: Malaysia (Host), Kazakhstan (13), Japan (16), Kyrgyzstan (19), Bahrain (20), Indonesia (22), China (28), Sri Lanka (35), Singapore (36), Philippines (37)

Indian Team *FIBA Asia Cup 3on3

Men: Sejin Mathew (Kerala)Bhagyansh Gulati(uttar Pradesh k Princepal Singh (Puinjab) and Prasanth Tomar (Karnataka)

Women: Sreekala R (Kerala) Iswarya Janardhanan(Tamil Nadu) Harshitha Bopaiah(Karnataka) ) and Vaishnavi Yadav (UP)

Both are Making the Indian Cap for the first time

MALE, MALDIVES (SABA Championship 2017) – India on Tuesday secured their sub-zone’s sole qualifying slot for the FIBA Asia Cup 2017 after completing a sweep of the SABA Championship 2017. India have now qualified for the FIBA Asia Cup taking place in Lebanon from 8th-20th August this year.

India has also ensured qualification for its top club team in the FIBA Asia Champions Cup – a tournament where the premier club teams of Asian countries go head to head.

Sebastian PJ is the only representation from Kerala as the coach along with Bhaskar from Tamil Nadu

India handily defeated Nepal, 90-44, for their fourth win in as many games at the tournament, bookending a dominant run that saw them beat opponents by an average of 46.5 points per game. As has been the case throughout the competition, the dynamic duo of Amritpal Singh and Vishesh Bhriguvanshi proved to be unstoppable for the Indians as they methodically dismantled Nepal’s defensive efforts. They effectively propelled India to a five-peat championship streak in SABA.

Detailed Results of All matches

• India (Amritpal Singh 25, Anil Kumar BK 10) bt Maldives (Zilaal Mohamed 12, Haleem Hussain 7) 84-42 [22-3, 24-12, 22-13, 16-14]
• India (Amritpal Singh 28 pts & 16 reb, Vishesh Bhriguvanshi 26 pts & 10 ast) bt Sri Lanka (Thammitage Perera 18 pts, Joseph Croos 13 pts) 88-61 [23-17, 27-17, 16-15, 22-12]
• India (Amritpal Singh 22, Vishesh Bhriguvanshi 14) bt Bangladesh (Kumar Biswas Mithun 25, Khan Md. Shamsuzzaman 22) 142-71 [36-9, 32-20, 45-13, 29-29]
• India(Vishesh Bhriguvanshi 22, Anil Kumar BK16) bt Nepal (Ashim Shrestha 9) 90-44 [25-06, 20-07, 26-13, 19-18

KERALA BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
34th KERALA STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR YOUTH BOYS &GIRLS 2017
FOR SAMJOSEPH VENUE: St EPhremes MAnnanam & KE School MAnnanam DATE: 16-21 May 2017

Kozhikode,Kottayam Teams Confirmed the quarter final berth

17th MAY 2017- 34th Kozhikode & Kottayam Boys and Girls confirmed their berth in to the quarter finals  here for the 34th edition of the  Kerala State Basketball Championship For Youth Boys and Girls  2017  at the St Ephrems Basketball Flood Lit Indoor Stadium at Mannanam  and at KE School Mannanam.

In Girls division Alapuzha and Kannur from pool A, Kozhikode andIdukki from Pool B, Thrissur and Ernakulum from C and Kottayam and Trivandrum from D confirmed their berth in to the Quarter final

In Boys only Kozhikode have completed the league engagement topped the pool C, Idukki and Kottayam with two straight victories have confirmed their quarter final berth with one more day to go for the league round.

In other league matches Idukki drubbed Pathanamthitta 41-5 and again beat Thrissur 56-32 then Thrissur bt Ernakulum 45-30, Alapuzha bt Malapuram 47-14, Kozhikode bt Kollam 42-6 Palakkad scrape past Kasargod 35-34, kottayam beat Ernakulum beat Pathanamthitta 55-37, Kttayamdrubbed malapuram48-14

In girls division Idukki-37(Ardra Xavier20) bt Malapuram37-8, Kannur bt Kollam 43-11,Trivandrum bt Palakkad 37-8 and Kozhikode defeated Malapuram44-18 and Thrissur had an easy victory over Pathanamthitta with 25-6 score and Kottayam beat Kasargod 32-7

Detailed Scores Boys

• Idukki-41(Tom Jose12) bt Pathanamthitta-5
• Thrissur-45(Niyath12,Cristo10) bt Ernakulum-30(Calvin Louis10)
• Alapuzha-47(Midhun PM12) bt Malapuram-14)
• Kozhikode-42(Ajin C Nair14) bt Kollam-6
• Palakkad-35(Julan Laji12) bt Kasargod-34(sooraj T V11)
• Ernakulum-55(BenjaminThomas 18,John Paul14) bt Pathanamthitta-37(PrithinMurali17)
• Idukki-54( Tom Thomas22,Joyal Jose8)bt Thrissur-32(Joyal Davis8)
• Kottayam-48(Davis C 10) bt Malapuram-14

Detailed Scores Girl

• Idukki-37(Ardra Xavier20) bt Malapuram-8
• Kannur-439joma Gejo12,Anu Maria11,Aksha philip10) bt Kollam-11
• Trivandrum-37(Ameesha Jose8) bt Palakkad-8
• Kottayam-32 bt Kasrgod-7
• Thrissur-25(Sandra7) bt Pathanamthitta-6
• Kozhikode-44(Devi rajesh8) bt Malapuram-18

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VENUE:St EPhremes MAnnanam  &  KE School MAnnanam DATE: 16-21 May 2017

Good Start for Kottayam Teams at the Youth Basketball Championship at Mannana

16th MAY 2017- 34th Kottayam Boys and Girls had an easy run today as the boys drubbed Tiruvanthapuram 44-17 while the girls had an easy victory over Palakkad with he score 36-4 here on the opening day of the 34th edition of the Kerala State Basketball Championship For Youth Boys and Girls 2017 here at the St Ephrems Basketball Flood Lit Indoor Stadium at Mannanam and at KE School Mannanam.

This 6 day Championship which will be the prelude to the 34th Youth National Basketball Championship for Boys and Girls to be held in Hyderabad from 1st to 8th July 2017, was inaugurated by Subash J Shenoy International Player at a meeting presided by Shri P J Sunny President Kerala Basketball Association.

