The junior spikers from this part of the region put up a splendid show in the Tamil Nadu State inter-district junior volleyball championship at Tirunelveli.

The junior spikers from this part of the region put up a splendid show in the Tamil Nadu State inter-district junior volleyball championship at Tirunelveli.

The boys staved off a stiff challenge to oust a fighting Tiruchi for the title. Coach Murali was obviously pleased with the show. “It was not one or two individuals who did the job for us. It was a total team effort. There were quite a few teams which boasted of players with great height (195 cm) advantage but still our boys were able to cut them down to size, mainly due to some fine understanding.”

The girls did an equally good job but faltered in the final hurdle against Chennai. “We failed to get the blocks right. Frankly speaking, we did not have a block specialist. And, that did the damage. Also, two of our star players (Sandhya and Nandhini Priyanka) failed to get going. We rolled the bench as well but it was not our day. But, I am still pleased with the show,” said Kalpana, the team’s coach.

The Coimbatore District Volleyball Association and its office-bearers felicitated the players.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Coimbatore / by Special Correspondent / Coimbatore – September 26th, 2014