A rewarding year but Pargat feels there is always scope for improvement

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CHANDIGARH, DEC 31
The Punjab Government has sanctioned Rs 53 lakh to be given as cash awards to outstanding sportspersons who have brought laurels to the country and the state by winning medals at international level in 2007-08 and 2008-09.
Disclosing this here today, Punjab Sports Director Pargat Singh said that the amount would be disbursed among the medal winners at a function to be organized soon. Punjab sportspersons have won six gold, three silver and five bronze medals in the recognized international sports competitions in 2007-08. The Punjab sportspersons bagged two gold, three silver and five bronze medals at international level competitions in 2008-2009.
Giving cash awards is a part of the state sports policy to encourage the sportspersons to achieve excellence in their respective sports discipline.
The state government also confer Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award, the highest state sports award, to outstanding Punjab sportspersons for achieving podium finish in international meets. The award carries a purse of Rs 1 lakh, a scroll and a statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. So far 237 sportspersons have been decorated with this award. The government is finalizing the list of candidates who have applied for the award for the year 2005-09. The eligible players will be honoured soon.
It was the honour to India and Punjab as hockey forward Prabhjot Singh of Punjab has been named in the International Hockey Federation (FIH) All Star hockey team. With Indian hockey standard going down, it becomes a rare honour for a Punjab star to be named in the FIH All Star team.
Olympian Pargat Singh said that the department had implemented the Panchayati Yuva Krida Aur Khel Abhiyan (PYKKA) scheme in collaboration with the Government of India for creation of sports infrastructure at village and block level. In 2008-09, 1233 villages and 14 blocks have been covered. Same number of villages and blocks would be covered during 2009-10.
Sports wings are the feeding centre for state as well as national sports pool. The Punjab Government admitted 3000 budding players into 250 sports wings in schools and colleges in 2008-09. The amount for sports wings was Rs 250 lakh. This amount has been raised to Rs 500 lakh for 3500 sports wings trainees in 2009-10.
With a view to providing competitions to the players, the sports department organized competitions at block and district level. The Punjab State Rural Games for girls was conducted at Talwandi Sabo and for boys at Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar. The Punjab State Women Games were organized at Ludhiana. More than 1,26,000 players took part in these games. All participants were provided sports kit, diet, free accommodation and transports facilities. For the first time, the winners in boys and girls rural games were given cash award of Rsd 5.75 lakh and the winners of the Women Games were given cash incentives of Rs 5 lakh for the first time.
The Punjab Government is providing free sports equipment for use in sports wings and coaching camps. Punjab Deputy Chief Minister-cum-Sports Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal distributed sports equipment worth Rs one crore to players on November 16 in Ludhiana. The sports academies, namely Olympian Surjit Hockey Academy, Football Academy, Mahilpur and Speed Fund Academy, are giving encouraging results. It may be recalled that Amrit Pal Singh of Speed Fund Academy had erased 30—year old record of long jumper TC Yohanan set in 1974, in 2004.
Besides relaying the Astroturf at the Olympian Surjit Hockey Academy in Jalandhar, the Sports Department has laid six-a-side synthetic turfs at five places, including one at Sansarpur, once considered at nursery of Indian hockey.
Pargat Singh summed up the year 2009 as rewarding. However, he thinks there is always a scope for improvement and department is striving hard to make Punjab a super sports power.

New Sports Policy aims at making Punjab No. 1 in sports

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CHANDIGARH, DEC 31
The Punjab Sports Department, once known as the strong sports arm of India, is on the verge of making a giant stride in popularizing and promoting sports from the grass root level in a systematic manner and scientific approach. Though the running sports policies are already bearing fruits but the authorities want ‘more’.
Under the guidance of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, who also holds the sports policy, a new draft sports policy has been prepared which would boost sportspersons and overall development of sports activities and contribute a lion’s share to the national sports pool. Sukhbir Badal is a keen sports lover and was fascinated with shooting while a college student.
Giving outlines of the new sports policy, Sports Director Padam Shree Olympian Pargat Singh disclosed that “in order to achieve excellence in sports, both at national and international levels, there is a need to streamline the functioning of the department, adopt a uniform policy so that sports is broad based, sports activities in the state are well spread over the year; the competitions are held regularly; people of different strata in the society get a fair chance to show their mettle; harness talent at grass root level besides providing beneficial recreation and fostering of social harmony and discipline.”
The former Indian hockey captain, Pargat Singh said that with a view to ensuring autonomy in sports, the Punjab Sports Department would further develop close cooperation with the apex sports body of the state autonomy – Punjab Olympic Association--- to bring more transparency in the working of sports associations.
The Sports Department would provide sustainable financial supporting to the POA and state sports associations of disciplines of Olympic Games.” Under the new sports policy the sports department would encourage the sports associations “to create their own sources of revenue to obviate total dependence on the state. Appropriate steps will be taken to encourage involvement of private and corporate sector in development of sports infrastructure, training and conduct of sports competitions.”
The state government will provide financial assistance to all District Olympic Associations to conduct district level competitions, through District Sports Associations. Financial assistance up to Rs 10,000 per association will be
provided. To encourage participation and competitiveness at grass-root level, all the District Olympic Associations of the state will be encouraged to conduct district level games. The Sports Department will provide financial assistance of Rs. 2.00 lakh per year to every DOA for this purpose.
The new sports policy is aimed at broad basing of sports in three tier system i.e. state level, district level and village level. Emphasis will be laid on improving the existing sports infrastructure and develop latest state-of-the art sports infrastructure in the state at each District headquarter with pro-active support of Municipal Corporations/ Councils and Private/ Corporate sector.
Sports infrastructure and sports facilities will also be developed at village and block level through Panchayat Yuva Krida Aur Khel Abhiyan (PYKKA) and other state level schemes. In 2008-09, 1233 villages and 14 blocks have been covered under the PYKKA scheme of the Government of India.
Pargat Singh said “the first installment of Rs 4, 88, 62,500 along with the state share of Rs 1,62, 87,500 has been released to the concerned villages and panchayats. The second installment will be released soon. Equal number of villages and blocks would be covered in 2009-10.”
The State Government will also establish Punjab Institute of Sports at Jalandhar which would serve as a ‘Centre of Excellence’ for international medal prospects of the state. They would be provided modern state-of-the art
sports infrastructure, nutritious diet, latest sports equipment and training on
scientific lines.
Three Regional Training Centres, one each in Majha, Malwa and Doaba
would also be established and provided with hi-tech sports facilities.
The Punjab Sports Department has planned to develop a multispeciality state-of-art sports complex, opposite PCA Stadium in Mohali, according to international sports specifications. Modern infrastructure for various indoor as well as outdoor sports activities are planned under Public Private Participation (PPP) scheme. It will be big boost for development of sports for training as well as organizing international sports meets. Facilities for athletics, football, swimming, tennis, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, weightlifting and other games would be raised at the cost of over Rs 100 crore.
Pargat Singh said that under the new sports policy, the Punjab Government would set up a Punjab Sports Infrastructure Development and Maintenance Board for continuous development, up- gradation and maintenance of the sports infrastructure in the state.
The state Government will create adequate and appropriate sports related infrastructure at block, district and state levels through funds from budgetary provisions, semi government boards/ corporations and
private corporate houses.
The State Government will encourage the universities of Punjab to develop sports infrastructure, train sportspersons and organize inter-university tournaments. Punjab has the distinction of winning the Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad (MAKA) trophy, a symbol of supremacy in Universities sports, for a record time of 27 times. The university in Punjab winning the MAKA trophy will get a lump sum grant of Rs 1 crore.
Pargat Singh is confident that the New Year 2010 will be the most rewarding year for Punjab sportspersons.

Greenfield Academy win by 7 wickets

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CHANDIGARH, DEC 31
Greenfield Cricket Academy beat CM XI by seven wickets in the Saint Soldier
Trophy Cricket Tournament being organized by Bharti Vij Cricket Academy at Saint Soldier International School ground in Sector 28 here today.
CM Eleven won the toss and elected to bat first. They scored 95 for 9 in 20 regulated
Overs. Only Sahil Sharma (41, 5x4s) and Vaibhav (13) were their main scorers.
For Greenfield, Rishabh took 3 for 12 and Tarunjot 1 for 15.
In reply Greenfield scored 96 for 3 in only 14.2
overs, Sharry (30, 5x4s) and Karanveer (27, 1x4, 3x6s) were the main scorers.
Friday’s fixtures: BTS v/s LIC (9.00 a.m) and Bharti Vij Academy v/s Shree Shree ( 12.00 noon) at St Soldier International School ground in Sector 28.