In other matches in girls division Alapuzha drubbed Kollam 41-12 and Ernakulum had an easy victory over Pathanamthitta with a score of 29-9 and Thriuvanthapuram beat Kasargod 33-6

Detailed Scores Boys

• Kottayam-44(Jerome prince13, Nithin Biju8) bt Thiruvanthapurm =17)Pranav Prince9)

Detailed Scores Girls

• Kottayam-36(ann Mary Zacharia12) bt Palakkaad-4
• Alapuzha-41(Godsy Joseph11,Shipa P J 10,Anjali Sabu8) bt Kollam-12
• Ernakulum-27(Emilin Trea Das13) bt Pathanamthitta-9
• Thiruvanthapuram-33(vibi John10) bt Kasrgod-9

About the Championhip

The championship will feature 14 District teams in Boys Division and 13 in  Jr Girls Division which will be played on a league cum Knock out Format.  Top 3 teams from Pool A & Pool B, ONE each from Pool C & Pool D will qualify for the knock-out stage in Jr. Men category while Top 2 teams from each Pool in Jr. Women category.

Kottayam in Boys Division and Alalpuzha in Girls Division are the reigning champions

Groupings Boys

Pool A-  Kottayam,Trivandrum,Alappuzha & Malappuram

Pool B –  Thrissur,Ernakulam, Idukki  &Pathanamthitta

Pool C-  Kozhikode ,Kollam & Wayanad

Pool D- Kannur,Kasargod & Palakkad

Groupings Girls

Pool A- Alappuzha Kannur,& Kollam

Pool B – Kozhikode, Idukki & Malappuram

Pool C – Thrissur, Ernakulam& Pathanamthitta

Pool D – Kottayam Trivandrum, Kasargod  & Palakkad

NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum (back center), Jaypee Greens Managing Director Manju Sharma (to Mark’s left) and NBA India Managing Director Yannick Colaco (to Mark’s right) join coaches, VIPs and the inaugural class of 21 prospects at the official opening of NBA Academy India (Credit: NBA)

Sejin Joins NBA Academy as It officially opens Yesterday in Noida

NEW DELHI – Sejin Mathew the only participant from Kerala as joined at the of NBA Academy India, an elite basketball training center at Jaypee Greens Integrated Sports Complex in Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) for the top male and female prospects from throughout India. When it officially opened by National Basketball Association (NBA) yesterday

 According to NBA release 

Twenty-one elite male prospects, who were selected following a three-month, nationwide basketball talent search, will receive scholarships and training at NBA Academy India, the first of its kind in the country.

Today’s opening event, which included a traditional Indian “lamp lighting” ceremony, on court drills and a scrimmage among the prospects, was attended by NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum and NBA India Managing Director Yannick Colaco.

NBA Academy India will employ a holistic, 360-degree approach to player development with focuses on education, leadership, character development and life skills. As part of the program, the students will compete against top competition throughout the year and will have an opportunity to be selected for travel teams that play in international tournaments and exhibition games.

“The opening of our first academy in India is an important milestone in the NBA’s efforts to grow basketball in India and demonstrates our commitment to developing talent and shaping the game’s future here,” said Tatum. “These 21 young athletes and those who will attend this academy in the years to come will receive world-class coaching and training to help them fulfill their potential on and off the court.”

Three experienced coaches have been selected to guide the development of the players at NBA Academy India. Ray Farrell, who has coached at the collegiate level in the U.S. and conducted basketball camps internationally for 36 years, will serve as Technical Director and will oversee all aspects of on court and off court development. Jacques Vandescure, a former professional player and former NBA scout who has coached across Africa, will serve as the Player Development Coach. Todd Gates, a former coach at the NCAA Division I level for 10 years, will serve as the Strength and Conditioning Coach. WNBA Legend Jennifer Azzi will be the Technical Director of the girls program at the academy.

This residential academy will be a good opportunity to learn more. There are good facilities like indoor basketball courts, gym and swimming pool,” he added.

The NBA also plans to set up a women’s academy. “It’s in the pipeline, and we have nominated Jennifer Azzi as technical director for the girls’ programme,” said NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum.

P J sunny of Thrissur and Dr prince K Mattom of Idukki elected as New President and Secretary y of the Kerala Basketball Association at the annual general body meeting held here at the Don Bosco Conference hall in Vaduthala Kochi

Dr John M Chacko will be the chief patron and George Zacharia Cheern the Patron Joseph C Joseph will also be there as the Hon Member of the Association.

Other members. Senior Vice President Adv KA Salim (Ernakulum) Vice presidents Shaji Jacob Padippurackal (Kottayam) V V harilal (Palakkad) C N Balakrishnan (Idukki) Philip Zacharia (Pathanamthitaa)

Associate Secretaries Sri.A.K.Mathew , K Premanad (Kozhikode) K Sunil (Kasargod) Anil Hemanth(Malauram) K Jsebastian (Palakkad) Treasurer Shaju S (Kollam)

Nominee to BFI Sri. V.C.Hashim & Sri.P.J.Sunny, Bsc.(Engg.)

Nominee to KSSC K Manohara Kumar(Malapuram)

Executive Committee Members Sri. Binoy (Kannur) Paul James (Thrissur) Prof Raghunath (Kasargod)

Sri. Antony Mathew Mob: 9946981913 Sri.Jaison Peter Mob: 9847304820. K Mob: 9895248040
Tech. Commission Chairman Sri. C.Sasidharan (Kozhikode) Convener Manoj Xavier (Thiruvanthapuram) Referees Commission Chairman Rev.Dr.Philips Wadakekalam Convener Rev.Fr.Siby Chethikalam Members Johnson Joseph(Kozhikode) Media Co-ordinator Sri.K.O.Oommen

Selection Committee Chairman Senior: P C Antony ( Thrissur) Junior: Biju D Temman(Kottayam) Youth: Jaison Peter (Ernakulum) Mini: Jilse Sebatian(Wayanad) 3×3: M Binu ( Alapuzha)
State Championship Coordinator Antony Mathew Kottayam
Web Site Coordinator Manoj Xavier

Quarterfinalist Spotted

Kochi 30th April 2017- Kottayam , Ernakulum ,Thiruvanthapyram ,Pathanamthitta, Thrissur , Alapuzha ,Kozhikode ,Malapuram from Jr men and Kozhikode ,Thrissur,Alapuzha ,kannur ,Idukki ,Ernakulum,,Kottayam and Thiruvanthapuram have confirmed their Quarter final Berth here for the 41st Kerala State Basketball Championship For Junior Men & Women 2017 here at the Don Bosco School Flood it Basketball stadium in Vaduthala .

