IOB (Men) and KSEB (Women) win 2015 JCI Basketball Tournament at Athirampuzha

In Athirampuzha (Kerala), the St Aloysius Flood-Lit Basketball Court hosted the 6th JCI All India Invitational Basketball Tournament, where the local state's Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) defeated Chennai's Southern Railway in the final to bring a title for the home fans. In the Men's final, Chennai's Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) won the final against Cochin's Customs and Central Excise.

In the Women's final, Thiruvanathapuram's KSEB fought in a neck-to-neck battle against Southern Railway, before surviving for a 55-50 win.

IOB's Aravind led with 17 points for IOB to completely dominate Customs and Central Excise in the Men's final, winning 62-30 in the end.

Kerala Women's Team was felicitated at the tournament for their maiden basketball title at the National Games earlier this month.

Vijaya Bank (Men) & Eastern Railway (Women) win 2014 JCI Basketball Tournament at Athirampuzha

Kolkata's outfit Eastern Railway capitalized their unexpected run with a final victory over Assumption College (Changanacherry) to win the 5th JCI All India Invitational Basketball Tournament, held in Athirampuzha in Kottayam district, Kerala on January 12th. In the Men's Final that followed, Bangalore's outfit Vijaya Bank blew out Customs (Chennai) for a resounding victory.

Eastern Railway trailed by two points at halftime of the Women's Final, but turned things around behind a strong effort by Sukurmoni Oran (22) to take the lead over Assumption and fight to a 62-55 win.

In the Men's game, Vijaya's Bank star Aravind was on fire, scoring 31 points to lead the rout over Customs. Vijaya Bank had a 42-22 lead at halftime and cruised to a 72-44 win.

Special guests at the finale - held at Athirampuzha St Aloysius Basketball Stadium - including Kerala's Forest Transport, Sports, Environment, and Cinema Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, MP Jose K Mani, Mons Joseph, Suresh Kurup, NBA-certified coach Jim Coronna , ex India international gootballer IM Vijayan, and India international basketball player CV Sunny.

ONGC (Men) and Central Railway (Women) won the JCI basketball tournament last year.

ONGC Men, Central Railway Women win 4th JCI All India Basketball Tournament

In a repeat of last year's final, ONGC's Men's team once again came victorious in the final of the 4th JCI All India Basketball Tournament against IOB (Chennai) at at the St. Aloysius in Athirampuzha of Kottayam district, Kerala, on Sunday, January 13, 2013. It was a clash of two Railways' teams in the Women's final, where Central Railway defeated South Western Railway to win the title.

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JCI All India Basketball Tournament tipped off in Athirampuzha, Kerala

ONGC (Men) will be looking to defend their title as the 4th JCI All-India Basketball Tournament tipped off at the St. Aloysius in Athirampuzha of Kottayam district, Kerala, on Wednesday, January 9, 2013. A total of six Men’s teams and four Women’s teams will be competing for the crown in this annual club tournament.

ONGC – from Dehradun – feature many of the stars from the Uttarakhand Men’s side that won the recently concluded Senior National Basketball Championship in Ludhiana. Last year’s women’s champions in the JCI Tournament – Southern Railway – are surprisingly absent from this year’s tournament. Southern Railway feature many of the stars who were part of the Indian Railways Women’s side that also won the Ludhiana Senior Nationals.

The participating teams are:

Men: ONGC (Dehradun), IOB (Chennai), Vijaya Bank (Bangalore), Customs & Central Excise (Kochi), KSEB (Thiruvanathapuram) and Kerala Police (Thiruvanathapuram).

Women: Central Railway (Mumbai), South Central Railway (Hubli), KSEB (Thiruvanathapuram), Kerala Police (Thiruvanathapuram).

The competition will run till January 13.

Southern Railway & ONGC win Athirampuzha JCI Tournament

ONGC (Men) and Southern Railway (Women) won the top prize at the 3rd Athirampuzha JCI All-India Invitational Basketball Tournament on Friday, January 6th, at the St Aloysius Basketball Court at Athirampuzha in Kottayam, Kerala. The Men's winners, ONGC, walked home with a 40,000 rupees cash prize while Southern Railway were awarded Rs. 30,000 for winning the women's division in the tournament.

The Men's final was a star-studded affair between ONGC of Dehradun and IOB from Chennai: but it was ONGC's stars that shone brighter on the final day. Bolstered by the addition of Vishesh Bhriguvanshi and Yadwinder Singh, ONGC had become one of India's strongest teams - at least on paper - a few months ago. But both the players were barred from taking part in the Senior Nationals held in Chennai recently, where the ONGC-powered Uttarakhand only managed a seventh-place finish.

But there was no stopping the duo at the tournament in Athirampuzha - Vishesh and Yadwinder led the way in the final with 19 and 15 points respectively as ONGC cruised to a 63-47 victory over IOB.

The Women's final was between Southern Railway and Kerala Fives, and it saw a predictable result and a predictable star. Geethu Anna Jose, who recently celebrated a gold medal at the Senior Nationals with Indian Railways, was once again an imposing force in the middle, scoring 16 points to lead her side to a 50-32 win.