Shivam bats GNPS Academy to victory

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CHANDIGARH, DEC 28
An unbeaten knock of 99 by Shivam Bhambri paved the way for Guru Nanak Public School Academy, Sector 36 to register an effortless nine-wicket victory over Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy in the Blue Chilly Cup Cricket Tournament for Under-16 being organized by DP Azad Academy here today.
Chasing a target of 158 for victory, GNPS Academy achieved it for the loss of Abhishek’s (18) wicket. Shivam Bhambri was in a punishing mood. He flayed the DP Azad bowlers to remain not out on 99. Facing 101 deliveries, Shivam Bhambri executed 16 boundaries and one effortlessly hit six. He was associated in an unbroken 88-run second wicket stand with Kapil Punia (29, 3x4s).
Earlier, Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy won the toss and elected to bat first. At one stage they were struggling at 43 for 5. A 65-run fifthwicket stand between Gaurav Singh (55, 4x4s, 1x6) and Lovejit Singh (25) helped DP Azad Academy to recover to 157 before being all out in 47.5 overs. Talwinderjit Singh Junior and Senior contributed 25 runs each.
For GNPS Academy, Rajpal Singh (2 for 24), Harshit Sharma (2 for 13), Arpit Singh (2 for 28) and Aditya (2 for 47) were the main wicket-takers.
DP Azad suffered their first defeat after winning two matches. GNPS Academy have so far played five matches, won three and lost two.
Brief scores: DP Azad Cricket Academy: 157 all out in 47.5 overs (Talwinderjit Singh Sr 25, Gaurav Singh 55, 4x4s, 1x6, Lovejit Singh 25, Talwinderjit Singh Jr 25, Rajpal Singh 2 for 24, Harshit Sharma 2 for 13, Arpit Singh 2 for 28, Aditya 2 for 47, Kuljinder Singh 1 for 35).
GNPS Academy-36: 158 for 1 in 27.4 overs (Abhishek 18, Shivam Bhambri 99 not out, 16x4s, 1x6, Kapil Punia 29 not out, 3x4s).
Tomorrow’s fixture: Mohali Cricket Academy vs 37 Cricket Academy at GNPS ground, Sector 36 at 9 a.m.

St Soldier’s Trophy: LIC Juniors snatch one-wkt victory on last ball

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CHANDIGARH, DEC 28
LIC Juniors snatched a thrilling one-wicket victory on the last ball against MCA-YPS in the St Soldier’s Trophy at the Saint Soldier International School ground in Sector 28 here today.
MCA-YPS won the toss and elected to bat first and made 157 for 8 in stipulated 20 overs. Shubham displayed his top form as he scored 54 in just 27 deliveries. He executed nine fours and two sixes. Mandeep contributed 32 with the help of two fours and two huges sixes.
For LIC Juniors, Arjun picked up three wickets for 31 runs. Aman bagged 2 for 15.
In reply, MCA-YPS Academy put up a tough resistance before going down fighting. Kartavya showed true character and made 35 in 29 balls with the help of four fours. Akhil faced 12 deliveries to score 27 runs
For MCA, Ravtej bagged 2 for 23.
In the second match BTS beat BVCA by four wickets in 19.2 overs. BVCA won the toss and batted first. In the first six overs, they realized 45 runs for the loss of just one wicket. However, they collapsed to 116 for 8 in 20 stipulated overs. Lakhwinder made 39 in 37balls with 7 fours. Akshdeep contributed 23.
For BTS, Amrit was the pick of bowler as he took 2 for 18 in 4 overs.
In reply BTS, chasing a small target, scored 117 for 6 in 19.2 overs. Shubham scored 33 (26 balls) with 4 fours and 1 six. Parves’s knock of 19 contained three boundaries.
Tomorrow’s fixture: DAVSSS-8 v/s Greenfield at Saint Soldier International School-28 at 12.00 p.m.

Punjab record thrilling win over TN

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LUDHIANA, DEC 29
Hosts Punjab continued their winning spree as they overcame a stiff resistance from Tamil Nadu for their third successive win in Level I competition in Group B match by 88-81 in the 60th Pearls Senior National Basketball Championship being conducted by the Punjab Basketball Association at the Guru Nanak Sports Complex on Wednesday night.
At the end of third quarter, Punjab were sitting pretty with a lead of 19 points (71-52). However, spirited Tamil Nadu players waged a brilliant battle and narrowed the margin to 79-81 with only 40 seconds left.
Egged on by the home crowd, Punjab regained the initiative and Naresh Misra sunk a basket to increase the margin. Then Dilawar Singh made a three-point basket while Dilbir further snuff out the TN challenge with a basket as Punjab registered win by a margin of seven points.
Talwinderjit Singh and Jagdip Singh were the main scorers for the winners with 30 and 35 points respectively. For Tamil Nadu Harish Kumar (19) and Robinson (17) put up good show.
In another group B match, Uttrakhand got the better of Delhi by 52-50 points. Riyazudddin was top scorer for Uttrakhand with 17 points. Sombir (30) served Delhi well.
Rajasthan just managed to prevail over unpretentious Jharkhand by a wafer-thing one point margin (94-93) in group D men’s match.
Star performer for Rajathan was ebullient Bijender who sank baskets from all angles. He top-scored with 45 points. He was well supported by Hirender (20) and Kamran (12). For Jharkhand, Nishant scored 36 points.
In a contrasting style, Kerala registered a fluent 128-77 points victory over Haryana in a group C outing. The winners had established a commanding 63-39 lead at half time. The Kerala trio of Manoj R (31), Abhin Baby (16) and Vijobi (17) played an organized game. With close coordination, they raided the Haryana territory to score points at regular intervals. Haryana were well served by Sikander (17), Gaurav (24) and Harjit 17.
Results: Men:
Group A: AP (Somaya 19, Lakhbir Singh 10, PSN Raju 13) bt Uttar Pradesh (Santosh 12, Bhanu 10, Bobby 8) 67-52 (HT 31-24).
Group B: Punjab (Talwinderjit 30, Jagdip Singh 35, Dilawar Singh 14) bt Tamil Nadu (Robinson 14, Harish Kumar 19) by 88-81 (HT 53-35).
Uttrakhand (Riyazuddin 17, Suresh 9, Mohit 9) bt Delhi (Sunil 23, Somvir 10, Sachin 13) 52-50.
Group C: Kerala (Manoj R 31, Abhin Baby 16, Vijobi 17) bt Haryana (Sikander 17, Gaurav 24, Harjit 17) 128-77 (HT 63-39).
Group D: Rajasthan (Bijender 45, Hirender 20, Kamran 12) bt Jharkhand (Nishant 36, Mohd Saud 12, Rohit 11) 94-93 (HT 55-49).
Group E: Madhya Pradesh (Vikas Singh Thakur 19, Pardeep Rawat 18, Kuldeep Hardia 13) bt Tripura (Harshpreet Singh 25, Vikramjit Singh 19, Lovejeet Singh 11) 84-64 (HT 37-32).
Group F: Assam (Birendra 34, Vinod 21) bt Orissa (Savitha 18, Kruthika 10) 84-64 (HT 34-37).

India face Pakistan in Hero Honda FIH World Cup opener on Feb 28, 2010

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CHANDIGARH, DEC 28
Hosts India will play Pakistan in their opening group B match in the Hero Honda FIH World Cup 2010, to be played in New Delhi from February 28 to March 13 next year.
India’s next match is against Spain on March 4. Hosts will challenge England on March 6 and South Africa on March 8.
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) released the match schedule for the Hero Honda FIH World Cup today.
Olympic and World Champion Germany will commence the defence of their title on March 1 against Korea. Other Pool A matches on the second day of play are New Zealand v Canada and Netherlands v Argentina.
The semi-finals are scheduled for March 11, while the final will be played on March 13.
Hero Honda FIH World Cup 2010:
New Delhi, India; 28 February-13 March 2010
Pool A: Argentina, Canada, Germany, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand.
Pool B: Australia, England, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Spain.
Sunday 28 February 2010
16:35 B South Africa – Spain
18:35 B Australia – England
20:35 B Pakistan – India
Monday 1 March 2010
16:35 A New Zealand – Canada
18:35 A Germany – Korea
20:35 A Netherlands – Argentina
Tuesday 2 March 2010
16:35 B South Africa – England
18:35 B Pakistan – Spain
20:35 B India – Australia
Wednesday 3 March 2010
16:35 A Canada – Germany
18:35 A Argentina – Korea
20:35 A New Zealand – Netherlands
Thursday 4 March 2010
16:35 B South Africa – Australia
18:35 B England – Pakistan
20:35 B Spain – India
Friday 5 March 2010
16:35 A Korea – New Zealand
18:35 A Netherlands – Canada
20:35 A Germany – Argentina
Saturday 6 March 2010
16:35 B Australia – Spain
18:35 B South Africa – Pakistan
20:35 B England – India
Sunday 7 March 2010
16:35 A Korea – Canada
18:35 A New Zealand – Argentina
20:35 A Germany – Netherlands
Monday 8 March 2010
16:35 B Spain – England
18:35 B Australia – Pakistan
20:35 B South Africa – India
Tuesday 9 March 2010
16:35 A Germany – New Zealand
18:35 A Netherlands – Korea
20:35 A Canada – Argentina
Wednesday 10 March 2010
Rest Day
Thursday 11 March 2010
15:35 Clas.11-12 6th Pool A – 6th Pool B
18:05 Semifinal 1st Pool A – 2nd Pool B
20:35 Semifinal 1st Pool B – 2nd Pool A
Friday 12 March 2010
15:35 Clas. 9-10 5th Pool A – 5th Pool B
18:05 Clas. 7-8 4th Pool A – 4th Pool B
20:35 Clas. 5-6 3rd Pool A – 3rd Pool B.

