Dhaka Warriors rout Chandigarh Lions

Shahriar Nafees of Dhaka Warriors plays a shot.

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by Balbir Singh
PANCHKULA, Nov 1
Dhaka Warriors carved out an easy eight-wicket triumph over Chandigarh Lions in the 25th match of the ICL20s Indian Championship at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Sector 3here last night. In the end it was a strong all-round performance from the Dhaka Warriors that saw them romp home to a comfortable victory. Shahriar Nafees was declared man of the match for brilliant unbeaten knock of 73 runs.
Earlier, Dhaka Warriors won the toss and elected to field. Chandigarh Lions were off to a solid start with TP Singh going on the offensive right away scoring 15 runs off the first over from Sharif. Dhaka Warriors however struck back with Sharif packing back the dangerous TP Singh in the third over, cutting short his promising innings of 13 runs off 8 balls laced with three boundaries to the fence.
Tapash Baisya eventful fourth over brought serious trouble for Chandigarh Lions with Sarabjit and Lou Vincent (run out) packed back on the Lions score of 29. At the end of the fifth over Chandigarh Lions were precariously placed at 37 for 3. Bashar turned to his premiere spinner Rafique in the seventh over who struck immediately trapping Manish Sharma to reduce the Chandigarh score card to 46 for 4. The 11th over mark had the Chandigarh side consolidating their innings at 75 for 4 and captain Hall and Chetan Sharma battling it out in the middle.
The introduction of Mosharraf Hossain in the 13th over yielded results immediately, ending the 37-run partnership for the fifth wicket with the wicket of Chetan Sharma who scored 27 runs off 27 balls including three boundaries. With five overs to go Chandigarh Lions were placed at 98 for 5 needing some major momentum to post a competitive total. Mosharraf scalped his second victim of the match with the big wicket of Andrew Hall in the crucial 17th over to give the Dhaka side a clear upper-hand at that stage of the match.
Hall's laborious knock was worth 29 runs off 28 balls with only one solitary boundary. Overall it was a disciplined effort in the field from the Dhaka boys making stroke- play difficult for the Chandigarh Lions. In the end a useful knock of 30 runs off 22 balls; laced with four boundaries, by the young Bipul Sharma saw the Chandigarh Lions fold their innings at a respectable 137/9 in their allotted 20 overs.
For the Dhaka side it was again their two premier spinners Rafique and Hossain who stood out amongst the bowlers, taking five off the nine wickets to fall.
The Dhaka Warriors chase got off to a steady start with both Nazimuddin and Nafees looking in good touch and racing off to 29 for no loss at the end of the first four overs. Both openers powered their way to a 53-run partnership in the 9th over when Bipul Sharma broke the partnership with the wicket of Nazimuddin for a well made 23. Hall introduced his second spinner Rajesh Sharma in the 10th over who started off with a fine over troubling both the Dhaka batsmen.
At the half way mark of their innings Dhaka Warriors were right on target at 59 for 1needing another 79 runs off 60 balls and nine wickets in hand. Bipul however had other ideas scalping his second big wicket in form of the dangerous Ahmed, out cheaply for five, to bring the Chandigarh side right back in the match in the 11th over.
Hall turned to his spinners, Rajesh and Bipul followed by the experienced TP Singh who were successful in strangulating the scoring rate in the crucial middle overs.
However Nafees was playing the sheet-anchor role to perfection at the other end brining his second ICL fifty in the 14th over off 46 balls; laced with 7 fours and the lone six of the match till that stage. Kapali too got into the act carrying on his brilliant form throughout the tournament ably supporting the impressive Nafees.
At the end of the 15th over Dhaka Warriors were right on top at 99 for 2 needing only another 39 runs off 30 balls. In the end an unbeaten seventy six run partnership between Kapali (32) and Nafees (73) for the third wicket saw the Dhaka Warriors romp home to an easy eight wickets victory with over 2 overs to spare.
The star batsman for the Dhaka Warriors was Shahriar Nafees whose unbeaten knock of 73 runs off 60 balls included 10 fours and 1 six.
Brief scores: Chandigarh Lions: 137 for 9 in 20 overs (Bipul Sharma 30, Hall 29, Chetan Sharma 27, Rafique 3 for 28. Dhaka Warriors: 138 for 2 in 17.5 overs (Nafees 73,, Kapali 32, Bipul Sharma 2 for 14).

Nine foreign players for Asian Ranking Tennis U-14

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by Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, OCT 31
Pakistan’s Zubair Md Telha, whose Asian Tennis Federation’s ranking is 269th, is among the five foreigners who have been given wild cards in the boys singles main draw of 32 in the Asian Ranking Championship boys and girls under-14 being organised by the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here from November 3 to 8.
Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association chairman Rajan Kashyap said that besides five foreigners getting wild cards, five players from the host country was also getting five wild cards. In fact 10 wild cards each in the boys and girls singles have been awarded for the main draw. Ogihara Kenta (Japan, 321st), Dhruv Yadav (USA), Tan Jun Singh (Singapore) and Nguyen Hoang Thein (Vietnam) are the wild card entrants. The Indian boys who got wild cards are: Sohil Singh Bedi (289th), Nikhil Kannan, Bhavratanpreet Singh (321st), Atul Sri Patel (37th) and Nikhil Passi (136th).
Rajan Kashyap said that only four players in boys and girls would move into the main draw through qualifying rounds.
In the girls under-14 singles main draw, 177th ATF ranked Neesha Menon of Malaysia and Tamitha Nguyen from Vietnam are the only foreigners who have been awarded wild card entry into the main draw. Rimpledeep Kaur (29th), Rajbir Kaur (155th), Prabhuti Singhania (158th), Anushka Rajkumar (195th WC), Harkirat Kaur (211th), Sonali Bansal (231st, Charvi Saxena (237th) and Vibhuti Khullar (244th ) are the eight Indian girls who will compete as wild card entrants..
The qualifying round will begin tomorrow and the main draw from November 3.
There are total of three foreign entries in the girls main draw of 32. Two are Malaysians – Thevivya Selvarajoo (ATF ranked 4th) and wild card Neesha Menon. Third foreigner to be seen in action will be wild card Tamitha Nguyen (Vietnam).
Tarrannum Handa of India, ranked second in Asian Tennis Federation is the leading star among the 18 players and 10 wild cards who got direct entry into girls the main draw.
Abhishek Alla of India and Vishal Passi, with ATF rankings of sixth and seventh respectively, are the top contenders in the main draw of boys singles. Malaysian Sean u-Quan (149th) is the lone foreign contender who figures among 18 direct entries. There are five foreigners who made it to the main draw as wild card entrants.
The following players got direct entry or wild cards:
Boys singles: Abhishek Alla (Ind, ATF ranking 6th), Vishal Passi (Ind,7th) , Digvijay Singh Naruka (Ind 11th), Nischay Rawal (Ind 55th), Kuwar Singh Tater (Ind 82nd), Surya Pavan (Ind 95th), Nikhil Reddy (Ind 103th), S.K Mukund (Ind 113th), A K Pardha Saradhi (Ind 123th), Anvit Bendre (Ind 128th), Sean U-Quan (Mas 149th), Madhurjya Dutta (Ind 168th), Karan Bidani (Ind 171th), Manish Kumar (Ind 193rd), Rishab Agarwal (Ind 204th), M M Aamir Sohrab (Ind 204th), Jatinder Singh (Ind 223rd), Ishank Ravi (Ind 269th), Zubair Md Telha (Pak 269th Wild Card), Ogihara Kenta (Jpn 321st Wild Card),
Dhruv Yadav (USA Wild Card), Tan Jun Singh (Sin Wild Card), Nguyen Hoang Thein (Vie Wild Card),Sohil Singh Bedi (Ind 289 Wild Card), Nikhil Kannan (Ind Wild Card), Bhavratanpreet Singh (Ind 321st Wild Card), Atul Sri Patel (Ind 37thWild Card) and Nikhil Passi (Ind 136th Wild Card).
Joy Mukherjee has been appointed as tournament referee.
Girls singles: Tarrannum Handa (Ind 2nd),Theviya Selvarajoo (Malaysia 4th), Teertha Iska (Ind 6th), Megha Sehrawat (Ind 9th), Mrinalini Alla (Ind 14th), Bhavika Wadhawan (Ind 20th), Shagufta Shaikh (Ind 26th), C Sai Samitha (Ind 30th), Swetha Sree Hari (Ind 34th), Parminder Kaur (Ind 43rd), asmin Kaur Bajaj (Ind 46th), Roma Chandiran (Ind 67th), Shreya Pasricha (Ind 71st), Bharati Bylapudi (Ind 75th), Likhita Shetty (Ind 85th), Urmila Gunaganti (Ind 98th), Aareyalee Chavaan (Ind 116th), Vasundara Raju (Ind 136th), Neesha Menon (Malasia 177th), Tamitha Nguyen (Vietnam, Wild Card), Rimpledeep Kaur (Ind 29th WC), Rajbir Kaur (Ind 155th), Prabhuti Singhania (Ind 158 th), Anushka Rajkumar (Ind 195th WC), Harkirat Kaur (211th WC), Sonali Bansal (231st WC), Charvi Saxena (237th WC) and Vibhuti Khullar (244th WC).

MCM Blue Caps storm into final

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by Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, Oct 31
MCM Blue Caps defeated Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy by 71 runs in the semi-final of the Inter-Academy Cricket Tournament for Under-14 being conducted by DPAC Academy at the St Stephen's School ground in Sector 45 here today. They will now meet Guru Nanak Public School-CCA in the final date of which will be announced soon.
Today MCM Blue Caps won the toss and elected to bat. They piled up 224 before being dismissed in 29.4 overs. At one stage they were 69 for 2 after completion of 15 overs. Elegant left hander Angad Chahal and Abhishek bolstered their innings with a valuable 139-run partnership for the third wicket.
Angad batted with confidence and scored a strokeful knock of 92 which was studded with 10 boundaires five sixes. Abhishek's polished 31 contained four boundaries. All-rounder Ravi Sahani and Arshu contributed 21 and 25 runs, respectively.
DPA Academy's Karan Aggarwal took three brilliant catches though his team's fielding left much to be desired.
Talwinder Singh Senior took two wickets for 25 runs and Talwinder Singh Junior got two wickets for 19 runs.Amrit Singh bagged 2 for 41.
In reply, DPAC Academy could muster only 153 for 6 in allotted 30 overs. Jagpreet Singh played a defiant unbeaten knock of 77 which contained 13 fours and one six. Jagpreet and Daksh Aggarwal (15) were associated in a 46-run partnership for the third wicket. Gurashish made 10. Harpreet (2 for 17) and Ravi Sahani (2 for 23) restricted the Azad Academy's innings.
Brief scorer: MCM Blue Caps-36: 224 in 29.4 overs (Angad Chahal 92 , Abhishek 31, Ravi Sahani 21, Arshu 25, Talwinder Singh Senior 2 for 25, Talwinder Singh Junior 2 for 19, Amrit Singh 2 for 41).
DPAC Academy: 153 for 6 in 30 overs (Jagpreet Singh 77 not out, Daksh Aggarwal 15, Gurashish 10, Harpreet Singh 2 for 17, Ravi Sahani 2 for 23).

BSNL Club men and CTTC women champs

Aditya Pandey and Kalyani, both of Manav Mangal School, Sector 21, who won the sub-junior boys and sub-junior girls titles, respectively. Photo by Balbir Singh.
BSNL Club team which won the men's team title in the 21st Chandigarh State Table Tennis Championship on Friday. Photo by Balbir Singh.

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by Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, OCT 31
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Club and Chandigarh Table Tennis Club claimed the men's and women's team titles, respectively, in the 21st Chandigarh State Table Tennis Championship being played at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall here today.
BSNL Club just managed to defeat Audit Club by 3-2 in the final with Dev Saini clinching the issue by defeating Harish Kumar 11-8, 11-9, 11-8 after the teams were tied 2-all. BSNL began by losing their opening singles match as Dev went down to Vikas Sharma 11-8, 9-11, 8-11, 10-12. However, Manish Bhardwaj put BSNL Club at par after defeating Harish Kumar 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8. Mayank Kapoor gave BSNL Club 2-1 lead at the expense of Amod Dixit 11-8, 11-9, 11-8. Vikas Sharma made it 2-all for Audit Club as he accounted for Manish Bhardwaj 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9. Then came Dev's victory over Harish in the final singles match.
The women's team championship final was also an interesting affair. The teams shared four matches to be tied at two-all. Naina Suri broke the deadlock as she defeated Bhawna 11-9, 11-4, 9-11, 10-12, 12-10.
Aditya Pandey and Kalyani, both of Manav Mangal School, Sector 21, held spotlight by emerging winners in the sub-junior boys and sub-junior girls singles. Aditya Pandey defeated Mayank Kapoor of DAV Public School, Sector 8 by 11-8, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8 in the final. Manag Mangal's Kalyani prevailed over plucky Rajeshwari of Carmel Convent of Sector 9 by 11-3, 8-11, 11-7, 11-4, 15-17, 11-3.
Pareen Verma and Divakash, both of DAV Public School, Sector 8 won the cadet girls and cadet boys singles titles, respectively.
Results: Team Championships: Men (final): BSNL Club bt Audit Club by 3-2 (Dev Saini lost to Vikas Shawrma 11-8, 9-11, 8-11, 10-12, Manish Bhardwaj bt Harish Kumar 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, Mayank Kapoor bt Amod Dixit 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, Manish Bhardwaj lost to Vikas Sharma 8-11, 9-11, 11-9, 9-11, Dev Saini bt Harish Kumar 11-8, 11-9, 11-8).
Women (final): Chandigarh Table Tennis Club bt Manav Mangal Coaching Centre by 3-2 (Naina Suri lost to Kalyani 2-11, 8-11, 11-4, 11-6, 4-11, Nadia Saini bt Bhawna 11-9, 3-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-7, Garima Goyal bt Sadhika Kaushal 11-6, 11-4, 11-4, Nadia Saini lost to Kalyani 9-11, 5-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-13, Naina Suri bt Bhawna 11-9, 11-4, 9-11, 10-12, 12-10).
Sub-junior boys singles (final): Aditya Pandey (Manag Mangal-21) bt Mayank Kapoor )DAVPS-8) 11-8, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8).
Semi-finals: Aditya Pandey (MM-21) bt Tushar (KV-31) 11-4, 11-9, 11-3, 11-9, Mayank Kapoor (DAVPS-8) bt Tushar Gupta (MM-21) 8-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-8, 11-9.
Sub junior girls singles (final): Kalyani (Manav Mangal HS-21) bt Rajeshwari (Carmel Convent) 11-3, 8-11, 11-7, 11-4, 15-17, 11-3. Semi-finals: Kalyani (MM-21)bt Pareen Verma (DAVPS-8) 11-7, 12-10, 11-8, 11-9, Rajeshwari (Carmal Convent-9) bt Shakshi Jain (MM-21) 15-13, 5-11, 11-8, 15-13, 11-9.
Cadet girls singles (final): Pareen Verma (DAVPS-8) bt Jagdeep Kaur (Govt Model 18) 11-4, 9-11, 11-3, 11-3. Semi-finals: Pareen Verma bt Alish Grewal (Saupin's-32) 11-7, 11-8, 11-8, Jagdeep Kaur (Govt Model-18) bt Bhavya (Sacred Heart-26) 8-11, 13-11, 11-4, 11-6.
Cadet boys singles (final): Divakash (DAVPS-8) bt Uday Pal (SFWS-26) 11-5, 11-8, 4-11, 11-8). Semi-finals: Divakash bt Parth (BVB) 11-8, 11-7, 11-5, Udey Paul bt Harnoor Singh (AKIPS-41) 11-8, 13-11, 13-15, 11-7.

Rahul Bakshi finishes fourth

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NEW DELHI, Oct 31
Sitting pretty to win the Faldo Series, Rahul Bakshi today faltered in the final round, shooting 76 to miss the bus as England's Steven Brown emerged champion.
Rahul Bakshi still had reason to cheer, winning in the U-18 age group category by a margin of 14 strokes over his nearest competitor. Starting the final round, Rahul must have set a top place finish in mind but two double bogeys in the card really hurt him and in the end he finished five strokes adrift of the leader.
Following rounds of 72 and 69, 21 year-old Steven Brown's final-round 72 in windy conditions gave him a three-under-par total of 213, four shots ahead of Scotland's Andrew Wallace, who carded a 73, and overnight leader James Watts from England who struggled to a 79.
Nick Faldo presented Brown with the Under 21 trophy and the Harold Riley Prize for the Faldo Series champion, a title previously won by European Tour players Nick Dougherty and Oliver Fisher. Brown receives an invite to the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final at Mission Hills in China and an amateur invite to the European Tour's 2009 INTECO Russian Open.
Rashid Khan strung together his best round of the tournament, a three over par 75 but it was too little too late. With a three-day total of 235, he failed to leave any sort of impression. He would hope to get back to his winning ways when he tees off in the next tournament on the LG Indian Amateur Tour in Chandigarh. The LG Samarvir Sahi Amateur will be played at the Chandigarh Golf Club from the 11th to the 14th of November.
Scores:1 Steven Brown (213); 2 Andrew Wallace, James Watts (217); 4 Rahul Bakshi(218); 5 Andrew Palmer, Rafael Becker (219); 38 Rashid Khan (235).

Ravnoor, Reddy, Mehak, Sinha win titles

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JASSOWAL (Ludhiana) October 30 (Balbir Singh)
K. Pradeep Reddy of AP (Boys singles Under-16), Vishvesh Sinha of Maharshtra (Boys singles Under 18), Ravnoor Kaur of Chandigarh (Girls singles Under-16) and Mehak of Chandigarh (Girls singles Under-18) bagged titles in their respective categories of the AITA Championship Series Tennis Tournament at the Harvest Tennis Academy here, 30km from Ludhiana.
Mehak bagged a double crown by winning the singles and doubles girls Under-18 titles.
The soys' singles Under-18 finals between Vishvesh Sinha and Mandeep Singh Gill of Chandigarh was a treat. The match lasted 194 minutes. Both the players slugged it out with no quarters taken or given. At the end of the day it was Vishvesh who took the match 7-5,0-6,7-6(11-9).
In the Girls' singles Under-16 finals Ravnoor Kaur broke Rimpledeep Kaur of Punjab in the second, fourth and sixth games to take the set at 6-0. It proved to be wake up call for Rimpledeep who made a comeback of sorts but it was too late in the day. The set went against the serves most of the time. Ravnoor lost her serves in the first, fifth and seventh games while Rimpledeep failed to retain her serves in the second, fourth, sixth and twelfth games. Ravnoor took the second set at 7-5.
Ravnoor, however, missed the chance to get a double crown, when she lost to compatriot Mehak in the Girls' singles Under-18.
Mehak beat Ravnoor in three sets 6-2,3-6,6-0. In the first set Ravnoor got broken in the first and seventh games to lose the set 2-6. In the second set Ravnoor broke Mehak in the second and sixth games while failing to retain her serve in the seventh. Ravnoor took the set at 6-3, In the decider Mehak pulled her game a few notches up and blanked out Ravnoor 6-0 to clinch the Under 18 title.
Results:
Boys' Singles Under-16 (finals): K. Pradeep Reddy (1)(AP) bt Tushal Thawani (5)(Guj) 6-3,6-2.
Boys' Singles Under-18 (Semi-finals): Vishvesh Sinha (Q)(7)(Mah) bt Kunal Anand (WC)(5)(Dli) 6-1,6-1; Mandeep Singh Gill (Chd) bt Saurabh Dilip Patil (4)(Mah) 6-0,6-0.
Boys' sSingles Under 18 (final): Vishvesh Sinha (Q)(7)(Mah) bt Mandeep Singh Gill (Chd) 7-5,0-6,7-6(11-9).
Girls' Singles Under-16 (final): Ravnoor Kaur (3)(Chd) bat Rimpledeep Kaur (4)(Pb) 6-0,7-5.
Girls' singles Under-18 (final): Mehak (3)(Chd) bt Ravnoor Kaur (4)(Chd) 6-2,3-6,6-0.
Boys' soubles Under-16 (finals): Sourabh Raghuvanshi (MP) & Yuvraj Kumar (Dli)(1) beat Pankaj Kumar (Chd) & Madhurjya Dutta (Asm)(2) 6-0,6-2.
Boys' doubles Under 18 (semi-finals) : Vishvesh Sinha (Mah) & Tushal Thawani (Mah) bt Kunal Anand (Dli) & Armaan Choudhary (Chd) 4-2,4-1.
Boys' Doubles Under-18 (finals): Mandeep Gill (Pb) & Ankit Chopra (Chd)(2) bt Vishvesh Sinha (Mah) & Tushal Thawani (Mah) 6-3, 7-6(5).
Girls' doubles Under-18 (final): Mehak (Chd) & Smriti Joon (Dli)(1) bt Harnoor Kaur Mann (Chd) & Jaanesh M. Kaur (Chd)(2) 6-1,6-0.

2 Indian pairs finish joint 33rd in USA

Indian team with the technical official of the World Table Soccer Federation in USA.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 30
A seven-member Indian table soccer team which competed in the Master Series, International Table Soccer Tournament at Michicot,Wisconsin (USA) from October 24 to 26 returned here today.
Table Soccer Federation of India president Balwinder Johal said that the players gave improved performance and gained good international exposure.
Indian pairs of Anitpal Singh and Ajay Singh and Amardeep Singh and Hardial Singh finished joint 33rd in the 45-team open doubles competitions.
The team comprised Amardeep Singh,Anitpal Singh,Gurwinder Singh,Hardial Singh,Ajay Singh Ghuman. Ravinder Talwar (Chairman - TSFI) and Balwinder Singh Johal (President - TSFI) accompanied the team as officials.

Indo-Pak kabaddi series from Nov 5

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 30 (Balbir Singh):
The Punjab Government is conducting an Indo-Pak Kabaddi five-Test match series at different venues of the state from November 5 to 14. According to Principal Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Sports and Youth Services RPS Pawar the kabaddi test series is being organised to commemorate the Tercentenary Celebrations of Guruta Gaddi Diwas of Sri Guru Granth Saheb Ji.
Mr Pawar said that a 24-member Pakistan team, including eight officials, has already arrived and at present playing Sri Hazoor Saheb (Nanded), Maharashtra.
The first Test will be played at Mansoorpur (Mukerian) on November 5. Besides the test matches, an exhibition match will also be played at Nakodar on November 13.
The Pakistan kabaddi team has already arrived in India on an invitation of the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, especially for the Tercentenary Celebrations of Guruta Gaddi Diwas of Sri Guru Granth Saheb Ji. The Indo-Pak kabaddi series has been made possible due to an invitation extended by Mr Parkash Singh Badal.
The Chief Minister felt that the organization of the Kabaddi Test Series would not only strengthen friendly ties and cordial relations with the neighboring country, it would also give an opportunity to the people of India and Punjab to witness spectacular performance by kabaddi players from both the countries.
Mr K.J.S Cheema, Special Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, said that the the final match of the series would be played at the Sports Stadium in Bathinda on November 14. Member of Parliament and President Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) Sukhbir Singh Badal will be the chief guest and would distribute cash prize of Rs. 4.00 lakh to the winners of the series and Rs 3.00 lakh to the runners-up team.
Member of Parliament Paramjit Kaur Gulshan will be the guest of honour on this occasion.
The Punjab Government will treat the Pakistan players and officials accompanying them as state guests during their stay in Punjab. The State Government will make arrangements for their stay, security, food and transportation.
Sikander Singh Malooka, President Bathinda District Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) and President Punjab Kabaddi Association, released the itinerary of the Indo-Pak kabaddi series.
Sports Director Padam Shree Pargat Singh said that India and Pakistan teams would return to Punjab on November 3 after playing at Sri Hazoor Saheb (Nanded), Maharashtra.
The complete fixtures are: Nov 5: First Test at Mansoorpur (Mukerian). Nov 9: Second Test at Gopalpura (Majitha). Nov 10: Third Test at Ludhiana. Nov 12: Fourth Test at Muktsar. Nov 13: Exhibition match at Nakodar. Nov 14: Fifth Test at Bathinda.

Monica to lead Chandigarh women soccer team in Junior Nationals

Chandigarh team which will take part in the Junior National Under-19 Women Football Championship in Gurgaon.
Garima who has been appointed Team Secretary.
Monica who has been appointed captain of the Chandigarh U-19 women soccer team.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 29
The Chandigarh Football Association selection committee today appointed Monika of DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 as captain of the 22-member Chandigarh squad which will compete in the Junior National Under-19 Women Football Championship to be hosted by the Haryana Football Association in Gurgaon from November 3 to 19.
Chandigarh Football Association secretary Rakesh Bakshi said that according to All India Football Federation guidelines, Garima of Carmel Convent, Sector 9 has been appointed team secretary. "A team of two players, captain and team secretary, can better manage the affair. This step is also aimed at providing an opportunity to the players to develop leadership quality," said Bakshi.
The Chandigarh players are attending a coaching camp at the DAV Senior Secondary School ground in Sector 8 under the supervision of coach Narinder Thapa.
Arun Kumar and Sports Authority of India coach Narinder Thapa will accompany the team as manager and coach, respectively.
Chandigarh have been placed in preliminary qualifying round cluster IV along with Assam and Bengal. They play their first match against Assam on November 3 and their next cluster fixture is against Benglal on November 5.
Chandigarh team: Asha (Govt Model-8), Monica (DAVSSS-8, captain), Rupali (DAVSSS-8), Madhavi (DAVSSS-8), Richa, Aamndeep (GGSS-23), Kamla DAVSSS-8), Gurpreet (DAVSSS-8), Kanchan (DAVSSS-8), Neha Pandey (DAVSSS-8), Garmina (Carmel Convent-9, team secretary), Reha (GGS-18), Namita (Govt Model-33), Amrit (Carmel Convent-9), Shruti (Carmel Convent-9), Ankita (Govt Model-10), Sanjyotia (GGSS-23), Renu (DAVSSS-8), Kiran (GGSS-23) and Divya DAVSS-8). Manager: Arun Kumar. Coach: Narinder Thapa.

Upset wins for Rimpledeep and Vishesh

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JASSOWAL (Ludhiana), Oct 29
Top seeds in the Under-18 category, both in boys and girls, were today knocked out in the AITA Championship Series being played at the Harvest Tennis Academy here, 30 km from Ludhiana. In the girls under-18 Punjab's Rimpledeep Kaur shocked top seed Smriti Joon of Delhi,in straight sets, 6-4,6-2. Seventh seed Vishvesh Sinha of Maharashtra caused the biggest upset as he stunned top seed K. Pradeep Reddy, of Andhra Pradesh in straight sets 6-4,6-1. In the boys Under-16, fifth seed Tushal Thawani from Maharashtra defeated the second seed Garry Singh Amor of Chandigarh 6-1,6-2.
The finals will start tomorrow at 9:00 a.m.
Results: Boys' Singles Under-16 Quarter-finals: K. Pradeep Reddy (1)(AP) beat Prashanta Priyadarshi (Q)(UP) 7-5,6-1; Saurabh Dilip Patil (3)(Mah) beat Manish Kumar (Q)(Dli) 6-2,6-0; Pankaj Kumar (Q)(Chd) beat Resham Singh (Q)(Har) 6-4,6-0; Tushal Thawani (5)(Guj) beat Garry Singh Amor (2)(Chd) 6-1,6-2.
Boys' Singles Under-18 Quarter-finals: Vishvesh Sinha (Q)(7)(Mah) beat K. Pradeep Reddy (Q)(1)(AP) 6-4,6-1; Kunal Anand (WC)(5)(Dli) beat Navneet Kumar (3)(UP) 6-2,6-1; Saurabh Dilip Patil (4)(Mah) beat Armaan Choudhary (6)(Chd) 5-7,6-3,6-4; Mandeep Singh Gill (Chd) beat Akshat Joshi (8)(Chd) 6-3,6-0.
Girls' Singles Under 16 Semi-finals: Ravnoor Kaur (3)(Chd) beat Smriti Joon (1)(Dli) 6-3,6-3; Rimpledeep Kaur (4)(Pb) beat Harnoor Kaur Mann (2)(Chd) 6-1,6-1.
Girls' Singles Under-18 Quarter-finals : Rajbir Kaur (WC)(Pb) beat Rimpledeep Kaur (Pb) 7-6(8-6),6-4; Mehak (3)(Chd) beat Jaspreet Kaur (7)(Pb) 6-2,6-0; Ravnoor Kaur (4)(Chd) beat Gundeep Kaur (8)(Pb) 6-1,6-4; Jaanesh M. Kaur (2)(Chd) beat Harnoor Kaur Mann (5)(Chd) 7-5,6-2.
Girls' Singles Under 18 Semi-finals: Mehak (3)(Chd) beat Rajbir Kaur (WC)(Pb) 6-1,6-1; Ravnoor Kaur (4)(Chd) beat Jaanesh M. Kaur (2)(Chd) 6-4,7-6(7-2).
Boys' Doubles Under 16 Semifinals: Sourabh Raghuvanshi (MP) & Yuvraj Kumar (Dli)(1) beat Aviraj Kamboj (Chd) & Mandeep Kumar (Chd) 5-3,5-3; Pankaj Kumar (Chd) & Madhurjya Dutta (Asm)(2) beat Resham Singh (Har) & Rishab Dev (Pb) 4-2,4-2.
Boys' Doubles Under 18 Quarter-finals: Mandeep Gill (Pb) & Ankit Chopra (Chd)(2) beat Harry Singh Amor (Chd) & Garry Singh Amor (Chd) 5-3,4-2.
Girls' Doubles Under 18 Quarter-finals: Mehak (Chd) & Smriti Joon (Dli)(1)beat Taruka Srivastav (UP) & Samia Rizvi (UP) 5-3,4-1; Gundeep Kaur (Pb) & Jaspreet Kaur (Pb)(4) beat Rajbir Kaur (Pb) & Sandeep Kaur Saran (Pb) 4-0,1-4,(10-8); Harnoor Kaur Mann (Chd) & Jaanesh M. Kaur (Chd)(2) beat Sukhmani Kaur Wadhwa (Mah) & Soumya Pulumati (AP) 5-4(7-2),4-0.

