The All-India Inter-University Netball Tournament 2013-14 kicked off here at Pt Ravishankar Shukla University (PRSU) on Saturday. Vice-Chancellor of the PRSU Professor SK Pandey inaugurated the tournament in the presence of Registrar KK Chandrakar, Physical Education, PRSU, Director Dr Vipin Chandra Sharma and Rita Venu Gopal.
In all, 25 teams are participating in the annual netball tourney in which 42 were scheduled to take part. In the first match of day, Pune University registered victory over Davangere University (Karnataka) by 318-27 points, Delhi University trounced Bharthidasan University (Tamil Nadu) by 30-4, MDU Rohtak defeated Mangalore University by 26-25, Bangalore University beat Annamalai University (Tamil Nadu) by 28-25. Similarly Osmania University (Hyderabad) won match against KlEF University (Hyderabad) by 23-12, Krishna University (Andhra Pradesh) beat Choudhary Devilal University by 25-10 and Gujarat Vidyapeeth, Gandhi Nagar defeated M G Kashi Vidyapeeth by 15-12 points.
Sunday’s fixtures: Tumkur University vs MJP Roghilkhand, HNG University Patan will clash with Utkal University, MGS University Bikaner will play against Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, VT University Belgaum will take over lovely Professional University, MDU Rohtak will clash with Osmania University, University of Punjab, to against Karnataka University Dharwad, Rani Channamma University Belgaum will take over Bangalore University and IIT University to clash with Krishna University.