In the league match to day in an exciting extra time thriller Pathanamthitta anchored by Sejin Mathew defeated Idukki 88-78 after an evenly fought regular time 72- 72while in other matches Ernakulum Boys defeated Idukki 72-53 ,thiruvanthapuram drubbed kannur 38-21 ,kottayam defeated Alapuzha66-36 .mlapuram beat Kasargod 46-29
In Jr women division Kottayam beat Palakkad36-16, Ernakulum Scrape past Kollam 37-36 to qualify themselves to the quarterfinal

Kottayam and Erankulum Starts off in fashion

Kochi 29th April 2017- Kottayam and Erankuum started off in fashion Kottayam drubbing Kannur 35-6 while Ernakulum rallying on with their Player from IMG Academy Joshua J George defeating Pathanamthitta 65-50 and Thiruvanthapurm got better of Alapuzha with a 67-57 victory here for the 41st Kerala State Basketball Championship For Junior Men & Women 2017 here at the Don Bosco School Flood it Basketball stadium in Vaduthala .

In other matches Kozhikode boys drubbed Palakkad 60-16 Malapuram beat wayanad 47-14,Pathanamthitta beat Thrissur 63-52

In Jr women Kozhikode drubbed Wayanad 37-8,Thrissur beat Ernakulum66-15 and Idukki got better of Wayanad 39-4.

Earlier In the Morning in boys Kozhikode had an easy victory over Kollam 35-12, and Wayanad beat Kasargod39-30
In Girls Thiruvanathapuram drubbed Malapuaram 55-19 and Kannur beatPalakkad 48-16.

This 6 day Championship which will be the prelude to the Junior National Basketball Championship to be held in Goutham Budh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh from 3rd to 11th June 2017 The State team to Participate in the National Championship will be selected from this Championship.

The championship will feature 14 District teams in Jr Men Division and 12 in Jr Women Division which will be played on a league cum Knock out Format. Top 3 teams from Pool A & Pool B, ONE each from Pool C & Pool D will qualify for the knock-out stage in Jr. Men category while Top 2 teams from each Pool in Jr. Women category.

Kottayam in Jr Men Division and Kozhikode in Junior Women Division are the reigning champions

Detailed Scores

JR MEN

• Kottayam-36(shanzil10) bt Kannur-6
• Thiruvanthapuram-57(Gokhul G13, Sharath g12) bt Alapuzha-57 (Amal Raghu29, Nirmal14)
• Ernakulum-65(Joshua George28, Dharon Frazilin13) bt Pathanamthitta050 (Sejin Mathew15, Libin J 12)
• Kozhikode-35 (Abhiram11) bt Kollam-12
• Wayanad39 (Albin20) bt Kasargod-30
• Pathanamthitta-63 (Sunin Jacob17, Yadu Krishnan16, Sejin Mathew10

JR WOMEN

• Thiruvanthapuaram-44 (Anupama J15,Sreekala100 bt Malapuaram19 (nimisha E K10)
• Kannur48 (Anagha NV18, Lithara11) bt Palakkad-16
• Idukki-39 (Olivia T shaibu10) bt Wayanad-4

Mumbai – Kerala Women defeated Tamil Nadu 69-55 here for the 4th Kaustubh Memorial All India Basketball Tournament (U 21) at Fr Agnel Multipurpose School stadium in Mumbai.

The week long tournament had teams from, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Chattissgarh and Maharashtra..

The game played in league cum knock out format. Kerala Women grabbed the tournament prize money of INR 3o,ooo.

Kerala in the Semi final defeated Pun jab 48-22

In the final Kavitha from Assumption college grabbed the Best Player award and coming up as the top scorer of the match with 22 points and International Vinaya Joseph from St Xaviers Aluva scored 21 points for the Victory Pushpa Came as the top scorer for tamil nadu scoring 21 points

41st STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR JUNIOR MEN & WOMEN 2017
FOR VELANDI ACHU MASTER & PKS NAIDU EVER ROLLING TROPHY
VENUE: DON BOSCO SCHOOL, VADUTHALA, ERNAKULAM
DATE: 28th APRIL to 3rd MAY 2017

Junior Basketball Championship to Tipoff on 28th April
Hibi Eden MLA to Inaugurate

Kochi 26th April 2017- 41st Kerala State Basketball Championship For Junior Men & Women 2017 will be Inaugurated on Friday 28th April 2017 at the Don Bosco School Flood it Basketball stadium in Vaduthala. The Championship which is allotted to Ernakulum District Basketball Association will be jointly organized by Don Bosco School under the auspices of Kerala Basketball Association. This 6-day Championship which will be the prelude to the Junior National Basketball Championship to be held in Gautam Budh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh from 3rd to 11th June 2017 The State team to Participate in the National Championship will be selected from this Championship.

The championship will feature 14 District teams in Jr Men Division and 12 in Jr Women Division which will be played on a league cum Knockout Format. Top 3 teams from Pool A & Pool B, ONE each from Pool C & Pool D will qualify for the knock-out stage in Jr. Men category while Top 2 teams from each Pool in Jr. Women category.

Kottayam in Jr Men Division and Kozhikode in Junior Women Division are the reigning champions

Groupings Jr Men

Pool A- Kottayam, Trivandrum, Alappuzha &Kannur
Pool B – Thrissur, Ernakulam, Idukki &Pathanamthitta
Pool C- Kozhikode, Kollam & Palakkad
Pool D- Malappuram, Kasargod &Wayanad

Groupings Jr women

Pool A- Kozhikode, Idukki &Wayanad
Pool B – Thrissur, Kollam &Ernakulam
Pool C Kannur, Kottayam & Palakkad
Pool D- Trivandrum, Alappuzha & Malappuram

Opening Day Schedule (28-4-2017)

08.00 AM Kozhikode VS Pallakad (Boys )
09.00 AM Malappuram Vs Wayanad (Boys)
03.00 PM Kozhikode Vs Wayanad (Girls)
04.00 PM Thrissur Vs Ernakulam(Girls)
06.15 PM Ernakulam Vs Pathanamthitta(Boys)
07.15.PM Thrissur Vs Idukki (Boys)
08.15 PM Thiruvananthapuram Vs Alappuzha (Boys)
09.15 PM Kottayam Vs Kannur(Boys)

Thiruvalla 31st Match 2017- 34th Kerala State Youth Basketball championship for Boys and Girls will be organized by St Ephrem’s HSS Mannanam and KE school Mannanam in association with Kottayam District Basketball Association from 16th to 21st May 2017 at CMI Campus Mannanam

62nd Kerala State Junior Basketball championship for Jr Men and Jr Women will be organized by Vaduthala Don Bosco and Ernakulum District Basketball Association at Don Bosco School Vaduthala from 28th April to 3rd May 2017.

The Championships will be the prelude to the Youth Nationals to be held in Hyderabad and 68th Junior Nationals Championship at Gautham Budh Nagar District (UP) from 4th June to 11th June 2017.

