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New Delhi, March 31
Day one of the Aircel PGTI’s SRF All India Professional Golf Matchplay Championship 2009 threw up a number of interesting results. While some of the top contenders namely defending champion Arjun Singh, top seed Mukesh Kumar, Gaurav Ghei, SSP Chowrasia, Shamim Khan and Ashok Kumar advanced to the second round, other big names namely Digvijay Singh, Anirban Lahiri, Himmat Singh Rai, Harmeet Kahlon and Ali Sher made early exits.
Jaiveer Virk of the Delhi Golf Club produced the biggest upset of the day when he defeated fourth seed Digvijay Singh by a margin of 3 and 1 (three holes ahead with one left to play). Virk won the first, ninth, 11th, 12th, 13th and 17th holes while Digvijay won on the eighth, 14th and 16th holes.
Mukesh Kumar cruised into the round of 32 after he won against Ajay Jadeja 5 & 4. Mukesh, the top seed, was six up at the turn before Jadeja won his first hole on the 10th. Mukesh then extended his lead
on the 12th even as Jadeja fought back to win the 13th. It was all over as soon as the 14th hole was halved. At that stage Mukesh was five ahead with four holes remaining.
Noida-based professional Amit Dube caused another major upset when he knocked out seventh seed Anirban Lahiri 4 & 3. Dube established an early lead on Lahiri, who was fresh from his best finish on the Asian Tour last week and did not allow him to get back into the game.
In some of the other important matches on day one, defending champion Arjun Singh prevailed over Joseph Chakola 4 & 3, Gaurav Ghei edged out Manav Jaini 2 & 1, SSP Chowrasia beat Vishal Singh 5 & 4 and last year’s runner-up Shamim Khan defeated Amritinder Singh 4 & 3. Harendra Gupta beat Anthony Choat on the 19 th hole (first playoff hole) in a tough contest.
There were a couple of minor upsets as last year’s semi-finalist Ali Sher lost out to Chandigarh’s Gurbaaz Mann while Patna’s Mohd Islam beat Harmeet Kahlon 1 Up.
The closest encounter in round one was between Nepal’s Toran Bikram Shahi and DGC’s Vinod Kumar. Toran emerged victorious on the 22nd hole (fourth playoff hole).
Kolkata’s Feroz Ali Mollah defeated Neil Mundra 8 & 7 to register the largest margin of victory on day one.
Thirty two professionals will be involved in 16 matches in the second round on Wednesday, April 1.
Key matches in Round 2 (Round of 32): 8:30 am: Mukesh Kumar v Randhir Singh Ghotra; 8:44 am: Harendra Gupta v Gaurav Ghei; 8:51 am: Arjun Singh v Anura Rohana; 8:58 am: Jaiveer Virk v Naman Dawar; 9:26 am: Shamim Khan v Gurki Shergill; 9:54 am: Rahul Ganapathy v Amandeep Johl.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Dr Ravinder Chadha retires
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Chandigarh, March 31
Dr Ravindra Chadha, Director, Medical Services, Haryana Power Utilities retires today on getting the age of superannuation after rendering 33 years commendable services. He had joined the erstwhile Haryana State Electricity Board in 1975 as Medical Officer. The medical service in the HSEB was limited to only consultancy when he had joined.
The credit of streamlining medical facilities vis-à-vis consultation, free medicines, laboratory facility and reimbursement goes to Dr.Chadha. Reimbursement claims were readily settled (at par with P.G.I. rates) in cases of treatment taken during emergencies from Private Hospitals. His proposal regarding full reimbursement to the employees who meet with non fatal accident while on duty (even if the treatment is taken from a private hospital) was appreciated by all the employees unions.
Keeping in view the services rendered by Dr. Chadha in the Board he was promoted as Chief Medical Officer. Later he was elevated to the post of Director, Medical Services, catering to all the four Haryana Power Corporations. The Medical facility rendered is much as compared to many Electricity Boards.
He led the Haryana cricket Ranji Trophy team for 18 years. He also led the Haryana State Electricity Board Team which won many Inter State Electricity Board’s Championships. In view of his outstanding performance the State awarded him with the Bhim Award. After retiring from cricket he was selector of National Selection Committee for Indian cricket team for seven years and physio of the Indian cricket team.
Dr. Chadha has specialized in treating sports injuries. He is one of the noted physiotherapist of the northern India. He is presently running a Pain Management Clinic in Sector-22, Chandigarh.
Chandigarh, March 31
Dr Ravindra Chadha, Director, Medical Services, Haryana Power Utilities retires today on getting the age of superannuation after rendering 33 years commendable services. He had joined the erstwhile Haryana State Electricity Board in 1975 as Medical Officer. The medical service in the HSEB was limited to only consultancy when he had joined.
The credit of streamlining medical facilities vis-à-vis consultation, free medicines, laboratory facility and reimbursement goes to Dr.Chadha. Reimbursement claims were readily settled (at par with P.G.I. rates) in cases of treatment taken during emergencies from Private Hospitals. His proposal regarding full reimbursement to the employees who meet with non fatal accident while on duty (even if the treatment is taken from a private hospital) was appreciated by all the employees unions.
Keeping in view the services rendered by Dr. Chadha in the Board he was promoted as Chief Medical Officer. Later he was elevated to the post of Director, Medical Services, catering to all the four Haryana Power Corporations. The Medical facility rendered is much as compared to many Electricity Boards.
He led the Haryana cricket Ranji Trophy team for 18 years. He also led the Haryana State Electricity Board Team which won many Inter State Electricity Board’s Championships. In view of his outstanding performance the State awarded him with the Bhim Award. After retiring from cricket he was selector of National Selection Committee for Indian cricket team for seven years and physio of the Indian cricket team.
Dr. Chadha has specialized in treating sports injuries. He is one of the noted physiotherapist of the northern India. He is presently running a Pain Management Clinic in Sector-22, Chandigarh.
DP Azad Acadmey snatch thrilling 2-wkt win
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CHANDIGARH, MARCH 31
Reeling at 78 for 7 after 17 overs, Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy was bolstered by a match-winning 101-run partnership for the eighth wicket between Lovjit Singh (63) and left handed Manjot Singh (43 not out). This partnership paved the way for Azad Academy to snatch a thrilling two-wicket victory over plucky Bharti Vij Academy with 11 balls to spare in a league match of the Under-16 Inter-Academy Cricket Tournament for APJ Trophy being organised by the Chandigarh Cricket Association, affiliated to the Punjab Cricket Association at the St Stephen's School ground in Sector 45 here today.
Chasing a victory target of 206 in allotted 40 overs, Azad Academy achieved their target by scoring 209 for 8 in 38.1 overs. Lovjit Singh played a strokeful innings of 63 in 40 deliveries. He reached the fence eight times and also lofted the bowlers over the boundary three times. Left handed Manjot Singh remained not out on 43 which came in 57 balls and hit half a dozen fours.
Left handed Harshank Singh (28, 3x4s), Karan Aggarwal (25) and let handed Talwinder Singh (23) were the other prominent DP Azad Academy batsmen.
Kunal (3 for 31) and Prabhjot Singh (2 for 25) were the main wicket takers for Bharti Vij Academy.
Earlier, Bharti Vij Academy won the toss and elected to bat first. Openers Prabhjot Singh (46, 4x4s) and Subir Hayer (30, 2x4s) gave them a good start as this pair was associated in a 63-run partnership. Mahavir Singh contributed 37 runs which he piled up with the help of four fours and one six. Roop and Arvind scored 27 and 20 runs, respectively.
Azad Academy's off break bowler Avilash Sharma captured three wickets for 38 runs. Captain Rishu Chopra got 2 for 33 and also held four brilliant catches. Anmol Rattan Singh bagged 2 for 26.
Brief scores: Bharti Vij Academy: 205 for 7 in 40 overs (Prabhjot Singh 46, Mahavir 37, Subir Hayer 30, Roop 27, Arvind 20, Avilash Sharma 3 for 38, Rishu Chopra 2 for 33, Anmol Rattan Singh 2 for 26).
DP Azad Cricket Academy:209 for 8 in 38.1 overs (Lovjit Singh 63, Manjot Singh 43 not out, Harshank Singh 28, Karan Aggarwal 23, Kunal 3 for 31, Prabhjot 2 for 25).
At the Guru Nanak Public School ground in Sector 36, Ropar Cricket Association Academy routed Sector 37 Cricket Academy by 100 runs. The highlight of the match was a brilliant century by Manpreet Singh of RCA Academy. His knock of 116 in 109 balls was studded with 17 fours and two sixes. RCA Academy scored 191 before being bowled out for 191 in 34 overs. In reply, Sector 37 Academy were bundled out for 91 in 22.5 overs. Medium pacer Sukhjinder Singh got five wickets for 15 runs.
Brief scores: Ropar Cricket Association Academy: 191 all out in 34 overs (Manpreet 116, 17x4s, 2x6s, Harmanjit Singh 12, Rahul Kumar 2 for 30, Prince 2 for 31, Lovish 2 for 23, Kamalpreet 2 for 40). Sector 37 Cricket Academy: 91 all out in 22.5 overs (Shyam 20, Yogesh Naiman11, Sukhjinder Singh 5 for 15, Avinash 2 for 25, Lalit 2 for 8).
At the MCM DAV College ground in Sector 36,APJ Academy of Kharar defeated MCM Blue Caps by 58 runs. Batting first AJP Academy posted 251 in 34 overs. Anmol Singh (70, 9x4s) and Shasha Ganwal (42, 2x4s, 3x6s) and Balwinder Singh (46, 4x6s, 2x4s) were their principal scorers. Ravi Sainbi bagged 3 for 49).
In reply, MCM Blue Caps were dismissed for 193 in 32.2 overs. Anirudh topscored with 58 (5x4s, 1x6). Shahya Ganwal broke Blue caps backbone by taking five wickets for 33 runs.
Brief scores: APJ Academy: 251 in 34 overs (Anmol 70, Shashya Ganwal 42, Balwinder Singh 46, Ravi Saini 3 for 49, Angat Chahal 2 for 25, Harpreet Singh 2 for 45).
MCM Blue Caps: MCM Blue Capus: 193 all out in 32.2 overs (Anirudh 58, Harsh 16, Harsaroop 18, Shashya Ganwal 5 for 33, Anshul 2 for 38, Karan 2 for 44).
Tomorrow’s fixtures: Ropar CA Academy vs Bharti Vij Cricket Academy at GNPS-36. APJ Academy vs Mohali Cricket Association Academy at PCA Ground, Mohali.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Aggarwal Bros shine in DP Azad Academy’s win
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CHANDIGARH, March 29
Aggarwal Brothers – Dakash and Karan – held the spotlight as Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy registered a comfortable 109-run win over 37 Cricket Academy in the Inter-Academy Cricket Tournament being organized by the Chandigarh Cricket Academy, affiliated to the Punjab Cricket Association.
Openers Dakash and Karan, both grandsons of Dronacharya DP Azad, played solid knocks. They realized 101 runs for the opening wicket stand to give their team a flying start. Dakash remained not out on 83 and faced 95 balls. He hit 10 boundaries.
Dakash was also associated in a valuable 98-run partnership with Rishu Chopra (41, 5x4s) for the fourth wicket stand. Karan Aggarwal was more aggressive as his breezy innings of 68 came off just 35 deliveries. He executed 10 brilliant fours and three towering sixes. Left handed Talwinderjit Singh contributed 23 as DP Azad Academy posted an impressive total of 273 for 5 in 40 overs.
In reply 37 Cricket Academy could score only 165 for 9 in stipulated 40 overs. Shyam Kumar topscored with 57. Arun Kumar and Honey Rana contributed 24 and 18 not out, respectively.
DP Azad Academy, left handed medium pacer Harshank Singh was the wrecker-in-chief as he dismissed four 37 Cricket Academy batsmen for 5 runs in his eight-over spell. Right handed off spinner Avilash Sharma got two wickets for 19 runs.
Brief scores: Desh Prem Azad Academy: 273 for 5 in 40 overs (Dakash Aggargwal 83 not out, Karan Aggarwal 68, Talwinderjit Singh 23). 37 Cricket Academy: 165 for 9 in 40 overs (Shyam Kumar 57, Arun Kumar 24, Honey Rana 18 not out, Harshank Singh 4 for 8, Avilash Sharma 2 for 19).
Easy wins for Durga Seeds and United SC
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PANCHKULA, March 29
A blitzkrieg knock of 81 runs off 51 balls by Sanjay Mahajan enabled State Bank of Patiala defeat Durga Seeds Pvt Ltd by 81 runs in a semi-final match of the Vth Bharat Kesho Gupta Memorial League Cricket Tournament, being organised by the Chandigarh Sports Club, at Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium in Sector 3 here today.
Both the semi-finals matches started late and had to be reduced to 20-over-a-side affair due to rain.
Batting first after winning the toss, openers Rajeev Sirhidi (56) and Sanjay Mahajan (81) gave SBoP a solid start as they put together 98 runs for the first wicket in just 9.3 overs. Sirhidi completed his half century in 30 balls with the help of 9 fours and a towering six. Sanjay Mahajan helped in keeping the run rate constantly above 9 runs per over and got his team to a comfortable position. His knock of 81 runs came off just 51 balls. SBoP posted 183 for 3 in 20 overs.
In reply, Durga Seeds Pvt Ltd were bowled out for 102 runs in 19.5 overs.
Tanveer Manak was the highest run getter with 34 runs off 23 balls. Ranjeev Sharma picked up 4 wickets for 14 runs in his 4-over spell. Vikas Dhingra scalped 3 for 1 run in his 2 overs.
Brief scores: State Bank of Patiala: - 183 for 3 in 20 overs (Sanjay Mahajan 81, Rajeev Sirhidi 56, Pankaj Dharmani 20, Suraj 2 for 28). Durga Seeds Pvt. Ltd. : 102 all out in 19.5 overs (Tanveer 34, Vicky 17, Rajeev Sharma 4 for 14, Vikas Dhingra 3 for 1).
In second semifinal, a half century by Rajesh Patha (62), enabled United Sports Club, Panchkula to defeat HDFC Bank XI by seven wickets.
Batting first, HDFC Bank scored 164 for 6 in 20 overs. After losing first wicket at 34 opener Gurinder Saini partnered with AP Singh to carry forward the team's innings and scored a well deserved half century. Saini scored 59 runs off 37 balls. After his dismissal in the 15th over, the remaining batsmen could add only 50 runs to the team's total.