Lakhwinder shines with bat and ball

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CHANDIGARH, DEC 28
A fine all-round performance by Lakhwinder Singh (44, 3 for 11) helped Bharti Vij Cricket Academy beat LIC Juniors Cricket Academy by 16 runs in a close finished match for the Saint Soldier Trophy at the Saint Soldier International School Sector ground in Sector 28 here today.
Bharti Vij Academy won the toss and elected to bat first. They made 143 for 8 in allotted 20 overs. Akshdeep scored 37 in 23 balls with five fours and one six. Lakhwinder Singh top-scored with 44 in 28 balls. He hit five fours and 2 sixes and Divyanshu made 25 with the help of three fours.
For BVCA, Lakhwinder captured three wickets for 11 runs in two overs. Harish bagged 1 for 8.
In other match BTS Royal beat MCA-YPS Academy by seven wickets. BTS won the toss and elected to field first. MCA-YPS scored 161 for 6 in 20 overs. Amrinder made 47 in 42 balls with the help of six fours and one six. Shubham made 30 in 20 deliveries.
For BTS Honey bagged 3 for 32 in 3 overs.
In reply BTS chased the target in 17.4 overs and won the match by 7 wickets, Rizul Scored 94 in 48 balls with 12 fours and 5 sixes. Amrit scored 25 in 19 balls.
Tomorrow’s fixtures: LIC v/s MCA-YPS (9.00 a.m) and BVCA v/s BTS (12.30 p.m.) at St Soldier International School ground in Sector 28.
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Punjab record easy win over Uttrakhand

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LUDHIANA, DEC 28
Playing before the home crowd, hosts Punjab gave an impressive show as they defeated formidable Uttrakhand by 76-40 in the men’s group B match of the 60th Pearls Senior National Basketball Championship being organized by the Punjab Basketball Association at the Guru Nanak Indoor Hall here tonight.
Jagdeep Singh and Talwinderjit Singh repeatedly pierced the rival defence to sink basket. Jagdeep scored 25 and Talwinderjit contributed 22 points for the winners. Suresh Ranot (13) and Murli Krishna (10) reduced the margin for Uttrakhand.
Andhra Pradesh snatched an exciting 66-63 verdict against spirited Chattisgarh in a group A men’s match.
Abdul Jaileel (23), Soumya Raith (18) and P Siva Nagraju (16) were the principal scorers for Andhra Pradesh. Sharvan Bishol (20) and Ajay Partap Singh (12) served Chattisgarh well.
In group B men’s fixture, Karnataka defeated Delhi by 81-60 points. The winners were leading by 45-30 points at half time in the evening session.
Kaushal top scored for Karnataka with 27 points. For Delhi Pramod was the leading scorer with 20 points.
Indian Railways continued to maintain their winning spree by outpointing Karnataka by 100-33 after leading by 49-16 in a women group A match.
Geethu Anna Jose (13), Anju Lakra (10), P. Anitha (13) and Seema (11) combined well to score at will.
For Karnataka Savitha (18) and Kruthika (10) reduced the margin for Karnataka.
Delhi women also recorded an effortless 98-42 victory over Maharashtra after leading 51-29 points in a group B encounter. Parshanti Singh (19) and Prathima Singh (17) were the top scorers for the winners.
In another women group B fixture, Tamil Nadu got the better of Andhra Paradesh by 43-35 (half time 26-10).
Chattisgarh displayed better scoring technique to beat Uttar Pradesh by 91-42. Deepa (12), Kavita (14) and Shoshan Tirkey (12) tilted the balance in favour of Chattisgarh. Anita waged a lone battle for Uttar Pradesh as she scored 10 points.
Brief scores: Indian Railways (Geethu Anna Jose 13, Anju Lakra 10, P. Anitha 13, Seema 11) bt Karnataka (Savitha 18, Kruthika (10) by 100-33.
Delhi (Parshanti Singh 19, Harjeet Kaur 10, Manjeet Passi 10, Prathima Singh 17) bt Maharashtra ( Shweta Mundada 12) by 98-42.
Tamil Nadu (Sunitha 12, Subha Lakshmi 11) bt Andhra Paradesh (Anita Jasewal 12) by 43-35)
Chgattisgarh ( Nikita Godahkar 11, L. Deepa 12, Kavita 14, Shoshan Tirkey 12) bt UP (Anita 10) by 91-42.
Men Group B: Karnataka (Kaushal 27, Sanjay Roy 12, Loyed 10) bt Delhi (Pramod 20, Gurvinder 14, Vinay 13) by 81-60.
Andhra Pradesh (Soumya Raith 18, Abdul Jaileel 23, P Siva Nagraju 16, Lakhbir Singh 9) bt Chattisgarh (Ajay Partap Singh 12, Kiran Pal Singh 16, Sharvan Bishol 20, Ankit Panigarh 12) 66-63 (HT 36-28).

Rashid bags 10th title at EI Amateur

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Kolkata, December 27
Eighteen-year-old Rashid Khan win the LG Goodricke Eastern India Amateur Golf Championship, which marked his tenth win on the LG Amateur Tour. Playing against Rahul Bajaj, Rashid emerged victorious with a score of 3&1 in the 36-hole final that was played at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club.
The stage was set for a gripping final with both players enjoying great form this season and in the morning, it was Bajaj who held a slender advantage going into the second session, 1Up after the first 18 holes. But that advantage was quickly nullified by Rashid with a birdie on the par-4 1st, the 19th hole of their tie. By the time the players finished the front-nine of the course second time around, Rashid was 3Up and he won the next two holes to take a commanding lead—5Up—with just seven holes left to be played.
Just when it looked like the tie was about to draw to a close, Rashid lost four straight holes. “On the 12th, I was playing it safe on the previous days. Today, I thought I will try and be aggressive, considering that I was 5Up. Come to think of it, I think I jumped the gun, found water on that hole, another hazard on the next hole and on the 14th he just had a great putt,” said Rashid, referring to the 20-foot putt Bajaj made to cut the lead by three. Another bogey for Rashid on the 15th, meant that the score read 1Up with three holes to play.
But that was as far as the challenge went from Bajaj’s end. He bogeyed the 16th and Rashid clinched the tie with a birdie on the next hole to seal his first matchplay win. “I had a 20-foot, left-to-right, downhill putt and I was just looking for a two-putt because that would have let me halve the hole and I would have won. But it went in anyway,” said Rashid. The putt also ensured his fifth straight win, and sixth in the 2009-10 season.
Talking about his plans for next year, Rashid added, “I was looking at my international ranking and I am in the top-100 of the R&A rankings. I want to get a chance to play in the Asian Games and till then try and get as much experience as I can, playing in different tournaments to build my game before I turn professional.”
The awards ceremony also say Kismat Ali being recognised for his hole-in-one in the second qualifying round, with TaylorMade sponsoring a recognition award for him as a special gesture on their part even though Kismat did not get the ace on the designated hole. Unfortunately for Kismat, despite the hole-in-one, he couldn’t make it to the main draw, after being booted out in the playoff to determine the 32nd place, a spot that was taken by Rahul Bajaj.

Tarini Goyal achieves WCM norm

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CHANDIGARH, DEC 27
Recognising her outstanding performance in the Asian Youth Chess Championship 2009, the World Chess Federation (FIDE) has conferred the title of Women Candidate Master (WCM) on Chandigarh’s child chess prodigy Tarini Goyal. Only three women players in the country have earlier been awarded this title by FIDE.
Tarini, a class III student of Sacred Heart School, is also going to be the youngest Chess player in the city to get an International Rating from FIDE. As per communication on the FIDE website, Tarini would be getting a rating of 1586, which would be published in FIDE’s January 2010 rating list. At this young age, presently only two other girls in the country have been able to get a FIDE rating.
Applauding her achievements, Naveen Bansal, Tarini’s coach for the last three years, stated that Tarini has consistently improved over the years and she holds the promise of reaching greatest heights in the game. She puts in her best in each game and has the determination to fight for each game till the end irrespective of whether she is winning or losing, he added. She has now acquired the capability to grasp higher fundamentals of chess strategy, Bansal said.
Chandigarh Chess Association (CCA)secretary Vipnesh Bhardwaj has congratulated Tarini on becoming the first Titled player from Chandigarh. Her achievement is a big boost to chess in the city and it would encourage other upcoming players of Chandigarh.
Sacred Heart School principal Sister Sebastina, , while congratulating Tarini said that she is proud to have a student like Tarini in her school, who is equally outstanding in academics as well.

