Double delight for Karan Bhai

Kunwar Saini whowon the 100m freestyle for boys under-19.
CHANDIGARH, JULY 31
Karan Bhai claimed golden double by winning the 50 metres breaststroke and 50 metres butterfly for boys Under-17 in the Administrator's Cup Swimming competitions organised by the Chandigarh Sports Department at the Government College of Yoga and Health all-weather swimming pool in Sector 23 here today.

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In a close race in the 50 metres breaststroke for boys Under-17, Karan Bhai overcame a stiff resistance from silver medal winner Angad Singh. Karan Bhai clocked 33.40 seconds while Angad timed 33.69.
These swimmers also repeated their performance in the 50 metres butterfly. Karan Bhai covered the distance in 29.01 seconds while Angad had to remain himself satisfied with silver in 29.31 seconds.
In the 50 metres backstroke in open boys category, Yadwinder got the first position in 34.14 seconds while Varush Sharma was second in 33:69 seconds.
Harsimran Kaur finished quite ahead of second placed Arasheep Kaur in the 100 metres freestyle for girls under-17. Harsimran clocked 1:11.62 while Arashdeep touched the finishing line in 1:17.27. Himanshi Bakshi was third in 1:21.09.


MP Singh, Secretary to Punjab Governor, distributed the prizes. Cash prizes were given to the first three position holders in each event.
Results: 100m freestyle boys U-10: 1 Kunwar Saini 1:31.26; 2 Vipul Narang 2:02.55; 3 Abhirhira Nandani 2:10.32. Girls: 1 Mehakdeep 2:18.53; 2 Ambardar Bhavya 2:19.24; 3 Arshita Aggarwal 2:22.32.
100m freestyle boys U-12: 1 Amandeep Singh 1:12.14; 2 Chandan 1:4 0.18; 3 Aks Gupta 1:44.76. Girls: 1 Chahat Arora 1:19.18; 2 Sahib Preet Kaur 1:38.67; 3 Aakriti 1:50.56.
100m freestyle boys U-14: 1 Mayank Jagwani 1:16.46; 2 Kshitij 1:21.33; 3 Mridul Punia 1:27.18. Girls: 1 Garima Rawat 1:24.99; 2 Kanika Sharma 1:27.73; 3 Shaira Bedi 1:28.76.
50m backstroke boys U-17: 1 Angad Singh 34.61; 2 Jasminder Singh 39.44; 3 Abhay Kanwar 40.11. Girls: 1 Himanshi 39.67; 2 Arshdeep Kaur 42.17; 3 Aanchal Guglani 45.98.
50m backstroke boys U-14: 1 Arshdeep Singh 45.18; 2 Mayank jagwani 45.45; 3 Adeel Ur Rehman 53.49. Girls: 1 Kanika Sharma 1:44.39; 2 Shaira Bedi 45.04; 3 Garima Rawat 47.08.
50m backstroke boys U-12: 1 Ravinder Arya 44.51; 2 Tejinder Singh 49.96; 3 Raja Pridhu Sharma 57.89. Girls: 1 Aakriti 56.96; 2 Eesha Sharma 58.66; 3 Sahib Preet Kaur 1:05.03.
50m butterfly open boys: 1 Abhimanyu Tiwari 28.09; 2 Yadwinder Rawat 29.53; 3 Udhay Grewal 31.29.
50m breaststroke boys U-14: 1 Sahib Rana 39.65: 2 Shubham Vig 54.73; 3 Rakhshil Gupta
1:00.68. Girls: 1 Mihika Singh 41.12; 2 Anmol Kaur 45.32; 3 Nutan 47.35.
100m breaststroke boys U-12: 1 Maninder Singh 1:47.42; 2 Tejinder Bains 1:52.02.
50m backstroke boys open: 1 Yadvinder Bawa 34.14; Varun Sharma 33.69; 3 Jatinder Singh 53.89.
50m breaststroke boys U-17: 1 Karan Bhai 33.40; 2 Angad Singh 33.69; 3 Parminder Singh 36.54. Girls: Nikhat Pannu 39.68; 2 Arshdeep 44.06; 3 Kriti Malhotra 46.38.
50m butterfly boys u-17: 1 Karan Bhai 29.01; 2 Angad Singh 29.31; 3 Karan Sharma 37.74.
100m freestyle girls U-17: 1 Harsimran Kaur 1:11.62; 2 Arashdeep Kaur 1:17.27; 3 Himanshi Bakshi 1:21.09.

Chandigarh, Punjab team for Chennai Nationals

The Chandigarh team which will take part in the Inter-State National Under-15 Cricket Tournament in Chennai from August 13 to 17.
CHANDIGARH, JULY 31
The Cricket Federation of Chandigarh today announced a 16-member team which will compete in the Inter-State National Under-15 Cricket Tournament being conducted by Cricket Federation of Tamil Nadu in Chennai from August 13 to 17.
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Announcing the team, CFC general secretary Ravinder Talwar said that the team was finalised during the coaching camp, Mohan Lal will accompany the team as coach-cum-manager.
Team: Manual Jain, Sahil Sharma, Vivek Sharma, Ravi Kishan, Manpreet Singh, Gurkirat Kamboj, Chetan Rawat, Arshveer Sandhu, Sachin Boora, Mohd Shagir, Devander Chauhan,Harshit Kanwar, Preet Singh Badhan, Amar Preet Singh, Kamal Preet Singh, Rohit Dheer. Coach-cum-manager: Mohan Lal.
Meanwhile, Vikram Veer Sharma will captain Punjab team.
Other members of the team are: Sunny Karwal (vice-captain), Siddharth Kumar, Suraj Vishkarma, Vishnu Srihan, Parminder Singh, Jaydeep Bose (wk), Sharanjit Singh, Anish Singh, Anurag, Khushdeep Sharma, Charanjit Singh, Ravinder Singh, Shubham Pathak, Rahul Bali, Rahul Tiwari and Rohit.
Coach-cum-manager: Sanjay Sharma.

DPS Pinjore retain football title

Members of the Delhi Public School of Pinjore team whcih won the district football title.

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CHANDIGARH, JULY 31
Last year's District champions Delhi Public School of Pinjore boys (under-19) team did the school proud by retaining the title by defeating Government School of Kalka by 3-0.
District Sports Officer Rajpal and Principal Samson Masih were watched the final. Trained by Santosh Pandey, the team comprised the following team members; Vinay Tehlan (captain), Harshal Sahu (vice captain), Arjun Shokhanda, Akshay Khandsaya, Akash Pratap Singh, Mohit Rana, Wlber Goes, Harsh Bhandari, Kashish Kumar, Jagatjeet Singh, Vishal Chauhan, Abhinav Attri, Sidhant Aeron. Eights boys have been selected for the state tournament; Vinay Tehlan (Captain), Harshal Sahu (vice captain), Arjun Shokhanda, Mohit Rana, Wlber Goes, Harsh Bhandari, Kashish Kumar and Sidhant Aeron.

CW Youth Games baton relay

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Chandigarh, July 31
Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi, Member Parliament, and Chairman Organizing Committee for Pune Commonwealth Youth Games -2008 has approved the final programme of Youth Baton Relay passing through Haryana on August 3 and 4.
The IOA president has requested Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and HOA president Abhey Singh Chautala to make befitting arrangements for the success of Youth Baton Relay which pass through Gurgaon, Jhajjar, Rohtak and Sonipat and then enterBaghpat (UP) via Palari.
As per the programme the Baton Relay Team will be received at Delhi-Haryana Border village Dundahera on August 3 at 10 a,m by Abhey Singh Chautala, along with other office bearers and officers of the District Administration, officers of the Sports Department Haryana, Office Bearers of the State and District Sports Associations and outstanding sportspersons of Gurgaon.
At Jhajjar the Relay Baton team will be received at Mini Secretariat Jhajjar by the District Administration, officers of the Sports Department, Office bearers of the State and District Sports Associations, District Rural Games Associations etc etc.
On the same day the Baton Relay team will be received at Faculty House MD University at 7 pm by MD University, Senior Officers of the District Administration, Office Bearers of the HOA and State Sports Associations, and representatives of he Various Sports Organizations.. A cultural Programme will be organized in Honour of the Relay Baton team. The Team will have night Halt at MD University Rohtak.
The Baton Relay will reach at Sonipat on August 4 at 11.00 a.m. The Team will be received by the District Administration, Office bearers of the HOA and other Sports organizations. After the lunch the team will reach at village Palari where a send off function will be organized at 2.15 p.m which will be presided by Dr. M S Malik, IPS (Rtd), former DGP Haryana, Secretary General HOA. After that the team will leave for Baghpat in UP.
H S Bhadu, Coordinator of HOA for Youth Baton Relay in Haryana have informed that Baton Relay team in Haryana will be accorded a warm welcome and proper reception at all the four District headquarters and through out the route by the people of Haryana. Arjuna Awrdees and Olympians will carry the Baton in Haryana. They are Shakti Singh, Geeta Jutsi, Bhim Singh, Chander Pal (athletics), M K Kaushik (hockey), Asan Kumar, Rammehar Singh, K K Godara, (wrestling), Omprakash, Dalel Singh, Amir Singh and Duli Chand (volleyball), Mehtab Singh and Jitendra Kumar (boxing).

Khushnoor wins gold in 50m breaststroke

Winners of 50 metres freestyle for girls under-17 in the Administrator's Cup swimming championship.
Harsimran nearing finishing line in 50 metres freestyle for girls under-17.
CHANDIGARH, JULY 30
Khushnoor Kaur Walia won gold medal in 50 metres breaststroke for girls under-10 by clocking 1:08.27 in the Administrator's Cup Swimming Championship being conducted by the Chandigarh Sports Department at the Government College of Yoga and Health swimming pool in Sector 23 here today.

