MRF pocket Atray Trophy and Rs 1.5 lakh

Balbir Singh

CHANDIGARH, SEPT 30
MRF from Chennai defeated State Bank of Mysore by 33 runs in the day/night final of the 14th All India J.P.Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament at the PCA Stadium in Mohali here on Sunday night.
Required to score 325, State Bank of Mysore began on a disappointing note as their two top batsmen were dismissed with scorebreading only nine runs. Then K.N. Ramesh and B. Akhil were associated in a 67- run stand in just 62 balls. Skipper Thilkha Naidu played a lion-hearted innings of 81 runs in as many balls, with the help of five boundaries and a six. He was supported by middle order batsman Chetan Williams who scored 50 runs in 51 balls with six hits to fence and one over it. Wicketkeeper batsman Sasi Kumar played an innings of his life by contributing 40 runs in just 32 balls. However, State Bank of Mysore innings folded at a total of 291 runs.
Shikar Dhawan for his knock off 161 runs was declared man of the match. For capturing 15 wickets Sarabjit Singh of PCA Colts was adjudged the best bowler. Shikar Dhawan was declared best batsman of the tournament whereas Daniel Manohar was declared man of the series.
Additional Director Generral of Police, Haryana, Chander Shekar gave away the prizes. The winners received a cheque of Rs 1.5 lakh and runners-up Rs 60,000.

Earlier, MRF captain Venugopal Rao won the toss and opted to bat first. Openers Daniel Manohar and Shikar Dhawan gave a solid start as the opening pair reached 50 runs in only 8th over. Dhawan was more aggressive as he contributed 31 runs in 50 runs partnership. The opening pair added 184 runs in just 181 balls. Daniel Manohar contributed 78 runs in 94 balls whereas Shikar Dhawan added 88 runs in 87 balls.
Daniel Manohar was first to depart as he was caught and bowled by left arm spinner Anand Katti. Manohar's effort of 78 runs includes 8 hits to fence and one over it. Another two wickets of MRF XI fell cheaply in the shape of Venugopal Rao (6) and Parveen Srivatav (6). Sunil Vishawnathan step in and added valuable 70 runs in 63 balls for the fourth wicket partnership with dangerous looking Shikar Dhawan. Sunil Vishawnathan chipped in with 24 runs of 29 balls.
Dhawan completed his 50 with a single towards fine leg which included nine fours. Dhawan completed his century with a glance to fine leg boundry off Anand Katti. Saurab Tiwari scored a brisk 20 runs in just 8 balls with the help of two boundaries and a six. Shikar Dhawan was sent back to pavilion by left arm spinner Anand Katti who trapped him in front of wickets. Dhawan scored valuable 161 runs, his marathon innings came in 139 balls with the help of 15 boundaries and two sixes. MRF Chennai pile up a mighty total of 324 runs for the loss of six wickets in allotted 50 overs.
Left arm spinner Anand Katti was more successful bowler for the State Bank of Mysore as he captured 4 wickets at the cost of 68 runs, B.Akhil Kumar claimed 2 wickets by spending 64 runs. Brief scores: MRF Chennai:324 for 6 in 50 overs (Shikar Dhawan 161, Daniel Manohar 78, Sunil Vishawnathan 24, Saurab Tiwari 20, Anand Katti 4 for 68, B. Akhil 2 for 64)
State Bank of Mysore: 291 all out in 48.1 overs ( Thilak Naidu 81, Chetan William 50, Sashi Kumar 40, K.N. Ramesh 35, B.Akhil 29, Anand Katti 18, P. Chandran 2 for 46, Sunny Kaliyar 2 for 49, Venugopal Rao 2 for 52, Ashish Kapoor 1 for 54).

Illegal and unconstitutional, say Chautalas

Balbir Singh
Chandigarh, September 30
Haryana Olympic Association (HOA) President Abhey Singh Chautala and Indian Table Tennis Federation PresidentAjay Singh Chautala have condemned the Haryana Government's move to appoint an administrator to the democratically elected HOA, affiliated to the Indian Olympic Association. They have termed it as unconstitutional and illegal steps taken by the Haryana Government, resulted out of frustration of the Haryana government's failure.
HOA president Abhey Singh Chautala said that Sirsa State Games to be held from October 2 to 4 would be conducted as per the schedule and the government's this illegal step would not have any impact on it. He said that the government has no right to appoint an administrator at the duly elected the HOA which was not a government department but an autonomous body and there was no share investment from the government side in it.
Abhey Chautala said that HOA was organising the State Games as per the orders of the court. He said that IOA recognizes Olympic Associations and their work falls under the IOA jurisdiction. He said that this action of the state government has crossed all limits of dignity and the HOA would soon file a petition against the Hooda government for the contempt of the court.
Ajay Singh Chautala said that Hooda government had also adopted many such steps earlier to remove the duly elected HOA office bearers and HOA office was got captured by antisocial elements.
He said that not only this Hooda government did not give any grant during the pervious two and half-year tenure but false cases were registered against the HOA officials. He said that after failing to create a parallel Olympic Association during his tenure, Mr. Hooda has stooped to the cheapest tactics. He termed it as a anti-sports and anti-sports persons step of Haryana government. He said that Hooda government's this step would also result into another slap on its face.
The ITTF president said that despite all the anti sports activities of the present government, the HOA had been successful in providing able leadership and guidance to the players of Haryana and government sponsored self styled Olympic Association was not given recognition by the IOA. He said that all preparations for the Sirsa state games were on at the full swing and this frustrated act of Hooda government would not have any impact on it.
Chautala said that HOA and IOA worked as per the Iinternationally accepted Olympic Charter and that charter was against all sorts of government interference in sports bodies.
Meanwhile, the government appointed HOA Administrator RR Jowel announced that both factions of the HOA have been dissolved. These bodies cease to exit and from now onward, he would be looking in the affairs of the HOA. He will select and send Haryana teams in Nationals Games and National Championships.

GGMB Rattewal and Welfare Club A champs

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 30
GGMB College of Rattewal and Welfare Club A emerged winners in the open women and open men categories, respectively in the 6thChallenger Kho-Kho Tournament organised by Chandigarh Kho-Kho Welfare Club at the Government High School ground in Sector 43-A here today.
GGMB College, Rattewal and Khalsa Club of Sector 26 fought a tooth-and-nail fight before the former clinched the issue by a two-point margin (12-10) in the women's final. For the third place, Chandigarh Welfare Club pipped Coaching Centre of Sector 32 in sudden death session which lasted one minute 20 seconds.
Welfare Club A team defeated Welfare Club B by 20-17 in the men's open final. Shaheed Bhagat Singh Club beat Khalsa Club by 20-15 to determine the third and fourth positions.
Government Middle School, Sector 46 gave outstanding account of themselves as they defeated Government Senior Secondary School of Sector 37 by one turn and one points in the girls Under-14 final. Coaching Centre, Sector 43 outplayed Government High School Dharamgarh by one turn and five points in the boys Under-14 final.
The following players were declared the best players of the tournament: Boys U-14: Baljinder Singh (Coaching Centre-43). Girls U-14: Alka (Govt Middle School-46). Women: Naina (Chandigarh Welfare Club). Men:Inderjeet Singh (Chandigarh Welfare Club).
Kajheri Sarpanch Kuldeep Singh distributed the prizes.
Results: Girls U-14 (semi-finals): Govt Middle School-46 bt Chandigarh Club-35 by 13-10, Govt Senior Secondary School-37 bt DAV Model-15 by 8-7.
Final: Govt Middle School-46 bt Govt Senior Secondary School-37 by one innings and one pt.
Boys Under-14 (semi-finals): Coaching Centre-43 bt Joseph's Club-44 by one innings and 3 pts, Govt High School Dharamgarh bt Baptist Club by 20-10 pts.
Final:Coaching Centre-43 bt Govt High School Dharamgarh by one innings and 5 pts.
Women (open, final):GGMB College, Rattewal bt Khalsa Club-26 by 12-10.
Third place: Chandigarh Welfare Club bt Coaching Centre-32 in sudden death -- 1:25 seconds.
Men (open) Welfare Club A bt Welfare Club B by 20-17.
Third place: Shaheed Bhagat Singh Club bt Khalsa Club by 20-15.
Best players of the tournament:
Boys U-14: Baljinder Singh (Coaching Centre-43). Girls U-14: Alka (Govt Middle School-46). Women: Naina (Chandigarh Welfare Club). Men:Inderjeet Singh (Chandigarh Welfare Club).

Rattewal College prove too good for GMSSS-23 in Challenger Kho-Kho

Balbir Singh
Chandigarh, Sept 29
MBB GGG Girls College, Rattewal proved too good for Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 23 by recording a cakewalk win with one turn and 11 points in the women open category quarter-final match in he sixth Challenger Kho-Kho Tournmaent being organised by Chandigarh Kho-Kho Welfare Club at the Government Model High School, Sector 43-A here today.
Welfare Club of Chandigarh and Coaching Centre, Sector 32 also advanced to the semi-final. In quarter-final encounter, Welfare Club faced a stiff challenge from Guru Nanak Club before prevailing over their spirited rivals by a wafer-thin one point margin (10-9).
In another quarter-final match, Coaching Centre of Sector 32 snuffed out the challenge of Government High School, Sector 40 by 20-14. DAV School, Sector 15 will face GSSS-37 in the girls Under-14 semi-final while Chandigarh Club-35 are pitted against Government MHS-40 in the second semi-final in the girls Under-14 category.
In quarter-finals, DAV-15 beat Govt MHS-43 by innings and 8 pts and Chandigarh Club beat Govt ModelHS-40 by 20-11 pts, In the third quarter-final Govt Middle HS-46 ousted Kids-R-Kids by one turn and 11 points. The semi-final line-up in the boys Under-14 is: Coaching Centre-43 vs St Joseph Club-44 and Govt High School Dharamgarh vs Baptist School-45.
Earlier, Bhartiya Jan Shakti (Chandigarh Unit) president L K Khurana inauguarted the tournament in which 40 teams are taking part.
Results: Boys Under-14 (QFs): Baptish School-45 bt DAV School-15 by 11-10; St Joseph's Club-44 bt Government High School-40 by innings and 17 points, Government High School Dharamgarh bt Govt High School-32 by 21-10 pts; Coaching Centre-43 bt Golden Club by 21-11. Semi-final line-up: CC-43 vs St Joseph's Club and Government High School Dharamgarh vs Baptish School-45. Pre-quarter-finals: St Joseph's Club-44 bt GSS-45 by 21-11; Govt High School-40 bt Govt High School-46 by 10-7; Government High School Dharamgarh bt Govt Middle School-46 by innints qand one pt; Govt High School-32 bt Kids-R-Kids-42 by innings and 10 pts. Girls U-14 (Q-finals): DAV-15 bt GMHS-43 by innings and 8 pts, Chandigarh Club bt GMHS-40 by 20-11, Govct Middle HS-46 bt Kids-R-Kids-42 by innings and 11 pts, GSSS-37 bye. Semi-final line-up: DAV-15 vs GSSS-37, Chandigarh Club bt Govt MHS-46. Open (Women): Welfare Club Chandigarh bt Guru Nanak Club by 10-9, Coaching Centre-32 bt Govt HS-40 by 20-14, MBB GGG Girls College, Rattewal bt Govt Middle School-23 by innings and 11 pts. Men: Welfare Club A bt Basaya Club Kharar innings and 8 pts, Coaching Centre-43 bt MDAV-22 innings and 2 pts, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Club bt Govt HS-40 by innings and three pts, Chandigarh Club bt Shishu Niketan by innings and 12 pts. Q-final: Vidya Niketan Club bt Govt HS-41 by 18-3.

PCA Colts bag third spot in Atray Cricket

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 29
PCA Colts outplayed Punjab Cricket Club by 107 runs to finish third in the XIV All India J.P. Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament at DAV School ground in Sector 8 here today.
After winning the toss PCA Colts elected to bat first. Openers Sunny Sohal and Ravi Inder Singh laid a solid foundation as they were associated in a century stand.
. Ravi Inder played a captain's knock of 118 runs off 144 balls with 14 boundaries and two sixes. He was ably supported by Sunny Sohal who chipped in with brisk 62 runs off 63 balls. His innings was studded with eight excellent boundaries and two sixes. Ankur Kakkar (25) and Munish Bhatia (20) were other notable contributors for PCA Colts.
Manpreet Singh was the most successful bowler for the PCC as he took three wickets for 55 runs. Left arm spinner Varun Khanna and Rahul Sharma took two wickets each at the cost of 38 and 44 runs, respectively. PCA Colts piled up a good total of 281 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in allotted 50 overs.
PCC started their chase with openers Sarul Kanwar and Charanjit Singh. However, they got an early jolt when Charanjit (2) was sent back to pavilion by Manish Bhatia with the scoreboard reading 16 for 1 after two overs. Sarul Kanwar and Mayank Sidhana did the repair job as they added 86 runs in just 94 balls for the second wicket partnership.
Sarul Kanwar played a gem of innings as he contributed 75 runs which came off 69 deliveries with the help of 10 hits to fence and two sixes. Sarul was trapped in front of wicket by Vipin Chauhan . Mayank Sidhana (47) too hold out in the hands of skipper Ravi Inder Singh off leg spinner Sarabjit Singh at a total of 141 runs.
After the departure of Mayank Sidhana the PCC wickets were tumbling like a pack of cards as with the addition of 33 runs they lost their remaining seven wickets. Spinners Ankur Kakkar, Sarabjit Singh , Naresh Gogian and Ravi Inder Singh claimed 2 wickets each. PCC were bowled out at a total off 174 runs with 16.1 overs to spare.
With this win PCA Colts got richer received a cash award of Rs. 30,000 for the third position where as PCC pocketed Rs. 15,000. .
Ravi Inder Singh was declared Man of the Match.
MRF Chennai will take on State Bank of Mysore in the day/night match at the PCA Stadium in Mohali from 2.30 p.m..
Brief scores: PCA Colts: 281 for 8 in 50 overs (Sunny Sohal 62, Ravi Inder Singh 118, Ankur Kakkar 25, Munish Bhatia 20, Manpreet Singh 3 for 55, Varun Khanna 2 for 38, Rahul Sharma 2 for 44). P CC: 174 all out in 33.5 overs (Sarul Kanwar 75, Mayank Sidhana 47, Ravi Inder Singh 2 for 5, Ankur Kakkar 2 for 23, Naresh Gogian 2 for 23, Sarabjit Singh 2 for 38).

Chandigarh Administration to honour, Yuvraj, Rajpal, Baljit and Jaswinder

From left to right: Hockey players Rajpal Singh, Jaswinder Singh and Baljit Singh who will be honoured along with cricketer Yuvraj Singh by the Chandigarh Administration.

Balbir Singh
Chandigarh Sept 28
The Chandigarh Administration has decided to felicitate cricketer Yuvraj Singh, hockey stars Rajpal Singh, Baljit Singh and Jaswinder Singh. Governor of Punjab and UT Administrator, General (Retd.) S.F. Rodrigues will felicitate these by awarding them Administrator's Gold Medal at a function to be held shortly.
Vice captain Yuvraj Singh was a member of Indian cricket team, which recently lifted Twenty-20 Cricket World Cup and Rajpal Singh, Baljit Singh and Jaswinder Singh were members of the Indian hockey Team, which won the Asia Cup, held at Chennai recently. These players either belong to Chandigarh or have been associated with Chandigarh. The honour also carries a cash award of Rs.1.00 lakh each.
In order to encourage all sports, the Chandigarh Administration has been promoting sports infrastructure in the city so that the Chandigarh may produce sportspersons of best international standards, who can won laurels for the country.

SB Mysore face MRF in JP Atray final

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, Sept 28
State Bank of Mysore qualified for final after beating PCA Colts by four wickets in the second semi- of the final of 14th All India J.P. Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament being played at PCA Cricket Stadium in Mohali today.
State Bank of Mysore will take on MRF of Chennai in the day/night final on September 30.
State Bank of Mysore decided to take field first after winning the toss. PCA Colts began their innings on a disappoisnting note as their two top order batsmen were sent back topavilion even without opening their account, with the scoreboard reading 2 for 2.
Sunny Sohal and Tanmeet Bawa tried their best to get their team out of woods as the duo added 48 runs. Tanmeet Bawa was sent back to pavilion by medium pacer Aravind at his individual total of 21 runs. Manish Bhatia (12) gave catchg at long of Vijay Madialkar at a total of 106 fro 5 in 31.3overs.
At the fall of Bhatia’s wicket in-form batsman Chandan Madhan stepped in and was rotating strike at his will. A wrong call from Chandan Madhan saw the back of Sunny Sohal who was run out by Manjunath. Sunny Shoal contributed 56 runs off 107 balls withthe help of two boundaries.
After the departure of Sunny Sohal, Chandan Madhan took the charge of scoring runs as he scored 47 runs off 56 balls which included three hits to fence and a six over long- on. He was stumped by wicket keeper Sasi Kumar off Anand Kati. PCA Colts managed to score 185 runs in 48.5 overs.
Anand Kati and B. Akhil took two wickets each for 36 and 17 runs respectively.
Chasing a modest total Tilka Naidu and Vijay Madialkar gave their team a slow and steady start. They added 53 runs in 114 balls, before Vijay Madialkar (28) was caught by Satpal at mid- on off Ravi Inder Singh. PCA Colts struck again as Sunny Sohal make B. Akhil runout through his excellent direct throw from point to bowler’s end.
Naidu’s patient knock of 35 runs off 93 balls came to end as he was caught at short fine leg by Tanmeet Bawa off Ravi Inder Singh.
Spinners of PCA Colts put breaks on the scoring rate of State Bank of Mysore and in this essay they also sent back three batsmen back to pavilion and things were looking in control for PCA Colts.At the fall of sixth wicket, wickekeeper- batsman Sasi Kumar walked in and hammered all thebowlers to each corner of the ground. His effort of 38 runs in just 23 balls with the help of seven sweetly timed boundaries took his team to the victory target with 22 balls to spare.
Sasi Kumar was ably supported by second down batsman K.S.T. Sai who was instrumental inscoring 48 runs which came off 63 balls. This pair added 67 runs for the seventh wicket partnership. Sasi Kumar was adjudged man of the match.
Brig. (Retd.) G. S. Sandhu gave away theprizes.
Brief scores: PCA Colts: 185 all out in 48.5 overs (Sunny Sohal 56, Chandan Madhan 47, Tanmeet Bawa 21, Ankur Kakar 19, Manish Bhatia 12, B. Akhil 2 for 17, Anand Kati2 for 36).State Bank of Mysore: 187 for 6 in 46.2 overs (K. S.T. Sai 48 n.o, Sasi Kumar 38 n.o., Tilka Naidu 35, Vijay Madialkar 28, Chetan William 15, Ravi Inder Singh 2 for 40, Ankur Kakar 1 for 32, Harmeet Singh 1 for 35, Sarabjit Singh 1 for 37).
Tomorrow's fixture: Punjab Cricket Club vs PCA Colts at DAV School,Sector 8, Chandigarh at 9.30 a.m for third and fourth position

HOA to honour Guwahati medal winners

Sirsa, Sept 28
The Haryana Olympic Association, headed by Abhay Singh Chautala, and affiliated to Indian Olympic Association, will honour 152 state players who won medals in the Guwahati National Games. .
Announcing this here, HOA Secretary General Dr M S Malik said that those Haryana players who brought laurels to the state would be given cash awards on the opening and closing ceremonies of the XXI Haryana State Games to be held at Ch Devi Lal Vidya Peeth in Sirsa from October 2 to 4. These medal winners are yet to be feliciated by the Haryana Government. The HOA wished that the State Government disburse cash awards during the Sirsa State Games.
Meanwhile, the Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has expressed his inability to attend the opening ceremony as he would be pre-occupied due to the Gandhi Jayanti on October 2. HOA president Abhay Singh Chautala has requested the Chief Minister to inaugurate the State Games. "The Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda is welcome on any day during the games. We will give him tumultuous welcome as sports is for all and above politics, caste, religion and creed," said the HOA presdient.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will inaugurate the State Games while Haryana Governor Dr AR Didwai has given his consent to be chief guest and distribute the prizes at the closing ceremony.
The HOA has also planned a 'Sadbhavana Sports Yatra' on the eve of the Gandhi Jayanti. More than 1000 persons from all walks of life, including Arjuna awardees, will participate in the sports yatra. The yatra will start from the main centre of Sirsa and culminate at the entrance of the Ch Devi Lal Vidya Peeth, the venue of the games.
The HOA regretted that the State Govenment had not extended financial, technical and equipment support for organising the Haryana State Games.

Badal to inaugurate Haryana State Games; Dr Kidwai chief guest at closing ceremony

Sirsa (Haryana), Sept 28
The coordination committee reviewed the arrangements for the smooth conduct of the XXI Haryana State Games to be organised by the Haryana Olympic Association at Ch. Devi Lal Vidya Peeth here from October 2 to 4. Chairperson of Ch. Devi Lal Vidya Peeth, Ajay Singh Chautala also visited the venues and reviewed the arrangements on the spot.
HOA General Secretary Dr Mahinder Singh Malik, Director General of Ch. Devi Lal Vidya Peeth Kuldeep Singh Dhindsa, Organising Secretary Maj KK Sarohi and Director Competitions Hanuman Singh Bhadu were among those attended the coordination committee meeting. After receiving the arrangements, last-minute instructions were issued for conducting the State Games without the technical, financial and sports equipment support from the Haryana Government.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will be the chief guest at the opening ceremony while former Haryana Chief Minister and President of Indian National Lok Dal Ch Om Parkash Chautala will preside over the function on the inaugural day.
At the closing ceremony on October 4, Haryana Governor Dr A R Kidwai will be the chief guest and distribute the prizes. Ajay Singh Chautala, Member Parliament and president of the Table Tennis Federation of India will preside over at the closing ceremony. Punjab Information Minister Vikram Singh Majithia will be the guest of honour.
Punjab Police and Army bands will be at attendance on the opening and closing ceremonies, respectively.
Former Director General of Police, Haryana, Dr MS Malik said that more than 3,500 players from all 20 districts of the state would compete in 21 sports disciplines in athletics, wrestling, volleyball, basketball, football, hockey, boxing, shooting, archery, kho-kho, tug of war, table tennis, kabaddi, badminton, cycling, fencing, karate, throwball, wushu and weightlifting.
A tradition exhibition crowd-pulling match (circle kabaddi) between Haryana and Punjab will be the highlight of the opening day.
Dr Malik said that "we will look after well the players and technical officials despite budget constraints. A nutritious diet will be served to all participants and officials."
The HOA has written letters of all general managers of Haryana Roadways to give 75 per cent concession in bus fares to all participants as per rules of the State Government."
The District Rural Games Organising Committee is also actively involved in making arrangements.

Haryana medlay relay teams to the fore

Balbir Singh
Chandigarh, Sept 27
The Haryana relay teams hogged the limelight as they claimed three gold medals out of five decided in the last session of the 19th North Zone Junior Athletic Championship which concluded at the Panjab University Campus here today.
The Haryana medlay relay quartet for girls Under-16 comprising Kaushala, Babita, Sujata, Neetu clocked 2:28.25s to win the first position. The Punjab team consisting of Ekamjot Kaur, Supreet Kaur, Ramajit Kaur, Kulwinder Kaur finsihed second in 2: 29.58s while the Chandigarh squad (Lovneet Saini, Yogita, Jaspreet Kaur, Amandeep Kaur) were third in2:32.71 seconds. The Haryana girls 4x100 metres relay for girls Under-18 (Sunita, Monika, Manisha, Anila) ran to glory in 52.37 seconds.. The Haryana 4x100 medlay relay for boys under-18 (Jony Makkar, Pardeep Malik, Satyavan, Sidharth) clocked 43.89s for gold. The Punjab boys Under-20 4x100m relay team (Azadbir Singh, Maninder Singh, Amandeep Singh, Amandeep) timed 3.73 seconds for gold. The Delhi medlay relay for boys U-16 team (Sachin, Jagbir Singh, Ashwani Kumar, Manoj Kumar) captured gold in 2:03.85.
Priyanka Bhanot, daughter of secretary general of Athletic Federation of India Lalit Bhanot and former national thrower Vijaymala Bhanot, bagged gold and silver medals. Priyanka claimed gold medal in discus for girls under-18 with an impressive throw of 45.88 metres. Manisha (Haryana) and Kirandeep Sidhu (Punjab) got silve and bronze medals with 40.80 meters and 35.90 metres. In shot put for girls Under-18 Neelam of Haryana clinched gold with a throw of 13.16 metres.
Priyanka Bhanot released the iron bar to a distance of 12.68 metres for sivler medal.
Resutls: 10,000m walk: Boys-20: 1 Amrit Kumar (Punjab) 49:25.51s, 2 Hardeep Singh (Punjab) 49:32.52s, 3 Manjit Singh (Haryana) 50:32.27s. 5000m walk: Girls-18: 1 Pooja (Haryana) 28:24.8s, 2 Amandeep Kaur (Punjab) 29: 09.6s, 3 Rajbir Kaur (Punjab) 30:27.9s.5000m walk: B-16: 1 Neeraj Kumar (UP) 25:27.31s, 2 Tajvir Singh (Punjab) 25:32.33s, 3Balraj Singh (Punjab( 25:37.21s. 3000m walk:G-16: 1 Sugandha (UP) 16:42.32s, 2 Komal (Haryana) 16: 53.01s, 3 Meenakshi (Haryana) 18:10.02s.10000m B-20: 1 Deep Chand (UP) 33:00.7s, 2 Manoj (Chandigarh) 33:01.4s, 3 Naresh Malik (Haryana) 33:43.9s. Hammer: G-20: 1 Meenakshi (Haryana) 44.95m, 2 Manju (Haryana) 42.32m, 3 Gunjan Singh (UP). Triple jump: B-20: 1 Navjot Singh (Punjab) 14.56m, 2 Mohit (UP) 14.49m, 3 Dinesh Sharma (Haryana) 13.81m.
400m hurdles: B-20: 1 Satish Kumar (Haryana) 55.92s, 2 Mukhtair Singh (Punjab) 56.22s, 3 Ashok Singh (UP) 56.58s. 400m hurdles: B-18: 1 Parveen (Haryana) 56.76s, 2 Ramvir Singh (Haryana) 59.04s, 3 Yogender Kumar (UP) 59.24s. 400m hurdles: G-20: 1 Sundeep Ghuman (Punjab) 1:09.91s, 2 Sarita Sangwan (Chandigarh) 1: 16.80s. 400m hurdles: G-18: 1 Raksha Singh (UP) 1:11.09s, 2 Bharti (UP) 1:11.95s, 3 Mandeep Kaur (Chandigarh) 1:12.84s. Javelin throw: B-20: 1 Krishan Nand (UP) 61.54m, 2 Rajwant Yadav (UP) 57.32m, 3 2 Rajendar (Haryana) 57.00m.
5000m: B-18: 1 Vinit Malik (Uttranchal) 15:36.66s, 2 Radhey Shayam (UP) 15:37.40s, 3 Pramod Singh (Uttranchal15:39.49s. 3000m: G-20: 1 Sativa Dhankar (Haryana) 10:26.66s, 2 Sunita Pal (UP) 10:46.89s, 3 Manju Kumari (HP) 11: 00.45s. 3000m: G-18: 1 Rekha (UP) 11:30.57s, 2 Reema Patel (UP) 11:31.68s, 3 Anita (Haryana) 11:39.73s. Discus throw: G-20: 1 Priyanka Bhanot (Delhi) 45.88m, 2 Manisha (Haryana) 40.80m, 3 Kiran Deep Sidhu (Punjab) 35.90m. 2000m: G-16: 1 Meena Jakhar (Haryana) 7:14.34s, 2 Pooja (Haryana) 7:21.14s, 3 Jyoti (Delhi) 7:21.34s.
Triple jump: B-18: 1 Raj Kumar (Haryana) 14.02m, 2 2 561 Anil Singh (Uttranchal) 13.68m, 3 Prabjot Singh (Punjab) 13.66m. Shot put: B-18: 1 Jasdeep Singh (Punjab) 18.20m, 2 Sanjeev Rathi (Delhi) 18.06m, 3 Ajay Pal (Delhi) 17.55m. 2000m: B-16: 1 Nitesh (Haryana) 5:51.58s, 2 Surender Kumar (UP) 5:51.61s, 3 Vinit Sain (Uttranchal) 5:54.97s.400m: G-16: 1 Ritu Chikra (Haryana) 59.8s, 2 Lovneet Saini (Chandigarh) 1:01.7s, 3 Ekamjot Kaur (Punjab) 1: 02.9s. 400m B-16: 1 Pardeep (Haryana) 51.35s, 2 Aman Handa (Haryana) 51.62s, 3 Manoj Kumar (Delhi) 51.86s. 400m B-20: 1 Maninder Singh (Punjab) 50.40s, 2 Azadbir Singh (Punjab) 50.48s, 3 Vishal Kumar (UP) 50.54s. 400m: B-18: 1 Inderjit Singh (Punjab) 49.57s, 2 Dharamvir Singh (Haryana) 49.66s, 3 Pankaj Dimri (Uttranchal) 50.16s. 400m: G-20: 1 Komal Tehlan (Delhi) 58.08s, 2 Ritu Rajender (Haryana) 59.87s, 3 Rajneesh Bala (HP) 1:02.32s. 400m: G-18: 1 Anila (Haryana) 59.71s, 2 Ramandeep Kaur (Punjab) 1:02.01s, 3 Manisha (Haryana) 1:02.11s.S hot put: G-20: 1 Neelam (Haryana) 13.16m, 2 Priyanka Bhanot (Delhi) 12.68m, 3 Nitasha (J&K) 7.28m.
Medlay relay: B-16: 1 Delhi (Sachin, Jagbir Singh, Ashwani Kumar, Manoj Kumar) 2: 03.85, 2 Haryana (Maehsh, Ravinder Singh, Pardeep, Aman Handa) 2:04.36s, 3 Uttranchal ((Ashwani Kumar, Chakraveer Singh, Bhupesh Bora, Surender Kumar) 2:06.18s. Medlay relay: G-16: 1 Haryana (Kaushala, Babita, Sujata, Neetu) 2: 28.25s, 2 Punjab (Ekamjot Kaur, Supreet Kaur, Ramajit Kaur, Kulwinder Kaur) 2:29.58s, 3 Chandigarh (Lovneet Saini, Yogita, Jaspreet Kaur, Amandeep Kaur). 2:32.71S.4X100m relay: B-20: 1 Punjab (Azadbir Singh, Maninder Singh, Amandeep Singh, Amandeep) 3.73s, 2 Haryana (Sunil Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Kanha Ram) 44.06s, 33 Delhi (Rahul Kasana, Sreevis, Manish Kumar, Arvind Gaur) 44.72s. 4X100m relay: B-18: 1 Haryana (Jony Makkar, Pardeep Malik, Satyavan, Sidharth) 43.89s, 2 Uttar Pradesh (Yashodharan, Chander Bhan Morya, Arun Kumar, Deepak) 44.30s, 3 Chandigarh (Amanpartap Singh, Harvinder Singh, Yesu Raj, Sagar Jha) 45.27s.4X100m relay: G-18: 1 Haryana (Sunita, Monika, Manisha, Anila) 52.37s, 2 Punjab (Jaspreet Kaur, Harpal Kaur, Ramandeep Kaur, Amandeep Kaur) 52.47s, 3 Delhi (Tanya Joshi, Hashmit, Neha Nissar, Rashmi Ujjwal).