Three top Railways cagers on injury list

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LUDHIANA, DEC 26
Indian Railways will not have a smooth run to defend their title in the men’s section this time as their three leading players are on the injury on the eve of the 60th National Basketball Championships which commences here on Sunday.
Their coach Ram Kumar is worried about Railways’ prospects of retaining the title. He said “Jasjot Singh, Gaganjit Singh and Snehpal are on the injury list. This trio was mainly responsible for Railways to win the title in the last edition at Surat. They will have to watch the proceedings from the spectators stand in Ludhiana."
During a warm-up session today, Ram Kumar said, though fresh blood had been infused in the team, but green horns are not as experienced which has made the task difficult fight to retain the title. "We will take each match as final. It will be touch," added the Railways team coach.
Others teams in contention for the title will be Uttarakhand, Services and Tamil Nadu.
Going by the recent record in the Federation Cup at Alwar and Savio Cup at Mumbai, Uttarakhand lookmore stronger.
Uttarakhand have cream of the Indian basketball in their fold, and had been winners of both Federation Cup and Savio Cup.
Winners of bronze in the last edition, Uttarakhand want to move up the ladder this time. Their coach Suresh Kumar was confident "We hope to give good account of our performance in the Ludhiana National," he said.
On the other hand, in the women’s group, Indian Railways will hardly face any opposition. The star studded Railways team have India’s top players including Anna Geethu Jose, P Anitha and Anju Lakra in their rank.
Delhi are also one of the contenders for the title. International players like Raspreet Kaur, Harjeet Kaur and Pratima Singh will be one to watch during the competition.
Groupings:
Men: Level I
Group A: Indian Railways, Services, Chattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh.
Group B: Tami Nadu, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Karnataka, Delhi.
Level II
Group C: Kerala, Haryana, J &K
Group D: Rajasthan, Gujarat, Jharkhand, West Bengal.
Group E: Madhya Pradesh, Chandiagrh, Maharashtra, Tripura.
Group F: Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Orissa, Pondicherry.
Women
Level I
Group A: Indian Railways, Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh.
Group B: Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh.
Group C: Kerala, J&K, Jharkhand.
Group D: Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh.
Group E: Chandigarh, Haryana, Orissa, West Bengal.
Group F: Rajasthan, Gujarat, Pondicherry, Uttarakhand.

DP Azad Academy win by five wickets

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CHANDIGARH, DEC 26
Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy registered their second successive victory by beating DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 by five wickets in the Blue Chilly Cup Cricket Tournament for Under-16 being organized by Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy here today.
In another match, Mohali Cricket Academy defeated Guru Nanak Public School Academy by 37 runs.
DAVSSS-8 won the toss and elected to bat first and posted 140 all out in 40 overs. Arvind Chauhan top scored with 37. Simranpreet Singh and Pradeep Kumar contributed 22and 23 runs, respectively. Talwinderjit Singh (3 for 27) and Gaurav Singh (2 for 37) did not liberty to DAVSSS-8 batsmen to score freely.
Replying, DP Azad Cricket Academy achieved the target in 35.3 overs by scoring 143-5. Stylish left hand batsman Talwinderjit Singh Senior played a strokeful unbeaten innings of 59 which contained ten boundaries. Gaurav Singh contributed 33 with the help of five boundaries. Daksh Aggarwal made 13. Vikas Chichi bagged 3 for 22.
In the second match, Mohali Cricket Academy batted first and hoisted 184 before being dismissed in 49.4 overs. Anmoljit (38), Pukhraj (28) and Amish Sidhu (20) were their principal scorers. Aditya (2 for 34), Arpit Singh (2 for 28) and Kuljinder Singh (2 for 38) shared the wickets.
In reply, GNPS Academy were dismissed for 147 in 40.3 overs. Jasinder (4 for 20) and Jagteshwar (4 for 14) were the wrecker-in-chiefs of GNPS innings. Kuljidner Singh (37), Arpit Singh (22) and Abhishek Verma (15) played defiant knocks but could not avert defeat.
Brief scores: DAVSSS-8: 140 in 40 overs (Simranpreet Singh 22, Arvin Chauhan 37, Pradeep Kumar 23, Gaurav Singh 2 for 23, Talwinderjit Singh 3 for 27). DP Azad Cricket Academy: 143 for 5 in 35.3 overs (Talwinderjit Singh Sr 59 not out, 10x4s, Gaurav Singh 33, 5x4s, Daksh Aggarwal 13, Vikas Chichi 3 for 22). Azad Academy win by five wickets.
Mohali Cricket Academy: 184 in 49.4 overs (Anmoljit Singh 38, Pukhraj Singh 28, Amrish Sidhu 20, Aditya 2 for 34, Arpit Singh 2 for 28, Kuljinder Singh 2 for 38). GNPS-36: 147 all out in 40.3 overs (Kuljinder Singh 37, Arpit Singh 22, Abhishek Verma 15, Jaswinder 4 for 20, Jagteshwar 4 for 14). MCA win by 37 runs.
Tomorrow’s fixtures: GNPS vs LIC-26 at GNPS-36 ground. 37 Cricket Academy vs DAVSSS-8 at DAVSSS-8 ground.

PU rout MDU by six wickets

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CHANDIGARH, DEC 26
Panjab University maintain their winning spree as they routed Maharishi Dayanand University of Rohtak by six wickets and qualified for the quarter-final of the North Zone Inter-University Cricket Tournament being organisedby the Punjabi University, Patiala, at Faridkot today.
According to a communication received here from coach Chopra, MDU batted first and were bundled out for 98 in 22 overs. Sandeep and Sachin Hooda were their main scorers with 31 and 23, respectively.
PU bowlers Varun Khanna (3 for 37), Gaurav Gambhir (3 for 31) and Varun Khanna (2 for 10) restricted MDU innings.
PU achieved the victory target comofortably by scoring 99 for 4 in 20 overs. Opener Amit Prashar (27) and Jaksaran Malhotra (33) were the main scorers for the winners. Anupam Gambhir contributed 23 runs. Pawan got 2 for 23.
PU will now meet Delhi University in the two-day quarter-final encounter.
Brief scores: Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak: 98 in 22 overs (Sandeep 31, Sachin Hood 23, Vikas Chauhan 3 for 37, Gaurav Gambhir 3 for 21, Varun Khanna 2 for 10). Panjab University, Chandigarh: 99 for 4 in 20 overs (Amit Prashar 27, Jaskaran Malhotra 33, Anupam Gambhir 23, Pawan 2 for 23).

Chikka wins Lalit Suri Western India Juniors

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Pune, December 25
Chikkarangappa of Bangalore retained title in the Lalit Suri Western India Junior Golf Championship at the par-71 Poona Club Golf Course by returning a card of two-over 73, and with a tournament total of 12-over 296. He won by a margin of four shots.
Another Bangalore boy, Khalin Joshi, returned the best card of the day to replace Baisoya at second place with a round of even-par 71, while Baisioya finished a couple of shots further back at 18-over 302 after carding his poorest round of the week, a six-over 77.
Despite the setback, Baisoya emerged as the winner in category B (U-15), four in front of Rahul Ravi who finished with a total of 22-over 306.
In category C, Piyush Sangwan completed a wire-to-wire win as he finished with a round of three-over 74 to total 17-over 301 for the tournament, eight clear of runners-up Viraj Madappa and Feroze Garewal, with Garewal needing a final-day round of even-par 71 to join Madappa in second place.
In the juniormost category, Karandeep Kochhar completed the formalities to win another junior title, as the Chandigarh youngster finished ten shots in front of Jaiveer Singh. Kochhar’s first-day 76 was the only round by an U-10 player in the 70s through the week, and it was that round which helped him hold on to his lead and win the title.
Leaderboard: Category A&B: 296: Chikkarangappa (75,73,75,73), 300: halin Joshi (76,79,74,71), 302: Honey Baisoya (76,75,74,77), 303: Ashbeer Saini (76,74,78,75), 306: Rahul Ravi (81,73,78,74).
Category B: 302: Honey Baisoya (76,75,74,77), 306: Rahul Ravi (81,73,78,74), 320: Rohan Sharma (78,83,85,74), 320: Shubhankar Sharma (82,80,79,79),
322: Varun Verma (79,78,80,85).
Category C: 301: Piyush Sangwan (75,77,75,74), 309: Feroz S Garewal (81,76,81,71), 309: Viraj Madhappa (80,75,79,75), 322: Harsh Gangwar (84,76,82,80), 322: Jairaj S Sindhu (81,80,79,82).
Category D: 247: Karandeep Singh Kochhar (76,87,84), 257: Jaiveer Singh (87,88,82), 268: Aadil Bedi (93,86,89), 268: Arjun Puri (92,86,90), 271: Kshitij Kaul (95,95,81).

Second successive victory for DAVSSS-8

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CHANDIGARH, DEC 25
An opening wicket partnership of 88 runs between Abhishek Shukla (28) and Bhagwinder Ladhar (27) helped DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 beat LIC Academy by four wickets in the Blue Chilly Cup Cricket Tournmaent for Under-16 being organized by Desh Prem Azad Cricket Association at the LIC ground in Sector 26 here today.
Required to score 138 for victory, DAVSSS-8 overtook their rivals’ total for the loss of six wickets in 28 overs. Poor fielding by the LIC players led to lion’s share of extras in the opening wicket stand between Shukla and Ladhar. In all Mr Extras contributed 38 runs in DAV’s total of 138 for 6.
Simranpreet (16), Rahul Dhaiya (13) and Sagar Babbar (12 not out) were the other prominent scorers for the winners. For LIC-26 Jasvir (3 for 25) and Aneesh (2 for 33) were the main wicket takers.
Earlier, LIC won the toss and elected to bat. Their openers Subir Haiyer (50, 5x4s) and Manoj (16) were associated in a 40-run opening wicket stand. Sagar Sharma (3 for 22), Simranpreet Singh (2 for 25) and Arvind Chauhan (3 for 9) restricted LIC to 137 all out in 36.2 overs.
It was second successive win for DAVSSS-8 from as many as matches.
Brief scores: LIC-26: 137 all out in 36.2 overs (Subir Haiyer 50, Manoj 16, Sagar Sharma 3 for 22, Simranpreet Singh (2 for 25) and Arvind Chauhan (3 for 9). DAVSSS-8: 138 for 6 in 28 overs (Abhishek Shukla 28, Bhagwinder Ladhar 27, Simranpreet 16, Rahul Dhaiya 13, Sagar Babar 12 not out, Jasvir 3 for 25, Aneesh 2 for 33).
Tomorrow’s fixture: DP Azad Cricket Academy vs DAVSSS-8 at DAVSSS-8 and MCA vs GNPS-36 at GNPS ground.