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Nikit Pannu won gold medal in 100 metres breaststroke for girls under-17 by clocking 1:28.15. Harsimran Kaur and Kriti Malhotra finished second and third with 1:35.84 and 1:46.50, respectively.
Harsimran later won gold in 50 metres freestyle for girls under-17 as she clocked 32.50 seconds. Harsimran pushed Nikit Pannu to the second position with a timing of 34.95 seconds.
50M breaststroke boys U-10: 1 Kunwar Saini 0.51.45; 2 Aditya V. Kaul
0.51.85; 3 Ankrish Khanna 1.00.36. Girls: 1 Khushnoor Kaur Walia
1.08.27; 2 Saaz Sahdra 1.11.73; 3 Samriti Jain 1.12.66.
50M breaststroke boys U-12: 1 Amandeep Singh 0.38.68; 2 Ravinder Arya
0.42.72; 3 Maninder Singh 0.49.07. Girls: 1 Chahat Arora 0.44.87; 2
Aakriti 0.50.73; 3 Manika 0.50.96.
100m breast stroke boys U-14: 1 Sahib Rana 1.26.84; 2 Subham Vig
1.59.62; Elham Anwar 2.09.45. Girls: 1 Mihika Singh 1.29.25; 2 Anmol Kaur 1.42.07; 3 Nutan 1.49.43.
100m breast stroke girls U-17: 1 Nikit Pannu 1.28.15; 2 Harsimran Kaur
1:35.84; Kriti Malhotra 1:46.50.
100m breaststroke boys open: 1 Yadvinder Rawat 1:15.71; 2 Varun Sharma
1.17.95; 3 Utej Sohal 1.21.18.
50m freestyle boys u-17: 1 Vivek yadav 0.26.90; 2 Sahib Partap 0.28.11; 3 Abhey Kanwar 0.29.50. Girls: 1 Harsimran Kaur 0.32.50; 2 Nikhat Pannu 0.34.95; 3 Himanshi Bakshi 0.35.67.
50m freestyle boys open: 1 Abhimanyu Tiwari 0.26.54; 2 Rahul Ratnam
0.26.86; 3 Varun Sharma 0.27.46. Girls: 1 Shruti Sharma 0.32.78; 2 Amardeep 0.36.62; 3 Namrata 0.43.79.
100m butterfly boys open: 1 Udey Grewal 1:22.55; 2 Akash Bansal
1:35.75; 3 Rishab Rana 1.40.23.
200m freestyle boys U-14: 1 Mridul Punia 3:23.37; 2 Elham Anwar
4:3.34; 3 Shubham Vig 4:17.72.
50m backstroke boys open: 1 Abhimanyu Tiwari 0.35.15; 2 Ishan Bakshi
0.43.08; 3 Rahul Singh 0.50.52.
400m freestyle boys U-17: 1 Kunal Bhardwaj 0.57.50; 2 Vivek Yadav
0.59.37; 3 Abhay Kanwar 1:11.01.
100m freestyle boys open: 1 Rahul Ratnam 1:04.82; 2 Ripudaman S.
1.35.03; 3 Rahul Singh 1:42.29.
100m freestyle girls U-17: 1 Shruti Sharma 1:17.54; 2 Amardeep
1:24.43; 3 Gurjot 1:41.46.

AG West Bengal owe it to Sourav Sengupta

Men's singles winner Sourav Sengupta of AG West Bengal with the trophy in the IA and AD All-India Inter-Zonal Table Tennis Tournament in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
Gurvinder Kaur of AG Punjab who claimed the women's singles crown.
CHANDIGARH, JULY 30
Sourav Sengupta of Accountant General West Bengal enjoyed a double delight by winning gold medals in the men's individual competitions and fashioning his squad's triumph in the team championship of the IA and AD All-India Inter-Zonal Table Tennis Tournament which was organised by Accountant General Haryana at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall here today.

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Strong contenders AG West Bengal outplayed North Zone Audit champions Accountant General Uttar Pradesh by 3-1 in the team championship final. They owed their triumph to Sourav Sengupta who won both his singles matches in the team competitions.
Sourav was more agile and aggressive as he defeated his colleague Samit Biswas in the men's singles final by 7-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-6.
In the team championship AG Uttar Pradesh's Amit Srivastav raised false hopes for his team by defeating Samit Biswas by 11-7, 10-12, 11-5, 11-9 in the first singles. However, AG West Bengal later proved too good for AG UP. First Sourav Sengupta restored parity by beating SP Singh 11-8, 11-9, 11-6 while Santanu Banerjee gave West Bengal the lead by beating SK Tiwari by 11-0, 11-2, 11-3.
Fighting fit Sourav Sengupta dashed the AG Uttar Pradesh's hopes as he accounted for Amit Srivastav 8-11, 11-6, 4-11, 11-8, 11-6 in the fourth and deciding singles.
North Zone Audit champion Gurvinder Kaur of AG Punjab was crowned All-India Audit champion as the top seed defeated Barnali Roy of West Bengal in a tough women's final by 11-7, 11-13, 4-11, 19-17, 11-9, 4-11, 17-15.
K Jairam of AG Andhra Pradesh claimed the veteran singles title. His rival in the veteran singles final Patanjali Kumar of AG Haryana receivedloud cheers as he went to receive the runner-up trophy from Principal Accountant General Punjab RP Singh. This was 59-year-old Patanjali Kumar's last departmental tournament. K Jairam won 7-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-6.
Results (all finals):
Team championship: AG West Bengal bt AG Uttar Pradesh by 3-1 (Samit Biswas lost to Amit Srivastav 7-11, 12-10, 5-11, 9-11, Sourav Sengupta bt SP Singh 11-8, 11-9, 11-6, Santanu Banerjee bt SK Tiwari 11-0, 11-2, 11-3, Sourav Sengupta bt Amit Srivastav 8-11, 11-6, 4-11, 11-8, 11-6).
Men's singles: Sourav Sengupta (AG West Bengal) bt Samit Biswas (AG West Bengal) 11-5, 13-11, 3-11, 11-6, 5-11, 8-11, 11-3.
Men's Veteran's singles: K Jairam (AG Andhra Pradesh) bt Patanjali Kumar (AG Haryana) 7-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-6.
Women's singles: Gurvinder Kaur (AG Punjab) bt Barnali Roy (AG West Bengal 11-7, 11-13, 4-11, 19-17, 4-11, 17-15.

Sumit Hooda stars in CFI’s wins in ID Cup

CHANDIGARH, July 29
A brilliant all-round performance by Sumit Hooda (62 and 2 for 14) helped Cricket Federation of India outplay Cricket Federation of Chandigarh by five wickets on the second day of the first Independence Day Cup Under-15 Cricket Tournament being played at the Banyan Tree School ground in Sector 48 B here today.


Batting first Chandigarh scored 116 for 8 in allott4ed 20 overs. Chetan Rawat and Manul Jain contributed 16 runs each. Kurkirat Kamboj remained not out on 15.
Gaurav Sharma (2 for 19), Mandeep Pathania (2 for 10) and Sumit Hooda (2 for 14) were the most successful bowlers of CFI.
In reply, CFI XI achieved their target in 15-1 overs and lost only five wickets. Talented Sumit Hooda was in top form as he topscored with 62 runs. Neeraj made 20. Sahil Sharma got two wickets for 24n runs.
Earlier, CFI XI just managed to pip fighting Cricket federation of Punjab by seven runs. CFI were bowled out for 100 in 16.2 overs. Sumit Hooda contributed 24 runs. Neeraj (22) and Gautam Nagpal (17) were their other main scorers. Sunny Karwal and Vikram Veer got two wickets each and gave seven runs each.
Punjab were bowled out for 93 in 23.5 overs. All-rounder Sunny Karwal was the main scorer with 46 runs. Vishal Rattewal broke the backbone of Punjab as he bagged four wickets for 10 runs.
Brief scores: Cricket Federation of Chandigarh: 116 for 8 in 20 overs (Chetan Rawat) 16, Manul Jain 16, Arshvir Sondhi 14, Gurkirat Kamboj not out 15, Mandeep Pathania 2 for 10, Gaurav Sharma 2 for 19, Sumit Hooda (2 for 14), Mohit Garg 2 for 17).
Cricket Federation of India: 118 for 5 in 15.1 overs (Sumit Hooda 62 not out, Neeraj 20, Arshdeep 14, Itesh Kumar 15, Sahil Sharma 2 for 24). CFI win by five wickets, Man of the Match: Sumit Hooda.
Brief scores: CFI: 100 all out in 16.2 overs (Sumit Hooda 24, Neeraj 22, Gautam Nagpal 17, Sunny Karwal 2 for 7, Vikram Veera 2 for 7).
Cricket Federation of Punjab: 93 all out in 23.5 overs (Sunny Karwal 46, Vishal Rattewal 4 for 10, Mohit Garg 2 for 20, Gaurav Sharma 2 for 14).. CFI win by seven runs. Man of the match: Sunny Karwal.

Sengupta faces Samit Biswas in final

CHANDIGARH, JULY 29
It will be an all-West Bengal affair in the men’s singles final of the All-India AI and AD Inter-Zonal Table Tennis Tournament being conducted by Accountant General Haryana at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall here. Sourav Sengupta will challenge Samit Biswas, both of Accountant General West Bengal for the prestigious title tomorrow at 3 p.m.