Kerala State Team to Participate in the above Nationals will be selected from these Championships

Coimbatore 25 March 2017- ONGC Dehradun Scrape past IOB Chennai 55-53 while Chhattisgarh avenged its defeat had from Southern Railway in the league phase defeated them with the score 77-67 to claim the 31st Federation Cup Basketball Title here at PSG tech Indoor Sports Complex, Coimbatore on Sunday

The trophies and Medals were distributed by Aadav Arjuna Chairman Organising Committee The winners receive INR 1 lac as Prizemony while the runner-up with INR 50,000 and Third place received INR25,000

Vishesh Brighuvanshi from ONGC and Poonam Chathurvedi from Chhattisgarh were adjusted as the Most Valuable Player ward

Earlier in the morning for 3rd Position match, Indian Airforce which lost to ASC in the League phase defeated them with the score 85-79
Similarly, in Women division, Tamil Nadu which defeated West Bengal in the league phase had to bow out to West Bengal with the score 81-52

In the Semi finals, Men ONGC had an easy victory over Indian Air force with the score 72-9 while IOB beat ASC 84-64 to reach Final.

In the women, Semi Final Matches 6 ft 11 inches Poonam Chaturvedi made the winning Basket in the final seconds to put Chhattisgarh a99-98 victory while Southern railway defeated Tamil Nadu 73-67 to mark the final

Earlier in league phase Kerala handicapped by Internationals Jeena, semi finalStephy and Poojamol went down to beat Tamil Nadu 73-61 but fail to qualified-final Kerala was unlucky a one more point would have to make Kerala through to the semi-final.

Earlier Kerala lost to west Bengal with margin of 21 points ( 55-76) and Tamil Nadu had in the first day beaten West Bengal by a margin of 5points which resulted in making triple tie between the three teams and better goal difference West Bengal topped the pool and Tamil Nadu came second and Kerala 3rd earlier and from Group BSouthern railway and Chhattisgarh mad the Semi Final

Customs and Central Excise made the exit as they lost their second match to ASC Bangalore 46-73 here on the third day of the on the second day .earlir beaten by Indian Ar Force

The only bright patch for Customs was their only victory against Ludhiana Basketball Academy 78-77, In a dramatical recovery in the second half with as much as 18 three-pointers scored by customs to make this thrilling Victory

The match which Customs started badly and trailed 17-24 in the first quarter and increased the deficit to 25-39 aby the end of first half and reduced its lead over to eight points at the end of 3rd quarter.with 2 minutes to go for the final Punjab draw a foul and 2 free throws while customs which lead 78-77 at the juncture lucky for customs they missed two free throws and the rebound they recovered for Customs Manoj R (8 three-pointers) was the top scorer for Customs with 30 points and Nikhil KR with 23 Points(4 three Pointers) and Jishnu Nar and Abhilash TS making 12 points each for this sweet victory

THE DETAILED RESULTS: FINAL MEN

• ONGC Dehradun-55( Vishesh Briguvanshi17,Amrjoth Singh17) bt IOB Chennai—53( Prasanna Venketesh14,PrathanSingh13)(11-12,10-11,18-14,16-18)

THE DETAILED RESULTS: FINAL WOMEN

• Chhattisgarh-77 (Poonam Chaturvedi 28, Sharanjeet Kaur 27) bt Southern Railways-67 (Anitha PaulDurai. 23, Neena Sandeep 17) [21-20,21-24,19-12,16-11]

THIRD PLACE WOMEN

• West Bengal-81 (Madhu Kumari 22, Libina MJ 16) bt Tamil Nadu-52 (Srividya S 14, V. Srividhya 13) [30-17,27-13,20-10,04-12]

THIRD PLACE MEN

• Indian Air Force -85 (Joginder Singh 33, Narender Grewal 30) bt Army Service Corps – A.S.C-79 (Issac Thomas 26, Jeetendar Singh 20) 85-79 [08-25,22-15,26-18,29-21]

SEMI FINALS MEN

• Indian Overseas Bank (Rikin Pethani 32, Prasanna Venkatesh 15) bt Army Services Corps – A.S.C. (Jeetendar Singh 15, Issac Thomas 13) 84-64 [29-16,20-22,15-10,20-16]
• ONGC Dehradun (Vishesh Bhriguvanshi 22, Arjun Singh 15) bt Indian Air Force (Narender Grewal 12, Nikhil Kumar 11) 72-49 [35-11,23-11,10-10,02-19]

SEMI FINALS WOMEN

• Southern Railway (Anitha P 25, Renjini Peter 11) bt Tamil Nadu (R Varshanandhini 22, Srividya S 11) 73-67 [17-12,16-10,23-23,17-22]
• Chhattisgarh (Poonam Chaturvedi 59, Sharannjeet Kaur 15) bt West Bengal (Sitamani Tudu 30, Madhu Kumari 27) 99-98 [26-23,20-23,26-27,27-25]

MEN:GROUP A

• Indian Overseas Bank Chennai (Prasanna venkatesh 18, Rikin Pethani 14) bt Central Railway (Raj Khalbhor 19, Amit C. 11) 75-58
• IOB 82 (G. Sivabalan 20, Hareesh Koroth 19) bt Income Tax (Gujarat) 71 (Dhaval P. Ulva 20, Dishan V. Shaji 19);
• ONGC (Uttarakhand) 75 (Vishesh Bhriguvanshi 26, Amritpal Singh 19) bt Central Railways 64 (C. Amit 22, Akshadeep 11).
• ONGC-88(Yadwinder Singh22,Vishesh Briguvanshi20) bt Income Tax Gujarath-71(Pratik Parmer15,Dhaval Ulva10)
• Central Railways 68 (Rakesh 16, Amit 15) bt Income Tax (Gujarat) 63 (Dishant 23, Kasi 21).
• ONGC Dehradun (Vishesh Bhriguvanshi 30, Yadwinder Singh 14) bt Indian Overseas Bank Chennai (Jeevanatham P. 14, Sathish Kumar 10) 73-56

MEN:GROUP B

• Customs & Central Excise (Kerala) 78 (R. Manoj 30, K.R. Nikhil 23) bt Ludhiana BA 77 (Arshpreet Bhullar 21, Rahul Mehla 16).
• ASC Bangalore-87(Issac thomas26.ShashiKumar18, Varinder Singh15,Jeethendar Singh15) , bt Ludhiana Basketball Academy-64(Rajveer Singh18,Ashpreet Singh19)
• Air Force-87(Narender Grewal20,K Praveen14,K Nikhil13,G Rophit12) bt Customs and Central Excise-37(Eudric Perera22,Jishnu G Nair11
• Army Service Corps (Karnataka) 73 (Issac T. Thomas 18) bt Customs & Central Excise (Kerala) 46;
• Indian Air Force 95 (G. Narender 26, Hemant Sheoran 23) bt Ludhiana BA 80 (Arshpreet Singh 24, Jaipal Singh 22).
• Army Service Corps & Centre (Karnataka) 57 (Isaac Thomas 16, Shashi Kumar 13, Jeethendar Singh 13) bt Indian Air Force 51 (Narendra Kumar 20, Joginder Singh 10);