Malaysia to host Samsung Champions Trophy

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 27
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has decided that Malaysia will host the 2007 Men’s Samsung Champions Trophy. The event will be played in the National Hockey Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, the same venue as the 2002 Men’s World Cup from 29 November until 9 December 200, according to information received from the FIH.
‘We are happy that the Malaysia Hockey Confederation was able to accept the responsibility to host this important event’, FIH President Els van Breda Vriesman stated. ‘We know that time for the preparation is short but we are confident that the Samsung Champions Trophy will be a success under the organization of Malaysia.’
Malaysia agreed to host the event after the FIH decided that it was impossible to play the Samsung Champions Trophy in Lahore, Pakistan.
With Malaysia as new host, the Samsung Champions Trophy 2007 will be expanded to eight teams and the tournament will be played as a 1 pool competition. The six original participants Australia, Germany, Korea, Netherlands, Pakistan and Spain will be joined by the host Malaysia and Great Britain.
FIH decided to invite Pakistan to participate as some compensation for the disappointment of not being able to host the tournament. Malaysia is added as the host together with England (to be represented by Great Britain) because of its 5th ranking at the World Cup 2006. President Vriesman said “This is a fair and just outcome taking all factors into account and ensures the top teams in the world will be able to utilize the tournament as part of their preparations for the Beijing Olympic Games.”
The FIH will release the match schedule in the next couple of weeks.

St Xavier's lift Ess Vee Soccer Cup

Balbir Singh

Chandigarh, Sept 27
St Xavier's School (Blues) of Panchkula defeated Ryan International School, Sector 49, Chandigarh by 3-2 in the final via tie-breaker of the inaugural Ess Vee Soccer Cup for Under-13 conducted by Samar Estates Pvt Ltd at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Sector 3, Panchkula, on Thursday.
After the teams played a goalless draw in the regulation period, the organisers ordered the tie-breaker rule to break the deadlock. In the tie-breaker session, St Xavier's goalkeeper Gurnihal Singh rose to the occasion and made two brilliant saves to deny Ryan Internationals the title. For St Xavier's School Rahul Rana, Vishal Sagar and Anuj Kaushik converted their spot kicks. Jasmeet and Ankur muffed their penalties. Only Karan and Sehaj got goals for Ryan International. Rajat, Piyush and Atul wasted their chances giving Xavier's win by 3-2 in chancy session of tie-breaker
Earlier, Ryan International School enjoyed territorial supremacy but could not capitalise on the chances that came their way. Despite camping mostly in their rivals territory, Ryan International School frittered away their chances to convert territorial dominance into goals as their strikers were wayward in shooting.
Sehaj of Ryan International was adjudged the best player of the tournament while Jasmeet of St Xavier's Panchkula was presented the up coming player's award. Imran Bhullar of Yadvindra Public School, Mohali was declared the best goalkeeper's award.
Panchkula SSP Sandeep Khairwar was the chief guest and distributed the prizes.
Teams: St Xavier's (Blues) Panchkula: Gurnihal, Ankur, Rahul,Rishab, Jasmeet, Aditya, Anuj, Vivek, Aashish, Susheel, Samar.
Ryan International: Geetinder, Rajdeep Deol, Ashjot Singh, Divjot, Karan, Sehaj, Atul, Prabhjot, Shahzeb, Rupam and Piyush.

Aakash Antil sets national discus record for boy U-18

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 26
Aakash Antil of Haryana broke the five-year old National discus record of Simranjit Singh (55.35m) in the boys Under-18 category by throwing the disc to a distance of 56.36 metres on the second day of the three-day 9th North Zone Junior Athletics Championships being held at the Panjab Univeristy Campus here today. Simranjit had created the previous national record in January 2002 in Chennai.
Shivam Singh of Uttar Pradesh recorded 54.68 metres for the silver medal. Virender Singh of Delhi got bronze with a throw of 48.30m. It was the second new national record set in the meet. On Tuesday, Delhi's thrower Ankita Julka established a national record (43.30 metres) for girls Under-18 in discus throw event.
D R Kannaujia of Uttranchal Pradesh won gold medal in 10,000 metres race for boys Under-18 by clocking 48:49.2s. Manu Ram Patel of Uttar Pradesh got silver in 49:16.3 seconds.
Results: 10,000m: Boys u-18: 1 D.R.Kannaujia (Uttranchal) 48:49.2s, 2 Manu Ram Patel (UP) 49:16.3s, 3 Ved Prakash (Uttranchal) 50:20.1s. 10,000m: Girls U-20: 1 Kavita Dalal (Haryana) 58:28.9s, 2 Rani Yadav (UP) 59:32.2s, 3 Harpreet Kaur (Punjab) 1::03.32.9s. Hammer: Boys-20: 1 Lokesh Yadav (Delhi) 64.96m. 2 Rama Shanker Yadav (UP) 59.55m, 3 Chandrodaya Narayan (UP) 56.80m. High jump girls U-16: 1 Sonu (Haryana) 1.45m, 2 Promila (Haryana) 1.25m, 3 Suman Davi (Punjab( 1.25m.Shot put girls-16: 1 Jaspreet Kaur (Chandigarh) 10.26m, 2 Harkirat Kaur (Punjab) 9.36m, 3 Sandeep (Haryana) 8.76m. Long jump boys U-20: 1 Anil Kumar (UP) 6.94m, 2 Gurpreet Singh (Punjab) 6.90m, 3 108 Narpinder Singh (Chandigarh) 6.64m.
High jump girls u-18: 1 Aarti Yadav (Haryana) 1.52m, 2 Sunita (Haryana) 1.46m, 3 Jyoti Sharma (Chandigarh) 1.25m.Shot put girls U-18:1 Ambey Yadav (UP) 11.78m, 2 Rinku Sangwan (Haryana) 11.71m, 3 Ankita Julka (Delhi) 10.62m.Hammer throw Boys u-16: 1 Sukhdev (Haryana) 57.37m, 2 Abhishek Yadav (Uttranchal) 52.76m, 3 Bharma Nand (UP) 46.99m. 110m hurdles boys U-20: 1 Amandeep Singh (Punjab) 14.60s, 2 Sachin Kumar (UP) 15.49s,3 Ashok Singh (UP)15.66s. 110m hurdles boys U-18: 1 Gurinder Singh (Punjab) 14.63s, 2 Shiv Prakash Singh (UP)15.03s, 3 Parveen (Haryana) 15.11s. 100m hudles boys U-16: 1 Manvir Singh (Punjab( 14.45s, 2 Jagbir Singh (Delhi) 14.68s, 3 Ashwni Kumar (Uttranchal) 14.76s.100m hurdles girls U-20: 1 Sukhmann Preet Kaur (Punjab) 16.1s, 2 Sundeep Ghuman (Punjab) 16 .5S. 100m hurdles girls U-18: 1 Jaspreet Kaur (Punjab) 16.4s, 2 Bharti (UP) 16.8s. 100m hurdles girls U-16: 1 Suman Deep Kaur (Punjab) 16.4s, 2 Saloni Dubey (J&K) 22.0s. Triple jump girls U-20: 1 Ripenjeet Kaur (Punjab) 10.56m, 2 Sarita (UP) 10.54m, 3 Ritu Singh (UP) 9.81m. 200m girls U-20: 1 Komal Tehlan(Delhi) 26.09s, 2 Deepti Rani (Punjab) 26.46s, 3 Ritu (Haryana) 26.69s. Long jump boys U-18: 1 Raj Kumar (Haryana) 6.81m, 2 Shailendra Pratap Singh (UP) 6.66m, 3 Gurvinder (Hawryana) 6.57m.Hammer throw boys U-18:1 Harvender Singh (UP) 65.43m, 2 Azaz (UP) 64.38m, 3 Amit Gill (Haryana) 57.33m.Long jump boys U-16: 1 Bal Kishan (UP) 6.62m, 2 Jitendar (Haryana) 6.42m, 3 Chakraveer Singh (Uttranchal) 6.30m.1500m boys U-20: 1 Sanjeev (Haryana) 4:06.42s, 2 Manoj Kumar(Delhi) 4:06.83s,3 Rakesh Rohela (Delhi) 4:07.78s.Discus throw boys U-18: 1Aakash Anril (Haryana) 56.36m NR, NMR, 2 Shivam Singh (UP) 54.68m, 3 Virender Singh (Delhi) 48.30m. High jump girls U-20: 1 Manbir Kaur (Punjab) 1.40m.
1500m boys u-18:1 Vinit Malik (Uttranchal) 4:02.99s, 2 Shamsher Singh (Haryana) 4:04.88s, 3 Radhey Shayam (UP) 4:06.66s.1500m girls U-20: 1 Savita Dhankar (Haryana) 4:42.70s, 2 Manpreet Kaur (Punjab) 4:55.21s, 3 Poonam (HP) 5:00.08s. 1500m girls U-18: 1 Rekha Patel (UP) 4:55.52s, 2 Reema Patel (UP) 4:56.96s, 3 Ruma (HP) 5:00.60s.200m girls u-18: 1Neha Nissar (Delhi) 26.90s, 2 Tanya Joshi (Delhi) 27.23s, 3 Sukhwinder Kaur (Punjab) 27.57s. 200m boys U-20: 1 Vipin (UP) 22.51s, 2 Maninder Singh (Punjab) 22.70s, 3 Krishan Kumar (Haryana) 22.94s. 200m boys U-18: 1 Inderjit Singh (Punjab) 22.58Ss, 2 Yashodan (UP) 23.18s, 3 Mawa Singh (Punjab) 23.26s.Triple jump girls u-18: 1 Pooja (Haryana) 11.43m, 2 Raksha Singh (UP) 11.30m, 3 Jaspreet Kaur (Punjab) 10.71m. Discus boys U-16: 1 Damanpreet Singh (Punjab) 48.62m, 2 Arjun Singh Ashok (Delhi) 46.18m, 3 Vikas (Haryana) 45.21m.

Gen Rodrigues inaugurates swimming pool

Balbir Singh

CHANDIGARH, SEPT 26
Punjab Governor and Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh, Gen. (Retd.) S.F. Rodrigues, today inaugurated an all -weather swimming pool in Sector 23. Constructed at a cost of Rs.98.00 lakhs in a period of 18 months, the swimming pool, first of its kind in City Beautiful, has a total covered area of 52'x99' and pool area of 35'x79', equipped with ultra-modern facilities.
Accompanied by Finance Secretary, Mr. S.K. Sandhu, Chief Engineer, Mr. V.K. Bhardwaj and other senior officers of Chandigarh Administration, Gen Rodrigues went round the swimming pool complex and took stock of the facilities. He asked the officers to suggest the latest advanced techniques in the swimming pool to make it a world-class swimming Complex.
He emphasized the need of adopting a professional approach for coaching and training the swimmers to prepare them for national and international swimming events. He said that the sky is the limit and we must develop the potential of our swimmers to attain high positions in world level swimming championships. He also interacted with the swimming coaches and the swimmers and encouraged them to achieve excellence in this sport.
General Rodrigues visited the solar water heating system, provided with latest filtration technologies and chlorination plant to eliminate the possibility of bacterial infection. He asked the officers to put trained personnel for maintaining the equipments and senior officials for monitoring the proper functioning of the components of the swimming pool Complex.
The Finance Secretary and Chief Engineer, while giving a brief about the project, informed the Administrator that the pool has been designed to function during both summer and winter seasons. The new pool has been provided with latest filteration system alongwith solar water heating system and chemical dozers. For cleaning of the bed of the swimming pool, a suction device, which is a trolley-mounted suction pump capable of delivering a flow of 215 cum/hour at a head of 10 metre has been provided.
The solar water heating system has been provided with 165 solar panels installed at the terrace of the building to maintain required temperature during winter season. LPG gas backup system has also been provided to meet the heating requirements on cloudy days. The floating type isothermal swimming pool cover with MS powder coated storage reel stand has been provided having wheels for mobility to overcome the temperature drop at night. The public utility services have also been provided with hot water facility.
The structure has been constructed with ceiling and paneling for maintaining optimum temperature inside the pool. The roofing has been done with false ceiling with power coated G.I. sheets having concealed CFL fittings. The changing rooms and entrance lobby have also been provided.

SB Mysore oust ONGC to qualify for semis

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 26
State Bank of Mysore ousted Oil and Natural Gas Corporation by five wickets in the last league match of the 14th All India JP Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament at St. John's School in Sector 26 here today and qualified for the semi-finals against PCA Colts.
Tomorrow MRF Chennai will take on Punjab Cricket Club in the first semi-final to be played at the PCA Stadium Mohali. The match will began at 9:30 a.m.
PCC topped Pool A with 13 points while State Bank of Mysore emerged Pool B with 10 points. PCA Colts remained unbeaten in Pool C and topped their pool with 17 points. MRF and Rajasthan Cricket Association were tied with nine points each. Both had won two matches and lost one each. However, MRF prevailed over RCA on the basis of the nett run rate. MRF's nett run rate was 1.100 while RCA's NRR was 0.510.
Before the start of match ONGC were toping the table with 10 points from two outings whereas State Bank of Mysore were at second position with 5 points from two outings. Equation for both the teams was as State Bank of Mysore requiring a win with bonus point to qualify for the semi finals whereas ONGC needed to save only bonus point even they lose the match.
In a rain-ruined match shortened to 20 overs-a -side match State Bank of Mysore won the toss and opted to field first. Their bowlers responded well and did not allow their opponents to score freely. Right arm medium pacer Chetan Williams bowled with lot of fire as he dismissed three top order batsmen. He was well supported by left arm spinners Anand Katti and Noorudin as both gave only 22 runs from their eight overs,. ONGC XI could manage only 95 runs before getting all out on the penultimate ball.
State Bank of Mysore, requiring 96 runs in 16.1 overs to qualify among the last four started well as openers Tilka Naidu (23) and Vijay (18) added 42 runs in just 40 balls to lay a solid foundation. Former Test player Sarandeep Singh put some breaks on the scoring rate by claiming two wickets but was not able to stop their run chase as State Bank of Mysore achieved the target in 15.1 overs and will face PCA Colts in the semi-finals on September 28 at the PCA Stadium in Mohali.
Anand Katti was adjudged Man of the Match for his excellent bowling spell.
Brief scores: ONGC : 95 all out in 19.5 overs (Gagan Khoda 24, Mohd Saif 18, Amit Sharma 14, Chetan Williams 3 for 47, Vijay Madyalkar 2 for 19, Anand Katti 1 for 6). State Bank of Mysore: 99 for 5 in 15.1 overs (Thilak Naidu 23, B. Akhil Kumar 22, Vijay Madyalkar 18, Sumit Narwal 2 for 18, Sarandeep Singh 2 for 22).

Ryan International face St Xavier’s Blues in Ess Vee Soccer Cup U-13 final

Balbir Singh
Panchkula, Sept 26
Ryan International School, Sector 49, Chandigarh and St Xavier’s (Blues) of Panchkula qualified for the final with contrasting style victories in their semi-final encounters in the Ess Vee Soccer Cup for Under-13 being organized by Samar Estates Pvt Limited at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Sector 3 here today.
Ryan International faced a tough resistance from plucky Yadvindra Public School of Mohali before scoring a hard-fought 1-0 win in the first semis-final match. The all-important goal was scored by Piyush who volleyed a long ranger from the right flank over the YPS goalkeeper Iman Bhullar into the goal in the 24th minute.
They could have won by a clear margin had they capitalized on the chances which came their way. In the first half a long floater from the left flank by the right winger just went wide and later in the second half, Rupan’s shot sailed over the bar from close range with the YPS goalkeeper at his mercy.
Later, St Xavier’s (Blues) enjoyed territorial supremacy to hand out a 3-0 drubbing to Alpine School of Pinjore in the second semi-final encounter. Meaning business from the word ‘go’ St Xavier’s shot into the lead in the seventh minute. The Alpine goal fell again in the 21st minute through a ‘self’ goal. While trying to clear the ball, Alpine defender Himanshu netted it into his own goal. Five minutes later, Rishab rounded of the winners’ tally in the 26th minute.
Earlier, St Xavier’s (Blues), Panchkula defeating Stepping Stones of Chandigarh by 3-1. Ankur (2nd and 5th) and Rishab (23rd) were the winners’ scorers. Chaitenya reduced the margin for Stepping Stone in the 26th minute in the first quarter-final outing..
YPS Mohali and Little Flower School, Panchkula played a goalless draw in the regulation period. The issue was resolved in penalty shoot out. Midul and Samar converted their spot kicks as YPS won by 2-0 in tie-breaker.
A fine brace by Sehaj (4th and 10th) guided Ryan International School , Chandigarh into semi-final with a 3-0 victory over Doon International School , Mohali. Karan had given Ryan International the lead in the second minute of the game.
In the fourth quarter-final engagement, Alpine School of Pinjore defeated Holy Child of Panchkula by 2-0. Rahat (7th) and Rigzin (27th) scored one goal each.

Ankita Julka sets new record

Balbir Singh
Chandigarh, Sept 25
Ankita Julka of Delhi displayed explosive power as she established new national and new meet records by releasing the disc to a distance of 43.30 metres and claim gold in discus throw for girls under-19 on the opening day of the 10th North Zone Junior Athletics Championship at the Panjab University Campus here today. Rinku Sangwan of Haryana, who had set the record of 42.66 metres in September last year in Delhi, was relegated to second spot with a throw of 41.99 metres. Promila of Haryana with 40.90 metres finished third.
Results (all finals):
Long jump: girls U-20: 1 Pragya Singh (UP) 4.86m, 2 Sarita (Haryana) 4.61m,
3 Neelam Singh (UP) 4.59. Pole vault boys U-20: 1 Avdesh Kumarr Yadav (UP) 4.20m, 2 Devender (Delhi) 4.20m, 3 Mohan Singh (Haryana). High jump boys U-18: 1 Pardeep Kumar (Haryana) 2.00m, 2 Sewak Singh (Punjab) 1.83m, 3 Kurunakar Maurya (UP) 1.83m. 100m Girls U-18: 1 Monika (Haryana) 13.07s, 2 Tanya Joshi (Delhi) 13.13s, 3 Amandeep Kaur (Punjab) 13.48s. 800m boys-20: 1 Baljit Singh (Haryana) 2:00.90s, 2 Vishal Kumar (UP) 2:01.00s, 3 Rajesh (Haryana) 2:01.24s. Shot put boys U-16: 1 Karan Singh (Haryana) 14.70m, 2 Amar Verma (Haryana) 13.83m, Sushil Kumar (UP) 13.73m.
Javelin throw girls U-18: 1 Anju Rathee (Haryana) 34.66m, 2 Anju Bala (Haryana) 34.42m, 3 Anju Bind (UP) 33.40m. High jump boys u-20: 1 Vipin (Haryana) 2.00m, 2 Vimelinder Kuamar Maurya (UP) 1.85m, 3 Rajesh Kaliraman (Haryana) 1.80m. 800m boys u-18: 1 Pankaj Dimri (Uttranchal) 1:57.07s, 2 Vikas Kumar(UP) 1:59.01s, 3 Sahil (Delhi) 1:59.37s. 800m boys U-16: 1 Bhupesh Bora (Uttranchal) 2:03.03s, 2 Anurag Rai (UP) 2:03.41s, 3 Pradeep Kumar Yadav (UP) 2:03.92s.
Discus girls u-18: 1 Ankita Julka (Delhi) 43.30m NR, NMR, 2 Rinku Sangwan ( Haryana) 41.99m, 3 Promila (Haryana) 40.90m. 800m Girls u-20: 1 Manpreet Kaur (Punjab) 2:20.41s, 2 Poonam (HP) 2:24.04s, 3 Nivedita Singha (HP) 2:33.47. 800m girls U-18: 1 Ruma (HP)2:25.53S, 2 Ramandeep Kaur (Panjab) 2:28.90s, 3Arti Satpal (HP) 2:31.56s. 800M Girls u-16: 1 Anita Kumari (Uttranchal) 2:37.95s, 2 Amandeep Kaur(Chandigarh) 2:38.53s, 3 Govindi (Uttranchal) 2:43.38s. 100m boys u-20: 1 Vipin (UP) 11.02s, 2 Amandeep Singh (Punjab) 11.19s, 3 Baldev (Chandigarh) 11.22s. 100M boys u-18: 1 Yashodan (UP) 11.12s, 2 Chander Bhan Maurya (UP) 11.22s, 3 Pardeep Malik (Haryana) 11.35s. 100m boys-16: 1 Manish (Haryana) 11.24s, 2 Ashwani Kumar (Delhi) 1.41s,
3 Chakraveer Singh (Uttranchal) 11.54s. Javelin throw boys U-16: 1 Dharmenra Kumar (UP) 59.85m, 2 Dayanand Vishwkarma (UP) 55.00m, 3 Arvind (Haryana) 48.78m.
Shot put boys U-20: 1 Shiv Kumar Delhi) 18.16m, 2 Ashwani Solanki (Delhi) 17.44m, 3 Amrik Singh (Punjab) 17.06m. High jump boys u-16: 1 Laique Ahmed (UP) 1.81m, 2 Jagdeep Singh (Punjab) 1.75m, 3 Arvind (Haryana)1.70m. 100m girls u-20: 1 Deepti Rani (Punjab) 12.65s, 2 Rupenjeet Kaur (Punjab) 13.20s, 3 Jyoti (HP) 13.21s. 100m girls-16: 1 Kaushalya (Haryana) 12.94s, 2 Ekamjot Kaur (Punjab) 13.26s, 3 Supreet Kaur (Punjab) 13.28s. Discus: 1 Suman (Punjab) 28.62m, 2 Sandeep (Haryana) 28.16m, 3 Komal Patel (UP) 24.90m. Pole vault boys u-18: 1 Umesh Kumar Yadav (UP) 3.80m, 2 Naresh Gautam(Punjab) 2.90m. Javelin throw girls U-20: 1 Aaarti Maurya (UP) 34.35m, 2 Pooja Pramod (Delhi) 33.68m, 3 Neelam Sangwan (Haryana) 31.80m. 4x400m relay boys U-20: 1 Haryana 3:24.73s, 2 Punjab 3:25.20s, 3 J&K 3:49.16s. 4x400m relay boys U-18: 1 Uttranchal 3:26.61s, 2 Delhi 3:28.70s, 3 J&K 3:54.89s. Long jump girls U-18: 1 Pooja (Haryana) 5.09m, 2 Amardeep Kaur (Punjab) 4.94m, 3 Harjinder Kaur (Punjab) 4.93m. Javelin throw girls-16: 1 Komal Patel (UP) 31.08m, 2 Komaldeep (Haryana) 29.41m, 3 Amandeep Kaur (Punjab) 27.40m. 5000m boys U-20: 1 Deep Chand Pal (UP) 15:26.37s, 2 Karan Singh (Haryana) 15:31.64s, 3 Dharmender Kumar Rai (UP) 15:46.24s. Long jump girls U-16: 1 Kulwinder Kaur (Punjab) 5.09m, 2 Boomika (Punjab) 5.08m, 3 Aarti Kushwha (UP) 4.57m. 5000m girls U-20: 1 Sunita Pal (UP) 18:53.89s, 2 Munesh (Haryana) 19:31.13s, 3 Saroj Joshi (Uttranchal) 19:45.21s. Discus throw boys U-20: 1 Dinesh (Haryana) 51.59m, 2 Shiv Kumar (Delhi) 49.16m, 3 Karan Singh (Haryana) 46.86m. Javelin throw for boys u-18: 1 Virendar Singh (Haryana) 62.65m, 2 Rinku Singh (UP) 60.45m, 3 Krishan Kumar Patel (UP) 59.70m.

Ankur hat-tricks in Ess Vee Soccer Cup

Balbir Singh

PANCHKULA, Sept 25
Ankur held the spotlight by performing hat-trick as St Xavier's Blues of Panchkula routed Delhi Public School B Team, Pinjore, by 5-0 in the opening match of the Ess Vee Soccer Cup for Under-13 being organised by Samar Estates Private Limited at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Sector 3 here today.
The tournament was inaugurted by Panchkula Deputy Commissioner R K Kataria.
With proper understanding among Jasmeet and Rishab, Ankur forced DPS B to fight with back to the wall. The St Xavier's Blue striker Ankur opened his account in the fifth minute and pumped another goal four minutes later. He completed his three-in-a-row feat in the 15th minute. Rishab (25th) and Jasmeet (28th, penalty) contributed one goal each to swell the victory margin of St Xavier's Blue team.
Yadvindra Public School og Mohali proved lucky in the tie-breaker session as they beat St Xavier's Black, Panchkula by 2-0 in penalty shoot out after the teams played a goalless draw in the stipulated period. Sidhak and Amit converted their penalties.
Doon International School, Mohali eked out a narrow 1-0 triumph over Baptish School of Chandigarh. In an evenly contested match, the all-important goal was scored by Sartaj Singh in the fifth minute of the game.
In the third match, Stepping Stone of Chandigarh advanced to the next round at the expense of St Xavier's Mohali whom they beat by 2-0. Both goals were scored by Manjit within a span of two minutes. His first goal came in the 10th and second two minutes later.
Alpine School of Pinjore defeated Jaiender School of Panchkula by 1-0. Rahat Aggarwal snatched the match winner in the 7th minute.
Little Flower Convent School, Panchkula outplayed Ryan International School B team Sector 49 Chandigarh by 4-0. The highlight of the match was fine show by Jaitej who scored in the 9th, 27th and 30th minutes. Vishal contributed one in the 13th minute.
Holy Child of Panchkula and Ryan International A team of Chandigarh moved up as their rivals did not turn up for their matches.
Earlier, Vinod Bagai, Managing Director of Samar Estates Private Limited announced that the tournament would be an annual feature to provide a platform for upcoming talents in the age group of 11 to 13.

ATC (I) Sr Vice-President Dhanoa announces pure gold medals for Harbhajan and Yuvraj

Balbir Singh
Chandigarh, Sept 25
Association of Twenty20 Cricket (India) Senior Vice-President Non-Resident Indian from United Kingdom, Harjinder Singh Dhanoa, today announced 'very special' prizes for two Punjab players -- prolific scorer Yuvraj Singh and master spinner Harbhjan Singh. The ATC (I) senior vice president also congratulated the entire team for winning the World Cup Twenty-20 last night after beating Pakistan in a pulsating final and bringing laurels to the country.
Talking from Jalandhar on phone, sports promoter Harjinder Dhanoa, who is also chairman of Baba Lodhiana Youth Sports Club, Jalandhar said that these two excellent Punjab cricketers would be presented pure 24 carat gold medals at a function to be organised by ATC (India) on the availability of these players.
Dhanoa, who was honoured by the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on the National Sports Day which was celebrated by the Punjab Sports Department on the birthday of hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand on August 29 in Jalandhar, said "each pure gold medal will weigh one and half totas. Besides these gold medals, these world class players would also be given cash awards."