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Top seed Sourav Sengupta ousted GR Dodhi of AG Gujarat by 4-1 (11-8, 11-5, 11-9, 6-11, 13-11) while Samit struggled to overcome a stiff resistance from second seed Basab Chaudhary of AG Nagpal by 4-3. Samit won the first game at 11-9. However, Basab won the next three games at 11-9, 11-7, 12-10 to gain a 3-1 lead. Samit Biswas then staged a grand rally to win three next games in a row at 11-6, 11-7, 11-7 to pull off a mild upset.
Top seed Gurvinder Kaur of AG Punjab and Barnali Royof AG West Bengal qualified for the women’s singles title. North Zone winner Gurvinder ended the challenge of Anita Modi of AG Rajasthan by 11-6, 11-6, 11-8, 11-7 in the semi-final match. In the second semi-final Barnali Roy of AG West Bengal upset second seed Leena Khare of AG Uttar Pradesh by 11-13, 11-9, 11-9, 11-7, 17-15.
There is a good news for hosts AG Haryana as the oldest Audit player, +59 years old Patanjali Kumar, the top seed, took his appointed place in the men’s veteran singles final. The star AG Haryana player defeated Asok Manjrekar of AG Madhya Pradesh by 11-8, 11-5, 11-4 in the semi-final encounter. His opponent in the final will be K Jairam of AG Andhra Pradesh who beat Somnath Parmanik of AG Himachal Pradesh 11-5, 11-2, 11-4 in the second semi-final.
Results: Men’s singles (semi-finals): Sourav Sengupta (AG West Bengal) bt GR Dodhi (AG Gujarat) 11-8, 11-5, 11-0, 6-11, 13-11. Samit Biswas (AG WB) bt Basab Chaudhary (AG Nagpur) 11-9, 9-11, 7-11, 10-12, 11-6, 11-7, 11-7.
Q-finals: GR Doshi (AG Guj) bt Amit Srivastav (AG UP) 11-9, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8, 12-10, Samit Niswas (AG WB) bt Sikander Jam (AG Gujarat) 10-12, 11-5, 12-14, 11-6, 11-9, 11-8, Basab Chaudhary (AG Nagpur) bt Santanu Banerje (AG WB) 6-11, 6-11, 11-7, 8-11, 12-10, 11-7, Sourav Sengupta (AG WB) bt Prasant Bhambri (Delhi Audit) 11-6, 11-9, 9-11, 11-4, 11-3.
5th and 6th positions: Santanu Banerjee (AG WB) bt Sikander Jam (AG Guj) 11-4, 10-12, 11-8, 11-9.
Women’s singles (semi-finals): Gurinder Kaur (AG Punjab) bt Anita Modi (AG Raj) 11-6, 11-6, 11-8, 11-7. Barnali Roy (AG WB) bt Leena Khare (AG UP) 11-13, 11-9, 11-9, 11-7, 17-15. Q-finals: Anita Modi (AG Raj) bt bt Lathika Poojalingam (AG Kar) 11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-8. Barnali Roy (AG WB) bt Jyoti Singh (AG MP) 11-6, 11-7, 11-1, 11-7.
Men’s veterans singles (semi-finals): Patanjali Kumar (AG Haryana) bt Asok Manjrekar (AG MP) 11-8, 11-5, 11-4, K Jairam (AG AP) bt Somnath Parmanik (AG HP) 11-5, 11-2, 11-4. Q-finals: Asok Manjrekar (AG MP) Ramakrishna (AG Kar) 11-5, 11-5, 11-6, K Jairam (AG AP) bt Vinod Prakash Pandey (Gorakhpur) 11-9, 11-1, 11-3, Somnath Parmanik (AG HP) bt Debashish Mukerjee (AG Chattisgarh) 11-6, 13-11, 11-3.

Rahul and Shruti swim to glory

CHANDIGARH, JULY 29
Rahul Ratnam swam to glory by winning 200 metres freestyle gold in the boys open category on the opening day of the Administrator's Cup Swimming Championship being conducted by Chandigarh Sports Department at the all-weather swimming pool at Sector 23 Yoga Centre here today.

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Rahul emerged clearcut winner as he covered the distance in 2:33.77. Second-placed Akhilesh Rawat timed 2:53.02 for the silver medal. Amanpreet got bronze as he was home in 3:07.59.
Shruti Sharma viirtually faced no resistance from other competitors as she captured gold in 200 metres freestyle in the girls open category. he timed 2:58.62. Amarjot clocked 3:18.52 for silver while Gurjot got bronze in 3:59.69.
The first gold medal was claimed by Kunwar Saini who recorded the best timing of 0.39.21 in the 50 metres freestyle for boys under-10. This honour in the girls category went to Pushpa Sharma who clocked 0.56.12.
Results: 50M freestyle U-10 (boys): 1 Kunwar Saini 0.39.21, 2 Aditya V. Kaul 0.51.47, 3 Vipul Narang 0.54.92.50M FS Girls U-10: 1Pushpa Sharma 0.56.12; 2 Saaz Sahdra 0.56.85; 3 Mehakdeep Kaur 0.57.77. 50k freestyle boys U-12: 1 Amandeep Singh 0.30.51; 2 Maninder Singh 0.39.31; 3 Chandan 0.44.17. 50m freestyle girls U-12: 1 Chahal Arora 0.34.27; 2 Sahib Preet Kaur 0.41.15; 3 Somya Gupta 0.42.61. 50m freestyle boys U-14: 1 Sahib Rana 0.31.36; 2 Mayank Sagmani 0.32.85; 3 Arshdeep Singh 0.36.18. 50 m freestyle girls U-14: 1 Garima Rawal 0.35.98; 2 Kanika Sharma 0.37.18; 3 Shaira Bedi 0.38.8. 200 m freestyle boys U-17: 1 Kunal Bhardwaj 2.07.95; 2 Parminder Singh 2.41.16; 3 Rishab Sharma 2.52.48. 200 m freestyle boys open: 1 Rahul Ratnam 2.33.77; 2 Akhilesh Rawat 2:53.02; 3 Amanpreet 3.07.59. 200 m freestyle girls open: 1 Shruti Sharma 2.58.92; 2 Amarjot 3.18.52; 3 Gurjot 3.59.69.

DAVP-8 basket title in UT School Games

CHANDIGARH, JULY 28
DAV Public School, Sector 8, won the boys under-14 basketball title by defeating Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36 by 31-12 in a one-sided final in the Chandigarh Inter-School Tournaments here today. The winners had established a commanding 22-8 lead at half time.

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Yogesh and Digvijay conributed 12 and 10 points, respectively,for the winners. Mukand reduced the margin by scoring 10 points.
New Public School, Sector 18 defeated Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 27 by 31-29 for the third position. The teams were tied at 15 at half time.
However New Public School mananged to win through the efforts of
Ajayvir (12) and Prateek (10) points. Vikrant scored 16 poits for the losers team.
In a preliminary round, Shivalik Public School, Sector 41 routed DAV Model School, Sector 15 by 18-2. In another match, St. Marry's Public, Sector 46 routed Govt Model Senior Secondary School by 18-2. Carmel Convent School, Sector 9 defeated St Stephen's School-45 by 24-8.
In yet another match Baptish School, Sector 45 beat IS Dev Samaj Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 21 by 35-12.
Sacred Heart High School, Sector 26 beat carmel Convent Sector 9 by 2-0 and Stepping Stone School beat Govt Model, Sector 16 by 2-0 in badminton competitions.
Sri Guru Gobind Singh Senior Secondary School, Sector 35 won kho-kho title by defeating Govt Model High School, Sector 43 by 4 points. Government Senior Secondary School-45 secured third position after beating Govt Model High school Sector 28 by one innings.
Other results: Table Tennis (SFs): Sacred Heart school-26 bt Vhavan vidhaya-27 by 3-0 and Manav Mangal school-21 bt DAVP- 8.

Punjab snatch four-run win over Chandigarh

Banyan Tree School Director Ravinder Talwar being introduced to the players in the first Under-15 Independence Day Cup Cricket Tournament at the BT School in Sector 48 in Chandigarh on Monday.
CHANDIGARH, JULY 28
Cricket Federation of Punjab snatched an exciting four-run victory over Cricket Federation of Chandigarh in the inaugrual match of the first edition of Under-15 Independence Day Cup Cricket Tournament being conducted by Cricket Federation of India at the Banyan Tree School ground in Sector 48 here today.

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Batting first, CF Punjab posted 135 in 22 overs, Jaydeep Bose (22) and Sunny Karwal (20) were their main scorers. Manul Jain of CF Chandigarh captured five wickets for 26 runs.
In reply Chandigarh could score 131 for 9 in stipulated 22 overs. Sahil Sharma remained not out with 52 and was declared Man of the Match.
The tournament is being organised to provide match practice to Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh and Cricket Federation of India teams which will take part in the Inter-State National Under-15 Cricket Tournament being organised by Cricket Federawtion of Tamil Nadu in Chennai from August 13 to 17.
Earlier, the teams were introduced to Director Banyan Tree Ravinder Talwar, who is also general secretary of the Chandigarh Olympic Association.
Brief scores: CF Punjab: 135 all out in 22 overs (Jaydeep Bose 22, Sunny Karwal 20, Manul Jain 5 for 26, Devinder Chauhan 2 for 16, Harshit Kanwar 2 for 12).
Chandigarh XI: 131 for 9 in 22 overs (Sahil Sharma 52 not out, Preet Singh 12, Siddharth Kumar 3 for 26, Vikram Veer 2 for 23).

215 entries for Administrators' Gold Cup Swim

CHANDIGARH, JULY 28
An overwhelming response has been received for the Administrator’s Cup for Swimming Tournament for Sub-Junior, Junior & Senior (Boys & Girls) being organised by the Chandigarh Sports Department at the Yoga Swimming Pool in Sector 23 from July 29 to 31.
According to Joint Director Dr JPS Sidhu, as many as 215 entries have been received in various age categories.
Fiftyfive boys and girls have sent their entries in the age group of Under-10. Same number of entries have been also received in the under-12 age group. Forth five boys and girls will be seen
in action in the Under-14 category while in the Under-17 category the number of participants are 40. Twenty seniors, including women, have staked their claim for top honours in the senior category.
Thexompetitions will begin at 3:30 P.M. The winners/runners-up and 3rd position holders will be awarded cash prizes on each day on the conclusion of the events. The closing ceremony of the function will be held on July 31.

West Bengal and UP enter finals

CHANDIGARH, July 28
Defending champions Accountant General West Bengal and North Zone champions Accountant General Uttar Pradesh qualified for the team championship final in the All-India Inter-Zonal IA and AD Table Tennis Tournament being organized by Accountant General Haryana at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall here today.