India lead in Pun-Aab Golf Cup

A Pakistan girl putting her shot.
Dr. B C Gupta (IAS), Principal Home Secretary, Punjab officially launched the website www.punjabgolf.org today. Also seen in photo is S.K. Sharma (IPS), President (Punjab Golf Association - India) and Maj. Gen.(Retd.) Zafar Abbas, President (Punjab Golf Association – Pakistan).

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 29
Hosts Punjab (India) led Punjab (Pakistan) by a narrow one-point lead (6.50-5.50) on the second day of the third India-Pakistan Inter-Punjab Golf Championship for the Pun-Aab Cup at the sprawling Chandigarh Golf Course here on Wednesday. The visitors were trailing 2-4 on first day.
India today began with a win as Angad Cheema and Raghav Bhandari beat Pakistan pair of Danyaal Jehangir and Abdul Zahoor and collected one point.
The Pakistan pair of Safdar Khan and Aadil Jehangir hit back and defeated Indian pair of H.S. Kang and Aman Guron on the 18th hole. Sandeep Sandhu and R.S. Sandhu were outgolfed by Pakistan's Sardar Murad and Mohsin Anwar on the 16th hole having conceded a point.
Experienced Suman Puri and J.S. Bakshi scampered home with a valuable half point on the 18th hole, leaving the pairing of Murad Khan and Saleem Raza of Pakistan to settle for half a point too. The next match saw Col. A.D. Singh and I.P.S. Mann of India savoured yet another victory today when they beat Shafique Bhatti and Dr. Zahid.
In the last match of the day, Indian pair of Col. Iqbal Singh and Brig. G.J. Singh lost to Col. Jameel and Alam Sethi on the 18th hole in the last match of the day.
Today, the delegates played a round of golf with mixed four-balls consisting of the visitors and the hosts. The winner in the gentlemen's category was Anil Gakhar with 41 points. Capt. J.S. Sahi was runner-up with 40 points (better back nine) and second runner-up was D.P. Bajaj with 40 points as well.
Pakistan's Khasfa Zafar Ahmed emerged winner in the ladies section with 44 points followed by Chandigarh's Rabiya Gill with 37 points.
Principal Home Secretary, Punjab, Dr BC Gupta launched the website www.punjabgolf.org. The website is informative, interactive and versatile. It contains all recent club activities details with photos and videos, monthly newsletter, listing along with all information and bulletin board of all golf clubs in Punjab, tournament calendar, 'for sale/buy'classified advertisement section.

Double title for DAV Public-8 CC

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 29
DAV Public-8 Coaching Centres 'A' claimed a double by winning the cadet boys as well cadet girls team titles on the opening day of the 21st Chandigarh State Table Tennis Championship at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall here today.
In the cadet girls team championship final, DAV Public-8 Coaching Centre 'A' blanked Coaching Centre-23 by 3-0. Riha Gupta and Pareen Verma fashioned their team's victory. Both won their singles matches and later partnered to down Bhavya/Alish 15-13, 11-7, 11-9 in the doubles. Earlier, Rhia Gupta gave DAV Public-8 a flying start by beating Bhavya 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 11-4. Pareen Verma then defeated Alish 11-3, 11-4, 11-9 in the second singles match.
DAV Public-8 Coaching Centre 'A' completed their golden double as they accounted for Coaching Centre-23 'B' by 3-1. DAV-8 started on a dismal note as they lost their opening singles match. Sohrab Grewal lost to Pankaj Sidana 8-11, 8-11, 10-12. However, Divkash Dawar neutralised the lead as he defeated Udey Pal 11-13, 11-8, 11-9, 11-6. Sohrab partnered Divaksh to defeat Pankaj and Udey 11-5, 11-7, 8-11, 14-12. Divaksh Dawar wrapped up the match as he outpointed Pankaj Sidana 11-3, 11-9, 15-13.
Results: Cadet Girls team Championship: Final: DAV Public 8 Coaching Centre A bt Coaching Centre-23 by 3-0 (Rhia Gpta bt Bhavya 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 11-4, Pareen Verma bt Alish 11-3, 11-4, 11-9, Rhia/Parveen bt Bhavya/Alish 15-13, 11-7, 11-9).
Semi-finals: DAV Public 8 Coaching Centre A bt Manav Mangal High School-21 by 3-0 (Rhia Gupta bt Richa 11-13, 11-8, 11-6, 11-4, Pareen Verma bt Snigha 11-8, 11-3, 11-3, Rhia/Pareen bt Richa and Aarshita 11-5, 11-7, 11-8).
Coaching Centre-23 bt Coaching Centre B by 3-0 (Bhavya bt Ishita 11-1, 11-4, 11-2, Alisha bt Inayat Singhal 11-1, 11-3, 11-1, Bhvya/Alish bt Ishita/Inayat 11-3, 11-7, 11-4).
Cadet boys (final): DAV Public-8 Coaching Centre 'A' bt Coaching Centre-23 'B' by 3-1 (Sohrab Grewal lost to Pankaj Sidana 8-11, 8-11, 10-12, Divkash Dawar bt Udey Pal 11-13, 11-8, 11-9, 11-6, Sohrab/Divkash bt Pankak/Udey 11-5, 11-7, 8-11, 14-12, Divaksh Dawar bt Pankaj Sidana 11-3, 11-9, 15-13).
Semi-finals: DAV Public 8 Coaching Centre 'A' bt AKSIPS-41 by 3-1 (Sohrab lost to Harnoor Bir Singh 8-11, 13-15, 11-4, 8-11, Divaksh Dawar bt Akul Mahajan 11-6, 5-11, 13-11, 11-7, Sohrab/Divaksh bt Harnoor/Akul 14-12, 11-8, 11-7, Divkash Dawar bt Harnoor Bir Singh 11-5, 11-6, 11-8).
Coaching Centre-23 'B' bt Manav Mangal Coaching Centre by 3-1 (Udey lost to Harsimran 11-13, 11-8, 10-12, 11-7, 6-11, Pankaj bt Mukun 11-9, 11-3, 11-3, Udey/Pankaj bt Harsimran/Mukund 11-7, 11-6, 16-11, Pankaj bt Harsimran 11-8, 11-6, 11-9).
Q-finals: Coaching Centre-23 'B' bt Coaching Centre 'C' by 3-1 (Pankaj Sidana bt Shashwat 9-11, 11-9, 11-6, 6-11, 11-7, Udey bt Sehaj 12-10, 10-12, 11-8, 11-6, Pankaj/Udey lost to Shashwat/Sehaj 9-11, 9-11, 10-12, Udey bt Shashwat 11-5, 11-7, 8-11, 8-11, 11-7).
Manav Mangal Coaching Centre 'A' bt Bhavan Hawk 'A' by 3-1 (Harsimran Singh bt Dev Ashish 11-8, 11-9, 11-4, Mukung Kakkar lost to Parth 11-13, 9-11, 5-11, Harsimran/Mukund bt Deb Ashish/Sheyam 11-6, 9-11, 11-13, 14-12, 13-11, Harsimran Singh bt Pawrth 9-11, 11-2, 11-4, 11-4).
DAV Public-8 Coaching Centre 'A' bt DAV Public-8 Coachig Centre 'B' by 3-0 (Divaksh Dawar bt Ishu Dhingra 6-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-8, Sohrab Grewal bt Abhijit 11-13, 12-10, 13-11, 11-9, Divaksh/Sohrab bt Ishy/Abhijit 11-7, 11-2, 7-11, 11-7).
AKSIPS-41 bt Coaching Centre-23 'A' by 3-0 (Akul Mahajan bt Tushar Bansal 11-5, 11-8, 11-8, Hawrnoor Bir Singh bt Aditya 11-5, 11-5, 13-11, Akul/Harnoor bt Tushar/Aditya 11-4, 13-11, 11-3, 11-4).

Upsets galore in AITA CS at Jassowal

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JASSOWAL (Ludhiana) Oct 28
Seeds fell aplenty at The Harvest Tennis Academy – AITA Championship Series being played At the Harvest Tennis Academy, 30 km from Ludhiana. Top seed Smriti Joon was ousted by Punjab's Rimpledeep Singh in straight sets 6-4,6-2 in the girls' singles Under18.
Fourth seed Om Dalvi from Maharashtra was ousted by Haryana's Reshm Singh in a match which went the full distance. Resham prevailed 6-3,0-6,6-4. Seventh seed A. Nikhit Prasad of AP got knocked out by Chandigarh's Pankaj Kumar 6-2,2-6.6-1. Eighth seed Bavneet Singh of Delhi was shown the door by Prashanta Priyadarshi of UP in the boys' singles Under-16. Prashanta won 6-4,6-3.
Third seed Saurabh Dilip Patil of Maharashtra survived a scare as Punjab's Rishab Dev took him to tie break in the first set. Patil won 7-1 in the tie break. He then found his rhythm and took the second set at 6-1 to enter the quarters.
In the girls' singles Under 18, eighth seed Gundeep Kaur of Punjab won over UP's Samia Rizvi in a marathon lasting more than 190 minutes 6-7(5-7),6-4,7-5.
Rimpledeep Kaur, Jaspreet Kaur, Gundeep Kaur, Rajbir Kaur, A. Pradeep Reddy and Rishab Dev have done well to reach the quarters and semis in the events being played here.
Results:
Boys singles Under 16 Pre Quarter-Finals: K. Pradeep Reddy (1)(AP) beat Yuvraj Kumar (Q)(Dli) 6-4,6-4; Prashanta Priyadarshi (Q)(UP) beat Bavneet Singh (8)(Dli) 6-4,6-3; Saurabh Dilip Patil (3)(Mah) beat Rishab Dev (Pb) 7-6(7-1),6-1; Manish Kumar (Q)(Dli) beat Gurvinder Mann (Dli) 6-4,7-5; Pankaj Kumar (Q)(Chd) beat A. Nikhit Prasad (7)(AP) 6-2,2-6,6-1; Resham Singh (Q)(Har) beat Om Dalvi (4)(Mah) 6-3,0-6,6-4; Tushal Thawani (5)(Guj) beat Hardarshan Singh Gill (Raj) 6-2,6-2; Garry Singh Amor (2)(Chd) beat Jaspinder Singh (Pb) 6-1,6-2.
Boys' Singles Under 18 Pre Quarter Finals : K. Pradeep Reddy (Q)(1)(AP) beat Yuvraj Kumar (WC)(Dli) 6-4,6-1; Vishvesh Sinha (Q)(7)(Mah) beat Garry Singh Amor (Chd) 6-2,6-2; Navneet Kumar (3)(UP) beat Harry Singh Amor (Chd) 6-1,6-0; Kunal Anand (WC)(5)(Dli) beat Sunny Dahiya (LL)(Har) 6-3,6-2; Armaan Choudhary (6)(Chd) beat Arpit Sharma (Q)(Raj) 6-2,3-6,6-3; Saurabh Dilip Patil (4)(Mah) beat A. Nikhit Prasad (WC)(AP) 6-4,6-0; Akshat Joshi (8)(Chd) beat Prashanta Priyadarshi (UP) 6-2,6-4; Mandeep Singh Gill (Chd) beat Ankit Chopra (2)(Chd) 6-7(4-7),6-4,7-5.
Girls' Singles Under 16 Pre Quarter Finals : Smriti Joon (1)(Dli) beat Bhavika Wadhawan (Dli) 6-2,6-2; Rajbir Kaur (Pb) beat Jaspreet Kaur 6-1,6-4.
Girls' Singles Under 16 Quarter Finals : Smriti Joon (1)(Dli) beat Jaspreet Kaur (Pb) 6-1,6-3; Ravnoor Kaur (3)(Chd) beat Shivani Dabas (Dli) 6-1,6-1; Rimpledeep Kaur (4)(Pb) beat Soumya Pulumati (AP) 6-2,6-2; Harnoor Kaur Mann (2)(Chd) beat Nikita (Chd) 6-0,6-0.
Girls' Singles Under 18 Pre Quarter Finals : Rimpledeep Kaur (Pb) beat Smriti Joon (1)(Dli) 6-4,6-2; Rajbir Kaur (WC)(Pb) beat Bhavika Wadhawan (6)(Chd) 7-5,6-3; Mehak (3)(Chd) beat Shivani Dabas (Dli) 6-0,6-1; Jaspreet Kaur (7)(Pb) beat Harkirat Kaur Bains (Pb) 6-3,6-1; Gundeep Kaur (8)(Pb) beat Samia Rizvi (UP) 6-7(5-7),6-4,7-5; Ravnoor Kaur (4)(Chd) beat Shubh Gulati (Dli) 6-0,6-2; Harnoor Kaur Mann (5)(Chd) beat Nikita (Chd) 6-2,7-5; Jaanesh M. Kaur (2)(Chd) beat Sowmya Pulumati (WC)(AP) 7-5,6-3.
Boys' Doubles Under 16 Pre Quarter Finals : Sandeep Singh (Pb) & Jajbir Singh (Pb) beat Ravinder Singh (Pb) & Jagtar Singh (Pb) 5-3,4-2; Gulshan Kumar (Pb) & Sohrab Singh (Pb) beat Hardeep Singh Honey (Pb) & Jagdeep Singh Saran (Pb) 5-3,5-4(8-6); Bhavtaran Preet Singh (Chd) & Manish Kumar (Dli) beat Jotpal Singh (Pb) & Dalwinder Singh (Pb) 4-2,4-0; Harpreet Singh (Pb) & Hardeep Singh (Pb) beat Niklesh Kanojia (MP) & Abhijeet Yadav (Raj) 4-2,0-4,(10-7).
Boys' Doubles Under 16 Quarter Finals : Sourabh Raghuvanshi (MP) & Yuvraj Kumar (Dli)(1) beat Sandeep Singh (Pb) & Jajbir Singh (Pb) 4-2,4-0; Aviraj Kamboj (Chd) & Mandeep Kumar (Chd) beat Gulshan Kumar (Pb) & Sohrab Singh (Pb) 5-3,4-1; Resham Singh (Har) & Rishab Dev (Pb) beat Bhavtaran Preet Singh (Chd) & Manish Kumar (Dli) 4-1,2-4,(10-4); Pankaj Kumar (Chd) & Madhurjya Dutta (Asm)(2) beat Harpreet Singh (Pb) & Hardeep Singh (Pb) 5-4(7-2),3-5,(10-7).
Boys' Doubles Under 18 Pre Quarter Finals : Manpreet Chawla (Dli) & Gurvinder Maan (Dli) beat Arpit Sharma (Raj) & Parth Ashwin Girme (Mah) 4-0,5-3; K. Pradeep Reddy (AP) & Amardeep Singh (Chd)(4) beat Shubham Dhamija (UP) & Prashanta Priyadarshi (UP) 5-3,4-1; Vishvesh Sinha (Mah) & Tushal Thawani (Mah) beat Harry Jindal (Pb) & Bavneet Singh (Dli) 4-0,4-0; Saurabh Dilip Patil (Mah) & Om Dalvi (Mah) beat Sonam Phuntsok (HP) & Shikhar Nehru (Chd) 4-2,4-0; Akshat Joshi (Chd) & Navneet Kumar (UP)(4) beat Gourav (Pb) & Sunny Dahiya (Dli) 4-2,4-0; Harry Singh Amor (Chd) & Garry Singh Amor (Chd) beat Jaspinder Singh (Pb) & Harpreet Singh Saran (Pb) 4-2,4-0.
Boys' Doubles Under 18 Quarter Finals : Kunal Anand (Dli) & Armaan Choudhary (Chd) beat Manpreet Chawla (Dli) & Gurvinder Maan (Dli) 4-1,4-1; Vishvesh Sinha (Mah) & Tushal Thawani (Mah) beat K. Pradeep Reddy (AP) & Amardeep Singh (Chd)(4) 5-3,4-2; Akshat Joshi (Chd) & Navneet Kumar (UP)(4) beat Saurabh Dilip Patil (Mah) & Om Dalvi (Mah) 4-1,4-1.
Girls' Doubles Under 18 Quarter Finals : Bhavika Wadhawan (Chd) & Ravnoor Kaur (Chd)(3) beat Shubh Gulati (Dli) & Shivani Dabas (Dli) 6-0,6-2

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Shivali Aggarwal putts golf crown

Punjab Golf Association president SK Sharma distributing prizes.
Winners of the irst one-day Col BS Kahlon Memorial Golf Championship in Panchkula on Monday.

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CHANDIGARH, NOV 27
An 11th class student of DAV Model School, Sector 15, Shivali Aggarwal, with a handicap of 17, emerged winner in the ladies section with 39 points in the first one-day Col BS Kahlon Memorial Golf Championship played at the Panchkula Golf Course today.
Grand daughter of cricket Dronacharya Desh Prem Azad, Shivali was happy with her performance as she played three under-par 14 with a handicap of 17. The course played 'much better' this time than she had played on this course two years back. "The course has improved tremendously," Shivali said after the championship.
Mrs. Paulin JM Singh was runner-up two strokes behind Shivali with 37 points.
In the handicap 13 to 18 category, Dr Gopal Munjal won the title with 42 points. Col Hanjra was first runner-up with 41 points and one stroke behind him was Brig Sukhdev Singh, who won the second runner-up prize.
Lt. Col RS Grewal secured 41 (22) points to emerge winner in the handicap 12 and below. Jayant Pathak 41 (20) was first runner-up and H S Khara 40 finished second runner-up.
SS Khara got the prize for the longest drive for men (317 yards and 06 inches) on hole 8 and Salam Siddique of Pakistan won the nearest to the pin (8 feet, 03 inches).
Punjab Golf Association president SK Sharma distributed the prizes..
Meanwhile, the third India-Pakistan Inter-Punjab Golf Championship for the Punjab-Aab Cup will be teed off tomorrow at the Chandigarh Golf Course here Competitions will be held in three age categories: Up to 40 yrs, 40-50 yrs and above 50.
A 38-member Pakistan team arrived here via Wagha Border to take part in the Punj-Aab Cup. Besides the players, the delegate comprises experts in golf course management, turf management, tournament organizers, golf coaches and administrators.

HDFC bank upon Simrat Bawa

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 26
A fine half century by Simrat Bawa (74) helped HDFC Bank XI beat Fortis XI by 41 runs in the ongoing IInd MG Cup League Cricket Tournament, being organised by the Chandigarh Sports Club, here today.
Batting first after winning the toss, HDFC XI made a fine start as their openers were put on 36 runs in just five overs for the first wicket fell. Simrat Bawa took batted sensibly and engineered HDFC XI's well-deserved victory. Bawa executed brilliant strokes all over the field. He was quick to get to his half century in just 34 balls.
He had to restrain himself as wickets kept falling at the other end. Simrat Bawa also fell towards the end of the innings but he had placed his team in a comfortable position. HDFC Bank XI mustered 178 for 7 wickets in allotted 25 overs.
In reply, Fortis XI suffered an early jolt as they lost their opener in the very first over itself with the scoreboard reading 10 runs. Neeraj Rana took command of the batting. He stayed at the wicket for quite some time for his defiant knock of 47. Fortis XI could score 137 for 7 in 25 overs.
Madan Lal was the wrecker- in chief- as he scalped 3 wickets giving away 13 runs. He was ably supported by all-rounder Ravinder Nain who also took 3 wickets for 33 runs.
Brief scores: HDFC Bank XI: 178 for 7 in 25 overs. (Simrat Bawa 74, Ravinder Nain 31, AP Singh 2 for 20, Sukhwinder 2 for 30).
Fortis XI: 137 for 7 in 25 overs ( Neeraj Rana 47, AP Singh 17, Madan Lal 3 for 13, Ravinder Nain 3 for 33).
In the second match of the day, Godrej CC defeated United Sports Club by 35 runs. Pushpinder also made a valuable contribution of 37 runs. The victory was made possible due to fine batting performance by Jai Kapil who made unbeaten 45. Thereafter their bowlers bowled out their rival team for 120 in 21.2 overs in reply to Godrej Club's 155 for 4 in 25 overs
Brief scores: Godrej CC: 155 for 4 in 25 overs ( Jai Kapil 45 not out, Pushpinder 37, Rajesh Monu 2 for 18).
United Sports Club: 120 all out in 21.2 overs (Gourav 36, Malkeet 2 for 19, Jaswant 2 for 13).

Hyderabad Heroes tame Chandigarh Lions

Lou Vincent in action.

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GURAGON: October 26
Hyderabad Heroes defeated Chandigarh Lions by nine wickets in the ICL 20s Indian Championship at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium here on Sunday. Abdul Razzaq was declared man of the match for his sparkling half century.
Chandigarh Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
Openers Sarabjit Singh and Lou Vincent (20) gave a good start to Chandigarh Lions as they put on 29 for no loss at the end of the third over. Harris brought on his spinner IS Reddy in the fifth over who struck immediately trapping the dangerous Vincent to end the 39-run partnership for this first wicket.
At the end of the first five overs the Lions from Punjab were placed at 43 for 1. Quick wickets of Cairns and Sarabjit in the seventh and eighth overs,respectively, had the Chandigarh Lions in a bit of a bother at 56 for 3. Boje and Reddy were bowling well in tandem restricting the Chandigarh side to 64 for 3 at the half way mark of their innings.
The usually explosive TP Singh and Dinesh Mongia were unable to find any momentum in their batting; compounded by some disciplined spin bowling from the Hyderabad stable. The 14th over mark had Chandigarh Lions struggle at 93 for 3. The pressure eventually got to TP Singh, scoping one to long off to give the young IS Reddy his second scalp of the match in the 15th over. The impressive Inder Shekar Reddy ended his four-over quota with impressive figures of 2 for 15. Abdul Razzaq bowling at a alively pace.
The introduction of Nicky Boje in the 18th over spelt success for the Hyderabad Heroes with immediate effect; ending Dinesh Mongia's fighting knock of 38 off 32 balls, laced with 4 fours and 1 six. The Hyderabad bowlers managed to consistently maintain their stranglehold throughout the Chandigarh innings, restricting them to a partly 141 for 6 in their allotted 20 overs. The standout bowlers for the Hyderabad Heroes were their two left arm spinners Boje and Reddy, who ended with two wickets apiece.
The Hyderabad Heroes chase got off to a confident start with the experienced combination of Razzaq and Maher getting 30 runs off the first three overs. The solid partnership between the two prolific openers crossed the fifty run mark off 43 balls in the 7th over, putting the defending champions in the drivers' seat.
Razzaq cut loose in the 11th over from Mongia, getting 16 runs of it, to power the scorecard to 89 for no loss. Razzaq brought about his fourth ICL fifty in the 12th over off 40 balls including 5 fours and 2 sixes. The marathon partnership of 123 runs for the opening wicket came to an end with the wicket of Abdul Razzaq out, for a well made 66 runs inning.
In the end the Hyderabad Heroes made easy mince of the modest target, romping home to a nine-wicket victory with over 10 balls to spare.
Brief scores: Chandigarh Lions: 141 for 6 in 20 overs (Mongia 38, Vincent 20, Sarabjit 20, Reddy 2 for 15, Boje 2 for 21) lost by 9 wickets to Hyderabad Heroes 145for 1 in 18.2 overs (Razzaq 66, Maher 48, Amit Uniyal 1 for 32).

CRPF bag overall trophy in Police Games

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MADHUBAN (KARNAL), OCT 25
Central Reserve Police Force annexed the overall trophy by bagging 15 gold, 12 silver and 12 bronze medals in the 57th All India Police Games (Wrestling Cluster) which concluded at Madhuban (Karnal) on Saturday. The wrestling cluster comprised wrestling, weightlifting, judo, gymnastics and boxing competitions.
Punjab Police secured 14 gold, 11 silver and 17 bronze medals for the overall runners-up position. Border Security Force (9-11-17) and Central Industrial Security Force (5-1-13) secured third and fourth places. Hosts Haryana won five gold, 10 silver and three bronze medals to finish overall fifth.
Haryana boxers dominated the rink and claimed five gold medals and won the team championship with 53 points. They gold medalists were head constable Rajneesh Kumar (fly weight), constables Ajay Kumar (light welter), Surinder Singh (middle), Ravinder Kumar (light heavy) adn Krishan Kumar (heavy).
DGP Ranjeev Dalal, former working president of the Indian Amateur Boxing Association, presented them medals and promoted to their next rank with immediate effect.
Punjab Police bagged the Greco-Roman style wrestling trophy with 61 points. Border Security Force and Central Industrial Security Force were tied for the runners-up position with an identical points tally of 53. However, with BSF winning more number of gold medals, they were declared second.
In the freestyle competitions, BSF emerged champions with 51 points while Punjab Police were runners-up with 46 points. The third place went to hosts Haryana Police with 37 points.
Star-studded Central Reserve Police Force dominated the weightlifting competitions. They logged 202 points to grab the championship and pushed Punjab Police to second position with 196 points. BSF had to remain themselves satisfied with the third position with 175 points. In the women's weightlifting championship, CRPF (193), Uttar Pradesh (115) and CISF (92) finished in that order.
BSF cornered glory in the gymnatic championship with 490.695 points. Haryana and Punjab (472.255 points apiece) were jointly declared runners-up. Indo-Tibetan Border Police were third with 398.75 points. Dipesh Sahu (BSF) was adjuged the best all-around gymnast. The second position went to Mayank Srivastava (CRPF) and Krishan Kumar (BSF) were second and third, respectively.
Punjab Police judokas gave excellent performance and secured 22 points to be declared champions. BSF and ITBP were joint runners-up with 10 points. CRPF got seven points to be declared third.
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil was the chief guest and distributed the prizes.

Top dancing duo to train in Chandigarh

Chandigarh Dance Sports Association president Rakhee Gupta.
Shannon Benjamin and Preeti Gupta, top Indian dance trainers.
CHANDIGARH, October 25
The Chandigarh Dancesport Association has done it again. Yes this recently formed association has again roped in the country's best dancing couple, Shannon Benjamin and Preeti Gupta, to train the Chandigarh team for the National Dancesport Championship to be held in Bhubaneshwar on December 6.
Giving this information Mrs Rakhee Gupta, president of the Chandigarh Dancesport Association, said the country's best dancing couple who had been representing the country in Latin American and Standard Ballroom dance competitions, had also agreed to conduct a five-day workshop for the tricity dancers at The Banyan Tree School, Sector 48, from November 4 to 8.
Preeti and Shannon, who made it to the quarter-final grade in Grade A Latin In the Asian Indoor Games, organised by the Olympic Council of Asia at Macau in November last year, won the hearts of the city dancers when they last held a workshop in Chandigarh in summer.
The celebrity dancing couple find a lot of potential among Chandigarh dance enthusiasts. Mrs Gupta said those wanting to avail of the training can contact Rajiv (98760 42751) of Dance World, Sector 17, Chandigarh, or Varun Dance Studio in Panchkula (98782 03317)
Dance sport has become the latest craze with 18 Asian countries taking part in the event at the Asian Indoor Games organised by the Olympic Council of Asia at Macau on November 27 and 28 last year.
The 2005 World Games saw 85 countries participating in dance sport.
Rock 'n' roll was added to dance sport at the last World Games. The other dance forms include tango, waltz, fox trot, Viennese waltz and quickstep, jive, paso doble, rumba and samba and cha-cha-cha.

Parveen to lead Haryana athletes

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 24
Commonwealth Youth Games gold medalist Parveen Kumar of Sonipat will lead a 90-member Haryana team in the 24th National Junior Athletic Championship to be held at Mysore (Karnataka) from November 12 to 16, according to H S Bhadu Secretary, Haryana State Athletic Association.
Other members of the team are:
Boys under 20 yrs: Habib (100m), Dharamvir (200m) Parveen, Kuldeep (400m), Naveen Kumar (shot put & discus), Vikas (hammer), Parveen, Arvind Kumar (javelin), Raj Kumar (long jump), Pardeep (high jump), Sunny and Devender (pole vault), Devender and Rakesh Decathelon, Sandeep and Ajay Rathi (20km walk).
Boys Under 18 yrs: Jony Makkar (100m), Manish (100m & 200m), Vikas (200m), Pardeep and Bijender (400m), Indrjeet Singh (800m), Kuldeep (long jump), Jitender & Naresh Gautam (pole vault), Naresh (shot put), Akash Antil (discus), Amit Gill (hammer throw), Sehedev (javelin), Neeraj Vats (10km walk).
Boys Under 16 yrs: Ravinder Khasa (100m), Bintu (200m), Rajpal (400m), Harender (1500m), Vikas Malik (3000m), Sandeep (long jump), Dushyant Dangi (discus), Vikas (shot put), Sukhdev Singh (hammer), Abhimanyu & Kuldeep (5km walk).
Boys Under 14 yrs: Hem Singh (100m), Parveen (long jump), Sunil (high jump), Monu (shot put).
Girls Under 20 yrs: Monika Dhankhar (100m), Manisha (400m), Ritu Bamal (400m), Amita (1500m), Arti Yadav (High Jump), Riku Sangwan (Shotput), Manisha (Hammer), Poonam & Gurharsimran (Javelin).
Girls under 18 yrs : Bibita (100m), Anju, Surina(400m), Shashi (800m), Kaushalya (long jump), Sunita (high jump), Suman, Promila (discus), Reena (hammer), Anju Bala (javelin), Mamta (5 km walk).
Girls Under 16 yrs: Neerja (100m), Ashwani (400m), Varsa (1500m), Pooja Jangra (long jump), Sonu (high jump), Kamal Deep ( javelin), Meenakshi (3km walk). Girls Under 14 yrs : Sweety (100m), Rinky (600m), Jyoti (long jump), Reena (shot put). Coaches: Comdt. (Rtd.) Prithvi Singh, Krishan Kumar, Ramehar Singh; Lady Manager Kamla Devi; Manager: Rajiv Khatri; Contingent Leader : G S Bawa.