Hiken Shah hits 122 for Mumbai CA

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, Sept 25
Fine century by southpaw Hiken Shah (122 off 112 balls) enabled Mumbai Cricket Association Colts to beat ITC Delhi by 86 runs in the league match of the 14 th All India J.P. Atray Cricket Tournament at the Sector 3 Cricket Stadium in Panchkula today.
MCA Colts won the toss and opted to bat first. Anand Singh and Praful Waghela opened their innings and both realised 43 runs before Anand departed at his individual score of 18 runs. Skipper Hiken Shah stepped in at the fall of first wicket and added 64 runs for the second wicket with Praful and 95 runs for the third wicket partnership with Anup Revenkar. Hiken Shah completed his century with a wonderful cover drive off Deepak Sharma. Shah's knock off 122 runs came in 112 balls with the help of 10 boundaries and 2 sixes.
Hiken was ably supported by Praful Waghela (53) and Anup Revenkar (33). None of the other batsman could reach double figures as wickets were tumbling at regular interval. Parveen Gupta was the most successful bowler for the ITC XI as he took three wickets at the cost of 46 runs, Bablu Kumar captured 2 wickets for 47 runs. In last MCA Colts enabled to pile up a total of 257 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in allotted 50 overs.
Chasing a respectable total , ITC Delhi were never in chase as except Deepak Sharma(57) and Pardeep Chawla (34) none of the other batsman could ontribute and were bundled out for 171 runs with 9.5 overs to spare.
Brief scores: MCA Colts 257 for 7 in 50 overs ( Hiken Shah 122, Praful Waghela 53, Anup Revenker 33, Praveen Gupta 3 for 46, Bablu Kumar 2 for 47). ITC Delhi 171 all out in 40.1 overs ( Deepak Sharma 57, Pradeep Chawla 34, Aniket Redkar 3 for 26, Iqbal Abdullah 2 for 30, Wilkin Mota 2 for 35). Hiken Shah was declared Man of the Match.
In the second match played at DAV School ground in Sector 8, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation XI routed Tripura by 105 runs and got a bonus point. ONGC won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 233 runs for the loss of 8 wkts in 50 overs. Rizwan Shamshad was the main contributor for the ONGC team as he scored 84 runs in 92 balls with the help of 7 boundaries and 2 sixes. Left arm spinner Tushar Saha was most successful bowler for Tripura as he scalped 3 wickets for 46 runs.
Brief scores: ONGC 233 for 8 in 50 overs( Rizwan Shamshad 84, Radhey Sham 38, Amit Sharma 24, Mithun Minhas 21, Tushar Saha 3 for 46). Tripura 128 all out in 32.4 overs( Anhijeet De 32, Rajesh Banik 29, Parvinder 5 for 17, Sarandeep Singh 3 for 48). Medium pacer Pravinder Avanna of ONGC was declared Man of the Match.
At the PCA Stadium in Mohali, Punjab Cricket Club defeated Bharat Petrolium Corportaion Ltd. by 19 runs. BPCL won the toss and opted to field first. Due to fine bowling spells by BPCL bowlers PCC managed to score only 199 for 8 in allotted 46 overs. Seasoned campaigner Pankaj Dharmani was the main scorer for the PCC XI. Chasing the target BPCL could manage only 180 runs before getting bundled out with five balls to spare. Right arm off spinner Vishwas Bhalla was wrecker- in- chief for PCC XI as he took four wickets at the cost of 24 runs which also includes a hat- trick. For his this effort Bhalla was declared Man of the Match.
Brief scores: PCC XI 199 for 8 in 46 overs (Pankaj Dharmani 45, Ravneet Ricky 38, Mayank Sidana 31, Vishwas Bhalla 27 n.o, Onkar Khanvilkar 3 for 40, Sitanshu Kotak 2 for 42, Rohan Bane 2 for 31). BPCL XI: 180 all out in 45.1 overs (Vineet Indulkar 47, Sagar Pawar 46, Parag Khanpurkar 23, Vishwas Bhalla 4 for 24 , Charanjit Singh 2 for 25).
Tomorrow's fixtures: ONGC vs State Bank of Mysore at St John's Schoo, Sector 26 Chandigarh. Tripura vs IndianOil at Sector 3 Cricket Sadium Panchkula.

A platform to Boost school cricket in Punjab

PCA Secretary MP Pandove (centre) addressing press conference. On his right are Indian selector Bhupinder Singh Senior and Procam International Director PN Sankaran and Pandove's left are DP Reddy and Brig (Retd) GS Sandhu. Photo by Balbir Singh

Balbir Singh
Chandigarh, Sept 24
GlaxoSmithKline and Procam International today announced launching of the Punjab leg of the Boost Cricket Cup 2007. Addressing a press conference at the PCA Stadium in Mohali today, Punjab Cricket Association secretary MP Pandove and Director Operations, Procam International P N Sankaran said the Punjab leg of the premier National Under-17 Boost Cricket Cup will be played from October 1 to 20 at district level and the final leg will be organised in November.
Sankaran said "the Boost Cricket Cup will be the ideal launch pad for talented cricketers at the school level.The Boost Cricket Cup in Punjab will have six schools from each district of Chandigarh, Mohali, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala vying for the top honours.In the first phase, the teams will play each other on a league basis in each district with winners from each district advancing to the second phase.
The six district winners eams would be divided into two zones, playing a round robin league, with two top teams from each group will qualify for semi-finals. The winning team would representing Punjab in the Boost Cup Inter-City Challenge.
The winners will get a cash prize of Rs 18,000 and runners-up Rs 12.000 in phase two, besides attractive trophies.The Itra-City Challenge will be played in eight centres, involving the top cricket playing schools of 18 cities and will culminate in the Inter-City Championship.
From the Inter-City Challenge, 20 top players would be selected for a seven-day coaching camp. Out of these trainees five "Ratnas" will be selected for scholarships. Pandove said that the Boost Cricket Club-2007 would further boost the Punjab schools cricket. The Punjab juniors have won a number of trophies at the national level.
The Boost Inra-City Challenge kicked off with the Bangalore leg, followed by Chennai and Tamil Nadu Districts after which the challenge has moved to Punjab followed by Delhi, Hyderabad, Baroda and Mumbai. Punjab will see competitions in Chandigarh, Mohali, Patiala, Jalandhar, Amritsar and Ludhiana. Also present on the occasion were Cricket Dronacharya Gursharan Singh, Daljit Singh, MCA President DP Reddy and senior Indian selector Bhupinder Singh Senior.
Meanwhile, Shankar said "financial constraints have forced Parle Group to discontinue their sponsorship the Parle Cup which continued for six years."

MRF and PCA qualify for Atray Trophy semis

Balbir Singh
Chandigarh, Sept 24
MRF of Chennai, Punjab Cricket Club and Punjab Cricket Association Colts qualified for semi-finals of the 14th edition of Prize Money 14th All-India J P Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament being played here today.
In today's matches, MRF defeated Rajasthan Cricket Association by 37 runs and at the St. John's School, in Sector 26 MPCA routed LIC by seven wickets. In the third match played at the PCA Stadium in Mohali, PCA Colts edged out Air India by one wicket.
MRF were given a flying start by openers Deniel Manohar (30) and Swapnil Asnodkar (50) who produced 108 runs in 21.2 overs. Former Test player Venu Gopal Rao disappointed as he was out for eight runs. Then came a 134-run third wicket stand between Virat Kohli (90, 13x4s) and Saurabh Tiwari (48, 4x4s and 1x6). MRF innings closed at 311 for 8 in 50 overs. Afroz Khan (3 for 61) and V.Chanwaria (2 for 29) shared the wickets for RCA.
In reply RCA scored 274 in 48.1 overs. Siddharth Joshi (47, 8 x4s), Rajesh Bishnoi (32, 4x4s and 2x6s), Afroz Khan (42, 2x4s and 2x6s), Vinod Chanwaria (67, 4x4s and 3x6s) were the main scorers for RCA. Srikanth Wagh (5 for 59) and Venu Gopal Rao (2 for 34) shared the spoils for MRF Chennai. MRF won by 37 runs.
Brief scores : MRF: 311 for 8 in 50 overs (Virat Kohli 90, Saurav Tiwari 98, Swapnil Asnodkar 50, D. Manohar 30, Afroz Khan 3 for 61, V.Chanvaria 2 for 29). RCA: 274 all out in 48.1 overs (Vinod Chanvaria 67, Siddharth Joshi 47, Afroz Khan 42, Rajesh Bishnoi 32, Srikanth Wagh 5 for 59, Venu Gopal 2 for 34). MRF: 4 points. Man of the Match: Srikanth Wagh.
MPCA outplayed LIC by seven wickets. After winning the toss MPCA decided to field and soon had the LIC batsmen on the back -foot by claiming four wickets in seven overs for just 20 runs. Rahat Elahi (36) and Brij Mohan (33) took the total to 140 in 40.5 overs. Rajesh Khanozia captured 7 wickets for 28 runs . Ankit Sharma got 3 for 22.
MPCA scored 141 for 3 in 39.2 overs. Rahul Bakshi remained unbeaten on 44 while Brijesh Tomar scored 30 runs.
Brief scores : LIC: 140 all out in 40.5 overs (Rahat Elahi 36, Brij Mohan 23Rajesh Kanojia 7 for 28, Ankit Sharma 3 for 22). MPCA: 141 for 3 in 39.2 overs (Rahul Baxshi 44 not out , Brijesh Tomar 30). MPCA: 5 points, including one bonus. LIC: -1 point. Man of the Match: Rajesh Kanojia.
PCA Colts got the better of Air India by one wicket to enter the semi-finals. PCA Colts won the toss and elected to field. Right arm medium pacer Varinder Singh wrecked LIC by claiming the first four wickts for 19 runs of just 9 overs. Southpaw Ankit Chavan (51 not out) held the innings together and Air India finally folded up for 163 of 47.2 overs. Sarabjit Ladda (3 for 21) was the other main wicket-taker for PCA Colts.
Replying PCA Colts scored 164 for 9 in 37.5 overs. They were helped by Sunny Sohal (55, 8x4s) and Ravi Inder Singh (33). Siddharth Triwedi (5 for 42) was the main wicket taker for Air India ).
Brief scores : Air India: 163 in 47.2 overs (Ankeet Chavan 51 not out, Varinder singh 4 for 19, Sarabjit Ladda 3 for 21). PCA Colts: 164 for 9 in 37.5 overs (Sunny Sohal 55, Ravi Inder 33, Siddharth Trivedi 5 for 42) Man of the Match: Barinder Singh. PCA Colts: 5 points including bonus. Air India: -1 point.
Tomorrow's fixtures: Tripura vs ONGC at DAVSSS. MCA Colts vs ITC Delhi at Sector 3 Panchkula. PCC vs BPCL Mumbai at PCA Stadium in Mohali. All matches from 9.30 a.m.

Oscar bags 4 titles in Chandigarh Badminton

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 23
Talented Oscar Bansal bagged four titles and was also adjudged the Player of the Tournament in the 19th Yonex Chandigarh State Open Badminton Championships at the Sector 42 Badminton Hall here today.
Pursuing Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication from Panjab University, international shuttler Bansal, who was a member of the Indian team which recently participated in the International Tournament in Indonesia, defeated Pankaj Nathani 21-16, 21-12 in the men's singles final. He claimed the boys Under-19 singles title after beating Tushar 21-18, 21-17. Oscar Bansal and Ankur defeated Tushar and Aman Sethi 21-15, 21-16 in the boys Under-19 doubles title.
Former Junior National champion. Kultej Singh, Deputy Commissioner Income Tax was the chief guest and gave away the prizes.
Indian badminton coach Vijaydeep Singh was the guest of honour.,
Results (all finals):
Under 13 girls singles: Rashmi bt Daman Sharma 21-14, 21-5. Doubles: Rashmi and Daman bt Shreya and Mehak Sood 20-22, 21-14, 21-18. Under-16 girls singles: Nisha bt Chetna 21-8, 21-15. Doubles: Nisha and Pooja bt Manvika and Rashmi 21-11, 21-16. Under 19 girls singles: Purnica bt Nisha 21-15, 21-15. Doubles: Purnica and Chetna bt Nisha and Tanupriya 21-15, 21-13. Women's singles: Navita Thakur bt Manju 21-16, 15-21, 21-5. Doubles: Manju and Navita bt Seema and Purnica 21-17, 18-21, 21-10. Under -16 boys singles: Harminder bt Kanwar G.S.Cheema 21-13, 21-13. Doubles: Tarush and Harminder bt Kanwar Cheema and Rishab 21-12, 21-10 Under -19 boys singles: Oscar Bansal bt Tushar 21-18, 21-17. Doubles: Oscar Bansal and Ankur bt Tushar and Aman Sethi 21-15, 21-16.Men's sngles: Oscar Bansal bt Pankaj Nathani 21-16, 21-12. Doubles: Ashish and Pankaj bt Oscar and Vivek 21-13, 17-21, 21-19. Above 35 singles: Rajiv Mehta bt. Yogesh 21-10, 21-11. Doubles: Rajiv Mehta and Jagdish bt. Munish and Mahal Chand 21-11, 18-21, 21-18. Above 45 sngles: Om Vir bt Vijay Sharma 23-21, 21-14. Doubles: Subhash Nagpal and M.P.Dogra bt Vijay and A.K.Sondhi 22-20, 21-15.

Dharmani stars in PCC's 7-wkt win

Balbir Singh
Chandigarh, Sept 23
Punjab Cricket Club, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Punjab Cricket Association Cricket Colts recorded victories in the All India JP Atray Cricket Tournament here today. Bolstered by an unbeaten knock of 74 by skipper Pankaj Dharmani PCC outplayed Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Academy by seven wickets while at the Taul Devi Lal Cricket Stadium in Sector 3 Panchkula, while ONGC defeated Indian Oil Corporation Limited by five wickets at the St John's School ground in Sector 26. At the JR Institute of Cricket Technology, Barwala in Panchkula District, Punjab Cricket Association Colts snatched an exciting five runs victory over Minerva Cricket Academy.
Pankaj Dharmani fashioned PCC's facile win over HPCA Academy. This win placed PCC on top in their group with nine points. From today's match, they got five, including a bonus.
Despite two earlier victories, HPCA Academy made their exit. They got a minus point today.
Batting first after winning the toss HPCA lost three quick wickets for 19 runs in 7.3 overs. Medium pacer Gangandeep Singh dismissed openers Mohnish Gupta (6) and Hemant Dogra (2) in quick succession. Manpreet Goni accounted for Paras Dogra (4) and skipper Sangram Singh (12). Then a fifth wicket partnership of 42 runs between Mukesh Sharma (42) and Avinish Sharma (37) helped HPCA post 163 runs in 46 overs. Gagandeep (2 for 20), Manpreet Goni (2 for 26) and Sumit Sharma (4 for 27) bowled well for PCC.
PCC scored 165 for 3 in 36.2 overs. Skipper Pankaj Dharmani remained unbeaten on 74. His knock was studded with nine fours. Ravneet Ricky scored 32. Pankaj Dharmani and Ravneet Ricky were associated in a valuable stand of 65 runs in 19 overs for the secod wicket. Pankaj Dharmani was awarded with the man of the match award.
Brief scores: HPCA 163 for all in 46 overs (Mukesh Sharma 42, Avinash Sharma 37 Gagandeep 2 for 20, Manpreet Goni 2 for 26, Sumit Sharma 4 for 27). PCC 165 for 3 in 36.2 overs (Pankaj Djarmani 74 not out, Ravneet Ricky 32, Mayank Sidhana 21, Varun Mishra 1 for 15 , Sangram Singh 1 for 28, Saurav Ratan 1 for 34). PCC beat HPCA Academy by seven wickets. PCC 5 points including bonus. HPCA minus 1. Man of the Match: Pankaj Dharmani.
At the St. John's School in Sector 26, ONGC won the toss and opted to field first. They bundled out IOC Mumbai for 164 runs in 42.1 overs. Opener Mithun Barella (42, 2x4s, 1x6), Amit Dhani (26 , 3x4s, 1x6), Mandher Phadke (22) were their main run getters for IOC. Vikramjit Malik (3 for 34), Sumit Narwal (2 for 23) Amit Bhandari (2 for 20) and Sarandeep Singh (2 for 43) shared the spoils for ONGC.
Replying ONGC scored 165 for 5 in 29.5 overs and registered five wickets win and logged five points, including a bonus. Radhey Shyam top-scored with 84 (7x4s, 4x6s). He was involved in a 55- stand with Mayank Tehlan (23). Rizwan Shamshad (22 n.o) was the other main contributor. Anand Rajan (2 for 51) was the main wicket taker for IOC. Radhey Shyam was declared the Man of the Match.
Brief scores: IOC: 164 for all in 42.1 overs (Mithun Barela 42, Mandher Phadke 22, Amit Dani 26, Vikramjit Malik 3 for 34, Sumit Narwal 2 for 23 Amit Bhandari 2 for 20, Sarandeep 2 for 43). ONGC 165 for 5 in 29.5 overs (Radhey Shyam 84, Rizwan Shamad 22 n.o., Mayank Tehlan 23, Anand Rajan 2 for 51).
ONGC beat IndianOil by 5 wickets and securesd five points including bonus. IOC got 1. Man of the Match – Radhey Shyam.
At JR Insitute of Cricket Technology at Barwala PCA defeated Minerva Cricket Academy. by runs. The match was reduced to 35 overs because of wet conditions.
PCA Colts won the toss and batting first scored 180 for 6 in 35 overs. Southpaw Ankur Kakar (56 runs, 5x4s, 2x6s) and wicketkeeper Chandan Madan (55, 4x4s, 1x6) were their main scorers. Pardeep Sahu (3 for 31) was the most successful bowler for Minerva Cricket Academy.
Minerva Cricket Academy folded up for 175 in 34.5 overs. Ankint Rawat (35) and Rajinder Bisht (31) were the main run getters for Minerva Cricket Academy. Vipin Chauhan (3 for 26) was the most successful bowlers for PCA Colts. Chandan Madan was declared Man of the Match .
Brief scores: PCA Colts 180 for 6 in 35 overs (Ankur Kakar 56, Chandan Madan 55 n.o Pardeep Sahu 3 for 31). Minerva Cricket Academy: 175 for all in 34.5 overs (Ankit Rawat 35, Rajinder Bisht 31, Vipin Chauhan 3 for 26).
PCA Colts beat Minerva CA won by 5 runs. Man of the Match: Chandan Madan.

Navita, Wong, Purnima win titles

Balbir Singh

CHANDIGARH, SEPT 22
National ranked and top seed Oscar Bansal will clash with Pankaj for the men's singles title in the Yonex Chandigarh State Badminton Championship being held at the Sector 42 Badminton Hall here. In the semi-final matches, international Bansal defeated Vivek Sharma 21-17, 21-16 and Pankaj defeated Ashish Sharma 21-12, 22-20.
Navita Thakur claimed women's singles title at the expense of Manju Chahal whom she defeated by 21-16, 15-21, 21-5 in the final. The first two games were hotly-contested. However Navita Thakur dominated the third game which she won with ease.Purnima Sood and Kevin Wong won the girls and boys Under-10 singles titles, respectivley. Purnima defeated Arshia Sethi 21-12, 21-7 and Kevin Wong beat Tushar 21-4, 21-11.

Resutls: Under 10 girls singles (final): Purnima Sood bt Arshia Sethi 21-12, 21-7. Under 10 boys singles (final): Kevin Wong bt Tushar 21-4, 21-11. Under 13 girls singles (S.F.): Shreya Chadha bt Monica 21-14, 21-9, Daman bt Kashish 21-7, 21-13.Under-13 girls doubles (SF): Shreya and Mehat bt Monica and Kashish 21-13, 21-9,Rashmi and Daman bt. Neetika and Lavanya 21-7, 21-13. Under -16 girls singles (SF): Nisha bt Japneet 21-8, 21-8, Chetna bt. Diksha 21-8, 21-16. Under -16 girls doubles (SF): Manvika and Rashmi bt Shriya and Sachi 21-10, 21-12. Under- 19 girls singles (SF): Purnica bt Rakhi 21-10, 21-7, Chetna bt. Japneet 21-14, 21-13. Under -19 girls doubles (final): Tanupriya and Nisha bt Japneet and Diksha 21-9, 21-14 Women's singles (final): Navita Thakur bt Manju Chahal 21-16, 15-21, 21-5. Women's doubles (semi-finals): Geeta and Monika bt. Nisha and Rakhi 21-17, 21-14,Seema and Purnica bt Chetna and Lubna 21-10, 21-14, Manju and Navita bt Geeta and Monika 21-17, 21-16. Under -13 boys singles (final): Ankit bt Rajan Singh 21-10, 21-6. Under -13 Boys doubles (final): Arjun and Ankit bt Chaitanya and Mehak Mann Singh 21-11, 21-10. Under- 16 boys singles: Tarush bt Nishant 21-13, 22-20, Harminder bt Kapil 21-9, 21-12,Tejeshwar bt. Sameer 21-10, 21-13. Under- 19 boys singles: Oscar Bansal bt Matual 21-8, 21-15, Tushar bt. Tarush 21-15, 21-6, Ankur bt. Abhinav 21-17, 13-21, 21-13, Tushar bt Ankur 21-11, 21-6. Under -19 boys doubles: Oscar and Ankur bt. Gaurav and Jasleen 21-5, 21-9, Daman Singh & Rajjan Jeet bt. Shivam and Jaideep 21-5, 21-15. Men's singles (S.F.): Oscar Bansal bt Vivek Sharma 21-17, 21-16, Pankaj bt Ashish Sharma 21-12, 22-20. + 35 singles (S.F.): Yogesh bt. Dr. Raman 21-17, 18-21, 27-25, Rajiv Mehta bt Sanjay 21-9, 21-11. + 35 Doubles (SF): Jagdish and Rajiv bt. Vijay and Pankaj 22-20, 21-19, Manish and Mahal Chand bt. Love Kumar and Sanjay 21-13, 21-17.

PCA Colts snatch one-run nail-biting victory

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 22
PCA Colts just managed to snatch one-run win over MPCA in a nail-biting finish in the XIV All India J. P. Atray Cricket Tournament at the Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium in Panchkula today.
At the PCA Stadium in Mohali Punjab Cricket Club beat Canara Bank by 11 runs in a rain-marred 31-over each side affiar. At the DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 MCA Colts defeated MRF by 12 runs.
Early morning showers played spoil sport on the sixth day and all three matches were truncated affairs. Canara Bank won the toss and elected to field and their movepaid rich dividends as PCC lost their opener Ravneet Ricky (7) and sSouthpaw Uday Kaul (6) in 7.2 overs for32 runs.
Karan Goel celebrated his selection in India A team by scoring 75 runs of 84 balls embelished with seven fours and one six. He was bowled byformer Test player left arm spinner Sunil Joshi. Sarun Kanwar (22 not out) was the other notable contributor. PCC's innings ended at 173 for 8 in 31 overs. Raju Bhatkalwith (2 for 12) was the main wicket taker for CanaraBank.
In reply Canara Bank were dismissed for 162 in 29.5overs. Their innings was propped up by Bharat Chipli(43). Deepak Chougule (33), SMurthi (24) and B Raj Sekher (24 not out). Karan Goel (3 for 30), Vishwas Bhalla (3 for 43) and Manpreet Singh (2 for 29) were the main wicket takersfor PCC. Karan Goel was declared Man of the Match.
Brief scores: PCC: 173 for 8 in 31 overs (Karan Goel 75, Sarun Kanwar22 not out, Raju Bhatkal 2 for 12). Canara Bank: 162 all out in 29.5 overs (Bharat Chipli 43, Deepak Chougule 33, S. Murty 24, B. Rajsekher 20 not out, Karan Goel 3 for 30, Vishwas Bhalla 3 for 43, Manpreet Singh2 for 29).
PCC won by 11 runs. Man of the Match: Karan Goel.
PCC get 4 points.
In second match reduced to 20 overs at DAV School ground, MCA Colts of Mumbai defeated MRF Chennai by 12 runs. Batting first MCA Colts scored 130 for 9 in 20 overs. S. Chitnish (36) was the top scorers for MCA Colts. P. Nag (2 for 33) and Srikant (2 for 28) were the main bowlers for MRF.
In reply MRF scored 118 for 9 in 20 overs. S. Tilak (23) was the highest run getter for MRF. Iqbal Abdula (2 for 18), A. Redkar ( 2 for 11) and S. Chitnish (2 for 12) were the main wicket takers for MCA Colts. S. Chitnis was declared as the Man of the match.
Brief score: MCA Colts 130 for 9 in 20 overs (S. Chitinis 36, P. Nag 2 for 33, Srikant 2 for 28). MRF: 118 for 9 in 20 overs (S. Tilak 23, Iqbal Abdula 2 for 18, A. Redkar 2 for 11, S. Chitnis 2 12).
MCA Colts win by 12 runs. Man of the Match: S. Chitnis.In the last match reduced to 20 overs at Sector 3 Stadium, Panchkula. PCA Colts were all out for 104 in 20 overs. Sunny Sohal (19), Mayank Sharma (20) were the main run getters for PCA Colts. Sunil Dholpura (2 for 21) was main wicket taker for MPCA.
In reply MPCA scored 103 for 8 in 20 overs. Rahul Bakshi (39), MurtazaAli (17) were the main scorers. Sarabjit Ladda (2 for 15)and Ankur Kakar (2 for 21) were the main wicket takersfor PCA Colts. PCA Colts won by one run. Sarabjit Ladda was declared as man of the match.
Brief scores: PCA Colts 104 for all in 20 overs (Sunny Sohal 19,Mayank Sharma 20, Sunil Dholpura 2 for 21). MPCA: 103 for 8 in 20 overs (Rahul Bakshi 39, Murtaza Ali 17,Sarabjit Ladda 2 for 15, Ankur Kakar 2 for 21).
PCA Colts win by one run. PCA Colts got 4 points.
Tomorrow's fixtures: Minerva CA vs PCA colts Barwala Stadium at9.30 a.m.IndianOil vs ONGC at St. John's School, Sec-26 at 9.30 a.m.PCC vs HPCA Academy at Sector 3 Stadium, Panchkula at 9.30 a.m

St Xavier's Blue face DPS Pinjore B in Ess Vee Soccer opening match

AK Kaushal (second from right) addressing press conference in connection with the Ess Vee Cup Inter-School Football Tournament for Under-13 to be held in Panchkula from September 15 to 27. Also seen in the picture are Deepak, Vinod Bagai of Ess Vee Group and Sanjeev Kanwar. Photo by Balbir Singh
Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 22
St Xavier's Blue Panchkula have been drawn to meet Delhi Public School B team, Pinjore, in the opening encounter of the Ess Vee Soccer Cup for Under-13 being organised by Samar Estates Pvt Limited at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Sector 3 of Panchkula from 25 to 27.
Addressing a press conference here today, Vinod Bagai and AK Kaushal of the organising committee said that 16 schools from Panchkula, Mohali, Chandigarh, Pinjore and Kalka would fight it out for the top honours. The winning team would be presented a glittering trophy and playing kits to their members. The runners-up and third place holders will be given trophies.
The spokesmen of the organising committee promised that that it would be an annual feature and more institutions would be involved in the tournament. "We have decided to promote this discipline from the grass root level. Gradually teams from other states would be invited to make it a national affair."
Regarding fielding of over age players, the organisers said "we will take appropriate steps to contain this malpractice." Medical examinations would be conducted on the doubtful cases, if required. "However, we are confident that no institution will induldge in this malpractice. The defaulting team may be scratched from the tournament.
AK Kaushal, who chairman of the Technical Committee of the Punjab Football Association said that he would make an effort for arranging an exhibition football match between the two teams of the Punjab Football Super League. "It this move materialises, it will further give a boost to football in Panchkula, Chandigarh and surrounding areas," said Kaushal, who is also PFA joint secretary.
Vinod Bagai said that Panchkula Deputy Commissioner R K Kataria would inaugurate the tournament.
The matches would be conducted by All India Football Federation qualified referees from Haryana and Chandigarh. Deepak and Sanjeev Kanwar, who are looking at the technical aspects of the tournament said that the teams have been divided into two pools and the matches would be played on knockout basis.
The grouping are:
Group A: St Xavier's (Blues) Panchkula, Delhi Public School B Team, Pinjore, Stepping Stone-38 Chandigarh, St Xavier's Mohai, Alpine School, Pinjore, Jainendra School, Panchkula, Holy Child, Panchkula, Mount Carmel, Chandigarh. Group B: St Xavier's (Black) Panchkula, Yadvindra Public School, Mohali, Baptist School, Chandigarh, Delhi Public School A team, Pinjore, Little Flower School, Panchkula, Doon Interntional School, Mohali, Stone Brook, Kalka, Ryan International School, Chandigarh,

Pargat Singh gets two years extension

JALANDHAR, SEPT 21

The Punjab Government has given extension to Punjab Sports Director Pargat Singh for two more years, keeping in view his outstanding performance in running the State Sports Department. Olympian Pargat today completed his two-year term in office as Director of Sports. Pargat is on deputation from Punjab Police.
This was disclosed by Punjab Sports Minister Gulzar Singh Ranike during a press conference at the Punjab Armed Police Campus here today. According to the Sports Minister Pargat Singh has done a lot to improve the standard ofsports at grass root level in the State in the last two years.
The Sports Minister said " Pargat Singh has proved a goodadministrator besides an outstanding player and under his guidence the Punjab Sports Department is doing a wounderful job. The. Punjab Government is very keen to improve the standard of sports in the state. The Punjab Government will continue to extend Pargat Singh all support to implement his result-oriented schemes so that our players can achieve excellence atInternational level"
Gulzar Singh was here at the closing function of the 52nd Punjab Police Games alongwith Punjab Finance MInister Manpreet Singh Badal. On this occasion the Punjab Sports Department gave sports equipments worth Rs 15 lakh to the Punjab Police players.