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Seeded straight into semi-finals, AG West Bengal blanked hosts AG Haryana by 3-0. Samit Biswas gave West Bengal a flying start as he defeated Amod Dixit of Haryana by 3-11, 11-3, 4-11, 11-5, 11-5 in the opening singles match. Saurav Sengupta increased the margin with a 11-4, 11-3, 11-9 verdict against Harish Kumar. Santanu Banerjee prevailed over Patanjli Kumar by 11-9, 11-9, 11-8 in the third and final game.
Earlier, AG Haryana ousted AG Madhya Pradesh by 3-0 in the first-round match. Amod Dixit, Harish Kumar and Patanjali Kumar won their respective singles matches to steer their team into semi-final.
North Zone champions AG Uttar Pradesh just managed to defeat AG Karnataka, who were given bye into semi-finals, by 3-2. UP won the first two singles to gain a 2-0 lead. Amit Srivastav beat Suresh Babu by 11-6, 7-11, 4-11, 11-9, 11-6 and SP Singh beat Praveen Joshi 11-5, 11-8, 4-11, 11-7.
Despite two games down, spirited Karnataka bounced back into the match by winning the next two singles to restore parity. Murali Krishna bt SK Tiwari 11-3, 5-11, 11-9, 11-7 and Praveen Joshi got the better of Amit Srivastav 11-5, 8-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9.
With score reading two-all, SP Singh then clinched the issue in favour of Uttar Pradesh as he ended the challenge of Suresh Babu 11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9.
Meanwhile, Saurav Sengupta of AG West Bengal and Basab Chaudhary of AG Nagpur have been seeded one and two, respectively, in men’s singles individual championship. They have been given bye in the first round. Gurvinder Kaur of AG Punjab and Leena Khare of Uttar Pradesh are first and second seeds, respectively, in the women’s singles individual competitons.
North Zone champion runner-up Patanjali Kumar of AG Haryana was seeded top in the men’s singles veterans category. Somnath Pramanik of AG Uttar Pradesh is the second seed.
Results: Team championship (semi-finals): AG West Bengal bt AG Haryana 3-0 (Samit Biswas bt Amod Dixit 3-11, 11-3, 4-11, 11-5, 11-5, Saurav Sengupta bt Harish Kumar 11-4, 11-3, 11-3, Santanu Banarjee bt Patanjali Kumar 11-9, 11-9, 11-8).
AG Uttar Pradesh bt AG Karnataka by 3-2 (Amit Srivastava bt V Suresh Babu 11-6, 7-11, 4-11, 11-9, 11-6, SP Singh bt Praveen Joshi 11-5, 11-8, 4-11, 11-7, SK Tiwari lost to Murali Krishna 3-11, 11-5, 9-11, 7-11, Amit Srivastav lost to Praveen Joshi 5-11, 11-8, 6-11 11-9, 7-11, SP Singh bt Suresh Babu 11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9).
Q-finals: AG Haryana bt AG Madhya Pradesh 3-0 (Amod Dixit bt Satyandra Bhaduria 11-3, 11-5, 11-7, Harish Kumar bt Swapan Saha 11-6, 11-8, 11-6, Patanjli Kumar bt Manoj Savita 11-5, 11-6, 14-12).
First round: AG UP bt AG Nagpur 3-2 (Amit Srivastav bt Sanjay Badkas 11-7, 11-1, 11-2 SP Singh lost to B Chaduhary 9-11, 9-11, 11-9, 7-11, SK Tiwari bt NK Chauhan 11-9, 11-5, 11-9, Amit Srivastav lost to Basab Chaudhary 11-6, 11-9, 9-11, 7-11, 6-11, SP Singh bt Sanjay Badkas 11-2, 11-4, 11-6).

Punjab team for Moin-Ud-Dollah Cup

CHANDIGARH, JULY 27
The Punjab Cricket Association today named its team for the Moin-Ud-Dollah Gold Cup Invitation Tournament commencing on August 1 at Hyderabad. They will play their first match against Kerala on August 1 and 2.

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According to PCA secretary MP Pandove Manpreet Gony, who is playing in Australia, would be directed to join the team after his return.
The team: Ravi Inder, Sunny Sohal, Ravneet Ricky, Pankaj Dharmani, Udai Kaul, Mayank Siddanah, Taruwar Kohli, Gurkirat Walia, Bharat Loomba, Harmeet Bansal, Deepak Bansal, Varun Khanna, Ankur Jund, Sarabjit Ladda and Birinder Singh.. Sandeep Singh (trainer). Dr. T.Pavan Kumar (physio). Arun Bedi (coach).
UNDER-19 TOURNAMENT: The Punjab State Inter District Under 19 years tournament will begin on August 1 at different district head quarters. The three-day final will be played from August 13 to 15.
The teams have been divided into two pools. Pool A will comprise Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Amritsar and Zone B. Patiala, Mohali, Jalandhar and Zone A are in pool B.
Fixtures: Pool A: Aug 1 and 2: Chandigarh vs Zone B at Chandigarh. Ludhiana vs Amritsar at Ludhiana. Aug 4 and 5: Chandigarh vs Amritsar at Chandigarh. Ludhiana vs Zone B at Chandigarh.
Aug 7 and 8: Chandigarh vs Ludhiana at Chandigarh. Amritsar vs Zone B at Amritsar.
Pool B: Aug 1 and 2: Patiala vs Zone A at Patiala. Mohali vs Jalandhar at Mohali.
Aug 4 and 5: Mohali vs Zone A at Mohali. Patiala vs Jalandhar at Patiala.. Aug 7 and 8: Jalandhar vs Zone A at Jalandhar. Patiala vs Mohali at Mohali.
Semi-finals: August 10 and 11 and final from August 13 to 15.
CCA TO HONOUR PLAYERS: The Chandigarh Cricket Association, affiliated to the Punjab Cricket Association will honor its Under-16 team along with coaches on July 31. The association will also honor upcoming cricketers of Chandigarh and women cricketers of Chandigarh who represented Punjab in the National Tournament of the BCCI. National selector Bhupinder Singh Senior will be the chief guest.
CFH CRICKET TRIALS: The Cricket Federation of Haryana will now conduct selection trials on July 30 at 3 p.m. at the Sri Sri Academy in DC Model School in Sector 7at Panchkula, according to CFH president PK Ruby. The trials were scheduled for today but were postponed due to some unavoidable circumstances.
Players born on on after January 1, 1993 are eligible to take part in selection trials. Interested players must bring with them their original date of birth certificates.
The selected probables will attend a coaching camp in preparation for Haryana's participation in the Inter-State National Under-15 Cricket Tournament to be conducted by Cricket Federation of Tamil Nadu in Chennai from August 13 to 15. The Haryana team will be finalized during the camp.

Manan ton boosts GNPS into final

CHANDIGARH, JULY 27
An unbeaten knock of 124 by Manan Vohra helped Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36 beat better St. Stephen's School, Sector 45 by six wickets in the PCA-Boost Inter-School Cricket Tournament at the GNP School ground here today. The winners moved into the final as it was their third successive victory in the league programme.

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Manan Vohra scored 124 off 121 balls embellished with 15 boundaries. He was associated in a third wicket stand of 72 runs with Vaibhav (10). St. Stephen's were restricted to 198 for 6 in their allotted 40 overs. Their innings were propped up by Lovish Bansal (61), Abhilash (56) and Harmanpreet (40). Hitesh Bhutani (2 for 32) and Shashank Chhabra (2 for 50) were the most successful bowler for GNPS.
GNPS achieved their target in 39.1 overs by scoring 202 for 4 with main contribution coming from Manan Vohra, Jaskaran (23) and Shubham Mahajan (20). Harmanpreet (2 for 39) and Jaspreet (1 for 26) were the most successful bowlers for St. Stephen's School.
In the second match played at DAV Sector 8, DAV School defeated St. Annes by six wickets in a match reduced to 35 overs. Winning the toss St Annes elected to bat and scored 192 for 7 in 35 overs. They were well served by Anirudh (70, 10x4s) and T.P. Singh (29 not out) and Shivdeep (20). Akshay (2 for 37) and Vishal (2 for 33) were the most successful bowlers for DAV School.
In reply DAV scored 195 for 4 in 30.3 overs. Opener Prashant Chopra scored a quick fire 101 off 88 balls studded with 9x4s and 3x6s. He was associated in a second wicket stand of 66 runs with Akshay (42, 4x4s). Adil remained unbeaten on 31 with the help of 3x4s. Shivadeep (2 for 22) and Anirudh (1 for 33) were the main wicket takers for St. Annes School.
Brief scores: St. Stephen's School: 198 for 6 in 40 overs (Lovish Bansal 61, Abhilash 56, Harmanpreet 40, Hitesh Bhutani 2 for 32, Shashank Chhabra 2 for 50). GNPS Sector 36: 202 for 6 in 39.1 overs (Manan Vohra 124 not out, Shubham Mahajan 20, Jaskaran 23, Harmanpree 2 for 39, Jagpreet 1 for 26).
GNPS School win by 6 wickets.
Brief scores: St. Annes School: 192 for 7 in 35 overs (Anirudh 70 , T.P. Singh 29 not out, Shivadeep 20, Akshay 3 for 37, Vishal 2 for 33).DAV School: 195 for 4 in 30.3 overs (Prashant Chopra 101, Akshay 42, Adil 31 not out
Shivamdeep 2 for 22, Anirudh 1 for 33). DAV win by 6 wickets.

PCA distributes Rs 50 lakh among players, coaches

CHANDIGARH, JULY 26
The cash rich Punjab Cricket Association today distributed approximately Rs 50 lakh among players, coaches and the best and runners-up district associations at the annual prize distribution function held at the PCA Stadium here on Saturday. PCA president IS Bindra presented the cheques.

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As many as 36 players and coaches were honoured with cash awards on the basis of their performance in the national level tournaments.
The Patiala District Cricket Association, with 16 points, was adjudged the best and cheque of rs f Rs 2.5 lakh. The Chandigarh District Association, affiliated to the PCA, finished runners-up with 12 points and received Rs 1.25 lakh.
Mandeep Singh and Siddharth Kaul were declared the joint best junior cricketers. Mandeep piled up 745 runs in six matches and hit five centuries and one half century in the Vijay Merchant Trophy. Siddharth captured five wicketgs in his deputy against Orissa in Ranji Trophy. He also bagged 27 wickets in Cooch-Behar and was also a member of the Indian team for Youth World Cup. Both were given cash awards of Rs 50,000 each.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. M.P. Pandove,. Secretary, PCA and joint Secretary, Board of Control for Cricket in India advised that the player should inculcate good habbits, hard work and dedication towards their goal so as to achieve success in life.
Mr. I.S, Bindra, Principal Advisor, ICC and President, PCA congratulated the players on their success and informed that PCA was proud of their achievements. He further advised the player that they should work hard towards their game and they may not lose the sight of their aim in all the glitters of money. It would be their game which will bring laurels to their parents and the state.
Those who got cash awards were: Kunwar Raina (Rs 78060), Deepak Bansal (30150), Himanshu Chawla (78060), Perry Goyal(78060), Rajwinder Singh (78060), Amitoz Singh (78060), Gunjot Singh (71130), Simrat Bawa (35750), Gurkirat Singh (70850), Taruwar Kohli (78060), Sharad Loomba (72120), Lakshay Seth (75910), Bharat Malhotra (69530), Sumit Dhiman (Rs 70705), Siddharth Kaul (76985), Amanpreet Singh (28395), Navneet Singh (13320), Jiwanjot Singh (25800), Pargat Singh (23280), Anil Sihag (25800), Mandeep Singh (25800), Ankit Kaushik (24540), Gitansh Khera (25800), Robin Dhillon (25800), Pankaj Chaudhary (22020), Gurinder Singh (25800), Bhavish Goel (25800), Shah Nawaj Mirza (22020), Raj Kamal Singh (18240), Akhil Aggarwal (18240), Harpreet Singh (22020), Munish Bali (coach, 62500, Lakhbir Singh (20000), Suresh Sharma (manager, 18240) and Krishan Mohan (coach, 25,000).