38-member Pakistan squad for Pun-Aab Cup

PGA president SK Sharma (second from right) addressing a press conference at Chandigarh Golf Club on Friday. Photo by Balbir Singh.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 24
The Pakistan Punjab Golf Association is fielding a 38-member contingent, including 12 officials and 14 ladies, in the third edition of the Indo-Pak Inter-Punjab Golf Tournament for the Punj-Aab Cup to be played at the 18-hole Chandigarh Golf Course here from October 28 to 30.
Addressing a press conference here today, Punjab Golf Association president SK Sharma, IPS said that competitions would be organised in three categories -- Up to 40 years, 40 to 50 years and above 50 years. Four team members will form a part of each category.
Sharma informed that the format would give a good exposure to all age groups. The team which secures maximum number of points will emerge the winners. Pakistan Punjab Golf Association will defend their title. PGA (Pakistan) president Maj Gen (Retd) Zafar Abbas and general secretary Lt Col (Retd) Zulfiqar Rana would be part of the Pakistan delegation. The PGA president said that the dates of the Pun-Aab Cup was decided keeping in mind the Diwali festival so that the visitors could also enjoy the festival and private dinner at Vaseela Resorts on October 28.
PGA general secretary Col Harinder Singh Baidwan said that the practice round would be held on October 27 and the tournament would be played on Ryder Cup format.
Four-time All India Police Games individual champioin SK Sharma said that Harjinder Singh Kang had been appointed captain of the Punjab team while Jesse Grewal would be the coach.
Teams: Pakistan Punjab: Up to 40 years: Danyal Jehangir, Aadil Jehangir, Muhammad Safdar Khan, Abdul Zahoor. 40 to 50 years: Sardar Murad Khan, Saleem Raza, Kamran Ashraf, Mohsin Anwar. Above 50 years: Muhammad Shafique Bhatti, Zahid Ahmed, Muhammad Alam Sethi, Muhammad Jameel Khalid.
India Punjab: Up to 40 years: Harjinder Singh Kang (captain), Aman Huron, Angad Cheema, Raghav Bhandari. 40 to 50 years: Suman Puri, Sandeep Sandhu, JS Bakshi, Rupinder Singh Sandhu. Above 50 years: Ishwar Pratap Singh Mann, Brig GJ Singh, Col Iqal Singh, Col AD Singh.
Meanwhile, the PGA is also organising one-day Col B S Kahlon Memorial Golf Championship to be played by delegates and lady golfers at the Panchkula Golf Club on October 27. Haryana Power Minister Randeep Singh Surjewala will distribute the prizes at 2.30 p.m.

CRPF lifters dominate in Police Games

Judokas at the victory podium.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 24
Centrral Reserve Police Force weightlifters continued to dominate as they added two more gold medals to their kitty on the penultimate day of the 57th All India Police Games (Wrestling Cluster) being organised by Haryana Police at Madhuban (Karnal) today. On Thursday, the CFPF lifters had claimed four top positions.
2006 Commonwealth Games gold medalist and Arjuna awardee Geeta Rani of CRPF maintained her reputation as she effortlessly claim gold in +75 kg category with a total lift of 237 kg. In snatch she lifted 102 kg and registered 135 kg in clean and jerk.
A Vijay Devi, also of CRPF, claimed gold medal in 75 kg section with a total lift of 194 kg (snatch 112 kg and 112 kg in clearn and jerk).
Harpreet Singh and Surjit Singh, both of Punjab, finished one and two in the 85 kg category. Harpreet lifted 287 ( snatch 132 kg, clean and jerk 165 kg) for gold medal. Surjit also had an identical total lift of 287 kg (S 138 kg, C&J 159 kg). Harpreet claimed gold on the basis of light body weight.
Weightlifting: Men: 85 kg. 1 Harpreet Singh ( Punjab Police) snatch 132 kg, clean and jerk 165 kg., total 297 kg, 2 Surjit Singh ( Punjab Police) S 138 kg, C&J 159 kg. T 297, Hara Gopal ( CRPF) S 126 kg,C&J 160. Women: 75 kg:. 1 A. Vijay Devi ( CRPF) S 82 kg, C&J 112 kg, T 194 kg, 2 Ruchi Rani ( U.P. Police) S 61 kg, C&J 78. T 139 kg, 3 K. Krishna Kumari ( CISF) S 61 kg, C&J 77 kg, T 138 kg. +75 kg: 1 Geeta Rani ( CRPF) S 102 kg, C&J 135 kg. T 237 kg, 2 Sumati Devi (CRPF) S 75 kg, C&J 106 kg. T 181 kg, 3 K. Narsamma (CISF) S 80 kg, C&J 100 kg. T 189 kg.
Wrestling: 66 kg (freestyle men) q-finals: Kasim Din ( J & K Police) bt Sandeep ( Haryana Police), Manjeet ( ITBP) bt Suresh Verma ( M.P. Police), Krishan Kumar ( BSF) bt Rajesh Kumar (Haryana Police), Satpal Yadav (CISF) bt Narinder ( U.P. Police). Semi-fiinals : Kasim Din ( J & K Police) bt Manjeet Singh ( ITBP), Krishan Kumar (BSF) bt Satpal Yadav ( CISF). 84 kg Q-finals : Bania Amin ( J & K Police) bt L.B. Yadav (Bihar Police), Ravinder Kumar ( CRPF) bt Narinder Kumar (CRPF), Jaiveer Singh ( Haryana Police) bt Ashok Yadav ( M.P. Police), Jaspal ( Haryana Police) bt Brahm Jeet (BSF). Semi-finals: 84 kg: Ravinder Kumar ( CRPF) bt Bania Amin ( J & K Police), Jaiveer Singh (Haryana Police) bt Jaspal (Haryana Police). Judo: 56 kg: 1 L. Dinit Singh ( BSF), 2 Bhupinder Singh (Punjab Police), 3 Jarman Yadav ( CRPF) and L. Narinder Jit Singh (CRPF). Open: 1 Jitender Pal ( Punjab Police), 2 Ravinder Kumar (BSF), 3 Gagan Jit Singh ( Punjab Police 3) and Pardeep Takas ( CRPF).
Boxing (semi-finals): 48 kg. Jitender ( BSF) bt Raj Kumar ( J & K Police), Nasir Qureshi (U.P. Police) bt Amar Deep Singh (Punjab Police). 51 kg.: Rajnesh ( Haryana Police) bt Abhishek Shah ( U.P. Police), N.A. Singh ( BSF) bt S.B. Thapa (Assam Rifles). 51-54 kg: Suresh Singh ( CISF) bt N. Bikram ( BSF), Jaivir ( Haryana) bt S. Chinna ( A.P. Police).54-57 kg: Sunil ( BSF) bt Manoj Kumar (H.P. Police), Kapil ( Haryana) bt Arjun Singh (SSB). 57-60 kg: Pardip ( BSF) bt G.S. Suresh ( CISF), Rajender (Haryana) bt Amandeep (Punjab Police). 60-64 kg: Ajay (Haryana) bt Bansi Sharma ( U.P. Police), Amit Kumar ( BSF) bt R.K. Kennedy ( SSB). 64-69 kg: Jagat Singh ( Uttarakhand) bt Ajit Singh ( Rajasthan Police), Tanej Pal ( Haryana) bt Ranjit Singh (Punjab Police). 69-75 kg: Atul Sharma ( H.P. Police) bt Vijay Kumar ( U.P. Police), Surender Singh ( Haryana) bt Amit Kumar ( BSF). 75-81 kg: Ravinder ( Haryana Police) bt Ajay Singh ( CRPF), Ajay Kumar ( BSF) bt Heera Singh (ITBP). 81-91 kg: Krishan ( Haryana Police) bt Jaswinder Singh (Punjab Police), Shivshan Karapaa ( BSF) bt Sanjeev Kumar ( H.P. Police). Super Heavy: Sunny Bodh ( H.P. Police) bt Ravinder Bhushan ( J & K Police), Ram Singh ( Punjab) bt Raj Kumar ( BSF).

PSB, Javed Hockey Club (Pakistan) in final

A Punjab and Sind Bank player trying to clear the ball as Air India players trying to get possession of the ball in the semi-final match of the Silver Jubilee IndianOil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament in Jalandhar on Friday.
A mid field action in the semi-final match between Javed Hockey Club, Gojra (Pakistan) and IndianOil of Mumbai.

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JALANDHAR, Oct 24
Former champions Punjab and Sind Bank of Delhi will face Javed Hockey Club of Gojra (Pakistan) in the final of the Silver Jubilee IndianOil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament at the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium here on Saturday.
Punjab & Sind Bank entered the finals for the 13th time after beating Air India of Mumbai by 2-1 while Javed Hockey Club Gojra (Pakistan) defeated IndianOil of Mumbai by 3-1 in the semi-final matches played today.
The first semi-final match between Punjab and Sind Bank and Air India was played at a fast pace. The bankmen took the lead in the sixth minute when outside- left Rajwinder Singh scored a brilliant field goal off a pass from inside-left Jarnail Singh (1-0). Air India launched a counter attack and neutralised the lead in the 10th minute when meercurial Olympian Dhanraj Pillay scored a field goal (1-1). Both teams were locked 1-1 draw at half time.
After changing over Punjab and Sind Bank played an aggressive game. Air India goalkeeper Harjit Singh exhibited excellent game and made a few good saves. However, Punjab and Sind Bank maintained their relentless pressure and snatched the match-winner in the 53rd minute through skipper Mandeep Singh. Jail and Tourism Minister Hira Singh Baghria was the chief guest and announced a grant of Rs 2.00 lakh for the tournament.
In the second semi-final IndianOil and Javed Hockey Club Gojra displayed a good hockey. Both played with the 'W' formation known as Asian style. In the 30th minute IndianOil earned their first penalty corner which Birkramjit Singh converted (1-0). In the 30 minute the Pakistan boys made an attack from the left flank and earned a panality corner but failed to capitalize on the chance. However they equalized in the 34th minute through Mohammad Arif who scored a field goal (1-1). At half time both teams were playing 1-1 draw.
On resumption IndianOil played resorted to a defensive game while the Pakistan players mounted pressure. In the 41st minute Gojramen earned their second penalty corner and international Kashif Ali converted it to give his team the lead (2-1) . In the 57th minute Kashif Ali increased the margin by converting in direct penalty corner in to goal (2-1).
Transport Minister Master Mohan Lal was the chief guest of the second semi-final match and announced a grant of 2.50 lakh for the tournament.
The final will be telecast live by PTC Punjabi channel and All India Radio Jalandhar will breadcast running commentary.

Carmel Convent win girls u-19 trophy in CBSE NZ Tennis

CRPF Public School, Rohini (Delhi) team receiving medals from Chandigarh DPI (Schools) Samwartak Singh in the CBSE North Zone I Tennis Championship in Chandigarh on Friday.
Carmel Convent, Sector 9, Chandigarh team won the girls under-19 team championship in North Zone I Tennis Championship in Chandigarh on Friday.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 24
Carmel Convent of Sector 9, spearheaded by Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association trainee Ikttesh Chahal, expectedly claimed the girls under-19 team title by defeating hosts St Peter's Secondary School by 2-0 in the final of the CBSE North Zone I Tennis Championship which concluded at the St Peter's Tennis Academy in Sector 37 here today.
With her deep serve and powerful strokes Ikttesh Chahal proved too good for Avneet whom she beat without dropping even a single game in straight sets 6-0, 6-0.
Ikttesh's colleague Deepali also displayed good tennis on clay courts as she beat Shivika Sharma 6-4, 6-1 as Carmel Convent raced to an authoritative 2-0 title triumph.
However, the day belonged to CRPF Public School, Rohini (Delhi) who grabbed the boys under-19 and girls under-14 team titles, respectively.
CRPF Public School, Rohini, blanked Ryan International School, Vasant Kunj, also of Delhi by 2-0 in the boys under-19 team championship final. With power serve, Rubal Shandelya defeated Sahil Chhabra in straight sets 6-2, 6-2 in the first singles match. Later Adit Jain prevailed over Shitij Kamal 6-3, 6-4 to give the CRFP school a well-merited 2-0 victory.
C.R.P.F. Public School, Rohini, Delhi when on to win the girls under-14 title by beating Carmel Convent School, Sector 9, Chandigarh by 2-0 in the girls under-14 team championship final. In the opening singles Anukriti Chaudhary rallied to snuff out the challenge of Sonali 1-6, 7-5, 7-5 to give Rohini School 1-0 lead. Medha Toor then defeated Vibhuti 6-0, 6-4 as C.R.P.F. Public School won the trolphy.
New Delhi also annexed the boys under-14 team title as Hans Raj Model School, Punjabi Bag, New Delhi defeated St John's School, Sec-26, Chandigarh by 2-1. Basil L Khuma outplayed Raghav Talwar 6-0, 7-5. The lead shortlived as Pranav Suri of St John's restored parity by beating Mayank Yadav 7-5, 6-2 in the second singles. However, Hans Rah duo of Basil and Mayank outpointed Dhruv and Pranav Suri 6-3, 6-4 in the doubles to clinch the title.
Chandigarh DPI (Schools) Samwartak Singh was the chief guest and distributed the prizes.
He stressed the need of sports for the overall development of a child. He was received by St Peter's School chairman Wg Cdg SS Khanna and Principal Patricia Khanna and other staff members. Among those present on the occasion was Shivalik Public School Principal-Director DS Bedi.
The following are the results (team championship finals):
Results (all finals): Boys Under-19: CRPF Public School, Rohini, Delhi bt Ryan International, Vasant Kunj, Delhi 2-0 (Rubal Shandelya bt Sahil Chhabra 6-2, 6-2, Adit Jain bt Shitij Kamal 6-3, 6-4).
Boys under-14: Hans Raj Model School, Punjabi Bag, New Delhi bt St John's School, Sec-26, Chandigarh 2-1 ((Basil L Khuma bt Raghav Talwar 6-0, 7-5, Mayank Yadav lost to Pranav Suri 5-7, 2-6, Basil and Mayank bt Dhruv and Pranav Suri 6-3, 6-4.
Girls Under-19: Carmel Convent School, Chd bt St. Peter's Secondary School, Sec-37, Chd 2-0 (Ikttesh Chahal bt Avneet 6-0, 6-0, Deepti bt Shivika 6-4, 6-1).
Girls Under-14: C.R.P.F. Public School, Rohini, Delhi bt Carmel Convent School, Chandigarh 2-0 (Anukriti Chauhdary bt Sonali 1-6, 7-5, 7-5, Medha Toor bt Vibhuti 6-0, 6-4).

CRPF w'lifters steal the show in Police Games

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MADHUBAN, OCT 23
Central Reserve Police Force weightlifters four gold medals in weightlifting competitions on the third day of the 57th All-India Police Games (Wrestling Cluster) being conducted by the Haryana Police at here at the police complex.
National Games champion Nandni Devi bagged gold medal in 58 kg class with a total lift of 189 kg. She lifted 81 kg in snatch and 108 kg in clean and jerk for a total of 189 kg.
Other CRPF gold medal winners were Poireinganbi Chanu (63 kg class), J. Durga Parsad (56 kg, men) and Harpal Singh (62 kg, men).
Indo Tibetan Border Police and Punjab Police judokas bagged two gold medals each.
Virender Singh (81 kg) and Santosh Mane (66 kg) won gold medals for ITBP. Kamaljit (73 kg) and Navjit Channa (60 kg) helepd Punjab Police win gold medals..
Results:
Weightlifting (women): 58 kg: 1 W. Nandni Devi ( CRPF): Snatch 81 kg, clean and jerk 108 kg, total 189 kg; 2 Prashita Mangraj (CRPF) S 80 kg, C and J 95 kg, Total 175kg; 3 P. Lakshmi Prabha (TN) S 52 kg, C&J 63 kg; Total 115 kg.
63 kg: 1 Poireinganbi Chanu (CRPF) S 90 kg, C&J 90 kg, total 196 kg; 2 Soma Rani Chanu (CRPF) S 83 kg, C&J 106 kg, Total 189 kg; 3 Kalpna Sawant ( Maharastra Police) S 60 kg, C&J 75 kg, Total 135 kg.
Men: 56 kg. 1 J. Durga Parsad (CRPF) S 100 kg, C&J 125 kg, Total 225 kg, 2 T. H. Basanta Meite (CRPF) S 93 kg, C&J 118 kg, Total 211 kg, 3 Gurpal Singh ( Punjab Police) S 88 kg, C&J 118 kg. Total 206 kg. 62 kg: 1 Harpal Singh ( CRPF). S 120 kg. C&J 150s kg. Total 270s kg. 2 Dattatray Tole ( Maharastra Police) S 115 kg, C&J 140 kg. Total 255 kg, 3 Vishvendra Kumar ( UP Police). S 111 kg. C& J 141 kg. Total 252 kg.
Judo: Men: 73 kg: 1 Kamaljit (Punjab Police), 2 Ram Ashrey (UP), 3Satpal Chaudhary (BSF) and Rakesh Kumar (Punjab Police). 81 kg: 1 Virender Singh (ITBP), 2 Shamsher Singh ( Punjab Police), 3 Pankaj Sharma ( Punjab Police) and Sukhwinder Singh (SSB). Women: 60 kg: 1 Navjit Channa ( Punjab Police), 2 Jitender (Punjab Police), 3 Dal Bahadur (CRPF) and Sumit Khatra (BSF). 66kg: 1 Santosh Mane (ITBP), 2 Arvind Singh ( CRPF), 3 Kuldeep Raj ( Punjab Police) and
Arvind Kumar (BSF).

St Peter’s, Carmel Convent in girls u-19 final

Shivika of St Peter's going for a forehand against Joanna in the girls u-19 team championship semi-final match in the CBSE North Zone I Tennis Championship.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 23
Hosts St Peter’s Secondary School will lock horns with Carmel Convent School tomorrow in an all-Chandigarh girls under-19 in the CBSE North Zone I Tennis Championship being played at the St Peter’s Tennis Academy at the school premises.
St Peter’s and Carmel Convent scored an identical 2-0 verdict over their respective rivals in the semi-finals played today. St Peter’s blanked Mount Carmel School, also of Chandigarh, by 2-0 and Carmel Convent accounted for Carmel Convent School, Chanakya Puri, Delhi with an identical margin.
Shivika gave Peter’s a winning start by defeating Joanna in straight sets 6-1, 6-1 in the first singles. Avneet proved too good for Komal as she registered a facile win without dropping even a single game 6-0, 6-0. Shivika and Avneet are training at the St Peter’s Tennis Academy under the supervision of Wg Cdg Beyant Singh and Lalit Tandon.
Ikttesh Chahal outpointed Smriti in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 in the first singles to give Carmel Convent 1-0 lead against Carmel Convent School, Chanakya Puri, Delhi. Later Deepali snuffed out the challenge of Tusharika 6-3, 6-4 to wrap up the semi-final contest.
Girls Under-14 Carmel Convent School, Chandigarh also took their appointed place in the girls Under-14 final after beating Apeejay School, Delhi by 2-0. Their rivals in the final tomorrow will be Central Reserve Police Force School, Rohini, Delhi who ousted Bal Bharati Public School, Pitampura, Delhi by 2-0.
St John’s School, Sec-26, Chandigarh will challenge Hans Raj Model School, Punjabi Bag, New Delhi for the boys under-14 team championship.
Results (semi-finals)
Girls Under-19: St. Peter’s Secondary School, Sec-37, Chd bt Mount Carmel School Chd 2-0 (Shivika bt Joanna 6-1, 6-1; Avneet bt Komal 6-0, 6-0).
Carmel Convent School, Chd bt Carmel Convent School, Chanakya Puri, Delhi 2-0
( Ikttesh bt Smriti 6-2, 6-4; Deepali bt Tusharika 6-3,6-4)
Girls Under-14 Carmel Convent School, Chandigarh bt Apeejay School, Delhi 2-0 ( Sonali bt Charoo 6-2,6-2, Vibhuti bt Sumeera 6-3, 6-2).
C.R.P.F. Public School, Rohini, Delhi bt Bal Bharati Public School, Pitampura, Delhi 2-0 ( Medha Toor bt Shubh 6-2, 6-0, Shivya Sachdeva bt Jhanvi 7-5, 7-5)
Boys under-14: St John’s School, Sec-26, Chandigarh bt Bal Bharati Public School, Ganga Ram Hospital Marg Delhi 2-0 ( Pranav Suri bt Shubhankar 7-6, 6-1; Shubham bt Kunal Sachdeva 6-3, 6-0 ).
Hans Raj Model School, Punjabi Bag, New Delhi bt Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, Chandigarh 2-0 (Basil L Khuma bt Harmit Singh 6-1, 6-0, Mayank Yadav bt Harpreet Singh 6-2, 6-2).
For third and fourth places: Girls Under-19: Carmel Convent Delhi bt Mount Carmel, Chandigarh 2-0 (Smriti bt Komal Kharti 8-0, Debarati bt Joanna Angel Thomas 8-3).

IndianOil, Javed Hockey Club in semis

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JALANDHAR, OCT 23
Punjab & Sind Bank, Delhi will face Air India of Mumbai while Javed Hockey Club, Gojra (Pakistan) will meet defending champions IndianOil of Mukbai in the semi-finals of the Silver Jubilee IndianOil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament now in progress at the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium here.
In pool ‘B’ league match Javed Hockey Club, Gojra (Pakistan) beat Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala by 11-2 and earned full points. Javed Hockey Club, Gojra (Pakistan) and Bharat Petroleum, Mumbai with one win and one draw, earned four points each. On the better goal average Javed Hockey Club, Gojra (Pakistan) earned the berth in the semi-final schedule to be held on October 24.
In the last league match in pool ‘D’ last defending champions IndianOil, Mumbai defeated Crescent Hockey Club, Sargodha (Pakistan) by 3-0 and qualified for semi-final.
In the first match Javed Hockey Club, Gojra (Pakistan) and Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala was played at a fast pace. Both teams scored as many as seven goals in the first half. In the 7th minute the Pakistan lads opened their account when Tariq Aziz scored a field goal (1-0) . Khashif Ali increased the lead by converting their first panality corner in the 10th minute (2-0). Trailing 0-2, the RCF launched their attacks from left flank and managed to reduce the margin through Kuljinder Singh who converted their first penalty corner (1-2). In the 19th Minute Ranjodh Singh scored a field to equalise the score (2-2). In the 22nd and 25 minutes the Pakistan boys scored two goals through Tariq Aziz. At half time the visitors were leading by 5-2.
The second half turned out to be a one-sided affair with Javed Hockey Club, Gojra (Pakistan) adding six more goals to the credit. The scorers were Mohamad Sadiq (2 ), Innayat Ullah, Abdullah Babur (2 ) and Tariq Aziz.
The match between star studded IndianOil, Mumbai and Crescent Hockey Club, Sargodha (Pakistan) was a hot contested affair. Pakistan team missed as many as five sure goal chances including a penalty stroke. Defending Champion IndianOil were leading by 2-0 at half time. Vikramjit Singh, Nilesh and Kamlesh were the scorers for the IndianOil.

Stephen's FC beat DAVSSS Club in sudden death for Kapania Trophy

The jubilant St Stephen's Football Club which won the Senior Chandigarh Women Football Championship for the Deepak Kapania Memorial Trophy on Thursday.
Best players of the tournament -- Jaskiran Kaur, Divilina, Neha Pandey and Mandeep Kaur -- with former India captain and chief guest Tejinder Kumar.
Stephen's and DAVSSS Club players in action in the final of the Senior Chandigarh Women Football Championship for the Deepak Kapania Memorial Trophy on Thursday.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 23
St Stephen's Football Club, Sector 45 pipped DAV Senior Secondary School Club, Sector 8 by 6-5 in sudden death tie-breaker final of the Senior Chandigarh Women Football Championship for the Deepak Kapania Memorial Trophy at the Sector 17 Football Stadium here today.
The regulation period proved unproductive as no team could score any goal. Even during regular five penalties each, the deadlock remained as they were tied four-all. It needed 20 penalties to resolve the issue. After 5-all, Medhavi of DAVSSS Club failed in her attempt while Amanpreet Kaur Nagpal converted her spot kick to clinch the title in favour of St Stephen's Football Club. It sent jubilation in the Stephen's camp while the DAV Club players looked dejected and tears started rolling down from the eyes of their players.
During the first five penalties given to each side, St Stephen's FC converted through Shikha Sharma, Simran Sidhu, Namrata, Prabsimran. Meenu wasted her chance. For DAVSSS Club, after Kamla failed in her attempt, Neha Pandey, Monika, Gurpreet, Kanchan and Rekha converted their penalties. However, in the sudden death, Pooaj, Renu, Rupali and Medhavi frittered away their penalties for DAVSSS Club. Anjana, Harleen and Mandeep wasted their spot kicks while Amanpreet Kaur Nagpal converted to give Stephen's FC the trophy.
Earlier, in the regulation period, DAVSSS Club goalkeeper Asha put up a good performance and made a couple of brilliant saves.DAVSSS Club 'sl Monika also excelled in defence as Stephen's forwards, specially Shikha Sharma and Simran Sidhu spelt danger once they were inside the box.
The technical committee voted Jaskiran (CFA CC-45), Divlina (Sacred Heart-26), Neha Pandey (DAVSSS Club) and Mandeep Kaur (St Stephen's FC) the best player of the tournament.
Former Indian football captain Tejinder Kumar was the chief guest and distributed the prizes.
Teams: St Stephen's Football Club: Anjana Thakur, Amarpreet Kaur Nagpal, Meenu Sharma, Ashima Sanwal, Shikha Sharma, Prabhsimran Kaur, Harleen Randhawa, Simran Sidhu, Madu Shani, Mandeep Kaur and Namrata Singh.
DAVSSS Club: Asha, Monika, Rupali, Medhavi, Ranu, Gurpreet, Kamla, Rekha, Kanchan, Pooja and Neha Pandey.
Referee: BL Ganguli. Assistant Referees: Daljit Singh and Arun Kumar. Technical table: Amrik Singh.
Girls football trials today: The Chandigarh Football Association is conducting selection trials tomorrow at DAV Senior Secondary School ground in Sector 8 at 4.30 p.m. According to association secretary Rakesh Bakshi a team will be selected to represent Chandigarh in the Seventh Junior Girls National Football Championship Under-17 to be held in Gurgaon from November 3 to 19. Girls born on or after January 1, 1990 are eligible to take part in the trials.
Menwhile, Chandigarh have been placed in Cluster IV along with Assam and Bengal and play their first match against Bengal on November 5.

CHA lift Administrator's Challenge Cup

The jubilant Chandigarh Hockey Academy players receiving trophy and cheque of Rs 50,000 from Adviser to the Chandigarh Administrator Pradip Mehra in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
The Punjab and Sind Bank team receiving runners-up trophy from Adviser to the Chandigarh Administrator Pradip Mehra in Chandigarh on Wednesday.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 22
Hosts Chandigarh Hockey Academy, a venture of the Chandigarh Administration scored an authentic 3-1 verdict against Punjab and Sind Bank of Jalandhar in the final of the first Administrator's Challenge Cup Hockey Tournament for boys Under-17 at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here today.
Playing before the home crowd, the Chandigarh Hockey Academy boys played an inspired game. The highlight of the well-deserved victory for the hosts was a three-in-a-row feat by speedy Gagandeep Singh. Egged on by the trainees of the football, hockey and cricket academies run by the Chandigarh Administration, the fast moving Chandigarh Hockey Academy boys made a whirlwind start as they struck in the very first minute through Gagandeep, who was later shown green card in the 34th minute.
Hardly had the cheers of the home crowd had died down, the Chandigarh Hockey Academy struck again in the eighth minute through Gagandeep who scored another field goal.
Maintaining their relentless pressure, the hosts forced their first penalty corner in the 12th minute. The dashing Gagandeep, wearing jersy number 10, converted the penalty corner to complete his three-in-a-row feat.
The Punjab and Sind Bank tried their best and started asserting themselves. In a counter move the bankmen were able to reduce the margin by converting a penalty corner in the 46th minute when Gagandeep Singh rolled the ball in after capitalising on the rebound off the Chandigarh Hockey Academy goalkeeper Sukhjeet's pads. The bankmen forced penalty corners in the 15th, 30th, 46th, 48th and 64th minutes. They could convert only one.
Gagandeep Junior , Baljot, Inderjeet, Gagandeep Sr, Damandeep, all of Chandigarh Hockey Academy were given green cads. Gurjinder and Damandeep, of CHA, got yellow cards. For PSB Rajneesh Kumar was booked in 28th minute and was shown green card. Kanwarpreet Singh, also of PSB got yellow card in the 51st minute.
Adviser to the Chandigarh Administrator Pradip Mehra distributed the prizes. The jubilant Chandigah Hockey Academy boys were presented a glittering trophy and a cheque of Rs 50,000. The Punjab and Sind Bank team received the runners-up trophy and a cash incentive of Rs 25,000.
Also present on the occasion were Chandigarh Finance and Sports Secretary Sanjay Kumar, Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-Sports Director IS Sandhu, Additional Director General of Police, Punjab, and president of the Chandigarh Hockey Association Chander Sekhar and Joint Director Sports JPS Sidhu.

Sialkot Club win; Sargoda Club draw in Surjit Hockey

A Crescent Hockey Club, Sialkot (Pakistan) playing making clearance while Namdhari XI players trying to stop in the All-India Surjit Hockey in Jalandhar on Wednesday.