WOMEN:GROUP A

• Telangana 70 (Divya Palanivel 15, Aswathy 14, M. Gayathri 10) bt Punjab 39 (Gagandeep 10);
• Southern Railway 65 (Raja Priya 15, Amita Minj 14) bt Punjab 52 (Gagandeep Kaur 16, Amanpreet Kaur 14)
• Southern Railways -69 (M Adhirai 19, Anitha P 14, Rajapriyadharshini.R 14) bt Chhattisgarh -51 (Poonam C 15, Sharanjeet Kaur 13)
• Southern Rly. 74 (P. Anitha 24, Raja Priya 18) bt Telangana 57 (Divya Palanivel 19, Aswathy 13).
• Chhattisgarh 105 (Poonam Chaturvedi 42, Riya Verma 18) bt Punjab 75 (Nicha Netam 15, Mahima Bharadwaj 11).

WOMEN:GROUP B

• West Bengal-76(MadhuKumari25,SitamaniTudu14,Libina MJ15) bt Kerala-55(Anjana PG11,Shiji George11,Nimmy George11)
• Tamil Nadu 72 (V Srividhya 16, Hemalatha P 15) bt West Bengal-67 (Libina MJ 21, Sitamani Tudu 20)
• Kerala 73 (P. Anjana 26, P. Surya 12) bt Tamil Nadu 61 (R. Varshana 21, S. Srividhya 13).
• West Bengal 79 (Sitamani Tudu 19, Anjana 15) bt Delhi 50 (Sahiba 11, Princy 11).
• Tamil Nadu 80 (Keerthi 18, Sri Vidya 13) bt Delhi 66 (Garima 12, Sahiba 11).
• Kerala 74 (P.R. Surya 16, P.G. Anjana 13) bt Delhi 36 (Sahiba Maan 12)

Bishop- Moore Trophy for Mar Ivanios College and Assumption
C V Sunny Academy Inaugurated
Mar Ivanios College Thiruvananthapuram and Assumption College Changancherry bagged the Bishop Moor Trophy Basketball Tournament here at The Newly Refurbished Basketball Court of Bishop Moore College Mavelikara

In Women Assumption College Defeated St Josephs College Alappuzha 42-36 with Leading the Scoring for Assumption with 13 points and for Alappuzha Anusha IP the top scorer with12 points

In Men, Mar Ivanios beat St Berchmens College Changancherry 52-38with Akhil AR and AR Krishnan contributing 10 points each for the victory and for SB college Akhil Baiju came as the top scorer making 10

C V Sunny Basketball Academy Launched With the support of vensec Venmony & Bishop Moore College A new basketball Academy by International C V sunny was launched here at Bishop Moore College Mavelikara , the Academy up under C V sunny was inaugurated by R Rajesh MLA mavelikkara

Earlier basketball Tournament was inaugurated by Dr. T I Manoj administrative Committee member of Kerala Sports Council at a function Presided by Dr. Sabu George Principal Bishop Moore College The trophies and Mementoes were distributed by C V sunny and VEnsec Chairman Koshy Samuel

Detailed Scores Women

• Assumption College Changancherry-42(Kavitha Jose13,Nimmy Mathew10) bt St Josephs College Alapuzha-36(Anusha IP12)

Detailed Scores Men

• Mar Ivanios College Thiruvanthapuram-52(akhilAr10,Harikrishnan Haridas10) bt S B college Changancherry-38(akhil Baiju10)

Qualifying Round Match Men

• Sree Kerala Varma College Thrisur-73(Mohammed Rijas20,Grigo Mathew17) bt Sacred Heart College Thevra-54(manikuttan15,Rizwan12,Ebin Wilson10)

Surya P R to lead Kerala

Surya P R of Kerala Police will lead the Kerala team for 31st Federation Cup Basketball championship to be held at PSG tech Indoor Sports Complex, Coimbatore from 22nd to 26th March 2017. The team will be coached by Antony Stephan from Kerala State Sports Council assisted by Jeevan Raj Sebastian from SH CMI Thevara and managed by Adv K A Salim Secretary Ernakulum District Basketball Association

The women team is placed in Group B along with Delhi Tamil Nadu and West Bengal Kerala will this time miss the service of Internationals Jeena PS, Anjana PG, Stephy Nixon, Poojamol K, S and Indian Campers Athira who Captained Kerala for the historic win this year and grime N Merlin Varghese Jeena P S, Grima, Pooajamol indisposed due to Chickenpox Stephy for Domestic reason and Athira who sustained and injury at the Indian camp

The men will be represented by Customs and Central excise Kochi who will be placed in Group A along with Indian Airforce, Ludhiana Basketball Academy, ASC Bangalore

The team
Surya PR(c) Neenumol PS, Chippy Mathew, Vinaya Joseph (all from Kerala Police) Anjana PG, Rojamol, Shinji George(all from KSEB) India Nelson & Kavitha Jose (Assumption College Changanmhcerry) Shilpa Athulya N(providence College Kozhikode ) Nimmy George(St Joseph College Irinjalakuda

Groupings Women

• Group A – Southern Railway Chennai,Telengana,Chattissgarh,Punjab
• Group B- Kerala ,Delhi,Tamil Nadu and West Bengal

Groupings Men

• Group A- Customs and Central excise Kochi, Indian Air Force, Ludhiana Basketball Academy ,ASC Bangalore
• Group-B – ONGC Dehradun, I.O B Chennai, Income Tax,Central Railway Mumbai

Thiruvalla 19th March 2017 ;- In a thrilling final league match of the Final4 to decide the men’s champions and runner Up of the 16th Champions Trophy all-Kerala inter-club basketball championship, Customs and Central Excise prevailed over KSEB 72-6 to qualify themselves for the 31st Edition of Federation Cup to be held at Coimbatore on 22nd to 26th March 2017 .

I women final 3 Kerala Police claimed it with a clean slate as they beat Providence College Kozhikode 71-67 in the final League match and Assumption College Claimed the runner Up spot with a 1 victory and 1 loss and Providence finished 3rd position.