Amit, Gurvinder claim singles titles

Amit Srivastav of AG Uttar Pradesh who won the men's singles title. Photo by Balbir Singh.
Gurinver Kaur of AG Punjab who won the women's singles title.
CHANDIGARH, JULY 26
Amit Srivastav of Accountant General Uttar Pradesh and Gurvinder Kaur of Accountant General Punjab won the men's and women's singles titles, respepctively, in the North Zone IA and AD Table Tennis Tournament organized by AG Haryana at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall here today.

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Playing an aggressive game, bespectacled Amit Srivastav of AG Uttar Pradesh defeated Joginder Bisht of Delhi Audit by 11-8, 11-9, 15-13, 8-11, 6-11, 11-9 in the men's singles final. Hitting fluently on both sides of the table, Amit raced to a 4-0 lead. However, he temporarily lost his concentration and allowed Joginder Bisht to win next two games to reduce the margin to 2-4 in the best of seven games. Amit regained his form and won the seventh game at 11-9. The third game was a close affair and the score ran 6-all, 9-all, 11-all before Amit won two points as Joginder netted returns.
Gurvinder Kaur of AG Punjab prevailed over a stubborn Leena Khare of AG Uttar Pradesh in the women's singles final. In a closely fought first game, Gurvinder won by 11-9 but Leena hit back and restored parity with a 14-12 verdict in the second game.
Gurvinder again forged ahead by winning the third game at 11-6 but lost the fourth to Leena by 3-11 and the players were tied at two-all. Gurvinder then took the next two games at 11-9, 11-5 to clinch the crown.
Fifty-nine years old Patanjali Kumar of AG Haryana was given a standing ovation as he received the veteran singles runner-up prize from Accountant General (A and E) Haryana Mohinder Singh. The victorious AG Uttar Pradesh team also honoured Patanjali for his outstanding contribution for promoting table tennis. Patanjali is associated with the Audit TT for the last 39 years.
It was Amit Srivastav who starred in AG UP's triumph over AG Haryana by 3-1 in the team championship final. Amit won both his matches. He first defeated Harish Kumar 11-8, 11-5, 13-11 and later accounted for Amod Dixit by 11-8, 11-5, 11-7. SP Singh had made it 2-0 with a win over Amod Dixt 11-3, 12-10, 11-5.
The consolation win for AG Haryana was scored by Patanjali Kumar who defeated Satish Kumar Tiwari by 11-8, 12-10, 11-8.
AG UP and AG Haryana have qualified for the All-India Inter-Zonal Table Tennis Tournament starting on July 28 at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall.
Results: Team championship (final): AG Uttar Pradesh bt AG Haryana 3-1 (Amit Srivastav bt Harish Kumar 11-8, 11-5, 13-11, SP Singh bt Amod Dixit 11-3, 12-10, 11-5, Satish Kumar Tiwari lost to Patanjali Kumar 8-11, 10-12, 8-11, Amit Srivastav bt Amod Dixit 11-8, 11-5, 11-7).
Men's singles (final): Amit Srivastava (AG UP) bt Joginder Bisht (Delhi Audit) 11-8, 11-9, 15-13, 8-11, 6-11, 11-9.
Women's singles (final): Gurvinder Kaur (AG Punjab) bt Leena Khare (AG UP) 11-9, 12-14, 11-6, 3-11, 11-9, 11-8.
Men's veterans singles (final): Somnath Parmanik (AG HP) bt Patanjali Kumar (AG Haryana) 13-11, 11-7, 11-7.

Joginder, Amit qualify for singles final

Veteran Patanjali Kumar of AG Haryana in action in the veteran singles semi-final of the North Zone IA and AD Table Tennis Tournament in Chandigarh on Friday.
CHANDIGARH, July 25
Joginder Bisht of Delhi Audit will meet Amit Srivastav of Accountant General Uttar Pradesh in the men's singles final of the North Zone IA and AD Table Tennis Tournament tomorrow.

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In semi-finals played today at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall here, Joginder ousted his colleague Prasant Bhambri by 11-8, 11-9, 11-9, 11-6 and Amit Srivastav was given a tough fight before emerging winner against Jaswant Gangta of Accountant General Himachal Pradesh by 11-2, 11-4, 8-11, 12-10, 13-15, 11-7.
The title clash for the women's singles final is billed between Gurvinder Kaur of Accountant General Punjab and Leena Khare of AG Uttar Pradesh. Gurivnder had an easy passage into the final as she defeated Prativa Srivastav of AG Uttar Pradesh by 11-5, 11-6, 11-5, 11-3 in the first semi-final encounter.
Sikha of AG Haryana put up a stiff resistance against Leena Khare of AG Uttar Pradesh in the second semi-final. Leena won the first two games after tough fight at 11-9, 11-8. Then Sikha displayed her class as the raced to an 11-4 verdict in the third game. The AG Haryana player also won the fifth game but that was not enough for Shikha to avert defeat. Leena won 11-9, 11-8, 4-11, 11-3, 9-11, 11-3.

Playing his last departmental tournament, Patanjali Kumar of AG Haryana advanced to the veteran singles final at the expense of SK Srivastav of AG Uttar Pradesh 9-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-9 in the veteran singles semi-final match. Patanjali's opponent in the final will be Somnath Pramanik of AG Himachal Pradesh who got the better of a fighting Anil Sharma of AG Punjab by 9-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-6.

The team championship final between AG Haryana and AG Uttar Pradesh will commence tomorrow at 10 a.m. followed by individual finals.

Results: Women's singles (Ist round): Prativa Srivastav (AG UP) bt Saroj Choudhary (AG Haryana) 11-2, 11-3, 11-6. Semi-finals: Gurvinder Kaur (AG Punjab) bt Prativa Srivastav (AG UP) 11-5, 11-6, 11-4, 11-3, Leena Khare (AG UP) bt Sikha (AG Haryana) 11-9, 11-8, 4-11, 11-3, 9-11, 11-3.
Men's singles (Q-finals): Prasant Bhambri (Delhi Audit) bt Harish Kumar (AG Haryana) 7-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-9, Joginder Bisht (Delhi Audit) bt Anamik Sood (AG HP) 11-7, 11-8, 13-11, 11-9, Amit Srivastav (AG UP) bt Vikash Sharma (AG Punjab) 13-11, 4-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-2, Jaswant Gangta (AG HP) bt SP Singh (AG HP) 4-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5, 15-13, 11-13, 11-6.
Semi-finals: Joginder Bisht (Delhi Audit) bt Prasant Bhambri (Delhi Audit) 11-8, 11-9, 11-9, 11-6, Amit Srivastav (AG HP) bt Jaswant Gangta (AG HP) 11-2, 11-4, 8-11, 12-10, 13-15, 11-7.
Veterans singles (semi-finals): Somnath Parmanik (AG HP) bt Anil Sharma (AG Punjab) 9-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-6, Patanjali Kumar (Haryana) bt SK Srivastav (AG UP) 9-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-9.

Atray cricket from Septemebr 17 to 30

CHANDIGARH, JULY 24
The 15th All-India J. P. Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament will be played here from September 17 to 30. The matches will be played at the PCA Stadium, Mohali, Sector 16Stadium, Chandigarh, DAV School, Sector 8, Chandigarh and St. John's School, Sector-26. The tournament is the curtain raiser before start of the domestic season and is recognized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
Organising Secretary Captain Sushil Kapoor said that 16 top teams would compete in the tournament which will be played on league-cum- knock out basis. All matches will be of 50 overs each side and will be played under the ICC rules of one-day cricket. The teams will be divided into four pools and top team from each pool will qualify for the semi-finals. There will be a play off for the third and fourth position also.
The likely participating teams are last year's winners MRF, Chennai, runners-up State Bank of Mysore, Bangalore, Punjab Cricket Club, PCA Colts, ONGC- Delhi, MPCA, Mumbai CA, Rajasthan CA, , Air India, Mumbai, BPCL, Mumbai, Canara Bank, Bangalore, HPCA, LIC Cricket Club, Chandigarh. Apart from this three new teams like Assam Cricket Association, India Cements Ltd, Chennai and IPL outfit Delhi Daredevils are likely to participate.
The winners will get a purse of Rs.1.50 lakh, runners-up Rs.60,000, the third position Rs.30,000 and fourth position Rs.15,000. Arrangements have been finalised with Doordarshan, New Delhi for live telecast of the day/night final match which will be played at PCA Stadium, Mohali.
Top drawer Indian players namely Pankaj Dharmani, VRV Singh, Sidharth Trivedi, Naman Ojha, Pankaj Singh, Manpreet Goni, Wilkin Mota, Iqbal Abdulah, Abhisekh Nair, Tilak Nayudu, Rajesh Pawar, Tanmay Srivastava, Pinal Shah, Sunny Sohal, Ravneet Ricky, Karan Goel, Gagandeep Singh, Uday Kaul, Sidharth Kaul, Taruwar Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Sarandeep Singh, Ajay Ratra, Amit Mishra, Mithun Minhas, Amit Bhandari, Venugopal Rao, Daniel Manohar, Virat Kohli, Saurab Tiwari and Swapnil Hazare will be seen in action.

AG Haryana, UP enter NZ Audit TT final

Punam Pandey, Accountant General (IA & AS) being introduced to the players in the North Zone IA and AD and All-India Zonal IA and AD Table Tennis Tournaments in Chandigarh on Thursday. Photo by Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, July 24
Hosts Accountant General Haryana will lock horns with Accountant General Uttar Pradesh in the team championship final of the North Zone IA and Table Tennis Tournament being conducted by AG (Audit), Haryana at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall here on Saturday.