In reply, United Sports Club made their intentions clear early. Openers put up 57 runs for the first wicket in 6 overs. Rajesh Patha scored 62 runs off 37 balls. Rajesh Monu made 43 quick runs and saw his team through to a crushing victory in 15.4 overs.
Brief scores: HDFC Bank XI: 164 for 6 in 20 overs (Gurinder Saini 59, AP Singh 28, Dheeraj 24, Satish 3 for 33, Girish Bhanot 2 for 32).
United Sports Club: 166 for 3 in 15.4 overs (Rajesh Patha 62, Rajesh Monu 43, Gurkirat 2 for 38).
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Chhattarpati Challenge Trophy for BSF
Director, Intelligence Bureau Mr. Rajiv Mathur distributing prizes. 
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MADHUBAN (KARNAL), MARCH 28
Border Security Force lifted the best overall Chhattarpati Challenge Trophy while the runners-up Hyderabad Trophy was claimed by hosts Haryana in the 27th All India Police Equisterian & Mounted Police Duty Meet- 2009 organized at Vachher Stadium here.
Madhya Pradesh emerged overall team champions Mounted Police Duty for the Dorgi Memorial Trophy.
Alaxender of Haryana was adjudged the best horse and was awarded the Chetak Trophy while the best rider award -- Mewar Trophy-- was presented to Dy. Comdt. Tej Pal Dabar.
Director, Intelligence Bureau Mr. Rajiv Mathur was the chief guest and distributed the awards.
Haryana Director General of Police, Haryana and Chairman of Organizing Committee Ranjiv Dalal was also present on this occasion.
Winners: Show Jumping Six Bal ( Alwar Trophy) BSF.
Team Dressage Open (Sciendia Challenge Trophy) Assam Rifles.
Dressage Individual Open (Bihar Trophy) Assam Rifles.
Jumping Novice ( Sirohi Challenge Trophy) Gujarat.
Jumping Medium Normal (Uttaranyan Challenge Trophy) Madhya Pradesh.
Tent Pegging Individual (BSF Challenge Trophy) Haryana.
Dressage Novice ( SAM Bahadur Trophy) Assam Rifles.
Farriers Test (Nai Duric Trophy) ITBP.
Show Jumping Medium Top Score (Deora Challenge Trophy) Delhi.
Medley Relay ( Shri Synthetic Trophy) Gujarat.
Show Jumping Novice Fault & Out (Basanda Challenge Trophy) Haryana.
Quardrille Contest (AP Police Trophy) Madhya Pradesh.
Police Horse Test (Sitamau Trophy) Madhya Pradesh.
Test for Syces (Punjab Police Trophy) Madhya Pradesh.
Tent Pegging Lance Team (Jodhpur Challenge Trophy) Gujarat.
Mental Hazard Test ( Lala B.K.Dey Trophy) Punjab.
One Day Event Individual Novice ( DG Assam Trophy) Delhi
One Day Event Individual Open (Nagaland Trophy) BSF.
One Day Event Team Open ( Director NPA Trophy) BSF.
One Day Event Team Novice (Delhi Police Commissioner Trophy) Haryana.
Show Jumping Open (MP Police Trophy) Madhya Pradesh.
Overall Best Team (Chhattarpati Challenge Trophy) BSF.
Overall Best Team runners-up (Hyderabad Trophy) Haryana
Overall Team Champion Mounted Police Duty (Dorgi Memorial Trophy) Madhya Pradesh.
Best Rider of the Meet (Mewar Trophy) Dy. Comdt. Tej Pal Dabar.
Best Horse of the Meet (Chetak Trophy) Alaxender (Haryana).
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MADHUBAN (KARNAL), MARCH 28
Border Security Force lifted the best overall Chhattarpati Challenge Trophy while the runners-up Hyderabad Trophy was claimed by hosts Haryana in the 27th All India Police Equisterian & Mounted Police Duty Meet- 2009 organized at Vachher Stadium here.
Madhya Pradesh emerged overall team champions Mounted Police Duty for the Dorgi Memorial Trophy.
Alaxender of Haryana was adjudged the best horse and was awarded the Chetak Trophy while the best rider award -- Mewar Trophy-- was presented to Dy. Comdt. Tej Pal Dabar.
Director, Intelligence Bureau Mr. Rajiv Mathur was the chief guest and distributed the awards.
Haryana Director General of Police, Haryana and Chairman of Organizing Committee Ranjiv Dalal was also present on this occasion.
Winners: Show Jumping Six Bal ( Alwar Trophy) BSF.
Team Dressage Open (Sciendia Challenge Trophy) Assam Rifles.
Dressage Individual Open (Bihar Trophy) Assam Rifles.
Jumping Novice ( Sirohi Challenge Trophy) Gujarat.
Jumping Medium Normal (Uttaranyan Challenge Trophy) Madhya Pradesh.
Tent Pegging Individual (BSF Challenge Trophy) Haryana.
Dressage Novice ( SAM Bahadur Trophy) Assam Rifles.
Farriers Test (Nai Duric Trophy) ITBP.
Show Jumping Medium Top Score (Deora Challenge Trophy) Delhi.
Medley Relay ( Shri Synthetic Trophy) Gujarat.
Show Jumping Novice Fault & Out (Basanda Challenge Trophy) Haryana.
Quardrille Contest (AP Police Trophy) Madhya Pradesh.
Police Horse Test (Sitamau Trophy) Madhya Pradesh.
Test for Syces (Punjab Police Trophy) Madhya Pradesh.
Tent Pegging Lance Team (Jodhpur Challenge Trophy) Gujarat.
Mental Hazard Test ( Lala B.K.Dey Trophy) Punjab.
One Day Event Individual Novice ( DG Assam Trophy) Delhi
One Day Event Individual Open (Nagaland Trophy) BSF.
One Day Event Team Open ( Director NPA Trophy) BSF.
One Day Event Team Novice (Delhi Police Commissioner Trophy) Haryana.
Show Jumping Open (MP Police Trophy) Madhya Pradesh.
Overall Best Team (Chhattarpati Challenge Trophy) BSF.
Overall Best Team runners-up (Hyderabad Trophy) Haryana
Overall Team Champion Mounted Police Duty (Dorgi Memorial Trophy) Madhya Pradesh.
Best Rider of the Meet (Mewar Trophy) Dy. Comdt. Tej Pal Dabar.
Best Horse of the Meet (Chetak Trophy) Alaxender (Haryana).
Friday, March 27, 2009
Kumar praises Haryana Police
Haryana Director General of Police Ranjiv Dalal and his wife Sunita Dalal witnessing the Cross country Race in Madhuban. .JPG)
A rider 'climing' the wall during the Cross country Race in Madhuban.
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Madhuban (Karnal) March, 28
Equestrian, popularly known as horse riding, was a game of patience, concentration, stamina and self confidence. This was stated by Lt. General S.S. Kumar, Quarter Master General and President of Equestrian Federation of India here today.
Speaking at the prize distribution function of the National Tent Pagging Championship organized by Haryana Police at the Haryana Police Academy in Madhuban (Karnal), Mr. Kumar said that the All India Police Equestrian Championship and Mounted Police Duty Meet- 2009, stressed upon the importance of sportsmanship, punctuality, diplomacy and self discipline amongst the players. It would help them to achieve their goal successfully.
He said that the values of games in the life of human beings should not be under- estimated as sprit of games made life more enjoyable and positive impact on the overall development of human personality.
He lauded that Haryana Police has been successfully hosted the competitions. It would help in channelizing the talent in the force in the right direction. He hoped that this event would also prove a step forward in making the people aware of this game. He also extended his best wishes for the success of this championship and a better future of the Haryana Police Academy.
Mr. Kumar announced a cash reward of Rs. 10000 to the each winner of the all eight categories.
Mr. Ranjiv Dalal, Director General of Police, Haryana and Chairman of the Organizing Committee was also present on this occasion. He thanked Mr. Kumar and said that Haryana Police has been organizing not only the various sports meets from time to time in the academy but the modern sports facilities and coaching of international level has also been given to the players of Haryana Police.
Mr. Dalal announced a cash reward of Rs. 50,000 to Asstt. Sub Inspector Ram Bhagat of Haryana Police who bagged two silver medals in Tent Pagging competitions.
Earlier, Mr. Kumar gave away the prizes to all the winners of the One Day Event of Show Jumping Cross Country Novice and Show Jumping Cross Country Open.
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A rider 'climing' the wall during the Cross country Race in Madhuban.
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Madhuban (Karnal) March, 28
Equestrian, popularly known as horse riding, was a game of patience, concentration, stamina and self confidence. This was stated by Lt. General S.S. Kumar, Quarter Master General and President of Equestrian Federation of India here today.
Speaking at the prize distribution function of the National Tent Pagging Championship organized by Haryana Police at the Haryana Police Academy in Madhuban (Karnal), Mr. Kumar said that the All India Police Equestrian Championship and Mounted Police Duty Meet- 2009, stressed upon the importance of sportsmanship, punctuality, diplomacy and self discipline amongst the players. It would help them to achieve their goal successfully.
He said that the values of games in the life of human beings should not be under- estimated as sprit of games made life more enjoyable and positive impact on the overall development of human personality.
He lauded that Haryana Police has been successfully hosted the competitions. It would help in channelizing the talent in the force in the right direction. He hoped that this event would also prove a step forward in making the people aware of this game. He also extended his best wishes for the success of this championship and a better future of the Haryana Police Academy.
Mr. Kumar announced a cash reward of Rs. 10000 to the each winner of the all eight categories.
Mr. Ranjiv Dalal, Director General of Police, Haryana and Chairman of the Organizing Committee was also present on this occasion. He thanked Mr. Kumar and said that Haryana Police has been organizing not only the various sports meets from time to time in the academy but the modern sports facilities and coaching of international level has also been given to the players of Haryana Police.
Mr. Dalal announced a cash reward of Rs. 50,000 to Asstt. Sub Inspector Ram Bhagat of Haryana Police who bagged two silver medals in Tent Pagging competitions.
Earlier, Mr. Kumar gave away the prizes to all the winners of the One Day Event of Show Jumping Cross Country Novice and Show Jumping Cross Country Open.
Kerala Sports Commission members show keen interest in Punjab sports schemes
A three-member team of Kerala Government Commission for Sports with Punjab Sports Director Padam Shree Pargat Singh in Chandigarh on Friday. Photos by Balbir Singh.
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CHANDIGARH, MARCH 27
A three-member Kerala Government Commission for Sports, headed by former Director-General of Sports Authority of India AK Pandiya, called upon Punjab Sports Director Padam Shree Pargat Singh in his office in Sector 34 here today.
The team comprising A Vinod, TI Manoj and AK Pandiya showed keen interest in the various innovative sports schemes of the Punjab Sports Department. Pargat Singh explained in details the sports wing scheme, aimed at catching them young and providing them scientific training. “We are strengthening our sports base in rural area where talent is available in abundance,” said Pargat Singh. It is a residential as well as day boarding scheme.
To a question from s member, Olympian Pargat Singh informed the Kerala Sports Commission that around 3000 budding young players in 15 different sports disciplines are getting training.
The Punjab Weekend Hockey League is run for eight/nine months for boys as well as girls. All sports wing trainees were given sports equipment in all 20 districts of the state.
Replying to another question, Pargat Singh said that the sports budget is Rs 45.5 crore, including Rs 25.5 core under Non-Plan.
A spokesman of the Kerala Sports Commission said that other members of the commission are Shiny Wilson, Suresh Babu, TP Dasan (president Kerala Sports Council), G Kishore (member secretary), VG Govindan Nair and P. Mathai.
The Kerala Sports Commission members were also schedule to interact with the officials of the Haryana Sports Department and Chandigarh Sports Department.
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CHANDIGARH, MARCH 27
A three-member Kerala Government Commission for Sports, headed by former Director-General of Sports Authority of India AK Pandiya, called upon Punjab Sports Director Padam Shree Pargat Singh in his office in Sector 34 here today.
The team comprising A Vinod, TI Manoj and AK Pandiya showed keen interest in the various innovative sports schemes of the Punjab Sports Department. Pargat Singh explained in details the sports wing scheme, aimed at catching them young and providing them scientific training. “We are strengthening our sports base in rural area where talent is available in abundance,” said Pargat Singh. It is a residential as well as day boarding scheme.
To a question from s member, Olympian Pargat Singh informed the Kerala Sports Commission that around 3000 budding young players in 15 different sports disciplines are getting training.
The Punjab Weekend Hockey League is run for eight/nine months for boys as well as girls. All sports wing trainees were given sports equipment in all 20 districts of the state.
Replying to another question, Pargat Singh said that the sports budget is Rs 45.5 crore, including Rs 25.5 core under Non-Plan.
A spokesman of the Kerala Sports Commission said that other members of the commission are Shiny Wilson, Suresh Babu, TP Dasan (president Kerala Sports Council), G Kishore (member secretary), VG Govindan Nair and P. Mathai.
The Kerala Sports Commission members were also schedule to interact with the officials of the Haryana Sports Department and Chandigarh Sports Department.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
MP Police riders top medal tally
Show jumping event in progress in the 27th All India All India Police Equisterian & Mounted Police Duty Meet in Madhuban.
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MADHUBAN (HARYANA), MARCH 26
Madhya Pradesh were sitting pretty in the medal tally with a haul of four gold, three silver and two bronze on the sixth day of the 27th All India All India Police Equisterian & Mounted Police Duty Meet- 2009 being organized at Vachher Stadium here today.
Assam Rifles with three gold, two silver and two bronze medals were at the runners-up position. Border Security Force were at the third spot with two gold, two silver and two bronze medals. Hosts Haryana Police were at the fourth place with two gold, one silver and three bronze medals.
Meanwhile, the colourful closing ceremony will be held tomorrow at 4.30 p.m. Director, Intelligence Bureau Rajiv Mathur, the chief guest of the ceremony will give away the prizes to the winners, according to Inspector General of Haryana Armed Police and Organizing Secretary, Mr. Prabhat Ranjan Dev here today.
He said that Director General of Police, Haryana Mr. Ranjiv Dalal, who is also the chairman of the Organizing Committee, will present a memento to the chief guest of the function. As many as 250 participants from 9 State Police Forces and 3 Para-military Forces will take part in March Past ceremony. Two hundred male and female recruits of the Haryana Police Academy will present a colourful cultural program on this occasion.