In Men Kerala Police Men finished 3rd position with 2-1 as they beat Sree Kerala Varma college Thrissur in exciting encounter with score 68-64 and Sree Kerala Varma College Finished as 4th

The men final was an exciting one, Spirited Youngsters of KSEB which started leading the first quarter with the Score of 19-15 and ended the first half in an evenly poised score of 31-31

The third quarter also saw KSEB surging ahead, Jishnu Nair who contributed 14 points in that quarter Combining with Ajeeth Sugunan put KSEB on the lead ending the quarter with the score 53-49.

The fourth deciding quarter it was Veteran Subash J Shenoy from the bench made all changes to the game as he used his confidence with consecutive three-pointers which put ahead Customs into the winning track, but again the younger trio of KSEB Jishnu Nair, Tony Mathe, and Sreerag N Nair put back KSEB to a slender lead of 68—65 but this time it was experienced Abhilash who incidentally the top scorer for Customs with 16 points responded to this situation with his three-pointers making it 68-68 and Eudric Perera sealed the Situation for Customs with an fast- break with 30 seconds to go for the final whistle and a couple of free throws by Abhilash sealed the Customs victory with 72-68 .

In the final league match in the women Kerala police after a slender lead of 27-26 in the first half came on to beat Providence 71-67 for Police Surya P R was again the top scorer with 18 points followed by Neenumol with11 points and Agnes Davis scored 10 points for Providence Elizabeth Hillarios was the leading scorer with26 points supported by Osheen naveendran with22 points and Athulya making14 points

The State women State Team was also announced Neenumol PS, Surya PR, Chippy Mathew , Vinaya Joseph (all from Kerala Police) Anjana PG,Rojamol,Shilji George(all from KSEB) India Nelson & Kavitha Jose (Assumption College Changanmhcerry) Shilpa Athulya N(providence College Kozhikode ) Nimmy George(St Joseph College Irinjalakuda

The trophies and Mementoes were Distributed by P P Varghese Secretary Kerala Basketball Association and President K Manohara Kumar.the Championship was inaugurated by Shri A.PM. Mohammed Hanish, IAS Chairman & Managing Director, SUPPLYCO(former Secretary of Sports & Youth Affairs) on 14th March 2017.

4 Kerala Players to Miss Federation Cup

It was a major setback to the team as the four Players who were at the Senior Indian Camp Including captain of the winning team Athira, Prolific Players Jeena PS, Grima Merlin Varghese and Poojamol KS have to return from the senior women’s national camp in Indore as they have been diagnosed with chicken pox while Athira with an Injury sustained to her leg .https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif

Detailed Results league Matches Women

• Kerala Police -71(Surya P R18,Neenumol PS11,Agnes davis10)bt Providence College Kozhikode-67(Elizabeth hllarios26,Osheen naveendran22,Athulya n18)
• Kerala Police Thruvanthapuaram- 60(Surya PR 21,Neenumol PS 15,Vinaya Joseph8) bt Assumption College Chaganacherry-45(Nimmy Mathew17,India Neson11,RoseMary10)
• Assumption College Chanagancherry-69(Kavitha Jose18,Rose Mary17,Nimmy Mathew11, Niya Scaria11) bt Providence College Kozhikode-58(Osheen Naveendran13,Ahulya N10)

Detailed Results league Matches Men

• Customs and Central Excise 72 (Abhilash TS 16, Shinumon Augustine 15) bt KSEB Thiruvanthapuram- 68 (Sreerag N Nair 22, Ajeeth Sugunan 14, Jishnu G Nair 14)
• KSEB Thiiruvanthapuarm-56(Sreerag N Nair 22,Tony K Mathew13, Jishnu G Nair10) bt Sree Kerala Varma College Thrissur-42(Sijo Mathew 20,Gineeb benny11)
• Kerala Police- 68((Sreejith N Nair19,Jijo Thankachan13,Christy Chacko12) bt Sree Kerala Varma College Thrissur-64(Grigo Mathew Varghese20,Gineeb Benny 21,Rijas M 13)
• Central excise Kochi-75(Abhilash TS20,Eudrick Perara15,Shinumon Augustine10) bt Sree Kerala Varma College Thrissur-51(Muhammed Rijas10,Ginneb Benny10)
• Central Excise Kochi-85(Manoj R27,Bony mathew14,Shinumon Augustine12) bt Kerala Police-67(Sreejith N Nair18,Jijo Thankachan14)
• KSEB Thiiruvanthapuarm-91(Srerag N Nair16,Ajeeth Sugunan13,Ashin Xavier10) bt Kerala Police-55(Sreejith N nair10)

Qualifying Round Match Men

• Sree Kerala Varma College Thrisur-73(Mohammed Rijas20,Grigo Mathew17) bt Sacred Heart College Thevra-54(manikuttan15,Rizwan12,Ebin Wilson10)

Qualifying Round Match Women

• Assumption College Chanagancherry-66(,Rose MarySajan17,Nimmy Mathew16,) bt St Johns College Anchal-38(Athira AV14)

KERALA BASKET BALL ASSOCIATION
16TH CHAMPIONS TROPHY INTER CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP.

For Men and Women from 14th to 17th March 2017

Organized by Regional Sports Centre in Association with EDBA under the auspicious of KBA

A P M Muhamaed Hanish IAS to Inaugurate Champions Trophy Inter Club Basketball Championship at Regional Sports Centre Kochi
Kochi 12th March 2017- 16th All Kerala Champions Trophy Inter Club Basketball Championship will be organized by Regional Sports Centre in Association with Ernakulum District Basketball Association Under the auspicious of Kerala Basketball Association will be Inaugurated on 14th March 2017 at 5.30 pm at Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Kadavathara Kochi by Shri. Mohammed Hanish, IAS Chairman & Managing Director, SUPPLYCO (former Secretary of Sports & Youth Affairs)

Top teams from Kerala including Customs and Central Excise Kochi, KSEB Thriuvanthapuram, Kerala Police Thiruvananthapuram, Sree Kerala Varma College Thrissur, Assumption College Changanacherry, Providence college Kozhikode, Four daySt Johns College Anchal will be Participating Four-dayChampionship which will be played on a round-robin league format

The Champion Club will represent Kerala at the 31st Federation Cup National Basketball for Men and Women to be held at P SG College of Technology Coimbatore from 22nd to 26th March 2017

In the Inaugural Match Assumption College Changanacherry will take on St John’s College Anchal

Ernakulam District has been allotted this Championship on a Short Notice since Kasargod District basketball Association who were the official Bidders of the Championship 2016-17 had withdrawn from the Championship

The Invitation and program also attached

NB All Matches will be Played the Evening 5 pm Onwards

Kochi: John Cashimir(Kishore) Ex Kerala State Basketball Player and former Treasurer Kerala Basketball Association Passed away at the Age of 68, at Amritha Medical College Hospital in Kochi on Monday.