RCA, PCA Colts and HPCA record wins

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, Sept 21
A brilliant knock by Man of the Match Chandan Madan (77) enabled Punjab Cricket Association Colts beat LIC Cricket Club by 31 runs in the XIV All- India JP Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament at the St John's School ground in Sector 26 here on Friday.
In other fixtures of the day, Rajasthan Cricket Association recorded a thrilling four-run win against ITC Delhi at the DAV Senior Secondary School ground in Sector 8 while Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Academy got the better of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited by two wickets.
Batting first after winning the toss PCA Colts suffered early jolts as at one stage they were reeling at 70 for 5. However, Chandan Madan and Ankur Jund bolstered their innings with resolute batting. PCA Colts piled up 244 before their innings terminated. Middle order batsman Chandan Madan scored 77 runs in 90 balls, with the help of four fours and three sixes. Off spinner Ankur Jund (30) gave Madan good support.
Right arm medium pacer Manu Kumar got 4 for 27.Farman Ahmed scalped 2 for 46.In reply, openers Gurinder Saini and Amandeep Sonkar gave LIC Cricket Club a solid start as they realised 82 runs for the first wicket stand in 10 overs. Gurinder Saini made 36 runs. After Saini's exit LIC continued to lose wickets at regular intervals and were dismissed for 213 in 45.2 overs. Manu Kumar (40) and Farman Ahmed (27) were their other main scorers. Sarbajit Ladda (2 for 24), BarinderSingh (2 for 56) amogn the wickets for PCA Colts.
PCA Colts got 4 points and LIC zero. Man of the Match award went to ChandanMadan of PCA Colts.
Brief scores: PCA Colt 244 all out (ChandanMadan 77, Ankur Jund 30, Manu Kumar 4 for 27, Farman Ahmed 2 for 46). LIC: 213 all out in 45.2 overs (Gurinder Saini 36,Amardeep Sonkar 34, Manu Kumar 40, Farman Ahmed 27, Sarabjit Ladda 2 for 24, Barinder Singh 2 for 56). PCA Colts won by 31 runs.
At DAV School ground, Rajasthan Cricket Association scored 261 all out in 50 overs. Southpaw opening batsman Sidharth Joshi hit a brilliant 85 (11x4s, 1x6) He was ably supported by Rahul Kanwat (72, 4x4s, 2x6s). Sidharth Joshi and Rohit Kanwat were associated in a productive stand of 99runs for the second wicket. Rohit Jallani (30, 3x4s, 2x6s) and Rajesh Bishoni (23) made valuable contributions. ITC spinners Praveen Gupta (4 for 38) and Deepak Sharma (2 for 36) were the main wicket takers for ITC.
ITC replied with 257 for 8 in 50 overs but fell short of the target by four runs. Michel Vishal (69, 10x4s),(Kuldeep Rawat 39) and Pardeep Chawla (53 n.o., 3x4s, 2x6s) were the main run getters for ITC. Rahul Kanwat (2 for 43) and Afroze (2 for 12) were the main wicket takers for ITC. Sidharth Joshi was declared Man of the Match. With this win RCA got 4 points and ITC zero.
Brief scores: RCA XI 261 all out (Sidharth Joshi 85, Rohit Kanwat 72, Rohit Jallani 30, Rajesh Bishoni 23 n.o, Pawan Gupta 4 for 38, Deepak Sharma 2 for 36). ITC: 257 for 8 in 50 overs (Michel Vishal 69, Pardeep Chawla 53 n.o, Kuldeep Rawat 39, Rahul Kanwat2 for 43, Afroze 2 for 12).
In Mohali, HPCA won the toss and decided to field first. Medium pacers Varun Mishra (4 for 38) and Sangram Singh (2 for 45) restricted BPCL to 209 for 9 in 50 overs. SouthpawParag Khanapurkar remained undefeated on 81(9x4s). Southpaw Sintashu Kotak made 38.They put on a 107 runs for the fifth wicket.
Replying to the set target of 209 by BPCL , HPCA started their innings confidently as openersMonish Gupta (24,2x4) and Hemant Dogra (35, 4x4) put on 61 runs for the first wicket partnership. Sangram Singh (27, 3x4), Paras Dogra (22, 3x4) and Varun Mishra (24 1x4) were their main contributors.
For BPCL Parag Khanapurkar (2 for 17) and Rohan Bane (2 for 17) were the main wicket takers. HPCA made 210 for 8 in 46 overs. Varun Mishra (4 for 38 and 24 not out) got Man of the Match award. HPCA won the match by two wickets. With this win HPCA got 4 points and BPCL got zero.
Brief scores: BPCL: 209 for 9 in 50 overs(Sintashu Kotak-38, Parag Khanapurkar 81 not out, Varun Mishra 4 for 38, Sangram Singh 2 for 45).HPCA: 210 for 8 in 46 overs (Hemant Dogra 35, Sangram Singh 27, Varun Mishra 24, Monish Gupta 24, ParagKhanapurkar 2 for 17, Rohan Bane 2 for 29).
Tomorrow's fixtures: MRF, Chennai vs MCA Colts, Mumbai at DAV School, Sector 8, Chandigarh at 9.30 a.m.PCC vs Canara Bank, Bangalore at PCA Stadium, Mohaliat 9.30 a.m.MPCA vs PCA Colts at Sector -3 Cricket Stadium, Panchkula at 9.30 a.m.

Pakistan delegates happy with facilities at PCA Stadium in Mohali

Pakistan delegates PCB Director Cricket Operation Zakir Khan and Lahore SP Sohail Khan with PCA Treasurer GS Walia and Mohali SSP Ranbir Singh Khatra at the PCA Stadium in Mohali on Friday. Zakir Khan was satisfied with the cricketing and other facilities at the one of the best cricket stadia in the world. Photos by Balbir Singh

Kevin Wong rallies to down Sanchit in a tough fight in Chandigarh Badminton

Eight-year-old Kevin Wong in action

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 21
Manju and Navita will meet in the women's singles final of the 19th Yonex Chandigarh State Open Badminton Championship being held at the Sector 42 Badminton Hall here today.
Both recorded straight games wins over their respective rivals in the semi-final contests. Hitting and placing shots at the vacant places, Manju ousted Seema by 21-7, 21-14 while Navita was given a tough fight by Purnica before theformer won by 21-13, 21-12.
Purnima defeated Ishmehar 21-6, 21-4 and Arshia bt Hasrat 21-6, 21-8 in the girls Under-10 singles semi-final.
However, the best match of the day was contested between Kevin Wong and Sanchit Gupta in the boys Under-10 quarter-final. Both shuttlers displayed their talent in serving, smashes and net drops. However, eight-year-old Wong of St John's School, Sector 26 clinched the issue after losing the first game. Watched and encouraged by a goodly crowd, Wong did nothing wrong in the second and third games as he won 17-21, 21-12, 21-13 on his way to semi-final.
Results: Under 10 girls singles(SF): Purnima bt Ishmehar 21-6, 21-4, Arshia bt Hasrat 21-6, 21-8. Under 13 girls singles: Daman bt Ritika 21-9, 21-11. Under16 girls singles: Nisha bt Navika 21-15, 21-10. Under -16 girls doubles: Japneet and Diksha bt Navika and Deepti 21-12, 22-20. Under 19 girls singles: P urnima bt Tanupriya 21-12, 21-10. Women's singles (semi-finals): Manju bt Seema 21-7, 21-14, Navita bt Purnica 21-13, 21-12 . Under -10 boys singles: Saurav bt Manan Bhatia 21-14, 18-21, 21-16,
Tushar bt Gurpreet 21-14, 21-14. Q-finals: Kevin Wong bt Sanchit Gupta 17-21, 21-18, 21-13.
Under -13 boys singles: Ankit bt Robin 21-4, 21-6, Purlov bt Atul 21-18, 19-21, 21-18 ,
Nikhlesh bt Justin 21-19, 21-18, Arjun bt Gurvinder 16-21, 21-18, 21-10, Ajay bt Anupam 16-21, 21-17, 21-15. Under- 13 boys doubles: Arjun & and Ankit bt Ashit and Inderpreet 21-9, 21-8, Rajan and Nikhil bt. Shaurya and Kevin 21-9, 21-5. Under-16 boys singles: Nishant bt Rupam 21-5, 21-4, Sameer bt Ishpreet 21-7, 21-10, Kanwar Cheema bt Prateek 21-5, 21-14. Under-19 boys singles: Aman Sethi bt Adarsh 21-14, 21-19, Abhinav bt. Kantany 21-13, 21-7. Men's doubles: Tejinder and Vikas Mahajan bt Navjot and Yogesh 21-7, 21-9, Amit and Robin bt. Manu and Arun 21-9, 21-9, Akash and Vikas Kundu bt. Neeraj and Vikas 21-13, 21-17. Men's singles (Q.F.): Pankaj bt Sunil 21-11, 21-13, Ashish bt Tushar 21-8, 18-21, 21-14 .

MRF, Air India and IndianOil triumph in Atray Cricket

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 20
Debutants Madras Rubber Factory of Chennai, Air India and Indian Oil Corporation Limited scored comfortable victories over their respective rivals in the 14 th Prize Money All India J.P. Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament being played here.
MRF, better known as Pace Academy of India, defeated ITC of Delhi by 107 runs and collected got points, include one bonus from this win at the DAV Senior Secondary School ground in Sector 8.
MRFpiled up an impressive total of 287 run for 8 in stipulated 50 overs. Openers Daniel Manohar and Swapnil were associated in a 71-run partnership for the first wicket partnership. Swapnil (30, 5x4s, 1 x6) was the first to depart,caught behid by wicketkeeper Pradeep Chawla of the bowling of Kuldip. Captain Venu Gopal Rao jand Manohar realised 86 runs for the second wicket. Daniel Manohar was stumped by Pradeep Chawla (64, 9x4s, 1x6) of the bowling of Deepak Sharma.
Deepak Sharma also dismissed Venu Gopal (50, 3x4s, 1x6). Saurav Tiwari (45), 1x4s, 3x6s) and Sushil (37 not out, 6x4s) were their other principal run getters. For ITC, Deepak Sharma (2 for 53), Abhishek Sharma (2 for 54) and Ashish Malhotra (2 for 43) were the main wicket takers for ITC.
In reply, ITC were skittled out for 180 runs in 36.5 overs. Vishal Tyagi (33), Pradeep Chowla (27), Praveen Gupta (27) were the main contributors for ITC. Chandran (2 for 23), Shrikant (2 for 25) and Ashish Kapoor (2 for 33) were the main wicket- takers for MRF. Test star Venu Gopal Rao was declared man of the match.
Brief scores: MRF 287 for 8 in 50 overs ( Daniel Manohar 64, Venue Gopa Ro 50, Saurav Tiwari 45, Sushil 37 not out, Deepak Sharma 2 for 53, Abhishek Sharma 2 for 54, Ashish Malhora 2 for 43). ITC: 180 for all out in 36.5 overs ( Vishal Tyagi 33, Praveen Gupta 37, Deepak Sharma 27. Ashish Kapur 2 for 33, Chandran 2 for 23 Srikant 2 for 25).
At the St John's School in Sector 26, Air India thrashed MPCA by five wickets and logged five points, including bonus.
Air India won the toss and opted to field. MPCA were prevariously placed at 21 for 4 after 11.2 overs. Right arm medium paceer Praveen Kumar returned impressive bowling analysis 10-2-21-4. Sunil Dholpure top scored with 25 runs. Left arm spinner Ankit Chawan (4 for 46 ) prove an able foil to Parveen Kumar. Chasing the modest target, Parveen Kumar gave Air India a good start by scoring 27 runs of 23 balls with 4 fours and one six. He was ably supported by Prashanat Nayak who remained unbeaten on 39 before Air India reached the total of 123 for 5 in 24.2 overs. Parveen Kumar received Man of the Match trophy the trophy from Vishwajeet Khanna, Registrar, Cooperative Societies Punjab and Chairman Organizing Committee.
Brief scores: MPCA: 122 for all in 41 overs (Sunil Dholpure 25, Parveen Kumar 4 for 25, Ankit Chawan 4 fro 46). Air India: 123 for 5 in 24.2 overs (Prashant Nayak 39 not out, Parveen Kumar 27, Rajesh Kak 2 for 21, Jitender 2 for 16).
In the third match played at the Sector 3 Stadium Panchkula, IndianOil defeated State Bank of Mysore by 27 runs. IndianOil were all out for 173 runs in 50 overs. Pinal Shah (32 ), Ravi Teja (27) and Mithun Barrella (22) were the main scorers for IndianOil. Left arm spinner Noorudin (4 for 31) was the main wicket taker for State Bank of Mysore.
State Bank of Mysore folded up for 146 in 41.2 overs. K.S.T Sahu (36), Tilak Naidu (35) were the main contributors for State Bank of Mysore. Left Arm spinner Rajesh Powar (3 for 30) and Amit Dani (3 for 26) were the main wicket takers for IndianOil. With this win IndianOil got 4 points. Man of the match was Amit Dani.
Brief scores: IndianOil: 173 in 50 overs ( Pinal Shah 32, Ravi Teja 27, Mithun Barrella 22, Noorudin 4 for 31). State Bank of Mysore: 146 in 41.2 overs (. K.S.T Sahu 36, Tilak Naidu 35, Rajesh Powar 3 for 30 and Amit Dani 3 for 26).
Tomorrow's fixtures: ITC Delhi vs. RCA X1, DAV School Sector 8 Chandigarh at 9.30 a.m .
LIC vs PCA Colts, St. John School, Sector 26 Chandigarh at 9:30 a.m.
HPCA Academy vs . BPCL Bombay, PCA Stadium, Mohali at 9:30 a.m.

Kiran Chaudhry advises players to work hard for achieving excellence

Haryana Sports Minister Kiran Chaudhry being introduced to the players in the XIX Yonex Chandigarh State Badminton Championships in Chandigarh on Thursday.
Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 20
Rajinder Bisht and Sunil Malhi were extended to three games by their respective opponents in the preliminary round of the men’s singles on the opening day of the XIX Yonex Chandigarh State Badminton Championships at the Sector 42 Badminton Hall here today.
Down by one game, Rajinder Bisht rallied to overcome the challenge of Ravi Setia 21-23, 21-12, 21-13. Sunil Malha staged a good rally to oust Munish 19-21, 21-15, 21-19.
Haryana Sports Minister Kiran Chaudhry inaugurated the four-day championship which has attracted more than 200 participants for 22 events.
She was introduced to the participants and officials. Speaking on the occasion, the Haryana Sports Minister appreciated the efforts of the Chandigarh Badminton Association for promoting this discipline. She urged the players to work hard and dedication to achieve excellence in their game and bring laurels to their state, institution and the country.
Today, the preliminary round matches in juniors, sub juniors in boys and girls categories were played.
U-16 girls singles: Nisha bt Deepti 21-6, 21-6,Japneet bt Sakshi 21-7, 21-5.
U-19 girls singles: Navika bt Deepti 21-14, 21-16.
U-13 boys singles: Justin bt Ansul Chawla 21-7, 21-7, Nikhil bt Chirag 21-14, 21-10, Anupam bt Chaitanya 22-20, 21-19, Mehak Mann bt Shivam 21-8, 21-10.
U-16 boys singles: Amanpreet bt Gaurav 21-18, 21-18, Rupam bt Jaideep (21-10, 21-17, Parajawal bt Yoginder 21-12, 24-22, Tejeshwar bt Gautam 21-15, 21-17, Sameer bt Akashdeep 21-5, 21-6, Akhil bt Ankush 21-2, 21-5, Nitish bt Rahul 21-14, 25-23, Prateek bt Jagroop 21-6, 21-15.
Men’s singles: Rajinder Bisht bt Ravi Setia 21-23, 21-12, 21-13, Tushar bt Harminder 21-14, 21-17, Sunil Malha bt Munish 19-21, 21-15, 21-19, Vikas Kundu bt Abhinav 21-18, 21-18, Akash Sethi bt Matul 21-15, 21-17.

Indian men to play at Santiago and women at Kazan in Olympic Hockey Qualifiers

Balbir Singh
Chandigarh, Sept 20
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) today announced the details of the Olympic qualifying tournaments to be played early 2008 for the Bejing Olympics next year.
India which recently won the Asia Cup will compete with Austria, Bangladesh, Chile, Egypt and Great Britain at Santiago Olympic Qualifying Hockey Tournament in Chile from March 1 to 9.
According a press release issued by FIH today, Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Poland and Switzerland will play at Kakamigahara (Japan) from April 5 to 13, 2008.
Argentina, Cuba, France, Ireland, New Zealand and Trinidad & Tobago will play at North Shore City, Auckland ( New Zealand) from February 2 to 10.
The reserve nations for the tournaments (in order) are: (1) Netherlands Antilles (2) USA and (3) Mexico.
In the women's category, India have been clubbed with Belgium, Chinese Taipei, India, Netherlands Antilles, Russia and USA and the Qualifying Tournament will be played at Kazan, (Russia) from April 19 to 27.
At the Caku (Azerbaijan) Azerbaijan, Belarus, Chile, Kenya, Spain and Ukraine will feature in the Olympic Qualifiers from April 12 to 20.
The third Olympic Qualifying Tournament for women will be organised at Victoria, (Canada) from April 26 April to May 4 and the countries are: Canada, Cuba, Ireland, Italy, Korea and Malaysia.
The reserve nations for these tournaments (in order) are: (1) France, (2) Uruguay and (3) Barbados.
Despite some surprising results in the Oceania Cup, which was the last Continental tournament for direct Olympic qualification, hockey giants Australia’s women’s team will join their men’s team in Beijing next year in a quest for gold medals.
After the Oceania Cup, nine of the 12 Olympic participants for both the men’s and the women’s hockey tournaments are now finalized.
Men: Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Korea, Netherlands, Pakistan, South Africa, Spain.
Women: Argentina, Australia, China, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand and South Africa.
The FIH has requested the National Associations and National Olympic Committees of all teams qualified for both the Olympic Games and the WorldHockey Olympic Qualifiers to confirm their participation. In the event that a nation does not accept the invitation to participate in a qualifier, it will be replaced directly by the reserve nations in order of world ranking.
The Olympic qualifying tournaments to be played early 2008.
Women: Baku, Azerbaijan – 12/20 April 2008 (Azerbaijan, Belarus, Chile, Kenya, Spain and Ukraine).
Kazan, Russia – 19/27 April 2008 (Belgium, Chinese Taipei, India, Netherlands Antilles, Russia and USA).
Victoria, Canada – 26 April/04 May 2008 (Canada, Cuba, Ireland, Italy, Korea and Malaysia).
The reserve nations for these tournaments (in order) are:1 France, 2 Uruguay and 3 Barbados.
Men: At North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand – 02/10 February 2008 (Argentina, Cuba, France, Ireland, New Zealand and Trinidad & Tobago).
At Santiago, Chile – 01/09 March 2008 (Austria, Bangladesh, Chile, Egypt, Great Britain and India).
At Kakamigahara, Japan – 05/13 April 2008 (Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Poland, Switzerland).
The reserve nations for these tournaments (in order) are: 1 Netherlands Antilles, 2 USA and 3 Mexico.

Kerala athletes leading in Nationals

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, Sept 20
Kerala were leading with a tally of 29 medals (11 gold, 9 silver and 9 bronze) after competitons on the fourth day in the 47th National Senior Inter-State Athletics Championships which concluded at the Tope Stadium in Bhopal today.
According to information received here, Jharkhand secured 24 medals (6-10-8) and were at the runners-up position The third position was occupied by Haryana who secured four gold, five silver and five bronze medals. Punjab were at the fourth spot with six medals (3-2-1).

MEDAL TALLY
GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
1 KERALA 11 9 9 29
2 JHARKHAND 6 10 8 24
3 HARYANA 4 5 5 14
4 PUNJAB 3 2 1 6
5 WEST BENGAL 2 3 2 7
6 UTTARAKHAND 3 0 0 3
7 UTTAR PRADESH 1 4 3 8
8 DELHI 2 4 4 10
9 KARNATAKA 1 0 2 3
10 MAHARASHTRA 1 0 2 3
11 GUJARAT 1 1 1 3
12 M.P. 1 0 1 2
13 TAMILNADU 3 0 2 5
14 HP 1 0 0 1
15 CHHATISGARH 2 0 0 2
16 MANIPUR 0 1 2 3
17 ASSAM 0 1 0 1
18 AP 0 2 0 2
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Ranike laudes role of Punjab Sports Dept

Balbir Singh

Chandigarh, Sept 19
Punjab Sports Minister Gulzar Singh Ranike lauded the role of the Punjab Sports Department and the Punjab Sports Council for implementing the policies of the State Government with total dedication, creating sports culture and properly utilising the energy of the youth in promotion of sports.
Speaking at a function organised at the Punjab Sports Directorate here today, Mr Gulzar Singh said "the sports department is moving in the right direction and providing sports facilities from grass root level. The Chief Minister, Sardar Parkash Singh Badal is keen to extend all facilities to the sportspersons, specially the youth. By involving the youth in the sports activities, the young generation would be kept away from the menace of drug abuse."
"Mr Pargat Singh has revived and initiated a number of result-oriented sports schemes for the youth of the state. The Punjab Hockey League in three age categories for boys and girls is a laudable step as in this national game, India have won the maximum number of gold medals in the Olympic Games," said Mr Gulzar Singh, who visited the Punjab Sports Directorate in Sector 34 for the first time. He was accompanied by Mr Malkiat Singh, MLA from Jaldiala.
Mr RPS Pawar, Secretary Sports, Punjab Government, said "the credit for implementing the sports policies of the Government goes to Mr Pargat Singh. The weekend Punjab Hockey League is an appropriate move to revive the hockey interest among the masses. The National Sports Day state function on the birthday of hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand at the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium in Jalandhar on August 29 was a grand success as more than 4000 players attended the state function. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal presented hockey balls, hockey sticks, football, volleyball and other sports equipment to the players. The PHL was also inaugurated."
Revival of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh award to the outstanding sportspersons was praised by persons from all sections of the society. The prize money has been raised to Rs one lakh from Rs 20,000 and 124 sportspersons were presented the awards. The number of recipients has been also been raised from 15 per year to 27. The state government has sanctioned the amount for the highest state sports awards and the Sports Department would be inviting applications very soon

Olympian Pargat Singh said "it is the team work which produces the results. Any weak link can cause harm. Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Parkash Singh Badal is the captain and Sports Minister Gulzar Singh vice-captain. I am getting full cooperation from all in running the affairs of the Sports Department."

Mr Pargat Singh said "I am also thankful Secretary Sports Mr RPS Pawar for guiding and encouraging me in implementing the plans. Whenever, I go to him with a file, it is cleared immediately."

The Sports Minister presented mementos to the staff as incentive to motivate them to work more hard to make Punjab superpower in sports.

JP Atray Cricket Trophy: S. Gehlot bowls RCA to six-wicket victory

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 19
Medium pacer S Gehlot (10-6-8-4) bowled Rajasthan Cricket Association to a six-wicket triumph over Mumbai Cricket Association in the 14th All India J.P. Atray Cricket Tournament at the St John's School ground in Sector 26 here today.
Rajasthan Cricket Associaton won the toss but decided to field. The gamble paid rich dividends as MCA team, comprising mainly Under -19 players of Mumbai, were reeliing at 28 for 3 in 12.4 overs. Only Anup Revenkar (34) played a defied knock before RCA were bundled out for 141 runs in 41.3 overs. Left arm spinner M. Aslam (3 for 32) gave Gehlot good support from the other end.
Openers Sidharth Joshi (57, 9x4s, 2x6s) and Rohit Sharma (46, 5x4s, 1x6) gave RCA a good start as they realised on 99 runs before Rohit Sharma was caught by Anup of left arm spinner Iqbal Abdullah. RCA lost two quick wickets and were reduced to 110 for 4 before achieving the target in 29.4 overs. They scored 144 for 6. RCA got five points, including one bonus while MCA recorded minus 1 point.
Brief scores: MCA Colts 141 for all in 41.3 overs (Anup Revenkar 34, S. Gehlot 4 for 8 and Aslam 3 for 32). RCA X1: 144 for 4 in 29.4 overs (Sidharth Joshi, 57, Rohit Sharma46, Rajesh Bishnoi 22 not out, Iqbal Abdullah 2 for 36). At the Sector 3 Cricket Stadium in Panchkula, Canara Bank who had earlier lost to HPCA Academy in the opening match, bounced back strongly to overpower fancied Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Mumbai by 17 runs.
BPCL won the toss and put Canara Bank Bangalore in to bat. Canara Bankscored 241 for 8 in the allotted 50 overs. They were wellserved by their wicketkeeper-cum-opening batsman Bharat Chipli (60, 6x4s, 1x6). He was ably supported by C. Ragu (41, 3x4s, 1x6) andDeepak Chougle (33). Bharat Chipli was associated in a 58 -runpartnership with K.B Pawan (23). Offspinner Onkar Khanvilkar(3 for 43) and Rajesh Verma (2 for 39) were the most successful bowlers for BPCL.
In reply,g BPCL were bundled out for 224 in 49.1 overs. S. Kotak (55, 4x4s), Indulkar (25) were the main scorers for BPCL. Former Test player left arm spinner Sunil Joshi (3 for 48) and N.C. Ayappa (3 for 55) were the main wicket takers for Canara Bank. Canara bank secured 4 points while BPCL got 0.
Bharat Chipli of Canara Bank won the Man of the Match award which was handedover by . H. Biswas, DGM of Canara Bank.
Brief scores: Canara Bank: 241 for 8 in 50 overs (Bharat Chipli 60, C. Ragu 41, DeepakChougle 33, Onkar Khanvilkar 3 for 43, Rajesh Verma, 2 for 39). BPCL 224 for all out in49.1 over (S. Kotak 45, Indulkar 25, Sunil Joshi 3 for 48, N.C. Ayappa 3 for 55).
Tomorrow's fixtures: MPCA vs Air India Mumbai at St. John School Sector 26., 9.30 a.m.ITC Delhi vs MRF, Chennai at DAV School Sector 8 Chd. 9.30 a.m.State Bank of Mysore vs. Indian Oil Mumbai, Sector 3 Cricket StadiumPanchkula, 9.30 a.m.

National Athletics: Gajanan betters his own pole vault record

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 19
Gajanan Upadhya of Jharkhand improved upon his own record in men’s pole vault by clearing the bar placed at 5.05 metres in the 47th National Senior Inter-State Athletics Championships at the Tope Stadium in Bhopal today, according to report received here. Gajanan’s previous meet record was of 4.95 metres which he had set in 2005. The National record of 5.10 metres stands in the name of Vijay Pal Singh who set it in 1987.
Neeraj Kumar of Haryana cleared 4.70 metres for silver while Bimin K P of Kerala was third with the same height.
C Hamza of Kerala ran a good race to touch the tape in 3:40.40 seconds to claim gold in 1500 metres race for men. However, he missed the meet record (Bahadur Prasad, 3:38.00 23/12/95) by just .30 seconds and the national record (Bahadur Prasad Del 3:40.10 Dec-1995). by 2.40 seconds. Sajeesh Joseph (Kerala) clocked 3:44.50s for silver.
Sanjo Devi of Himachal Pradesh threw the spear to a distance of 43.65 metres to bag gold while Haryana’s Sonu got silver in 42.72 metres. Aplesh Kumari of Haryana claimed bronze with 41.86 metres.
Y Bala Devi (West Bengal) walked away with the 20 km walk gold as she covered the distance in 1::49:13.19s. She, however, failed to erase Deepmala Devi’s record of 1:39:30.59 which she has set in 2006. W Lamnganbi Devi (Manipur) got silver by clocking 2::01:47.85s.
Results:
Women: 20 km walk: 1 Y Bala Devi (West Bengal) 1::49:13.19s, 2 W Lamnganbi Devi (Manipur) 2::01:47.85s, 3 Ibemcha Devi (Manipur) 2::02:42.42s, 4 Meena Chhikara ((Gujarat) 2::05.08.80s, 5 Surekha Rani (Manipur) 2::09:12.52s, 6 Soma Srivastava (Jharkhand) 2::10:27:29s, Suvarna Kumar (Maharashtra) 2::11:18.64s.
Javelin: 1 Sanjo Devi (Himachal Pradesh) 43.65m, 2 Sonu (Haryana) 42.72m,
3 Alpesh Kumari (Haryana) 41.86m.
100m hurdles: 1 Poonam Boijana (Karnataka) 14.28s, 2 J J Shobha (Andhra Pradesh) 15.00s, 3 Kranti Maurya (Uttar Pradesh) 16.42s.
Triple jump: 1 Mayookha Johny (Kerala) 12.99m, 2 M A Prajusha (Kerala) 12.87m, 3 Tessymol Joseph (Kerala) 12.70m.
400m: 1 Sutapa Das(West Bengal) 55.61s, 2 Pooja Jakhar (Delhi) 55.66s,
3 Sabina Khatun (West Bengal) 56.55s.
1500m: 1 O P Jaisha (Kerala ) 4:15.71s, 2 Sinimol Paulose (Jharkhand) 4:16.22s, 3
Bindhu S R (Kerala) 4:31.00s.
Men: Pole vault: 1 Gajanan Upadhya (Jharkhand) 5.05m NMR, 2 Naveen Kumar (Haryana) 4.70m, 3 Bimin K P (Kerala) 4.70m.
Long jump: 1 Shamsher Pratap Singh (Punjab) 7.45m, 2 Pushpinder Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 7.24m, 3 Bhartender Singh (Haryana) 7.22m.
110 m hurdles: 1Naunidh Singh (Punjab) 14.23s, 2 Manjunath Godi (Jharkhand)14.29s, 3 Rohit Haval (Jharkhand) 14.46s.
3000m Steeplechase: 1 Omprakash (Madhya Pradesh ) 8:58.43s, 2 Ilam Singh (Jharkhand) 9:00.29s, 3 Bhagwan Diwakar Giri (Jharkhand) 9:18.63s.
Javelin: 1 Om Narayan (Haryana) 73.76m, 2 Arun Kumar Patel (Uttar Pradesh) 71.64m, 3 Anil Kumar (Haryana) 71.57m.
400m: 1 Md. Naseem Km (Chattisgarh) 46.94s, 2 Virendra Kumar Pankaj (Uttar Pradesh) 46.99s, 3 S.K. Mortaja (Jharkhand) 47.02s.
1500 m: 1 C Hamza (Kerala) 3:40.40s, 2 Sajeesh Joseph (Kerala) 3:44.50s,
3 Ravinder (Delhi) 3:47.06s.