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JALANDHAR, OCT 22
Star-studded Crescent Hockey Club, Sialkot (Pakistan) edged out young and spirited Namdhari XI by 4-3 in Pool D and earned full points in the IndianOil Servo Silver Jubilee Surjt Hockey Tournament, in progress here at local Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium, Burlton Park, on Wednesday.
In A Pool 'A' league match, Independent Hockey Club, Sargodha (Pakistan) played 2-2 draw with Border Security Force of Jalandhar.
The securitymen took the lead in the 14th minute when their skipper Peter Tirky scored a filed goal. After break, the Saogodha boys restored parity in the 44th minute through Nazim Sheikh (1-1). In the very next minute the Pakistan team got a penalty stroke and Shafqat Rasool made no mistake to convertit (2-1). The Jalandhar players again equalised in the 56 th minute through Ajmal Khan (2-2) .
The Sialkot team, having 10 Olympians and international in their line-up, including Farhan Asif, Amair Saleem, Ateeq, M. Tofeeq Shabir, Akhtar Ali, Imran Butt, Waheed Islam, Abu Nakar and Mohammad Atif, forced their first penalty corner in the third minute. Adeel Akram converted it with ease. (1-0). Down by one goal the Namdhari boys mounted pressure and got the equalizer in the 13th minute through penalty corner conversion by international Gurwinder Singh (1-1).
In the first half, the Sialkot team's international goal keeper Farhan Asif made brilliant saves. At half time Namdhari lads were leading by 2-1.
On resumption, the Pakistan boys started their attacks from right flank and earned their fifth panality corner. Skipper and defender Amir Saleem converted it to equalise the score (2-2). The Sialkot boys maintaind their pressure and took the lead in the 40th minute through skipper Amir Saleem who converted the 4th penalty corner in to goal (3-2).
The Namdhari boys again equlised in the 50th minute when Gurwinder Singh scored a nice field goal (3-3). Five minutes before the hooter, the Pakistab boys again got lead through Mohd. Atif off a pass from Abu baker (4-3).

St Peter's, Carmel Convent in girls U-19 semis

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CHANDIGARH, Oct 22
Hosts St. Peter’s Secondary School, Sector 37 moved into girls under-19 semi-finals of the CBSE North Zone I Tennis Championship being played at the St Peter's School Tennis Academy here today. In quarter-final matches in the team championship, St Peter's defeated Delhi Public School of Pinjore by 2-0. Shivika blanked Sushila 8-0 in the first singles and Avneet also scored an identical 8-0 victory over Nancy to wrap up the match.
Carmel Convent, Sector 9, Chandigarh prevailed over Bal Bharti, Rohini , Delhi 2-1. Ikttesh beat Disha Dang 8-0 to give Carmel Convent a good start. However, Deepali lost to Soumya Sanghi 1-8 as the Delhi school made it 1-1. However, Ikttesh and Deepali defeated Disha and Somaya 8-0 in the doubles to win the semi-final berth.
Results: Boys U -14 ( Q-finals): Bal Bharati Public School, Ganga Ram Hospital Marg Delhi bt St. Peter’s Secondary School, Sec-37, Chd 2-1 ( Shubhankar bt Rahul Seth 8-2, Kunal Sachdeva lost to Manjot Singh 5-8, Shubhankar / Kunal bt Rahul / Girik 8-1 )
Guru Nanak Public School, Sec-36, Chd bt D.A.V. Public School, Sec- 8, Chd 2-1 ( Harmeet Singh bt Shashank 8-3, Harpreet Singh lost to Anush Bhatti 6-8, Harmeet / Inder Bir bt Anush Bhatti / Shashank 8-7 (7-2) .
St. John’s High School, Sec-26, Chd bt D.A.V. Model School, Sec-15, Chd 2-1:
( Ishaque bt Pranav Suri 8-6, Nishant Iqbal lost to Dhruv Walia bt 7-8 (5-7), Pranav / Raghav bt Ishaan / Nishant 8-7 (7-5))
Boys U -19 (Q-finals): D.A.V.Centenary Public School, New Delhi bt Vivek High School, Chd 2-0 ( Shantanu bt Vaibhav 8-2, Jatin Dahiya bt Gaurav Inder 8-5 ).
Ved Vyasa D.A.V. Public School, Vikaspuri, Delhi bt Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, Delhi 2-0 : ( Abhishek Phore bt Shashank 8-4, Puneet Phore bt Ankit Chowdhary 8-3)
C.R.P.F. Public School, Rohini, Delhi bt Bal Bharati Public School, Ganga Ram Hospital Marg Delhi 2-0 ( Rubel Shandilya bt Srijan 8-0, Adit Jain bt Nishan 8-0 )
Ryan International Vasant Kunj Delhi bt St. Peter’s School Chd 2-0 (Kshitij Kamal bt Hardik Singh 8-2, Sahil Chabra bt Lovish Latawa 8-3)
Girls U- 14 (quarter-finals) : CRPF School Rohini Delhi bt Carmel Convent Chanakyapuri Delhi 2-0 (Anukriti Chowdhary bt Pritika Kaur 8-0, Medha Toor bt Henna Khanna 8-0)
Carmel Convent, Chandigarh bt Sacred Heart, Chandigarh 2-0 (Sonali bt Naemat 8-2, Viubhuti Khullar bt Ravnoor 8-0),
Girls U- 19 (q-finals): St. Peter’s School Chd bt DPS Pinjore 2-0 (Shivika bt Sushila 8-0, Avneet bt Nancy 8-0).
Carmel Convent Chandigarh bt Bal Bharti Rohini Delhi 2-1 (Ikttesh bt Disha Dang 8-0, Deepali lost to Soumya Sanghi 1-8, Ikttesh and Deepali bt Disha and Somaya 8-0)
Carmel Convent Chanakyapuri Delhi bt Bal Bharati Pitampura Delhi 2-1: (Smriti Joon bt Shreya 8-1, Tusharika lost to Charuta 1-8, Smriti Joon & Tusharika bt Shreya & Charuta 8-2).

Olympian Palwinder bags gold in Police Games

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 22
Olympian Palwinder Singh Cheema of Punjab Police grabbed the gold medal after overpowering Surinder Singh of Central Industrial Security Force in the 120 kg final freestyle bout of the 57th All India Police Games (Wrestling Cluster) at Madhuban Police Complex on Wednesday. The Commonwealth and Asian Games medallist, Cheema fought proved far superiour to his rival. It may be recalled that Cheema had challenged The Great Khali of World Wrestling Entermainment to fight him under the International Wrestling Federation (FILA) rules. Khali hails from Himachal Pradesh.
Uttar Pradesh's Jagdish Kaliraman, son of renowled Haryana wrestler Chandgi Ram, and Mukhtiar Singh of Central Industrial Security Force got bronze.
International Yashpal Solanki of Punjab Police, who donned the India colour in the World Cup Judo Championship in Brazil last year , bagged first gold in judo as he defeated Samunder Singh of Border Security Force in 100 kg final. Jatinder Alumbyan of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Narender Singh of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) got bronze.
Sandhya Rani of Central Reserve Police Force lifted 70 kg in snatch and 97 in jerk for a total lift of 167 kg to win gold in the 48 kg women's weightlifting competition.of the Promila of Haryana Police had to satisfy herself with sivler with a total lift of 125 kg. Supriya Patil of Maharashtra Police lifted 122 kg for bronze.
Three knockout verdicts were recorded in the boxing ring.Releasing powerful punches Amandeep of Punjab Police knocked out Mong Dang of Nagaland Police in the 57-60 kg class bout.
In the 64-69 kg section Eymain Ali of Border Security Force was seen in his ferocious best as he scored a Kayo verdict against Abhimanyu Bohora (Orissa Police). Sultan Tabrej Alam (West Bengal Police) also floored Padman Kumhapatra (Orissa Police) in 69-75 kg class.
Results: Wrestling (Greeco-Roman): 54 kg: 1 Lakshmi Narayan (BSF). 2 Rajesh (CRPF), 3 Mohmad Swale (UP) and Sunil Kumar (BSF).
120 kg: 1 Yudhvir Singh (CISF), 2 Azad Singh (Punjab Police), 3 Rishi Pal (BSF) and Gyanender (BSF). 85 kg (freestyle): 1 Rakesh (BSF), 2 D.R. Shinge (Maha Police), 3 Amandeep Kumar (Punjab Police) and Sombir (BSF). 120 kg (freestyle): 1 Palwinder Cheema (Punjab Police), 2 Surinder Singh (CISF), 3 Mukhtiar Singh (CISF) and Jagdish Kaliraman (UP Police). 53 kg weightlifting (women): 1 Sonia Chang (UP Police), 2 Hinao Devi (CRPF), 3 Tikna Gopal (CISF).
Judo: 90 kg: 1 Anil Dagar (ITBP), 2 Jasbir Singh (Haryana Police) , 3 Yadwinder Singh (CRPF) and Deepak Tyagi (UP Police).
Boxing: 54-57 kg : E. Sahatoma Singh (Assam Rifles) bt Mohd. Habib (Punjab Police) 17-10 pts. Vinod Kumar (CRPF) bt Rajesh Dogra (J-K Police) RSC.57-60 kg : Giti Ram (Assam Rifles) bt Upender Singh (Rajasthan Police) RSC. Sarafraj Ali (West Bengal Police) bt K. Nitranjan (Andhra Police) 15-14 pts. Amandeep (Punjab Police) ko Mong Dang (Nagaland Police). Arvind Thapa (Himachal Police) bt Naveen (Sikkim Police) 9-3 pts. 60-64 kg: S.B. Tamang (Assam Rifles) bt Pawan Kumar (Punjab Police). R. Youva Raajan (Tamil Police) w/o Surook V. Biggle (Goa Police). Kamal (Sikkim Police) bt Youvraj Kamble (Maha Police) 4-3 pts. Amit Kumar (BSF) bt Mohd Tarique (West Bengal Police) 9-2 pts. Ranjit (Punjab Police) bt Habib Mustafa (RPF) 16-3 pts. 64-69 kg : Sanjay Singh (CISF) bt Gurbaksh Singh (SSB) 11-5 pts. Sandesh H. Shivali (Maha Police) bt Uma Shanker (ITBP) 13-0 pts. Eymain Ali (BSF) ko Abhimanyu Bohora (Orissa Police). 69-75 kg : Surinder Kumar (Haryana Police) bt Surinder Kumar (Punjab Police) RSC. Harish Tokas (CRPF) bt Saranjit Singh (J-K Police) RSC, Surinder Singh (SSB) bt Yogender Singh (Rajasthan Police) RSC. Sultan Tabrej Alam (West Bengal Police) k/o Padman Kumhapatra (Orissa Police). 75-81 kg : Hesre Singh (ITBP) bt M. Sharda Rao (Andhra Police) 9-1 pts. R.V. Nariyana (Tamil Police) bt Balwan Singh (J-K Police) 9-7 pts. 48 kg : Raj Kumar (J-K Police) bt Hop Son (Nagaland). Dalip Singh Negi bt Sachin Singh Garade (Maha Police). Amandeep (Punjab Police) bt Hari Om (Himachal Police). Bishnu B. Chetr (West Bengal Police) bt Tanzing Sherpa (Sikkim Police). Bishwa Jit Mandal (Assam Rifles) bt O. Inao Singh (Manipur), Sarju (Uttarakhand Police) bt Nasir Qureshi (UP Police). Rajnish (Haryana Police) bt P. Pradhan (Sikkim Police). Jaibir (CRPF) bt Chouth Mal (Rajasthan Police).

Punjab & Sind Bank in semi-finals

A match between Javed Hockey Club, Gojra (Pakistan) and Bharat Petroleum, Mumbai in progress in the Silver Jubilee IndianOil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament in Jalandhar on Tuesday.

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JALANDHAR, OCT 21
Former champion Punjab and Sind qualified for semi-final from pool 'B' by earning six points on the fourth day of the Silver Jubilee IndianOil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament at the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium here today.
In another Pool 'B' match, Javed Hockey Club, Gojra (Pakistan) and Bharat Petroleum, Mumbai ended in a 3-3 draw while in pool 'A' former champion Punjab and Sind Bank defeated Independent Hockey Club, Sialkot (Pakistan) 6-3.
In the first match Bharat Petroleum, Mumbai drew the first blood in the sixth minute when centre forward Amar Aiyama scored of a pass from inside right Saby Virky (1-0). The Pakistan boys equalized through a field goal scored by Olympian Tariq Aziz in the 20th minute. In the 24th minute centre forward Amar Aiyama again increased the lead (2-1) for the petrolem team. The Pakistani boys made some beautiful moves but failed to score. In the 29th minute the Mumbai boys again increased the lead in the 29th minute when Sabu Verky sounded the board (3-1). In the 31st minute the Pakistan team reduced the through Khashif Ali who scored a field goal (2-3) At half time, Bharat Petroleum were leading by 3-2.
On resumption Javed Hockey Club played with better coordination and made some good moves. They got the equliser in the 48th minute through penalty stroke when Tariq Aziz was forcibly stopped inside the striking circle. This time Kashif Ali did not make any mistake . (3-3). This score remain till the end of the match
The match between Punjab and Sind Bank, Delhi and Independent Hockey Club, Sialkot (Pakistan) was a one-sided affair. The bankmen right from the word 'go' played attacking hockey with better combination. They took the lead in very first minute and Baljit Singh Chandi scored a field goal (1-0). In the 12th 18th minutes, outside left Ranjodh Singh and right full back Vikramjit Singh scored the goals to increase the margin (3-0). After trailing 0-3, the Pakistan team started their attacks from right flank and reduced the margin through Qasim (1-3) in the 19th minute. Bankmen again increased the lead in the 25th minute through Daler Singh (4-1). At breather bankmen were leading by 4-1.
After the lemon break, the Pakistan boys started attacking game and Umair Sarfraz got a parallel pass near the 25 yards line from the inside right M. Javed. He made no mistke to reduce the margin in the 42nd minute (2-4). After two minutes later, the bankmen again increased the lead in the 44th and 48 th minutes through Rajwinder and Mandeep Singh, respectively (6-2). In the dying minute Najam Sheikh of Pakistan team reduced the goal margin (3-6)
Tomorrow's fixtures: Crescent Hockey Club, Sargodha (Pakistan) vs. Namdhari-XI (4.30 p.m) and Independent Hockey Club, Sialkot (Pakistan) vs BSF, Jalandhar ( 6.00 p.m.).

CHA to meet PSB in Administrator's Challenge Cup final

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 21
Chandigarh Hockey Academy overcame a stiff resistance from Lucknow Hockey Academy by 2-1 in a hotly-contested semi-final match of the first Administrator's Challenge Cup Hockey Tournament for Under-17 being organised by the Chandigarh Sports Department at the floodlit Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here on Tuesday night.
The CHA and Lucknow Academy players dished out good hockey. In the first half Lucknow Hockey Academy initiated more goal-bearing moves but could not capitalised on these opportunities. Both goals the CHA scored in the first half came from the stick of Damandeep Singh. CHA drag flicker Gurjinder Singh sent a powerful drag flick into the striking circle. The ball touched the stick of a Lucknow defender and well-positioned Damandeep pounce on the rebound and guided the ball into the goal in the seventh minute.
After conceding the goal, the Lucknow Hockey Academy boys swarmed the CHA goal which somehow survived despite the Lucknow outfit forcing penalty corners in the 10th, 22nd and 25th minutes. The CHA defence also rose to the occasion to thwart the Lucknow raids.
The CHA got their second goal against the run of play in the 31st minute. Launching a counter-attack, the CHA forwards pierced the Lucknow defence and Damandeep again found the target.
The umpires did well to control the game. Chandan Singh of Lucknow and Gagandeep of the CHA were shown yellow cards in the first half.
In the second half, the Lucknow Hockey Academy were able to reduce the margin in the 58th minute when Deepak Yadav scored a field goal.
Punjab and Sind Bank Academy stroked out Surjit Hockey Academy by an aggregate 5-4 margin in an all-Jalandhar semi-final contest. The teams played a one-all draw in the regulation 70-minute period and 15 minutes of extra time could not resolve the deadlock. In the tie-breaker session, Punjab and Sind Bank scored through Paramjit Singh, Varinder Singh, Joga Suingh and Rajnish Kumar. For Surjit Hockey Academy, Upinder Singh, Deepinder Singh and Satinder Singh converted their strokes. Gurjant Singh and Bikramjit Singh wasted their strokes.
Surjit Hockey Academy were responsible for their exit as they could convert only one penalty corner out of nine awarded to them. On the other hand the bankmen succeeded in conveting one penalty corner out of two they earned in the 16th and 22nd minutes.
It was PSB who fired the first salvo by converting their penalty corner in the 22nd minute through Anandeep Singh. PSB led by a slander 1-0 lead in the first half.
Surjit Hockey Academy pressed hard on resumption and their efforts bore fruits as they neutralised the lead with a penalty corner conversion through Bikramjit Singh in the 58th minute.
Three-time Olympian gold medallist Balbir Singh Senior watched both semi-finals.

Sports facilities to be modernised in Madhuban

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 21
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today announced to give Rs. 3 crore for
the modernization of basketball and volleyball grounds at Madhuban
Police Complex, Rs. two crore for Police Welfare Fund and Rs. 11 lakh
to the Police Sports Promotion Board.
Hooda, who was addressing the sportspersons after inaugurating the 57th All India Police Games – 2008, said that a residential plot at Gurgaon would also be given to Vijender Singh, the bronze medal winner in the Beijing Olympics. A decision to this effect had been taken by the Haryana Cabinet today, he added.
Vijender Singh, who is inspector in Haryana Police, has
also been promoted to the post of Deputy Superintendent of Police
(DSP). The Chief Minister today handed over the promotion letter to
him.
The Chief Minister said that the State Government was committed to promote games on large scale in the State. New sports policy had also been implemented in the State. Under the policy, a cash award of Rs. 2 crore, Rs. 1 crore and Rs. 50 lakh was given to each player of the State who wins gold medal, silver medal and bronze medal respectively in the Olympics.
Thanks to these incentives being given under the new sports policy, as many as nine sports persons were from Haryana in the Indian squad which participated in th Beijing Olympics.
Mr. Hooda said that the State Government was giving a number of
facilities to the budding sports persons so that they might give their
best performance in the national and international sports events. The
State Government had decided to construct sports stadia in each
village of the State. As many as 161 rural sports stadiums were being
constructed presently. An international boxing academy at Bhiwani and
a sports complex at Rohtak were also being set up.
Lauding the Haryana Police Mr. Hooda said that better law and
order was a pre-requisite for the progress of any State and the
Haryana Police has insured a better law and order in the State. He
said that a number of incentives were being given to the Police
Personnel in the State. Sports persons were being recruited up to the
post of DSP's, besides, opening new avenues to the existing police
personnel.
As many as 7572 new posts of Police personnel had also been
created for the National Capital Region, besides reserving ten percent
post for the women. A decision had also been taken to construct 2300
residential units for the police personnel. A new training center was
also being constructed at village sunarian, he added.
The Chief Minister also released a souvenir on this occasion.
Welcoming the Chief Minister, Mr. R.S. Dalal, Director General
of Police, said that the State Government was committed to promote
games in the State.
Earlier, personnel of Indian Air Force presented an adventurous
Air Show and contingents of various States police force, BSF, CRPF and
CISF presented a magnificent march-past. The Chief Minister presented
a memento to the wing commander Mr. R.C. Tripathi.

DAVSSS-8 in Kapania Trophy final

Saupin School defending their goal with full strength as DAV Senior Secondary School forwards (in white) attacking in the Chandigarh Senior Women Football Championship for Deepak Kapania Memorial Trophy being organised by the Chandigarh Football Association at the Sector 17 Football Stadium on Tuesday.
Chandigarh Football Association vice-president Harbhushan Gulati being introduced to the players.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 21
DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 qualified for the final by topping their three-team group A with two successive victories in the Chandigarh Senior Women Football Championship for Deepak Kapania Memorial Trophy being organised by the Chandigarh Football Association at the Sector 17 Football Stadium here today.
In their last league fixture, bolstered by a fine brace from Neha Pandey, DAV Senior Secondary School defeated Saupin School of Sector 32 by 2-0. Both goals came in the first half. DAVSSS-8 shot into the lead in the opening minute. Straight from the kick off, Neha Pandey got possession of the ball and dribbled her way into the box before stunning Saupin School defence with an nice placement.
With good speed and ball control, Neha Pandey got her second goal in the 25th minute as she capitalised on a pass received from the right flank.
DAVSSS-8 were also awarded a penalty as a Saupin defender handled the ball inside the box. However, Saupin goalkeeper Osheen made a brilliant save to stop the penalty taken by Gurpreet Kaur.
St Stephen's Football Club just managed to eke out a narrow 1-0 win against equally balanced Chandigarh Football Academy Coaching Centre, Sector 45. The all-important goal was scored by Shikha Sharma in the 39th minute. Maintaining their pressure, Stephen's FC were awarded a spot kick but Sikha Sharma's penalty was saved by CFA Coaching Centre custodian Jaskiran Kaur.
It was St Stephen's second successive win and have brightened their chances to qualify for final as they were leading with six points. Tomorrow St Stephen's FC will meet Sri Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Sector 26.
SGGS College for Women got their first point from two matches as they played a one-all draw against Sacred Heart, Sector 26 in a group B match. SGGS College for Women forged ahead in the 45th minute through Santosh Rawat who converted a pass from right out Navdeep Kaur after Manisha had taken a free throw.
Sacred Heart neutralised the lead in the 57th through Arshjot Kaur who netted in a goalmouth melee. Sacred Heart and SGGS College for Women have one point each from one defeat and one draw apiece.
Tomorrow's fixtures: Saupin School-32 vs Carmel Convent-8 (9 a.m), St Stephen's Football Club-45 vs SGGS College for Women-26 (10 a.m.(, Sacred Heart-26 vs CFA Coaching Centre-45 (11 a.m.).

DAV Model-15 upset second seed DPS Delhi

St Peter's Chairman Wg Cdr SS Khanna receiving Chandigarh Mayor Pradeep Chhabra.
St Peter's Principal Patricia presenting a memento to Chandigarh Mayor Pradeep Chhabra.
St Peter's School during march past.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 21
Local DAV Model School, Sector 15 pulled off a suprise as they shocked second seed Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, New Delhi by 2-0 in a first round match of the boys Under-14 team championship on the opening day of the CBSE North Zone-I Tennis Championship being organised by St Peter's School clay courts in Sector 37 today.
Ishaque Eqbal defeated Kishan Nath 7-3 in the first singles match to give DAV Model a winning start. In the second singles, Nishat Eqbal beat Nazim Dawla by 7-3 as DAV Model-15 raced to an easy 2-0 triumph.
Hosts St Peter's Secondary School, Sector 37 also made an impressive start as they blanked KC Public School of Jammu by 2-0. Rahul Seth excelled in his 7-2 verdict against
Amand Mehta in the opening singles match.Girik Kapania downed Anmol Duggal 7-3 in the second singles as St Peter's advanced to the next round. Peter's will next meet Bal Bharti School, Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi who ousted Delhi Public School, Pinjore by 2-0. DAV Public School, Sector 8 and Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 35, both of Chandigarh, moved to the next round.
Ryan International School, Sector 49 entered the second round of boys under-19 team championship after beating Goodley Public School, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi by 2-0. Kshitij Kamal gave Ryan the lead after beatingAman 7-4. However, Sahil Chabra faced a stiff resistance from Dhruv before prevailing over his rival by 7-6 (8-6) tie-breaker.
Three Delhi schools -- Ved Vyasa DAV Public School, Vikaspuri, Bal Bharti Public School, Rohini and Bal Bharti Public School, Ganga Ram Hospital Marg --- moved into next round.
Earlier, Chandigarh Mayor Pradeep Chhabra inaugurated the tournament and took the salute during march past by the particiapting teams. The chief guest was received by St Peter's School chairman Wg Cdr SS Khanna and Principal Patricia Khanna and staff members.
Results: Team Championship: Boys U-19 (Ist round): Ved Vyas DAV Public School, Vikaspuri, New Delhi bt St John's High School, Sector 26 Chandigarh (Abhishek Phore bt Jai Vardhan 7-0, Puneet Phore bt Bhavratan 7-2).
Bal Bharti Public School, Ganga Ram Hospital Marg, New Delhi bt Delhi Public School, Pinjore 2-0 (Srijjan bt Anand 7-1, Nishan bt Dhanapat 7-0).
Bal Bharti School, Rohini, Delhi bt KC Public School, Jammu 2-0 (Nichiket Bhatia bt Karman Singh 7-1, Hitesh Dang bt Shashwat Khajvoya 7-0).
Ryan International School, Vasant Kunj, Delhi bt Fooley Public School, Shalimar Bagh Delhi 2-0 (Kshitij Kamal bt Aman 7-4, Sahil Chopra bt Dhruv 7-6 (8-6).
Boys Under-14 (Ist round): DAV Public School-8 Chandigarh bt Mount Carmel, Sector 45, Chandigarh 2-0 (Anushdheer Bhatti bt Jermy 7-2, Sushank bt Shonit 7-0 ).
Bal Bharti Public School, Ganga Ram Hospital Marg, New Delhi bt Delhi Public School, Pinjore 2-0 (Shubhankar bt Ankit 7-1, Kunal Sachdeva bt Rishab 7-2).
St Peter's Secondary School, Sector 37, Chandigarh bt KC Public School, Jammu 2-0 (Rahul Seth bt Aman Mehta 7-2, Girik Kapania bt Anmol Duggal 7-3).
DAV Model, Sector 15 Chandigarh bt Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, New Delhi 2-0 (Ishaque Eqbal bt Krishan Nath 7-3, Nishant Eqbal bt Nazim Dawla7-3).
Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, Chandigarh bt Bal Bharti School, Pritampura, Delhi 2-1 (Harmeet bt Jaidev 7-4, Inderbir lost to Mayank 3-7, Harmeet and Harpreet bt Jaidev and Mayank 7-2).

Haryana Cabinet approves Sehwag's integrated sports academy

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Chandigarh, Oct 21
Dashing Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag is setting up an Integrated Sports Academy and School at village Silani Kesho in district Jhajjar of Haryana. The Haryana Cabinet, which met here today under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr.Bhupinder Singh Hooda, approved the proposal of the Gram Panchayat to lease its shamilat land
measuring 23 acre 13 marla at concessional rate of Rs 3 lakh per year, with a provision of five per cent annual increase, to Shri Krishna Drishti Educational Society, being headed by Mr.Sehwag, to set up the project.
In the first phase, the proposed Integrated Sports Academy will have
a cricket academy for 400 candidates, football academy for 250 candidates, a school for 800 students, an hostel facilities for 400 students.
In the second phase, the cricket and ootball academies and school as well as hostel facilities would be expanded and a Swimming Academy would also be set up.
Five per cent seats with full tuition fee concession would be reserved in the institution for inhabitants of the village or the area concerned. The period of lease shall not exceed 33 years at the first instance. The period of lease can be further renewed for another 33 years.

Dhaka Warriors stun Delhi Giants

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AHMEDABAD, OCT 21
Debutants Dhaka Warriors conquered Delhi Giants by 62 runs in the 13th match of the ICL 20s Indian Championship at the Sardar Patel Stadium here last night. Nazimuddin was declared man of the match for his sparkling half century.
Marvan Atapattu, won the toss and elected to field on track predicted to assist the spinners. The Warriors opened their account with their left –right combination of Nafees and Nazimuddin. Three boundaries by Nazimuddin got the Warriors off the track placed at 16 for no loss at the end of the first two overs. The fifth over mark had the Warriors placed handsomely at 36 for no loss including 7 hits to the boundary.
Nazimuddin was looking in great nick, hitting Shane Bond for two consecutive sixes in the sixth over. A big six off Sudhindra brought the Warriors 50 in the 7th over. Nazimuddin posted his 50 off only 25 balls including 5 fours and five sixes. It finally took JP Yadav to break the 91-run first wicket partnership with Nazimuddin's wicket for a well made 54.
The Warriors lost their second wicket in quick succession with Nafis trapped leg before wicket by Shrivastav for 30. At the half way stage the Dhaka side was in the drivers' seat, placed handsomely at 93 for 2. The wily Murtaza got the Giants right backing the match in the 12th over with the cheap dismissal of Ahmed with only 6 runs against his name. Tight overs from JP Yadav ad Murtaza pulled back the Warriors juggernaut; placed at 121 for 3 and the lone ICL centurion Alok Kapali, holding the key for a strong finish to the innings.
Just when Kapali was working up another dangerous innings he was dismissed by Sudhindra in the 18th over for a significant contribution of 34 runs off 25 balls including 4 fours and 1 six. An unbeaten knock of 28 from skipper Habib Ul Bashar saw the Warriors fold their innings at a very competitive 174 for 5 in their allotted 20 overs.
The Giants' chase opened with a new combination of Monish Mishra and Gunawardene. After two overs the Giants were placed at 14 for no loss. Sharif struck the first blow scalping Mishra, cheaply for 3 in the 4th over. Sharif struck again in the same over castling Sudhindra (0), leaving the Giants chase in a bit of a bother at 24 for 2.
Gunawardene's run out had the Warriors right on top with the Giants score card reading 28 for 3 at the fifth over. After 10th over they were precariously placed at 46 for 5 . Atpattu's wicket in the 11th over brought JP Yadav to the crease in company of Bali. Their partnership of 34 runs was cut short by the brilliant Kapali who bowled JP Yadav (19). Delhi Giants were out for 112.
Brief Scores: Dhaka Warriors: 174 for 5 in 20 overs (Nazimuddin 54, Kapali 34, JP Yadav 1 for 22. Delhi Giants: 112 all out 18.4 overs (Bali 33, Gunawardene 22, Sharif 2 for 18).

Tuesday's Fixtures

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Administrator's Challenge Hockey Cup (5.30 and 7.30 p.m. semi-finals) Sector 42.

CBSE North Zone Tennis: 9 a.m. St Peter's School, Sector 37.

Chandigarh Women Soccer for Kapania Trophy: Stephen's vs Coaching Centre-45 (9 a.m.), SGGS-26 vs Sacred Heart-26 (10 a.m.), Saupin's School-32 vs DAVSSS-8 (11 a.m.)-- Sector 17 Football Stadium.

