Hosts University of Mysore won all their three league matches and with six points from as many games played, clinched the South Zone Inter-University Women’s Kho-Kho Tournament title for the first time, at the University Grounds here yesterday. In their final league match, University of Mysore, well-served by some inspiring play by K.S. Megha (played 3 minutes & scored 3 points), Jayashree (scored 4 points), Sindhu (played 3 minutes) and Veena (played 3 minutes & scored 1 point), scored a 15-4 win over defending champion, University of Calicut and emerged as the Champion team.
University of Calicut with 4 points from three games (2 wins & 1 loss) emerged as the runner-up, while Mangalore University with 1 point finished third. University of Kerala secured the fourth place. Both Mangalore University and University of Kerala finished with 1 point each after the league stage when they tied their league match at 12-12, and to decide the third place winner, Mangalore University emerged as the winner in the minimum chase time allotted.
All the four teams qualified for the All India Inter-Zonal Women’s Kho-Kho Championships (2017-18) to be held in Gujarat in December 2017. The prizes to the winners were given away by Seeth Chinnappa, former International basketball player & University of Mysore’s Kho-Kho player and Prof. Dayananda Mane, Acting Vice-Chancellor Mysore University.
The former Mysore University players in the women’s section who won medals in the All India Inter-University Kho-Kho Tourney in 1981-82, 2013-14 were felicitated by the Dept. of Physical Education, Mysore University, during the valedictory function.
Final Placing — League: 1. University of Mysore-4 points, 2. University of Calicut -4 points, 3. Mangalore University-1 point, 4. University of Kerala-1 point.
Results – League
University of Mysore bt University of Calicut 15-4; Mangalore University tied with University of Kerala 12-12; University of Mysore bt University of Kerala 9-5; University of Calicut bt Mangalore University 9-8.
Match for third place
Mangalore University bt University of Kerala (For Mangalore University N. Sudha played 1min & 40s, while University of Kerala’s Sree Lakshmi played only for 1 minute & 29s) by minimum chase time.
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