Babubhai walks away with 20 km walk gold and NR and NMR

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 18
Babubhai Panocha of Gujarat walked to a new national and meet record as he won 20 km walk for men in one hour, 25:09.36 seconds at the 47th National Senior Inter-State Athletics Championships at the Tope Stadium in Bhopal, according to information received here this evening.
Babubhai shattered the National record of 1::25:21 which was standing in the name of Gurdev Singh of Punjab at Chennai in 2000. The same year, Gurdev had also established the meet record of 1:25:21.70 in July 2000.PS Jalan of Kerala (1::27:14.06s) and Sumendro Singh of Madhya Pradesh (1::30:49.53s) got silver and bronze, respectively.
National and meet record holder Renjith Maheshwary of Kerala was pushed to second spotby Amarjit Singh of Jharkhand in the men's triple jump final. Amarjit leapt to a distance of 16.36 metres while Renjith Maheshwary was close second with 16.35 metres.Renjith Maheshwary established the new meet record with 17.04 meters on June 23, 2007 at Guwahati. Last year in November Renjith recorded 16.50 metres in Kerala for the meet record.
Poonam Tomar of Delhi and Arunjith S of Kerala emerged the fastest woman and men runners, respectively, of the meet. Poonam clocked 11.85 second and Arunjith S timed 10.76s in the 100 metres dash.Sajeesh Joseph of Kerala won the first place in the two-lap race by clocking 1: 48.93 seconds. However, he was no where near the National record of 1:45.77 seconds set by Sri Ram Singh which the ace Indian runner had established on July 27 in 1976 Montreal Olympics. The meet record of 1:47.99 stands in the name of Ghamanda Ram of Rajasthan since 2005.
Afroz Bee (Madhya Pradesh), Firoz Bee (MP), Kamaljit Kaur (Punjab), M Malarvizhi (Tamil Nadu), Phoolwati (Haryana), Rakhee Gaud (Maharashtra), S Saranya Prakash (Tamil Nadu), Sukanya Mishra (Uttar Pradesh), Sunita Sangle (Maharashtra), Sushila Devi (Manipur), Vipin Kumari (Delhi), Y. Premlata Devi (Manipur) qualified for the women's hammer throw final.
Results (finals): Men: 20 km walk: 1 Babubhai Panocha (Gujarat) 1::25:09.36s (NR, NMR), 2 P S Jalan (Kerala) 1::27:14.06s, 3 Sumendro Singh (MP) 1::30:49.53s , 4 Harmendra Singh (Rajasthan) 1::31:42.25s, 5 Jagrat Singh (Rajasthan) 1::33:10.75s, 6 Chandan Singh (Uttarakhand) 1::34:54.47s.Triple Jump: 1 Amarjeet Singh (Jharkhand) 16.36m, 2 Renjith Maheshwary (Kerala) 16.35m, 3 Saurabh Singh (Uttar Pradesh)15.54m. 100m: 1 Arunjith S (Kerala) 10.76s, 2 Jagdish Basak (Assam) 10.78s, 3 B.G. Nagraj (Jharkhand) 10.79s. 800m: 1 Sajeesh Joseph (Kerala) 1:48.93s , 2 R. Rajeev (Kerala) 1:49.36s, 3 Prakash Varma (Delhi) 1:51.50s. Hammer: 1 Nirbhay Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 63.46m, 2 Harinder Singh (Punjab) 62.06m, 3 Yogesh Kumar (Maharashtra) 61.89m.
Women: Pole Vault: 1 V. S. Sureka (Tamil Nadu) 3.70m, 2 Chetna Solanki (Jharkhand) 3.60m, 3 N Madhusini Devi (Jharkhand) 3.40m. 100m: 1 Poonam Tomar (Delhi) 11.85s,2 Ranjita Roy (West Bengal) 12.15s, 3 Gowramma G D (Karnataka) 12.20s. 800m: 1 A Vijila (Kerala) 2:06.61s,2 Sinimol Paulose (Jharkhand),2:06.99s, 3 Tintu Luka (Kerala) 2:09.19s.
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JP Atray Cricket: Easy for Minerva CA and State Bank of Mysore

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 18
State Bank of Mysore and Minerva Cricket Academy today recorded victories on the second day of the 14th All India J.P. Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament being played here.
State Bank of Mysore defeated Tripura Cricket Association by 74 runs at the DAV Senior Secondary School ground in Sector 8 while Minerva Cricket Academy, propped up by an unbeaten century by Rajinder Bisth (144), routed LIC Cricket Club by seven wickets at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Panchkula.
Rajinder slammed an unblemished 144 from 138 balls and reached the fence 17 times and also hit two sixes during his 180-minute vigil at the wicket. With this victory Minerva CA got four points and Rajinder Bisth wasadjudged the Man of the Match.
LIC made 236 for 6 in stipulated 50 overs. Bageshwar Bisth (43, 4x4s), Anshul Kapoor (40, 2x4s), Rahat Elahi (56 not out, 4x4s) and Manu Kumar (37, 4x4s, 1x6) were their principal scorers. Ajit Chandela (2 for 40) and Kuldeep Dhiman (2 for 34) were the main wicket takers for Minerva CA.
In reply Minerva surpassed the LIC total in 41.4 overs by scoring 238 for 3 in 41.4 overs. Rajinder Bisth remained not out on 144.. Safiq Khan (31 not out , 4x4s) were the architect of Minerva's comfortable win. Rajinder Bisth and Safiq Khan were associated in an unfinished stand of 89 runs for the fourth wickets.Rajinder Bisth earlier had an opening stand of 51 with Chetan Sharma (26) and third wicket stand of 85 runs with Vishal Sahni (23). .
Brief scores: LIC: 236 for 6 in 36 overs (Bageshwar Bisth 43, Anshul Kapoor 40, Rahat Elhai 56 not out, Manu Kumar 37 not out, Ajit Chandela 2 for 40, Kuldeep Dhiman 2 for 34). Minerva Cricket Academy: 238 for 3 in 41.4 (Rajinder Bisth not out 144, Safiq Khan 31 not out, Chetan Sharma 21). Minerva 4 points, LIC 0. Man of the match: Rajinder Bisht.
At the DAV Senior Secondary School ground in Sector 8, State Bank of Mysore defeated Tripura Cricket Association by 74 runs. Winning the toss Tripura CA opted to field. State Bank of Mysore scored 229 9 in the allotted 50 overs. M.K. Manjunath (68, 10x4s) and late surge bytailenders Anand Katti (37 not out), 2x4s, 3x6s) and N. Arvind (18 not out ) propped up their innings. B. Gopesh (3 for 33), Tushar (2 for 32) and Subal Chao (2 for 29) were the main successful bowlers for Tripura CA.
In reply, Tripura CA were dismissed for 155 runs in 38.5 overs and lost the match by 74 runs. State Bank of Mysore secured five points and Tripura CA finished with -1 point. R. Saha (31) and Rajesh Banik (28) were the main contributors for Tripura CA. K.S Sai (4 for 30) and A. Katti (2 for 4) were the main wicket takers for State Bank of Mysore. A.Katti won the man of the match award.
Brief scores:State Bank of Mysore: 229 for 9 in 50 overs (M.K. Manjunath 68, Anand Katti 37 not out B. Gopesh 3 for 34, Subal Chow 2 for 29. Tripura: 155 in 38.5 overs (R. Saha 31, Rajesh Banik 28, K.S. Sai 4 for 30, A. Katti 2 for 4). Man of the Match: Anand Katti.
Tomorrow's fixtures: Rajasthan Cricket Association X1 vs Mumbail Cricket Associations at Colts, St. John's School, Sec. 26, at 9.30 a. m.
Canara Bank Bangolore vs BPCL Mumbai at Sector 3 Cricket Stadium Panchkula at 9:30 a.m.
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Rajesh to lead Haryana athletes in NZ meet

Balbir Singh
Chandigarh, Sept16
National high jump champion Rajesh Kalirawan of Hisar will lead a 140-member-strong contingent in the age group of boys and girls Under-20, 18, 16 and 14 years in the 19th North Junior Athletic Championship to be held at Panjab University Campus from September 25 to 27, according to H.S. Bhadu, Secretary Haryana State Athletic Association.
Bhadu informed that the selection of junior athletes of North Zone for Inter- Zonal Junior Athletic Championship being held at Gantoor from October 11 to 13, will be made on the basis of the performance of the athletes during the Chandigarh Championship.
Other members of the teams are:
Boys under 20 years: Sunil Kumar, Bhupinder Singh, Pawan Kumar, Mandeep Singh, Krishan Kumar, Sham Singh, Kanha Ram, Rohtash, Rajesh, Baljit Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Naresh Malik, Parminder Singh, Satish Kumar, Satrughan, Vipin, Sanny, Jagbir Singh, Umesh, Bhupinder, Dinesh, Suresh, Mohan Singh, Sanjeev, Ajay Rathee, Rajesh Kalirawan and Manjeet Singh.
B Jonny, Pardeep Malik, Vikash, Sidarath, Amit, Santyvan, Dharmvir Singh, Brijendar Singh, Ajit Singh, Sanjay, Shamsher Singh, Parveen, Dheeraj, Pardeep Kumar, Raj Kumar, Gurvinder Singh, Amitabh, Amit Singh, Naresh, Gurpreet Singh, Amit Gill, Akash Antil, Neeraj and Arvind.
Boys under 16 years: Vikash, Manish, Ravinder Singh, Pardeep, Vikash-II, Jagbir Singh, Rakesh, Nitesh, Mahavir Singh, Mahesh, Jitendar, Arvind, Karan Singh, Vikas and Sukhdev.
Boys under 14 years: Naveen Kumar, Monu, Anil Kumar, Sidarath, Yogesh and Bhupinder Singh.
Girls under 20 years: Sushila, Sunita, Aarti Yadav, Jyoti, Neelam, Manisha, Manju, Meenakshi and Neelam Sangwan.
Girls under 18 years: Sunita, Manisha, Sonia, Kanila, Poonam, Mamta, Sunita, Aarti, Pooja, Rinku, Rinku Sangwan, Promila, Anjubala and Anju\n Rathee.
Girls under 16 years: Kaushalya, Babita, Ritu Jakhar, Sujata, Patrveen, Meena Jakhar, Pooja, Meenakshi, Promila, Sonu, Sandeep, Komaldeep and Nitu Singh.
Girls under 14 years: Pinky, Partibha, Suman, Neha, Sunita, Kavita.
Coaches: Parveen Kumar, Krishan Kumar and Suman Bala. Managers: Rajiv Khatri, Ram Mehar Singh. General Manager: Raj Kumar Mittan.
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Dalipinder bags gold in FITA round

Balbir Singh

CHANDIGARH, SEPT 18
Dalipinder Singh Sandhu of St John's School, Sector 26, emerged champion in the FITA Round competition for Under-14 in the Chandigarh Inter-School Archery Competitions at the Saupin's School ground in Sector 32 here today. Releasing arrows with confidence, Dalipinder Singh was awarded 69 points for the gold medal.
Tejbir Sidhu of hosts Saupin's School, Sector 32, claimed silver medal with 65 points while Rajan Saini of Government Model School-10 obtained 60 points for the bronze medal.
In the Indian round for Under-10, Government Model School made a clean sweep by claiming all the three first positions. Shubham Rana, with 179 points, got gold medal. Neeraj (156 points) and Chanchal (129) finished second and third, respectively.
Gaurav Malhotra of Government Model-10 got the top place with 193 points in the Under-17 Indian round competitions. Veer Singh (Govt Model-10, 120 pts) and Sahil Kansal (Saupin's School-32, 103) finished second and third, respectively.
Ravi Kharab of Government Model-10 finished streets ahead of Amit Sachdeva of DAV Senior Secondary School-8 to bag gold in the Under-19 section in Indian round with 161 points. Amit Sachdeva got silver with 97 points. Jasbir Singh of DAVSSS-8 was third with 82 points.
Varun Sachdeva of KB DAV-7) and Harshit Gupta of Ajit Karam Singh International Public School, Sector 41 claimed gold and silver with 278 and 165 points, respectively, in the Under-19 Compound Round competitions.
Archers from seven schools took part in the archery competitions organised by Saupin's School for the first time at its campus.
Results:
FITA round: Under-14: 1 Dalipinder Singh Sandhu (St John's-25) 69 pts, 2 Tejbir Sidhu (Saupin's School-32) 65, 3 Rajan Saini (Govt Model-10) 60.
Indian Round: Under-14: 1 Shubham Rana (Govt Model-10) 179, 2 Neeraj (Govt Model-10) 156, 3 Chanchal (Govt Model-10) 129.
Under-17: 1 Gaurav Kumar (Govt Model-10) 193, 2 Veer Singh (Govt Model-11) 120, 3 Sahil Kansal (Saupin's School-32) 103.
Under-19: 1 Ravi Kharb (Govt Model-10) 161, 2 Amit Saroha (DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8) 97, 3 Jaibir Singh ( DAV SSS-8) 82.
Compound round (Under-19): 1 Vasrun Sachdeva (KB DAV-7) 278, 2 Harshit Gupta (Ajit Karam Singh International Public School-41) 165.
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DPS, Modern School bag CBSE NZ Chess titles

Modern School and Delhi Public School, both of Delhi, who won the Under-19 and Under-14 trophies in CBSE NZ (I) Inter-School-Chess Tournament in Chandigarh on Monday. Photos by Balbir Singh

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, Sept 17
Delhi Public School of Mathura Road pipped Sanskriti School, both of Delhi,
in the tie-breaker rule after they were tied with 16 points apiece at the conclusion of the fifth and final round in the Under-14 category of the Central Board of Secondary Education North Zone (I) Inter-School-Chess Tournament at the St Joseph's Senior Secondary School in Sector 14 here today. DPS were awarded 63.5 against 59.5 of Sanskriti School.
The tie-breaker rule was also applied to resolve the deadlock between Vasant Valley School and Modern School, both of Delhi were tied with 14.5 points apice. Vasant Valley finished third and fourth with 14.5 apiece. The issue was also resolved through tie-breaker.
Modern School of New Delhi stole the show in the Under-19 trophy with 16 points after the final round on Monday. The Lawrence School, also of New Delhi claimed the runners-up trophh with 14 points each. JD Taytler School also of Delhi secured the third posiiton with 13 points. In the final round Modern School defeated Vasant Valley of New Delhi by 3-1 and The Lawrence School, New Delhi defeated hosts St Joseph's School-44 by 3-1.
D.R. Yadav, CBSE joint director, regional office, Panchkula, distributed the prizes. Hosts St Joseph's Director-Principal Rupinder Singh and CBSE observer from Delhi RS Tiwari were also present on the occasion.
Results: Under-14 (final round ): Delhi Public School,Mathura Road,New Delhi 16 bt (3.5 - .5) Salwan Public School New Delhi, Alpine Public School, Nalagarh (H.P) 11 lost to (0 - 4) Sanskriti School New Delhi, Shivalik Public School,Sec 41,Chandigarh 10 lost to (0 - 4) Vasant Valley School, DAV Public School, Sec 7 Chandigarh 12 bt (3 - 1) Swami Ram Tirtha School Mohali, Modern School New Delhi 12.5 bt(4 - 0) K.C Public School Jammu, Sacred Heart School, Chandigarh 9.5 lost to (1 - 3) K. R Mangalam World School- New Delhi, Maharaja Agarsain Public School Delhi 9.5 lost to (1 - 3) St. Xavier's Convent School Kathua (J&K), Bal Bharti Public School-Delhi 8.5 lost to (1 - 3) Delhi Public School Jammu, St. Joseph's Sr. Sec. School,Chandigarh 7.5 lost to (1 - 3) GAV Public School Kangra (H.P), Chandigarh Baptist School,Sec 45 Chandigarh 8 drew (2 - 2) Mount Carmal School,Dwarka New Delhi, DAV Public Sr. Sec. Mohali 4 Bye
Final Ranking: 1 Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, New Delhi 16, 2 Sanskriti School-New Delhi 16, 3 Vasant Valley School 14.5,4 Modern School- New Delhi 12.5,5 DAV Public School, Sec 7 Chandigarh 12, 6 Salwan Public School New Delhi 11.5,7 K. R Mangalam World SchoolNew Delhi 11.5, St. Xavier's Convent School Kathua(J&K) 11,8 Alpine Public School, Nalagarh (H.P) 11, 9 Delhi Public School Jammu 11, 10 GAV Public School Kangra (H.P) 10.5, 11 Shivalik Public School,Sec 41,Chandigarh 10, 12 Swami Ram Tirtha School Mohali 10, 13 Sacred Heart School, Chandigarh 9.5, 14 Maharaja Agarsain Public School Delhi 9.5, 15 Bal Bharti Public School-Delhi 8.5, 16 K.C Public School Jammu 8.5, 17 Chandigarh Baptist School,Sec 45 Chandigarh 8, 18, St. Joseph's Sr. Sec. School,Chandigarh 7.5, 19 Mount Carmal School,Dwarka-New Delhi 6, 20 DAV Public Sr. Sec. Mohali 6, 21 Sant Ishar Singh School, Mohali 3,22 Moti Ram Arya Sr. Sec. School Chandigarh 0.
Under-19 (final Round): Modern School New Delhi 16 bt( 3 - 1) Vasant Valley School 12.5, St. Joseph, Chandiagrh 12.5 lost to (1 - 3) The Lawrence School New Delhi 14, J.D Tytler School,New Delhi 13 bt(3 - 1) Ajit Karam Singh Chandigarh 11, DPS, New Delhi 12 drew(2 - 2) K.C Public School Jammu 12, St. Xavier's Kathua 11.5 drew (2 - 2) KBDAV Sec-7,Chandigarh 10, K. R Mangalam School- New Delhi 9 lost to (1 - 3) Maharaja Agarsain School Delhi 11.5, Sidharth International Delhi 10.5 bt ( 2.5 - 1.5) Delhi Public School Jammu 9.5, Sacred Heart School, Chandigarh 10 drew(2 - 2) Chandigarh Baptist School, Chandigarh 9.5, DAV School Delhi 10.5 bt (3 - 1) Alpine Public School, Nalagarh 8, DAV Sec-8,Chandigarh 10 bt(4 - 0) Eicher School Kamli, Parwanoo 6, Laureate Public School, Shimla 8 Drew(2 - 2) Stepping Stones School,Chandigarh 6, DAV School, Shimla 4 Bye.
Final ranking: 1 Modern School New Delhi 16, 2 The Lawrence School-New Delhi 14, 3 J.D Tytler School,New Delhi 13, 4 Vasant Valley School 12.5, 5 St. Joseph, Chandiagrh 12.56 K.C Public School,Jammu 12, 7 DPS, New Delhi 12, 8 Maharaja Agarsain School Delhi 11.5, 9 St. Xavier's Kathua 11.5, 10 Ajit Karam Singh Chandigarh 11, 11 DAV School Delhi 10.5, 12 Sidharth International-Delhi 10.5, 13 KBDAV Sec-7,Chandigarh 10, 14 DAV Sec-8, Chandigarh 10, 15 Sacred Heart School, Chandigarh 10, 16 Delhi Public School Jammu 9.5,17 Chandigarh Baptist School, Chandigarh 9.5, 18 K. R Mangalam School- New Delhi 9, 19 Laureate Public School, Shimla 8, 20 Alpine Public School, Nalagarh 8, 21 Eicher School Kamli,Parwanoo 6, 22 DAV School,Shimla 6, 23 Stepping Stones School,Chandigarh 6, 24 Moti Ram School Sec-27,Chandigarh 1, 25 DAV School Mohali 0, 26 St. Soldier School- Mohali 0.
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Paul century makes LIC life miserable

Adviser to the Chandigarh Administrator Lalit Sharma presenting man of the match award to Paul Walthaty(Air India) for inaugural match of 14th All India J.P. Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament at St. John's School, in Chandigarh on Monday.

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 17
Air India posted a comprehensive six- wicket triumph against LIC Cricket Club on the opening day of the 14th All- India J.P. Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament at the St John's High School grounds in Sector 26 here today. Air India won the toss but invited LIC to bat first. Air India contained the LIC innings to 256 for 7 in the allotted 50 overs. After the exit of opener Gurinder Saini at the score of 1, a 137-run association for the second wicket between southpaw opener Amandeep Sonkar (70 runs of 103 balls) laced with two towering sixes and 7 fours and Bhageshwar Bisht )81 runs off 93 balls with 7 fours). Other notable contribution came from Rahat Elahi 46 off 52 balls with 5 fours. Ankit Chavan ( 3 for 40) and medium pacer Moondeep (2 for 30) were the main wicket-takers for Air India..
Air India started their reply with their skipper Sushant Marathe and Parveen Kumar putting on 51 runs for the opening wicket before Praveen kumar (20) was declared lbw to Kartar Singh. His place was taken by Paul Walthaty who was involved in a 83-run stand for the second wicket with Sushant Marathe and 66 runs for the third wicket with Prashant Naik. Sushant Marathe scored 51 runs off 42 balls with 7 fours while Parshant Naik scored 27 off 37 balls with 2 fours and 1 six while the center figure of both the partnerships Paul Walthaty made a mince meat of the LIC attack by plundering 108 runs off 61 balls with the help of 16 scorching boundaries and 5 towering sixes off 61 balls in an innings lasted 78 minutes.
Paul Walthay won the Man of the Match award.
Air India got 5 points while LIC got 1 point.
Mr Lalit Sharma, Adviser to the Administration, handed over the Man of the Match to Paul Walthaty.
BRIEF SCORE: LIC 256 for 7 in 50 overs ( Amandeep Sonkar 70, B. Bisht 81, Rahat Elahi 46, Ankit Chavan 3 for 40). Air India 262 for 4 in 33.2 overs ( Paul Walthaty 108, Sushant Marathe 51, Praveen Kumar 20, Prashant Naik 27, Larson 31 not out, Abhir Lavasa 1 for 19, Gurinder Saini 1 for 25) Air India won by 6 wickets. Air India 5 points including bonus and LIC –I point. Man of the Match Paul Walthaty.
In the second match played at DAV School Sector -8 HPCA Acadmey defeated Canara Bank Banglore by eight wickets and collected 4 points from this win. Canara Bank were bundled out for 199 runs in 49.1 overs. Sunil Joshi made 31 runs in 45 balls with 2 fours and one six. The bowling honors for HPCA went to Sangram Singh (3 for 38), Vijay Boon (2 for25), Nichal Gaur (2 for 26) and Saurav Rattan (2 for 31).
In reply HPCA scored 204 for 2 in 40.3 overs. Munish Gupta (63 not out) and Hemant Dogra (52) were involved in an opening sant for 115 runs. Skipper Sangram Singh scored 36 with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes and was declared Man of the Match which was given by former Test star Yograj Singh.
BRIEF SCORE: Canara Bank 199 in 49.1 overs (Sunil Joshi 31, S. Murthy 28, Nitin Bille 26, Bharat Chipli 21, Sangram Singh 3 for 38, Nischal Gaur 2 for 26, Vijay Boon 2 for 25, Saurav Rattan 2 for 31). HPCA 204 for 2 in 40.3 overs ( Mohnish Gupta 62 N.O., Hemant Dogra 52, Sangram Singh 36, C. Raghu 1 for 41, S. Murthy 1 for 48) Man of The Match Sangram Singh. HPCA Academy won by 8 wickets. HPCA Academy 4 points Canara Bank 0 Point.
Tomorrow’s fixtures: Tripura Cricket Association Vs State Bank of Mysore at DAV School sector -8 at 9.00 a.m. LIC Vs Minerva CC at Sector – 3 Cricket Stadium, Panchkula at 9.00 a.m.
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Vikram stuns Vineet in Punjab Ranking TT final

Winners pose for a group photo after the prize distribution function of the First Emmar Punjab State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament in Chandigarh on Monday.

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 17
Vikram Aditya of Amritsar pulled off the major upset as he toppled topseeded Vineet Chopra of State Bank of Patiala by 10-12, 11-4, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8, 11-6 in the men's singles final of the First Emmar Punjab State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament, organised by the Mohali District Table Tennis Association at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Tournament here today.
Shally Dhawan (Amritsar) beat Mandakini , both of f BSNL Punjab, in an all-Amritsar final to clinch the women's singles crown with a creditable 8-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-6, 14-12.
In the semi-final Mandakini upset top seed Minakshi Sharma of Patiala whereas Shally Dhawan surprised second seed Rajni Singla of Amritsar to on their way to the final.
Commissioner, Information Commission, Government of Punjab P K Verma, gave away the prizes. Mohali District Table Tennis Association president Tajveer Singh presented a table tennis and TT kits to Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Sohana for promotion and slpread awarness of TT in the rural areas.
Results:
Junior boys (final) : Vandit (JAL) bt Sanil Sikri (FZR) 4-11, 11-13, 11-1, 11-8, 8-11.
Junior girls (final): Nirdosh (Ludhiana) bt Meena (Ropar) 11-8, 11-6, 11-9.
Young Boys (QFs): Piyush (JAL) bt Kartik Dogra (JAL) 11-7, 13-11, 11-9.
Manprit (Ludhiana) bt Hitesh Dogra (JAL) 11-5, 11-8, 11-7, Kamaljit (Patiala) bt Amit (JAL) 11-9, 11-4, 11-3.
Young Boys (Semi-Finals): Kamaljit (Patiala) bt Sahil Jolly (JAL) – 11-5, 11-5, 11-6
Manpreet (Ludhiana) bt Piyush (JAL) – 6-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-8
Young Boys (final): Kamaljit ( Patiala) bt Manpreet (Ludhiana) – 11-8, 11-6, 11-6
Young Girls (Quarter-finals): Lovepreet (Ropar) bt Ankita (Patiala) – 5-11, 11-9, 16-14, 11-6, Nirdosh (Ludhiana) bt Kirti (Ludhiana) – 11-9, 11-8, 9-11, 11-4, Akanksha (ASR) bt Meena (Ropar) – 11-8, 11-7, 11-9, Manisha Sharma (Patiala) bt Pooja Dogra (JAL) – 11-6, 11-5, 11-8
Young Girls (semi-finals): Lovepreet (Ropar) bt Akankasha (ASR) 11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 6-11, 11-6.
Manisha (Patiala) bt Nirdosh (Ludhiana) 11-5, 11-6, 11-0.
Young girls (final): Manisha (Patiala) bt Lovepreet (Ropar) 11-2, 11-7, 11-5
Men's (QFs): Janak Raj (BSNL) bt Hitesh Dogra (JAL) 11-6, 14-12, 11-9, 14-12
Vikash Mahajan (PSEB) bt Rohit Mahajan (PSEB) 11-9, 7-11,13-15, 11-13, 11-5, 11-7, 11-5, Vinit Chopra (SBOP) bt Kamaljit Singh (Patiala) 11-9, 10-12, 11-5, 11-7, 11-7
Vikram Aditya (ASR) bt Ramakant (JAL) 11-6, 11-5, 12-10, 10-12, 11-2.
Men's (semi-finals): Vikram Aditya (ASR) bt Vikash Mahajan(PSEB) -12-14, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 11-8, Vinit Chopra (SBOP) bt Janak Raj (BSNL Punjab) – 11-9, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 8-11, 12-10.
Final: Vikram Aditya (ASR) bt Vinit Chopra (SBOP) 10-12, 11-4, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8, 11-6.
Women's (semi-finals): Shally Dhawan (ASR) bt Rajni Gupta(ASR) 11-5, 11-5, 3-11, 7-11, 11-4, Mandakini (ASR) bt Manisha (Patiala) 5-11, 13-11, 8-11, 12-10, 11-8
Final: Shally Dhawan (BSNL PUNJAB) bt Mandakini (BSNL Punjab) – 8-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-6, 14-12.
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From left KS Brar. Chandigarh Golf Club secretary, captain Sukhi Lahal, president RS Sandhu and Barinder Singh Gill with the Kashmir Uzma Invitation Golf Trophy which Chandigarh won in Srinagar recently. Photo by Balbir Singh (Right) The Chandigarh team which won the recently concluded Kashmir Uzma Invitation Golf Trophy in Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir). Photos by Balbir Singh

St Joseph's creditable win over DPS in 4th round

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARB, SEPT 16
Hosts St. Joseph Senior Secondary School, Sector 44 upset Delhi Public School of New Delhi by 3-1 in the fourth round in the under-19 category on the penultimate day of the three-day Central Board of Secondary Education North Zone (I) Chess Tournament here today.
With this creditable win, St Josepha School, were sharing the second spot with Vasant Vally School with an identical 11.5 points at the end of the fourth round.
Modern School of New Delhi were clear leaders with 13 points. Modern School of New Delhi defeated K.C Public School, Jammu by 3-1.
Delhi Public School of Mathura Road, New Delhi were leading with 12.5 points after four rounds. Sanskriti School, also of Delhi, were closely following them at the second place with 12 p.oints. Salwan Public School and Alpine School of Nalagarh were jointly at the third place with 11 points each.
Resutls:
Under-14 (4th round): Sanskriti School New Delhi 12 pts drew (2 - 2) Delhi Public School,Mathura Road,New Delhi 12.5, Vasant Valley School 10.5 drew (2 - 2) Salwan Public School New Delhi 11, Alpine Public School, Nalagarh (H.P) 11 bt(3 - 1) DAV Public School, Sec 7 Chandigarh 9, Swami Ram Tirtha School Mohali 9 drew (2 - 2) Shivalik Public School,Sec 41,Chandigarh 10, K. R Mangalam World School New Delhi 8.5 drew (2 - 2) Modern School New Delhi 8.5, Maharaja Agarsain Public School Delhi 8.5 drew (2 - 2) Sacred Heart School, Chandigarh 8.5, St. Xavier's Convent School Kathua(J&K) 8 draw (2 - 2) Bal Bharti Public School-Delhi 7.5, Delhi Public School Jammu 8 bt (2.5 - 1.5) St. Joseph's Sr. Sec. School,Chandigarh 6.5, K.C Public School Jammu 8.5 bt(4 - 0) DAV Public Sr. Sec. Mohali 4,GAV Public School Kangra (H.P) 7.5 bt(3.5 - .5) Mount Carmal School,Dwarka New Delhi 4,Sant Ishar Singh School, Mohali 3 lost(0 - 4) Chandigarh Baptist School,Sec 45 Chandigarh 6.
Under-19 (4th round): K.C Public School, Jammu 10 lost (1 - 3) Modern School New Delhi 13, DPS, New Delhi 10 lost(1 - 3) St. Joseph, Chandiagrh 11.5, Vasant Valley School 11.5 bt (3.5 - .5) DAV School Delhi 7.5, Delhi Public School Jammu 8 lost(1 - 3)J.D Tytler School,New Delhi 10, Maharaja Agarsain School-Delhi 8.5 lost(1.5 - 2.5) St. Xavier's Kathua 9.5, The Lawrence School-New Delhi 11 bt(4 - 0) Laureate Public School, Shimla 6, Ajit Karam Singh Chandigarh 10 bt(4 - 0) DAV Sec-8,Chandigarh 6, KBDAV Sec-7,Chandigarh 8 draw (2 - 2) Sidharth International-Delhi 8, Chandigarh Baptist School, Chandigarh 7.5 drew(2 - 2) Alpine Public School, Nalagarh 7, Eicher School Kamli,Parwanoo 6 lost(1 - 3) Sacred Heart School, Chandigarh 8, DAV School,Shimla 4 lost(0 - 4) K. R Mangalam School New Delhi 8, Stepping Stones School,Chandigarh 2 bye.