400 attend trials for UT academies vacant seats
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CHANDIGARH, MARCH 26
Aspiring for a gaining a berth in the academies run by the Chandigarh Administration, there was a tremendous response for the trials to spot the talent for the vacant seats in football, hockey and cricket. More than 400 probables from various states, including Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh today attended the two-day selection trials.
Joint Director Sports Dr JPS Sidhu, himself supervised the trials and ensured that the children were selected purely on merit, potential and skill. He said that response for the cricket academy was overwhelming as more than 180 boys reported for trials.
More than 100 players appeared for hockey trials under the supervision of former National coach Rajinder Singh for junior and senior academies in the age groups of 9 to 15. Dr Sidhu disclosed that players would be selected against 20 vacant seats in different football, cricket and hockey academies. Those players who have not shown any improvement would be weeded out. The football, hockey and cricket academies trainees have already attended the weeding out process at the Sector 46 and Sector 42 Sports Complexes.
As many as 30 seniors and 15 juniors have been shortlisted for the Chandigarh Football Academy, a brain child of the Punjab Governor Lt Gen (Retd) JFR Jacob on whose initiative the Chandigarh Football Academy started in 2006. Football coach Tejinder Kumar said that today specific trials were conducted to be judged the aspirants only on skill and potential. Physical tests were also held for juniors and seniors in the two-day final trials. In the initial trials, 80 children attended the trials.
"We strictly followed the height criteria for the players to be admitted in the Chandigarh Football Academy. For seniors the height fixed was 1.65 cms and for juniors it was 1.40 cms."
With world class facilities and training, the Chandigarh Football Academy has given good results. A number of players from this academy are donning colours of different famous football clubs of the country.
The CF Academy trainees are also imparted training by German coaches in Chandigarh as well as in Germany as the Chandigarh Administration and Egidius Braun School Leipzig. German coach Tomas Gene Tyky has returned to his country after training the CF Academy boys today.
"Gen Jacob's concept of starting the football academy has received recognition from various quarters," said former Sports Director IS Sandhu.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
MP leading in Police Equestrian Meet
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MADHUBAN (KARNAL), March, 25
Madhya Pradesh Police were leading the medal teally with three gold, three silver and one bronze at the end of fourth day's programme in the All India Police Equestrian Championship and Mounted Police Duty Meet- 2009 here today.
Assam Rifles were closely following the leaders with three gold, two silver and two bronze medals. Border Security Force (2-1-2) and Haryana Police (2-1-1) were occupying the third and fourth spots, respectively.
Haryana Police rider ASI Nirmal Singh, astride Alekgende, won gold medal in the ‘Show Jumping Novice Fault & Out’ event.
PSI M.S. Ratanpura (Shonya) of Gujarat Police will take home silver medal while Constable Atma Ram (Johara) of Madhya Pradesh Police bagged bronze meda. HC Radhy Shyam (Megh) of Dehli Police secured fourth position.
In the ‘Quardrille Contest’ event, Head Constable Jai Nariain (astride Capain), Ct. Atma Ram (Vijai ), Ct. Bhupender Singh (Uttama) and Ct. Narayan (Bhagat) of Madhya Pradesh Police won gold medal by scorring 132 points. SI N.L. Gangwar (Chandermukhi) , HC Jugendra Singh (Ramu) , HC Inder Pal Singh (Golden Crown) and Ct. Raj Naresh (Kuber) of Uttar Pradesh Police won silver medal with 129 points. ASI Ram Lal (Sultan) , SI Talwinder Singh (Rathore) , HC Lakhwinder Singh (Raja) and ASI Jagtar Singh (Dilbar) of Punjab Police took bronze medal by scorring 121 points. HC Jag Mahender Singh (Border Man), SI Sumer Singh (Baber) , Ct. Ajay Kumar (Mahsiha) and Ct. Kashmir Singh (Mastmola) of BSF secured fourth position by scorring 110 points.
In the ‘Medley Relay’ event PC N.M. Tampodia (Kargil), HC I.S. Rathore (Jyoti) and PI L.F. Vasva (Ali ) of Gujarat-B team, Dy. Comdt. Tejpal Daber (Saloni) , SI Sumer Singh (Toofan) and HC Jaswinder Singh (Ranbakura) of BSF-A team claimed gold and silver medals, respectively. HC Dharam Pal (Kavita) , Ct. Dinesh (Helon) and Ct. Dharmendra (Mehak) of Delhi-A team won bronze medal. HC Jaswant Singh (Rana) , ASI Nirmal Singh (Alekgender) and ASI Nar Singh (Badshah_ of Haryana-A team finished fourth.
In ‘Show Jumping Medium Top Score’ event Head Constable Dharam Pal (Kavita) of Delhi Police won gold medal by scorring 590 points. HC Hit Karan Singh (Tushar) of MP Police won silver medal with 550 points while bronze medal went to Ct. Raghwinder Singh (Menka) of BSF with 340 points. HC Jai Narain (Captain) of MP Police secured fourth position by securing 220 points.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Meena and Masood bag titles
A chess match in progress in the 5th INTER-NITTTR Sports Meet in Chandigarh on Tuesday. 
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Chandigarh, March 23
Meena Sharma gave the hosts Chandigarh their first gold medal by beating MP Vijaylakshmi in the women's singles final by21-1, 21-6 to win the badminton crown in the 5th INTER-NITTTR Sports Meet here today. Masood Ahmed of Bhopal claimed the men's singles carrom title. Vijaty of Kolkata was runner-up.
The teams from all the four National Institutes of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research at Chennai, Bhopal, Kolkata and Chandigarh are participating in the sports meet. Wg. Cmde Satish Bhatia inaugurated the Sports Meet at National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research, in Sector 26 here today. Dr. SC Laroyia, Director, NITTTR, Chandigarh presided over the function.
Results: Badminton: Women’s singles (final): Meena Sharma (Chandigarh) bt MP Vijaylakshmi 21-1, 21-6.
Men’s singles (league matches): AK Duggal (Chandigarh) bt Balgangadhar (Bhopal) 21-2, 21-3,
Utpal Chakraborty (Kolkata) bt M. Muthu (Chennai) 21-6,21-10, Utpal Chakraborty (Kolkata) bt Balgangadhar (Bhopal) 21-12, 21-11.
Men’s doubles: AK Duugal and RK Malik (Chandigarh) bt Arun and Raja Shekhar (Chennai)
21-10, 21-13, AK Duugal and RK Malik (Chandigarh) bt Balgangadhar and S. Dutta ( Bhopal) 21-4,21-10, Utpal Chakraborty and Satinath Mitra (Kolkata) bt Balgangadhar and S. Dutta (Bhopal) 21-12,16-21, 21-18, Utpal Chakraborty and Satinath Mitra (Kolkata) bt Balgangadhar and S. Dutta ( Bhopal)
21-13,21-10
Carrom: Men’s singles: 1 Masood Ahmed (Bhopal), 2 Vijaty (Kolkata), 3 UN Roy ( Chandigarh).
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Chandigarh, March 23
Meena Sharma gave the hosts Chandigarh their first gold medal by beating MP Vijaylakshmi in the women's singles final by21-1, 21-6 to win the badminton crown in the 5th INTER-NITTTR Sports Meet here today. Masood Ahmed of Bhopal claimed the men's singles carrom title. Vijaty of Kolkata was runner-up.
The teams from all the four National Institutes of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research at Chennai, Bhopal, Kolkata and Chandigarh are participating in the sports meet. Wg. Cmde Satish Bhatia inaugurated the Sports Meet at National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research, in Sector 26 here today. Dr. SC Laroyia, Director, NITTTR, Chandigarh presided over the function.
Results: Badminton: Women’s singles (final): Meena Sharma (Chandigarh) bt MP Vijaylakshmi 21-1, 21-6.
Men’s singles (league matches): AK Duggal (Chandigarh) bt Balgangadhar (Bhopal) 21-2, 21-3,
Utpal Chakraborty (Kolkata) bt M. Muthu (Chennai) 21-6,21-10, Utpal Chakraborty (Kolkata) bt Balgangadhar (Bhopal) 21-12, 21-11.
Men’s doubles: AK Duugal and RK Malik (Chandigarh) bt Arun and Raja Shekhar (Chennai)
21-10, 21-13, AK Duugal and RK Malik (Chandigarh) bt Balgangadhar and S. Dutta ( Bhopal) 21-4,21-10, Utpal Chakraborty and Satinath Mitra (Kolkata) bt Balgangadhar and S. Dutta (Bhopal) 21-12,16-21, 21-18, Utpal Chakraborty and Satinath Mitra (Kolkata) bt Balgangadhar and S. Dutta ( Bhopal)
21-13,21-10
Carrom: Men’s singles: 1 Masood Ahmed (Bhopal), 2 Vijaty (Kolkata), 3 UN Roy ( Chandigarh).
Zonal handball in Ludhiana
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CHANDIGARH, MARCH 24
More than 30 international players will be seen in action in the 13th Inter-Zonal National Handball Championship for men and women to be held at Punjab Agricultural University Campus in Ludhiana from March 25 to 28, according to Punjab Handball Association general secretary BS Brar.
Punjab will face Tamil Nadu in the opening match in the men's section at 5:30 p.m.
Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Maharashtra, Punjab and Chhattisgarh have already arrived in Ludhiana and had the feel of the courts..
Meanwhile, all arrangements have been completed for the smooth conduct of the meet
Handball Federation of India senior vice-president and Principal Secretary industries and commerce Punjab Government S.S Channi will inaugurate the championship. One floodlit and one other handball courts are ready for the matches. More then 30 international players will seen in action.
CHANDIGARH, MARCH 24
More than 30 international players will be seen in action in the 13th Inter-Zonal National Handball Championship for men and women to be held at Punjab Agricultural University Campus in Ludhiana from March 25 to 28, according to Punjab Handball Association general secretary BS Brar.
Punjab will face Tamil Nadu in the opening match in the men's section at 5:30 p.m.
Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Maharashtra, Punjab and Chhattisgarh have already arrived in Ludhiana and had the feel of the courts..
Meanwhile, all arrangements have been completed for the smooth conduct of the meet
Handball Federation of India senior vice-president and Principal Secretary industries and commerce Punjab Government S.S Channi will inaugurate the championship. One floodlit and one other handball courts are ready for the matches. More then 30 international players will seen in action.
Raj Sangram wins gold in Dressage Novice
Film actress Karishma Kapoor who was the chief guest on the opening day watching the proceedings. 
Haryana Director General of Police RS Dalal congratulating a winner in the India Police Eqestrian Championship and Mounted Police Duty Meet in Madhuban on Tuesday.
A competitor taking part in tent pegging event of the India Police Eqestrian Championship and Mounted Police Duty Meet in Madhuban on Tuesday.
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Chandigarh: March 24
Major Raj Sangram Singh of Assam Rifles, astride Road Runner, bagged gold by scoring scoring 414 points in the‘Dressage Novice’ event of the All India Police Eqestrian Championship and Mounted Police Duty Meet- 2009 at the Haryana Police Complex in Madhuban (Karnal) today.
He also won second position with Horse Pop Star scorring 387 points. Head Constable Inderpal Singh of U.P. Police and ASI Hari Kishan of Haryana Police jointly won bronze medals by obtaining 384 points each.
In the ‘Farrier’s Test” event Head Constable Raja Ram of ITBP claimed gold medal by securing 30.05 points, Constable Ramesh Chander of Punjab Police won silver medal. Head Constable Ranjeet Singh of BSF and Ravi Singh of Manipur Police jointly bagged bronze medal by scoring 26.50 points each.
In the ‘Preliminery Jumping’ event Head Constable Shri Ram of BSF, riding Pawan, FC Rakesh Kumar of Rajasthan (Love) and Maj.Raj Sangram Singh (Pop Star) of Assam Rifles finished first, second and third,respectively.
In ‘Novice Jumping’ event MS Ratanpura Shonya (Shonya) of Gujarat Police, Jagat (Master Mind) of Delhi Police, Hari Kishan ( Shiva) of Delhi Police and Major Raj Sangram Singh ( Road Runner) of Assam Rifles secured 1st , 2nd , 3rd and 4th position respectively.
In ‘Jumping Medium Normal’ event Hit Karan, astride Tushar, of M.P. Police, Dharam Pal ( Kavita) of Delhi Police, Lakhwinder Singh with his horse Archery of Punjab Police and Raghwinder Singh ( Menka) of BSF secured 1st , 2nd , 3rd and 4th position, respectively.
In the ‘Tent Pegging (Individual) event ASI Ram Bhagat ( Mriga-Naini) and Inspector Ram Phool (Apolo) of Haryana Police secured the first and second positions, respectively.
Jagdish Singh (Jasmine) and Talwinder ( Sonia), both of Punjab Police secured 3rd and 4th positions, respectively.
Haryana Director General of Police RS Dalal congratulating a winner in the India Police Eqestrian Championship and Mounted Police Duty Meet in Madhuban on Tuesday.
A competitor taking part in tent pegging event of the India Police Eqestrian Championship and Mounted Police Duty Meet in Madhuban on Tuesday.
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Chandigarh: March 24
Major Raj Sangram Singh of Assam Rifles, astride Road Runner, bagged gold by scoring scoring 414 points in the‘Dressage Novice’ event of the All India Police Eqestrian Championship and Mounted Police Duty Meet- 2009 at the Haryana Police Complex in Madhuban (Karnal) today.
He also won second position with Horse Pop Star scorring 387 points. Head Constable Inderpal Singh of U.P. Police and ASI Hari Kishan of Haryana Police jointly won bronze medals by obtaining 384 points each.
In the ‘Farrier’s Test” event Head Constable Raja Ram of ITBP claimed gold medal by securing 30.05 points, Constable Ramesh Chander of Punjab Police won silver medal. Head Constable Ranjeet Singh of BSF and Ravi Singh of Manipur Police jointly bagged bronze medal by scoring 26.50 points each.
In the ‘Preliminery Jumping’ event Head Constable Shri Ram of BSF, riding Pawan, FC Rakesh Kumar of Rajasthan (Love) and Maj.Raj Sangram Singh (Pop Star) of Assam Rifles finished first, second and third,respectively.
In ‘Novice Jumping’ event MS Ratanpura Shonya (Shonya) of Gujarat Police, Jagat (Master Mind) of Delhi Police, Hari Kishan ( Shiva) of Delhi Police and Major Raj Sangram Singh ( Road Runner) of Assam Rifles secured 1st , 2nd , 3rd and 4th position respectively.
