Tarundeep, Honey, Kshitij, Vani champs

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Gurgaon, April 30
Piyush Sangwan was the star of the day as he won in his category in dazzling style after shooting a stylish 5 Under 67. Tarundeep Chaddha, Honey Baisoya & Kshitij Kaul won in category A, B & D respectively. The girl’s tournament was won by Vani Kapoor.
Piyush Sangwan of DLF GC who fired a blistering 5 under 67 to win in Category C (for 12 to 14 yrs) was all smiles after his performance. In the front nine he birdied the second, third, sixth & seventh. Maintaining the momentum on the back nine he birdied the tenth & thirteenth. Overnight leader Prakhar Asawa of Jaipur who held a slender one stroke lead had no answer to the shower of birdies by Piyush. “It feels great to hit a 5 under at Golden Greens. By the third hole I knew that lady luck is with me and it stayed with me right till end. I hope to maintain this form in the coming tournaments as well.” said Piyush.
In category A, (for 16 to 18 yrs) Tarundeep Chadha of Chandigarh GC managed to hold on to his lead despite Raghav Bhandari also from Chandigarh GC firing a 1 under 71. Tarundeep’s 73 was decorated with one birdie each on the front and back nine. “I am really happy to win the first leg of the Toyota Etios Tour. This win will really boost my confidence for the upcoming tournaments.” said Tarundeep.
In Category B, (for 14 to 16 yrs) overnight leader & crowd favourite Honey Baisoya of Delhi won after hitting a 5 over 77. Manu Gandas who started the day at fourth position, retuned with a card of six over 78 climbed two positions to finish second. “I am extremely excited to win the first leg of the Toyota Etios Tour. I am in seventh heaven right now and the victory still needs to settle in.” said Honey.
In Category D (for 10 to 12 yrs) overnight leader Kshitij Kaul of Delhi GC won the tournament in the respective category after returning with a score of 87. “It’s a great to win at Golden Greens. I hope I can maintain my form in the other tournaments as well.” said Kshitij.
Amongst the girls, Vani Kapoor of DLF GC continued her dominance on the tour. She won easily after returning with a card of 81. “I am really happy to win this tournament. This victory has given me plenty of confidence for the tour ahead.” said Vani.

Bakshi appointed MC for ONGC I-League matches

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CHANDIGARH, APRIL 30
An official of the Principal Accountant General (Audit) Haryana, Rakesh Bakshi, who is also general secretary of the Chandigarh Football Association has been appointed Match Commissioner for five matches in the ONGC I-League to be played in Goa from May 2 to 7.
According to a communication received here from Sunando Dhar, CEO of ONGC I-League, Rakesh Bakshi has been directed to report one day before the match.
The matches to be played in Goa, with Rakesh Bakshi working as Match Commissioner, are MPCB v SAL (May 2), SCG v MU (May 4), DEM v AI (May 5), SAL v MFC (May 6) and MPCB v MMB (May 7).
Rakesh Bakshi had also accompanied the Indian senior team to South Asian Federation Games in Islamabad and to Tehran with the Indian sub-junior squad
Rakesh Bakshi is also a member of the AIFF Disciplinary Committee.
Goculdas Nagvencar of Goa has been appointed Referees Inspector/Match Commission for the match to be played between PFC and JCT in Pune on May 3. J Ravishankar of Delhi will officiate as Referees Inspector/Match Commissioner for the Calicut matches to be playe don May 1 (VIVA vs MFC) and VIVA vs LAJ (May 4).