Top positions after fourth round: Under-14: DPS, Mathura Road 12.5, Sanskriti School 12, Salwan Public School, Delhi 11, Alpine School, Nalagarh 11, Vasant Valley 10.5, Shivalik Public School-41 10.
Under-19: Modern School New Delhi 13, St Joseph's SSS-44 11.5, Vasant Valley 11.5, The Lawrence School, New Delhi 11, JD Tytler School, New Delhi 10, KC Public School, Jammu 10, Ajit Karam Singh International Public School-41 10, DPS New Delhi 10.
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25 city wrestlers for Srinagar Junior Nationals

Chandigarh boys and girls selected to participate in the Junior National Wrestling Championship in Srinagar.

Balbir Singh
Chandigarh, Sept 16
The Chandigarh (Union Territory) Wrestling Association has selected a 24-member team which will represent the state in the 26th Junior boys (freestyle and Greco-Roman) and Girls (freestyle) National Wrestling Championship to be held in Srinagar from September 21 to 23. The team was selected during the selection trials conducted at the Sector 30 Labour Hall today.
Announcing the team, association secretary Darshan Lal Sharma said that more than 100 boys and girls appeared for trials. "We are fielding one player in each category," said Darshan Lal.
Competitions at Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) will be conducted in 50, 55, 60, 66, 74, 84, 96 and 120 kg (for boys) and 44, 48, 51, 55, 59, 63, 67 and 72 kg (for girls).
All competitors must be junior age level between 18 and 20 years or born between 1987 and 1989. Cadet wrestlers who will be 17 years old must present a medical certificate justifying the reason for wrestling in a higher age group and parental authorisation.
The Chandigarh team: Boys: Freestyle: Sandeep (50 kg), Deepak (55 kg), Manoj (60 kg), Parveen (66 kg), Parveen (74 kg), Monupal (84 kg), Rajinder (96 kg), Jagmit (+96 kg).
Greco-Roman: Sandeep (50 kg), Sunil (55 kg), Surjit (60 kg), Pardeep (66 kg), Sunil (74 kg), Paramjinderjit (84 kg), Prem (96 kg), Anil (+96 kg),
Girls (freestyle): Harvinder/Aman (44 kg), Sumesh (48 kg), Sarla (51 kg), Promila (55 kg), Mandeep (59 kg), Manjit (63 kg) and Smita (+67 kg).
Coaches, including one lady, and manager will also accompany the team.
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TT team for Asian Meet

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 16
The Table Tennis Federation of India has selected a 15-member team which will participate in the
18th Asian Table Tennis Championship to be held at Yangzohu (China) from September 17 to 23, according to federation secretary general M C Chauhan.
Chowhan will represent India in the Asian Table Tennis Union as a Deputy President.
In the last Asian table tennis championships held at Jeju (Korea) India teams finished at fifth position in the men's section and sixth in the women's class.
The team:
Men: A Sharath Kamal, Subhajit Saha, A.Amal Raj, Pathik Mehta, Anirban Nandi.
Women: Poulami Ghatak, Mouma Das, Kasturi Chakraborty, K Shamini , Nega Agarwal.
Coaches: Kamlesh Mehta and Mantu Ghosh.
Manager: M P Singh
Delegate from India: D R ChoudharyUmpire : Anil Dubey.
The team left for China from New Delhi last night.
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OIL India 'A' emeerge champs in PSPB Inter-Unit Golf

The victorious OIL India 'A' team which claimed the 28th PSPB Inter-Unit Golf Tournament in Chandigarh on Saturday.

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, Sept 15
Abhishek Jha along with Manav Das and Karan Vasudeva enabled OIL India 'A' to claim the 28th PSPB Inter-Unit Golf Tournament which concluded at the sprawling par-72 Chandigarh Golf Club here on Saturday.
Oil India logged 420, six strokes clear of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation 'A' team who finished runners-up at 426. Hosts IndianOil 'A' were third at 431. For Oil India 'A' team comprising , Abhishek Jha and Joseph Chakola shot 70 each while Manav Das carded a par rount 72. ONGC's Saurabh Bahuguna shot a 70 while Vikram Rana and JS Dullet carded rounds of 73 and 75, respectively.
For IndianOil 'A' team, Karan Vasudeva returned a card of 70 while Gagan Verma and Moin Malak shot rounds of 73 and 72, respectively.
Abhishek Jha also clinched the individual title despite a tough competition from ONGC's Vikram Rana. Jha won on the sixth play-off hole with a par after both the golfers were tied at 138. Oil India's Simarjeet Singh brought in the day's best card of three under 69 to finish tied third with team mate Manav Das and Joseph Chakola at 141. Das shot a level par 72 today.
Jha started the day with a birdie on the first followed by another on the fourth to take the turn at two under. On the back nine, Jha dropped shots on the 13th, birdied the 14 th but bogeyed the 15th. He birdied the 16th and 18th interspersed with a bogey on the 17th. Rana who shot a seven under on the opening day found conditions tough and had to settle for a card of 73 today.
Rana started his round with a bogey on the first followed by another on the ninth as he turned at two over. On the back nine, he bogeyed the 11th but fired birdies on the 13th, 15th and 17th. He could have sealed the title in regulation play but a bogey on the 18th where he missed a three-foot par putt cost him the individual title.
FINAL SCORES (Gross): Oil India 'A' 420 (138 Abhishek Jha 68, 70; 141 Manav Das 69, 72; 141 JJ Chakola 71, 70); ONGC 'A' 426 (138 Vikram Rana 65, 73; 142 Saurabh Bahuguna 72, 70; 148 JS Dullet 73, 75); 431 IOCL 'A' (142 Karan Vasudeva 72, 70; 145 Gagan Verma 72, 73; 148 Moin Malak 76, 72; 148 Chikkarangappa 72, 76)
Nett winning team: ONGC 'C' 413 (138 Dr Anil Raj Vijan 70, 68; 138 MS Bisht 68, 70; 147 VK Singh 74, 73).
Nett runner-up team: IOCL'A' 423 (143 Gagan Verma 71, 72; 140 Karan Vasudeva 71, 69; 140 Chikkrangappa 68, 72).
Individual (Gross): 138 Abhishek Jha, Vikram Rana; 141 Manav Das, Simarjeet Singh, JJ Chakola; 142 Karan Vasudeva
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Delhi schools to the fore in CBSE NZ Chess

Matches in progress in the CBSE NZ (1) Chess Tournament.

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, Sept 15
Delhi schools were dominating on the opening day of the three-day Central Board of Secondary School Inter-School Chess Tournament being hosted by St Joseph's Senior Secondary School at its premises in Sector 44 here today.
Sanskriti School of New Delhi were leading with eight points in Under-14 category at conclusion of the second round. Salwan Public School, also of New Delhi were at the second position with seven points.Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, New Delhi were at the third posiiton with 6.5 points.
Delhi Public School, New Delhi were leading af the conclusion of the second round in the Under-19 category with eight points. One point behind them were Modern School, also of New Delhi.
Earlier, Chandigarh Olympic Association general secretary Ravinder Talwar inaugurated the tournament. The chief guest was received by Principal-Director Rupinder Singh.
Standing after round 2: Under-14: Sanskriti School New Delhi (8), Salwan Public School New Delhi (7), Delhi Public School,Mathura Road, New Delhi (6.5), St. Xavier's Convent School Kathua(J&K) (6), Sacred Heart School, Chandigarh (5.5), Shivalik Public School,Sec 41,Chandigarh (5.5), Vasant Valley School (5.5), DAV Public School, Sec 7 Chandigarh (5), Maharaja Agarsain Public School- Delhi (5), Delhi Public School Jammu (4.5), Modern School- New Delhi (4), Bal Bharti Public School-Delhi (4), 1 DAV Public Sr. Sec. Mohali (4), Alpine Public School, Nalagarh (H.P) (4), K. R Mangalam World School- New Delhi (3.5), GAV Public School Kangra (H.P) (3), Swami Ram Tirtha School Mohali (3), Sant Ishar Singh School, Mohali (3), St. Joseph's Sr. Sec. School,Chandigarh (2.5), Mount Carmal School,Dwarka-New Delhi (2), K.C Public School Jammu ).5), Chandigarh Baptist School,Sec 45 Chandigarh (0), Moti Ram Arya Sr. Sec. School Chandigarh (0).
Under-19: DPS, New Delhi (8), Modern School New Delhi (7), J.D Tytler School,New Delhi (5), K.C Public School,Jammu ( 5), St. Joseph, Chandigarh (5), Eicher School Kamli,Parwanoo (5), Chandigarh Baptist School, Chandigarh (5), Vasant Valley School (5), DAV School Delhi (5),Sidharth International-Delhi (5), Maharaja Agarsain School-Delhi (5), The Lawrence School-New Delhi (5), Delhi Public School Jammu (4), KBDAV Sec-7,Chandigarh (4), Sacred Heart School, Chandigarh (4), DAV Sec-8,Chandigarh (4), K. R Mangalam School- New Delhi (3), Laureate Public School, Shimla (3), Ajit Karam Singh Chandigarh (3), DAV School,Shimla (3), St. Xavier's Kathua (3), Stepping Stones School,Chandigarh (2), Moti Ram School Sec-27,Chandigarh (1), Alpine Public School, Nalagarh (1), DAV School Mohali (0) and St. Soldier School- Mohali (0).
Results (Under-14, Ist round): Modern School, New Delhi (4) bt DAV Public Sr. Sec. Mohali (0), Delhi Public School Jammu (.5) lost to St. Xavier's Convent School Kathua (J&K) (3.5), Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, New Delhi (4) bt GAV Public School Kangra (H.P) (0), K. R Mangalam World School, New Delhi (0) lost to Salwan Public School, New Delhi (4), Sanskriti School, New Delhi (4) bt K.C Public School Jammu (0), Moti Ram Arya Sr. Sec. School Chandigarh (0) lost to Vasant Valley School (4), Maharaja Agarsain Public School, Delhi (4) bt Mount Carmal School, Dwarka, New Delhi (0), Sacred Heart School, Chandigarh (3) bt Alpine Public School, Nalagarh (H.P) (1), Bal Bharti Public School Delhi (2.5) bt Sant Ishar bt Chandigarh Baptist School,Sec 45 Chandigarh (0), DAV Public School, Sec 7 Chandigarh (2.5) bt St. Joseph's Sr. Sec. School,Chandigarh (1.5), Swami Ram Tirtha School Mohali get bye. Under-19 (Ist round): Modern School New Delhi (4 pts) bt K. R Mangalam School, New Delhi (0), K.C Public School, Jammu (2) drew Vasant Valley School (2), DAV School Delhi (2) drew KBDAV Sec-7,Chandigarh (2), Laureate Public School, Shimla (2) drew Ajit Karam Singh Chandigarh (2), Alpine Public School, Nalagarh (0) lost to Maharaja Agarsain School, Delhi (4), Moti Ram School Sec-27,Chandigarh (1) lost to Chandigarh Baptist School (3), DAV School Mohali (0) lost to Sacred Heart School, Chandigarh (4), Sidharth International Delhi (2) drew with DAV School,Shimla (2), DAV Sec-8,Chandigarh (1) lost to St. Joseph, Chandiagrh (3), St. Soldier School- Mohali (0) lost to DPS, New Delhi (4), Delhi Public School Jammu (2) drew St. Xavier's Kathua (2), Stepping Stones School,Chandigarh (1) lost to Eicher School Kamli,Parwanoo (3), J.D Tytler School,New Delhi (3) bt The Lawrence School-New Delhi (1).
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Harmanpreet stars in AKSIPS Academy's win

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 15
Outstanding all-round display by Harmanpreet (2 for 28 and 61 not out) helped Ajit Karam Singh International Public School, Sector 41 registered a facile eight-wicket triumph over CCA-Guru Nanak Public School Academy, Sector 36 in a high-scoring final of the WWICS Cup Under-14 Cricket Tournament organised by Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy at St Stephen's School at Togan, near here today.
Set to score 176 for victory, AKSIPS Academy comfortably achieved the target for the loss of only two wickets. They made 178 for 2 in 29.1 overs. Openers Ashish Gaur (47, 7x4s) and Sachit Nayyar (33, 4x4s) put AKSIPS Academy on the victory path as they realised valuable 86 runs for the opening wicket. Sachit Nayyar was the first AKSIPS Academy batsman to depart, caught and bowled by Aman Rawat (1 for 36).
All-rounder Harmanpreet joined opener Ashish Gaur and they added 52 runs for the second wicket partnership before Ashish was dismissed. Ashish's knock contained seven fours. The Harmanpreet and Avish carried the total to 178 without being separated.
Earlier, CCA-GNPS Academy won the toss and elected to bat first. They posted a good total of 175 for 6 in stipulated 30 overs. Shubham Bhambri (21) and Jaskaran (79) were associated in a 41-run partnership for the first wicket.
Then Jaskaran and Shubham Mahajan batted confidently and flayed the AKSIPS Academy bowlers. Hitting all over the field, Jaskaran and Mahajan were associated in a 104-run partneship for the second wicket. Jaskaran scored 79 with the help of nine fours. Mahajan's 41 was studded with four fours.
Harmanpreet and Sachit Nayyar got two wickets each for 37 and 22, respectively.
Earlier, St Stephen's School Principal Harold Carver inaugurated the final while Chandigarh Golf Association President CSR Reddy distributed the prizes.
Man of the Tournament: Harmanpreet (AKSIPS-41). Man of the match: Harmanpreet (AKSIPS-41). Best batsman: Jaskaran (CCA-GNPS Academy-36). Best bowler : Aman Rawat (CCA-GNPS Academy-36). Best fielder: Harshank (DP Azad Academy). Best wicketkeeper: Nipun Sood (AKSIPS-41).
Brief scores: CCA-GNPS Academy-36: 175 for 6 in 30 overs (Shubham Bhambri 21, Jaskaran 79 (9x4s), Shubham Mahajan 41 (4x4s), Karan Goyal 10, Harmanpreet 2 for 37, Sachit Nayyar 2 for 22).
AKSIPS Academy-41: 178 for 2 in 29.1 overs (Ashish Gaur 47(7x4s) , Sachit Nayyar 33 94x4s), Harmanpreet not out 61 (7x4s, 1x6), Avish 17 not out, Aman Rawat 1 for 36, Karan Goyal 1 for 27).
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Ranike's efforts to involve business houses in promoting sports

Punjab Sports Minister Gulzar Singh Ranike (centre) addressing representatives of business houses and sports goods manufacturers in Ludhiana on Friday. On his right is sports director Pargat Singh. Representatives of business houses and sports goods manufacturers.

Balbir Singh
LUDHIANA, Sept 14
Corporate Houses and Sports Industries are willing to join hands with the State Government for promotion of sports, creating and upgrading of sports infrastructure, adopting of sports discipline and raising sponsorships in Punjab. These important issues were discussed in a joint meeting of the representatives of the corporate houses and sports industries with Punjab Sports Minister Gulzar Singh Ranike, Secretary Sports RPS Pawar and Sports Director Pargat Singh at the Circuit House today. Representatives of R K International, Vardhaman Polyester Limited, Oswal Woollen Mills, Avon Cycle Ltd, Hero Cycles, Sports Forum, Jalandhar, Montex Sports Co. President Sports Forum, RK Sports Litd, Lalit Sports, Swantantra Sports, Khanna Paper Mills, Jagat Sports Academy, Nurmahal of United Kingdom, Spartaon, Em CC Sports and Janak Rubbers Limited took part in the deliberations. Welcoming the Representatives, Sports Minister Gulzar Singh Ranike wanted that sports culture should be developed in the state with the cooperation of the business houses and sports industries."We should join hands to promote sports culture in the state and the corporate houses and sports industries can play an important role by extending supports in raising modern sports infrastructure, by adopting sports disciplines, funding sports academies and coaching centres, sponsoring competitions and teams, " said Mr Gulzar Singh Ranike. "Our joint efforts should be to strengthened the sports culture from the grass root level. Punjab should be again known as the sports arm of the country," said the Sports Minister.Sports Forum, an organisation of sports goods manufacturers of Punjab, president Sanjay Kohli drew the attention of Mr Ranike about the plight of the sports good manufacturers in the state.He said "the most important need of the sports industry for its survival in future and its persistence against the competitive global pressures to cope up with the rationale of designing products in accordance to the user requirements. The Jalandhar based sports goods industry has recorded its parallax on the world map for all kinds of sports goods played around the globe since its inception, but due to the lack of Research and Development and ergonomic testifications the industry is loosing its race to the products with the new technologies labeled with qualify certifications. There is a dire need for immediate installation of the R and D Laboratory fitted with Ergonomic ratifications into procedural product manufacturing processes based primarily on the rationale of transforming traditional approach to technology based and qualify certified products, with scientific correlation between the classified usage of product by the use and the product properties tangible with the quality consistent manufacturing by the manufacturer. Mr Sanjay Kohli requested Mr Ranike to allocate funds for the sports industry to facilitate the installation of R and D centre with ergonomics.The Minister assured the sports goods manufacturers that he would take up the issue with the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and try to arrange their meeting with the Chief Minister as soon as possible.
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OIL India gain two-stroke lead in Inter-Unit Golf

Vikram Rana of ONGC tees-off in the 28 th PSPB Inter-Unit Golf Tournament at the 72-par sprawling Chandigarh Golf Club here on Friday

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, Sept 14

Abhishek Jha played four-under 68 as OIL India 'A'took a two-stroke lead over Oil and Natural Gas Corporation 'A' on the opening day of strokeplay competition at the 28 th PSPB Inter-Unit Golf Tournament at the 72-par sprawling Chandigarh Golf Club here on Friday. Manav Das (69), HS Kang (71), JJ Chakola (71) and Rahul Bakshi (74) were the other chief contributors as Oil India 'A' finished the day with a gross score of 208. .
Vikram Rana brought in the day's best card of seven under 65 to lead ONGC 'A' team's challenge. Saurabh Bahuguna (72) and JS Dullet (73) were the other main contributors as ONGC 'A' tallied a gross score of 210.
Indial Oil Corporation Limited 'A' team of Gagan Verma (72), Karan Vasudeva (72), Chikkarangappa (72) and Moin Malak (76) were in third place with a gross team score of 216 while OIL India 'B' team and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited were at the fourth and fifth places with gross team scores of 237 and 239, respectively.
OIL India 's Abhishek Jha had an eagle on the second where he chipped-in from ten yards and birdies on the third, fourth, 12 th and 13th. He dropped shots on the 15th and 18th.
ONGC's Vikram Rana had a fairytale round punctuated with nine birdies. A tenth tee starter, he dropped a shot on his very first hole where he three putted from 10 feet. However, he bounced back in style to fire birdies on the 11 th, 13th, 14th, 16th and 17th to take the turn at four under. On his return leg, Rana dropped a shot on the first but caught fire with birdies on the fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth holes.
OIL India 's Manav Das had birdies on the second, sixth, seventh, 12th , 14th and 16th. He dropped shots on the first, third and 15th.
In the skills category, Rahul Bakshi (OIL India ) clinched the best bunker and best average bunker shot competition while Vandana Agarwal bagged the first prize in the best approach shot competition. Vikram Rana continued his good run to win the first prize in the best average approach shot competition.
In the nett category, ONGC 'C' team of Dr. Anil Raja Vijan (70), MS Bisht (68), AK Sharma (82), VK Singh (74) and VP Singh (68) were leading with a tally of 206.
TEAM SCORES (GROSS): Oil India 'A'- 208 (68-Abhishek Jha, 69-Manav Das, 71-HS Kang); ONGC 'A'- 210 (65-Vikram Rana, 72-Saurabh Bahuguna, 73- JS Dullet); IOCL 'A'-216 (72-Gagan Verma, 72-Chikkarangappa, 72- Karan Vasudeva); Oil India 'B'-237 (72-Simarjeet Singh, 80- Vandana Agarwal, 85- PP Dutta); BPCL – 239 (73-Amit Nigam, 73-Tarun Ghogale, 105-Sanjay Krishnamoorthy)
Individual Scores: 65 Vikram Rana; 68 Abhishek Jha; 69 Manav Das; 71 HS Kang, JJ Chakola; 72 Gagan Verma, Karan Vasudeva, Chikkarangappa.

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17 teams for JP Atray Cricket

From right to left: Dronacharya Desh Prem Azad, organising secretary Sushil Kapoor, PCA CEO Brig Sandhu and former cricketer Sunil Sharma at a press conference in connection with the 14th All India Prize Money J.P. Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament. Photo by Balbir Singh
Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 14
The 14th All India Prize Money J.P. Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament has attracted 17 entries from all over the country. The tournament is being played under the auspices of the Punjab Cricket Association and is recognized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
Addressing a press conference here today, organising secretray Sushil Kapoor said the teams had been divided into four pools. All the matches will be of 50 overs each innings and will be played under the ICC rules. Top teams from each pool will qualify for the semi finals. The participating teams are Punjab Cricket Club, BPCL, Mumbai, Canara Bank Banglore, HPCA Academy, ONGC Delhi, Tripura, CA XI, SB of Mysore, Indian Oil Corporation Mumbai, PCA Colts, LIC Cricket Club, MPCA XI, Air India Mumbai, Minerva Cricket Club, ITC, Delhi, MRF, Chennai, RCA XI and MCA Colts.
Sushil Kapoor said the matches would be played at PCA Stadium Mohali, DAV School, Sector-8, St. John's School, S ector-26, Sector-3 Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Cricket Stadium Barwala. As the tournament begins just before the India Vs Australia One Day series, it will give an opportunity to the fringe players to stake their claims for the National team. Sunil Joshi, Manvider Bisla, Mithun Minhas, Amit Bhandari, Sarandeep Singh, Ajay Ratra, Gagan Khoda, Vinayak Mane, Sairaj Bahutule, Avishkar Salvi, Pankaj Dharmani, VRV Singh, Karan Goel, are few of the top players in the tournament.
The tournament is being co-sponsored by Ansal API Group, Mount Shivalik Beverages Industries Ltd, Preet Land Promoters and Canara Bank. Punjab Cricket Association is providing all the infrastructural support including the usage of ground,dressing room,practice facilities and lighting facilities for the day & night match.The management of DAV School, Sector-8 & St. John's School, Sector-26 are also providing the cricketing facilities free of charge.

According to Viswajeet Khanna, Chairman of the Organising Committee all efforts are being made for the smooth conduct of 32 matches of this prestigious tournament which is a regular annual feature to perpetuate the memory of Mr. JP Atray, Adl. DGP Haryana. The prize money has been enhanced this year and the winners will get a cash prize of Rs.1.50 lakh., runners-up Rs.60,000, the third position Rs. 30000 , fourth position Rs. 15000. Doordarshan will telecast live Day & Night final from 2:30 p.m. onwards on September 30 from PCA Stadium.
The tournament is being co-sponsored by Ansal API Group, Mount Shivalik Beverages Industries Ltd, Preet Land Promoters and Canara Bank. Punjab Cricket Association is providing all the infrastructural support including the usage of ground,dressing room,practice facilities and lighting facilities for the day & night match.The management of DAV School, Sector-8 & St. John's School, Sector-26 are also providing the cricketing facilities free of charge.
According to Viswajeet Khanna, Chairman of the Organising Committee all efforts are being made for the smooth conduct of 32 matches of this prestigious tournament which is a regular annual feature to perpetuate the memory of Mr. JP Atray, Adl. DGP Haryana. The prize money has been enhanced this year and the winners will get a cash prize of Rs.1.50 lakh., runners-up Rs.60,000, the third position Rs. 30000 , fourth position Rs. 15000. Doordarshan will telecast live Day & Night final from 2:30 p.m. onwards on September 30 from PCA Stadium.
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CCA-GNPS Academy face AKSIPS in final

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 14
CCA-Guru Nanak Public School Academy, Sector 36 snuffed out the challenge of Patiala Gymkhan by five wickets in the second semi-final of the WWICS Cup Under-14 Cricket Tournament being organised by Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy at the St Stephen's School Cricket Stadium at Togan, near here today.
Required to score 109 runs for victory, CCA-GNPS Academy achieved their target in 24.4 overs for the loss of five wickets.
Patiala Gymkhana won the toss but opted to field. CCA-GNPS Academy opener Manpreet (19) and Adarsh (4) put on 20 runs for the first wicket before Adarsh was bowled by Sukhhans.
Kanwar made a useful contribution of 22 runs with the help of two fours.. CCA-GNPS Academy leg spinner Aman Rawat bowled well and took three wickets for 40 runs. Karan Goel bagged 2 for 10. Patiala Gymkhana could muster only 108 for 7 in allotted 25 overs.
In reply, CCA-GNPS Academy opener Shubham Bhambri was dismissed cheaply with scorecard reading seven. New comer Jaskaran and Shubham applied themselves and contributred 62 runs for the second wicket and tilted the match in their favour. Jaskaran topscored with 33 (2x4s) and Shubham contributed 26 (2x4).
Kanwar of Patiala Gymkhana boweld well and captured two wickets for 17 runs. Sukhwinder also got two wickets for 15 runs.
Brief scores: Patiala Gymkhana: 108 for 7 in 25 overs (Manpreet 19, Kanwar 22, Prabhjot 10, Extras 26, Aman 3 for 40, Karan 2 for 10).
CCA-GNPC Academy-41: 109 for 5 in 24.4 overs (Jaskaran 33, Subham Majajan 26, Gaurav 23 not out, Kanwar 2 for 17, Sukhwinder 2 for 15).
Tomorrow's fixture (final): AKSIPS-41 vs CCA-GNPS Academy (9.30 a.m.) at St Stephen's School Stadium, Togan.
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350 to take part in CBSE NZ (I) Chess

From left to right: CCA secretary Dr Vipinesh Bhardwaj, Sukhdeep Singh, Paramjit Singh and Baljinder Singh Banwait at a press conference at St Jopseh's SSS-44 in Chandigarh on Friday. Photo by Balbir Singh

Balbir Singh
Chandigarh, Sept 14
As many as 350 players from 36 different schools will compete in the Central Board of Secondary Education North Zone (I) Inter-School Chess Championship being organised by St Joseph's Senior Secondary School, Sector 44 at the school's premises from September 15 to 17.
Addressing a press conference here today, organising committee Vice-Chairmen Sukhdeeep Singh and Paramjit Singh said that teams from Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Mohali, Ropar, Ambala, Panchkula and Chandigarh would be seen in action in the three-day competitions.
They said that competitions would be conducted in the age groups of 14 and 19 would compete according to FIDA (International Chess Federation) rules on Swiss League system. In the Under-14 groups, 25 teams will take part while in the Under-19 group, 27 teams have staked their claims for the top honours.
Chandigarh Chess Association secretary Dr Vipinesh Bhardwaj has been appointed Chief Arbitrator. Tournament director Baljinder Singh Banwait said that four teams will qualify for the CBSE National Chess Championships to be held in Chennai from November 4 to 8.
Chandigarh Olympic Association general secretary Ravinder Talwar will inaugurate the tournament on September 15 at 9.30 a.m. Mr DY Yadava, Joint Secretary Regional Officer, Panchkula will distribute the prizes on September 17 at 3 p.m.
Timings of the competitions are: 9 a.m to 12 noon and 2.30 to 5.30 p.m.

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Romeo James and Amandeep score goal in Stableford event

Amandeep Bath teeing off..

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 13
Former Indian hockey goalkeeping coach Romeo James, representing Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and Amandeep Bath from Indian Oil Corporation Limited won the Stableford competition by logging 47 points on the opening day of the 28th PSPB Inter-Unit Golf Tournament being hosted by IndianOil at the 72-par Chandigarh Golf Club here on Thursday.
The duo of Chikkarangappa (IOCL) and Rahul Bakshi (OIL) pipped the team of MK Jeelani (BPCL) and SK Dhar (ONGC) on a count-back after both the teams were tied at 45 points.
In the skills competition, Ajoy Barua (IOCL-AOD) won the longest drive with a distance of 245.5 meters while JJ Chakola (OIL) clinched the average longest drive with a distance of 240.71 meters. Kuldeep Bery, General Manager (Security-IndianOil) won the longest drive in the 55 and above age group with a distance of 191 meters. In the ladies section, seasoned campaigner Vandana Agarwal (OIL) clinched the longest drive with a distance of 218 meters.
The Stableford event was played on a better ball team format with each team comprising of two players, each from a different unit. In this format the better score of the two partners was counted and hence encouraged aggressive play.
On Day 2 amateurs will vie for the team and individual honours in the strokeplay event. Three best scores of a team of five will be taken into consideration for the team championship.
Simarjeet Singh, Abhishek Jha, Joseph Chakola, Rahul Bakshi and Manav Das will be spearheading Oil India's challenge while Gagan Verma and Karan Vasudeva will lead host Indian Oil Corporation's efforts. Vikram Rana, L. Selvadurai and Saurabh Bahuguna will prop up Oil and Natural Gas Commissions efforts. Jasjeet Singh, having represented the National side will be the player to watch from GAIL while Tarun Ghogale and Amit Nigam will spearhead the BPCL challenge. Players from IOCL (AOD), IOCL (IBP Division) and Balmer and Laurie will also be contending for the title.
Tee off at 7.30 a.m.
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AKSIPS Academy snatch exciting 11-run win over ERCA

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 13
Ajit Karam Singh International Public School Academy, Sector 41, snatched an exciting 11-run victory over Edmund Rice Cricket Academy of Sector 26 and advanced to the final of the WWICS Cup Under-14 Cricket Tournament being organised by Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy at the St Stephen's School Cricket Stadium at Togan, near here today.
Chasing a victory target of 118 runs, Edmund Rice Cricket Academy, who were sitting pretty at 94 for 5 after 22 overs, lost the last five wickets for just 12 runs. ERCA needed just 20 runs from 18 balls but the victory target eluded them. After the exit of Balwinder, leg before wicket to Rajat, Edmund Rice Academy wickets fell like nine pins. Earlier, Balwinder (17) and Aditya Guleria (34, 4x4s) were associated in a 47-run valuable partnership for the fifth wicket.
Sashya and Vishnu contributed 12 and 13 runs, respectively.
AKSIPS Academy medium pacer Rajat (3 for 15) and off spinner Kushal (3 for 15) wrecked the EMCA innings which terminated at 106 in 24.5 overs.
Earlier, AKSIPS Academy won the toss and elected to bat. They posted 117 before being dismissed in 24.4 overs. The second and fourth wicket partnerships bolstered their innings. First Ashish (29, 3x4s) and Guntash (12) were associated for 42 runs for the second wicket. Later Harmanpreet (22) and Sachit Nayyar (22) realised 45 runs for the fourth wicket. Balwinder Singh was the most successful bowler for ERCA as he captured four wickets for 26 runs. Dinesh bagged 2 for 26.
Tomorrow CCA-GNPS Academy will meet Patiala Gymkhana in the second semi-final at 10 a.m.
Brief scores: AKSIPS-41: 117 all out in 24.4 (Ashish 29, 3x4s, Harmanpreet 22, 2x4, Sachit Nayyar 22, 3x4s, Guntash 12, Ishwinder 7 not out, Balwinder 4 for 26, Dinesh 2 for 26, Vardaan 1 for 24).
Edmund Rice Cricket Academy-26: 106 all out in 24.5 (Sashya 12, Aditya Guleria 34, 4x4s, Balwinder 17, Vishnu 13, Kushal 3 for 15, Rajat 3 for 15, Harmanpreet 1 for 17, Ashish 1 for 17).