In ‘Jumping Medium Normal’ event Hit Karan, astride Tushar, of M.P. Police, Dharam Pal ( Kavita) of Delhi Police, Lakhwinder Singh with his horse Archery of Punjab Police and Raghwinder Singh ( Menka) of BSF secured 1st , 2nd , 3rd and 4th position, respectively.
In the ‘Tent Pegging (Individual) event ASI Ram Bhagat ( Mriga-Naini) and Inspector Ram Phool (Apolo) of Haryana Police secured the first and second positions, respectively.
Jagdish Singh (Jasmine) and Talwinder ( Sonia), both of Punjab Police secured 3rd and 4th positions, respectively.
CLTA scholarships for 13 players
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CHANDIGARH, March 24
Indian probable for New Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games Vijayant Mailk was among the 13 trainees of Chandgarh Lawn Tennis Association who were given scholarship money on the basis of their performance in various National and International tournaments during 2007 and 2008.
Finalist of the DSCL Nationals Under-18 in 2007 and silver medalist in Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune in 2008, was presented a scholarship amount of Rs 15,000.
Winnter of ITF Juniors Grade 5 in Hyderabad in 2008 and bronze medalist in the Under-14 World Championship Digvijay Mehta received the highest cash incentive of Rs 16,000. Digvijay Mehta was also winner of the Asian Ranking Tournament in Chandigarh in 2007.
CLTA chairman Rajan Kashyap disclosed that the scholarships worth Rs 1.22 lakh were dibursed among the outstanding players. "It is an incentive for the players to achieve excellence in tennis," said Rajan Kashyap.
The scholarships were given during the prize distribution ceremony of ITF $ 15,000 Men’s Futures Tennis Tournament last week by Chandigarh Finance-cum-Sports Secretary Shri Sanjay Kumar.
Those who received the scholarships were: Digvijay Mehta (Rs 16,000), Ajay Yadav (10,000), Shiva Sangwan (Rs 10,000), Ravnoor Kaur (Rs 8,000), Bhavika Wadhawan (Rs 10,000), Digvijay Singh Naruka (Rs 8,000), Iktesh Chahal (Rs 5,000), Ishaque Eqbal (Rs 8,000), Navneet Kumar (Rs 5,500), Mandeep Singh Gill (Rs 6,000), Vijayant Malik (Rs 15,000), Fatehdeep Singh (Rs 10,000) and Jaanessh Kaur (Rs 10,000).
CHANDIGARH, March 24
Indian probable for New Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games Vijayant Mailk was among the 13 trainees of Chandgarh Lawn Tennis Association who were given scholarship money on the basis of their performance in various National and International tournaments during 2007 and 2008.
Finalist of the DSCL Nationals Under-18 in 2007 and silver medalist in Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune in 2008, was presented a scholarship amount of Rs 15,000.
Winnter of ITF Juniors Grade 5 in Hyderabad in 2008 and bronze medalist in the Under-14 World Championship Digvijay Mehta received the highest cash incentive of Rs 16,000. Digvijay Mehta was also winner of the Asian Ranking Tournament in Chandigarh in 2007.
CLTA chairman Rajan Kashyap disclosed that the scholarships worth Rs 1.22 lakh were dibursed among the outstanding players. "It is an incentive for the players to achieve excellence in tennis," said Rajan Kashyap.
The scholarships were given during the prize distribution ceremony of ITF $ 15,000 Men’s Futures Tennis Tournament last week by Chandigarh Finance-cum-Sports Secretary Shri Sanjay Kumar.
Those who received the scholarships were: Digvijay Mehta (Rs 16,000), Ajay Yadav (10,000), Shiva Sangwan (Rs 10,000), Ravnoor Kaur (Rs 8,000), Bhavika Wadhawan (Rs 10,000), Digvijay Singh Naruka (Rs 8,000), Iktesh Chahal (Rs 5,000), Ishaque Eqbal (Rs 8,000), Navneet Kumar (Rs 5,500), Mandeep Singh Gill (Rs 6,000), Vijayant Malik (Rs 15,000), Fatehdeep Singh (Rs 10,000) and Jaanessh Kaur (Rs 10,000).
Sunday, March 22, 2009
RCF face SE Railways in semi-final
A match in progress between Northern Railways and Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala.
Kulbir Singh Saini
Jalandhar, March 22
Defending champions Northern Railways of Delhi will cross swords with Western Railways of Mumbai and hosts Rail Coach Factory of Kapurthala will take on South Eastern Railways in the semi- finals of the 30th All India Inter Railways Women Hockey Championship at the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium here on Tuesday.
The Rail Coach Factory girls displayed good hockey to hold Northern Railways to a 1-1 draw. The RCF girls put pressure from the first minute and got the first penalty corner in the 5th minute and Lalremruati converted it indirectly ( 1-0). At half time RCF were leading by 1-0. In the 55th minute former international Pritam Siwatch scored the equalizer from the left flank ( 1-1). With this draw Northern Railways topped pool with with better goal average. They got seven points with two wins and one draw. RCF finished runners-up in pool A with seven points.
In the second league match South Eastern Railways derailed Western Railways by 2-1. SER took lead in the 29th minute with a field goal by Binita Xess (1-0). In the 58th minute Ruhuta Mullick equalized for Western Railways ( 1-1). In the 63 rd minute Punita Minz snatched the match winner for SER ( 2-1). With this win SER topped the pool B with nine points and Western Railways with 6 points were second in their pool.
In the third match West Central Railways scored their first win by beating North Eastern Railways with a solitary goal scored by Dulari Minz in the 59th minute.
In the fourth match Central Railways beat East Central Railways by 6-1. The scorers for the winners were Sadhana Singh ( 42nd and 47th minutes), Reena Kanti (19th), Usha Singh (23rd), Sarita Hanuman (48th). The lone goal for ECR was scored by Anita Swasi in the last minute of the match.
Kulbir Singh Saini
Jalandhar, March 22
Defending champions Northern Railways of Delhi will cross swords with Western Railways of Mumbai and hosts Rail Coach Factory of Kapurthala will take on South Eastern Railways in the semi- finals of the 30th All India Inter Railways Women Hockey Championship at the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium here on Tuesday.
The Rail Coach Factory girls displayed good hockey to hold Northern Railways to a 1-1 draw. The RCF girls put pressure from the first minute and got the first penalty corner in the 5th minute and Lalremruati converted it indirectly ( 1-0). At half time RCF were leading by 1-0. In the 55th minute former international Pritam Siwatch scored the equalizer from the left flank ( 1-1). With this draw Northern Railways topped pool with with better goal average. They got seven points with two wins and one draw. RCF finished runners-up in pool A with seven points.
In the second league match South Eastern Railways derailed Western Railways by 2-1. SER took lead in the 29th minute with a field goal by Binita Xess (1-0). In the 58th minute Ruhuta Mullick equalized for Western Railways ( 1-1). In the 63 rd minute Punita Minz snatched the match winner for SER ( 2-1). With this win SER topped the pool B with nine points and Western Railways with 6 points were second in their pool.
In the third match West Central Railways scored their first win by beating North Eastern Railways with a solitary goal scored by Dulari Minz in the 59th minute.
In the fourth match Central Railways beat East Central Railways by 6-1. The scorers for the winners were Sadhana Singh ( 42nd and 47th minutes), Reena Kanti (19th), Usha Singh (23rd), Sarita Hanuman (48th). The lone goal for ECR was scored by Anita Swasi in the last minute of the match.
Easy wins for United SC and DCM Engg
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CHANDIGARH, MARCH 22
A brilliant innings of 61 by Narinder Bunty enabled United Sports Club defeat Durga Seeds Ltd. by seven wickets in the Vth Bharat Kesho Gupta Memorial League Cricket Tournament being organised by the Chandigarh Sports Club here at Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium in Sector 3, Panchkula today.
Batting first , Durga Seeds lost their first wicket in the second over with the scoreboard reading only three runs. Their other batsmen also gave away their wickets cheaply. Rohit Singh was the highest run getter with 33 runs for his team. Nipun contributed 30 runs towards the end of the innings as Durga Seeds were bowled out for 123 in 24.3 overs. Gourav bagged 2 for 15. Deepak Mahajan also picked up 2 wickets for 28 runs.
In reply, United Sports Club achieved their target by scoring 124 for 3 in 18.2 overs. Narinder Bunty was in good form as he completed his half century with a boundary in just 38 balls. His innings came to an adrupt end when he was injured and retired. But he ensured that his team was in a comfaortable position of 103 for no loss in 13 overs. United Sports crossed the finish line in 18.2 overs with seven wickets to spare. Opener and skipper Vinod Sharma remained unbeaten on 38 runs off 58 balls.
Brief scores: Durga Seeds Ltd.: 123 all out in 24.3 overs (Rohit SIngh 33, Nipun 30 n.o, Gourav 2 for 15, Deepak Mahajan 2 for 28).
United Sports Club: 124 for 3 in 18.2 overs (Narinder Bunty 61, Vinod Sharma 38 n.o).
In another match, Pawan bowled DCM Engg. Ropar to a nine- wicket win over Mansa Print and Publishers. He had a haul of 5 wickets for 21 runs. Bating first, Mansa Print were bowled out for 95 runs in 13 overs. Ravi scored 23 runs. In reply, the DCM Engg. batsmen made short work of the target as they lost no time in going on the offensive even after an initial setback. Opener Jaspreet scored 41 runs to get the team to the target in 12.4 overs.
Brief scores: Mansa Print & Pubishers Ltd. : 95 all out in 13 overs ( Ravi 23, Pawan 5 for 21, Baljeet 2 for 7). DCM Engg. Ropar: 96 for 1 in 12.4 overs (Jaspreet 41, Sachin 19).
CHANDIGARH, MARCH 22
A brilliant innings of 61 by Narinder Bunty enabled United Sports Club defeat Durga Seeds Ltd. by seven wickets in the Vth Bharat Kesho Gupta Memorial League Cricket Tournament being organised by the Chandigarh Sports Club here at Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium in Sector 3, Panchkula today.
Batting first , Durga Seeds lost their first wicket in the second over with the scoreboard reading only three runs. Their other batsmen also gave away their wickets cheaply. Rohit Singh was the highest run getter with 33 runs for his team. Nipun contributed 30 runs towards the end of the innings as Durga Seeds were bowled out for 123 in 24.3 overs. Gourav bagged 2 for 15. Deepak Mahajan also picked up 2 wickets for 28 runs.
In reply, United Sports Club achieved their target by scoring 124 for 3 in 18.2 overs. Narinder Bunty was in good form as he completed his half century with a boundary in just 38 balls. His innings came to an adrupt end when he was injured and retired. But he ensured that his team was in a comfaortable position of 103 for no loss in 13 overs. United Sports crossed the finish line in 18.2 overs with seven wickets to spare. Opener and skipper Vinod Sharma remained unbeaten on 38 runs off 58 balls.
Brief scores: Durga Seeds Ltd.: 123 all out in 24.3 overs (Rohit SIngh 33, Nipun 30 n.o, Gourav 2 for 15, Deepak Mahajan 2 for 28).
United Sports Club: 124 for 3 in 18.2 overs (Narinder Bunty 61, Vinod Sharma 38 n.o).
In another match, Pawan bowled DCM Engg. Ropar to a nine- wicket win over Mansa Print and Publishers. He had a haul of 5 wickets for 21 runs. Bating first, Mansa Print were bowled out for 95 runs in 13 overs. Ravi scored 23 runs. In reply, the DCM Engg. batsmen made short work of the target as they lost no time in going on the offensive even after an initial setback. Opener Jaspreet scored 41 runs to get the team to the target in 12.4 overs.
Brief scores: Mansa Print & Pubishers Ltd. : 95 all out in 13 overs ( Ravi 23, Pawan 5 for 21, Baljeet 2 for 7). DCM Engg. Ropar: 96 for 1 in 12.4 overs (Jaspreet 41, Sachin 19).
Saturday, March 21, 2009
NR, WR, RCF and SER in semis
A match between Northern Railways and North Eastern Railways in progress. 
Kulbir Singh Saini
Jalandhar, March 21
Holders Northern Railways of Delhi, runners-up Western Railways of Mumbai and hosts Rail Coach Factory of Kapurthala and South Eastern Railways stormed into the semi-finals of the 30th All India Inter Railways Women Hockey Championship here at Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium today.
Star- studded Northern Railways grounded North Eastern Railways of Gorkhpur by 5-0. The Northern girls the took lead in the third minute of the play with a fine field goal from the stick of Surinder Kaur ( 1-0). In the 9th minute skipper Balwinder Kaur scored the field goal (2-0). Northern Railways Jasjeet kaur scored the hat trick in the 33rd, 58th and 67th minute of the play (5-0). With this win Northern Railways earned six points from two outings and now they will take on RCF for the first place in the Pool A.
In the second match Rail Coach Factory beat West Central Railways in well contested match ny 3-2. At half time winners were trailing by 1-0. In the 23rd minute the WCR girls took lead with a penalty corner conversion by Karamjeet Kaur (1-0). In the 50th minute RCF’s captain Deepika equalized with field goal (1-1). Two minutes later RCF’s Amandeep Kaur sounded the board to get lead ( 2-1). In the 56th minute West Central Railways equalized with a field goal scored by Pravasini Bage (2-2). In the 63rd minute Amandeep Kaur snatched the match winning goal for the Rail Coach Factory ( 3-2).
In the third match South Eastern Railways routed Eastern Railways by 8-0. The scorers for the winners were Adlin Kerkatta (11th and 15th), Asunta Lakra ( 13th and 22nd minute), Binita Xess (57th and 61st), Annarita Kerkatta (5th ), Pushpa Pradhan (62nd).
In the fourth match Western Railways beat Central Railways by 3-0 to get breath in the semis. The scorers for the winners were Eti Srivastav in 20th minute, Saba Anjum in 48th minute and Rujuta Mullick in 62nd minute of the play.
Kulbir Singh Saini
Jalandhar, March 21
Holders Northern Railways of Delhi, runners-up Western Railways of Mumbai and hosts Rail Coach Factory of Kapurthala and South Eastern Railways stormed into the semi-finals of the 30th All India Inter Railways Women Hockey Championship here at Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium today.