Kishore a native of Fort Kochi presently Director Board Member of Fort Kochi YMCA. He is survived by wife Lizy and a daughter Dhnaya married to Augustine Kerala Police.

Funeral tomorrow(Tuesday) at 10.00 @ Fort Kochi Velly Cemetery. Body now at His residence at Vaduthala and tomorrow morning at 8. 00 am onwards at Y M C A Fort Kochi in Kochi

Kishor started his basketball journey with YMCA Cochin and IGA Kunnamkulam. He represented Ernakulam District basketball team and went on to captain Kerala Men team in 1970 Agra National Basketball Championship. He has also contributed immensely to the growth of basketball in Kerala by leading as secretary of Ernakulam District Basketball Association for seven years (1993 – 2001) and in his capacity as Treasurer to Kerala Basketball Association from 1997 to 2005.

16th Edition of Champions Trophy Interclub Basketball Championship for Men & women will be Organised Jointly by Regional Sports Center & Ernakulam District Basketball Association under the auspicious of Kerala Basketball Association fro 14th to 17th March 2017

The championship will be a prelude to the 31st Federation Cup Basketball championship to be held at Coimbatore from 22nd to 26th March 2017

The Champion Club will be representing Kerala in the ensuing federation cup while Kerala women Team to represent r the championship will be selected from this Championship

Tiruvalla 21st February 2017: Eight Players from Kerala have been called for the 1st Phase of the National Coaching Camp of the Indian Senior Women’s Basketball Team to be held at National Basketball Academy – Indore from 1st to 19th March 2017 in preparation for the FIBA women’s Asia cup to be held in July this year at Bangalore.

Five Players are from KSEB Jeena PS, Anjana P G, Roajamol G, Grima Merlin Varghese and also Stephy Nixon who have not played this year at the Senior Nationals also find her place in the camp. Apart from the players of KSEB Athira M (Kerala Police) the captain of Kerala team this year also find her name along with Poojamol KS from Kottayam and the Younger one Nimmy George from St Josephs College Irinjalakuda have made their place in the 1st Phase of the camp.

T J Thomas Trophy for Sree Kerala Varma College, Thrissur & St Josephs College Irinjalakuda

Kunnamkulam – Sree Kerala Varma C Thrissur defeated Alappuzha Basketballers in Men section while in women while in Women St Josephs College Irinjalakuda after trailing til the 3rd quarter went on to beat Assumption College Changancherry 57-49 to claim the 1st T J Thomas Memorial, All Kerala Inter Club Invitational Basketball Tournament here at the Good Shepherd ITC Flood Lit Basketball Court, Kunnamkulam

In the women Final Assumption who had an early good start of 18-8 in the first quarter and carried on till the 3rd quarter leading 43-35 but in the last quarter saw St Josephs fighting it back through the youngsters Nivya Raj and Aswathy Jayasankar who fought brilliantly to put St Josephs as the champions with the score 57-49.

In Men Final, the younger and fitter outfit Sree Kerala Varma College Thrissur defeated the much-experienced outfit of Alappuzha Basketballers having in their rank players from Kerala Police with the score

Aswathy Jaysankar from St Josephs irinjalakuda and Antony Johnson from Sree Kerala Varma College were adjusted as the Best Players of the Tournament

The trophies and cash award for women were distributed by Hon Minister for Sports Sri A C Moideen while in men division by CP John former member of Planning Commission

Finals Women Detailed Scores
St Josephs College Irinjalakuda – 57(Aswathy Jayasankar19, Nivyaraj11) bt Assumption College Changancherry – 49(Kavitha Jose17, Nimmy Mathew14)

Finals Men Detailed Scores
Sree Kerala Varma college Thrissur -62(Rijas TM18, Amit Sebastian14) bt Alappuzha basketballers- 41(Jomon Jose15)

Kochi 18th February 2017- Gold and Silver Medallist of Khelo India National Basketball Champions Kerala Girls was given a rousing welcome on her arrival here on Saturday.

Kerala Girls U17 team had won the Gold defeating Haryana 79-57 while their U 14 team went down fighting to Delhi 55-61 to secure the Silver.

The Team arrived at Ernakulam Town by Sabari Express Express Lead by the Skipper U17 the Gold Medallist Olivia T Shaibu from Shanthl Jyothi Public School Muttam and the Silver Medallist U14 Team lead by Anjanna Paul Maveli from Christ School Irinjalakuda and accompanied by coaches Winny Bestine from Koratty , Ajith A R Thiruvananthapuram , Prem Kumar from Ernakulam, and Minnu George from Thrissur

The reception was initiated by TEAM REBOUND an organization of former Basketballers lead its president International Muhammed Iqbal who came forward to help the teams with kit and expenses of the camp from the request of Kerala Basketball Association for help as the entry was sanctioned by Kerala State Sports Council without financial help.

Those who came over to the Station includes Arjuna awardee and the administrative board member of Kerala state sports council Sri George Thomas, former international players which includes Leelamma Santhosh,Merciamma Sebastian,Sheebamma Augustine,Indu Lekha and also former state players Alma Nettikkadan and Shyla kuriakose, FIBA commissioner Dr Prince K Mattom, former state star Om Kumar,Kerala Management association President and former Sate player Mathew urumbath, Ernakulum District Basketball Association Secretary adv K A Salim, and state stars like Hally Itty Ipe TEAM REBOUND secretary Aji Kumar Nair etc

Team also got reception on the way at Palakkad under former International V V Harilal and at Shornur by PJ sunny BFI member

The Team was honoured at the station with flowers and Food packs.

Girls U 17

Olivia T Shibu (C) (ShanthalJyothi Public School Muttam,Idukki) Jayalakshmi V J , Neethu S(St Josephs GHS Alappuzha) , Anagha Shaji,Anasooya Sanal G.N (Jyothi Nikethan School Alappuzha)Dona Elsa Zacharia , Kavya Jayakumar(Mount Carmel GHS Kottayam) Lakshmi K Lalu,Sandra K A & Aparna Sadasivan( Little Flower HSS Koratty,Thrissur) Mahima Shibu M (St Goerrethy Thriuvanthapuram) Anu Maria CS (SAI Thallasserr)

Girls U14

Anjana Paul Mavely © (Christ School irinjalakuda) Aleena Antony, Aagy Jaison (Little Flower HSS Thrissur) Gouri (St Marys Patton. Chinnu Koshy (St Goretti Trivandrum), Abhirami R(Sarvodaya Trivandrum) Ann Mary Zachariah, Swapna Marin, Aksa Thankam Sajan(Mount Carmel GHS Kottayam) Jesly PS (Sports Division kannur) Avanthika S Biju(St Michaels GHS Kozhikode)Ann Mary Saji (Toc H Villa Ernakulam)

16th February 2017: It was Mixed Fortune for Kerala Girls as their U17 team had an easy outing against Haryana as they beat them with the score 79-57 while their U 14 team went down fighting to Delhi 55-61) here for the Khelo India National Level Competitions to be held in Gachibowli Indoor Stadium Hyderabad Telangana.