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Tied two-all in the second semi-final played in the afternoon session, Haryana snatched an exciting and well-deserved 3-2 verdict against Delhi Audit. It was Harish Kumar who clinched the final berth for AG Haryana after snuffing out the challenge of Shyam Kumar 11-9, 11-2, 7-11, 11-7 in the fifth and deciding final singles match. He atoned himself for his earlier lapse as Harish had suffered defeats at the hands of Joginder Bisht in the first singles. The Delhi player won by 13-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-6.
Besides, Harish, Amod Kumar and Patanjali Kumar also won their matches which paved the way for Haryana to advance to the final.
Accountant General Uttar Pradesh rallied to beat AG Punjab by 3-1 in the first team championship semi-final. AG Punjab started their campaign through Vikash Sharma who scored a hard-fought 14-12, 11-6, 14-12 verdict against SP Singh of AG Uttar Pradesh in the opening singles to give his team 1-0 lead. However, the AG Punjab lost the next three matches as Uttar Pradesh emerged 3-1 winners and moved into the final.
Amit Srivastava restored parity by beating Lav Kumar with a comfortable score of 11-2, 11-4, 11-5. SK Tiwari then put Uttar Pradesh ahead by overcoming Sonic Monga by 13-11, 11-7, 11-8. In the last and deciding singles, Amit Srivastava rounded of the winners' tally with a 4-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-8 triumph over Vikash Sharma..

Earlier, defending championship AG Himachal Pradesh made their inglorious exit as they were toppled by AG (Audit) Delhi by 3-1.

Lav Kumar (AG Punjab), Amod Dikshit (AG Haryana), Satish Tiwari (AG UP), Somnath Pramanik (AG HP), Patanjali Kumar (AG Haryana) and Vinod Kaushik (AG Haryana) advanced to the next round in the men's singles. Displaying his "old spark' Patanjali Kumar of AG Haryana downed Asuthosh Pandey of AG Himachal by 11-9, 11-9, 11-9.
Accountant General (A &E) Punjab Punam Pandey inaugurated the tournament. Among those present on the occasion were Principal Accountant General Punjab RP Singh, AG (Audit) Haryana Jagbans Singh and Sr DAG Haryana Rajdeep Singh.
Results: Team Championship (semi-finals): AG Uttar Pradesh bt AG Punjab 3-1 ( SP Singh lost to Vikash Sharma 12-14, 6-11, 12-14, Amit Srivastava bt Lav Kumar 11-2, 11-4, 11-5, SK Tiwari bt Sonic Monga 13-11, 11-7, 11-8, Amit Srivastava bt Vikash Sharma 4-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-8).
AG Haryana bt Delhi Audit 3-2 ( Harish Kumar lost to Joginder Bisht 11-13, 7-11, 11-6, 6-11, Amod Dixit bt Shyam Kumar 13-11, 13-11, 9-11, 11-7, Patanjli Kumar bt Prashant Bhambri 9-11, 11-8, 11-5, 4-11, 11-7, Amod Dixit lost to Joginder Bisht 4-11, 11-6, 11-9, 3-11, 5-11, Harish Kumar bt Shyam Kumar 11-9, 11-2, 7-11, 11-7).
First round: Delhi Audit bt AG Himachal Pradesh 3-1 (Shyam Kumar lost to Jaswant Gangta 12-10, 9-11, 8-11, 8-11, Jagminder Bisht bt Anamik Sood 11-9, 11-3, 11-6, Prasant Bhambri bt Somnath Pramanik 11-6, 11=6, 11-2, Joginder Bisht bt Jaswant Gangta 11-9, 11-5, 11-8).
Men's singles (Ist round): Lav Kumar (AG Punjab) bt Sushil Goswami (AG UP) 11-7, 11-9, 11-9, Amod Dikshit (AG Haryana) bt Anil Kumar (AG Punjab) 11-7, 11-7, 11-8, Satish Tiwari (AG UP) bt Suresh Gangta (AG HP) 11-9, 11-9, 11-8, Somnath Parmanic (AG HP) 11-9, 11-8, 11-6, Patanjali Kumar (AG Haryana) bt Asuthosh Pandey (AG HP) 11-9, 11-9, 11-9, Vinod Kaushik (AG Haryana) bt Rajiv Kumar (AG Punjab) 11-7, 11-6, 11-9.

Punjab to get Rs 15 cr under PYKAKA scheme

CHANDIGARH, JULY 24
The Government of India, Department of Sports and Youth Services will provide Rs 15 crore to Punjab under the Panchayat Yuva Krida Aur Khel Abhiyan (PYKAKA) scheme from 2008-2009. The State Government will contribute Rs 3.25 crore, bringing the total to approximately Rs 18 crore. The innovative scheme aims at providing more sports facilities at village panchayat and block level.

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According to Punjab Sports Director Olympian Pargat Singh, the scheme will be implemented in phases of 10 years up to 2016-17. The facilities would include creation of sports grounds, provision of equipment, provision of training and financial assistance for conducting block, district and state level rural tournaments.
Giving details of the scheme, Pargat Singh said that one time grant of Rs one lakh would be given to each village panchayat covering 10 per cent of the total villages-- 12329 -- in the state in the first year. The Government of India will give a grant of Rs 9.25 crore while the state government will contribute Rs 3.08 crore.
One time grant of Rs five lakh per block will be provided for 10 per cent of the blocks in the state for 2008-2009.Fourteen blocks out of total 141 will be covered in the first year. With the Centre and state governments contributing 75 and 25 per cent respectively, a sum of Rs 70 lakh will be disbursed among block panchayats.
Under the 100 per cent centrally sponsored scheme, Rs 1.23 crore would be given to village panchayats. Rs 10,000 per village panchayat will be provided to 10 per cent identified village panchayats for five years.
Giving further details of the various PYKAKA schemes, Pargat Singh said that under another 100 per cent centrally sponsored scheme, the Centre would give a grant of Rs 2.80 lakh-- Rs 20,000 per block panchayat to 10 per cent identified block panchayats for five years, for purchase of equipments..
The Centre will also provide operation annual grant of Rs 12,000 per village panchayat to 10 village panchayats for five years to pay honorarium to the sports vounteers and run sports activities. For this 100 per cent Centrally sponsored scheme, Punjab will receive Rs 1.47 crore.
The Centre will also give an operation annual grant of Rs 24,000 per to 10 per cent block panchayat for five years to pay honorarium to the sports volunteers and to run sports activities. The total grant under this scheme will be 3.36 lakh.
The Centre will also provide Punjab Rs 70.5 lakh annual grant for block level tournaments, Rs 60 lakh for district level tournaments, Rs 64 lakh for prize money (trophies/shields or any other item) for block level tournaments and Rs 18 lakh as prize money district level tournaments.
The Punjab Sports Department has written to the National Institute of Sports, Patiala, which is the executing agency of Sports Authority of India for release of grants for conducting tournaments. The Sports Department has also requested the State Government to release 25 per cent funds as state's share for infrastructure scheme.
On receiving communication from the state, the Sports Department will approach the Government of India to release 75 per cent of its share. The Sports Department has already started the process of identifying 10 per cent of village panchayats for various grants.

Akshit, Martin win gold in gymnastics

CHANDIGARH, JULY 22
Akshit of Government High School, Sector 7 and Martin of St John's-26 won gold medals in gymnastics competitions of the Chandigarh Inter-School Boys Under-14 Games at the Sector 7 Sports Complex here today.

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Akshit secured 12.2 points to claim gold in vaulting table. Sandeep of SGHMS-38 got silver with 12 points.
Silver medalist in vaulting table, Martin of St John's School excelled on parallel bars where he obtained 10 points for gold medal.
Vaulting table: 1 AkshIt (GHH-7) 12.2 pts, 2 Sandeep (SGHMS-38) 12 pts, 3 Martin (St.John's-26) 10 pts.
Parallel bars: 1 Martin (St.John's-26) 9.1 pts, 2 Sandeep (SGHMS-38) 8.1 pts, 3 Bankim Bedi (Vivek High School-38) 7 pts.
Leading teams: St.John's- 26, 2 D.A.V Public school-8, 3 Stepping Stones-37, 4 Vivek High School-38.
Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19 Government Model School-26 by 25-3,25-1 in a volleyball match at the Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 18.
Other results: New Public School- 18 bt D.A.v Model-15 25-11, 25-14;
Govt Model High School-26 bt Govt. High School, Kajehri 25-23, 25-13;
Manav Mangal School-21 bt Govt Model-44 28-5, 25-10.
In a hockey match played at Government High School, Sector 42,
Shivalik Public School-41 defeated St. Stephen's-45 by 3-1.

Seven states for NZ Audit TT

CHANDIGARH, JULY 22
Accountant General (Audit), Haryana Chandigarh is organising the North Zone IA and AD and All-India IA and AD Table Tennis Tournaments from July 24 to 28 at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall here. Giving this information here today, Rajdeep Singh, Senior DAG (IA &AS) and president of the AG Haryana Sports and Recreation Club said that the North Zone competitions would be conducted from July 24 to 26 and the All India IA and AD meet would be organised from July 28 to 30.

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AG Punjab, Delhi Audit, AG Uttar Pradesh, AG Uttranchal, AG Jammu and Kashmir, AG Himachal Pradesh and hosts AG Haryana have staked their claims for the top honours in the North Zone IA and AD Table Tennis Tournament.
A large number of national level players will be seen in action. Among them are Patanjli Kumar, Harish Kumar, Vikas Sharma of Chandigarh, Joginder Bisht, Shyam Lal of Delhi, Jaswant Gangta of Himachal Pradesh, Amit Srivastava of Uttar Pradesh in the men's section. In the women's category prominent players are Gurinder Kaur, Shikha Sharma, both of Chandigarh and Leena of Uttar Pradesh.
Punam Pandey, Accountant General (IA & AS) will inaugurate the North Zone meet at 11a.m.

Parveen to lead Haryana athletes

CHANDIGARH, JULY 22
Parveen Kumar, a member of the silver medalist Indian 4z100 metres relay team in the Asian Athletic Championship has been appointed captain of the 126-member Haryana squad which will compete in the 20th North Zone Athletic Championship to be organised in Luchnow (Uttar Pradesh ) from August 1 to 3.