Involvement of NRI’s for giving fillip to sports, the Punjab style

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CHANDIGARH, DEC 25
The Punjab Government will encourage the Punjabis now settled in foreign countries to promote sports activities in their ‘home land’ by conducting sports activities in an organized manner.
According to Punjab Sports Director Olympian Pargat Singh, a vibrant new sports policy has been framed under the supervision of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, who also holds the sports portfolio and secretary sports P S Aujla.
Under the new result-oriented sports policy, the government will join hands with Non-Resident India from Punjab to implement this scheme. Apart from assisting the NRIs in the organization tournaments, the state Government will also give them proper honour and recognition for their involvement and making the scheme a success.
Former Indian hockey captain Padam Shree Pargat Singh is confident that “the scheme will have a salutary effect and will encourage a large number of NRI’s to contribute more substantially to make sports a mass movement in villages.”
With the active association of the state government such tournaments organized by the NRIs will also acquire a higher status and prominent teams/players would be attracted to participate in NRIs-organised games which will be automatically raising the standard of competitions.
A large number of Punjabis, particularly from the Doaba region who
migrated to foreign lands have retained strong emotional and cultural bonds
with Punjab. They display their affection and generosity by organizing rural tournaments with impressive participation of several teams. The NRIs particularly patronize circle kabaddi, wrestling, weightlifting, hockey, football etc.
Involvement of NRI’s will give fillip to sports in Punjab.
Meanwhile, the Punjab Government is reviving Sports Associations of Punjab Semi-Government Organizations (SAPSO) to promote sports among employees and provide job opportunities to the outstanding sportspersons of the state.
Under this scheme all corporations/boards and apex cooperative institutions in the state would be brought under the overall umbrella of SAPSO. According to Pargat Singh, the state government will encourage these organizations to adopt atleast one sports discipline of their choice.
The purpose of setting up of SAPSO and adoption of games by individual
organizations would be to promote sports culture in their organisation, which would have the effect of improving overall discipline, increase productivity and bring about close identification and a feeling of pride among the employees in these
organizations. Sports are acknowledged as an important tool for improving
employee-management relations.
It will give a tremendous boost to promotion of sports by opening up facilities for training of budding sportsmen and generating competition.

15 nations for ITF Junior Grade 3 Tennis

ITF Junior Tennis Organising Committee chairman Sanjay Kumar (centre), flanked by Rajan Kashyap and JS Gill, reviewing the arrangements in Chandigarh on Thursday. Photo by Balbir Singh.

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CHANDIGARH, DEC 24
The organizing committee, under the chairmanship of Sanjay Kumar, Finance and Secretary Sports, Chandigarh Administration, today reviewed the arrangements to conduct the ITF Junior Grade 3 Tennis Tournament, at the CLTA Tennis Stadium in Sector 10 here.
Sanjay Kumar directed the conveners of the various committees to ensure smooth conduct of the tournament as players, including girls from 15 countries, would be competing in the junior world ranking junior tournament to be organized from January 2 to 9 in 2010.
Entries have been received from China, Thailand, Taipei, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Germany, Russia, Turkmenistan, Netherlands, Israel, Slovania, Croatia and hosts India.
CLTA chairman Rajan Kashyap informed Sanjay Kumar that the hosts would provide full hospitality to the participants till they remain in the main draw. The total expenses involved in conducting the tournament would be around Rs 5 lakh.
Rajan Kashyap disclosed that the CLTA would host India Futures in March and by that time, the construction work at the Sports Complex would be ready. For the ITF Juniors, centre courts would not be used. Matches would be played on six outer synthetic outer courts.
Since foreign players are competing in the tournament, the Finance Secretary assured to make proper arrangements for the safety of the players on the venue as well as their place of stay.
Medical Officer Dr Deepak Bakshi assured to deputy a medical team, including a physio therapist, at the venue.
CLTA chief Operating Officer Gajendra Singh said out of 21 direct entries in the boys singles, 11 are Indians. Sumit Shinde, with 128 ITF rankng, is the top favourite. Bowen Ouyang of China, with 181st ranking is the leading foreign entry. CLTA trainees Gary Singh Amor, Digvijay Singh Naruka and Nischay Rawal will figure in the qualifying draw.
Napatsakorn Ankaew (Thailand) is the top player in the fray in the girls singles. The second highest ranked player is Kyra Shroff (India) with a ranking of 125. Out of 22 direct entries, 12 are Indian girls.
Among those who attended the organizing committee meeting are JS Gill, Sports Director M L Sharma,Chief Engineer Surinder Pal, Mountview General Manager R P Singla, Dr Jasjeet Singh and Joint Sports Director JPS Sidhu.
Main draw Boys: Direct entry: Sumeet Shinde (India) 128, 2 Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (India) 175, Sai Kartik Naireddi (India) 178, Bowen Ouyang (China) 181, Ronit Singh Bisht (India) 210, Xin Gao (China) 211, Chieh-Fu Wang (TPE) 226, Ting Yu Chuang (TPE) 242, Shahbaaz Khan (India) 308, Rakshay Thakkar (India) 351, Vinod Gowda (India) 388, Daniyar Duldaev (Kazakistan) 410, Aziz Yuldashev (Uzebkistan) 461, Kong Pop Lertchai (Thailand) 467, 15 Pulat Babadjanov (Uzbekistan) 549, Rishabdev Raman (India) 587, Arjun Kadhe (India) 591, Siu-Fai Kelvin Lam (Hong Kong) 733, Rajat Maheshwari (India) 773, Sai Teja Paladugu (India) 781, Dmitriy Rorodkin (Kazakhstan) 830, Akhmed Djamal Mukhamed (Uzbekistan) 903.
Qualifying: Saurabh Patil (India) 913, Kunal Anand (India) 933, 3 Suraj Konwar (India) 1167, Vilasier Khate (India) 1727; Rohan Bhatia (India) 1727, Karan Suresh (India) 1727, Navneet Kumar (India) 1946, Maninder Singh (India) 2081, Garry Singh Amor (India), Gaurav Kamble (India), Yaroslav Ivanov (Russia), Digvijay Singh Naruka (India) and Nischay Rawal (India).
Girls: Direct entry: Napatsakorn Ankaew (Thailand) 119, Kyra Shroff (India) 125, Rashmi Eltumbde (India) 138, 4 Zi Yang (China) 140, Sharmada Balu (India) 166, Anastasiya (Turmenistan) 176, Rishika Sunkara (India) 199, Ankita Rana (India) 201, Aishwarya Agarwal (India) 202, Nova Patel (India) 275, Yuliana Vorobeva (Russia) 304, Natasha Palha (India) 330, 13 Prarthana Thombare (India) 347, Sharon Sanchana Paul (India) 389, Ratnika Batra (India) 398; Rosalie Van Der Hoek (Ned) 429; Ekaterina Tour (Israel) 432, Laura Deigman (GBR) 443, Tarrannum Handa (India) 450, Adnya Naik (India) 495, Tjasa Srimpf (Slovakia) 510, Aarzoo Malik (India) 556.

AICF Haryana lift T-20 Champions Trophy

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CHANDIGARH, DEC 23
AICF Haryana won the T-20 Champions Trophy for Under-17 by defeating AICF Chandigarh by eight wickets in the final played at The Banyan Tree School ground in Sector 42 B here today. Jasmeen of AICF Haryana was declared the Man of the Series in the tournament organized by the All India Cricket Federation.
AICF Chandigarh won the toss and elected to bat first. Fine bowling by Jasmeen (3 for 20) and Aneesh (3 for 16) helped Haryana restrict the innings of Chandigarh who were dismissed for 83 in 15 overs.
Only opener Pardeep (17), Aman (27, 5x4s) and Vishal (14) faced the Haryana bowlers with some confidence. Inapet batting bythe Chandigarh batsmen caused their collapse.
Chasing a victory target of 84, AICF Haryana did not face any difficulty to overcome their rivals total. Haryana achieved their target in 16.1 overs by making 85 runs for 2. Jasmeen, who was declared Man of the Match, remained not out on 24 which contained four fours. Hargurpreet made 17 before he was bowled by Aman (2 for 18). Openers Arun (10) and Yatish (14) had given their team a respectable start with a 23-run partnership.
Jasmeen Singh of AICF Haryana was adjuged the Man of the Series as well as Man of the final Match. Aman and Pardeep, both of AICF Chandigarh and Harcharan Singh of AICF Punjab were declared the best bowler, the best batsman and the best fielder, respectively.
Cricket Dronacharya Desh Prem Azad was the chief guest and distributed the prizes. Speaking on the occasion, DP Azad advised the participants to sincerely work hard to achieve their cherished goal.
Dronacharya Azad, coach of cricket icon Kapil Dev Nikhanj, Ashok Malhotra, Yograj Singh and Chetan Sharma and others, was welcomed by AICF president Amit Thakur and general secretary Deepak Kumar.
Brief scores: AICF Chandigarh: 83 all out in 15 overs (Pardeep 17, Aman 27, 5x4s, Vishal 14, Jasmeen 3 for 20, Aneesh 3 for 16, Jaskaran 1 for 17, Divanshu 1 for 1). AICF Haryana: 85 for 2 in 16.1 overs (Arun 10, Yatish 14, Jasmeen 24 not out, 4x4s, Hargurpreet 14, Aman 2 for 18, Shekhar 1 for 15).
Best bowler: Aman (AIFF Chandigarh). Best batsman: Pardeep (AICF Chandiagarh). Best fielder: Harcharan Singh (AICF Punjab). Man of the Series: Jasmeen Singh (AIFF Haryana). Man of the final match: Jasmeen Singh (AICF Haryana).