The Team which was initially denied participation from the Kerala State Sports Council later given permission to participate in it without any financial commitment for the Council at this satiation It was indeed a Kind Gesture from TEAM Rebound an organisation of former Basketballers who came forward to help the teams with kit and expenses of the camp from the request of Kerala Basketball Association for help .

The team was then accompanied by Prem Kumar from Ernakulam, Ajith A R Thiruvananthapuram, Winny Bestine and Minnu George from Thrissur

In the Final in U17 final Girls after leading 43-27 Kerala Came Victorious with the score 75-57 Jayalkshi VJ of St Josephs GHS Alappuzha was the leading scorer for Kerala with 44 points followed by Olivia with 11 nad Sandra Making10 for Haryana Neenu was the leading scorer with 22 points

In U 14 category after an evenly fought 1st Quarter 15-14 Kerala went down to Delhi with the score of 55-61 for Kerala Ann Mary was the top scorer with 23 points and for Delhi, Kritika Scored 22 points for the c victory.

U17 Girls Detailed Scores
Kerala- 75(Jayalakshmi V J44, Olivia T Shaibu11, Sandra 10) bt HArayana-57(Nenu22, Saraswathi10)

U14 Girls Detailed Scores
Delhi-61(kritika22, Anctha12, trishla10) bt Kerla-55(Ann Mary ZAcharia23, Gouri12)

Girls U14
Anjana Paul Mavely © (Christ School irinjalakuda( Aleena Antony, Aagy Jaison (Little Flower HSS Thrissur) Gouri (St Marys Pattom. Chinnu Koshy (St Goretti Trivandrum), Abhirami R(Sarvodaya Trivandrum) Ann Mary Zachariah, Swapna Marin, Aksa Thankam Sajan (Mount Carmel GHS Kottayam) Jesly PS (Sports Division Kannur) Avanthika S Biju (St Michaels GHS Kozhikode)Ann Mary Saji (Toc H Vytlla Ernakulam)

Girls U17
Olivia T Shibu (C) (ShanthalJyothi Public School Muttam, Idukki) Jayalakshmi V J, Neethu S (St Josephs GHS Alappuzha), Anagha Shaji, Anasooya Sanal G.N (Alappuzha) Dona Elsa Zacharia, Kavya Jayakumar(Mount Carmel GHS Kottayam) Lakshmi K Lalu, Sandra K A & Aparna Sadasivan( Little Flower HSS Koratty, Thrissur) Mahima Shibu M (St Goerrethy Thriuvanthapuram) Anu Maria CS (SAI Thallasserr)

Kerala Girls March on to the finals of the KELO India Basketball Championship in both U14 and U7 categories as U14 drubbed Telangana 48-21 and in U 17 category beat Tamil Nadu 81-69 here at Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad.

In girls Semifinal matches in U14 category, Ann Mary Zacharia & Aleena Antony Was the top scorers for Kerala with 16 points

In u 17 division Jaya Lakshmi was again the leading scorer for Kerala with 26 points followed by captain Olivia scoring 13 and Sandra Contributing 11 points

It was rare seen in the field of Basketball that two generation of winners assembling & sharing pleasantries later joining together is always a great sight, This Meeting of two generation was arranged by the 1st Ever Women National Champions of Kerala (1984 Cuttack Nationals) as they joined along with Regional Sports Centre, Cochin and Ernakulam District Basketball Association felicitated the present Kerala Women’s Basketball Team that won the title after a gap of 32 years during National Basketball Championships held at Pondicherry as both assembled here at the Rajiv Gandhi AC Indoor hall in Kadavanthara Kochi on last Saturday 11th February 2017.

The young team that won the recent championship had arrived in full strength, while the seniors missed three of the stalwarts, Dr Raji Thampi the captain who captained the side was no more, Dr Nisha Aniie Jacob who was in Gulf & Prasanna kumara (Jaya Sankar) who could not be relieved due to UBA pro-League Those who came includes Emily K Mathew Molly Augustine, Jaya Kumari, Mercyamma Sebastian, Sheebamma Augustine, Joshiamma George Renny M Vincent , Ancy Mathew and Bindu Rajapan who flown all the way from Kolkata to attend the function K V Alexander the former International from AIR Force and was coach was the coach at that time was the coach with Kerala Sports Council working that time with St Therese’s College Ernakulam and also Antony Stephan the helm –with present was also present

The coaches who coached the 84 batch at school/colleges also attended the function which includes International Coach and Referee Thomas J Fenn, Alappuzha Raveendra Alappuzha, C C Annamma, V V Paul and C P Michael

Molly Mathew on behalf of the 84batch recollected the journey to the title – as they reached attack, it was cold and had no expectation about the medal and at the first game was humbled by Punjab by 19 points then as they pulled string there onwards trembling Tamil Nadu, semi finalDelhi and Maharashtra semi-final defeating Indian Railways to Meet Punjab again. In the final punajb had made their home work to bottle Dr Raji Thampi , who was a player who plays equally on both sides and also used both hands for shots. Then also one change on the starting line up to put Joshyamma who had entrusted for guarding the prolific player of Punjab in place of Emily but Punjab started with 7-0 lead again Alex sir pulled renny and put emilly back and she made two three pointers and and made Kerala back in to the track and by the time others also rose on to the occasion to beat Punjab by 19 points to make the ever first title for Kerala.

The function was chaired by P J Sunny and the chief guest of the day was Shri K Mohammed Y Safulla IAS Collector of Erankulum and welcomed by SAS Navas Hony Secretary RSC and felicitation includes Sri KV Alexander, the coach, Molly Mathew representing 1984 batch Mohammed Iqbal former international and President Team Rebound, KA Raju President Ernakulum district Basketball Assocation and Vote of Thanks by Adv KA Salim.

On behalf of the Kerala team Antony Stephan and Athira M the captain in the reply Speech believes the current batch has been so successful as they stayed together for close two years now.

Those who present also includes Internationals V.V Harilal, Leelamma Thomas, C V Sunny, Subash J Sheoy, Indulekha etc International Referee Fr Philips Wadakae kalam and an array of former state and University Players Vetran Players V T Xavier, Om Kumar, Hally Itty Ipe etc