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PCA offers 5000 tickets to Pakistan cricket fans for Indo-Pak ODI

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 13
A meeting of the Organising Committee constituted forIndia and Pakistan second One- Day International match to be played at the PCA Stadium on November 8, was held under the chairmanship of Sukhbir SinghBadal, Member of Parliament. It was attended besides the main office bBearers of PCA, thePrincipal Secretaries of concerned departments ofPunjab Government as well as by the Director Generalof Police, Punjab.
Mr Sukhbir Badal at the outset assured the OrganisingCommittee that the full policy support as well asphysical support will be provided to Punjab CricketAssociation to make India and Pakistan ODI a great success.
The Mohali Stadium has very rich traditions ofhosting the international matches in typically Punjabihospitality and at the same time providing the bestplaying facilities to the players and properatmosphere to the spectators who enjoy the game of cricket in full.
The Match Organising committee decided that the provision should be made to accommodate up to 5000 cricket fans from Pakistan whomay wish to witness the second Indo-Pak ODI. It willfurther strengthen the people to people relationship between the citizens of Pakistan and Punjab. The Committee authorized the Chairman to take up the casewith the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of Indiato give necessary permission and also to determine the number of visitors so that adequate arrangements couldbe made for their visit to Mohali.
Mr. Sukhbir Badal, the Chairman of the Committee, also made the announcement that since the game of cricket has become the game of the masses and the present day youth is more inclined to take up this game, Punjab cannot lag behind by not fulfilling the desire of the youth. He has committed to create cricket infrastructure in terms of Cricket Stadia, playingfields and relevant facilities in every district ofPunjab. The PCA assured its full cooperation, help and support for this venture, if the land is made available at each district.
The Chairman was positive that providing of land for cricket stadiums in eachdistrict will not be a problem. To start with theconstruction of Cricket Stadium of Bathinda wasdiscussed on top priority.Besides discussing the arrangements for India Vs Pakistan match, many other major discussions wereheld regarding the development of sports infrastructure in the state of Punjab. Sukhbir Singh Badal categorically asserted that the Punjab Government will set up the "Punjab Institute of Sports" for different games which will act of Centerof Excellence to develop the major disciplines ofsports in the State of Punjab. The institute will belocated at places which are traditionally known for particular sports for which the specialist coaches, required infrastructure and other supporting staffwill be made available so as to produce the international medal winners. The PCA joined tosupport this venture and announced that in case the State Government will undertake such a project, thePCA would, for all its future international matches, add 10% surcharge to its tickets which would betransferred as an assistance for developing the Punjab Institute of Sports in other Sports. The Organising Committee discussed in detail the usual arrangements like boarding and lodging, stay of the guests, security, traffic control, technical arrangements, VIP visits and other facilities required for TV coverage, visiting media and each committeewas briefed in detail their functional job responsibilities.
The Committee also approved therate of tickets for the ODI. A.C. Lounge (Rs. 10,000), Terrace Block (Rs. 5000), VIP Block (Rs. 2000), Chairs Block (Rs. 300) and Students Tickets (Rs. 100).
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FIH moves Samsung Champions Trophy

CHANDIGARH, SEPT 12
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has decided to move the Samsung Men’s Champions Trophy Tournament from Pakistan, scheduled to take place in Lahore from 1 to 9 December 2007.
‘It was an extremely hard decision and one that we took with many regrets for the Pakistan Hockey Community’, FIH President Els van Breda Vriesman stated. ‘During the last few months we tried everything we could to keep the Samsung Champions Trophy in Pakistan. This was unfortunately impossible due to circumstances not related to hockey or sport and completely beyond the control of the FIH and the Pakistan Hockey Federation.’
According to information received here, two of the qualified teams - Australia and Spain -informed the FIH that they would not be able to participate and Germany, Korea and Netherlands were unable to confirm their entry. Furthermore, the FIH Athletes Commission was advised by a number of athletes that they would not play in the Tournament.
Reserve countries England and Japan also declined the invitation. With six of the best eight hockey teams not participating in the Samsung Champions Trophy, one of the most important hockey tournaments in the world, the FIH had no option but to move the event.
The decision was based on the concern about the safety and security of the participating teams and the negative travel advice received from the foreign affairs departments of many of the prospective participants.
A new venue for the Samsung Champions Trophy 2007 has not been decided as yet. A decision will be taken in the next few days. In principle, the FIH will aim to keep the same dates for the Tournament.
It is learnt that the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) may bid to host the Champions Trophy. The IHF is exploring Chandigarh as the possible venue for hosting the meet. It may be recalled that the IHF president KPS Gill had described Chandigarh as the best emerging hockey centre in the country.
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IndianOil 28th PSPS Inter-Unit Golf Tournament tees off on Sept 13

Sunil Sethi and R Malhotra (right) addressing a press conference in connection with the 28th PSPB Inter-Unit Golf Tournament in Chandigarh on Wedesday. Photo by Balbir Singh

From left to right: K Berry, Sunil Sethi, R Malhotra and KS Sibia at a press conference in connection with the 28th PSPB Inter-Unit Golf Tournament in Chandigarh on Wedesday. Photo by Balbir Singh

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 12
The cream of Indian amateur golfing circuit will converge on a singles platform to display their skills when the IndianOil 28th PSPS Inter-Unit Golf Tournament which tees off tomorrow at the 72-par Chandigarh Golf Course here. The Indian Oil Corporation sponsored event will culminate on Septmber 15.
Addressing a press conference at the Chandigarh Golf Club here today, IndianOil general manager R Malhotra said, the PSPS Inter-Unit Golf would begin with a one-day Stableford event followed by the two-day main event which would be played on strokeplay format. "The meet is the most prestigious event on the Inidan Golf Union's amateur calendar.
Defending champions IndianOIl will be led by Gagan Verma, who had finished at top in the invidual competitions last year.. OIL India is being piolated by Simarjeet Singh. Saurabh Bhaguna, Vikram Rana and Jaskeerat Singh Dullet.
Malhotra said that Jasjeet Singh, who has represented the country, will be the player to watch from GAIL while Tarun Ghogale and Amit Nigam will spearhead the BPCL challenge. Each team will comprise a minimum of three players and maximum of five. Three best scores would be counted towards the team's total and two days total will decide the team championship. An individual strokeplay competition will further add to the excitment of the proceedings.
In addition to the team and individual competitions, there will be a separate competitions for teams in the handicap category while other interesting skills competitions like longest drive and approach shot and many more will ensure all the participants are kept enthused.
As many as 95 top amateur golfers will take part in the IndianOil 28th PSPS Inter-Unit Golf Tournament.
K Berry, Sunil Sethi abd KS Sibia were also present during the press conference.
In a press release, IndianOil chairman Sarthak Behuria said that InidanOil
has been promoting sports sports in a big way for over two decades now. In line with the sports policy adopted in 1985, the corporation has over the years recruited many promising sportspersons who then went on to reach their chosen disciplines. "We spot and recruit talented sportspersons early to nurture their talent and enhance their performance at the national and international levels," said Behuria.
Besides golf, regular inter-unit competitions are conducted in athletics, badminton, basketball, billiards and snookers, bridge, carrom, chess, cricket (mini league), football, hockey, kabaddi, table tennis, tennis, volleyball and veteran's cricket.

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Chandigarh Badminton from Sept 20

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 12
The Chandigarh Badminton Association will organise the 19th Yonex Chandigarh State Badminton Championships at the Sector 42 Sports Complex Indoor Hall from September 20 to 23, according to association secretary TPS Puri.
The competitions will be held for Under-10 singles (boys and girls), Under-13 singles and doubles (boys & girls), Under-16 singles and doubles (boys and girls), Under-19 singles and doubles (boys and girls),seniors singles and doubles (men and women) and veterans+35 , + 55 singles and doubles (men amd women).Entries close on September 17 with Sunil Bansal, Panjab University, Gymanism Hall between 5.00 p.m. to 6.45 p.m. or Vijay Sharma, Sector 42, Indoor Badminton Hall Sports Complex between 6.00 p.m. to 8.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m.Top shuttlers and nationally ranked player of Chandigarh will be seen in action in the four-day state championship.
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CHA felicitates Rajpal, Baljit and Jaswinder

Baljit Singh and Rajpal Singh being hugged by their mothers on their return home from Chennai after India won the Asia Cup. Baljit Singh, Jaswinder Singh, former Indian coach NS Sodhi and Rajpal Singh. Chandigarh Hockey Association president Chander Sekhar offering ladoo to Rajpal Singh. Former international Inderjit Singh Chadha offering ladoo to Rajpal Singh. Photos by Balbir Singh.

Balbir Singh

CHANDIGARH, SEPT11

Punjab Additional Director General of Police and president of the Chandigarh Hockey Association Chander Sekhar on Tuesday declared that the CHA would offer a cash incentive of Rs one lakh to the Indian team if it annexes the coming Olympic Qualifying Hockey Tournament in Auckland (New Zealand).
Speaking at a function organised by the CHA to felicitate the Chandigarh players -- Rajpal Singh, Jaswinder Singh and Baljit Singh -- who were members of the Indian squad which won the Asia Cup in Chennai recently,. Chander Sekhar said that he was confident that India would emeerge victorious at the Olympic Qualifying in Auckland for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
India are clubbed with New Zealand, Bangladesh, Egypt and Ireland in the Auckland Olympic Qualifying at Auckland..
Besides offering ladoo to the Chandigarh players, Chander Sekhar also handed cash award of Rs 10,000 each to Rajpal Singh, Baljit Singh and Jaswinder Singh.
Indian forward Rajpal Singh said that "We used to discuss with our local coach Narinder Singh Sodhi after every match. Sodhi's tips were very useful to us. Indian coach Joaquim Carvalho is very friendly with every player and motivated us a lot."
Goalkeeper Baljit Singh and Jaswinder Singh thanked the Chandigarh Hockey Association officials for extending us full support. "We have attained such position because of the CHA," they said.
The Chandigarh trio was given a warm welcome on their arrival in Chandigarh. On their arrivals at Hotel GK International, the players were profusely garlanded by the CHA officials. "We never expected such honour by the CHA," they said. The CHA invited the players along with their parents.
Among those present on the occasion were Olympian Harmik Singh, former IHF coordinator Avtar Singh Kohli, CHA secretary YP Vohra, CHA chairman IS Sandhu and Anil Vohra.
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CFH Academy gets IHF associate membership

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 10
The Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) has granted associate membership to the state-run Chandigarh Football Hockey Academy. In a communication received by Chandigarh Sports Director Inderjit Singh Sandhu, IHF secretary general K Jothikumaran has informed that the Chandigarh Football Hockey Academy has been "admitted as an associate member with immedite effect." The IHF secretary general has also advised the CFH Academy to immediately send subscription of Rs 10,000 for the membership for 2007-8.
With the IHF granting associate membership, the Chandigarh Hockey Academy would now directly participate in the 13th Sub-Junior National Hockey Championship to be held at Bhopal from September 27 to October 6. The Sub-Junior Nationals will be conducted by Directorate of Sports and Welfare Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh.
Players born on after January 1, 1992 are eligible to take part in the Sub-Junior Nationals.
Meanwhile, Joint Director Sports Dr JPS Sidhu has issured directions the concerned CHFA officials to make proper arrangments, including travel, for the CHF Academy's participation in the Bhopal meet. The IHF has also sent railway concecession forms.
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Services lads down NPS in extra time 3-1

Adviser to the Chandigarh Administrator Lalit Sharma with the victorious Services Sports Control Board team at prize distribution function of the fifth Administrator's Challenge Cup Football Tournament Under-17 in Chandigarh on Sunday.

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, Sept 9
Fleeted footed Services Sports Control Board got the better of unpretentious and stubborn New Public School Football Academy of Sector 18 by 3-1 in extra time after being tied one-all in stipulated period of the fifth Administrator's Challenge Cup Football Tournament Under-17 conducted by the Chandigarh Sports Department at the Sector 17 Football Stadium here this evening.
Bobo Singh(75th), Lakhi Ram Murmur (92nd) and Jacki Chand Singh (94th) were the winners scorers. Ramandeep had given NPS lead in the 30th minute.
The teams were evenly matched and exhibited skillful play from the beginning.The Services players relied on short passes in the first 10 minutes while the NPS boys resorted to long high passes. The Services lads tasted the NPS goal in the 15th minute. Sukhi Ram Tudu sent a floater to cross from the left flank where Lakhi Ram Murmur took a powerful header at NPS goal. It was brilliantly saved by custodian Harbir Singh.
NPS launched a move in the 30th minute. Raul Lorrie sent a good cross for striker Gurpal Singh whoe grounder struck the hands of stopper Limbkand Singh. Referee Rakesh Sharma awarded a spot kick which was converted by Ramandeep Singh to give NPS the lead.
Five minutes later, Lakhi Ram Murmur of Services sent a defence-splitting cross from the left flank. Star striker Jacki Chand Singh trapped it in the penalty area but took a poor short straight into the hands of NPS goalkeeper Harbir Singh.
On resumption, Services put more pressure and in the 49th minute Lakhi Ram Murmur who made a wall pass with Jacki Chand Singh and took a shot at the NPS goal which was saved by keeper Harbir Singh.
Mounting relentless pressure, Services had a chance to restore parity in the 59th minute. Lakhi Ram Murmur initiated an impressive move from the right flank and gave a through pass to Sunny Kumar whose shot missed the target with a narrow margin.
Services neutralied the lead in the 75th minute. Jacki Chand Singh dribbled past two defenders before giving a square pass to Y Bobo Singh sindie the penalty area. Bobo's left footer brooked no denial from the NPS defence and goalkeepr Harbir Singh.
Thereafter both teams raided each other's defence but a goal eluded them as the stipulated session ended in a one-all draw. The first 10-minute half of extra time too failed to resolve the deadlock.
Launching their do-or-die battle, the Services lads swarmed the NPS territory. In the 92nd minute Amarjeet Singh of Services gve a cross towards the NPS goalmouth where Lakhi Ram Murmur converted it with a right footer side volley to give his team lead. Two minutes later Jacki Chand Singh scored the third goal for Services with a left footer.
Jacki Chand Singh was adjudged the best player of the tournament. Limdkand Singh of Services was declared the best player of the match. Harbir Singh of NPS got the best goalkeeper's award.
Sixteen teams from all over the country took part in the tournament which was inaugurated on September 1.
Adviser to the Chandigarh Administrator Lalit Sharma distributed the prizes today.
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NPS face Services in Adminstrator's Cup final

The semi-final match between CFA and Services and SAI and NPS Academy in progress.

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT Sept 8
Strong contenders Services Sports Control Board and local giants New Public School Football Academy will cross swords in final of the fifth Administrator's Challenge Cup Football Tournament for Under-17 being organised by the Chandigarh Sports Department at the Sector 17 Football Stadium here, here tomorrow at 4 p.m.
In semi-final matches played today, robust Services lads shattered the dream of state-run Chandigarh Football Academy whom they routed by 4-0. Prolifict SSCB striker Jacki Chand Singh was again in full form. Displaying his skills, Jacki struck in the 20th, 56th, 78th minutes. Sunny Kumar contributed his team's third goal in the 63rd minute. The hosts put up a good fight and were evenly matched in the first session. However, on resumption, SSCB converted most of the chances that came their way.
The Services lad threatened the CFA in the 13th minute. Dukhi Ram Tudu gave a through pass to Sunny Kumar who after dribbling past CFA stopper Baljinder Singh took a hot shot which CFA custodian Harpreet saves it. The CFA conceded first goal in the 20th minute. Tej Kumar Singh fed Jacki Chand from the midfield. Jacki and Lakhiram Murmur exchanged short passes before the former scored a superb goal with a hot shot.
In the 56th minute, Jacki combined with Sunny Kumar. After beating two CFA defenders, Jacki placed the ball into the net. Sunny made it 3-0 in the 63rd minute as he converted a pass from Elvis Kipgen from the left flank.
Jacki rounded off the winners' tally in the 63rd minute. After taking possession of the ball on the right, Jacki dribbled his way into the defence of CFA and took a powerful grounder to place the ball in the far corner.
Earlier, New Public School edged out a fight Sports Authority of India by 1-0 in a thrilling semi-final match. Both teams adopted cautious approach in the first 15 minutes of play. The NPS lads adopted strategy of playing aerial ball whereas the SAI players were playing ground ball most of the time. NPS dominated the initial 10 minutes of the game while the next 15 minutes belonged to the SAI lads.
In the fifth minute of play, Shebaz Ahmed of NPS gave a through pass to Raoul Lornie, who took a poewerful shot at the SAI goal. The ball went wide.The NPS lad launched another attack in the 13th minute. Striker Gurpal Singh got a square pass in the right flank and sent a good cross towards the SAI goal. SAI goalkeeper Harbir Singh was alert and saved it. After settling down, SAI launched their first dangerous attack in the 21st minute through Kalyan who sent a measured pass from the right flank to striker Wellington whose shot hit the crosspeice and the ball went out. Thereafter the play was confined to midfield before the lemon break. The teams crossed over with a goalless draw.

On resumption, both teams fought with redoubled vigour. The SAI lads mounted pressure and initiated a good move from the right flank but their efforts were thwarted by the robust and tall NPS players.

The SAI goal fell in the 60th minute. Substitute striker Vikram Singh of NPS stretched the ball from the midfield on the left flank before sending a brilliant grounder cross . Lanky striker Gurpal Singh connected it with his right foot. SAI custodian had no chance to check him. Down by one goal, the SAI team mounted pressure and initiated some good moves but a tough NPS defence proved a hard nut to crack for SAI. Gurpal Singh of New Public School and SanjayNag of SAI were shown yellow card for their involvement in rough play.

Tomorrow's fixture (final): Services Sports Control Board vs New Public School (4 p.m.) at Sector 17 Football Stadium.

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CFA, SAI, NPS and SSCB in semis

Rajasthan-Orissa match in progress in the Administrator's Challenge Cup Football Tournament for Under-17 in Chandigarh on Friday.

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 7
The semi-final encouter between state-run Chandigarh Football Association and powerful Services Sports Control Board tomorrow at 4 p.m. will should produce firework as both teams have talented players in their line-up. Both teams are billed as the best among the 16 participating teams in the fifth edition of the Administrator's Challenge Cup Football Tournament for Under-17 being organised by the Chandigarh Sports Department here.
The first semi-final billed for tomorrow is Sports Authority of India and local outfit New Public School Academy of Sector 18 at 2 p.m. Both semi-finals will be played at the Sector 17 Football Stadium.
Chandigarh Football Academy (group A), Sports Authority of India (group B), New Public School Academy (group C) and Services Sports Control Board (group D) topped their respective pools and took their appointed places in the semi-finals.
Playing efforlessly, the Chandigarh Football Academy finished their group A programme with an all-win record after thrashing Delhi Soccer Association by 8-0 at the Sector 17 Football Stadium. Pankaj Negi and Gagandeep held the spotlight as they contributed three and two goals, respectivley. Pankaj Negi scored in the 35th, 44th, 76th minutes. Gagandeep (8th, 37th) and Shenaj (53rd, 78th) and Amandeep (55th) were their other goal-getters for the winners.
New Public School also remained unbeaten in their group C league programme. The local outfit blanked Haryana Football Association by 5-0 for their third successive win in the four-team league programme. Sahil Behal (4th), Ravl Lornie (23rd), Suresh Singh (40th), Ramandeep Singh (55th) and Gurpal Singh (70th) scored one goal each for the winners in a one-sided match. At the Sector 42 Sports Complex Football Ground, Sports Authority of India whipped Mahilpur Football Acdemy by 5-1.
In another match played at the Sector 42 Stadium, Orissa Football Association secured full points as they beat Rajasthan Football Association with a big margin of 9-2. The highlight of the match was fine display by Mehendra Nayak who found the target in the 44th, 45th, 50th and 77th minutes for the winners. Shaikh Naim struck int he 55th and 65th minute. Santosh Kumar (78th) and Janmejya Samat (25th, 79th) were the other scorers for the winners. For Rajasthan, Megh Raj Singh (11th) and Dhrendra Kumar (20th) were the Rajasthan's marksmen.
Tomorrow's fixtures: Semi-finals: SAI vs New Public School (2 p.m) and CFA vs Services SSB (4 p.m.) at the Sector 17 Football Stadium.
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'Haryana willing to host Champions Trophy'

Haryana Sports Minister Kiran Chaudhary talking to mediapersons in Chandigarh on Friday. Photos by Balbir Singh.

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 7
Haryana has requested the Union Sports Ministry to allot more "nurseries" to the state to groom players of international standards. Talking to the media for the first time at her residence after becoming Haryana Sports Minister, Kiran Chaudhary said here today that she had met S K Arora, Secretary Sports, Government of India in New Delhi and requested him for allotment of more sports academies to Haryana. She also pleaded for more funds for raising sports infrastructure in the state.
"Haryana is interested to host Champions Trophy at Gurgaon if it is allotted to India. India and South Korea are bidding for the Champions Trophy as International Hockey Federation has ruled out Pakistan as the venue," Kiran Chaudhary said.
She also met Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi and secretary general Randhir Singh. "They have assured to extend full cooperation," she said.
"Haryana will soon formulate a new sports policy as the present one has become outdated. We will be reviewing it soon and suitably amend it," she said.
"With a view to promoting sports in a big way, the Haryana Government has prepared an ambitious plan to construct stadia in 152 villages. The village panchayat will give land free of cost while the state government would bear all expenses on construction activities. The government would be spending Rs 76 crore on this project," disclosed Kiran Chaudhary who is also Tourism and Forest Minister.
Asked whether the sports department would be laying six-a-side hockey turfs in the state, Kiran Chaudhary said "we have two astroturfs in the state at Gurgaon and Shahbad Markanda. Tenders for laying astroturf at Sports School Rai in Sonepat district have been floated. An eight-lane synthetic track would be laid at Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Panchkula."
On the doping problem prevailing in the country, including among Haryana players, Kiran said "players are to be alone blamed for it. We are living in 21st century and no one will take the banned drugs on the advice of others." In a way she gave a clean chit to the coaches and other officials of the concerned state sports associaitons.
Asked her views of the tussle between Union Sports Ministry and the Indian Olympic Association on the autonomous status and International Olympic Council siding with the apex sports body of the country, Kiran said " the IOA and the Government have different roles to play for promotion of sports."
When her attention was drawn that cricketer Joginder Sharma and hockey star Mamta Kharab have been directly inducted into the Haryana Police and DSPs, subject to the approval of the Council of Ministers, on Thursday, without inviting applications, Kiran Chaudhar said "it is the prerogative of the Chief Minister."
Replying to another question, she said "criteria should be laid for giving incentives to the players and coaches." She would get examined the cases of international shooter Sanjeev Rajput and boxer Vijender Singh who have been so far denied cash incentives for winning medals in Doha Asian Games.
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NPS Academy score second successive win

A match between Cantonment Board Secondary School, Jalandhar and Daman and Diu in progress in the fifth Administrator's Challenge Cup Under-17 Football Tournament in Chandigarh on Thursday.

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 6
Local New Public School Football Academy, Sector 18 registered their second successive victory as they defeated Jammu and Kashmir Football Association by 4-2 in a pool C match of the fifth Administrator's Challenge Cup Under-17 Football Tournament being played here at the Sector 42 Sports Complex Football Ground here today.
The last pool C match between Haryana Football Association and NPS FA would determine the pool leaders and qualifiers for semi-finals from this group.
Sports Authority of India thrashed Chattisgarh Football Academy by 10-1 in pool B league programme. Goa and Daman Diu stunned Cantonment Board Senior Secondary School, Jalandhar Cantonment by 3-0 in an inconsequential pool D fixture as Services Sports Control Board have qualified for semi-final by remaining unbeaten in the four-team league.
JA Norunha (22nd minute) and Kalpesh Kumar (31st and 77th) were the winners' scorers.
New Public School Academy opened their account in the first minute with a powerful 18-yard shot. Gurpal also had his hand in NPS Academy's second goal. He sent a good centre while Jaspreet converted it with ease. Suresh Kumar made it 3-0 with a sizzling 20-yard long ranger. The winners led 3-0 at half time.
Jammu and Kashmir look a transformed lot on crossing over. J and K player Gulzar got possession of the ball near the half line. After dribbling past a couple of NPS Academy players before unleashing a powerful shot to score the first goal for Jammu and Kashmir in the 59th minute.
In a counter move, NPS Academy scored their fourth goal in the 78th minute. Two minutes later, JK player Gulzar converted a floater sent by Roshan, with a header.
SAI team proved too good for Chattisgarh team whom they routed by 10-1. The highlight of the match was five goals in a row by Kallan (34th, 36th, 50th, 56th and 77th). The other scorers for the winners were Wellington (23rd and 26th), Rakhaman Rabha (8th), Paresh Sardar (19th) and T Randhan (24th).
Tomorrow's fixtures: At Sector 17 Football Stadium: Orissa FA vs Rajasthan FA (8.15 a.m., New Public School vs Haryana FA (2.30 p.m.), CFA vs Delhi SA (4.30 p.m.)
At Sector 42 Sports Complex: SAI vs Mahilpur FA (4 p.m).
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Saroj to lead Haryana athletes

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 6
Guwahati National Games shot put and discus gold medallist Saroj Sihag of Hisar will lead a strong 45-member Haryana squad in the 47th National Inter-State Senior Athletic Championship to be held at Bhopal from September 17 to 20. The team was announced by Haryana State Athletic Association president Abhay Singh Chautala.
The team: Women: Sagardeep Kaur (800m), Sonu Rani (1500m), Ravinder Kaur (800m), Mukesh Kumari, Sonu, Aplesh Kumari (javelin), Phoolwati, Suman, Manjubala (hammer), Saroj Sihag (shot put, discus), Seema Antil (discus) and Neelam (shot put).
Men: Ajay Singh, Mandep Singh (100m, 4x100 m relay), Surendar Singh, Jitendar Rana (200m, 4x100 m relay), Bhupinder Singh, Parmod Kumar, Lakhwinder Singh (400m), Ram Pal Singh, Sunil Kumar, Kuldip Singh (400m), Jaskaran (800m), Jagdeep Singh, Sandip Singh (1500m), Karan Singh (5000m), BD Giri (3000 m steeple chase), Bhartendar Singh, Satyavart, Satyapal (long jump), Navin Kumar, Brijendar Kumar, Ram Pal Singh (pole vault), Naveen Kumar, Sandeep Singh (shot put), Om Narain (javelin), Madhu Kumar, Joginder Singh (hammer), Gobind Singh, Harcharan (800 MH), Ram Niwas, Bhupinder Singh (decathlon), Tajesh Kumar (800m).
Coach: Parveen Kumar and Ram Mehar Singh. Ladhy manager: Suman Bala. Manager: Rajiv Khatri.
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Services emerge group D leaders to qualify

A match between SSCB and Cantonment Board SSS of Jalandhar Cantt in progress and Sanjay Academy and Daman and Diu in action in 5th Administrator's Challenge Cup All India Football Tournament

Balbir Singh

CHANDIGARH, SEPT 5
Mighty Services Sports Control Board qualified for the semi-final from four-team group D in 5th Administrator's Challenge Cup All India Football Tournament for Under-17 being conducted by the Chandigarh Sports Department here. SSCB hammered Cantonment Board Senior Secondary School of Jalandhar Cantonment by 10- 1 for their third successive victory. They emerged group leaders with nine points by remaining unbeaten in their group. Speedy Jacki Chand Singh gave yet another skillful display as he contributed seven goals. The Services young striker opened the account in the second minute with a powerful grounder from the top of the penalty box. Laxaman Murmu scored the second goal for Services in the third minute. Tomarjeet Singh made it 3-0 in the 20th minute. Then Jacki Chand Singh scored three goals in the 26th, 33rd and 38th minutes in succession.
Navdeep Singh of Cantt. Board Sr. Sec. School scored the face-saving goal in the 36th minute. The Services lads had established a commanding 6-1 lead in the first half. Jacki was again on the target in the 44th and 56th minutes. After Laxman Murmur had scored the ninth goal for Services in the 75 th minute, Jacki Chand rounded of the winners' tally one minute before the long whistle.
Meanwhile the Cantonment Board Senior Secondary School of Jalandhar Cantonment coach Vijay Kumar has protested to the organising committee in writing against SSCB team, alleging that "Services team is almost overage." Vijay has requested that MRI test may be conducted on all Services players to ascertain their actual age.
Joint Director Sports Dr JPS Sidhu said that the department had received the protest letter along with the required fee. As all players have already undergone medical tests by a team of doctors, the medical report of the Services players would be submitted to the jury of appear for the final decision.
Earlier, in another group D match at the same venue local outfit Sanjay Public School Football Academy drubbed Daman & Diu Football Association by 9 – 0.
Manoj Kumar of Sanjay Academy drew first blood in the 5th minute of play. Thereafter the Sanjay lads launched their onslaught. Rinku Mashia scored three goals in a row in the 6th, 14th & 15th minutes. The fifth goal was scored by Alam Singh in the 22nd minute through a power-packed shot from 28 yards. The sixth goal was scored by Gurpreet Singh in the 23rd minute.. Sanjay Academy led 6 – 0 at half time..
Alam Singh (42nd), Gaurav Bagga (61st) and Manoj ( 67th) scored for Sanjay Academy in the second half.
At the Sector 17 Football Stadium, Mahilpur Football Academy defeated Punjab Football Academy, Rurka Kalan by 2-1. Rajinder Singh scored both goals. In the 29th minute. Rajinder scored off a rebound from goalkeeper Dalip as the ball slipped out of his hands while trying to collect a shot from Paramjit. In the 77th minute Rajinder scored from a handsake distance after getting a cross from Paramjit. Sukhpal Singh got the lone goal for PFA at the fagend of the match.
Kulbir of PFA was sent off the field after he was given yellow cards in the 18th and 30th minutes for rough play.
In another match Mizoram FA defeated Haryana Football Association by 3-0. KC Lal (10th), L H Laumquwemkimg (65th) and Ruicky Lall (75th) were the scorers.