Star- studded Northern Railways grounded North Eastern Railways of Gorkhpur by 5-0. The Northern girls the took lead in the third minute of the play with a fine field goal from the stick of Surinder Kaur ( 1-0). In the 9th minute skipper Balwinder Kaur scored the field goal (2-0). Northern Railways Jasjeet kaur scored the hat trick in the 33rd, 58th and 67th minute of the play (5-0). With this win Northern Railways earned six points from two outings and now they will take on RCF for the first place in the Pool A.
In the second match Rail Coach Factory beat West Central Railways in well contested match ny 3-2. At half time winners were trailing by 1-0. In the 23rd minute the WCR girls took lead with a penalty corner conversion by Karamjeet Kaur (1-0). In the 50th minute RCF’s captain Deepika equalized with field goal (1-1). Two minutes later RCF’s Amandeep Kaur sounded the board to get lead ( 2-1). In the 56th minute West Central Railways equalized with a field goal scored by Pravasini Bage (2-2). In the 63rd minute Amandeep Kaur snatched the match winning goal for the Rail Coach Factory ( 3-2).
In the third match South Eastern Railways routed Eastern Railways by 8-0. The scorers for the winners were Adlin Kerkatta (11th and 15th), Asunta Lakra ( 13th and 22nd minute), Binita Xess (57th and 61st), Annarita Kerkatta (5th ), Pushpa Pradhan (62nd).
In the fourth match Western Railways beat Central Railways by 3-0 to get breath in the semis. The scorers for the winners were Eti Srivastav in 20th minute, Saba Anjum in 48th minute and Rujuta Mullick in 62nd minute of the play.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Top wrestlers for Gulzar Gold Cup
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CHANDIGARH, March 20
Beijing Olympics bronze medallist Sushil Kumar, Olympians Yogeshwar Dutt and Ramesh Kumar will be the star attractions in the Gulzar Gold Cup Wrestling Championship being held at Dara Studio on April 4. Addressing a press conference here today Gulzar Wrestling Akhara president RK Pehal said that a total prize money of Rs 6 lakh would be at stake. Only eight wrestlers, only medallists at national and internationals, in each category, would be permitted to compete. There will be six categories-- 60 kg, 66 kg, 74 kg, 84 kg, 96 kg and 120 kg. The 55 kg category will be only for local wrestlers.
Mr Pehal disclosed that the winner in each category would be given a cash incentive of Rs 10,000, runner-up Rs 8,000 and two third place holders Rs 2500 each. Olympians of 2004 and 2008 will be given an appearance moneyof Rs 15,000 while Sushil Kumar will be give a purse of Rs 20,000. Arjuna awardees and Asian and Commonwealth Games medallists participating in the one-day competition will get Rs 5000 each as appearance money. Senior Internationals and Junior internationals will receive Rs 3,000 and Rs 2000 each..
Sports Authority of India coach RS Kundu, who has produced a large number of international wrestlers, said that any wrestler upsettting Olympian bronze medallist Sushil Kumar, Asian senior gold medalist and two-time Commonwealth Games gold medalist Yogeshwar Dutt or World junior champion, Commonwalth Games gold medalist and World cadet gold medalist Ramesh Kumar, would be given an extra cash prize of Rs 20,000.
NR, WR and RCF record wins
Kulbir Singh Saini
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Jalandhar, March 20
Holders Northern Railways of Delhi, runners-up Western Railways,Mumbai and hosts Rail Coach Factory of Kapurthala start their winning stream by beating Western Central Railways, Eastern Railways Kolkata and North Eastern railways Gorakhpur respectively in the 30th All India Inter Railways Women Hockey Championship here at Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium today.
The inaugural match was played between hosts Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala and North Eastern Railways Gorakhpur. RCf team with few new International stars played good game from the word go. In the 14th minute Captian Depika struck for RCF (1-0). In the 25th minute Anuradha Devi scored the field goal from left flank ( 2-0). In the 30th minute Rasalind Ralte consolidated ( 3-0). In the 38th minute Amandeep kaur scored the winners from right flank (4-0). In the 42nd minute of the play NER girls reduced the margin with penalty stroke conversion by Anima Sorenj ( 1-4). In the 47th minute Depika once again netted the ball for RCF ( 5-1). In 52nd minute and 62nd minute Anima and Ashrita toppo scored for NER to reduce the margin ( 3-5).
In the second match holders star-studded Northern Railways, Delhi beat Western Central Railways by 4-1. for the winners scorer were Surinder Kaur ( 39th and 53rd minute), Pritam Siwach (12th minute), Balwinder Kaur (36th minute) for the WCR the scorer was Harjinder Kaur who scored in the 42 nd minute with penalty corner conversion ( 4-1).
In the Third match lasy years Runners up Western railways Mumbai blanked Estern Railways by 7-0. The scorers were Chanchal Devi (41st, 43rd and 68th minute), Saba anjum (5th minute), Ranjeeta Devi (34th minute), Rujuta Mullick (54th minute) and Sanggai Chanu (64th minute) of the play.
In the fouth match South Eastern Railways derailed Central Railways Mumbai by 2-0. the scorer for the winners were Adlin Kerkatta and Pushpa Pradhan.
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Jalandhar, March 20
Holders Northern Railways of Delhi, runners-up Western Railways,Mumbai and hosts Rail Coach Factory of Kapurthala start their winning stream by beating Western Central Railways, Eastern Railways Kolkata and North Eastern railways Gorakhpur respectively in the 30th All India Inter Railways Women Hockey Championship here at Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium today.
The inaugural match was played between hosts Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala and North Eastern Railways Gorakhpur. RCf team with few new International stars played good game from the word go. In the 14th minute Captian Depika struck for RCF (1-0). In the 25th minute Anuradha Devi scored the field goal from left flank ( 2-0). In the 30th minute Rasalind Ralte consolidated ( 3-0). In the 38th minute Amandeep kaur scored the winners from right flank (4-0). In the 42nd minute of the play NER girls reduced the margin with penalty stroke conversion by Anima Sorenj ( 1-4). In the 47th minute Depika once again netted the ball for RCF ( 5-1). In 52nd minute and 62nd minute Anima and Ashrita toppo scored for NER to reduce the margin ( 3-5).
In the second match holders star-studded Northern Railways, Delhi beat Western Central Railways by 4-1. for the winners scorer were Surinder Kaur ( 39th and 53rd minute), Pritam Siwach (12th minute), Balwinder Kaur (36th minute) for the WCR the scorer was Harjinder Kaur who scored in the 42 nd minute with penalty corner conversion ( 4-1).
In the Third match lasy years Runners up Western railways Mumbai blanked Estern Railways by 7-0. The scorers were Chanchal Devi (41st, 43rd and 68th minute), Saba anjum (5th minute), Ranjeeta Devi (34th minute), Rujuta Mullick (54th minute) and Sanggai Chanu (64th minute) of the play.
In the fouth match South Eastern Railways derailed Central Railways Mumbai by 2-0. the scorer for the winners were Adlin Kerkatta and Pushpa Pradhan.
Rashid bags LG Rambagh Golf Club Open
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JAIPUR, March 20
Braving fierce winds and tough competition from his playing partner, Rashid Khan came through to bag the LG Rambagh Golf Club Open Amateur Championship by four strokes. He shot a round of two-under 68 to aggregate three-under 277 over the four rounds.
The win also ensured Rashid finished the year as the number one amateur on the LG Amateur Tour, winning four of the six tournaments he entered this season.
Local lad Amanjyot Singh had to be content with a second place finish as he returned a card of even-par 70 to end at one-over 281 for the tournament. SK Lakra shot his first under-par round of the week to finish in sole third place.
Jasjeet Singh, playing in the leader group, got off to a hot start but by the time he made the turn, he ran out of steam and finished four-over for the day, tied for fourth-place along with Arshdeep Tiwana and Ashbeer Saini
Rashid, starting off in the rain, got his round going immediately, making a birdie after his approach shot from the fairway landed four-feet from the pin. Amanjyot matched him for most of the front-nine and the two made the turn just the way they started, only two strokes separating them.
The Delhi lad went on to consolidate his position and just when it looked like he would run away with the title, two back-to-back bogeys put Amanjyot back in contention. But, the 18-year-old steadied himself and made birdies on the last two holes to secure the win.
An elated Rashid later said, “I had no idea that I would finish number one. I am really excited about that. This year I did not get to play many tournaments but next year I intend to play all the tournaments on the amateur circuit.”
Talking about his round today, he said, “It got a little tight towards the end but I was in control of my game and despite the bogeys I knew that I would be able to capitalise on the two par-5 holes in the end.”
Amanjyot Singh, who couldn’t quite repeat last year’s showing, said, “It is disappointing not to have won but I am happy with the way I played. I played consistent golf through all four days and I am satisfied with that.”
In the end, it was Rashid’s experience of winning multiple tournaments that saw him bag another title and overcome amanjyot’s challenge.
Scores: 277: Rashid Khan (71,69,69,68), 281:Amanjyot Singh(70,70,71,70); 282: Lt Col S K Lakra (70,72,71,69); 287: Jasjeet Singh(73,72,68,74); 287: Arshdeep Tiwana (74,68,73,72); 287: Ashbeer Singh Saini (70,71,73,73); 288: Tarun Ghogale (72,76,67,73); 289: Pawan Kumar(73,69,76,71); 290: Karan Vasudeva (70,78,69,73); 290: Lakhan Singh (73,73,69,75); 291: Samaresh Sardar (71,73,73,74); 291: Angad Cheema (66,74,73,78); 292: Col Ajay Singh (70,75,73,74).
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Chowrasia,Shamim lead the Indian charge
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Gurgaon, March 18
SSP Chowrasia and Shamim Khan carded rounds of six under 66 to be the highest placed Indians after round one of the US$ 300,000 SAIL Open 2009 being played at the Classic Golf Resort, Gurgaon. Chowrasia and Khan are tied sixth at the moment as they trail the leader, Chapchai Nirat of Thailand by four strokes.
Nirat produced a breathtaking 10 under 62, a course record, in the opening round of the SAIL Open 2009 to be the clubhouse leader after the morning session. The 25-year-old from Bangkok sank ten birdies, five each on the front nine and back nine to set the pace at the second edition of the SAIL Open.
Filipino Antonio Lascuna, Thailand’s Wisut Artjanawat, Singapore’s Mardan Mamat and Mark Purser of New Zealand are three strokes behind Nirat in tied second place.
Kolkata’s SSP Chowrasia made a few good 10 feet putts on the front nine that resulted in two birdies and a good save. He then made the turn at two under after three birdies and a lone bogey. On the back nine Chowrasia came up with some exceptional chip-putts that helped him sink four more birdies.
Chowrasia said, “I made a couple of important birdie putts from 10 feet on the seventh and ninth today and that really got me going for the rest of the round. The course is playing really well and we could be in for a very low score this week. I feel comfortable on this course as I have won here in the past after having shot a nine under.”
Shamim Khan joined Chowrasia in tied sixth with a bogey-free 66. He had a solid start, knocking down four birdies on his first nine after teeing-off from the 10th. The Delhi golfer then consolidated on his second nine by sinking two more birdies.
“I couldn't have asked for a better start. I hit it close all day today and made a crucial 15 feet putt for birdie on the 15th. The course is not very difficult to negotiate since there is no rough or wind but one needs to focus on putting. My guess is that the winning score could go up to 20 or 22 under,” said Shamim.
Richard Moir of Australia made it a three-way tie for sixth place (along with Chowrasia and Shamim) when he returned a 66.
Indians Rafiq Ali Mollah, Rahil Gangjee, Ashok Kumar, Gaganjeet Bhullar and Naman Dawar fired identical scores of 67 to share ninth position.
Jyoti Randhawa, the highest ranked Indian in the field, lies tied 76th having returned a one under 71.
BSF pip Punjab Police in sudden death
Punjab Police captain Kanwalpreet Singh reeiving runners-up trophy from Punjab Governor Gen (Retd) RF Rodrigues. 
BSF team members receiving trophy from Punjab Governor Gen (Retd) RF Rodrigues at the prize distribution function of the 57th All-India Police Hockey Championship in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
The victorious Border Security Force in the 57th All-India Police Hockey Championship in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, March 18
Border Security Force just managed to prevail over defending champions Punjab Police by an aggregate 8-7 margin in the sudden death tie-breaker after sharing four goals in the regulated 70-minute session of the 57th All-India Police Hockey Championship organized by the Chandigarh Police at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here today.
Even the regular tie-breaker session could not resolve the deadlock as the teams were tied 4-all. The sudden death tie-breaker rule was applied to resolve the stalemate. Vikramjit Singh and Harbhajan Singh converted their strokes to clinch the issue in their favour of BSF. Drag flicker Jugraj Singh of Punjab Police converted it with an accurate and powerful push but his captain international Kanwalpreet Singh’s stroke was too weak to beat BSF goalkeeper KM Subbmah.
Earlier, in the tie-breaker session, BSF’s scorers were: Varinderjit Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Sharanjit Singh and Sushil Kumar. Raj Singh muffed his stroke as his gentle push was saved by substitute Punjab Police goalkeeper Baljit Singh.
In the stipulated session, the final started on a brisk note as the teams scored two goals in the first four minutes. BSF captain Harbhajan Singh stunned Punjab Police, captain by international midfielder Kanwalpreet Singh, by scoring a goal in the second minute. Punjab Police retaliated in the fourth minute and Kanwalpreet Singh converted a penalty corner to place his team at par. They forced another penalty corner and this time Jugraj Singh displayed his skill to convert the penalty corner with a sizzling drag flick in the 25th minute.
BSF were lucky as they restored parity in the 35th minute when they were awarded a penalty corner and Varinderjit Singh grabbed the opportunity to sound the board to get loud cheers from their supporters who turned up in a large number.
Both teams had a number of opportunities to score but could not take advantage of these chances. In the 55th minute, Amit Singh sprinted on the right flank before squaring the ball to Satwinder Singh whose reverse shot on the run went wide. Two minutes later, BSF retaliated when M Lakra gave a through pass to Mandeep Singh Sr failed to connect it.
Punjab Police pressed hard and forced two penalty corners in succession in the 59th minute. However, BSF first runner B Guria first foiled Jugraj Singh and then Kanwalpreet Singh.
BSF had a golden opportunity to wrap up the match just before the hooter. Sharanjit Singh sent a measured pass to Harbhjan Singh who had an open goal in front but he delayed and was dispossessed.
With teams tied 2-all, extra time of 15 minutes could not fail to break the dispute and the organizers applied the tie-breaker rule to decide the winners.