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Other members are: Men under 20: Daya Kishan,(100m, 4X100 m relay), Dharamvir(200m), Sanjiv Nandal(1500m), Rambir(hammer,all from Rohtak), Pardeep Malik(100m, 4X100m R)Panipat, GauravTanwar(200m, 4X100m R,SAI Kurukshetra), Parveen Kumar(400m, 4X400m R), Sudhir Kumar(Long Jump), Devender Singh (Pole Vault), Dharamvir (Discus), Habib (4X100m Relay, all Sonipat), Kuldeep ( 400m4X400m R), Satish Kumar(400mH, 4X400m R)Sui Bhiwani, Baljit Singh(800m, 4X400m R), Surender(10000m), Parveen Kumar(110mH, 400m H), RajKumar(Long Jump, Triple jump), Shtrughan (Triple Jump), Vipin Singh (High Jump), Pardeep Kumar(High Jump), Sunny Singh9Pole Vault), Jagbir Singh(Shot Put), Surender Singh (Hammer), Davender Kumar(Decathlon) all Bhiwani, Karan Singh (5000m, SAI Bhiwani), Arvind Kumar(Javelin, Mahendergrah), Bharthari(4X400m), Sandeep kumar(10km W, Jhajjar) and Sandeep Kumar(10km Walk, Panchkula).
Boys under 18: Sanjeev Kumar(100m) Manish (100m, 200m and Medlay Relay), Jaiveer Singh (200m), Bijender Panghal(400m, Medlay Relay), Baljit Yadav (800m), Pardeep Kumar(high Jump), Jitender Kumar andVirender(Pole vault), Karan Singh (Discus), Virender Kumar(Javelin), Pardeep (Medlay Relay) and Rambir Singh (Octathlon) all Bhiwani, Mandeep Singh (800m), Paramjit Singh (1500m), Kuldeep (Long jump), Naresh (ShotPut) and Akash Antil (Discus)all from Sonipat, Dinesh Kumar(5000m)and Neeraj Vats(10km walk) Jhajjar, Vikas(110m H) and Jony Makkar (Medlay Relay, Hisar), Ravinder Yadav(400m, Medlay Relay, Gurgaon), Mahabir Singh (400m H, STC Kurukshetra), Sandeep Singh (Triple Jump, SAI Hisar), Amit Gill(Hammer, SAI Bhiwani), Kishori Lal(10km walk, Sui Bhiwani) and Gurvinder Singh(Long Jump, Shah Satnam school Sirsa).
Boys under-16: Manjit Tomar(100m and medlay relay), Vikas(3000m) and Sandeep Lathwal (Long Jump) all Sonipat, Ravinder Khasa (200m and Medlay Ralay)Rohtak, Vineet (400m Medlay Relay) and Sunny(800m & Medlay Relay), Sonu (100m, Shotput & Medlay relay. SAI Hisar), Rajesh Kumar(1500m, Soprts Hostel Gurgaon), Ritesh Malik and Sikander(High Jump), Parmod(Discus), Sukhdev Singh(Hammer), Arvind(Javelin)and Sandeep Kumar(Pentathlon)and Jaiveer Singh(Hammer), Abhimanyu(5km RW) and Manish(5km RW) Jhajjar.
Boys Under 14: Rakesh(100m) and Deepak(high jump)Sonipat, Ravinder and Ravinder Kumar (triathlon) and Monu(Shot put) Bhiwani, Parveen Kumar (long jump, Jind.
Women under-20: Monika Dhankhar(100m, 200m, 4X100m and 4X400m, Sonipat), Ritu Bala(200m, 400m, 4X100m, 4X400mR, STC Hisar), Manisha Kumari(400m, 4X100m, 4X400m) and Sarita(Triple jump, 4X100mR)Rohtak, Sushila(800m, 4X400mR), Poonam(800m and 4X400m R), Shiksha(Long Jump& Triple Jump, Meenakshi andSeemaJakhar(Hammer) and Poonam Rani(Javelin)all from Jhajjar, Rinku Sangwan(Shot put & Discus), Rekha Sangwan (heptathlon, Bhiwani, Manisha (Discus,STC Hisar and Aarti Yadav (High jump, Shah satnam School Sirsa.
Girls under 18: Kaushalya Devi(100m, long Jump & medlay relay, STC Hisar), Sujata Rani(100m, 200m& medlay relay) Hisar, Seema Kumari(100m H, 400mH & Medlay Relay), Sunita(High jump), Promila(Discus, SAI Hisar), Parveen Kumari (800m & 1500m), Sunita Kumari(3000m), Reena Kumari (Hammer), Anju Bala (Javelin) Jhajjar, Mamta (5km RW), Anju Rathi (Javelin) Shah Satnam School Sirsa, Ritu (200m, 400m and medlay rela)Sonipat and Sonika(Heptathlon) from Bhiwani.
Girls under-16: Babita (10m, Long Jump and medlay relay), Meenakshi and Jyoti (3km walk) Rohtak, Pinky (100m, 200m and medlay relay), Meena Jakhar(3000m) and Sonia (Shotput) Jhajjar, Sarita (400m) Sonipat, Varsha(1500m), Pooja Jangra(long jump), Sonu (High Jump) and Sandeep Kumari (Discus) Hiasr, Pawandeep(High jump) and Kamaldeep(javelin)Sirsa.
Girls Under-14: Sweety(long and High Jump) Sirsa, Neerja Devi(Shotput and pentathlon)Kurukshetra and Sujata(600M) Rohtak.
General Manager: Rajender Malik, Manager : Rajkumar Mittan & Lady Manager: Suman Bala. Coaches :Comd. Prithvi Singh, B S Sidhu, Satpal Singh, Rajender Singh and Rammehar Singh.

Kapil advises students not to neglect studies

Kapil Dev Nikhanj being welcome by students and staff of St Stephen's School in Sector 45 in Chandigarh on Monday.
Principal Harold Carver, Kapil Dev and Dronacharya DP Azad sitting among the students of St Stephen's School in Chandigarh on Monday.
CHANDIGARH, July 21
Cricket icon Kapil Dev Nikhanj advised the students not to ignore their studies which are very important in their lives. Addressing students of St Stephen’s School in Sector 45 here today, the former Indian skipper said “you are lucky that your parents are providing best education in one of the leading schools of Chandigarh.”
‘Do not ever tell lie. That is character building,” advised Kapil, a product of Sector 16 Cricket Stadium of Chandigarh.
“Cricket was my education. I was not good in studies but my focus was always on sports. I used to run away from classes (you should not do it) to concentrate more on cricket,” said Kapil who led India to historic victory in 1983 World Cup besides setting his own milestones in England.
After his address to the students and the staff, including Principal Harold Carver, Kapil Dev was generous with the students allowing them to ask only five questions. However, the session was extended to 25 questions.
Answering a question what difference he felt in the present day cricket and this game played at your time, Kapil Dev said “We played for passion and for country’s prestige. We were not professionals. Now professionalism has been introduced. Cricket can be now adopted as career.”
To a question how did he feel when India won the World Cup in 1983, Kapil asked girl student whether she had ever stood first in her class? Getting a negative answer, Kapil said “If you would have stood first and got medal amidst loud cheers from the audience, you will feel at top of the world. I was in the same situation. I was very happy.”
Which victory you will rate the best India winning the 1983 World Cup or the Twenty-20 World Cup, asked a student. Kapil said “both victories are important. However, as I was part of the 1983 World Cup, for me that is obviously the best one.”
A student wanted to know the worst and the best moments of his career. “Getting out for a duck was the worst one. It is very difficult to walk 120 yards from the middle to the dressing room. One thinks the earth should split and he should enter into it. However, after scoring century, the distance from the middle was covered in just 30 seconds with spectators applauding the achievement.”
After the question-answer session, Kapil Dev said that his relations with his coach had now developed into friendship.
Earlier, Kapil Dev was given a tumultuous welcome by the students who lined up on both sides of the passage leading to the auditorium, Principal Harold Carver and his staff presented flowers to Kapil Dev.

Tarini and Jaskeerat win U-7 chess titels

CHANDIGARH, JULY 20
Tarini Goyal of Sacret Heart School and Jaskeerat won the girls and boys under-7 titles, respectively in the Chandigarh Chess Championship for under-7 and under-17 which concluded at St. Xaviers Sr. Sec. School Sector 44-C. Kashish Kaushal, also of Sacret Heart School, finished runner-up in the girls section and Rishi was second in boys Under-7 category.
In the under-17 category Shirish and Ameek Malhotra secured first and second positions, respectively, while in the girls under-17 section Arunima Goyal of Sacret Heart School finished on top and Simranjeet Kaur came second.
The winners will represent Chandigarh in the forthcoming Nationals.
Dr. Anil Raina Chairman, English Department Panjab University, distributed the prizes to the winners and certificates to the participants.
Final point position in the under-7 category: 4 points: Tarini Goyal. 3 pts: Jaskeerat, Kashish Kaushal. 2.5 pts: Rishi. 2 pts: Sarthak, Tanush, Sana Bansal. 1.5 pts: Meharbir Chawla, Jashanpreet Singh,Gariman Bhutani. 1 pt: Arihant Jain.
Under-17: 6 pts: Shirish. 5 pts: Ameek Malhotra, Sachleen Singh.4.5 pts: Gitin Oberoi, Tejas Nagpal, Pranjal Kaura. 4 pts: Mayank Kaura, Arunima Goyal, Divyanshu, Simranjeet Kaur, Ankur Nakra, Akhil Gupta. 3.5 pts: Srishti, Ravi shankar , Sunbir Chawla, Ajaypreet, Gunjan Munjal, Archit Gupta. 3 pts: Mehul Jotshi, Tanya, Gauri, Kubber Makkar,Gunbir, Ghanshyam, Jasmine, Kshitiz. 2.5 pts: Rachit, Shaurya Panpalia, Bhavay, Blesson. 2 pts: Shyam, Akash Yadav, Amartya Bhatacharya,Niharika, Rishab Jain, Piyush, Sahil Malhotra. 1.5 pts: Arshjot.1 pt: Vashita Sharma, Manmeet, Ishan Gupta. 0 pt: Agam Gujral, Gaganpreet Singh.

41 invited to CFI coaching camp

PANCHKULA, JULY 20
The Cricket Federation of India has selected 41 probables for coaching camp in preparations for Federation XI's participation in the First Under-15 National Inter-State Cricket Tournament at Chennai from August 13 to 17, according to CFI secretary Amarjit Kumar.