St John's keep their monopoly on St Kabir Trophy

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CHANDIGARH, DEC 23
St John’s High School maintained their monopoly by winning the title for the five time in a row by beating hosts St Kabir High School, both of Sector 26, by 3-1 in the final of the St Kabir Football Trophy for Under-13 which was conducted under the aegis of the Chandigarh Football Association at the St Kabir School ground here today.
Watched by a goodly crowd, St John’s scored through Harshil whose shot was deflected into the goal by defender Abihnav, Krishna and Harshil. The lone goal for St Kabir was scored by Manveer.
With better coordination and quick short passes, St John’s School dominated the game and had more opportunities to score. However, twice the woodwork denied them goals and some occasions, their forwards either shot wide or straight into the goalkeeper’s waiting hands.
St John’s got the lead in an unexpected manner. Harshil’s curling cross was going out but St Kabir School right stopper took a semi-turn in his effort to clear the ball. However, he in his anxiety guided the ball into his own goal in the eighth minute.
This probably put extra pressure on the hosts’ players. St John’s School got their second goal in the 25th minute. Sufi initiated a move and crossed it to Hunerveer in the midfield. Hunerveer gave a fine pass to Krishna who unleashed a powerful shot which booked no denial from the St Kabir defence.
St John’s maintaind their pressure and in the 40th minute they established a commanding 3-0 lead. Gurteshwar Singh tested St Kabir’s advancing goalkeeper Ridhamjit Singh. Off the rebound Harshil capitalized on the opportunity to score with a straight drive.
Despite three goals down, St Kabir School boys did not lose heart. They re-organised their game and starting their powerful forays into the rival territory. Their move bore fruits in the 55th minute while a sizzling long ranger by Manveer foxed St John’s defence. St Kabir students which turned up in a large number started encouraging their players with the slogan “East or West, Kabir is the Best.”
At the other end, St John’s had another chance to increase their margin mideway through the game when Gurteshwar’s powerful hit on the run struck the pole before the ball went out. It was a close shave for St Kabir.
Vivek High School chairman H S Mamik, who is also president of Independent Schools Association, was the chief guest and distributed the prizes. New Public School principal R D Singh also gave away the prizes.
Teams: St John’s: Ramandeep, Angad, Lalit, Shivam, Hunerver, Krishna, Harshil, Sufi, Vivek, Gurteshwar and Karan.
St Kabir: Sahil Arora, Manveer Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Uday Marriya, Rahul Gandhi, Aman Walia, Amitoj Singh, Arnav Nagpal, Rhyithmjit Singh, Gunbir Singh and Abhinav Kheterpal.
Centre Refree: Shiv Onkar. Assistant Referees: Daljit Singh and Sanjeev Kumar. Technical Table: Amrik Singh.

Chandigarh and Haryana qualify for final

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CHANDIGARH, DEC 22
AICF Chandigarh and AICF Haryana qualified for the final by recording two victories each in the T-20 Champions Trophy being organized by the All India Cricket Federation at The Banyan Tree School Cricket Academy ground in Sector 48 B here today.
In a low-scoring third match of the day, Chandigarh beat Haryana by four wickets. With this Chandigarh topped the table in four-team league programme. Haryana finished runners-up.
Today, they registered their successive victories. AICF Chandigarh handed out a seven-wicket drubbing to AICF Delhi while AICF Haryana accounted for AICF Punjab by an identical margin of seven wickets.
An unbeaten knock of 80 by opener Pradeep powered Chandigarh to a facile triumph over Delhi. Delhi won the toss and decided to bat first. With the help of a 36-ball knock of strokeful 61 by Sachin, the team from the National Capital scored 141 for 7 in their stipulated 20 overs. Delhi suffered two early wickets as their openers Kamal (10) and Ankit Pawar (3) returned to the pavilion without making substantial contributions. However third down Sachin held the fort and played a defiant knock to rescue his team from abject surrender. He flayed the Chandigarh bowlers. However, he could not get enough support from his colleagues. Only Anil (17) and Kunal Goswami (12) put up some resistance to reach double figure.
Aman was the pick of the bowlers for Chandigarh as he claimed 4 for 31. Navdeep (3 for 12) and Avish (1 for 28) were the other wicket-takers for Chandigarh.
Chandigarh overtook the Delhi total in 16.4 overs by scoring 142 for 3. Opener Pradeep batted with confidence. He hit all over the wicket to pile up unbeaten 80. He executed well-timed boundaries and hoisted two sixes. Aman remained not out on 20. Gursimran made 11. Kunal Goswami captured two wickets for 26 runs.
In another league match, Punjab batted first against Haryana and posted 107 all out in 18.2 overs. Piyush (23, 4x4s) and Mohit Garg (21, 3x4s, 1x6) were the main scorers. Harman (12), Deepak (13) and Karandeep (12) also reached the double figure mark. Anish (4 for 20) and Jasmeen (3 for 20) were the wrecker-in-chiefs of Punjab innings.
Haryana replied with 108 for 3 in 15.5 overs. After losing opener Arun (6) early in the innings, opener Japdeep (22) and Deepanshu (32) steadied Haryana innings. Japdeep’s knock contained three fours in 27 deliveries while Deepanu hit half a dozen boundaries. Sunil and Yatish remained not out on 22 and 13, respectively.
Brief scores: AICF Delhi: 141 for 7 in 20 overs (Kamal 10, Sachin 61, 11x4s, 2x6s, Kunal Goswamy 12, Anil 17, Aman 4 for 31, Navdeep 3 for 12, Avish 1 for 28). AICF Chandigarh: 142 for 3 in 16.4 overs (Pardeep 80 not out, 14x4s, 2x6s, Gursimran 11, Aman not out 20, Kunal Goswami 2 for 26, Devand 1 for 20).
AIFC Punjab: 107 all out in 18.2 overs (Piyush 23, Mohit Garg 21, Harman 12, A. Deepak 13, Karandeep 12, Anish 4 for 20, Jasmine 3 for 20). AICF Haryana: 108 for 3 in 15.5 overs
(Japdeep 22, 3x4s, Deepanshu 32, 6x4s, Sunil not out 22, 5x4s, Yatish not out 13, Karandeep 1 for 21, Mohit Garg 1 for 12).
Haryana: 58 all out in 14 overs (Prince 13, Aneesh 20, Krishna 3 for 14, Anish 2 for 1, Navdeep 2 for 4, Gaurav 1 for 10, Shekhar 1 for 9). Punjab: 59 for 6 in 13.1 overs (Anish 22 not out, Pardeep 10 not out, Sunil 3 for 17, Shubham 1 for 13, Surinder 1 for 5).

St Kabir face St John’s in Kabir Trophy final

New Public School goalkeeper Vikas collects the ball as St Kabir School striker looks on in the semi-final match.
The semi-final match between St John's School in progress in the St Kabir Football Trophy for Under-13 on Tuesday.

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CHANDIGARH, DEC 22
Hosts St Kabir High School and their traditional rivals St John’s High School, both of Sector 26, stormed into the final with impressive victories in their semi-final matches in the St Kabir Football Trophy for Under-13 being played at the St Kabir School ground here today.
Cheered by the ‘home’ crowd St Kabir High School played an organized game to outplay New Public School, Sector 18 by 3-0 while formidable St John’s School virtually did not face any resistance from the newly raised football team by Ashiana School with a 5-0 margin.
Egged on by their colleagues, St Kabir School enjoyed the territorial supremancy and had better control of the ball. Udey emerged their star performer with a brilliant brace. Kabir could have won still by a bigger margin. New Public School goalkeeper Vikas put up a fine display and saved at least six goals.
Playing on their home ground, St Kabir Singh forged ahead in the seventh minute. Getting possession of the ball from near the centre line, Udey dashed into the box dribbling past two defenders. Before NPS advancing goalkeeper Vikas could thwart Udey attempt, the St Kabir stiker dispatched the ball into the rival goal.
Three minutes later, Udey himself made it 2-0. Rahul initiated the goal-bearing move and passed the ball to Aman who minused it to Udey to give the finishing touch to the St Kabir’s second goal.
The winners crossed over with a 2-0 advantage.
On resumption, the NPS defence contained the St Kabir strikers with quick clearances and alert goalkeeper Vikas also showing good anticipation. But NPS goal fell again in the 43rd minute. Following a goalmouth melee, Rahul placed the ball in the right corner from top of the dee.
In the second semi-final, winner of the St Solidier’s International School Football Trophy, St John’s School dominated the game. After wasting a number of chances with their forwards misdirecting their shots, they got the lead in the 10th minute though Nitin.
After tasting success, St John’s School did not look back. Krishna and Sufi contributed one goal each in the 22nd and 30th minutes, respectively. Maintaining their pressure, St John’s added two more goals to their kitty through Harshal who struck in the 28th and 35th minutes.
Though ‘inexperienced’ Ashinana School made their exit they were not disgraced as in their maiden appearance in a state level tournament they left their impression by reaching the semi-final stage.
Tomorrow’s fixture (final): St Kabir High School vs St John’s School (11 a.m.).

