The inter-school boys’ and girls’ championship organized by the Chennai District Volleyball Association began on Tuesday at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Egmore.
Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax K. Vishnu Shankar, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium official P. Venkatesh, international volleyball players Santhosh and Nandagopal, and Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium official Nancy inaugurated the tournament.
In the opening-day matches, in the boys’ division, Perungudi Bharat, Kilpauk Gola Saraswathi, Ambattur Sethubaskara, Mogappair Velammal, Royapuram St. Peter’s, YMCA, Perambur Don Bosco, Alandur AJS Nidhi, and Montfort won. In the girls’ division, Nungambakkam Vidhyodaya, Shenoy Nagar PMS Matric, Anna Nagar SBOA, and DELC Magdalena School teams won.
In the boys’ quarterfinals, Don Bosco-Montfort, St. Peter’s-YMCA, St. Beats-Bharat Das, and Velammal-Sethubaskara will face off.
In the girls’ quarterfinals, DELC Magdalena-Velammal, Gola Saraswathi-PMS, CGHS-SBOA, and Vidhyodaya-Lady Sivaswami schools will clash.
Chennai district association administrators A. Dinakar, P. Jegadeesan, A. Palaniappan, Sri Kesavan, and A. Bakkiyaraj participated.