Earlier, in a Hard Line match, Central Industrial Security Force outplayed Haryana Police by 7-3. CISF scored through Compal Lakra (2), Bharat Kumar, Mangra Munda, Cyril Ekka, G Bala Krishanan and Ravinder Singh (1 each). Haryana Police reduced the margin through Parveen Kumar, Sardara Singh and Sandeep Kumar (1 each).
Maharashtra Police will take home the Fair Play Trophy.
Punjab Governor Gen (Retd) SF Rodrigues was the chief guest and distributed the prizes. He was received by Chandigarh Inspector General of Police and chairman of Organising Committee SK Jain, DIG Mahabir Singh, SSP SS Srivastava, SP (Security and Traffic) and HS Doon, SP (Operation) RS Ghumman.
BSF team members receiving trophy from Punjab Governor Gen (Retd) RF Rodrigues at the prize distribution function of the 57th All-India Police Hockey Championship in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
The victorious Border Security Force in the 57th All-India Police Hockey Championship in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
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Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, March 18
Border Security Force just managed to prevail over defending champions Punjab Police by an aggregate 8-7 margin in the sudden death tie-breaker after sharing four goals in the regulated 70-minute session of the 57th All-India Police Hockey Championship organized by the Chandigarh Police at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here today.
Even the regular tie-breaker session could not resolve the deadlock as the teams were tied 4-all. The sudden death tie-breaker rule was applied to resolve the stalemate. Vikramjit Singh and Harbhajan Singh converted their strokes to clinch the issue in their favour of BSF. Drag flicker Jugraj Singh of Punjab Police converted it with an accurate and powerful push but his captain international Kanwalpreet Singh’s stroke was too weak to beat BSF goalkeeper KM Subbmah.
Earlier, in the tie-breaker session, BSF’s scorers were: Varinderjit Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Sharanjit Singh and Sushil Kumar. Raj Singh muffed his stroke as his gentle push was saved by substitute Punjab Police goalkeeper Baljit Singh.
In the stipulated session, the final started on a brisk note as the teams scored two goals in the first four minutes. BSF captain Harbhajan Singh stunned Punjab Police, captain by international midfielder Kanwalpreet Singh, by scoring a goal in the second minute. Punjab Police retaliated in the fourth minute and Kanwalpreet Singh converted a penalty corner to place his team at par. They forced another penalty corner and this time Jugraj Singh displayed his skill to convert the penalty corner with a sizzling drag flick in the 25th minute.
BSF were lucky as they restored parity in the 35th minute when they were awarded a penalty corner and Varinderjit Singh grabbed the opportunity to sound the board to get loud cheers from their supporters who turned up in a large number.
Both teams had a number of opportunities to score but could not take advantage of these chances. In the 55th minute, Amit Singh sprinted on the right flank before squaring the ball to Satwinder Singh whose reverse shot on the run went wide. Two minutes later, BSF retaliated when M Lakra gave a through pass to Mandeep Singh Sr failed to connect it.
Punjab Police pressed hard and forced two penalty corners in succession in the 59th minute. However, BSF first runner B Guria first foiled Jugraj Singh and then Kanwalpreet Singh.
BSF had a golden opportunity to wrap up the match just before the hooter. Sharanjit Singh sent a measured pass to Harbhjan Singh who had an open goal in front but he delayed and was dispossessed.
With teams tied 2-all, extra time of 15 minutes could not fail to break the dispute and the organizers applied the tie-breaker rule to decide the winners.
Earlier, in a Hard Line match, Central Industrial Security Force outplayed Haryana Police by 7-3. CISF scored through Compal Lakra (2), Bharat Kumar, Mangra Munda, Cyril Ekka, G Bala Krishanan and Ravinder Singh (1 each). Haryana Police reduced the margin through Parveen Kumar, Sardara Singh and Sandeep Kumar (1 each).
Maharashtra Police will take home the Fair Play Trophy.
Punjab Governor Gen (Retd) SF Rodrigues was the chief guest and distributed the prizes. He was received by Chandigarh Inspector General of Police and chairman of Organising Committee SK Jain, DIG Mahabir Singh, SSP SS Srivastava, SP (Security and Traffic) and HS Doon, SP (Operation) RS Ghumman.
Vijayant Malik upsets third seed
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CHANDIGARH, MARCH 18
Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association Rural Academy trainee Vijayant Malik advanced into the singles quarter-final of the $ 15,000 ITF Men's Futures being at the CLTA Stadium in Sector 10 here today.
Vijayant, who recenlty got training along with other Indian probables for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, at the famous Nick Bolitery Academy in USA, recorded impressive victory as he stunned third seed Hsin-Han Lee of Chinese Taipei in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 in the second round match.
Barry King of Ireland pulled off the biggest upset by beating top seed Benjamin Balleret of Monaco in two sets 6-3, 7-6 (3).
Fifth seed Divij Sharan snuffed out the challenge of Peter Steinberger of Germany 7-5, 7-5.
Men’s singles (2nd round): Barry King (IRL) bt Benjamin Balleret (1) (MON) 6-3, 7-6 (3), Adam Kellner (2) (HUN) bt I-Ta Chin (TPE) 6-3, 6-0, Vijayant Malik (IND) bt Hsin-Han Lee (3) (TPE) 6-2, 6-4, Divij Sharan (5) (IND) bt Peter Steinberger (GER) 7-5, 7-5, Yong Kyu LIM (6) (KOR) bt Vishal Punna (IND) 7-5, 6-4, Vijay Kannan (IND) bt Vivek Shokeen (IND) 6-3, 6-4, Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Navdeep Singh (IND) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, Rohan Gajjar (IND) bt Vignesh Peranamallur Chandrasekhar (IND) 6-2, 6-2.
Men’s doubles (2nd round): Puran Raja (IND) & Ashutosh Singh (1) (IND) bt Barry King (IRL) & Sheeva Parbhu (USA) 6-3, 6-1, I-Ta Chin (TPE) & Hsin-Han Lee (3) (TPE) bt Alexei Filenkov (RUS) & Peter Steinberger (GER) 4-6, 7-6 (4), 10-5, Mithun Murali (IND) & N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt Yannick Nelord (IND) & Vignesh Peranamallur Chandrasekhar (IND) 6-3, 6-3, Divij Sharan (IND) & Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Vivek Shokeen (IND) & Navdeep Singh (IND) 7-5, 6-3.
CHANDIGARH, MARCH 18
Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association Rural Academy trainee Vijayant Malik advanced into the singles quarter-final of the $ 15,000 ITF Men's Futures being at the CLTA Stadium in Sector 10 here today.
Vijayant, who recenlty got training along with other Indian probables for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, at the famous Nick Bolitery Academy in USA, recorded impressive victory as he stunned third seed Hsin-Han Lee of Chinese Taipei in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 in the second round match.
Barry King of Ireland pulled off the biggest upset by beating top seed Benjamin Balleret of Monaco in two sets 6-3, 7-6 (3).
Fifth seed Divij Sharan snuffed out the challenge of Peter Steinberger of Germany 7-5, 7-5.
Men’s singles (2nd round): Barry King (IRL) bt Benjamin Balleret (1) (MON) 6-3, 7-6 (3), Adam Kellner (2) (HUN) bt I-Ta Chin (TPE) 6-3, 6-0, Vijayant Malik (IND) bt Hsin-Han Lee (3) (TPE) 6-2, 6-4, Divij Sharan (5) (IND) bt Peter Steinberger (GER) 7-5, 7-5, Yong Kyu LIM (6) (KOR) bt Vishal Punna (IND) 7-5, 6-4, Vijay Kannan (IND) bt Vivek Shokeen (IND) 6-3, 6-4, Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Navdeep Singh (IND) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, Rohan Gajjar (IND) bt Vignesh Peranamallur Chandrasekhar (IND) 6-2, 6-2.
Men’s doubles (2nd round): Puran Raja (IND) & Ashutosh Singh (1) (IND) bt Barry King (IRL) & Sheeva Parbhu (USA) 6-3, 6-1, I-Ta Chin (TPE) & Hsin-Han Lee (3) (TPE) bt Alexei Filenkov (RUS) & Peter Steinberger (GER) 4-6, 7-6 (4), 10-5, Mithun Murali (IND) & N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt Yannick Nelord (IND) & Vignesh Peranamallur Chandrasekhar (IND) 6-3, 6-3, Divij Sharan (IND) & Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Vivek Shokeen (IND) & Navdeep Singh (IND) 7-5, 6-3.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Punjab Police and BSF in final
BSF 5 Haryana Police 0
Punjab Police 5 CISF 1
by Balbir Singh
Chandigarh, March 17
Defending champions Punjab Police and runners-up Border Security Force will meet in the final of the 57th All-India Police Hockey Championship being organized by the Chandigarh Police at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here tomorrow. The title-clash between the traditional rivals will be played at 2.45 p.m.
Both finalists recorded thumping victories in their semi-final matches played today. Border Security Force handed out a 5-0 drubbing to favourites Haryana Police after a goalless first session. Scorers for BSF were Mandeep Singh Senior (3, hat-trick), Varinderjit Singh (1) and Parkash Kerketta (1).
Punjab Police outplayed Central Industrial Security Force by 5-1 . Scorers for Punjab Police were: Satwinder (2), Kanwalpreet Singh (2) and Amit Singh. Compal Lakra (1) reduced the margin for CISF.
Former India captain Kanwalpreet Singh marshaled his players efficiently as the new-look Punjab Police dominated the proceedings. Satwinder Singh put Punjab Police ahead in the 10th minute. Jaskaran Singh sent a defence-splitting parallel pass from the right flank to Satwinder Singh inside the circle. CISF goalkeeper Bhushan Kumar partially cleared it and Satwinder Singh pounced on the rebound and rolled the ball into the goal.
Kanwalpreet Singh converted a penalty corner in the 23rd minute with a powerful drag flick. Maintaining their pressure, Punjab Police made it 3-0 with Satwinder Singh scoring a fine field goal. The winners crossed over with a 3-0 lead in the first half.
Kanwalpreet converted another penalty corner in the 43rd minute. Despite four goals down, CISF did not abjectly surrender. They initiated few good moves and their efforts were rewarded in the 59th minute when Compal Lakra reduced the margin.
Just three minutes before the hooter, Amit Singh sounded the boards to seal the fate of CISF.
Chandigarh Hockey Association president Additional Director General of Police, Punjab, Chandersekhar, was the chief guest. He was introduced to the Punjab Police and CISF players..
Earlier, a brilliant second-half hat-trick by Mandeep Singh Senior helped Border Security Force outplay a disorganized Haryana Police. They further suffered a jolt as their two players Mahavir Singh and Yogesh have been suspended for the Hard Line match against CISF slated for tomorrow. Mahavir today got a yellow card in the 25th minute and in earlier matches, he was given one yellow and one green. Yogesh received a green card in the 14th minute and earlier encounters, Yogesh was given two green cards.
Tournament Director Satinder Singh Walia clarified that on the basis of their ‘mercy’ appeal, Yogesh has been allowed to play tomorrow.
Haryana Police were off-colour against inspired Border Security Force. The first half was a dull and drab affair. It ended in a goalless draw. However, on resumption Border Security Force reorganized their game and their players played their hearts out.
The player who held the spotlight was Mandeep Singh Senior with his outstanding performance. He completed his three-in-a-row feat within a span of seven minutes. He started chasing his hat-trick with a field goal in the 40th minute to open the account for the securitymen. BSF forced two penalty corners and Mandeep Singh Senior converted these in the 42nd and 47th minutes to complete his feat.
BSF kept on their relentless pressure and scored two more field goals to complete Haryana’s unexpected rout. In the 59th minute Varinderjit Singh caught the Haryana Police defence napping and six minutes later Parkash Kerketta rounded of the winners’ tally.
BSF were awarded five penalty corners while Haryana failed to enforce even a single one.
Tomorrow’s fixtures: CISF vs Haryana Police (Hard Line) at 8 a.m. and Punjab Police vs Border Security Force (final) at 2.45 p.m.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Easy sailing for Vijayan Malik
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CHANDIGARH, MARCH 16
Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association trainees had a mixed luck on the opening day of the $ 15,000 ITF Men's Futures at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.
Wild card Vijayant Malik, a product of Rural Tennis Academy of CLTA, had a smooth sailing in the singles second round as he demolished the challenge of American Richard Johnson in straight sets 6-2, 6-1 in the singles first-round match.
However, CLTA product and wild card entrant Navinder Pal Singh was outplayed by fifth seed Divij Sharan in straight sets 6-3, 6-2.
In a marathon first-round encounter Vishnu Vardhan of India displayed determination to pull off a mild surprise by shocking fourth seed Patrick Taubert of Germany in three-evenly contested sets 7-5, 5-7, 7-5.
In another marathaon first-round match Navdeep Singh of India overcame a stiff resistance from his country man Ranjeet Virali Murugesan in well-contested three sets 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-2.
Wild card Ronak Manuja was shown the door by I-Ta Chen of Chinese Taipei in straight sest 6-4, 6-2.
Results: Singles (first round): Vijayant Malik (India) bt Richard Johnson (USA 6-2, 6-1, Vishnu Vardhan (Ind) bt Patrick Taubert (Ger) 7-5, 5-7, 7-5, Navdeep Singh (Ind) bt Ranjeet Virali Murugesan (Ind) 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-2, Divij Saran (Ind) bt Navinder Pal Singh (Ind) 6-3, 6-2, I-Ta Chen (Tpe) bt Ronak Manuja (Ind) 6-4, 6-2.
Men’s doubles (Ist round): Yannick Nelord (4) (Ind) & Vignesh Peranamallur-Chandrasekhar (Ind) bt Vikram B. Reddy (Ind) & Abhijeet Tiwari (Ind) 7-6 (3), 1-6, 10-5, Divij Sharan (Ind) & Vishnu Vardhan (Ind) bt Benjamin Balleret (2) (Mon) & Rohan Gajjar (Ind) 7-6 (5), 6-3, I-Ta Chen (Tpe) & Hsin-Han Lee (Tpe) bt Tushar Liberhan (Ind) & Aditya Madkekar (Ind) 6-, 6-4, Barry King (IRL) & Sheeva Parbhu (USA) bt Vijay Kannan (Ind0 & Ranjeet Virali Murugesan (Ind), Vivek Shokeen (Ind) & Navdeep Singh (Ind) bt Chandril Sood (Ind) & Lakshit Sood (Ind) 7-5, 7-6.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Gaganjeet wins maiden pro title
Haryana Chief Secretary Dharam Vir presenting a cheque to winner Gaganjeet Bhullar in Panchkula on Sunday. 