CFA CC-45, Stephen's FC, DAVSSS-8 win

Stephen's FC and Sacred Heart players trying to outrace each other in the Chandigarh Senior Women Football Championship for Deepak Kapania Memorial Trophy on Monday.
A match between CFA Coaching Centre-45 and Sri Guru Gobind Singh College for Women-26in progress in the Chandigarh Senior Women Football Championship for Deepak Kapania Memorial Trophy on Monday. Photos by Balbir Singh.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 20
Chandigarh Football Academy Coaching Centre of Sector 45 defeated Sri Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Sector 26 by 2-0 in a Group B match of the Chandigarh Senior Women Football Championship for Deepak Kapania Memorial Trophy at the Sector 17 Football Stadium here today.
The winners could have won by a handsome margin had they capitalised on the chances that came their way. CFA Coaching Centre were unlucky as Anjana Dogra's powerful shot hit the pole and went out. CFA Coaching Centre also got a penalty but Nisha's shot went out after hitting the upright.
The Coaching Centre scored both their goals in the first session itself. They forged ahead in the second minute. Bubbling and bustling Anjana Dogra initiated the move from the centre and gave a through forward pass to Meena who did not make any mistake. The Coaching Centre doubled the victory margin in the 19th minute as Nisha converted a measured pass from Namita from the right flank.
In a Group A match, DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 outplayed Carmel Convent of Sector 9 by 3-0. It was Nisha Pandey who contributed two goals in DAV's facile victory. She opened the account for her team in the 20th minute and four minutes later, Neha Pandey got her second goal with a solo effort from the centre. Pooja completed the winners' tally in the 53rd minute as DAVSSS-8 got full three points from the match.
St Stephen's School Football Club of Sector 45 got the better of Sacred Heart of Sector 26 by 2-0. St Stephen's FC dominated the proceedings but a goal eluded them in the first half. Sacred Heart custodian Divlina made a number of saves. On a couple of occasions, Stephen's strikers were also wayward in their shooting or shot straight into the waiting hands of Divlina.
After a barren first half, Sacred Heart goalkeeper Divlina made an error which resulted in the first goal for Stephen's Football Club. Divlina after collecting the ball cleared it but did not fall back. Meanwhile, Simran Sidhu volleyed from 35 yards and the ball crossed over the goalline in an empty goal in the 45th minute.
Five minutes later, Sacred Heart conceded a 'self' goal as Simran Sidhu's shot went in after hitting a defender.
Earlier, Chandigarh Football Association vice-president and Deputy Superintendent of Police Jagbir Singh inaugurated the championship being conducted every year in memory of Deepak Kapania.

PSB Academy enter semi-finals

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CHANDIGARH, SEPT 20
Punjab and Sind Bank Academy of Jalandhar today became the fourth team to qualify for the semi-finals in the inaugural Administrator's Challenge Cup Hockey Tournament for Under-17 being hosted by the Chandigarh Sports Department at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here.
In their final Pool C match, Punjab and Sind Bank outclassed Chandigarh Administration-run Sector 42 Coaching Centre by 5-1. PSB Academy completed their four-team league programme with an-all win record finished. They topped their pool with three wins from as many outings.
For tomorrow's semi-final line-up is: Pool A winners Surajit Hockey Academy vs Pool C leaders Punjab and Sind Bank (5.30 p.m) and Pool B winners vs Chandigarh Hockey Academy vs Pool D champions Lucknow Hockey Academy (7.30 p.m.).
Punjab and Sind Bank converted two penalty corners out of six awarded to them against Sector 42 Coaching Centre. Amandeep Singh found the target through penalty corner shot in the 12th minute and Gagandeep Singh converted a penalty corner in the 32nd minute. Punjab and Sind Bank Academy enjoyed territorial supremacy throughout the match. Ramandeep Singh (20th), Manjinder Singh (46th) and Gaurav Singh Rana (51st) added one field goal each to complete the rout of Sector 42 Coaching Centre who wasted two penalty corners. The Coaching Centre also got a penalty stroke in the 39th minute which Ashish Kumar converted it to reduce the margin.
Coaching Centre completed their league programme with one draw and two losses.
In another Pool C encounter, Punjab National Bank Academy of Delhi earned full points as they prevailed over a fighting Mehta Gurukul Hockey Academy of Doraha by 3-2.
Vinay Shankar Shukla converted a penalty corner in the 19th minute to put PNB aheda. The Doraha Academy hit back and restored parity in the 237th minute through Harminder Singh. Then Ramanvir scored a field goal to enable Mehta Gurukul Academy gain lead in the 38th minute.
The PNB Academy boys bounced back into the game by scoring two goals in the last 10 minutes of the game. First Amarbir Singh found the target in the 54th minute to neutralise the lead and Siddharath Shankar snatched the match-winner for Punjab National Bank by scoring a field goal in the 64th minute.
Tomorrow's fixtures (semi-finals): Surjit HA vs PNB Academy (5.30 p.m.) and Chandigarh Hockey Academy vs Lucknow HA (7.30 p.m.).

Chandigarh Golf Club enter finals

The Chandigarh Golf Club team which entered the finals of the McDowell's Signature Club Golf Championship in Gurgaon.

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GURGAON, Oct 20
Leading Indian amateur HS Kang led his home team, the Chandigarh Golf Club, into the finals of the seventh McDowell's Signature Club Golf Championship by the narrowest of margins in the Northern Regional final played at the Classic Golf Resort here on Monday.
Chandigarh Golf Club totaled 127 points which was enough to push them past Jaipur's Rambagh Golf Club which fell back by one solitary stroke to finish at 126 points. The top scores in each category and the fourth best card out of the total six members contributed to the final tally of the respective team. Three-time champions Noida Golf Club had to be content with a third place finish.
Apart from Kang, the winning team consisted of Navjot Mann, AS Bath, JS Kesar, PPS Sawhney and Col. SDS Bath while the team from Jaipur was represented by Siddharth Sharma, Varun Pardhal, Ajay Dixit, Kunal Kuchal, Deepak Sharma and Harvinder Singh. The winners went home with a plasma television set and of course an-all paid expense trip to the enchanting Bali islands.
With this win, Chandigrah Golf Club who beat nine other clubs, became the second club to book a spot in the grand finale to be held in Bali in December after the unheralded and debutants Belgaum making it to the title clash from the Southern Region. The regional final saw some of the country's most talented amateurs which included the likes of Asian Games Gold medalist and Arjuna Awardee Amit Luthra, big names on the LG Amateur Tour - Jasjeet Singh (Noida Golf Course), HS Kang, Akarsh Choubey (Classic Golf Resort), Amit Kumar (Jaypee Greens Golf Resort) and Siddharth Sharma (Rambagh Golf Club) amongst others.

Mayank emerges champion

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 19
Mayank of St. Kabir School, Sector 21 emerged champion with 4.5 points and Sachleen, also of St. Kabir School was runner-up with four points in the Chandigarh Chess Championship for under-13 and under-19 boys and girls concluded today at St. Xavier’s Senior Secondary School in Sector 44-C.
Srishti Jain of St. Kabir School won the under-13 girls crown with 3 points while Arunima Goyal of Sacred Heart School got the second position with two points.
In the under-19 boys category Pradeep got first position with 4 points while the second position was bagged by Sahil Bhatia with 3 points. Madhuri stood first in under-19 girls category with 3.5 points while Mehak Jain got the second position with 3 points.
These winners will represent Chandigarh at the Nationals to be held in November at Tamilnadu(Under-13) and Vijaywada (Under-19).
Positions: Under-13 Boys: 4.5 points: Mayank; 4 points: Sachleen, Anubhav, Gitin. 3.5: Tejas, Pranjal. 3 : Abhishek, Akash, Varun, Surya, Jaskeerat, Karan, Mehul.2.5: Sunbir, Girish.2: Jashan, Abhi Goswami,Vatsal, Esh,Rishab, Rohan, Kshitz, Amartya. 1.5 : Vasubh 1 Point: Nilabh,Yuvraj,Tanveer.
Under-13 Girls: 3 : Srishti Jain (St. Kabir School), 2 Points: Arunima (Sacred Heart School), Simranjeet, Kashish,Tarini. 1 Point: Kashish, Roopam,Tanya.
Under-19 Boys: 4 : Pardeep, Sahil Bhatia, Ameek. 2.5 points: Karandeep, Sulaksh, Shivam, Tarundeep, 2 Points: Rahul ,Ishu Tiwari. Lokesh, Mandeep, Harshpreet.
Girls Under-19: 3.5: Madhuri. 3: Mehak Jain, Pooja. 2.5 points: Jaya, Kritika. 2 points, Amanpreet, Rajveer. 1,.5 Points: Rajni,Divya. 1: Mehak Garg,N ikita. .5 Point: Shelly

CHA and Surjit Academy qualify for semis

Surjit Hockey Academy vs MRS Academy match in progress.
A match between Rail Coach Factory and Amritsar XI in progress.
CHANDIGARH, OCT 19
Hosts Chandigarh Hockey Academy and Surjit Hockey Academy joined Lucknow Hockey Academy in the semi-finals of the first Administrator's Challenge Cup Hockey Tournament for Under-17 being organised by the Chandigarh Sports Department at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here today.
Chandigarh Hockey Academy, a venture of the Chandigarh Administration, blanked Cheema Hockey Academy of Batala by 7-0 to top pool B and Surjit Hockey Academy of Jalandhar ousted Maharaja Ranjit Singh Hockey Academy of Amritsar by 2-0 to emerge pool A leaders with two successive wins.
Lucknow Hockey Academy were the first team to qualify for semi-finals from pool D. The fourth quater-finalists will be decided tomorrow.
Surjit Hockey Academy and MRS Academy players same brand of hockey. However, Surjit Hockey Academy capitalised the chances that came their and scored one goal in each half. Barkat Singh gave them lead with a field goal in the 27th minute while Manpreet Singh converted a penalty corner in the dying moments of the game.
Surjit Hockey Academy earned penalty corners in the 9th, 25th, 43rd, 52nd, 54th, 55th, 57th, 64th, 65th and 70th minutes. MRS Academy wasted penalty corners they forced in the 16th, 31st, 59th, 60th and 69th minutes.
By routing Cheema Hockey Academy by 7-0, the hosts finished their league programme with an all-win record in the three-team group B schedule. Cheema Hockey Academy finished with one win and one defeat.
In a pool C encounter Mehta Gurukul Hockey Academy of Doraha and Sector 42 Coaching Centre, Chandigarh played a one-all draw and shared points. Both have identical tally of two points from one win and one draw each. In this pool Punjab and Sind Bank are in a comfortable position having won two matches they have played so far. They face Sector 42 Coaching Centre tomorrow. They should not face any problem to down Sector 42 Coaching Centre. In case they are lose and Mehta Gurukul Academy stun Punjab National Hockey Academy there would be a two-way tie between Punjab and Sind Bank and Punjab National Bank with two victories each.
After a barren first half, the CHA pressed hard and shot into the lead in the 40th minute as Gurjinder converted a penalty corner. Gurjinder converted another penalty corner in the 64th minute. Damandeep scored a brace by scoring in the 47th and 60th minutes. Abhijit (58th), Kanwaldeep (67th) and Gagandeep (68th) contributed one goal each for the winners.
The CHA were awarded eight penalty corners. They could take advantage of only two. Cheema Academy missed two penalty corners.
In another pool C match Mehta Gurukul Academy and Sector 42 Coaching Centre played a one-all draw. Mehta Academy scored through Jaswinder Singh in the 55th minute and Sector 42 Coaching Centre neutralised the lead in the 65th minute.
In a match of academic interest only in pool D, Amritsar XI defeated Rail Coach Factory of Kapurthala by 5-0. Lakhbir (7th), Lovepreet (13th), Jugraj (42nd), Harsahib Singh (58th) adn Narinder Sharma (70th) were the winners scorers.
Tomorrow's fixtures: Sector 42 Sports Coaching Centre vs Punjab and Sind Bank Hockey Academy, Jalandhar (3 p.m.) and PNB Hockey Academy of Delhi vs Mehta Gurukul Hockey Academy Doraha (4.30 p.m).

Air India and Bharat Petroleum win

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Jalandhar, October 19
Former champions Bharat Petroleum and Air India, both of Mumbai, earned full points in the league matches of the Silver Jubilee IndianOil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament at local Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium here today.
Bharat Petroleum defeated and Rail Coach Factory of Kapurthala by 3-1 in a pool B match while in pool-'C' Air India beat Punjab Police by 2-1.
Bharat Petroleum took the lead the 10th minute through centre forward Amar Aiyamma who received a parallel pass on the top of the striking circle from inside right Sabu Virkey before doging two defenders and scoring a field goal.
The coachmen mounted pressure but Bharat Petroleum goalkeeper Jaswinder Singh stood firm under the bars. The Kapurthala boys continued their pressure and just before the lemon break they again missed their second panality corner and the oilmen were leading by 1-0 at half time.
On resumption, the coachmen equalised in the 40th minute when outside right Deepak Kumar scored a field goal with a solo effort (1-1). After equliser, the petroleum men started their attacks from the fight flank and earned their fourth penalty corner and Gurpeet Singh converted it (2-1). In the 63rd minute Bharat Petroleum consolidated the lead when through centre forward Amar Aiyamma who scored another field goal (3-1).
The first half of the match played between Punjab Police and Air India produced no goal.
After the breather, the airmen took the lead in the 39 minute when their centre forward Sandeep Michel dribbled past three defenders before scoring. Down by one goal Punjab Police initiated some good moves and earned three penalty corners in a row. Drag flickert Jugraj Singh converted a penalty corner to equalize in the 49th minute (1-1).
Outside left Brojen Singh scored a field goal in the 52nd minute (2-1). In the dying minute Joga Singh scored a nice field goal with a solo effort to complete the tally (3-1)
Meanwhile, a 77-member contingent of three Pakistan teams -- Jjaved Hockey Club, Gojra, Independent Hockey Club, Sailkot and Crescent Hockey Club, Sargodha will cross the Wahga Border (Amritsar) on Monday to participate in the tournament.
Tomorrow's fixtures: Air India, Mumbai Vs South Central Railways (4.00 p.m) and IndianOil, Mumbai Vs. Namdhari XI (6.00 p.m.)

Haryana win overall trophy in yoga

Haryana team receiving overall trophy from Haryana Governor Dr. A.R.Kidwai in Chandigarh on Sunday.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 19
Haryana claimed the overall trophy by winning seven gold medals and amassing 84 points in the 27th National Yoga Championship organized by the Indian Yoga Federation affiliated to World Yoga Federation at the Sector 42 Badminton Ball here tonight.
Traditional rivals West Bengal secured 68 points to be adjudged overall runners-up while Andhra Pradesh finished third with 32 points.
Haryana won the men's as well as women's team trophies while West Bengal men and women were runners-up in both categories.
Haryana Governor Dr. A.R.Kidwai was the chief guest and distributed the prizes.
Speaking on the occasion, he appreciated the efforts of the Indian Yoga Federation, headed by Chief Secretary Dharam Vir, for organizing Nationals in Chandigarh.
He said that yoga was not restricted to a religion but was a way of life
to attain health and prosperity of all human being. He announced discretionary grant of Rs.51,000 for Indian Yoga Federation and released a souvenir.

Speaking on the occasion Dharam Vir said that Haryana was the first in the country to introduce Yoga Scheme in the year 1975.

Results ( All finals): Girls (8 to 14 years):1 Varun (Karnatka) 118 pts, 2 Suraj (Tripura) 117, 3 Jwahar Lal (Haryana) 117. Sub Junior Girls ( 8 to 12):1 Komal (Haryana) 126, 2 Munamika Chakarvarti (WB) 121, 3 Dipshikha Tripura 116. Junior Girls ( 12 to 18): 1 Vaishali Makwana (Gujrat) 42.33, 2 Aarti Pal (M.P.) 42.33, 3 Asha Roy (W.B.) 42.33. Boys (14 to 20 years): 1 Bharat (Haryana) 128, 2 Dharmender (Haryana) 127, 3 Rakesh (Haryana) 125. Senior girls (18 to 25): 1 Sachin (Haryana) 40.33, 2 Naimish Manna (W.B.) 39.33, 3 T. Sravanthi (AP) 38.67. Senior boys (20 to 30): 1 Virbhan (Haryana) 128, 2 Dharamvir (Haryana) 124, 3 Giriraj (Haryana) 123. Women (25 to 40):1 Indu Sharma (Uttarakhand) 39.33, 2 Tulika (W.B.) 36.67, 3 Mavshumi Bora (Assam) 36.67. Men (30 to 40 yrs): 1 Santa Das (W.B), 2 Kaushik Das (W.B), 3 Ganesh (Haryana). Veteran woman (40-50 years): 1 M. Madhavi (Andhra Predesh), 2 Lakshami (Andhra Predesh), 3 G. Sujata (Andhra Predesh). Veteran men (40-50 years): 1 Ombi (Haryana) 39.67, 2 Rajnath (Haryana) 39.33, 3 Y.Krishana (A.P.) 37.67. Sr veteran woman (50+) : 1 Vidya Nimbhal (Haryana) 36.67, 2 Aparna Mukhherjee (W.B.)35.67, 3 Reba Mukherjee (W.B.) 35.33. Sr vetran men (above 50): 1 Jora Singh (Haryana) 121, 2Tadapatri V.A. (Kar) 115, 3 Gopal Krishana (Kar) 115.

Eight teams for Kapania Trophy

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 19
As many as eight teams have staked their claim for top honours in the Chandigarh Senior (Girls) Football Championship for Deepak Kapania Memorial Trophy to be played from October 20 to 23 at the Sector 17 Football Stadium here.
Giving this information here today, Chandigarh Football Association general secretary Rakesh Bakshi said that the tournament would be played on league-cum-knockout basis. The teams have been divided into two pools. Winners of each pool will contest in the final on October 23.
MCM DAV College Football Club, Sector 36, Saupin's School, Sector 32, Carmel Convent School, Sector 9 and DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 have been placed in group A.
The group B will consist of St Stephen's Football Club Sector 45, Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, Sector 26, Coaching Centre, Sector 45 and Sri Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Sector 26.
The opening match will be played between Carmel Convent vs DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 at 9 a.m. MCM DAV Football Club will take on Saupin's School, Sector 32 at 10 a.m.
In group B, St Stephen's FC-45 will meet Sacred Heart SSS-26 at 11 a.m. and Coaching Centre, Sector 45 will play SGGCW-26 at 12 noon.

TSFI team to play in USA

The Indian team which will take part in the Master Series International Table Soccer Tournament which will be held in USA (Michicot, Wisconsin).

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 19
The Table Soccer Federation of India will field a seven-member, including officials in the Master Series International Table Soccer Tournament which will be held in USA (Michicot, Wisconsin) from October 24 to 26, according to federation secretary Yadwinder Singh.
The team comprises Hardial Singh, Anitpal Singh, Gurwinder Singh, Amardeep Singh and Ajay Pal Singh/ TSFI chairman Ravinder Kumar Talwar and president Balwinder Singh Johal will accompany the team.

Ryan International bag Ess Vee Soccer Cup

Ryan International School of Chandigarh team which won the Ess Vee Soccer Cup on Sunday.
Runners-up team Baptist School of Chandigarh receiving trophy and cash award from Panchkula Deputy Commissioner RK Kataria.
Karan, Chetan Rawat and Rahul Rana who were adjudged the best player, the best goalkeepe and the best promising players of the tournament. Each of them got a cash award of Rs 5100 each.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 19
A fine brace by striker Veera helped Ryan International School, Sector 49 lift the second Ess Vee Soccer Cup after defeating Baptist School, Chandigarh by 3-0 in the final at the Sector 17 Football Stadium here today. Sponsored by Samar Estate Private Limited, a company of Ess Vee Group, the winners were presented a trophy and a cash award of Rs 12,000 by Panchkula Deputy Commissioner R K Kataria.
Runners-up Baptist School got trophy and a cash award of Rs 8100.
Delhi Public School of Pinjore beat The Banyan Tree School of Sector 48 by 3-0 in a match to decide third and fourth positions. DPS Pinjore received a cheque of Rs 7100 and trophy while the newly raised Banyan Tree School got a cash incentive of Rs 5100.
DPS Pinjore scored through Abhinav Jain (4th), Sachit (5th) and Alok (34th). Karan of Ryan International School was declared the best player of the tournament. Chetan Rawat of Baptist School, Chandigarh was adjudged the best goalkeeper and Rahul Rana of St Xavier's School of Panchkula received the best promising player's award. These players received a cash award of Rs 5100 each.
The final between Ryan International and Baptist School was a well-contested affair. In the first half both teams were evenly balanced. However, on resumption Ryan International enjoyed an upper hand.
Ryan International launched an attack in the 12the minute which culminated into their first goal scored by Karan with a long ranger grounder on the run. The winners struck again in the 35th minute. Piyush initiated the move from the right flank and sent a floater which Veera executed with a nice header to the second pole.
Ryan International rounded off their tally in the 43rd minute. Hard working Rupam sent a diagonal pass to Gagan on the left flank. Gagan got the better of on defender before sending the ball into the box where an alert Veera guided it into the goal.
Speaking on the occasion, the Panchkula Deputy Commissioner complimented the organisers, specially Vinod Bagai, Managing Director of Samar Estate Pvt Limited, for providing an opportunity to the young footballers to hon their skills. He also advised that such sports activities should also be organised in rural area to spot the talent. "The Haryana Government has formulated a sports promotion scheme in the rural area in which all blocks would be covered," said Kataria, who promised the organisers to extend full support, including finances from the Panchkula District Council.
Thanking the chief guest, Vinod Bagai announced that Ess Vee Soccer Cup would be a regular feature.
Among those present on the occasion were Chandigarh Olympic Association general secretary Ravinder Talwar, St Xavier's School Principal George Shear and Punjab Football Association joint secretary A K Kaushal.

5 share lead in boys u-13

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 18
Mayank, Sachleen, Tejas, Pranjal and Abhishek were jointly sharing the lead with two points apiece at the end of second round for boys under-13 class of the Chandigarh Under-13 and Under-19 Chess Championship at St. Xavier’s Senior Secondary School in Sector 44-C here today.
Srishti Jain of St. Kabir School, Sector 26 and Arunima of Sacred Heart School, Sector 26 were the joint leaders with two points each at the end of second round in the girls under-13 section.
The state meet has assumed greater significance as the Chandigarh team will be selected for the forthcoming Nationals to be held in Tamil Nadu and Vijayawada, respectively.
Results after second round.Under-13 Boys: 2 points: Mayank, Sachleen, Tejas, Pranjal, Abhishek. 1.5 pts: Gitin, Anubhav, Girish, Vasubh. 1 pt: Akash, Sunbir, Abhi Goswami, Jashan, Surya, Varun, Jaskeerat, Karan, Nilabh, Rishab, Vatsal, Yuvraj. 0 pt: Mehul, Esh, Kshitiz, Ritik, Rohan, Tanveer.
Under-13 Girls: 2 points: Srishti Jain, Arunima. 1 pt: Simranjeet, Kashish, Roopam, Tarini. 0 pt: Tanya.
Under-19 Boys: 2 points: Karandeep, Sahil, Sulaksh, Pardeep. 1 pt: Ameek, Rahul, Shivam, Tarundeep, Lokesh, Mandeep. 0 pt: Harshpreet, Feroz, Ishu.
Under-19 Boys: 2 points: Mahek Jain. 1.5 pts: Rajni, Divya, Jaya, Madhuri. 1 pt: Amanpreet, Mahek Garg, Pooja. 0.5 point: Kritika, Shelly. 0 pt: Nikita and Rajveer.

PSB beat BSF in Surjit Hockey opener

Punjab Local Bodies Minister Manoranjan Kalia inugurating the 25th IndianOil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament in Jalandhar on Saturday. Also seen in the picture are. Deputy Commissioner A. S. Pannu and Secretary Iqbal Singh Sandhu.

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JALANDHAR, OCT 18
Former champion Punjab and Sind Bank of Delhi defeated Border Security Force of Jalandhar by 4-0 in the inaugural match of the Silver Jubilee IndianOil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament at the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium here today.
In another match Punjab Police and South Central Railways of Secundrabad played a goalless draw and split points.
In the inaugural pool A match Punjab and Sind bank gave an impressive performance. They opened their account in the 13th minute when Vikramjit Singh converted the first penalty corner (1-0). In the 26th minute Parminder Singh consolidated the lead (2-0). Four minutes later Bank’s Daler Singh scored a field goal (3-0). The winners were leading 3-0 at half time.
On resumption, the Bankmen maintained their pressure and scored the fourth goal in the 49th minute through Ranjodh Singh.
In another Pool A match between Punjab Police and South Central Railways ended in a goalless draw. Both teams got one point each.
Earlier Local Bodies Minister Manoranjan Kalia inaugurated the silver jubilee edition of the tournament. He announced grant of Rs 5 lakh to the Surjit Hockey Society.

AP elderly women make clean sweep

Andhra Pradesh elderly women who made a clean sweep in the 27th National Yoga Championship being organised by the Indian Yoga Federation in Chandigarh on Saturday.
Competitors performing on the second day of the 27th National Yoga Championship in Chandigarh on Saturday.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 18
Andhra Pradesh made a clean sweep by winning all first three positions in the elderly women category on the penultimate day of the 27th National Yoga Championship being organised by the Indian Yoga Federation at the Sector 42 Badminton Hall here tonight.
M. Madhvi's performance was eye-pleasing and she richly deserved the first position. L. Lakshmi bagged silver and G. Sujata got the third position.
Those who have qualified for finals after preliminary round competitions in their respective groups.
Sub-Junior boys: Abhisekh (Uttrakhand), Vishwadeep (WB), Jawahar Lal (Haryana), K. Shaideep (A.P.), Krishanbag (WB), Manik Adhya (WB), Rakesh M. (Karnatak), S. K. Firoz (TN), Sabak Dass (Tripura), Subham (Haryana).
Sub-Junior girls: Komal (Haryana), Depiksa (Tripura), Barnali Bhowmic (Tripura), Puja Bani K. (Tripura), Bananipal (MP), M. K. Chakravarti (WB), Isha (Haryana), P. Sarojna (AP), Sonali (New Delhi), Arpita (WB).
Junior boys: Dharminder Singh (Uttarakhand), Himanshu (Orissa), Rakesh (Haryana), Abhishek Dutta (W. Bengal), R. Pardeep (Tamil Nadu), Rohit Kumar (Chandigarh), Shambhu Chakravarti (Tripura), Satish Parshad (Chandigarh), Shivu. V (Karnataka), Dharminder Kumar (Haryana), Naveen Tiwari (Chandigarh), D. Arjun (A.P.), Nabarota (Orissa), Suraj Kumar (Punjab).
Junior girls: Aarli Pal (U.P.), B. Yumuna (A.P.), Madhuri Patley (M.P.), Munmun Pul (W. Bengal), Suchanda Choudhary (Tripura), Sandipa Saha (Tripura), Asha Roy (W. Bengal), Sulochana (Delhi), Deepti C.R. (Karanataka), Divya Shree N. (Karnataka), O. Anusha (A.P.),
Vaishali Makwana (Gujrat).
Senior girls: Vaimishsa Manna (W. Bengal), T. Sravanthi (A.P.), Sachin (Haryana), Ram Lakshma (Karnataka), Rupma Das (Tripura), Ruchika (Chandigarh) and K Shri Divya (A.P.).

Lucknow Academy storm into s-final

The match between Surjit Hockey Academy and Sukhchain Hockey Academy in the first Administrator's Challenge Cup Hockey Tournament for under-17 in Chandigarh on Saturday.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 18
Lucknow Hockey Academy qualified for semi-final after trouncing Rail Coach Factory of Kaputhala by 16-1 in the first Administrator's Challenge Cup Hockey Tournament for under-17 being conducted by the Chandigarh Sports Department at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here today.
It was Lucknow Academy's their second successive win in a three-team group D and they topped their pool to qualify for semi-final.
RFC will meet Amritsar XI tomorrow in a match which will have no bearing on group D. Both have lost one match each.
The highlight of their one-sided match was a hat-trick by forward Sunil Kumar who scored his team's first three goals in the 2nd, 5th (penalty corner) and 14th minutes. He completed his tally of four individual goals in the 48th minute.
Lucknow Academy's other goal scorers were: Arif (19th), Faiz Alam (21st pc, 45th), Chandan Singh (26th, pc), Surya Partap Singh (40th), Brijesh Kumar (43rd) and Deepak Yadav (46th)).
Formidable Surjit Hockey Academy of Jalandhar commenced their campaign with an authoritative 14-1 win over Sukhchain Hockey Academy of of Faridkot in the Group A match. Sukhchain Academy suffered their second successive defeat and are out of race for the title. Surjit Hockey Academy will meet Maharaja Ranjit Singh Academy of Amritsar tomorrow to decide the group leaders. Both have won their opening round matches.
Harjinder Singh (20th, 24th, 54th, 64th) and Akshdeep Singh (17th, 46th, 61st, 62nd) held the spotlight by scoring four goals each. Gorav Sehgal contributed three goals -- 12th, 42nd, 67th minutes. Satbir Singh made two goals in the 10th and 47th minutes. Prabhdeep got his goal in the 29th minute. The face-saving goal for Sukhchain Academy was scored by Sandeep Kumar in the 50th minute.
Punjab and Sind Bank of Jalandhar recorded their second win and enhanced their chances of qualifying for the semi-final from pool C. Today, the Jalandhar Bankmen outplayed Punjab and National Bank Academy of Delhi by 6-1.
PSB forged ahead in the ninth minute through Kanwarpreet who converted a penalty corner. PNB neutralised the lead in the 25th minute as Sumit Topno converted a penalty corner.. Thereafter the Jalandhar academy dominated and scored goals through Gaurav (31st), Rajneesh Kumar (41st), Varinder Singh (52nd, 89th) and Gagandeep (63rd).