Chandigarh and Haryana record wins

Chandigarh Olympic Association general secretary Ravinder Talwar being introduced to the players in the Champions Trophy being organised by All India Cricket Federation at The Banyan Tree School ground in Sector 48-B on Monday.

AICF officials presenting a bouque to Chandigarh Olympic Association general secretary Ravinder Talwar in the Champions Trophy being organised by All India Cricket Federation at The Banyan Tree School ground in Sector 48-B on Monday.

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CHANDIGARH, DEC 21
A deadly bowling spell by Shubham (5 for 22) helped AICF Haryana beat AICF Delhi by 87 runs in the opening match of the Champions Trophy being conducted by the All India Cricket Federation at The Banyan Tree School ground in Sector 48-B here today.
Batting first, Haryana won the toss and elected to bat. A 98-run partnership for the seventh wicket stand between Jasmeen and Hargunpreet pave the way for Haryana to pile up an impressive score of 212 for 7 in stipulated 20 overs. Jasmeen’s half century (50) contained 10 boundaries and one fiver. Hargunpreet slammed a strokeful knock of 46 was studded with 10 fours.
Opener Arun also contributed a valuable knock of 48. During his stay at the wicket, Arun reached the fence six times. He also hit two huge sixes.
Chasing a victory target of 213 runs for victory, Delhi were bundled out for 125 in 15 overs. Sachin played a defiant knock of 31 (3x4s, 2x6s). Kamal (13), Ankit (17) and Sukhwinder (13) were their other main scorers. Other Delhi batsmen failed to cope up with the bowling of medium pacer Shubham who broke the backbone of Delhi with a spell of 4-0-22-5. Sonti bagged 2 for 10.
In another match, AICF Chandigarh defeated Punjab by 21 runs. Batting first after winning the toss, Chandigarh scored 185 for 8 in allotted 20 overs. Krishna topscored with 40 runs which contained six fours and two sixes. Aman’s unbeaten 31 was laced with five boundaries. Openers Pardeep and Avish contributed 13 and 20 runs, respectively.
Punjab medium pacer Karan bagged 3 for 26. Shiv Kapoor captured 2 for 30.
In reply, Punjab openers Piyush and Mohit gave their team a sound start by putting on 107-run partnership. Piyush played a brilliant innings of 70 with the help of seven fours and two sixes. Mohit hit seven fours in his knock of 35. He hit seven fours. However, after this partnership was broken, Punjab innings fell like pack of cards as their innings was terminated for 164 in 18.5 overs. Aman got three wickets for 25 runs.
Earlier, Chandigarh Olympic Association General Secretary Ravinder Kumar Talwar inaugurated the tournament. He was also introduced to the players. AICF general secretary Deepak Kumar and other federation members welcomed the chief guest.
Brief scores: AICF Chandigarh: 185 for 8 in 20 overs (Avish 20, Baljit Singh 26, Krishana 40, Aman 31, Shiv Kapoor 2 for 30, Karan 3 for 26). AICF Punjab: 164 all out in 18.5 overs (Piyush 70, Mohit 35, Aman 3 for 25).
AICF Haryana: 212 for 7 in 20 overs (Jasmeen 50, Hargunpreet 46, Arun 48, Sunil 12, Ankit 2 for 20, Devand 2 for 20). AICF Delhi: 125 all out in 15 overs (Kunal 13, Sachin 31, Ankit 17, Sukhwinder 13, Shubham 5 for 22, Sonti 2 for 10).

Vishal shines in HDFC win

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by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 21
A brilliant unbeaten 41 (6x4s) by Vishal helped HDFC Bank beat High Court Lawyers by six wickets in the first Winter Cup Cricket Tournament organised by the KK Cricket Academy here today
The Lawyers XI won the toss and elected to bat first. However, they could not face the hostile bowling of Hdfc Bank and were bundled out for mere 101 in 18 overs. Only Gautam (21) and Sanjeev Trikha (17) and Sukhdeep Sidhu (17) were the main contributors for the team. For HDFC Bank Vipan took 4 wickets for 27 runs and Vishal who got the man of the match award chipped in with two wickets .
In the second match Sigma defeated Canara Bank by five wickets .
Canara Bank won the toss and elected to bat first but lost wickets in very quick succession. They were 41 for 5 at one stage. Arpinder Bedi made a quickfire (26, 2x6s, 2x4s) as Canara Bank were dismissed for 79 runs. Jaswinder took 4 wickets for 18 runs to help Sigma win the match
Brief scores: High Court Lawyers: 101 in 18 overs (Gautam 21, Sanjeev Trikha 17, Sukhdeep Sidhu 17, Vipan 4 for 27, Balwar 2 for 15,Vishal 2 for 18). HDFC Bank : 102 for 3 in 17 overs (Vishal 41 not out,Charanjeet 18).
Canara Bank: 79 all out in 16 overs (Arpinder Bedi 26, Jaswinder 4 for 18, Ranjeet 2 for 12). Sigma: 80 for 5 in 15 overs (Naveen 26, Sandeep 23 not out, Parminder 21).

Indian wrestlers rule the mat in CW wrestling

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by sportswire4u.blogsspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 20
The Indian wrestlers effortlessly claimed the overall championship by logging 203 points in the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship at the PAP Indoor Hall in Jalandhar on Sunday.
India made a clean sweep by claiming all the seven gold medals at stake today in the men’s freestyle competitions Olympic bronze medalist Sushil Kumar spearheaded the Indian challenge. The ace Indian wrestler claimed gold medal in the 66 kg category by beating Barnes Heinrich of South Africa.
In Greco-Roman style, Indian men secured 69 points while South Africa were runners-up with 58 points. Pakistan were third with 42 points. In the freestyle competitions, Indian emerged winners with 70 points. Pakistan and Canada were second and third with 40 and 33 points, respectively. The Indian women also did not lag behind. They won the team crown with 64 points while Canada were runners-up with 50 points. Cameroon with 26 points were third.
Besides winning all the seven freestyle gold medals, India also claimed three silver and four bronze medals. Prominent Wrestler Sushil Kumar, Bronze Medalist of Olympic Games is also one of the Gold Medalists of this Championship. India also won the Team Championship Trophy in all Styles.
Results: 55 kg: 1 Vinod Kumar (India), 2 Anil Kumar (India), 3 Palani (Canada), 3 Ali Bashrat (Pak). 60 kg: 1 Rahul Mann (India), 2 Virdi Balraj (Canada), Etko Viorel (SCL) and Rajneesh (India). 66 kg: 1 Sushil Kumar (India), Barnes Heinrich (RSA), 3 Dhanker Amit (India) and Salman Mohd. (Pak). 74 kg: 1 Narsingh Yadav (India), 2 Sumit (India), 3 Ali Muhammad (Pak) and Ermakovich Kotsya (Australia). 84 kg: 1 Rambir (India), 2 Yosefi Masoud (SCL), 3 Manjot Sandhu (Canada) and Naresh Kumar (India). 96 kg: 1 Mausam Khatri (India), 2 Omar Mohd. (Pak), 3 Nfoukau Elvis (CMR) and Anil Mann (India). 120 kg: 1 Rajeev Tomar (India), 2 Joginder Singh (India), 3 Arjun Bhullar (Canada) and Imran Ali (Pak).
Team championship: Greco Roman: Men: 1 India 69, 2 South Africa 58, 3 Pakistan 42.
Freestyle: India 70, 2 Pakistan 40, 3 Canada 33. Women (freestyle): India 64, 2 Canada 50, 3 Cameroon 26.