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The probables were selected during selection trials in which more than 135 cricketers from different states reported for trials. The coaching camp will be held at Hansraj Public School in Sector 6 in Panchkula from July 22 to 27. They should report to coach Jaikapila at 10 a.m. on July 22 along with their original date of birth certificates.
Probables: M Vivekanandh, M Naveen (both Chennai), Vishal Rattewal, Jatinder Malik, Neeraj, Gurnek Singh, Harinder Pal, Sehaj Mahajan, Sumit Hooda, Rehmat Brar, Ishwar Chauhan, Mohit Garg, Ikanoor Singh (all Chandigarh), Rohit Kumar, Gautam Nagpal, Arshdeep, Sumit Phogat, Hitesh Kumar, Karanveer Singh, Kamaljit Singh, Shivam Bhardwaj, Rohit Dheer (all Ambala), Rohit (Ludhiana), Avtar Singh (Patiala), Jatinder Singh (Malot), Kunal Kakirat (Delhi), Gurvinder Singh (Killour), Sahil Kaushal (Bathinda), Paras Dewan (Solan), Gaurav Sharma, Ashish Rai, Mandeep Singh, Manu Sachdeva (all Mohali), Aatish Chauhan, Rohit Garg (Kalka), Gaurav Tandon, Sandeep Kaushik, Jaideep, Gaurav Dhingra, Ankit Chaudhary and Abhinash Kumar (all Panchkula).

Mount Shivalik Trophy goes to GNPS

Dronacharya DP Azad presenting a memento to BCCI joint secretary MP Pandove.
The victorious CCA-GNPS Academy in the Mount Shivalik Under-15 Trophy.
CHANDIGARH, JULY 19
An opening wicket partnership of 77 runs between Jaskaran Singh captain Manan Vohra paved the way for CCA-Guru Nanak Public School Academy, Sector 36 to claim the Mount Shivalik Trophy by beating Bhavan Vidyalaya of Panchkula by five wickets in the final of the Inter-Academy Under-15 Cricket Tournament organised by Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy at the St Stephen’s School ground in Sector 45 here today.

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Chasing a victory target of 146 runs, CCA-GNPS Academy achieved their target in 19.1 overs by scoring 147 for 5. Applying themselves well, openers Jaskaran Singh adn Manan Vohra put their team in the victory path as they realised useful 77 runs. Jaskaran posted a strokeful knock of 46 which included three fours and four sixes. Manan Vohra’s 45 contained six fours and three sixes.
Naveen (21), Shubham Mahajan (11s not out) and Gaurav (10 not out) then gave final touches to their well-deserved victory. Bhavan Vidyalaya’s Kunal and Shubham Bharti claimed two wickets each for 15 and 33 runs, respectively.
Earlier, Bhavan Vidyalaya of Panchkula batted first and scored 145 before they were dismissed in 34 overs. Tushar (30, 5×4s, 1×6) and Gaurav Tandon (21, 4×4s) were associated in a 28-run partnership for the opening wicket stand. Later, Aditya (19) and Shubham (15) put on 34 runs for the sixth wicket stand. Shubham Arora (15), Sumit (14) and Kunal (11) were their other main scorers.
Kshitij Sharma (3 for 20), Karan Goel (2 for 18) and Shashank (2 for 33) restricted Bhavan Vidyalaya to 145.
Rajeev Nayyar was adjudged the man of the series as he piled up 448 runs and captured three wickets in four matches.
Joint Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India Joint Secretary and the Punjab Cricket Association secretary MP Pandove distgributed the prizes. Speaking on the occasion, he advised the young students that they should not neglect their studying while playing cricket.
Principal Harold Carver also presented individual prizes while cricket Dronacharya Desh Prem Azad presented a memento to MP Pandove.
Brief scores: Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula:145 all out in 34 (Tushar 30, 5×4s, 1×6, Gaurav Tandon 21, 5×4s, 1×6, Aditya Guleria 19, 2×4s, 1×6, Shubham Arora 15, Sumit 14,Kunal 11, Kshitij Sharma 3 for 20, Karan Geol 2 for 18, Shanshak 2for 33). CCA-GNPS-36: 147 for 5 in 19.1 overs (Jaskaran 46, 3×4s, 4×6s, Manan Vohra 45, 6×4s, 3×6s, Naveen 21, Shubham 11 not out, Kunal 2 for 15, Shubham Bharti 2 for 33).
Man of the Match: Jaskaran Singh (CCA-GNPS-36). Best batsman: Shivdeep Singh (, BV, Pkl, 248 runs). Best bowler: Kunal Grover (BV, Pkl, 12 wickets). All-rounder: Harmanpreet Singh (DP Azad Cricket Academy, 340 runs and six wickets). Man of the series: Sachit Nayyar (DPAC Academy, 448 runs and three wickets).

Haryana ,Punjab kickboxers shine.

Members of the runners-up Punjab team in the north zone kickboxing championship in Faridabad. CHANDIGARH, july 18
Haryana and Punjab finished winners and runners-up, respectively, in the North Zone Kickboxing championships which concluded at Faridabad late last night.
Haryana topped the table with 17 gold, 25 silver and 25 bronze medals. Punjab were close second with 21(gold), 14 (silver) and 3 (bronze).Chandigarh were third with 3 gold,3 silver and 5 Bronze.
More than 200 kickboxers from Northern States took part in the competitions.
Chandigarh team which finished third.

IOA recognises IHC, renames it Hockey India

CHANDIGARH, JULY 18
After provionally recognised the Indian Hockey Confederation (IHC), the IOA has renamed the IHC as HOCKEY INDIA. This was discussed in the meeting of the representatives of the FIH and the IOA in Hyderabad on July 17 and 18. The meeting was held in conjunction with the sixth Men’s Junior Asia Cup.

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Both FIH President Els van Breda Vriesman and IOA President Suresh Kalmadi said that the meetings were held in good spirit with positive contributions from all participants.
The IOA advised that it has provisionally recognized the IHC as the sole governing body for hockey, men and women, in India. Official confirmation is expected at the IOA General Assembly in November. This is a new beginning for Indian hockey. As an indication of this change, it is proposed to rename the IHC to HOCKEY INDIA.
The sports Authority of India announced that it had accepted Ric Charlesworth’s resignation as Technical Adviser of India Hockey. This ends Charlesworth’s role in that capacity.
The FIH and the IOA are delighted to announce that agreement has been concluded to host the Men’s World Cup in 2010 in Delhi, India, at the new National Hockey Stadium, presently being totally renovated to create one of the finest hockey stadia in the world.
The stadium will also be the venue of the hockey competition of the Commonwealth Games in 2010. The World Cup will be organized as a joint venture between the FIH and the IOA. Both organizations have agreed that all profits will be reinvested in the project Promoting Indian Hockey.
Els van Breda Vriesman also announced that FIH had decided in principle to host the Men’s Champions Trophy in 2011 or 2012 in India, subject to sponsorship and other arrangements being arranged and also to hold a women’s tournament in India in the next few years.

Ajay and Prabhamrit bag TS titles

Winners with CLTA general manager RK Nayyar and director (coaching) Gary O'Briend at the prize distribution function of AITA Talent Seires at the CLTA Stadium in Chandigarh on Friday Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, July 18
CLTA trainees, Ajay Yadav and Prabhamrit Kaur Sandhu, were crowned champions in the boys under-18 and girls under-18 singles in the AITA Talent Series Tennis Tournament at the CLTA Stadium in Sector 10 here today.

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An unwell but determined Ajay Yadav, a 10th class student of DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, overcame a tough opponent Akasht Joshi, also of Chandigarh in straight sets 7-6 (4), 6-1 in the boys under-18 final. Yadav took the court after getting medical assistance for fever and body pain (viral). In the first set, both exhibited their skills and waged tough battle for every point. The set was decided in tie-breaker 7-6 (4). With one set up, Ajay Yadav was going great guns in the second set. Serving and unleashing his strokes with power, Ajay Yadav raced to an effortless 6-1 verdict to wrap up the match for title.
Five feet and nine inches tall wild card Prabhamrit Kaur Sandhu, a plus 2 student of Government Model School, Sector 10, overcame Mehak Singh of Chandigarh in well-contested two sets 6-4, 7-6 (5) to wear the girls under-18 singles crown.
In the first set, Prabhamrit Sandhu was 1-3 down as aggressive Mehak unleashed sizzling ground strokes. Prabhamrit then changed her strategy to counter Mehak. The CLTA trainee resorted to defensive play and clinched the set.
The lanky Prabhamrit was again trailed at 0-2 and 3-5. Pressure on her brought out the best performance from Prabhamrit as she won three games in a row to take a 6-5 lead. Mehak then held her serve game to make it six-all. Mehak raced to a 4-2 lead in the tie-breaker. But Prabhamrit had the other ideas. She reorganized her game to clinch the set at 7-6 (4) and the match.
The Delhi players, top seed Nehal Sahni and Trivesh, took away the girls under-14 and boys under-14 titles, respectively.
Trivesh ended the challenge of Punjab’s Fatehdeep Singh in straight sets 6-4, 6-1 to claim the boys under-14 championship. Thireen-year-old Nehal Sahni, an VIIIth class student of Tagore Public School , Narain Vihar, denied CLTA third singles title as the Delhi girl defeated Nikita of Chandigarh by 6-4, 6-4 in the girls under-14 singles title.
Commenting after winning the title, Prabhamrit said “after 3-5 down, I started good serve and used forehand winners which tilted the balance in my favour. My height was to my advantage in serve.”
CLTA General Manager RK Nayyar distributed the prizes. CLTA Director (Coaching) Gary O’Brien was also present on the occasion.
Results (all finals):Boys Under-18: Ajay Yadav (Chd) bt Akshat Joshi (Chd) 7-6 (4), 6-1.
Boys Under-14: Trivesh (Delhi) bt Fatehdeep Singh (Pb) 6-4, 6-1.
Girls U-14: Nehal Sahni (Delhi) bt Nikita (Chd) 6-4, 6-4.
Girls u-18: Prabhamrit Kaur Sandhu (Chd) bt Mehak Singh (Chd) 6-4, 7-6 (5).
Boys under-14 (doubles): Fatehdeep (Pb) and Jatinder (Chd) bt Ranjeet (Chd) and Trivesh (Delhi) 7-6 (3), 6-0.
Boys under-18 (doubles): Pranshu and Abhilash (UP) bt Ajay Yadav and Amardeep Singh (Chd) 6-2, 6-2