Ryan International-Baptist final in Ess Vee Soccer

A match in progress in the second Ess Vee Soccer Cup-2008 for under-15 in Chandigarh on Saturday.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 18
Ryan International Public School, Sector 49 and Baptist School, both of Chandigarh stormed into the final of the second Ess Vee Soccer Cup-2008 for under-15 being sponsored by Samar Estate Private Limited, a company of Ess Vee Group, at the Sector 17 Football Stadium here today.
Ryan International scored one goal in each half to snuff out the challenge of Delhi Public School of Pinjore by 2-0 and Baptish School ended the winning steak of The Banyan Tree School, Sector 48-B by 4-0 in the semi-final matches played on Saturday.
DPS Pinjore did not allow Ryan International School any liberty til their goal fell in the 26th minute. Karan's powerful long ranger caught DPS Pinjore defence napping. Ryan International kept on their pressure and two minutes after resumption, Piyush converted a cross from the right flank.
The second semi-final between Baptist School and The Banyan Tree turned out to be a one-sided affair. Baptist School gained early lead in the seventh minute when Gurpreet converted a free kick with a powerful shot. They increased their lead in the 14th minute when Karan Chabra unleashed a sizzling shot on the run to baffle the Banyan Tree school defence.
Karan had his hand in Baptist's third goal also as he sent an accurate minus from the right and Gurwinder Singh converted it with a fine header in the 25th minute. Five minutes later Karan Chabra scored a goal in a goalmouth melee.
In quarter-final matches, DPS Pinjore prevailed over Saupin's School-32 by a lone goal scored by Rohit Malik in the 6th minute. Ryan International blanked Yadvindra Public School, Mohali by 2-0. Karan scored both goals in the 32nd and 39th minutes.
Mandeep snatched the match winner int he 24th minute as Baptist School beat Stepping Stone by 1-0. In the fourth quarter-final, Banyan Tree defeated St Xavier's School of Panchkula by 4-2 in tie-breaker after sharing two goal in the regulation period. It was Xavier's who drew the first blood through Rahul Rana in the 23rd minute while Karanveer restored parity for Banyan Tree in the 38th minute. In tie-breaker, Shahzeb, Hitesh and Karanveer converted their penalties for Banyan Tree while only Rahul could convert his spot kick for St Xavier's.

DPS Pinjore basket title

The victorious DPS Pinjore team with principal Samson Masih.

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PINJORE, OCT 18
Hosts Delhi Public School of Pinjore emerged winners in the North Zone I Inter-DPS Basketball Tournament for Boys (U-14) which concluded at the school's premises here today. They bagged the trophy by defeating DPS Manali in the final by 38-28 points.
Karan Malik, who was declared the best player of the tournament, scored 10 points in the final. He was given full support by Uday 99), Mohit (6), Mukesh (5) and Anchal (2).
For DPS Manali, Hardev (8), Devesh (7), Danish(6) and Gaurav (7) reduced the margin.
Earlier, DPS Amritsar won the third position by defeating DPS Jammu by 32-9..
Mr. Dhanender Walia, Member, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee, also Ex-Chairman Pinjore Block Samiti was the chief guest for the closing ceremony. The function was studded with yoga performance, aerobics and bhangra.
Principal Samson Masih thanked all the teams, who played with true sportsman spirit to make the tournament a success. He complimented all the coaches and thanked the Delhi Public School Principals for sending their teams.

Haryana squad for All-India Police Games

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 18
Haryana Police today announced a strong 59-member squad which will compete in the 57th All -India Police Games (Wrestling cluster) to be held at Madhuban (Karnal) from October 21 to 25. The wrestling cluster comprises sports disciplines in wrestling, judo, boxing, weightlifting and gymnastics, according to Rajinder Singh, Commandant-cum-Secretary, Haryana Police Sports.
The Haryana Police officials are confident that their sportspersons will give their best performance. Being the hosts, the Haryana Police sportspersons have a psychological advantage as they will be competing at their home ground and will be cheered by the local crowd.
In the last All-India Police Games (wrestling cluster) held in Jalandhar, Haryana had claimed one gold, two silver and seven bronze medals.
An 11-member boxing team of the hosts will be led by Head Constable Tanej Pal. Haryana Police are fielding eight gymnasts to be captained by Head Constable Akash Deep. Head Constable Jasbir Singh will lead the eight-member judo squad. Asistant Sub-Inspector Sohan Singh has been appointed captain of the 13-member wrestling (freestyle) team while Head Constable Kuldeep Singh will lead 12-member Greeco-Roman team.
L/Ct Promila is the lone contender of the hosts team in the weightlifting competition for women. She will compete in 48 kg weight category. Ct Ram Chander will lead a six-member men's weightlifting team.
Boxing: Rajnish (48-51 kg), Jaiveer (51-54 kg), Kapil (54-57 kg), Rajender (57-60 kg), Ajay (60-64 kg), Tanej Pal ( captain, 64-69 kg), Surender (69-75kg), Ravinder (75 to 81 kg), Krishan (81-91 kg), Vikram (+91 kg). Coach: Hitesh Kumar.
Gymnastics: Shri Niwas, Akash Deep (captain), Manoj Kumar, Parveen, Gaurav, Puneet, Surender, Vinod. Coach: Ram Sharan Dutt.
Judo: Krishan Kumar (66 kg), Ramesh Kumar (73 kg), Jasbir Singh (captain, 81 kg), Subhash (81 kg), Jasbir Singh (90 kg), Lalit Kumar (100 kg), Sanjay Kumar (open weight). Coach: Jagat Singh.
Wrestling (freestyle): Surender Kumar (60 kg), Rajesh Kumar (66 kg), Sandeep Kumar (66 kg), Vinod Kumar (74 kg), Jagmohan Singh (74 kg), Virender Kumar (74 kg reserve), Jaiveern Singh (84 kg), Jaspal Singh (84 kg), Balraj Singh (96 kg), Surender Kumar (96 kg), Sohan Singh (captain +96 kg). Coach: Narender Kumar.
Greeco-Roman: Surender Kumar (60 kg), Shamsher Singh (66 kg), Ram Niwas (66 kg), Kuldeep Singh (coach 74 kg), Sandeep Kumar (74 kg), Jagbir Singh (84 kg), Anil Kumar (84 kg), Jaiveer Singh (96 kg), Surender Kumar (96 kg). Coaches: Dharam Pal and Anoop Singh.
Weightling (women): Promila (48 kg). Coach: Radhey Sham. Men: Jawahar Singh (77 kg), Ram Chander (captain 94 kg), Ravinder Kumar (94 kg), Gulshan (105 kg) and Ramesh Kumar (105 kg). Coach: Radhey Sham.

Bopanna-Raja lose in doubles at Taskent

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TASKENT, OCT 18
Indian pair of Rohan Bopanna and Purav Raja crashed out of of the doubles event at the $1,25,000 Tashkent Challenger, an ATP Challenger series event being played at the Olympic Tennis School here.
In the quarter-finals top seeds Oliver Marach of Austria and Lukasz Kubot of Poland put out the Indian pair of Raja and Bopanna 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 to enter the semifinals. Flavio Cipolla of Italy and Pavel Snobel of Czech Republic also made it to the last four accounting for Israeli pair of Harel Levy and Naom Okun 6-7 (7-5) 6-4,10-7. Third seeded German pair of Michael Kohlmann and Frank Moser easily put out the US Pair of Ryan Young and Nathan Thompson 6-3, 6-2.
Fourth seeded Russian pair of Michail Elgin and Alexandre Kudryatsev scraped past Daniel Press of Denmark and Danai Udomchoke of Thailand 4-6, 6-3,11-9.
results Doubles: Quarterfinals. S.1 Oliver Marach(Aut)/ Lukasz Kubot(Pol) bt. Purav Raja/ RohanBopanna 7-6 (7-4) , 6-3. Flavio Cipolla (Ita) / Pavel Snobel (Cze) bt. Harel Levy / Naom Okun(ISR) 6-7 (7-5) 6-4, 10-7. S.3 Michael Kohlmann / Frank Moser(Ger) bt Ryan Young/Nathan Thompson (USA) 6-3,6-2 S.4 Michail Elgin/ Alexandre Kudryatsev (Rus) bt Daniel Press (Den)/Danai Udomchoke (Tha) 4-6, 6-3,11-9.

Pinjore, Amritsar, Manali and Jammu in semis

A match between DPS Pinjore and DPS Manai in progress in the North Zone I Inter- Delhi Public School Basketball Tournament for Boys (U-14) in Pinjore on Friday.

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PINJORE, OCT 17
Hosts Delhi Public School defeated DPS Manali by 23-13 points in the North Zone I Inter- Delhi Public School Basketball Tournament for Boys (U-14) being played at the at DPS courts here today.
Moksh Chirag Arora gave an excellent performance as he topscored wity 20 points as DPS Pinjore outplayed their rivals in a quarter-final match..
In an exciting encounter, Karnal outpointed Jhakri by 23-13 points.Shanawaz (10) scored mamimum number of points for the winners.
In another match, DPS Amritsar defeated DPS Jammu by 30 -21 points.
DPS Pinjore proved too good for DPS Jhakri as the former scored a fluent 30-1 verdict. Moksh Chirag Arora contributed eight pointss while Krishna Yadav scored 11 points for the winners.
DPS Jammu, DPS Manali, DPS Amritsar and hosts DPS Pinjore have entered the semi-finals.

Cheema, PSB, MRS and Lucknow academies win

Hockey matches in progress in the Ist Administrator's Challenge Cup Hockey Tournament in Chandigarh on Friday.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 17
Hyderabad Hockey Academy suffered their second successive defeat as they lost to Cheema Hockey Acdemy of Batala by 4-0 in a pool B match of the Ist Administrator's Challenge Cup Hockey Tournament being conducted by the Chandigarh Sports Department at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here today.
After a barren first half, Cheema Academy looked a transformed lot and went all out as they pumped in four goals without reply. Ritesh contributed two by scoring in the 58th and 66th minutes. Harpal had given the winner lead in the 54th minute and Jatinder Singh scored his team's third goal in the 63rd minute.
Cheema Academy got 12 penalty corners and Hyderabad Academy six.
Hyderabad Hockey Academy, who were humiliated by hosts Chandigarh Hockey Academy by 16-0, have made their exit. With the withdrawal by Kurukshetra SAI Academy only three teams were left in the fray from pool B.
In a pool A match Maharaja Ranjit Singh Hockey Academy of Amritsar rallied to snatch full points from Sukhchain Hockey Academy of Faridkot as they registered a 4-1 victory.
Sukhchain Academy drew the first blood in the 37th minute through Karamjit Singh. After wasting four penalty corners, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Acadmey converted their fifth penalty corner through Harmandeep Singh in the 46th minute to restore parity. Harmandeep converted another penalty corner in the 48th minute to give his team the lead. Latrer Ramandeep Singh (55th) and Lovedeep (63rd) contributed one goal each to ensure a clear win for MRS Academy in a Pool A match.
Earlier, Punjab and Sind Bank Academy of Jalandhar toiled to beat Mehta Gurukul Hockey Academy of Doraha by 1-0 in a pool C match.
Punjab and Sind Bank forced seven penalty corners but failed to convert any one. Mehta Gurukul Academy were awarded four penalty corners which proved abortive;.
Kanwarpreet Singh snatched the match-winner in the 69th minute. Lucknow Hockey Academy showed their skills as they outclassed Amritsar XI by 8-0 in a pool D match.Dominating throughout the match, Lucknow Academy virtually camped inside the rival territory. They, however, took time to settle down and had to wait for 16 minutes for their first goal which was scored by Amit Prashar. After that Amritsar XI were seen defending their goals. Three minutes later Lucknow Academy forced a penalty corner which Amit Prashar converted it. The winners led 2-0 at half time.
Brijesh Kumar scored three goals in the 43rd, 48th and 69th (pc) minutes. Vijay Kumar (44th), Faiz Alam (54th pc) and Ram Prakash (65th) contributed one goal each.
Winners got nine penalty corners and converted three. Amritsar's lone penalty corner award came in the 51st minute which they wasted.

DPS Pinjore pip St Xavier's-44 in tie-breaker

Jaininder School goalkeeper Prabhat making a save as Ryan International School-49 striker watches on in the second Ess Vee Soccer Cup for Under-15 on Friday.
Director Town and Country Planning Haryana SS Dhillon being introduced to the players in the second Ess Vee Soccer Cup for Under-15 on Friday.
Director Town and Country Planning Haryana SS Dhillon making a ceremonial kick in the second Ess Vee Soccer Cup for Under-15 on Friday.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 17
St Xavier's School of Panchkula and Banyan Tree School, Sector 48-B Chandigarh began their campain with easy victories in the second Ess Vee Soccer Cup for Under-15 being sponsored by Samar Estates Private Limited at the Sector 17 Football Stadium here today.
St Xavier's of Panchkula blanked Ryan International School of Patiala by 4-0. Sparsh Sood gave Xavier's the lead with a goal in the first minute.. Rahul Rana (9th minute), Aditya (14th) and Rishab Srivastav (24th) added one goal each for the winners.
Banyan Tree School also proved too good for Saupin's School of Mohali as they recorded a 4-0 verdict. Karam was the star performer for Banyan Tree as he netted in the fourth and 10th minutes. Rajat Rawat and Shahzeb added one goal each in the 5th and 14th minutes, respectively.
Stepping Stone of Chandigarh also had a smooth sailing in the first round as they defeated St Xavier's of Moali by 4-0 Sanamvir Singh (28th, 33rd), Karan Bhanot (12th) and Rohit Singh (29th) were the winners goal-getters.
Yadvindra Public School of Mohali defeated St Anne's of Chandigarh by 2-0. YPS forged ahead in the 7th seventh minute when they were awarded a penalty and Viswapreet converted it with ease. Samawrveer Singh made it beyond doubt with a goal in the 18th minute.
Saupin's School, Sector 32, Chandigarh routed St Marry's School by 3-0. Uday scored a brace by netting in the 14th and 40th minutes. In between Lakshay added one goal in the 20th minute.
Baptish School of Chandigarh got a walkover against St Peter's School, Sector 37 who have withdrawn from the competitions.
Ryan International, Sector 49 beat Jaininder School of Panchkula by 3-0. Karan (7th and 18th) and Veera (10th) were the scorers.
DPS of Pinjore got the better of St Xavier's School, Sector 44 of with an aggregate 5-4 margin on penalties after the teams played a two-all draw. Shubham (23rd), and Sachit Narang (37th) scored for DPS Pinjore. Parmod (27th) and Ben (32d) netted for Xavier's. Sachit, Sbhbham and Rohit converted their penalties. Ben and Austin converted their spot kicks in the tie-breaker for Xavier's.
In the last match of the day, Stepping Stone of Chandigarh defeated Holly Child of Panchkula by 3-1. Pranshu gave Holly Child the lead in the 3rd minute. Munjal restored parity for Stepping Stone in 16th minute. Sanamvir netted int he 30th and 35th minutes for Stepping Stones.
Earlier, Director Town and Country Planning Haryana SS Dhillon inaugurated the tournament. Mr Dhillon, who is also president of Chandigarh Softball Association, announced a grant of Rs 20,000 to be given as prize money in addition to the cash awards the organisers are giving.
PRIZE MONEY INCREASED: The winners will now receive Rs 12,000, runners-up Rs 8100, bronze medalist Rs 7100 and losing semi-finalists Rs 5100. The best player and the best goalkeeper of the tournament will receive Rs 5100 each. The best upcoming player will also get Rs 5100.
Mr Dhillon was welcomed by Vinod Bagai, Managing Director of Samar Estate Pvt Limited, a company of Ess Vee Group. Also present on the occasion was Chandigarh Football Association general secretary Rakesh Bakshi.

Bopanna goes down fighting

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Tashkent , October 17
Top seeded Yen- Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei stopped the winning run of India's Rohan Bopanna 3-6,7-5, 6-0 in a 100-minute tussle to move into the quarter-finals of the $1,25,000 Tashkent Challenger, an ATP Challenger Series here.
In the second round match Bopanna, who qualified for the main draw, started off well breaking the top seeded Lu in the eighth game to goup 5-3, he served two brilliant aces to close the first set at 6-3.
In a close second set, both the players held serves till 3-3, In the seventh game Bopanna had four break points and an opportunity to go up 4-3 but failed to convert any of them and let Lu hold on to his serveand go up 3-4 instead.
In 10th game Bopanna saved three set points and held his serve to level scores at 5-5. Lu, brought out all his experience playing brilliant baseline tennis using mix of top spin and backhand slices to force Bopanna into making unforced errors in the 12th game to break him and win the second set 7-5 and level set scores.
In the third set Bopanna looked disoriented missing out on his first serve percentage, which let Lu get back into the match rather easily. Lu Broke Bopanna in the 2nd, 4th and the 6th games to close the match 6-0.
In other matches unseeded 192nd ranked Frenchman Mathieu Montcourt upset eighth seeded Japanese Go Soeda 6-3, 6-2 in a one sided encounter.
"I'm very happy with my win", said Lu after his match ."Rohan was serving very well, but I played some good tennis", he added. "I had many break points in the second set , and I should have converted them , If did not utilize these opportunities how could I win" said Bopanna.
In the other matches second seeded Dudi Sela had to fight out a late challenge from Kazakhstan's Yuri Schukin to record a 6-1, 7-6(7-1).Fifth seeded German Bjorn Phau did not have to exert himself registering an easy 6-3,6-3 win over Thailand's Danai Udamchoke.
Results (2nd round): S1 Yen Hsun Lu (Tpe) bt Rohan Bopanna(Ind) 3-6,7-5,6-0, S.5 Bjorn Phau (Ger) bt Danai Udamchoke (Tha)Mathieu Montcourt (Fra) bt S.8 Go Soeda (Jpn) 6-3, 6-2, S.2 Dudi Sela(Isr) bt Yuri Schukin ( Kaz) 6-1, 7-6(7-1).

Pak teams cleared for Surjit Hockey

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JALANDHAR, Oct 17
A 77-member Pakistan contingent comprising three teams -- Javed Hockey Club, Gojra, Crescent Hockey Club, Sialkot and Independent Hockey Club, Sargodha -- has been permitted by the Indian Government to participate in the IndianOil Servo Surjit Silver Jubilee Hockey Tournament, which begins here at the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium, Burlton Park here tomorrow.
Disclosing this here today, Organising Secretary Iqbal Singh Sandhu said that the Pakistan teams would arrive here via Wagha Border on October 20.
The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) is also sending two umpires Dilawar Hussain Bhatti (International umpires) and Shakeel Ahmad (National Grade-I) to supervise the matches.
Sandhu said that the opening match would be played between former champions Punjab and Sind Bank (Delhi) and Border Security Force (BSF), Jalandhar at 5.45 p.m. The final will be telecast live on the PTC Punjabi Channel from 6.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m on October 25.
IndianOil Corporation Limited will be the main sponsor while Gold's Gym will be the co-sponsor for the tournament.
The tournament will be played on knockout-cum-league basis. The teams have been divided in to four pools in league stage matches. Former champion Punjab and Sind Bank (Delhi), BSF, Jalandhar & Javed Hockey Club (Gojra-Pakistan) are in Pool 'A'. Bharat Perroleum (Mumbai), Independent Hockey Club, Sialkot (Pakistan) and Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala are in Pool 'B'. Air India (Mumbai), Punjab Police and the winner team of knockout stage have been clubbed in Pool 'C'. Defending champions IndianOil (Mumbai), Crescent Hockey Club, Sargodha (Pakistan) and Namdhari XI (Sirsa) are placed in Pool 'D'.
K.N. Sharma (Delhi) will be the IHF Observer while Shakeel Qureshi (Bhopal) has been appointed Director of the Tournament.
A full-fledged media centre has also been set up for the convenience of the print and electronic media. The spectators can also win attractive prizes like colour TV, refrigerators, washing machine, micro Wave, cameras, sports kits etc through lucky coupons.
Punjab Minister for Local Bodies, Industries and Commerce Manoranjan Kalia will inaugurate the tournament on October 18 at 5.45 pm. Avinash Chander, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Punjab will be preside over the function. H.S. Bedi, General Manager, IndianOil will be the guest of honour.

Parminder Dhindsa elected CTW chief

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 16
Punjab Public Works (B&R) Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa was unanimously elected president of the Chandigarh Tug of War Association in the annual general body meeting. Twentyone affiliated units out of 25 attended the meeting. All India Tug of War deputed S.P.Sharma as its observer .
Mahinder Singh Brar was elected general secretary. The house authorised the president and of general secretary to nominate the other offices bearer for the next trem of four-year term.
Office-bearers are: President: Parminder Singh Dhindsa. Sr vice Presidents : Gurjeet Singh , R.P Garg. Vice Presidents: G.S Sarao, K.S Bharti, Inderjit Singh, Mander Singh Sandhu, Ravinder Singh Bawa, Jaibir Singh Sandhu, S.S Brar, Dr Gurmail Singh. General secretary: M.S Brar .
Joint secretary: Rajpal Singh, Kamajit Saini, J.P Singh, Sunil Kumar. Treasurer: Nirmal Singh Sohi. P.R.O : Bhupinder Singh.
Executive members : Jaspal Singh, Charanjit Singh, Khushali Ram Sharma, Anand Singh Rawat, Mrs Sukhbir Bajwa, Davinder Singh and Jaswant Singh Saini.

DPS Basketball Tournament

A match in progress in the North Zone I Inter Delhi Public School Basketball Tournament for Boys (U-14) in Pinjore on Thursday.
Mr D.R. Yadava, Joint Secretary – Regional Officer, CBSE, Panchkula being introduced to the players.

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PINJORE, OCT 16
Mr D.R. Yadava, Joint Secretary – Regional Officer, CBSE, Panchkula today inaugurated the three-day long North Zone I Inter Delhi Public School Basketball Tournament for Boys (U-14) in the school premises.
Enthusiastic and excited teams from DPS Amritsar, Bathinda Chandigarh, Jammu, Jhakri, Karnal, Manali and the hosts are taking part in the tournametn. Principal Mr. Samson Masih in his welcome address highlighted the importance of Inter DPS sports tournament which help the sportspersons not only explore their talent and prove their mettle at the school level but also pave a way for them to reach the National and International level.
The DPS Society, he said, is praiseworthy for being instrumental in promoting various games through the sports calendar that ensures the organization of the sports in different Delhi Public Schools throughout the year. The opening ceremony was studded with a thrilling dance performance on the number Gasollina.

Chandigarh Academy rout Hyderbad Academy

A match between Chandigarh Hockey Academy and Hyderabad Academy in progress in the Administrator's Challenge Cup Hockey Tournament on Thursday.
Adviser to the Chandigarh Administrator Pradip Mehra being introduced to the players.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 16
Hosts Chandigarh Hockey Academy of Chandigarh Administration began their campaign with a bang as they drubbed Hyderabad Hockey Academy by 16-0 in the inaugural Group B fixture of the inaugural Administrator's Challenge Cup Hockey Tournament at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here today. The winners led 8-0 at half time.
In a group C match Punjab and Sind Bank Academy of Delhi defeated Sports Coaching Centre of Sector 42 by 9-4. The bankmen scored through Rocky Lonchab (35tgh pc, 62nd, 70th), Siddharth Shanker (8th, 24th 47th), Deepak (7th), Praveen Toppo (30th), Manish Bishnoi (33rd).
Yatin Kumar (20th, 50th), Diljot (22nd), Manpreet Singh (65th, penalty stroke) reduced the margin for Government Sports Coaching Centre, Sector 42.
Chandigarh Hockey Academy, a residential venture of the Chandigarh Administration, handed out a 16-0 drubbing to xEarlier, the fleet-footed CHA boys played an attacking game.They opened their account in the second minute. Gurjinder Singh sent a through forward pass inside the striking circle and Gagandeep just connected it in a flash. The star CHA forward went on to score in the 8th, 21st, 24th minutes to increase his tally to four..
The other scorers for CHA were Gurjinder (4th, penalty corner, 40th penalty stroke, 54th PC), Bikramjeet (26th, 27th, 43rd), Danandeep (41st, 50th, 53rd), Baljit (14th), Abhijit (42nd) and Gurjant (49th).
The second match between Surjit Hockey Academy of Jalandhar and Hockey Academy of Gurgaon could not be played as the latter played truant. Kurukshetra SAI Hockey Academy have also withdrawn on the plea that they would be competing in the Haryana State Championship.
Earlier, Adviser to the Chandigarh Administrator Pradip Mehra inaugurated the tournament which carries cash prizes of Rs 50,000 to the winners and Rs 25,000 to the runners-up team. The Adviser was also introduced to the teams. Among those present on the occasion were Finance-cum-Sports Secretary Sanjay Kumar, Deputy Commissioner RK Rao, Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-Sports Director Inderjit Singh Sandhu, Additional Director General of Police and president of Chandigarh Hockey Association Chander Sekhar, Joint Director Sports JPS Sidhu and Shivalik Public School Principal DS Bedi.
Tomorrow's fixtures: Punjab and Sind Bank Academy vs Mehta Gurukul Hockey Academy Doraha ( Gr C 9.30 a.m.), Lucknow Hockey Academy vs Amritsar XI (Gr D, 11 a.m.), Cheema Hockey Academy vs Hyderabad Hockey Academy (Gr A 3 p.m.), Sukhchain Hockey Acdemey Faridkot vs Maharaja Ranjit Singh Academy, Amritsar (Gr B 4.30 p.m).

Sukhvir Badal promises awards, jobs to Olympics, Asiad and CW medalists

Member Parliament and President Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) Sukhvir Singh Badal with chief NIS boxing coach GS Sandhu, Beijing Olympic quarter-finalists Jatinder Kumar and Akhil Kumar and National gold medalist international Kuldeep Singh, at a sports function organised by the Sports Department in Jalandhar on Wednesday.

Member Parliament and President Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) Sukhvir Singh Badal at a sports function organised by the Sports Department in Jalandhar on Wednesday.

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Jalandhar, October 15
Member Parliament and President Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) Sukhvir Singh Badal disclosed that the Government would give lucrative cash incentives and Government jobs to the medal winners in the Olympic Games, the Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games.
Speaking on the occasion of distribution of sports equipment among 14,000 budding sportspersons of the state at an impressive function organized by the Punjab Sports Department at the Surjit Olympian Stadium here today, Sukhvir Badal disclosed that two new astroturfs would be laid at Jalandhar and Talwandi Sabo. Besides, seven Six-a-Side astroturfs would also be laid in different parts of the state.
The Member of Parliament also promised that for the upliftment of sports in the state latest infrastructure would be created. A new sports policy will also be implemented shortly.
Sukhvir Badal highly praised Sports Minister Gulzar Singh Ranike and Sports Director Pargat Singh for adding a new chapter in sports, specially in Punjab.
Sukhvir Singh Badal also inaugurated the Punjab Hockey League for boys under 12, 14, 16, 19/ colleges and for girls under 15 years and above 15 years/colleges. As many as 3125 players will be participating in the Hockey League, which would be played on the weekends and would continue for next six months.
Sukhvir Badal informed the Government is planning to start a National and World Hockey League. Such leagues would also be launched in other sports disciplines.
On this occasion, chief NIS boxing coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu and Beijing Olympics bronze medalist Vijender Singh were honoured with a cash award of Rs 11 lakh each. As Vijender is attending a national camp for the coming World Cup, his uncle received the cheque on his behalf. Quarter-finalists boxers Jitendra Kumar and Akhil Kumar were given Rs. 5.00 lakh each. National gold medalist Kuldeep Singh received a cash award of Rs. 1.00 lakh
Punjab Sports Minister Gulzar Singh Ranike welcomed the chief guest and other dignitaries. Ranike said that the Sports Department was earlier struggling for funds. Even the number of coaches was insufficient to provide training to the players. He disclosed that the budget of the department had now been hiked to 18.50 crore from Rs 9.50 crore. The Sports Department has also recruited 169 coaches and 76 supporting staff.
With a view to making the base of players strong at the grass root level, the Sports Department has admitted 3,000 boys and girls in the sports wings of various schools and colleges to provide them scientific training. These sports wing players would also be provided complete sports kit like track suit, sports shoes, etc. along with sports equipment of their discipline.
Last year Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had distributed sports equipment among 4000 boys and girls on the occasion of the National Sports Day.
Principal Secretary, Department of Sports & Youth Services RPS Pawar thanked the chief guest. Other dignitaries present on the occasion were Sports Director Padam Shree Pargat Singh, Rakesh Rathor Mayor, Jalandhar, Avinash Chander, Sarabjit Makkar, KD Bhandari, all MLAs and Baljit Singh Neelamahal Chairman, Improvement Trust Jalandhar.
Renowned Punjabi comedian Bhagwant Mann entertained the players and spectators.

Ess Vee Soccer Cup an annual feature: Bagai

Vinod Bagai (second from right), Managing Director of Samar Estates Private Limited, sponsors of the Ess Vee Soccer Cup, address a press conference in Chandigarh on Wednesday.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 15
As many as nine matches will be played on the opening day of the second Ess Vee Soccer Cup for Under-15 being organised by Ess Vee group at the Sector 17 Football Stadium here from October 17 to 19. Seventeen teams have been divided into two groups and the tournament will be played on knockout basis..
Addressing a press conference here today, Vinod Bagai, Managing Director of Samar Estates Private Limited said that Director Town and Country Planning Haryana S S Dhillon would be the chief guest and inaugurate the tournament.
Announcing that it would be an annual feature to providea platform for the budding footballers of the region, Vinod Bagai said "we are making sincere efforts to promote soccer. Organising this tournament is one of the steps in this direction. Gradually we will make Sidhi Vinayak Soccer Cup a zonal affair and after achieving it, we will try to make it a national affair. We will seek cooperation from all like-minded persons in our venture."
"We have introduced cash prize this year. Besides the cash incentives, we will provide all other basic requirements to the players and officials like mineral drinking water, T-shirts to all, trophies and medals to the winners, runners-up and semi-finalists," said Vinod Bagai.
"Introducing a tournament for girls is under the active consideration besides raising SV Group XI which will be fielded in All-India tournaments," explained Bagai while elaborating the future plan.
Organising secretary Deepak Uniyal said that the winners would be richer by Rs 11,000. They will also be presented kit bags, mementos and trophy. Thr runners-up will receive a pay cheque of Rs 7100, trophy, mementos and kit bags. A cash award of Rs 5100, mementos, kit bag and trophy will be given to the bronze medalists. The losing semi-finalists will get Rs 2100 and kit bags.
Cash awards of Rs 1100 and memento will go to the best player and the best custodian of the tournament. The most promising player will receive Rs 500 and memento.
There is an incentive for the schools which send their cheering team comprising 10 performers.The winners and runners-up will be given trophy and medals.
AK Kaushal, who is also joint secretary of the Punjab Football Association said "we are ensuring that only eligible (under-15) players take part in the meet. The organising committee has directed the participating teams to get their players duly verified by the principal. In case of doubt a player can be sent for medical examinations to determine their age."
Meanwhile, all arrangements have been finalised for the smooth conduct of the meet.
The following are the groups:
Group A: St Xavier's High School, Ryan International School Patiala, Saupin's School Mohali, Banyan Tree School Chandigarh, St Xavier's School Mohali, Stepping Stone Chandigarh, Holy Child School Panchkula, St Peter's School Chandigarh, Baptish School Chandigarh
Group B: Panchkula, Delhi Public School Pinjore, St Xavier's Chandigarh, Yadvindra Public School Mohali, St Merry School Chandigarh, Jaininder School Panchkula, Saupin's School Chandigarh, Ryan International School Chandigarh, and St Anne's School Chandigarh.