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Panchkula (Haryana), March 15
Kapurthala-based Gaganjeet Bhullar’s long wait for his first professional win finally came to an end when he posted a superb seven under 65 on the final day of the PGTI Players Championship presented by Panchkula Golf Club. The 20-year-old from Kapurthala won by a mammoth margin of seven strokes as he totaled 19 under 269 for the tournament. Bhullar has now become the youngest winner on the PGTI and has also climbed from 38th position to fourth on the PGTI Order of Merit.
Chandigarh’s Harendra Gupta and Vijay Kumar of Lucknow finished in tied second place with an identical total of 12 under 276. Harmeet Kahlon, another Chandigarh golfer, was fourth since his overall score read eight under 280.
Gaganjeet Bhullar (65, 73, 66, 65) registered his breakthrough win as a professional with a clinical 65 that was highlighted by eight birdies and a lone bogey. He began the day as the joint leader along with Vijay Kumar but soon raced ahead as a result of birdies on the first and third.
Bhullar never looked back after that and continued to consolidate on his brilliant start. The effect of a bogey on the fourth was negated by the birdie on the very next hole. Gaganjeet picked up the pace on the back nine, sinking birdies with ease on the 10th, 11th, 13th, 15th and 16th.
Harendra Gupta (71, 69, 68, 68) came up with a fighting 68 to post a tied second finish. He produced five birdies against a lone bogey in the final round. He was two strokes behind Vijay Kumar after the 17th but he made a spectacular birdie on the final hole by converting a 20 feet putt from the edge of the green while Vijay missed a four-footer for par. Vijay Kumar (72, 68, 64, 72), thus shared second place along with Gupta.
Vijay Kumar on the other hand, had an ordinary round after breaking the course record the previous day. In round four he made four birdies and four bogeys for a 72. Harmeet Kahlon (71, 72, 68, 69) of Chandigarh secured fourth place since he was four strokes adrift of the joint runners-up. He totaled eight under 280.
Chandigarh golfers Sujjan Singh and Gurbaaz Mann shared fifth place at seven under 281 along with last year’s Order of Merit champion Mukesh Kumar and Bangladesh’s Mohd Siddikur Rahman.
Ashok Kumar was tied 14th at two under 286 while Gaurav Ghei totaled one over 289 to be placed tied 21st. Mukesh Kumar continues to the lead the 2009 PGTI Order of Merit.
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Panchkula (Haryana), March 15
Kapurthala-based Gaganjeet Bhullar’s long wait for his first professional win finally came to an end when he posted a superb seven under 65 on the final day of the PGTI Players Championship presented by Panchkula Golf Club. The 20-year-old from Kapurthala won by a mammoth margin of seven strokes as he totaled 19 under 269 for the tournament. Bhullar has now become the youngest winner on the PGTI and has also climbed from 38th position to fourth on the PGTI Order of Merit.
Chandigarh’s Harendra Gupta and Vijay Kumar of Lucknow finished in tied second place with an identical total of 12 under 276. Harmeet Kahlon, another Chandigarh golfer, was fourth since his overall score read eight under 280.
Gaganjeet Bhullar (65, 73, 66, 65) registered his breakthrough win as a professional with a clinical 65 that was highlighted by eight birdies and a lone bogey. He began the day as the joint leader along with Vijay Kumar but soon raced ahead as a result of birdies on the first and third.
Bhullar never looked back after that and continued to consolidate on his brilliant start. The effect of a bogey on the fourth was negated by the birdie on the very next hole. Gaganjeet picked up the pace on the back nine, sinking birdies with ease on the 10th, 11th, 13th, 15th and 16th.
Harendra Gupta (71, 69, 68, 68) came up with a fighting 68 to post a tied second finish. He produced five birdies against a lone bogey in the final round. He was two strokes behind Vijay Kumar after the 17th but he made a spectacular birdie on the final hole by converting a 20 feet putt from the edge of the green while Vijay missed a four-footer for par. Vijay Kumar (72, 68, 64, 72), thus shared second place along with Gupta.
Vijay Kumar on the other hand, had an ordinary round after breaking the course record the previous day. In round four he made four birdies and four bogeys for a 72. Harmeet Kahlon (71, 72, 68, 69) of Chandigarh secured fourth place since he was four strokes adrift of the joint runners-up. He totaled eight under 280.
Chandigarh golfers Sujjan Singh and Gurbaaz Mann shared fifth place at seven under 281 along with last year’s Order of Merit champion Mukesh Kumar and Bangladesh’s Mohd Siddikur Rahman.
Ashok Kumar was tied 14th at two under 286 while Gaurav Ghei totaled one over 289 to be placed tied 21st. Mukesh Kumar continues to the lead the 2009 PGTI Order of Merit.
Dharmani bats SBP to 60-run win
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PANCHKULA, March 15
Punjab's prolific scorer Pankaj Dharmani continued with his fine batting form to lead State Bank of Patiala by 60 runs against HDFC Bank in a league match of the Vth Bharat Kesho Gupta Memorial League Cricket Tournament being organised by the Chandigarh Sports Club, at Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium in Sector 3 here today.
SBP skipper Pankaj Dharmani won the toss and elected to bat first. They had an early scare as they lost their opener Rajiv Sirhendi in the second over with scorecard reading 15 runs. Pankja Dharmani and opener Rakesh Rehni build up a fruitful partnership of 125 runs to give SBOP a firm grip on the match. The bowling attack looked ineffective against the two set batsmen as they hit them all over the ground.
Dharmani hit 10 boundaries in his innings of 87 runs that came off just 67 balls and remained unbeaten. Madan Lal got rid of Rakesh Rehini (62 off 63 balls, 4x4s, 1x6) of his own bowling as he took a marvellous catch. SBOP posted 198 for 2 in 25 overs.
In reply, HDFC were bowled out for 138 all out in 23.5 overs. Charanjeet played a painstaking knock of 49. Vikas Dhingra picked up 3 wickets for12 runs in his 3 overs.
brief Scores: State Bank of Patiala: 198 for 2 in 25 overs (Pankaj Dharmani 87 n.o, Rakesh Rehini 62, Ranjeev Sharma 31 n.o, Madan Lal 1 for 41).
HDFC Bank XI: 138 all out in 23.5 overs (Charanjeet 49, SK Talwar 27, Vikas Dhingra 3 for 12, Rajeev Sirhendi 2 for 17).
A fine batting performance by Narinder Walia (65) and his 105- run opening stand with skipper Vaneet Chawla (49) helped International Testing Centre defeat DCM Engg. Ltd. Ropar by 70 runs. Batting first after winning the toss ITC had a very solid start as openers Narinder Walia and Vaneet Chawla put up 105 runs for the first wicket. Towards the end of the innings Jai Kapil scored a quickfire 33 runs off 16 balls and ensured that team got to a respectable score of 180 for 4 in 25 overs.
In reply, DCM Engg. lost their opener on the very first ball itself This wicket set the tune for the rest of the innings as the batting line up crumbled under the fine bowling attack of ITC bowlers. Baljeet Singh scored 38 runs. Kulwinder Rambo bagged 3 for 8. DCM Engg. were bowled out for 110 runs in 23 overs.
Brief scores: International Testing Centre: 180 for 4 in 25 overs (Narinder Walia 65, Vaneet Chawla 49, Jai Kapil 33, Lokesh 2 for 34).
DCM Engg. Ltd. Ropar: -110 all out in 23 overs (Baljeet 38, Kulwinder Rambo 3 for 8, Naresh Dhingra 3 for 3, Vijaypal 2 for 14).
PANCHKULA, March 15
Punjab's prolific scorer Pankaj Dharmani continued with his fine batting form to lead State Bank of Patiala by 60 runs against HDFC Bank in a league match of the Vth Bharat Kesho Gupta Memorial League Cricket Tournament being organised by the Chandigarh Sports Club, at Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium in Sector 3 here today.
SBP skipper Pankaj Dharmani won the toss and elected to bat first. They had an early scare as they lost their opener Rajiv Sirhendi in the second over with scorecard reading 15 runs. Pankja Dharmani and opener Rakesh Rehni build up a fruitful partnership of 125 runs to give SBOP a firm grip on the match. The bowling attack looked ineffective against the two set batsmen as they hit them all over the ground.
Dharmani hit 10 boundaries in his innings of 87 runs that came off just 67 balls and remained unbeaten. Madan Lal got rid of Rakesh Rehini (62 off 63 balls, 4x4s, 1x6) of his own bowling as he took a marvellous catch. SBOP posted 198 for 2 in 25 overs.
In reply, HDFC were bowled out for 138 all out in 23.5 overs. Charanjeet played a painstaking knock of 49. Vikas Dhingra picked up 3 wickets for12 runs in his 3 overs.
brief Scores: State Bank of Patiala: 198 for 2 in 25 overs (Pankaj Dharmani 87 n.o, Rakesh Rehini 62, Ranjeev Sharma 31 n.o, Madan Lal 1 for 41).
HDFC Bank XI: 138 all out in 23.5 overs (Charanjeet 49, SK Talwar 27, Vikas Dhingra 3 for 12, Rajeev Sirhendi 2 for 17).
A fine batting performance by Narinder Walia (65) and his 105- run opening stand with skipper Vaneet Chawla (49) helped International Testing Centre defeat DCM Engg. Ltd. Ropar by 70 runs. Batting first after winning the toss ITC had a very solid start as openers Narinder Walia and Vaneet Chawla put up 105 runs for the first wicket. Towards the end of the innings Jai Kapil scored a quickfire 33 runs off 16 balls and ensured that team got to a respectable score of 180 for 4 in 25 overs.
In reply, DCM Engg. lost their opener on the very first ball itself This wicket set the tune for the rest of the innings as the batting line up crumbled under the fine bowling attack of ITC bowlers. Baljeet Singh scored 38 runs. Kulwinder Rambo bagged 3 for 8. DCM Engg. were bowled out for 110 runs in 23 overs.
Brief scores: International Testing Centre: 180 for 4 in 25 overs (Narinder Walia 65, Vaneet Chawla 49, Jai Kapil 33, Lokesh 2 for 34).
DCM Engg. Ltd. Ropar: -110 all out in 23 overs (Baljeet 38, Kulwinder Rambo 3 for 8, Naresh Dhingra 3 for 3, Vijaypal 2 for 14).
DAVSS-8 and WCC-30 wrestlers excel
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CHANDIGARH, MARCH 15
DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 claimed the overall overall championship in the sub-junior section of the Chandigarh State Sub-Junior and Junior Wrestling Championship at the Wrestling Coaching Centre in Sector 30 here today. Wrestling Coaching Centre, Sector 30 won the junior championship.
The meet was inaugurated by Amardeep Rana and Satish Kumar Kala while the prizes were distributed by former Sarsan Sarpanch and association vice-president Arjun Singh.
During the championships, the Chandigarh Wrestling Association has also identified probables for a coaching camp to prepare the state team for the Junior and Sub-Junior National Wrestling Championship to be held in Una (Himachal Pradesh) from April 4 to 7.
Results: Sub-juniors (freestyle): 42 kg: 1 Jaideep, 2 Parsant. 46 kg: 1 Amit, 2 Vikas. 50 kg: 1 Sanjay, 2 Narinder. 54 kg: 1 Parveen, 2 Lakhbir. 58 kg: 1 Parveen, 2 Atul. 63 kg: 1 Sandeep, 2 Sanamprit. 69 kg: 1 Ajay, 2 Sajid. 76 kg: 1 Parvesh, 2 Krishan. 85 kg: 1 Pervinder, 2 Surinder. +85 kg: 1 Rakesh Bazar, 2 Sunil.
Greeco-Roman: 42 kg: 1 Arjun, 2 Kuljit. 46 kg: 1 Manoj, 2 Kulbir. 50 kg: 1 Pardeep. 2 Monoj. 54 kg: 1 Mohan, 2 Abhimanyu. 58 kg: 1 Amit, 2 Sonu. 63 kg: 1 Pawan, 2 Krishan. 69 kg: 1 Shrikant, 2 Sahil. 76 kg: 1 Parveen, 2 Parveen Jr. 85 kg: 1 Sonam Singh, 2 Sonamdin. +85 kg: 1 Prem, 2 Harpal.
Juniors: Freestyle: 50 kg: 1 Sandeep, 2 Amit. 55 kg: 1 Anil, 2 Deepak. 60 kg: 1 Deepak, 2 Narinder. 66 kg: 1 Jagminder, 2 Narinder. 74 kg: 1 Amit, 2 Mahabir. 84 kg: 1 Parveen, 2 Sonamdin. 96 kg: 1 Sunil, 2 Sunil Jr. +96 kg: 1 Jagmit, 2 Gautam.
Greeco-Roman: 50 kg: 1 Sandeep, 2 Sanjay. 55 kg: 1 Sanjay, 2 Parveen. 60 kg: 1 Ram Mehar, 2 Krishan. 66 kg: 1 Kanwar Baljit, 2 Satish. 74 kg: 1 Parveen, 2 Parveen Jr. 84 kg: 1 Amit, 2 Sonadim. 96 kg: 1 Nakul, 2 Gurbin Singh. + 96 kg: 1 Harpal, 2 Yogesh.
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Punjab, Haryana, CISF enter semis
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Punjab 2 Karnataka 1
Haryana 3 Maharashtra 2 (full time2-2)
CISF 3 J& K 1
BSF 3 CRPF 0
by Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, MARCH 15
Defending champions Punjab Police will lock horns with Central Industrial Security Force and favourites Haryana are pitted against well-balanced Border Security Force in the semi-finals of the the 57th All-India Police Hockey Championship being conducted by the Chandigarh Police at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium on Tuesday, after tomorrow’s rest day.
In quarter-final matches played today, Punjab Police prevailed over Karnataka by 2-1; Haryana had to work overtime to beat Maharashtra by 3-2 after two-all draw in the regulation period; Central Industrial Security Force ousted Jammu and Kashmir by 3-1 and Border Security Force blanked Central Reserve Police Force by 3-0.
A brace by drag flicker Jugraj Singh enabled defending champions Punjab Police to storm into semi-finals of here today.
In the first quarter-final match Pool A winners Punjab Police got the better of Pool C winners Karnataka by a 2-1 margin. All three goals came in the first half. In the second half, the match turned out to be a defence-dominated game.