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Ball badminton players given Santosh Rani awards

Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Punjab, Sital Singh presenting Santosh Rani awards to Chandigarh Ball Badminton players.

CHANDIGARH, SEPT 5
The Chandigarh Ball Badminton Association honoured 17 players and three coaches for their outstanding performance in the North Zone, Sub-Junior, Junior and Senior National meets. They were presented Santosh Rani Awards at a function.
According to CBBA general secretary Baljinder Singh Banwait, those felicitated were who were adjudged the best up coming players in the nationals championships and also captains of winners and runners-up teams. Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Punjab, Sital Singh presented the awards.
The following players were honoured:
North Zone winners/runners-up/captains:
Sonika (Postal Dept, 1998, 2005 winner), Gurjeet Kaur (St Joseph's-44, 2004 winners), Poonam (GGSCW-26, 2003 winner), Anisha Bhatti (St Joseph's-44, 2001 runner-up), Gurinder Singh Gill (DAVC-10, 2004 runner-up), Abhineesh Sharma (DAVC-10, 2005 winner).
Best up coming players:
Manpreet Singh (St Joseph's-22, 2006 and 2007, 25th and 26th Sub-Jr Nationals), Chadrika Shamra (Ryan International, 25th Sub Jr Nationals), Himanshu Shamra (St Joseph's, 51st Jr Nationals), Nancy Mehta (St Joseph's, 51st Jr Nationals), Venus Kalra (MCMDAV-36, 51st Jr Nationals), Abhinees Sharma (DAVC-10, 52nd Jr Nationals), Nishi Rama (GGSCW-21, 52nd Jr Nationals), Gurinder Singh Gill (DAVC-10, 51st Sr Nationals), Vandana (GGSCW-26, 51st Sr Nationals), Manish Rana (DAVC-10), Monu Dhiman (DAVC-10).
Coaches: Ram Kishan (GSSS Khuda Lahora), Vivjay Thakur (Ryan Int-49), Surinder Thakur (St Joseph's Coaching Centre).
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CFA, SSCB maintain their winning spree

A fierce goalmouth melee in front of the Chattisgarh goal in their match against Punjab Football Academy of Rurka Kalan in the 5th Administrator's Challenge Cup All-India Football Tournament for Under-17 in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Photo by Balbir Singh

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 4
Hot contenders Services Sports Control Board and state-manned Chandigarh Football Academy continued their winning spree and brightened their chances to qualify for the semi-finals in the fifth Administrator's Challenge Cup All India Football Tournament for Under-17 being organised by the Chandigarh Sports Department at the Sector 17 Football Stadium and the Sector 42 Sports Complex Football Ground here.
Bolstered by a double hat-trick of Jacki Chand Singh (7 goals), Services Sports Control Board thrashed Daman and Diu by 11-0 for their second successive triumph in group D match at the Sector 42 Sports Complex Football Ground.
Chandigarh Football Academy thrashed Rajasthan Football Association by 9-0 in their group A at the Sector 17 Football Stadium. The star performer was Pankaj Negi who scored four goals, including hat-trick. His goals came in the 51st, 55th, 58th and 65th minutes.
The other scorers for the winners were Gagandeep (Ist minute), Baljinder (35th), Amandeep (37th), Abrahim (60th) and Sahani (77th).
CFA had earlier beaten Orissa Football Association by 6-1 in their opening match. With Andrhra Pradesh FA team withdrawing, CFA will face Delhi Soccer Association in their last league fixture on September 9.
In a group C match at the same venue, Mizoram FA outclassed Jammu and Kashmir by 7-0. The highlight of the match was a hat-trick by KL Alchhanmana who scored in the 8th, 15th and 49th minutes. Other Mizoram scorers were: Laldario (53rd, 59th), L Alrinchhawa (64th) and Alex Lalrinarya (67th).
The highlight of the Group D between SSCB and Daman and Diu was a double hat-trick by Jacki Chand Singh who netted seven goals. His goals came in the 29th, 42nd, 45th, 49th, 52nd, 57th and 74th minutes. Other scorers for the winners were: Lakhi Ram Murmur (65th), Limkand Singh (69th), Sunny Kumar (2nd) and Rajesh Chetri (79th)
It was second successive win for the fleet-footed Services lads.
At the same venue, Punjab Football Academy of Rurka Kalan handed out a 9-0 drubbing to Chattisgarh Football Association in a group B outing. Striker Sukhpal contributed three goals, no hat-trick.
Starting in a whirlwind fashion, Rurka Kalan opened their account in the 17th minute through Amritpal who capitalised on a through pass from Ranbir. Ranbir then scored the second goal for Rurka Kalan team with a header following a pass from Harpreet Jassi from the right flank in the 19th minute.
Maintaining their pressure, Rurka Kalan team got their third goal in the 20th minute. Initiating the move, Amritpal gave a long pass to Kulbir Singh who dodged past a couple of defenders before volleying over the advancing Chattisgarh goalkeeper. Balwinder Singh made it 4-0 in the 30th minute.
After change of ends, the PFA boys pumped in five more goals. Sukhpal scored the fifth goal in the 45th minute and Baljeet got the sixth goal in the 48th minute. Sukhpal also struck in the 50th and 66th minutes. In between Harpreet booted home the Rurka Kalan's eight goal in the 65th minute.
Harpreet and Balwinder of PFA Rurka Kalan and Amitesh and K Raja of Chattisgarh were given yellow cards for indulging in rough play.
It was first win for PFA Rurka Kalan from two matches. Chattisgarh suffered their second succesive defeat from two outings.
Sanjay Public School Academy of Chandigarh tasted their first defeat as they beat Cantonment Board Senior Secondary School of Jalandhar by 4-1 in a group D fixture.
Sanjay Academy forged ahead in the 15th minute. Alam Singh sent a square pass to Gurdeep Kumar at the right flank. The ball came to Manoj Kumar after hitting Jalandhar team's goalkeeper. Manoj capitalised on the chance. Alam Singh scored the second goal for Sanjay Academy.
The Jalandhar team reduced the lead soon. Lovepreet gave a through pass to Chaldidar Singh who controlled the ball and dribbled past an advancing Sanjay stopper back Gurjit Singh and rolled the ball across the goalline.
Sanjay Academy defender Rinkoo who switched to the forward line, scored the third goal for his team with a powerful 30-yarder shot. Gurpreet rounded of the winners' tally in the 78th minute.
It was Sanjay's first win in two matches.
Tomorrow's fixtures:At Sector 42 Sports Complex: Daman and Diu vs Sanjay Public School Academy (8 a.m.); Cantonment Board SSS, Jal vs Services Sports Control Board (10 a.m.).
At Sector 17 Football Stadium: PFA Rurkalan vs Mahilpur Football Academy (2.30 p.m.) and Mizoram FA vs Haryana FA (4.30 p.m.).
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Patiala Gymkhana rout MCA by 10 wickets

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 4
An unbeaten 63-run partnership for the opening wicket stand between Manpreet and Prabhjot enabled Patiala Gymkhana scored an effortless 10-wicket victory over Mohali Cricket Association in the WWICS Cup Under-14 Cricket Tournament being organised by Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy at the St Stephen's School Cricket Stadium in Togan near here today.
Chasing a modest total of 63 runs for win, openers Manpreet and Prabhjot flayed the Mohali Cricket Association bowlers and achieved the target in 18.3 overs. Manpreet's unbeaten knock of 24 contained two fours. Prabhjot remained not out on 37 with the help of three fours.
Earlier, Mohali Cricket Association won the toss and elected to bat. They were dismissed for 62 in 23.1 overs. Mayank Munjal top scored with 14 runs. Sahil (7) and Anmol (8) put on 18 runs for the first wicket stand. Anshul remained not out on 7. Manpreet Singh, Sahil and Sukhwinder captured two wickets each for 10, 8 and 9 runs, respectively. Harkirat also got two wickets for nine runs.
Brief scores: Mohali Cricket Association: 62 all out in 23.1 overs (Mayank Munjal 14, Anmol 8, Sahil 7, Anshul not out 7, Manpreet Singh 2 for 10, Sahil 2 for 8, Harkirat 2 for 9, Sukhwinder 2 for 9, Kanwar Pal 1 for 14).
Tomorrow's fixture: Group B: St Soldier's and Ajit Karam Singh International Public School, Panchkula) 9 a.m at St Stephen's school Cricket Stadium, Togan.
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J-K prevail over Haryana; Mahilpur too good for Chattisgarh

A match between Delhi and Rajasthan in progress in the 5th Administrator's Challenge Cup All-India Football Tournament for Under-17 in Chandigarh on Monday.

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 3
Jammu and Kashmir Football Association just managed to prevail over a fighting Haryana Football Association by 2-1 in group C fixture while Mahilpur Football Academy, Punjab carried too many guns as they mauled Chattisgarh Football Association by 7-0 in group B match on the third day of the 5th Administrator's Challenge Cup All-India Football Tournament for Under-17 being organised by the Chandigarh Sports Department here today.
The group D encounter between Cantonment Board Senior Secondary School, Jalandhar Cantonment and Sanjay Public School Academy of Chandigarh was washed out. It will be rescheduled. Afternoon heavy rains left the Sector 17 Football Stadium waterlogged the match between J and Kashmir-Haryana Football Association, scheduled at 3 p.m., was shifted to Sector 42 Sports Complex.
State-run Chandigarh Football Academy walked over from Andhra Pradesh Football Association who failed to turn up for their group A match in the morning session at the Sector 17 Football Stadium.
Jammu and Kashmir dominated the first half but could score only one goal through Mohd Hussain in the seventh minute. Getting possession of the ball in the middle, Hussain dribbled past a couple of defenders before scoring with a powerful shot from the right flank.
On resumption, Haryana Football Association bounced back into the game as Ravi, in a solo effort, scored with a perfect ground from the right flank in the 45th minute. Jammu and Kashmir then snatched the match winner in the 59th minute as David converted a Tahir's floater with a nice header.
In a group A match, spirited Delhi Soccer Association routed Rajasthan by 3-0. Raymond Sylvester (62nd, 70th) scored two goals. Sachin Kumar made it 2-0 with a goal in the 67th minute.
Earlier, displaying a fine exhibition of shooting power, striker Rajinder Singh pumped in four goals, no hat-trick, as Mahilpur Football Academy, Punjab, trounced Chattisgarh Football Association by 7-0 in a group B encounter.
In a one-sided match played at the Sector 42 Sports Complex Football Ground, Mahilpur Football Academy outplayed Chattisgarh Football Association in all departments of the game. Mahilpur, known as the 'football belt' of Punjab, team dominated the proceedings. After waiting for 12 minutes, they opened their account with Tarun Taneja booting home with a powerful shot. Thereafter the Mahilpur FA onslaught continued and rained six more goals to demolish the challenge of Chattisgarh FA.
Star striker Rajinder Singh tasted his success in the 20th minute with a fine goal. Four minutes before the lemon break, Mahilpur Football Academy, got their third goal through Paramjit Singh.
On resumption in the 41st minute, Rajinder Singh scored his second and team's fourth goal. It was a gem of a goal. Paramjit Singh sent a floater from the right flank and Rajinder Singh in a flash headed the ball into the goal. Rajinder added two more goals in the 69th and 75th minutes to swell the Mahilpur's tally. In between, Paramjit Singh scored his second goal in the 73rd minute.
Referee Shiv Onkar cautioned Ankit Tiwari of Chattisgarh for indulging in rough play and as shown a yellow card in the 48th minute.
At the Sector 17 Football Stadium, State-run Chandigarh Football Academy walked over Andhra Pradesh Football Association who have not reported for the tournament despite sending their confirmation.
Meamwhile, the technical committee, comprising ID Nagi, Dinesh Kumar, Tejinder, Gurpreet and Rakesh Bakshi, has proposed change of timing for the evening scheduled. It has recommended that the evening matches should be played at 2.30 p.m. instead of 3 p.m. and the second match should start at 4.30 p.m. instead of 5 p.m.
The changes have been necessitated to finish the schedule before fading light.
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Aman spins win for CCA-GNPS

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 3
Left arm spinner Aman spun a 82-run victory for CCA-Guru Nanak Public School Academy over DAV Public School, Sector 15 in the WWICS Cup Under-14 Cricket Tournament being organised by Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy at the St Stephen's School Cricket Stadium in Togan near here today.
Chasing a target of 120 runs for victory in a truncated 15-over-each-side match due to rain, the DAV Public School batsmen abjectly surrendered to CCA-GNPS Academy spinners. Their four batsmen Rohan, Shivam, Anshuman and Harsit, ran themselves out. DAVP-15 were bundled out for a paltry 27 in eight overs. Shivam topscored with seven runs.
Bowling a most economical spell, Aman claimed five wickets. His impressive bowling analysis were 3-1-4-5. Another CCA-GNPS Academy spinner Virkaran got one wicket for seven runs from three overs.
Earlier, Chandigarh Cricket Association-GNPS Academy won the toss and elected to bat. They posted an impressive total of 119 for 2 in 15 overs. Shubham and Virkaran were associated in an unbeaten 63-run partnership for the third wicket. Shubham's unbeaten knock of 29 contained two fours. Virkaran's unbeaten innings of 27 was studded with two fours and one six. Earlier, Jaskaran contributed a valuable knock of 34 with the help of five fours. Harsit and Sahil got one wicket each for 24 and 25 runs, respectively.
Brief scores: CCA-GNPS Academy: 119 for 2 in 15 overs (Shivam 7, Jaskaran 34, Shubham 29 not out, Virkaran 27, Harsit 1 for 24 and Sahil 1 for 25).
Tomorrow's fixture: Mohali Cricket Association vs Patiala Gymkhana (10 a.m.) at St Stephen's School, Togan.
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SAI and Orissa FA and SSCB score win

A Mizoram player checking New Public School Academy in the Administrator's Challenge Cup All-India Football Tournament in Chandigarh.

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 2

Sports Authority of India XI prevailed over a fighting Punjab Football Association by 1-0 in a pool B match of the fifth Administrator's Challenge Cup All-India Football Tournament for Under-17 at the Sector 42 Football Ground here today. The all-important goal was scored by Parvesh Sardar who converted a penalty in the 27th minute to give the winners full points.
Seasoned referee Amrik Singh kept the players from both sides under control as they indulged in rough play and using foul lauguage. Six yellow cards, three against each team, were shown during the match. Manjeet of Punjab Football Association team received red card and was sent out of the field. He twice deliberately indulged in rough play. Wellington, A Mondal and Parteek Joshi (all from SAI Team) and Kulbir and Amritpal (both of PFA) were penalised for rough tackling or unsportsmanship behaviour.
Both teams were evenly matched. The SAI team launched an all-out attack with fast moves in the initial stages of the game and wasted two good opportunities to score. In the 16th minutes PFA custodian Dilip brilliantly saved a full-blooded shot of Wellington.
PFA player Manjeet was cautioned by the referee Amrik Singh for four play in the 14th minute. Manjeet committed the same foul in the ninth minute and he was penalised with the red card. Besides, watching the remaining match from the side lines, Manjeet will also miss the next match. Wellington of SAI also received yellow card for rough play.
The PFA's goal fell in the 27th minute when SAI were awarded a penalty when Wellington was brought down by PFA defender Kulbir. The resultant penalty was converted by Paresh Sardar. Kulbir received a yellow card.
In the second half, SAI Team enjoyed a slight edge as the game was generally confined to midfield.
New Public School Football Academy, Chandigarh (group C) and Orissa Football Academy (Group A) also registered victories on the second day.
Orissa, who were routed by state-run Chandigarh Football Academy on Saturday by 6-1, gave an improved display to outplay Delhi Football Association by 3-0 at the Sector 42 Sports Complex. SK Naim (22), Mahendra Nayak (42nd) and Sudam Soren (52d) scored one goal each for Orissa FA..
New Public School Fotball Academy, Chandigarh routed Mizoram Football Association by 3-0 at the Sector 17 Football Stadium.
The match started at a fast pace. After thwarting a Mizoram move, NP School opened their account in the the 31st minute through Sukhmat who scored with a long ranger. Nikhil Pradad then converted a spot kick in the 67th. The penalty was awarded as Mizoram defender P K Laldinpuia handled the ball in the proscribed aread. KH Vikram (75th) rounded off the winners' tally as he scored with a free kick from just out the D in the 75th minute.
Fighting fit Services Sports Control Board outplayed Sanjay Public School Academy by 3-0 in a group D encounter. Sunny Kumar (4th), Lakhi Ram Murmur (47th) and Sanjay Kumar (72nd) fashioned SSCB's facile triumph.
Rajasthan Football Association got a walkover against Andhra Pradesh Football Association which played truant.
Tomorrow's fixtures: Group A: CFA vs Andhra Pradesh (8 a.m.). Pool B: Chattisgarh FA vs Mahilpur FA (10 a.m) at Sector 42 Sports Complex.
Pool C: Haryana FA vs Jammu and Kashmir (3 p.m) and CBSSS, Jalandhar vs Sanjay PSFA (5 p.m) at Sector 17 Football Stadium.
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St Joseph's girls and DAVSSS-8 boys champs

St Joseph's-44 (girls) and DAVSSS-8 (boys) with trophies of the fourth Chandigarh Junior State Sepak Takrawa Championships for Santosh Kumar Rana Trophy

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH. SEPT 2
St Joseph's School, Sector 44, retained the girls trophy in the fourth Chandigarh Junior State Sepak Takrawa Championships for Santosh Kumar Rana Trophy at Government Senior Secondary School ground in Sector 19-C here today. They finished their four-team Super League with an all-win record and logged six points.
Mount Carmel-47 A Team secured runners-up trophy with two wins and one defeat for four points. The third place went to Government Senior Secondary School, Khuda Lahora who got two points from one win and two losses.
DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 won the boys trophy for the first time with six points in the four-team Super League round robin contest. Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19 B Team were runners-up with two victories and one defeat for four points. Hosts St Joseph's School-44 got third place with two points.
Anirudh Rana of DAVSSS-8 and Jigmit of St Joseph's-44 were declared the best players in the boys and girls sections, respectively.
Deputy Director Sports Authority of India Ajit Singh distributed the prizes.
Results:
Super League (boys): DAVSSS-8 bt Mount Carmel-47 B Team 15-6, 15-9; DAVSSS-8 bt St Joseph's School-44 15-4, 14-16, 12-10; GMSSS-19 B Team bt Mount Carmel-47 B Team 15-9, 9-15, 11-7; St Joseph's School-44 bt Mount Carmel-47 B Team 15-11, 15-6; GMSSS-19 B Team bt St Joseph's School-44 15-12, 15-9; DAVSSS-8 bt GMSSS-19 B Team 14-16, 16-14, 11-5.
Super League (girls): St Joseph's School-44 bt Mount Carmel-47 B Team 15-13, 15-8; Mount Carmel-47 A Team bt GSSS Khuda Lahora 15-6, 15-9; GSSS Khuda Lahora bt Mount Carmel-47 B Team 15-13, 15-8; Mount Carmel-47 A Team bt Mount Carmel-47 B Team 15-7, 15-8; St Joseph's School-44 bt Mount Carmel-47 A Team 15-4, 15-5.
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AKSIPS-41 rout YPS Mohali by five wickets

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 2
Ajit Karam Singh International Public School, Sector 47 registered an easy five-wicket triumph against Yadvindra Public School, Mohali in a pool C match of the WWICS Under-14 Cricket Tournament being conducted by DP Azad Academy at the St Stephen's School Stadium in Togan today.
Yadvindra Public School won the toss but failed to post an impressive score as they were skittled out for 69 runs in 21.5 overs. Arsh Goyal and Manuel Jain batted with confidence to score 18 and 12 runs, respectively.
AKSIPS-41 bowlers medium pacer Ashish (3 for 12) and Harmanpreet (2 for 11) restricted the YPS score.
In reply, AKSIPS-41 achieved their target by posting 71 for 5 in 19.4 overs. Rajat top-scored with 20 runs. Ishwinder remained not out on 12 and all-rounder Harmanpreet Singh made 10. YPS medium pacer Sahil Sharma bowled well and got two wickets for three runs in his quota of five overs. He also took a brilliant catch at cover.
Brief scores: YPS, Mohali: 69 in 21.5 overs (Arsh Goyal 18, Manuel Jain 12, Ashish 3 for 12, Harmanpreet Singh 2 for 11).
AKSIPS-41: 71 for 5 in 19.4 overs (Rajat 20, Ishwinder 12 not out, Harmpreet Singh 10, Sahil Sharma 2 for 3, Anand 2 for 11).
Tomorrow's fixture: CCA-GNPS Academy vs DAV Public School-15 at 2 p.m. at St Stephen's School Stadium, Togan.
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Mata Chanan Kaur Punjab Sports from Nov 15

Harjinder Singh Dhanoa (centre) with ID Kamboj and Kulbir Singh Saini at Hotel Taj in Chandigarh.

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 2
British Army, Pakistan Army, Punjab Police and Indian Navy will stake their claim for the top honours in the kabaddi (National style) competitions of the Mata Chanan Kaur Punjab Sports Championships to be held from November 15 to 18 at the Mata Chanan Kaur Dhanoa Sports Stadium in village Parasrampur in Jalandhar district.
Giving this information here, Baba Lodhiana Youth Sports Club chairman NRI Harjinder Singh Dhanoa of United Kingdom, said that the winners would receive a cash award of Rs one lakh and runners-up Rs 75,000.
However, the piece de show of the Mata Chanan Kaur Punjab Sports Championships would be the crowd-pulling circle kabaddi open event. Only top eight teams from all over the country would be selected for participation in the Punjab Style kabaddi, popularly known as circle style.
Dhanoa, who was recently elected senior vice-president of the Association of Twenty20 Cricket (India), said that a lucrative purse of Rs 8 lakh for the victorious team. This would be the highest prize money to be given to any winners team in cricle kabaddi. The runners-up would be richer by Rs 5 lakh and the third place winners will receive a pay cheque of Rs 3 lakh.
Competitions for girls circle kabaddi would also be conducted. The winning team will get Rs 75,000, runners-up Rs 50,000 and third place holders Rs 25,000.
Youth of Punjab would also be involved to display their skills in weightlifting (men and women), athletics (men and women), dog races, bullock cart races and competitions for disabled and handicapped players.
In the evening cultural programme would be organised and noted singers would enthralled the spectators.
The main aim behind organising the annual championship and regular welfare activities, like conducting mass marriages under one roof, eye and other camps etc, is to keep away the youth from the menace of drug addiction and utilise the power of youth in a constructive way. The budge for the championships would be around Rs 50 lakh.
Last year besides electronic and print media, a team of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was deputed to cover the event.BBC made a documentary on the activities of the Baba Lodhiana Youth Sports Club.
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Chairman Soccer Cup goes to DPS Pinjore

DPS Pinjore players with the St Xavier's Chairman Soccer Cup. Photos by Balbir Singh

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 1
Delhi Public School of Pinjore emerged winners in the Charmian Soccer Cup for boys Under-13, organised by St Xavier's School of Panchkula, by defeating Ryan International Public School, Sector 49 of Chandigarh by 2-0 in the final at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Sector 3 in Panchkula on Saturday.
The Delhi Public School boys played a coordinated game. The Ryan players were also talented. However, they could not pierce the tough DPS defence.
DPS Pinjore meant business from the start. They launched their first attack in the 6th minute from the right flank and converted the chance into goal through Raghav Wadhwa. Raghav also had his hand in his team's second goal as he gave a calculated pass to Chittajeet.
In the second half, Ryan International School put up an improved performance and did not allow their tall opponents any chance to have a close look at the goal.
Piyush Dhingra of Ryan International was declared the best player of the tournament. Gurnihal Singh of St Xavier's School (Blues) of Panchkula was adjudged the best goalkeeper of the tournament.
Earlier in the morning session, Ryan International defeated St Xavier's Blues of Panchkula by 3-2 in the tie-breaker session, after a goalless draw in the semi-final encounter. Rajdeep, Sehaj Sethi and Piyus Dhingra converted their penalties. For St Xavier's Blues, Rahul and Vishal converted their spot kicks.
The second semi-final was also decided in the tie-breaker session as Delhi Public School, Pinjore and Stone Brook of Kalka also ended in a 1-1 deadlock. Abhinav Jain put his team ahead with a third minute goal while Nitin Kapur restored parity for Stone Brook in the 39th minute.
In the tie-breaker session, Anjany and Alokpal converted their penalties while Stone Brook could not convert any of the five penalties.
Deputy Director (Yoga), Haryana Sports Department Ashok Aggarwal was the chief guest on the occasion. Also present on the occasion were St Xavier's chairman Andrew John Gosain, Vice chairman William Gosain, St Xavier's Panchkula Principal George S Shear and DPS Pinjore Principal Samson Masih.

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Punjab Ranking TT from Sept 15

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 1
The first Punjab State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament is being organised by the Mohali District Table Tennis Association at the Table Tennis Hall in Sector 23 here from September 15 to 17.
According to Mohali District Table Tennis Association, more than 250 players from all over Punjab are expected to take part in the tournament. Internationals and top ranked players namely Panka Sharma, Vikas Mahajan, Ajay Sharma, Rohit Mahajan in the men's section and Shally Dhawan, Shikha Ghai, Rajni Gupta and Manisha in the women's category are going to participate in this Punjab ranking tournament.
Rajiv Kaushal said that the events would be played are Under-14 sub-junior boys and girls, girls singles Under-17, junior boys and girls singles Under-20, oys and girls singles and men and women singles.
The association will provide board and lodging to all participants.
Entry closes with Rajeev Kaushal through respective district secretaries before September 12 at house no. 228, Sector 23-A.
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Gagandeep hat-tricks as CFA outplay Orissa FA

Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 1
Ebullient striker Gagandeep performed three-in-a-row feat as Chandigarh Football Academy handed out a 6-1 drubbing to Orissa Football Association in their opening Pool A fixture of the 5th Administrator's Challenge Cup All-India Football Tournament for Under-17 at the Sector 17 Football Stadium here today.
Gagandeep started chasing his hat-trick in the 42nd minute and completed it in the 77th minute. His second goal came in the 65th minute. Abrahim (3rd minute), Pankaj Negi (12th) and Shenaaj (81st) added one goal each in the winners' kitty. The face-saving goal for Orissa was scored by Mahendra Nayak in the 62nd minute.
State-run Chandigarh Football Academy could have won still by a very handsome margin had they capitalised on all their chances that came their way. Despite rout, Orissa goalkeeper lanky S K Kamnuddin gave an impressive display and made a dozen saves with good anticipation and alertness.
The CFA lads were in full cry from the beginning. Their strikers Pankaj Negi, Gagandeep and Abrahim formed a deadly trio. With proper coordination and accurate passes, they repeatedly pierced the Orissa defence.
Playing at their home ground, the CFA forged ahead in the third minute through Abrahim off a fine cross sent by Pankaj Negi from the right flank. Down by one goal, the Orissa players initiated some good moves but a solid CFA defence thwarted their moves.
Pankaj Negi scored second goal for CFA in the 12th minute medio Shenaaj sent a through pass towards the right flank. Rajandeep rolled the ball inside the penalty area where Pankaj Negi scored with ease.
Meanwhile referee Arun cautioned and shown yellow card in the 22nd minute for coming out of the field without his permission.
On crossing over, the CFA players dominated and virtually fought the battle inside the Orissa territory. Gagandeep made it 3-0 in the 42nd minute. Orissa got their lone goal in the 62nd minute. Sudam Soren dribbled past left wingback of CFA and sent a floated ball inside the penalty area where Mahindra Nayak made no mistake.
CFA forward Gagandeep then scored in the 65th and 77th minute to complete his hat-trick. CFA were awarded a penlaty as Pankaj Negi was tripped by Orissa defender Santosh Singh. Shenaaj converted it to round off the winners' tally.
Earlier, Punjab Governor and Administrator Chandigarh Gen SF Rodrigues inaugurated the tournament which will continue till September 9.
Andhra Pradesh Football Association and Jammu and Kashmir Football Associations are doubtful starters as the organisers, the Chandigarh Sports Department, have not recently received any communication.
Tomorrow's fixtures: Group A:\u003c/strong\> Orissa vs Delhi FA (4 p.m), Rajasthan FA vs APFA ( 8 a.m.). Group B: Punjab Football Association vs DAI Team (10 a.m) at Sector 42 Stadium.
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