Administrator's Challenge Cup Hockey today

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 15
Chandigarh Hockey Academy, a venture of the Chandigarh Administration, will meet Hyderabad hockey Academy in a group B fixture of the inaugural Administrator's Challenge Cup Hockey Tournament for boys Under-17 tomorrow at 3.45 p.m.at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here.
Realising the fixtures today, Chandigarh Sports Director Inderjit Singh Sandhu said that Punjab Governor and Administrator Union Territory, SP Rodrigues would be the chief guest and inaugurate the tournament.
In other matches billed for the day, Sandhu said that Surjit Hockey Academy of Jalandhar would face Hockey Academy of Gurgaon at 5.15 p.m. and later Punjab and National Bank Hockey Academy of Delhi are slated to challenge Sector 42 Sports Coaching Centre. Two matches will be played under lights.
The league-cum-knockout tournament to be played under the rules and regulations of the Indian Hockey Confederation will carry cash awards of Rs 50,000 for the winners and Rs 25,000 for runners-up.
The following are the groupings:
Pool A: Surjit Academy Jalandhar, Hockey Academy Gurgaon, Sukhchain Hockey Academy Faridkot, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Hockey Academy Amritsar.
Pool B: Chandigarh Hockey Academy, Hyderbad Hockey Academy, Cheema Hockey Academy Batala, Kurukshetra SAI Academy.
Pool C: PNB Hockey Academy Delhi, Chandigarh Sports Deptt Coaching Centre, Punjab and Sind Bank Academy Jalandhar, Mehta Gurukul Hockey Academy Doraha.
Pool D: Rail Coach Factory Kurukshetra, Hockey Academy Lucknow and Amritsar XI.

ICL lends support to Visamo Kids Foundation

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Ahmedabad, October 14
The Indian Cricket League today pledged its support to Ahmedabad based NGO, "Visamo Kids Foundation", that works for providing a holistic support to underprivileged children.
As a part of this association, ICL's Ahmedabad Rockets, representing Gujarat on the vibrant ICL platform, will take part in a charity dinner to be organized on October 16 to create awareness and support for "Visamo Kids" noble initiatives. ICL will also host all the children supported by Visamo Kids, for their matches live, at its new sparkling facility, Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad.
Speaking on the occasion Kiran More, Executive Board Member, ICL said "As a premiere sports organization, ICL management understands its social responsibility and has encouraged all its teams and players to pledge their support to noble causes such as Visamo Kids. As the only side representing Gujarat across all cricket leagues operating out of India, the ICL's Ahmedabad Rockets, will always be on the forefront to support initiatives undertaken to benefit the people of Gujarat"
Sailesh Iyer, Visamo Task Group Member said, "I thank ICL for giving us this wonderful opportunity and extending their support to Visamo Kids Foundation. Most corporates have already initiated their support towards this social cause. The Charity Dinner will be a great opportunity to mingle with ICL players and these wonderful kids from Visamo at an eventful evening."

Simi Mehra maintains her form

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 14
Simi Mehra , fresh from establishing a course record at the Panchkula Golf Course, displayed another under par score at the Chandigarh Golf Club.
The two courses with quite distinct characteristics, brought Simi, once gain to the fore as she returned a card of 2 under 70 to lead the field on Day 1 of the fourth Leg of the DLF Women’s Professional Golf Tour being held at the Chandigarh Golf Club from 14th – 16th October. Simi’s card of 70 consisted of birdies on the 1st, 4th, 5th, 7th, 15th holes and bogeys on the 3rd, 9th, 17th holes .Simi hit 12 greens in regulation and made 28 putts.
Lying in second place is this seasons Order of Merit leader Nalini Singh who returned a card of 5 over 77. Nalini’s round included bogeys on the 4th, 5th, 8th, 10th and 18th with only one birdie on the 16th hole. Following in tied third place are the trio of Chandigarh’s Preetinder Kaur, Kolkata’s Vandana Agarwal and Rukimini Mehta , with rounds of 11 over 83 each.
Meanwhile the Amateurs displayed some excellent golf with Sharmila Nicollet returning a card of Par 72 and following closely behind is Shweta Galande who returned a card of 2 over 74. Sharmila’s round included three birdies on the 12th, 13th and 16th holes. Shweta Galande, who with birdies on the 5th and 8th holes was par for the day after 17, double bogeyed the 18th hole to finish two over.
The second round tee-off will be at 9.00 a.m.
After the round, Simi Mehra will be holding a golf clinic for the junior girls and ladies of the Chandigarh Golf Club at 4.30 p.m.

APJ Academy beat MCM Blue Caps

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 14
APJ Academy of Kharar defeated MCM Blue Caps by 59 runs in the Inter-Academy Cricket Tournament for Under-14 being organised by Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy here today.
Batting first APJ Academy posted an impressive total of 170 for 5 in allotted 30 overs. The highlight of their innings was a brilliant knock of 61 in 71 balls by Kapil Punia and unbeaten knock of 31 by Sahil Sharma.
Kapil's innings was studded with 11 fours and four sixes. Sahil Sharma's unbeaten knock contained three boundaries. Shain Sharma and Sarthak contributed 28 and 15 runs, respectively. Chandan bagged 2 for 34.
In reply, MCM Blue Caps were bundled out for 111 in 27 overs. Only Angad Chahal played a defiant innings of 48 which included six fours in 44 deliveries. Abhishek made 15.
AJP bowers Prateek (3 for 15), Shivam Puri (2 for 6) and Sarthak (2 for 22) restricted MCM Blue Caps to 111 all out.
MCM Blue Caps and Guru Nanak Public School-CC Academy have scored two victories each in the league competitions which conlcuded today. Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy and APJ Academy recorded one win each. The semi-final line-up is: MCM Blue Caps vs Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy and Guru Nanak Public School-CC Academy vs APJ Academy.
The semi-finals and final will be played after the India-Australia Test match to be plaeyd at the PCA Stadium in Mohali from October 17 to 21.
Brief scores: APJ Kharar: 170 for 5 in 30 overs (Kapil Punia 61, 11x4s, 4x6s, Sarthak 15, Sahil Sharma 31 not out, 3x4s, Shain Sharma 28, Chandan 2 for 34).
MCM Blue Caps: 111 all out in 27 overs (Angad Chahal 48, 6x4s, Abhishek Thakar 15, Prateek 3 for 15, Shivam Puri 2 for 6, Sarthak 2 for 22).

Chandigarh NCC shooters hit the bull's eye

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 14
The Chandigarh Directorate, with a rich harvest of 12 gold and six silver medals to emerge champions in the All India NCC Shooting Championship at Police Academy in Phillaur (Punjab) yesterday. Competitions were conducted in 16 events.
Uttar Pradesh Directorate finished runners-up with three gold, four sivler and four bronze medals. The West Bengal Directorate were placed third with one gold, two silver and four bronze medals.
A total of 400 NCC Cadets from 17 State Directorates from all over India participated in the competition. The Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh Directorate teams were trained by Col M S Chauhan, Group Commander, NCC Group HQ, Chandigarh a renowned international coach.
The prize distribution was held at Police Trg Academy. The prize were given away by Brig Rajendra Singh, SM, Deputy Director General NCC Directorate Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh.

Bopanna-Raja in doubles q-final in Tashkent

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TASHKENT, October 14
The Indian pair of Rohan Bopanna and Purav Raja shocked Kazakhstan's duo of Alexey Kedriouk and Yuri Schukin 6-1,2-6,10-8 to enter the doubles quarterfinals of the $1,25,000 Tashkent Challenger, an ATP Challenger series event being played at the Olympic Tennis School here.
The pair of Raja and Bopanna playing for the first time won the first set rather easily, but the experienced Kazakh pair came back strongly in the second set to level scores.
In the super tie break Bopanna brought out all his experience to serve well, while Raja played some excellent volleys on the net to settle the issue in the Indians favour.
The pair will now take on top seeds Lukasz Kubot of Poland and Oliver Marach of Austria who easily defeated German pair of Denis Gremelmayr and Bjorn Phau 6-3,6-4. Second seeded Thai twins Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana lost their 16th consecutive first round match. They were upset by the Israeli pair of Harel Levy and Naom Oken 4-6,7-5,11-9.

Sukhvir Badal to honour boxer Vijender and distribute sports equipment among 15000 sportspersons

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JALANDHAR, OCT 14
Member Parliament and President Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) Sukhvir Singh Badal will distribute sports equipment of different disciplines among 15,000 budding players from all districts of the state at a state-level function being organised by the Punjab Sports Department at the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium in Burlton Park here tomorrow at 3 p.m
Punjab Sports Director Padam Shree Pargat Singh said that the department had admitted 3,000 boys and girls in the sports wings of schools and colleges during the current financial year. These sports wing players would also be provided complete sports kit like track suit, sports shoes, etc. along with sports equipment of their game.
Last year on August 29 on the occasion of National Sports Day, the Birthday of hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had distributed sports equipment to 4,000 boys and girls.
The Sports Department has taken this initiative as sports equipment is costly and beyond the reach of the sportsmen. Pargat Singh is confident that this efforts of the state government would infuse new enthusiasm among the players.
The department has also decided to formally inaugurate the Punjab Hockey League for boys under-12, u-14, u-16, u-19 colleges and for girls under-15 years and above 15 years/colleges. Two hundred sixty teams have confirmed their participation in the Punjab Hockey League and as many as 3125 players would be participating in the Hockey League, which would be played on the weekends and would continue for next six months.
On this occasion, the department will honour chief NIS boxing coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu and Beijing Olympics bronze medalist Vijender Singh with a cash award of Rs. 11.00 lakh each. Quarter-finalists Jitendra Kumar and Akhil Kumar will be given a cash award of Rs. 5.00 lakh each. Bathinda Senior National boxing gold medalist Kuldeep Singh, who also won bronze medal in Grand Prix Boxing Championship held at Czech Republic in May 2008, with be felicitated with a cash award of Rs. 1.00 lakh.

Pakistani teams will be star attraction in Surjit Hockey

Jalandhar Deputy Commissioner Ajeet Singh Pannu addressing a press conference in Jalandhar on Monday. Also seen in picture is Olympian Pargat Singh (second from right).

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JALANDHAR, OCT 14
Three Pakistani teams and 10 top teams of the country have staked their claim for the top honours in the Silver Jubilee Indian Oil Surjit Hockey Tournament to be held at the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium here from October 18 to 25. This information was given to mediapersons by Jalandhar Deputy Commissioner and President of the Surjit Hockey Society Ajeet Singh Pannu today. Indian Oil will be the main sponsor and Gold’s Gym will be the co-sponsor. The tournament will be played on knock-out- cum league basis. The matches will be played under lights.
Three Pakistani teams namely Javed Hockey Club, Gojra, Crescent Hockey Club Sailkot and Independent Hockey Club Sargodha will be the main attraction, and these teams will be placed in quarter finals stage. The other teams are holders Indian Oil Mumbai, Punjab & Sind Bank Delhi, Namdhari XI, BSF Jalandhar, Air India Mumbai, Rail coach Factory Kapurthala, Bharat Petroleum, Punjab police, South Central Railways Secundrabad and Punjab National Bank.
The Society has decided to increase the prize money for the winners to 2.25 lakh from Rs 1 lakh. Runners-up will receive Rs one lakh instead of Rs 60,000. The best player of the tournament will get Rs 25,000. The finals match of the tournament will be telecast liveon the PTC Punjabi Channel from 6.30 to 8.30 p.m on October 25.
Minister for the Local Bodies, Industries and commerce Punjab Manoranjan Kalia will inaugurate the tournamentat 5.45 p.m.
According to organising secretary Iqbal Singh Sandhu, South-Central Railways, Secundrabad and Punjab National Bank, Delhi will met each other in knockout stage match to qualify for the league stage on October 17. In league stage matches, Punjab & Sing Bank (Delhi), BSF, Jalandhar and Javed Hockey Club (Gojra-Pakistan) are in Pool-'A', Bharat Perroleum (Mumbai), Independent Hockey Club, Sialkot (Pakistan) and Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala in Pool-'B', IndianOil (Mumbai), Crescent Hockey Club, Sargodha (Pakistan) and Namdhari-XI (Sirsa) in Pool-'C' while Air India (Mumbai), Punjab Police and the winners team of knockout stage are placed in Pool-'D'.
The Ad Hoc Committee of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) has appointed K.N. Sharma (Delhi) as IHF Observer, Shakeel Qureshi (Bhopal) as Grade-I umpire as Director of the tournament, Harbans Singh, International Grade-I Umpire (Faridkot) as Umpire's Manager while Virender Bahadur Singh (Air India, Lucknow) Suresh Bhatia and Bhupinder Singh (both from P&SB), Navtej Singh and Ripudaman Sharma (both Punjab Police), Paramjit Singh Lopo (Moga) and H.S. Sangha (Jalandhar) as umpire for the grade-I hockey tournament of the country.

St Peter's gearing up for CBSE tennis

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 14
As many as 28 outstations and local schools have confirmed their participation in the CBSE North Zone I (clusters XII and XIII) Tennis Tournament being organised by St Peter's Secondary School clay courts in Sector 37 here from October 21 to 24.
Giving this information here today, Principal Patricia Khanna said that competitions would be conducted for boys and girls in the Under-14 and Under-19 age groups. The matches will be played according to the rules and regulations of the Central Board of Secondary Education and All India Tennis Association.
Preparations to conduct the event are in full swing and the school Management is all geared up to conduct the championship smoothly.
Chandigarh Mayor Pradeep Chhabra will inaugurate the tournament on October 21 at 9 a.m. while Director Public Instruction (Schools) Samwartak Singh will be the chief guest and distribute prizes on October 24 at 3 p.m.

16 schools for Ess Vee Soccer Cup

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 12
As many as 16 schools of the region have confirmed their participation in the second Ess Vee Soccer Cup being organised by Ess Vee group at the Sector 17 Football Stadium here from October 17 to 19. Director Town and Country Planning Haryana SS Dhillon will be the chief guest and inaugurate the tournament. Samar Estate Private Limited, a company of Ess Vee Group, is sponsoring the tournament.
Giving this information here today, Deepak Uniyal, a spokesman of the organising committee disclosed that the winners would get a cash prize of Rs 11,000, kit bags, mementos and trophy, Runners-up will get Rs 7100, trophy, mementos and kit bags. The team which finish third will Rs 5100, mementos, kit bag and trophy. The fourth position holders will receive Rs 2100 and kit bags.
The organising committee has also decided to give cash awards to the best player and the best goalkeeper of the tournament. Each will get a cash incentive of Rs 1100 and memento. The most promising player will get Rs 500 and memento.
The first position holders among the Cheering Team consisting of 10 performers will be awarded trophy and medals. Runners-up will be presented trophy and medals. All participating team members, including coaches, will be given T-shirts on the opening day of the tournament.
Teams which have confirmed their participation are:
St Xavier's High School Panchkula, Delhi Public School Pinjore, Ryan International School Chandigarh, Yadvindra Public School Mohali, Saupin's School Mohali, St Merry School Chandigarh, Jaininder School Panchkula, Holy Child School Panchkula, Saupin's School Chandigarh, Banyan Tree School Chandigarh, Ryan International School Patiala, St Peter's School Chandigarh, Stepping Stone Chandigarh, Baptish School Chandigarh St Xavier's School Mohali and St Anne's School Chandigarh.

Amritsar team which won the hockey title defeating Kapurthala by 1-0 in the final on Monday.
POA president Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa presenting trophy.

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BATHINDA, Oct.13
Jalandhar emerged the overall champions by bagging 36 points in Punjab State Games for Women which concluded at the Sports Stadium here today. Amritsar were runners-up with 22 points while the third place was baggedby Patiala with 10 points.
Member Parliament and president of Punjab Olympic Association Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa was the chief guest and distributed the prizes.
Principal Secretary Department of Sports & Youth Services, Punjab R P S Powar welcomed the chief guest. Padma Shree Pargat Singh, Director Sports, Punjab thanked the chief guest. Speaking on the occasion Olympian Pargat Singh said that the Punjab teams for the coming National Women Games would be selected during these games. The selected players would attend coaching camps before participating in the nationals.
Member Parliament Paramjit Kaur Gulshan, who could not attend the function, has announced a grant of Rs five lakh from the MP's fund to establish an state-of-art shooting range as a number of shooters from this region have excelled. Commonwealth Games medalist Aveneet is one of the product of this area. Fifty per cent of the grant was handed over today and the remaining will be given as soon as construction work on shooting range starts.
Earlier Jalandhar shuttlers added one more feather in their cap by winning gold as they outplayed second seed Patiala in straight games 2-0 in the finals at Civil Lines Club.
In hockey Amritsar eked out a narrow 1-0 win over Kapurthala in a closely contested final. The all-important goal was scored by Kirandeep who converted a penalty corner in 28th minute. In a classification match for third and fourth places, Jalandhar defeated Bathinda by 5-3 via tie-breaker.
Results: Athletics: Discus: 1 Amanpreet Kaur (KPT) 43.67m, 2 Priyanka (MKT) 38.20m, 3 Gurbinder Kaur (ASR) 36.02m. 1500 m: 1 Navjoban Kaur (HSP) 4.46.62s, 2 Harpreet Kaur (HSP) 5.07.19s, 3 Jyoti Rani (JAL) 5.15.13s. Badminton (final): Jalandhar bt Patiala 2-0. Basektabll (final): Jalandhaar bt Hoshiarpur 67-32. Third-fourth places: Ludhiana bt Kapurthala 62-36. Gymnastics: 1 Gurdaspur 234.40 pts, 2 Patiala 210.80 pts, 3 Jalandhar 177.30 pts. Hockey (final): Amritsar bt Kapurthala 1-0. Third-fourth places: Jalandhar bt Bathinda 5-2 (tie-breaker). Handball (final): Amritsar bt Jalandhar 17-12. Third and fourth places: Tarn Taran bt Ludhiana 12-19. Kabaddi (final): Jalandhar bt Patiala 56-14. 3rd and 4th places: Amritsar bt Sangrur 35-31. Kho-kho (final): Jalandhar bt Ludhiana 1 pt. 3rd and 4th places: Patiala bt Hoshiarpur 11 points and one term. Tennis: Amritsar bt Kapurthala 8-3, 8-2. 3rd-4th places: Ropar bt Jalandhar 8-0, 8-1.Swimming (finals): 200 m freestyle: 1 Harsimran Kaur (RPR) 2:40.29, 2 Arashpreet Kaur (LDH) 2:41.31, 3 Sehabjit Kaur (SNG) 2:45.45. 200m backstroke: 1 Ajalpreet Kaur (SNG) 2.57.47, 2 Suhapanpreet (LDH) 3:08.90, 3 Shubdaran Kaur (LDH) 3:21.17. 200m I.M: 1 Harsimran Kaur (RPR) 3:00.45, 2 Anisha (JAL) 3:02.67, 3 Jaskiran Kaur (SNG) 3:18.06. 4x100m freestyle relay: 1 Mankiran, Jaskiran, Ajapreet, Navneet (SNG) 5:03.29m, 2 Khubkiran,Kanwalpreet, Arushi,Arashpreet (LDH) 5:17.68, 3 Kudrat Kaur, Sheena, Harsimran, Pomi (RPR) 5:37.85. Volleyball (final): Mukatsar bt Jalandhar 3-0. 3rd-4th places: Mohali bt Bathinda 3-0.

Administrator's Challenge Cup Hockey

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 13
Having successfully conducting a number of tournaments, including recently concluded Administrator's Cup All-India Football Tournament, the Chandigarh Sports Department today announced to organise the inaugural Administrator's Challenge Cup Hockey Tournament for boys Under-17 at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here from October 16 to 22.
Addressing a press conference at the Sector 42 Sports Complex Chandigarh Sports Director Inderjit Singh Sandhu said that that matches would be played on league-cum-knockout basis under the rules and regulations of the Indian Hockey Confederation. It will be a cash prize tournament which carries a cheque of Rs 50,000 for winners and Rs 25,000 for runners-up.
"The tournament will also serve as a spotting meet for the benefit of the Chandigarh Hockey Academy being run by the Chandigarh Administration. If any outstanding player is noticed, he may be included in the CF Academy, if any vacancy exists," said Sandhu, who is also Additional Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh.
While elaborating the medical arrangements made by the organising committee, the Sports Director warned that any player found medically overage would not be allowed to compete and sit on the bench strength. There will be no substitute against the player declared overage by the medical board.
"Besides the cash prizes, the Chandigarh Administration will provide free board and lodging, transportation and to and fro fare from the place of their journey to all outstation teams. The total budget is approximately Rs 8-9 lakh.
The following teams have been divided into different age groups.
Pool A: Surjit Academy Jalandhar, Hockey Academy Gurgaon, Sukhchain Hockey Academy Faridkot, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Hockey Academy Amritsar.
Pool B: Chandigarh Hockey Academy, Hyderbad Hockey Academy, Cheema Hockey Academy Batala, Kurukshetra SAI Academy.
Pool C: PNB Hockey Academy Delhi, Chandigarh Sports Deptt Coaching Centre, Punjab and Sind Bank Academy Jalandhar, Mehta Gurukul Hockey Academy Doraha.
Pool D: Rail Coach Factory Kurukshetra, Hockey Academy Lucknow and Amritsar XI.

If IOA does not recognise us we will seek legal action: Rathee

PV Rathee (left) and Narinder Hooda addressing a press conference in Chandigarh on Monday. Photo by Balbir Singh.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 13
The Haryana Olympic Association faction, led by PV Rathee and Narinder Hooda, today claimed that Abhey Chautala and Dr MS Malik were not allowed to represent HOA in the recently conducted elections of the Indian Olympic Association in Pune as a Panchkula court has restrained them and also not allowing them to use the HOA banner in any manner. The Rathee faction was also not allowed to attend the meeting.
" Abhey Chautala attended the meeting as president of the Amateur Boxing Federation of India and not the HOA. Rathee, who is Additional Director General Police (CID) Haryana, said "we held discussions with the IOA president Suresh Kalmadi and general secretary Randhir Singh. Their attitude and response were positive as they had respected the court orders and did not allow Chautala and Malik to attend the election meeting." Chautala was re-elected president of the IOA.
Asked whether his (Rathee) faction has been recognised by the IOA, HOA president Rathi said "we have applied for affiliation." Secretary general of the Rathee group Narinder Hooda intervened to clarify that HOA was already an affiliated unit of the IOA. "We have sought recognition to the newly elected office-bearers of the HOA." However, the Rathi faction has yet to finalise the full list of office-bearers. They said all remaining posts would be filled in the next week.
Replying to a question that if the IOA is not recognising their group what course of action they would take, Rathee said "the HOA and the IOA are registered bodies under registration of societies act. Both are equal. In case the IOA does not recognise the duly elected body of ours, we will take legal action against them (IOA)."
"We will wait for two months for the IOA response. They have respected the court orders and we do not have any reason not to trust the IOA," said Rathee.
When it was pointed out that due to the faction fight among the HOA, the Haryana sportspersons were suffering, Rathee said "in a democratic set up, the majority verdict should be respected and majoity is with us. More than 70 per cent of the affiliated units of the HOA are with us. If the Abhey group thinks that majority is with them they should have contested the elections to the HOA held recenlty. We are concerned about the sportspersons. But in these circumstances we can do little."
The Rathee faction will go ahead with its planning. "The imemdiate task will be to organise the State Games in Sonepat."

SP Public win final, result withheld due to protest

The victorious New Public School girls team.
SD Public School-32 which beat New Public School-18 by 70-54 in the final but following protest the result has been withheld.
Sacred Heart School-26 which finished third in the girls section. Photos by Balbir Singh

NPS girls walkover IS Dev Samaj in the final
CHANDIGARH, OCT 13
Hosts New Public School, Sector 18 won the girls trophy without any sweating as their rivals and defending champions IS Dev Samaj School of Sector 21 gave a walkover in the final of the 11th CBSE Cluster XIII Inter-School Basketball Championship for boys and girls held at the NPS courts here today.
The Dev Samaj girls came to the court and warmed up. As the match was about to start they left the court giving walkover to their rivals.
Sacred Heart, Sector 26 defeated Carmel Convent of Sector 9 by 32-28 in a classification match to decide the third and fourth places. Sacred Heart's main scorers were Ravleen (14) and Priya (4). Krishna (12) and Simran (7) reduced the margin for losers.
The result of the boys final has been withheld as NP School lodged a protest against Sanjeev Rao of SD Public School alleging that he was overage and not eligible to compete.
The final was played at a fast pace. After losing two quarters at 10-16, 17-18, SD Public School bounced back into the game with vengeance and narrowed the margin by winning the third quarter by 13-7.
They went all out according to their game plan in the fourth and final quarter. Three consecutive three-pointer by Deepak was the turning point of the match. SDP School won the fourth quarter by 30-13 and clinched the trophy by 70-54.

Tall Amyjot (23), Sanjeev Rao (23), Deepak (15) and Kanwar (8) were the winners main scorer. With few minutes left, Kanwar of SD Public School completed his five individual fouls and came out.
Gurjot and S Cheema of NP School committed five fouls each and were out before the fourth quarter.
CBSE observer Rakesh Verma confirmed that he had received a protest letter from NPS alleging that Sanjeev Rao was not eligible to take part since his date of birth is 1989. The CBSE authorities in Delhi have been apprised of the situation and after verification the result would be announced, said Verma. If the protest is upheld, SP Public School may be scratched.
However, the SD Public School authorities denied the allegation saying "according to our records, Rao's date of birth is 1990 and is eligible to compete."
In a third and fourth position match Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36 defeated Maharaja Hari Singh Agricultural Collegiate of Jammu by 66-33.

GNPS beat APJ Academy by 74 runs

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 12
Guru Nanak Public School-CC Academy defeated APJ Academy of Kharar by 76 runs in the Inter-Academy Cricket Championship for Under-14 being conducted by Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academey here today.
NNPS Academy batted first and scored 188 for 8 in allotted 30 overs. Gaurav Sharma topscored with 75 which included nine fours. Gaurav and Arjit contributred 34 and 25, respectively. Sahil, Sarthak and Vardhaman got two wickets each for 26, 40 and 24 runs, respectively.
In reply APJ could score 114 for 9 in stipulated 30 overs. Kapil (45,7x4s), Pukhraj (24) were their ain scorers. Vaibhav got three wickets for 17 runs. Saurav got 2 for 12.
According to DPAC Academy chairman DP Azad, the final match between MCM Blue Caps and APJ Academy of the league will be played on October 14. Later the winners will play Rest of Academies players XI.
Brief scores: GNPS-36: 188 for 8 in 30 overs (Gaurav Sharma 75, 9x4s, Gaurav 34, Arpit Singh 25, Sahil 2 for 26, Sarthak 2 for 40, Vardhaman 2 for 24).
APJ Kharar: 114 for 9 in 30 overs ( Kapil 45, 7x4s, Pukhraj 24, Sarthak 12, Vaibhav 3 for 17, Saurav 2 for 13, Harry 1 for 6, Arjit 1
for 3, Arpit 1 for 20).

Sigma XI and INSCOL win

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 12
Impressive bowling by Parminder (4 for 16) enabled Sigma XI defeat Airtel XI by 36 runs in the IInd MG Cup League Cricket Tournament, being organised by Chandigarh Sports Club here at DAV
Senior Secondary School in Sector 8 here today.
Batting first after winning the toss, Sigma XI had a disappointing start as their openers were back in the pavillion after two overs and scoreboard reading 10 runs. Therafter Snadeep Mehta scored 32 valuable runs to help his team score 139 for 8 in 25 overs. Manpreet and Rajesh shared six wickets between and gave away just 40 runs.
In reply, Airtel XI batsmen were not comfortable while facing Parminder who was most economical bowler for Sigma XI. Manpreet played a defiant knock of 37 runs. Airtel XI were all out for 103 in 19.4 overs.
Brief scores: Sigma Xi: - 139 for 8 in 25 overs (Sandeep Mehta 32, Anoop 21, Manpreet 3 for 25, Rajesh 3 for 15, Alok 2 for 27)]. Airtel XI: 103 all out in 19.4 overs ( Manpreet 37, Vinay Bhardwaj 27, Parminder 4 for 16, Sukhwinder 3 for 6).
In the second match INSCOL XI bowlers ripped through the bating line up of Citi Financial to hand their team a 39-run win.
Batting first INSCOL could managed only 112 for 8 wickets in 25 overs. Mithun showed some finesse and chipped in with 40 runs for his team. Ashok Kumar was the pick of the bowlers as he picked up 2 for 13.
In reply, Citi Financial threw away their wickets. Only Amit Sharma crossed 20 runs mark and Deepak and Loksh were the other two batsmen who got to double figures. Ramesh was the wrecker -in -chief as he picked up four wickets for 17 runs.
Brief scores: INSCOL XI:- 112 for 8 in 25 overs (Mithun 40, Rajesh 21, Ashok Kumar 2 for 13, Vikas 2 for 23). Citi Financial: 73 all out in 16.2 overs (Amit Sharma 21, Deepak 12, Ramesh 4 for 17, Ravi 3 for 27).