Launching their first attack, Punjab Police forged ahead in the ninth minute as Jugraj Singh converted a penalty corner with a powerful drag flick. Karnataka retaliated three minutes later and restored parity when KS Paramesh who sounded the boards with a powerful penalty corner shot.
Thereafter the teams started playing a cautious game. Holders Punjab earned another penalty corner in the 31st minute. Jugraj Singh again struck the target with a perfect drag flick.
Dark horse Pool G winners Haryana had to work extra time to snuff out the challenge of Pool E champions and last year’s runners-up Maharashtra by 3-2 after an absorbing 2-all draw in the regulation 70-minute session.
Dinesh Kumar snatched the match-winners with a brilliant field goal in the 11th minute of extra time. Both had a cautious approach in the initial stages of the game. However, as the game progressed, Haryana went on offensive and drew the first blood through Pardeep Kumar who scored a fine field goal in the 22nd minute. Formidable Haryana maintained pressure and seven minutes later they increased their lead when Nitin Kumar converted a penalty corner.
Despite two goals down, Maharashtra were not disheartened. They reorganized their game and in the 35th minute they enforced a penalty corner which was converted by Vinod Mangude. Maharashtra continued to held sway on crossing over. They leveled the score in the 46th minute with Vijay Jatale scored a field goal.
The first session of 7 and half minutes of extra time failed to resolve the dispute as there was no score. However, in the 11th minute of the extra time, Dinesh Kumar settled the issue in favour of Haryana.
After sharing honours with a one-all draw in the first half, Pool B champions Central Industrial Security Force emerged clear winners against Pool D leaders Jammu and Kashmir by 3-1 in the second quarter-final encounter.
After initial probing, CISF took the lead in the 17th minute as Ravinder Singh converted a penalty corner. Last year’s semi-finalists Jammu and Kashmir pressed hard for the equalizer which they got just few seconds before half time. Onkar Singh scored a field goal to put J&K at par 1-1 in first half.
However, CISF had more control of the game and scored two more goals to book their berth in the semi-final.
CISF forced another penalty corner and Mangra Munda sounded the board with a penalty corner conversion in the 48th minute. Ravinder Singh again found the mark in the 59th minute to complete the winners’ tally.
In the last quarter-final encounter Border Security Force outplayed Central Reserve Police Force by 2-0 after leading by 1-0 at half time.
TBSF players enjoyed an upper hand throughout the match and mostly camped inside the CRPF terriroty. They opened their account in the 11th minute through M Lakra. However, CRPF just managed to restrict the lead to 1-0 till 57th minute when they goal fell agains as Parkash Kerketta caught the CRPF defence napping. Eight minutes before the hooter, BSF were awarded a penalty stroke and Varinderjit Singh converted with an accurate push.
Tuesday’s fixtures (semi-finals): Haryana vs Border Security Force (1.00 p.m) and Punjab Police vs CISF (3.30 p.m).
Vijay Kumar smashes course record
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Panchkula, March 14
Vijay Kumar became the joint leader after round three of the PGTI Players Championship presented by Panchkula Golf Club as he shot a whirlwind 64 to break the course record on Saturday. The Lucknow-based professional shares the lead along with Gaganjeet Bhullar at the moment. Vijay and Bhullar have an identical total of 12 under 204 after three rounds. Harendra Gupta of Chandigarh is four strokes behind the joint leaders in third place.
Vijay Kumar (72, 68, 64) set the fairways and greens of the Panchkula Golf Club on fire when he broke the course record of seven under 65, earlier held jointly by Gaganjeet Bhullar and Karanjit Singh Sandhu. Interestingly, Bhullar had equaled Sandhu’s course record during the first round on Thursday.
Vijay’s bogey-free round of eight under 64 saw him make an incredible six birdies (first, third, fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth) on the front nine. He added two more birdies (10th, 18th) to his tally on the back nine. The 40-year-old, who last won a professional event about three years back, made 16 regulations and excelled with the putter through the day.
“My hitting was excellent today and I missed regulation only on the second and fourth holes. I hit it really close on most occasions and did not miss too many putts either, especially on the front nine. My best effort came on the par five eighth where my 15 feet putt for eagle just lipped out,” said Vijay.
He went on to add, “It’s been a long time since I won an event. So it feels great to be in the joint lead at this stage.”
Gaganjeet Bhullar (65, 73, 66) came up with seven birdies and a lone bogey to produce a crucial six under 66 on Saturday.
Bhullar said, “I had a good outing today. The front nine was relatively easier today because the tail-wind worked to my advantage. The only blemish was the bogey on the 17th where I three-putted from 25 feet.”
Chandigarh’s Harendra Gupta (71, 69, 68) currently lies a distant third at eight under 208.
Second round leader Vinod Kumar (67, 69, 74) slipped to tied fourth after turning in a two over 74 on day three. His total stands at six under 210. Anirban Lahiri (71, 69, 70) joined Vinod in tied fourth.
Mukesh Kumar, Mohd Siddikur Rahman and the Chandigarh duo of Harmeet Kahlon and Gurbaaz Mann share sixth place with matching totals of five under 211.
Ashok Kumar’s three under 213 total placed him tied 12th while Gaurav Ghei and C Muniyappa were both in tied 23rd at two over 218.
Panchkula, March 14
Vijay Kumar became the joint leader after round three of the PGTI Players Championship presented by Panchkula Golf Club as he shot a whirlwind 64 to break the course record on Saturday. The Lucknow-based professional shares the lead along with Gaganjeet Bhullar at the moment. Vijay and Bhullar have an identical total of 12 under 204 after three rounds. Harendra Gupta of Chandigarh is four strokes behind the joint leaders in third place.
Vijay Kumar (72, 68, 64) set the fairways and greens of the Panchkula Golf Club on fire when he broke the course record of seven under 65, earlier held jointly by Gaganjeet Bhullar and Karanjit Singh Sandhu. Interestingly, Bhullar had equaled Sandhu’s course record during the first round on Thursday.
Vijay’s bogey-free round of eight under 64 saw him make an incredible six birdies (first, third, fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth) on the front nine. He added two more birdies (10th, 18th) to his tally on the back nine. The 40-year-old, who last won a professional event about three years back, made 16 regulations and excelled with the putter through the day.
“My hitting was excellent today and I missed regulation only on the second and fourth holes. I hit it really close on most occasions and did not miss too many putts either, especially on the front nine. My best effort came on the par five eighth where my 15 feet putt for eagle just lipped out,” said Vijay.
He went on to add, “It’s been a long time since I won an event. So it feels great to be in the joint lead at this stage.”
Gaganjeet Bhullar (65, 73, 66) came up with seven birdies and a lone bogey to produce a crucial six under 66 on Saturday.
Bhullar said, “I had a good outing today. The front nine was relatively easier today because the tail-wind worked to my advantage. The only blemish was the bogey on the 17th where I three-putted from 25 feet.”
Chandigarh’s Harendra Gupta (71, 69, 68) currently lies a distant third at eight under 208.
Second round leader Vinod Kumar (67, 69, 74) slipped to tied fourth after turning in a two over 74 on day three. His total stands at six under 210. Anirban Lahiri (71, 69, 70) joined Vinod in tied fourth.
Mukesh Kumar, Mohd Siddikur Rahman and the Chandigarh duo of Harmeet Kahlon and Gurbaaz Mann share sixth place with matching totals of five under 211.
Ashok Kumar’s three under 213 total placed him tied 12th while Gaurav Ghei and C Muniyappa were both in tied 23rd at two over 218.
Ranjeev and Rajeev star in SBoP win
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CHANDIGARH, MARCH 14
A deadly bowling spell by Ranjeev Sharma (5 for 14) and a blitskerieg knock by Rajeev Sirhidi (80) enabled State Bank of Patiala to defeat Glaciar Enterprises by 93 runs in a league match of the Vth Bharat Kesho Gupta Memorial League Cricket Tournament being organised by the Chandigarh Sports Club here at Tau Devi Lal Stadium Sector-3 in Panchkula, today.
State Bank of Patiala skipper Pankaj Dharmani won the toss and elected to bat first. Openers Rajeev Sirhidi (80) and Rakesh Rehani put up 50 runs in 6.3 overs. Sirhidi was very aggressive as he smashed the bowlers all over the ground. He partnered with Rakesh Rehni and then Sanjay Mahajan to give the team a solid platform to put up a respectable score on the board.
Rajeev hit 10 fours and four massive sixes. Dismissal of Rajeev gave the bowlers got a new lease of life as they struck off the middle order of their opposition.
Thereafter Pankaj Dharmani held the reins of the team's inning. He scored a quick 45 runs coming off 32 balls and ensured that the team got to a respectable total of 198 runs in 25 overs. Sourav Prashar picked up three wickets including that of Rajeev Sirhidi and gave away only 28 runs in his five-over spell.
In reply, the Glaciar Enterprises were bowled out for 105 runs in 19.5 overs. Ranjeev Sharma and Vikas Dhingra bowled a perfect line and length. The fielders were exceptional in the field as they stopped quite a few boundaries and continued to put pressure on the batsmen . Opener Sahil Goswami was the highest run getter with 35 runs. Ranjeev Sharma grabbed five wickets for 14 runs. He was well supported by Vikas Dhingra who picked up four wickets for 8 runs in two overs.
Brief scores: State Bank of Patiala: 198 for 7 in 25 overs (Rajeev Sirhidi 80, Pankaj Dharmani 45, Sourav Prashar 3 for 28 , Sahil Goswami 2 for 29).
Glaciar Enterprises: 105 all out in 14.5 overs ([Sahil Goswami 35, Sourav Prashar 15, Ranjeev Sharma 5 for 14, Vikas Dhingra 4 for 8), Sanjay Mahajan 1 for 12).
In the second match, a century partnership between Jai Kapil (52) and skipper Vaneet Chawla(41 n.o) enabled International Testing Centre to defeat Fortis Hospital by eight wickets.
Batting first, Fortis Hospital received early jolts as they lost two wickets in the very first over with scoreboard reading 2 runs. Their batting line up crumbled under the pressure. They were bowled out for 122 runs in 23.2 overs. AP Singh scored a defiant 23 and remained unbeaten till the end. Kulwinder Rambo picked up 2 wickets in his first over. He finished the game with an impressive bowling card of 3 for 2. Naresh Dhingra bagged 3 for 11.
In reply, ITC made short work of the target as the openers cleared their intention from the first ball itself, which was hit for a boundary. Opener Jai Kapil scored 52 quick runs. But he was unlucky and was retired hurt due to injury. Vaneet Chawla continued batting well at the other end and made unbeaten 41. ITC scored 123 for 2 in 21.2 overs.
Brief scores: Fortis Hospital: 122 all out in 23.2 overs ( AP SIngh 23, Kuldip 23, Naresh Dhingra3 for 11, Kulwinder Rambo 3 for 27, Ajay Bhardwaj 2 for 4). International Testing Centre: 123 for 2 in 21.2 overs ([Jai Kapil 52, Vaneet Chawla 41 n.o, Gurkirat 2 for 20).
CHANDIGARH, MARCH 14
A deadly bowling spell by Ranjeev Sharma (5 for 14) and a blitskerieg knock by Rajeev Sirhidi (80) enabled State Bank of Patiala to defeat Glaciar Enterprises by 93 runs in a league match of the Vth Bharat Kesho Gupta Memorial League Cricket Tournament being organised by the Chandigarh Sports Club here at Tau Devi Lal Stadium Sector-3 in Panchkula, today.
State Bank of Patiala skipper Pankaj Dharmani won the toss and elected to bat first. Openers Rajeev Sirhidi (80) and Rakesh Rehani put up 50 runs in 6.3 overs. Sirhidi was very aggressive as he smashed the bowlers all over the ground. He partnered with Rakesh Rehni and then Sanjay Mahajan to give the team a solid platform to put up a respectable score on the board.
Rajeev hit 10 fours and four massive sixes. Dismissal of Rajeev gave the bowlers got a new lease of life as they struck off the middle order of their opposition.
Thereafter Pankaj Dharmani held the reins of the team's inning. He scored a quick 45 runs coming off 32 balls and ensured that the team got to a respectable total of 198 runs in 25 overs. Sourav Prashar picked up three wickets including that of Rajeev Sirhidi and gave away only 28 runs in his five-over spell.
In reply, the Glaciar Enterprises were bowled out for 105 runs in 19.5 overs. Ranjeev Sharma and Vikas Dhingra bowled a perfect line and length. The fielders were exceptional in the field as they stopped quite a few boundaries and continued to put pressure on the batsmen . Opener Sahil Goswami was the highest run getter with 35 runs. Ranjeev Sharma grabbed five wickets for 14 runs. He was well supported by Vikas Dhingra who picked up four wickets for 8 runs in two overs.
Brief scores: State Bank of Patiala: 198 for 7 in 25 overs (Rajeev Sirhidi 80, Pankaj Dharmani 45, Sourav Prashar 3 for 28 , Sahil Goswami 2 for 29).
Glaciar Enterprises: 105 all out in 14.5 overs ([Sahil Goswami 35, Sourav Prashar 15, Ranjeev Sharma 5 for 14, Vikas Dhingra 4 for 8), Sanjay Mahajan 1 for 12).
In the second match, a century partnership between Jai Kapil (52) and skipper Vaneet Chawla(41 n.o) enabled International Testing Centre to defeat Fortis Hospital by eight wickets.
Batting first, Fortis Hospital received early jolts as they lost two wickets in the very first over with scoreboard reading 2 runs. Their batting line up crumbled under the pressure. They were bowled out for 122 runs in 23.2 overs. AP Singh scored a defiant 23 and remained unbeaten till the end. Kulwinder Rambo picked up 2 wickets in his first over. He finished the game with an impressive bowling card of 3 for 2. Naresh Dhingra bagged 3 for 11.
In reply, ITC made short work of the target as the openers cleared their intention from the first ball itself, which was hit for a boundary. Opener Jai Kapil scored 52 quick runs. But he was unlucky and was retired hurt due to injury. Vaneet Chawla continued batting well at the other end and made unbeaten 41. ITC scored 123 for 2 in 21.2 overs.
Brief scores: Fortis Hospital: 122 all out in 23.2 overs ( AP SIngh 23, Kuldip 23, Naresh Dhingra3 for 11, Kulwinder Rambo 3 for 27, Ajay Bhardwaj 2 for 4). International Testing Centre: 123 for 2 in 21.2 overs ([Jai Kapil 52, Vaneet Chawla 41 n.o, Gurkirat 2 for 20).
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