FIDE Ranking Chess Tourney in Chandigarh

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by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 20The Chandigarh Chess Association (CCA) is organising its “1st Chandigarh All India Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2010”. The tournament is recognised by All India Chess Federation and the FIDE (World Chess Federation) and would be held from January 1 to 6, 2010 at St. Xavier’s Senior Secondary School in Sector 44-C here. Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs & Water Resources, Pawan Kumar Bansal would be the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony.
Around 200 players, including many titled and internationally rated players, from all over the country are going to participate in the mega event. Till date a total of 75 players have confirmed their participation in this tournament. Out of these 34 have international FIDE Rating.
International Master (IM) Atanu Lahiri has confirmed his participation for this tournament. IM Himanshu Sharma, IM MR Venkatesh and IM C Parveen Kumar are also expected to participate. This will be for the first time that the starts of Indian Chess will be playing Chandigarh.
Addressing a press conference at the Chandigarh Press Club here Vipnesh Bhardwaj, Hony. Secretary, CCA said that Chess is gradually gaining popularity in this region and holding an event of this magnitude would give an opportunity to the players of this region to compete against the top players of the country. After Delhi, Chandigarh is becoming the next hub of Chess activity of the Northern region with many young players of the city already making a mark at the national and international level. He added that St. Xavier’s School has had an important role to play in the development of Chess Activities in Chandigarh.
Sh Anurag Aggarwal, President, The Corporate Gurus Educational Society (TCGES), which is a co-sponsor for the tournament, said that his business school has specifically chosen to promote Chess in the region as it is a game of strategy from which the management students can take a cue for operating in the real life business environment. He further assured that TCGES can associate with CCA on a regular basis to hold such tournaments in future as well.
Also present on the occasion were Sh Anil Raina, Chairperson,CCA, Sh AP Saksena, President, CCA and the members of executive body of CCA.

G&B lift Girish Nayyar Cricket Trophy

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by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
PANCHKULA, DEC 20
Godrej & Boyce XI snatched a well-merited four-wicket triumph over Yes Bank XI in the final of the VIIth Girish Nayyar Memorial League Cricket Tournament, organised by the Chandigarh Sports Club, at the Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium in Sector 3 here today.
Yes Bank XI won the toss and elected to bat first. They scored 180 for 6 in stipulated 25 overs. Yes Bank’s star opener Gurinder Saini was dropped at his individual score of 11 runs by Vinod Sharma at mid off. However, he did not last long as Inderjit got him leg before wicket with a fine yorker length delivery.
Umesh Kaira made 71 runs off just 59 balls including 6 boundaries and a six. His innings helped Yes Bank XI to get to a score of 180. Tanveer Manak picked up three wickets for 15 runs.
In reply, Godrej & Boyce XI started off with a bang by scoring 93 runs in just 10 overs. Openers Tanveer Manak (66) and Gurmeet Sabi (22) batted freely and scored at will. The dangerous looking partnership was broken by Gurinder Saini when he had Sabi caught behind. Manak followed soon.
Thereafter Narinder Bunty partnered with Inderjeet and took the team's innings forward. But the scoring rate kept on rising steadily and Godrej required 18 runs in the last two overs. Ajay Bhardwaj hit a magnificent six to get the team to within touching distance of the target. And the winning runs came off a no ball. Amit bagged 2 for 27.
Brief scores: Yes Bank XI: 180 for 6 in 25 overs (Umesh Kaira 71, Gurinder Saini 30, Nawab Ali 28, Zahoor Ali 27, Tanveer Manak 2 for 15, Vijaypal 1 for 26). Godrej & Boyce XI: 182 for 6 in 24.2 oves (Tanveer Manak 66 , Inderjeet 25, Gurmeet Sabi 22, Amit 2 for 27, Madan Lal 2 for 36),.
Godrej & Boyce, Regional Head Mukesh Bhandari distributed the prizes.
The following were adjudged as the best: Gurinder Saini (Yes Bank XI, best batsman); Kulwinder Romy (Godrej & Boyce XI, best bowler); Umesh Kaira (Yes Bank XI, best all-rounder). Man of The Match: Tanveer Manak (Godrej & Boyce XI).

Stage set for Senior National Basketball

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by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 20
The stage is all set for the 60th Pearls Senior National Basketball Championships to be held at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana from December 27 to January 3, 2010, according to Punjab Basketball Association general secretary Teja Singh Dhaliwal.
As many as 25 men and 22 women teams have already confirmed their entries. All the participating teams in men section and women section will be divided into six groups namely, A, B, C, D, E, and F. Groups A and B in both men and women sections will play for level one competitions and the remaining four groups will play for level two competitions.
In the men’s section, for level one competitions top 10 teams ( five in each group A and B) will play and women section for level one competitions top eight teams ( four in each group A and B) will play. In all 113 matches will be played in eight days. The matches will be played on league cum knock-out system.
In all about 650 players, about 100 team officials and more than 100 technical officials will be taking part in the championship. The matches will be played using two indoor courts and two outdoor courts. The main indoor court is recently laid with mapple wood flooring used for N.B.A, Olympics, the World Cup and for the level one competition all over world and electronic gadgets such as game clock, 24 seconds device, score-board will be used.
This is only indoor hall which is used exclusively for basketball. B.F.I conducted first National Basketball Championship at Ludhiana in 1951 on mud court second time in 1981-82, third time in 1994-95, fourth time in 1997-98, fifth time in 2001-2002, sixth time in 2004-05, and seventh time this year.
All participants will be provided free board and lodging. Medal winners in both men and women sections will be awarded cash prize also.
Groupings for League: Men: Group A: Railways, Services, Chattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh. Group B: Tamil Nadu, Uttrakhand, Punjab, Karnataka and Delhi.
Women: Group A: Railways, Chattisgarh, 3 Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh. Group B: Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh.

Karnal and Rohtak champs in Haryana Wushu

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A bout in the boys category in progress in the Haryana State Wushu Championship in Panchkula on Sunday.
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 20
Karnal and Rohtak lifted the junior and sub-junior titles, respectively, in the three-day Haryana State Wushu Championship organized by the Haryana Amateur Wushu Association at St. Teresa Convent School in Sector 25 in Panchkula today.
In the sub-junior section, Ambala and Sonepat finished runners-up and third, respectively. Faridabad and Jhajjar got second and third positions, respectively, in the junior category.
Arun of Sonepat claimed gold medal in the 48-52 kg class in the sub-junior boys category. Chottu, also of Sonepat, bagged bronze medal. Rita of Bhiwani and Priya of Rohtak were awarded gold medals in the 40-44 kg and 32-36 kg section, respectively.
Kuldeep of Karnal prevailed over Naveen of Rohtak in the 70-75 kg final in the junior boys
Mrs. Charu Bali and Sanjeev Kherwar, both IPS, jointly distributed the prizes. On this occasion Vice President Sanjeev Chopra and Director Principal Amit Chopra were also present.
Results:
Sub-junior: Boys: -20 kg: 1 Simranjeet (Jhajjar), 2 Jatin (Sirsa), 3 Vinay Rohtak). 20-24 kg: 1 Manish (Rohtak), 2 Aryan (Fardabad), 3 Vishnu (Rohtak). 24-28 kg: 1 Dinesh (Sonepat), 2 Gaurav (Rohtak), 3 Aman (Panipat). 28-32 kg: 1 Sahil (Ambala), 2 Amit Passi (Panipat), 3 Sachin (Rohtak). 32-36 kg: 1 Amit (Panipat), 2 Akshay (Hisar), 3 Yogesh (Rohtak). 36-40 kg: 1 Vijay (Ambala), 2 Kartik (Ambala), 3 Vikas (Sonepat). 44-48 kg: 1 Vikas (Sonepat), 2 Parmod (Faridabad), 3 Vikrant (Bhiwani). 40-44 kg: 1 Ashish (Sonepat), 2 Suraj (Bhiwani), 3 Sumit (Sonepat). 48-52 kg: 1 Arun (Sonepat), 2 Chhotu (Sonepat.
Girls: 20-24 kg: 1 Manisha (Rohtak), 2 Santoshi (Jhajjar). 24-28 kg: 1 Arti (Rohtak), 2 Baby (Jhajjar). 28-32 kg: 1 Monika (Rohtak), 2 Amita (Rohtak), 3 Sweta (Jhajjar). 32-36 kg: 1 Priya (Rohtak), 2 Manshi (Jind). 40-44 kg: 1 Rita (Bhiwani), 2 Poonam (Panchkula).
Junior boys: -45 kg: 1 Kapil (Karnal), 2 Sumit (Ambala), 3 Ajay (Jhajjar). 45-48 kg: 1 Arun (Rohtak), 2 Dheeraj (Rohtak), 3 Pankaj (Rohtak). 48-52 kg: 1 Amit (Karnal), 2 Jai Bhagwan (Rohtak), 3 Sakir Hussain (Jhajjar). 52-56 kg: 1 Rakesh (Karnal), 2 Rohit (Rohtak), 3 Jasbir (Ambala). 56-60 kg: 1 Ashish (Jhajjar), 2 Sanjeev (Karnal), Bhim (Hisar). 60-65 kg: 1 Vikey (Rohtak), 2 Amit (Karnal), 3 Navdeep (Jhajjar). 65-70 kg: 1 Sandeep (Jhajjar), 2 Ankit (Sonepat), 3 Tarun (Hisar). 70-75 kg: 1 Kuldeep (Karnal), 2 Naveen (Sonepat), 3 Krishan (Rohtak).
Girls: 42-45 kg: 1 Annu (Rohtak), 2 Gurpreet (Kurukshetra). 45-48 kg: 1 Priyanka (Faridabad), 2 Soniya (Panipat). 48-52 kg: 1 Sunita (Jhajjar), 2 Pinky (Bhiwani). 56-60 kg: 1 Dimpy (Karnal), 2 Preety (Rohtak).