Harpal Kaur fastest Punjab woman runner

Kabaddi (above) and kho-kho (below) matches in progress in the Punjab State Games for Women in Bathinda.

Bathinda October, 12
Harpal Kaur of Sangrur emeerged the fastest woman runner as she conver 100 metres dash in 12.50 second to win gold in the Punjab State Games for Women being organised by the Punjab Sports Department at the Sports Stadium here today.
Manisha of Jalandhar got silver by completing the race in 12.71 seconds and Supreet of Muktsar had to ramain satisfied with a bronze medal as she clocked12.81 seconds.
In gymnastics Gurdaspur bagged the team Championship with 234.40 points. Patiala were runners-up with 210.80 points and Jalandhar remained third with 177.30 points.
In the all-around best gymnastic compeptitions, Gurdaspur girls claimed all the first three positions. Monica was declared the best with 47.90 points, Gulwinder and Naginder both of Gurdaspur were declared second and and with 47.40 and 47.30 points, respectively.
In Badminton Jalandhar outplayed top seed and defending champions Amritsar 2-0 and stormed in the final where they will face second seed Patiala who defeated Nawanshahar in the second semifinal.
Results: Badminton (semi-finals): Jalandhar bt Amritsar 2-0, Patiala bt Nawanshahar 2-0.
Kho-Kho (Q-finals): Patiala bt Amritsar by one inngs and 1 point, Jalandhar bt Moga by one inngs, 10 pts, Ludhiana bt Mohali by one inngs 18 pts, Hoshiarpur bt Barnala by one inngs and 11 pts.
Volleyball (Q-finals): Mukatsar bt Amritsar 25-18, 25-12, Mohali bt Hoshiarpur 25-15, 25-10, Bathinda bt Mansa 25-5, 25-13, Jalandhar bt Tarn Taran 25-8, 25-9.
Basketball (Q-finals): Jalandhar bt Faridkot 51-25, Hoshiarpur bt Amritsar 56-44, Kapurthala bt Bathinda 58-38, Ludhiana bt Gurdaspur 72-45.
Handball (Q-finals): Jalandhar bt Patiala 12-5, Bathinda bt Tarn Taran 16-5, Amritsar bt Hoshiarpur 20-9, Nawanshahar bt Ludhiana 23-3.
Hockey: Amritsar bt Ludhiana 4-3, Bathinda bt Tarn Taran 3-0, Jalandhar bt Moga 1-0, Kapurthala bt Gurdaspur 3-0.
Kabaddi: Jalandhar bt Gurdaspur 35-8, Amritsar bt Mohhali 76-22, Sangrur bt Mansa 49-18, Patiala bt Faridkot 38-30.
Swimming (finals): 100m (freestyle): 1 Harsimran Kaur (RPR) 1:11.12; 2 Gurwinder Kaur (HSP) 1:11.60, 3 Navneet Kaur (SNG) 1:11.83. 100 m breaststroke: 1 Mankiran Kaur (SNG) 01:22.69 , 2 Arpanjit Kaur (SNG) 1:27.33, 3 Anisha (Jal) 1:29.98. 100 m backstroke: 1 Ajalpreet Kaur (SNG) 01:19.80, 2 Gurwinder Kaur(HSP) 01:20:81, 3 Suhapanpreet Kaur(LDH) 1:25:13. 100m butterfly: Harsimran Kaur(RPR) 1:21:34, 2 Kanwalpreet Kaur(LDH) 1:26:42, 3 Rajni(GSP) 1:29:02.
Athletics: 3000m: 1 Navjoban(HSP) 10:38:40, 2 Harpreet Kaur(HSP) 10:57:57, 3 Sukhjit Kaur(BTH) 11:18:50. 4X400 relay: 1Sukhwinder, Simarjeet, Sakshi, Manpreet (JAL) 4:12:36, 2 Ramanjit, Gagandeep, Rajbir, Harpreet(SNG) 4:20:05, 3 Bhupinder, Hardeep, Amandeep, Navpreet(TT) 4:25:75. Long jump: 1 Kulwinder Kaur(SNG) 5.28m, 2 Bhumika Thakur(GSP) 5.22m, Balbir Kaur(JAL) 5.10m. 100 m: 1 Harpal Kaur(SNG) 12.50, 2 Manisha(JAL) 12.71, 3 Supreet Kaur(MKT) 12.81. 400m: 1 Ratandeep Kaur(BTH) 49.91, 2 Akwinder Kaur(MOH) 1:02.28, 3 Ekamjot (LDH) 1.02.36. Javelin: 1 Rupinder Kaur(JAL) 42.02m, 2 Ramandeep Kaur(JAL) 36.60m, 3 Gurpreet Kaur(PTA) 33.95m.
Gymnastics team championship: 1 Gurdaspur 234.40 points, 2 Patiala 210.80 pts, 3 Jalandhar 177.30 pts. All around best gymnast: 1 Monica (GSP) 47.90 pts, 2 Gulwinder (GSP) 47.40 pts, 3 Naginder(GSP) 47.30 pts.
Table tennis (semi-finals): Amritsar bt Ropar 3-0, Jalandhar bt Ludhiana 3-0.

NPS cagers enter finals

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 12
Hosts New Public School, Sector 18 of Chandigarh enter boys as well as girls finals of the vChallenge of Jammu schools end in CBSE Basketball Chanpionship being played at the NPS Courts in Sector 18.
In the boys semi-final , NPS defeated Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36 by 49-23. Balraj and Sartaj were their main scorers with 9 ad 12 points, respectivley. Satwant an Govindraj reduced the margin for the losers by scoring 7 and 4 points, respectively.
In the second semi-final, SP Public School, Sector 32 defeated MHAC of Jammu by 57-12 points. Amayjot (26) and Deepak (14) were the main winners scorers.
In the girls semi-final, NPS-18 defeated Sacred Heart of Sector 26 by 37-9 while IS Dev Samaj School, Sector 21, ousted Carmel Convent, Sector 9 by 25-12.
Earlier, challenge of Jammu schools had ended as semi-finalists were spotted in the girls section in the morning session.
IS Dev Samaj School of Sector 21 Chandigarh, who got bye into the quarter-final, outplayed K.C Public School, Jammu by 44-4. Sushma (20) and Navdeep (6) combined well to score points from all angles for the winners. Monica got two points for the losers.
IS Dev will now face Carmel Convent, Sector 9, Chandigarh in the semi-final. Carmel Convent defeated Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, by 15-6. Shabnam (5), Aunchal (4) were the winners' main scorers.
JK Public School of Jammu went down fighting to formidable Sacred Heart, Sector 26, by 24-38. Both fought tooth and nail in the first quarter-final which ended in a 10-all draw. The tough fight continued in the second quarter but Carmel Convent won by a narrow margin of two points (12-10).
In a low-scoring third quarter, JK Public School won it by 4-2. Sacred Heart maintained their pressure and claimed the fourth quarter by 14-0. Sacred Heart's main scorers were Sukhmani (18) and Jyoti (5). For Jammu school Ayushi contributed six points.
In the fourth quarter-final, hosts New Public School, Sector 18, Chandigarh, outplayed Bhawan Vidalaya, Sector 27, Chandigarh by 20-5. Smiti (6) and Megha (5) were the principal scorers for the winners. Aman contributed three points out of five scoredby BV-27.
Results: Boys: New Public School, Sec-18, Chandigarh ( Sumit 12, Parveen 12,Satish 8) bt D.A.V Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, Chd (Hardil
16) by 66-46.
MHAC, Jammu ((Prashant 21, Anubhav 7) bt K.C Public School,Jammu (Mohit 36) by 50-49.
S.D Public School, Sec-32, Chd (Kanwar 16, Sanjeev 13) bt G.H.K.M.P.S, Sec-38, Chd (Mohinder 11) 55-33.
Girls: Sacred Heart, Sec-26, Chd ((Sukhmani 18, Jyoti 5) bt J.K Public School, Jammu (Ayushi 6) by 38-24.
New Public School, Sec-18, Chd (Smiti 6, Megha 5) bt Bhawan Vidalaya, Sec-27, Chd (Aman 3) 20-5.
IS Dev Samaj, Sec-21, Chd (Sushma 20, Navdeep 6) bt K.C Public School, Jammu (Monica 2) by 44-4.
Carmel Convent, Sec-9, Chd (Shabnam 5, Aunchal 4) bt Guru Nanak Public
School, Sec-36, Chd (Sonal Kiran 4) by 15-6.

DAVC men and MCM DAV women bag titles

DAV College wrestlers receiving team trophy in the Senior Chandigarh State Wrestling Championship on Sunday.
Aarti being declared winner against Sakina in the women's 59 kg final bout.
Aarti and Sakina in action in the women's 59 kg final bout. Photos by Balbir Singh.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 12
DAV College, Sector 10 and MCM DAV College for Women, Sector 36 won the men's and women's team titles, respectively, in the Senior Chandigarh State Wrestling Championship at the Wrestling Coaching Centre Community Centre in Sector 30 here today.
Raj Singh of Chandigarh Police was declared the best wrestler of the championship. Chandigarh Wrestling Association general secretary Darshan Lal said that the selection panel would selected probables for the state coaching camp. Chandigarh team will be selected during the coaching camp to participate in the Senior National Wrestling Championship to be held at Ayodhya from December 4 to 7.
The Chandigarh wrestlers will also compete in the third All India Chambal Kesari, Chambal Kumar, Chambal Mahila Kesari and Chambal Basant Wrestling Championship to be held at Hdoti in Kota District of Rajasthan from October 21 to 23.
Results: Freestyle: 55 kg: 1 Kamel, 2 Deepak. 60 kg: 1 Deepak, 2 Ramehr. 66 kg: 1 Harinder, 2 Manjit. 74 kg: 1 Gaurav, 2 Jagminder. 84 kg: 1 Pawan, 2 Zulfkar. 96 kg: 1 Parveen, 2 Satinder. _96 kg: 1 Jagmit, 2 Ashok.
Greeco-Roman: 55 kg: 1 Sarvind, 2 Amit. 60 kg: 1 Krishan, 2 Satish. 66 kg: 1 Rajesh, 2 Sonu. 74 kg: 1 Vivender, 2 Sandeep, 84 kg: 1 Raj Singh, 2 Parminderjit. 96 kg: 1 Ramesh, 2 Ajaib. +96 kg: 1 Jagbir, 2 Tejpal.
Women (freestyle): 1 44 kg: 1 Yashoda, 2 Kanta. 51 kg: 1 Anju, 2 Tina. 55 kg: 1 Renu, 2 Riki. 59 kg: 1 Aarti, Sajuba, 63 kg: 1 Orutabjam 2 Anjula. 67 kg: 1 Priyanka, 2 Yogesh. 67 to 72 kg: 1 Bimla, 2 Yakshi.

Simi Mehra increases lead

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PANCHKULA, OCT 11
With four birdies, 12 pars and one bogey, Simi Mehra plaed a par 72 to increase her lead to 17 strokes at the finish of day two of the Third Leg of the DLF Women’s Professional Golf Tour at the Panchkula Golf Club here today. Simi’s round of 72, which consisted of birdies on the 7th, 13th, 16th and 18th holes and a triple bogey on the Par five 15th hole, takes her two days' total to 4 over 148.
Nalini Singh’s round of 8 over 80 and Seema Sobti’s round of 12 over 84 put them at tied second position with an identical score of 165.
Trailing them are Nitika Jadeja, Pallavi Jain and Preetinder Kaur in tied fourth position each with a two day total of 170.
Shweta Galande, the only amateur in the field returned a card of 6 over 78 taking her total to 164, and putting her into the leader group along with Simi Mehra for the final round.

Carmel Convent lift Dr Kamesh Trophy

The Carmel Convent team which won the Chandigarh Sub-Junior Girls Football Championship for Dr Kamesh Bhargava Memorial Trophy on Saturday. They beat St Stephen's School by 2-0 in the final.
St Stephen's School Principal Harold Carver presenting trophy to Carmel School captain Meghna. Photos by Balbir Singh.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 11.
Fleet-footed Carmel Convent of Sector 9 defeated St Stephen's School of Sector 45 by two first-half goals without reply in the final of the Chandigarh Sub-Junior Girls Football Championship for Dr Kamesh Bhargava Memorial Trophy conducted by the Chandigarh Football Association at the Sector 17 Football Stadium here on Saturday.
Trained by Scott Geisinger, Carmel Convent capitalised most of the opportunites that came theier way. Strikers Namrata Kochhar Geisinger, Meghna and Ekta Kochhar Geisinger gave a tough time to the St Stephen's defenders.
Scott said "Carmel Convent players are getting training for the last two years." Complimenting the efforts of the Chandigarh Football Association to inspire and provide opportunity to the footballers, Scott said "there are numerous openings for the Indian athletes in the USA universities. If the Indian athletes excel they can get full scholarships to study in America. Otherwise the cost is $ 40,000 per year."
He also praised the CFA for opening a training centre for girl footballers at the Dev Samaj College in Sector 45.
St Stephen's coach NIS-trained Surinder Singh said "We are building a new team as the last batch has passed out. Some of them are very new to the game."
Meanwhile, St Stephen's School put up an improved performance after resumption. They not only thwarted the attempts of Carmel Convent to increase their victory margin, the Stephen's players also raided the rivals goal on a few occasion. However, a tough Carmel Convent defence proved a stonewall for them.
Stephen's School suffered an early jolt as they conceded an early goal in the third minute. Namrata Kochhar Geisinger sprinted her way into the inner box before scoring a fine goal with a right footer. Namrata netted another goal in the 19th minute. Initiating a move from the left flank, Sanchi drove powerfully. Off the rebound from Stephen's goalkeeper Puneet, opportunistic Namrata pounced on the ball before scoring the goal. With this Carmel Convent put their seal on the trophy.
Dr Akhil Bhargava, who sponsored the tournament, announced that it would be an annual feature to promote girls football. Dr Akhil is father of Under-13 Indian girls team captain Tanvi Bhargava.
St Stephen's Principal Harold Carver was the chief guest and distributed the prizes.
Namrata Kochhar Geisinger, Meghna, of Carmel Convent, Gurleen Kaur and Harleen Randhawa, of St Stephen's School were adjudged the best players of the tournament.

NPS cagers serve stern warning

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 11
Hosts and defending champions New Public School served a stern warning as they raced to an easy 67-13 victory over Satluj Public School, Panchkula, in the opening boys match of the 11th CBSE (Cluster XIII) Inter-School Basektball Championship for boys and girls at the NPS courts in Sector 18 here today.
Making their intention clear that they mean business from the word go, NPS boys raced to a 23-2 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Satluj Public School put up a good resistance in the second quarter which they went down fighting by 8-9. NPS dominated the third and fourth quarters which they won by 26-3 and 29-0.
The NPS trio of Tsetan (12), Satish (10) and Anshuman (8) gave the Panchkula school a harrowing time. Reekrit scored four points for Satluj.
In the girls section, Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36 defeated Tribune Model School, Sector 29 by 16-3. Preet Kamal (6) and Sonal 8) were the main scorers for the winners. Yogita scored three points for the losers.
Formidable Sacred Heart, Sector 26, Chandigarh outplayed Durga Public School, Solan by 25-6. The winners established a commanding 10-0 lead at the end of first quarter. Ravleen topscored with 10 points and Sukhmani made five points for the winners. Vijya (4) waged a lone battle for the Solan school.
KC Public School of Jammu outplayed Sophia Convent, Kalka by recording an easy win by 36-3 points.
The KCP duo of Monica Zutshi (18) and Diksha Nehra (10) repeatedly pierced the Sophia Convent to sink baskets. Kananda (3) scored all points for the Kalka school.
Another school from Jammu, J.K Public prevailed over Doon International, Mohali by 15-8.
Mainscorers of winning team were Mehak (5) and Ayushi (4). Kunwadee served Doon school well by contributing 6 points.
Bhawan Vidhalaya, Sector 27 defeated MHAC, Jammu by 16-8. Aman and Lovepreet were their principal scorerers with 8 and six points, respectively. Kanupriya (4) reduced the margin for the losers.
However, in the boys section, MHAC of Jammu recorded a well-earned 55-37 verdict against Doon International, Mohali. The main scorers for winners were: Prashant (23) and Anubhav (12). Ankush (16) and Nut (10) put up good show for the losers.
In an all-Chandigarh contest D.A.V.S.S.S, Sector 8 proved too strong for Ajit Karam Singh International Public School, Sector 41 as the former won by 30-9. Satnam (16) and Yesjot (6) were the star performers for the winners. Gaurav contribyuted eight points for AKSIPS.
A sterling display by Rajat (34) and well supported by Rajat Sharma (14) helped BL Central of Solan to outclass Tribune Model, Sector 29, Chandigarh by 60-5 points. Ashish (3) was the main scorer for losers.
Results: Boys: Delhi Public School, Delhi (Juhan 10, Anshul 10, Manak 6) bt GTB School, Sector 15 by 34.0. DAV School, Ambala Cantonment (Mukul 10, Gurman 4) bt Mount Carmel, Sector 46 Chd (Gurpreet 4, Rajeshwar 10) by 21-17. New Public School, Sector 18 Chandigarh (Tsetan 12, Satishg 10, Anshuman 8, Balraj 6, Sumit Chopra 6, Satraj 4, Gurjot 4 ) bt Satluj Public School, Panchkula (Reekrit 4, Yuvraj 2, Abhinav 2, Kuljit 2, Robin 2, Sachin 1) bt 67-13. Shishu Niketan Chandigarh (Gurjoty 27, Neeraj 8, Aditya 5, Sandeep 4, Sanchit 2, Navdeep 2) bt Sophia Convent Kalka (Aman 18, Atul 4, Auan 4, Shibnu 2, Sumesh 2) by 50-30. Sri Guru Harkishan Model School-38 Chd (Ravi 12, Mohinder 12, Amit 4, Gurpreet 6, Bharat 4) bt Lawrence School, Mohali (Karanbir 4, Deepinder 2, Paramvir 1) by 40-7. Vivek High School-38 Chandigarh (Shagun 13, Darkhar 10, Sultan 4, Tushar 3) bt Guru Nanak Mission Public School, Paonta Sahib (Nikhil 11, Harvinder 4, Ravi 2, Ankit 2) by 32-23. MHAC, Jammu (Prashant 23, Anubhav 12) bt Doon International Mohali (Ankush 16, Nut 10) by 55-37 D.A.V.S.S.S, Sec-8, Chandigarh ( Satnam 16, Yesjot 6) bt AKSIPS-41 Chandigarh (Gaurav 8) by 30-9. BL Central, Solan ( Rajat 34, Rajat Sharma 14) bt Tribune Model-29 Chandigarh (Ashish 3) by 60-5. D.A.V Public School, Sec-8, Chd (Manish 14, Digvijay 10, Ankush 8) bt Adhunik Public School Dharamshala (Arnav 2) by 45-4. Gian Jyoti Public School, Mohali (Curly 19, Jaikirat 9) bt Bal Niketan Model Secondary, Chd (Mankran 4) by 36-6. Guru Nanak, Sector 36, Chandigarh (Satwant Dhaliwal 22, Jashandeep Singh 10) bt Bhawan Vidhalaya, Sec-27, Chd (Mehraaj 4) by 46-12. S.A.S Academy, Ropar (Jung Jughar Singh 7, Raj Singh 6) bt Saint Soldier, Mohali (Yuvraj 9, Harpreet ) by 22-19.
Girls: Bhawan Vidhalaya, Sec-27, Chd (Aman 8, Lovepreet 6) bt MHAC, Jammu (Kanupriya 4) by 16-8.J.K Public, Jammu (Mehak 5, Ayushi 4) bt Doon International, Mohali (Kunwadee 6) by 15-8. K.C Public, Jammu (Monica Zutshi 18, Diksha Nehra 10) bt Sophia Convent, Kalka (Kananda 3) by 36-3. Sacred Heart, Sec-26, Chandigarh (Ravleen 10, Sukhmani 5) bt Durga Public School, Solan (Vijya 4) 25-6. G.N.P.S, Sec-36, Chd (Preet Kamal 6, Sonal 8) bt Tribune Model, Sec-29, Chd (Yogita 3) by 16-3.

Aditya, Suman in Jalandhar Club Team

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JALANDHAR, Oct 11
Jalandhar Golf Club was the latest entrant to the Signature club golf family as the inaugural year here witnessed a massive field of 106 participants to battle it out to make it to the Northern Regionals of the 7th Signature Club Golf Championship. Aditya Gupta and Suman Puri booked their place in the Jalandhar Golf Club team for the Northern Zone regional final of the McDowell's Signature Club Golf Championship 2008. In the intra club tournament, the first stage of the multi-city event, held at the Jalandhar Golf Club here on Saturday, Aditya Puri who tallied 34 stableford points emerged as the winner in the 0-8 category while Suman Puri emerged as the runner-up.
The duo was joined by Teja Singh and Yogesh Sapra who were the winner and runner-up respectively in the 9-16 handicap category. Teja Singh scored 38 points while the runner-up aggregated 34 points.
Apart from the main prize, several exciting spot prizes were on offer to keep every participant enthused. Aditya Gupta won the Overall Longest Drive & the Overall Straightest Drive while the Overall Closest to Pin was won by Teja Singh.
The regional final will be played at the Classic Golf Resort, Gurgaon on October 20.

DP Azad Academy taste first win

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 11
An 85-run partnership for the third wicket between Talwinderjit Singh and Jagpreet helped Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy taste their first win after defeating APJ Academy by four wickets in the Inter-Academy Cricket Tournament for Under-14 being organised by DP Azad Cricket Academy here.
Playing their third match after suffering two successive defeats, Azad Academy achieved their target in 27.4 overs as they scored 161 for 6 in reply to APJ Academy's total of 157 for 7 in allotted 30 overs.
Azad Academy started on a disappointing note as both their openers were back into the pavilion with scoreboard reading 46 for 2. However, left hander Talwinderjit Singh and Jagpreet put their team in a comfortable position as they realised 85 runs for the third wicket stand. Talwinderjit Singh's brilliant knock of 35 contained three fours and two sixes. Jagpreet slammed three fours and two sixes in his well compiled knock of 35.
Karan Aggarwal and Manjot Singh contributed 17 and 15 not out, respectively. Kapil of APJ Academy bagged 2 for 18.
Earlier, APJ Academy posted 157 for 7 in stipulated 30 overs. Kapil (56, 7x4s, 1x6) and Narinder (48, 2x4s, 1x6) were their main scorers. Azad's Academy's right arm medium pacer Amrit Singh was the most successful bowler as he took three wickets for 24 runs. Malwinderjit got 2 for 26.
Brief scores: APJ Academy, Kharar: 157 for 7 in 30 overs (Kapil 56, 7x4s, 1x6, Narinder 48, 2x4s, 1x6, Harsh 19, Amrit Singh 3 for 24, Jagpreet 1 for 26, Karan Aggarwal 1 for 34, Malwinderjit 2 for 26).
DP Azad Cricket Academy: 161 for 6 in 27.4 overs (Talwinderjit Singh 46, 7x4s, 1x6, Jagpreet 35, 3x4s, 2x6s, Karan Aggarwal 17, Manjot Singh not out 15, Kapil 2 for 18, Pardeep 1 for 24, Vardhaman 1 for 26).
Tomorrow's fixture: GNPS-CCA vs APJ Academy, Kharar at GNP School ground in Sector 36at 9.30 a.m.

Abhey Chautala elected IOA vice president

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Chandigarh, October 10
Haryana Olympic Association president Khel Rattan Abhey Singh Chautala was today re-elected vice president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for the fifth successive term in a row in the annual general body meeting held in Pune.
Suresh Kalmadi was also re-elected IOA President for the fourth successive term. All were elected unanimously. Archery Federation of India president V K Malhotra has been re-elected senior vice-president, while Raja Randhir Singh and A.K. Mattoo have been re-elected as general secretary and treasurer, respectively. Jagdish Tytler, R.L Anand and Tarlochan Singh were also elected Vice Presidents. Anurag Dhumal was elected Joint Secretary.
The apex sports body of the country Indian Olympic Association also reiterated its earlier stand that the Haryana Olympic Association, headed by Abhey Singh Chautala, is the legal HOA. Earlier also, IOA had recognised the Chautala Group as the sole authority on managing the sports activities in Haryana. A formal resolution was adopted and passed unanimously by the IOA in its executive as well as annual general body meeting held at the Olympic Bhawan in New Delhi.
The IOA strongly condemned the Haryana Government's attempt to interfere and to undermine the autonomy of HOA. IOA today also appointed a three member committee headed by Sh. R.K. Anand to meet Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and persuade him not to interfere in the sports bodies.
Table Tennis Federation of India president and Rajya Sabha MP Mr Ajay Singh Chautala and Haryana INLD president Ashok Arora have congratulated the Mr Abhey Singh Chautala and Tarlochan Singh on their election on the IOA panel.

CLTA trainee in Brunei's team

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 10
The Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Associated added another feather in its cap as one of its trainees under the Commonwealth Youth Programme, Mohammad Aiman bin Abdullah has been included in the Brunei tennis team which will take part in the Commonwealth Youth Games to be held in Pune from October 12 to 18.
Giving this information here today, CLTA chairman Rajan Kashyap said that Mohammad Aiman joined the CLTA under the Commonwealth Youth Programme as trainee at the CLTA Complex in March 2007. His selection in the Brunei tennis team along with Asher Jenemlah Khan was informed by Haji Abdul Malik Bin Haji Mohammad, Chief Youth and Sports Officer (Youth), Brune Darussalam,
In a communication to Raj K Mishra, Regional Director, Commonwealth Youth Programme Asia Centre, Chandigarh, Haji Abdul Malik Bin Haji Mohammad, said "Mohammad Aiman bin Abdullah, Brunei Darussalam scholarship student, studying in St Stephen's School, Sector 45 and the CLTA is selected as tennis athlete to represent Brunei Darussalam in the Commonwealth Youth Games, Pune India."
He has requsted Mr Raj K Mishra to give "academic leave" to Mohammad Aiman bin Abdullah from his academic and training session for a period of 13 days from October 8 to 20..
The CLTA trainee from Brunei has All India Tennis Association ranking of 154 in Under-18 and 104 in Under-16. Mohammad Aiman looked confident to give his best performance in Pune.
Meanwhile another CLTA trainee Vijayant Malik, a product of CHART, is among the four-member Indian team which will compete in the Commonwealth Youth Games. Other members are junior Davis Cupper Yuki Bhambri, Akash Wagh and Sudenwar Sitaram.

I am God's favourite son: Harbhjan

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Chandigarh, October 10
India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh in a candid chat with ESPN STAR Sports admits that he is too young to marry. The 28-year old feels that he is "still a child at heart and has to learn too many things about life". Harbhajan says, "I believe marriages are made in heaven and mine too is like that. I only pray God, if he has made that "Special One" for me why doesn't he send her to me. Usko bhejo Bhagwan ji." Catch the fun filled interview of Harbhajan Singh this Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 'India Cricket Weekly' at 12 noon and 6 pm on STAR Cricket.
Besides busy snaring Ricky Ponting on a cricket field, Harbhajan is also working hard at getting points at a popular dance show on an entertainment channel. "Believe me on the first day when they showed me those dancing steps, I said to them, that is it, I can't do these steps. I had decided to pack up and leave the dance show (laughs) Bhai, main to dance show mein fun karney aaya thaa, per yeh to difficult steps hai but then my dance partner Mona Singh and choreographer helped me out and I went on step by step. But believe me, hats off to the team they could make an anaari like me dance. I think the programme should have been called 'Ek Anaari, Ek Haseena."
Harbhajan is known to be a livewire in the team. His team-mates claim that he is a talented dancer. "No, no….. bhangra is fine but this filmy dance is difficult. During one of the episodes I danced on Nagaraa, Nagaraa, Nagara baja from the Shahid Kapur starrer movie. I think that was my best performance." Harbhajan recalls "I was a simple boy from Jalandhar who'd love watching himself on TV. I remember my then team mate Harru Paaji (Harvinder Singh) told me to hold on to the ball whenever it came to you while fielding. He told me that longer I will hold on to the ball, longer the camera will be on me. And then when the ball is with me, I should say encouraging words like 'shabbash, shabbash' so that everyone gets good impression about me."
Harbhajan goes on to narrate an incident in Sharjah where India featured in a triangular series with Australia and New Zealand. "There was a game where Sachin Tendulkar was going really well. Me and Harvinder sat on the front row of the dressing room and would say, 'shabbash, shabbash Sachin bhai' only when the camera would be on us (laughs). Our only motive was to be on TV!!"
Often seen as a tormentor for the Australians, India player says: "I hate losing to Australia. I mean it can't be coincidence that all my best performances have come against them. It just perks me up whenever I play against them as they are the team to beat." He has done it in the past against the Aussies, something that earned him the name – 'Turbanator'. It may seem a rather jazzy, trigger-happy name but Harbhajan doesn't quite like it. "I don't know but I never liked it. My name is Harbhajan Singh and I want to be addressed as Harbhajan Singh."
Edging close to 300 Test wickets, Harbhajan says that it doesn't really matter who his 300th victim will be as long as it happens sooner than later. "I am God's favourite son, he has given me all. I never thought I'd be able to reach this far in cricket but God will get me that 300th wicket I don't need to worry about it," he said.
"God's favourite son" feels that a comfortable and luxurious life is all a God's gift. "I have everything that you need for a quality life. A house, cars, friends, families, this is my world."

CFA plans Prize Money soccer for colleges

CFA president Venod Sharma (centre) with secretray Rakesh Bakshi. Photo by Balbir Singh.

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 10
The Chandigarh Football Association, headed by former Union Minister of State, Government of India, Venod Sharma is planning to introduce prize money football tournament for college students. In an informal chat with ne