The national B Chess Championship, being organised by the Maharashtra Chess Association, will be held from August 18-31 at Andheri Sports Complex. At stake in this 13-round Swiss League is prize money of Rs 66,550 and 13 berths in the National A. Entries will be accepted at Zandu Canteen, Sayani Road, Prabhadevi, till August 14. For details contact As Awate 8918520, RM Dongre 8501480, DB Pulekar 5130943.

Juneja, Deepali get top billing

Local players Rohan Juneja and Deepali Anvekar have been given pride of place in under-19 boys and girls sections of the All-India Otters Club Open Junior Squash Championship to be held here from August 14-19.

Seedings (boys) Under-19: 1 Rohan Juneja, 2. Bikram Uberoi, 3. Parth Doshi, 4. Mihir Kapoor. Under-17: 1. Junaid Nathani, 2. Mahesh Verma, 3. Vishal Kapoor, 4. Neerav Tomar. Under-15: 1. Mihir Seth, 2. Siddharth Suchde, 3. Sohail Vora, 4. Gaurav Nandrajog. Under-13: 1. Gautam Kalani, 2. Vikas Jangra, 3. Rishab Vora, 4.Nikhil Seth. Under-11: 1. Alisha Mashruwalla, 2. Naishad Lalwani, 3. Jay Bhagat, 4. Harsjit Sethi.

Girls (under-19): 1. Deepali Anvekar, 2. Joshna Chinappa, 3. Supriya Balsekar, 4. Rhea Bhandari. Under-15: 1. Joshna Chinappa, 2. Supriya Balsekar, 3. Alisha Mashruwala, 4. Shyla Pundole. West Zone Athletics trialsnTHE BOMBAY City District Amateur Athletic Association will be conducting trials for West Zone State Selection Junior Athletic Championships at the Priyadarshini Park on August 14 at 8.00 am. Athletes are expected to carry their original bonafide birth certificates. The State selection trial is at Pune on August 17 and 18 while the West Zone Junior athletic championships is at Gandhi Nagar from August 22 to 24.

State Ranking table tennis

Bombay YMCA will be staging the Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament at Sachivalaya Gymkhana from August 28. Entry forms for the five-day event can be obtained from all branches of the YMCA and should be submitted at Central YMCA, 12, NathalalParekh Marg, Colaba from August 10. Further details can be had from YMCA Central Branch (Tel: 2020079, 2826384). Entries close at 1800 hrs on August 24, states a Bombay YMCA release.

BFY family doubles

Badminton for You will be organising the Open Family doubles badminton tournament on September 5 at the Cricket Club of India. The entry fee is Rs 200 and the groups are advanced, basic and beginner. More details can be had from 2088320, 2013636, 281 7836.

Tour of England

A sports & Leisure Promotion Trust cricket team left for a 21-day tour of England on Aug 8, to play 18 matches in and around Bristol. Following is the team: Vidyut Kamath (captain), Kaleem Mohammad, Shailesh Joshi, Amin Merchant, Vishesh Ahuja, Manish Tandel, Rushit Jani, Hassanuddin, Vishal Misal, Sagar Gawade, Anand Poyrekar, Baban Said, Syed Ali Imran, Abdul Waseem. Coach: Dinesh Nanavaty. Manager: Jagdish Sharma. Asst Manager: Janardhan Rane.