Ramachandran and Co. win Match Raching Nationals

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MUMBAI, April 30
Arjuna Awardee Mahesh Ramachandran cornered glory by winning the UTV Match Racing Nationals title in style after defeating Aashim Mongia 3-1 in a keenly contested final which took place off the Indian Naval Watermanship Training Centre shores here on Friday. He defended his title since almost more than a decade and the young brigade needs to come up to match his class to break the record.
Aashim Mongia though would be satisfied with his performance and reaching the finals for the first time in five years but he fumbled in the last stage and gave away his title to the seasoned sailor.
The final looked more like a formality for Cdr. Mahesh than anything as it didn’t have the usual fervor of the loud screams for penalties nor some crashes which has been the trend so far. Both the skippers avoided incidents and let their experience take the driver’s seat.
From the first race both were on the course side at the start time and the team of Cdr. Mahesh comprising of Nitin Mongia, Rajesh Dhulaji and Neeraj Sharma put to use their team work to the best effect when it mattered the most.
While the runners-up team of Aashim Mongia which had in the side Gulshan Chunekar, Ninad Mayekar and Chetan Fernandes succumbed under pressure. After losing the first two matches Mongia and his team won the third match giving some hope for tying the scores. But the fourth match was comfortably won by Cdr. Mahesh to finish off the proceedings in his favor.
In the match for the third place between Asian Games qualifying team of Farokh Tarapore who was ably supported by his crew of Balraj, Trunal Helegaonkar, Atool Sinha and Shekhar Yadav had to settle for a bronze medal after losing to Mahesh yesterday in the Semi Finals. They beat Sandeep Jain and his team with a clean sweep 2-0.
“Excellent crew work when it mattered the most. We had a close chase for the title and I am waiting for some youngsters who are getting better to really come and take the title away from us and I hope that happens soon,” said R Mahesh after winning the title.
Final standing: 1 Mahesh Ramachandran and team, 2 Aashim Mongia and team, 3 Farokh Tarapore and team, 4 Sandeep Jain and team, 5 Muthu Rajan and team, 6 Ayaz Shaikh and team, 7 Yuvraj Singh and team, 8 Ayesha Lobo and team, 9 Taramati Matiwade and team, 10 B B Barik.

Seven teams for Air Force Hockey

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CHANDIGARH, APRIL 30
The Air Force Hockey Championship will be organized by 3 BRD AF from May 3 to 9. Air Commodore R Sharma will inaugurate the championship at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here. A total of seven Command teams are participating.
The teams have been divided into two pools. Western Air Command, Eastern Air Command and Maintenance Command are in Pool A and South Western Air Command, Training Command, Central Air Command and Air Head Quarters are in Pool B.
In the opening match Maintenance Command will face Eastern Air Command.
During the league-cum-knock meet Air Force hockey team for forthcoming Inter Service Hockey Championship will be selected.

Applications invited for Bhim Award

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Chandigarh, April 29
The Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Department has invited applications for Bhim Awards for the year 2010-11.
While stating this here today, a spokesman of the Department said that six outstanding sportspersons, including one physically handicapped sportsperson, who have achieved first, second and third positions in the recognized international and senior national tournaments or championships during the last three years would be honoured with Bhim Awards as per Sports Policy of the State Government.
Under Bhim Awards, a cash prize of Rs two lakh, a replica of Bhim, a scroll, a blazer and tie or scarf are given.
He said that the eligible sportspersons must have represented Haryana State in the national tournaments or championships and have represented the State prior to their selection in the national team for participation in recognized international tournaments or championships.
The spokesman said that applications had also been invited for cash awards for the year 2010-11. Cash awards would be given on the basis of each medal separately received in the national or international tournaments or championships during the previous financial year. The sportspersons should be of Haryana domicile and a certificate to this effect must be attached with the application. Sportspersons claiming international achievement must have represented Haryana State in the national championship prior to international championships. Representation in national championship from Haryana State was required for cash award, he added.
Applications for Bhim Awards and cash awards would be received through District Sports and Youth Officer concerned duly verified by the Secretary of concerned game and coach. Applications should reach the Directorate, Sports and Youth Affairs by July 31, 2010, he added.

Roll Ball workshop conducted

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CHANDIGARH, APRIL 29
The Chandigarh State Roll Ball Association, under the supervision of the Roll Ball Federation of India, today conducted a primary level workshop at Government Model Senior Secondary School n Sector 19 C here. Madhu Sharma and Anand Yadav conducted the workshop.
Those who attended the workshop were Mansa Ram Maurya, Jatinder Paul Singh, Rajneesh Sharma, Puja Panwar, Annu and Anand Singh Rawat.
Former Deputy Mayor of Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh and Sanjay Kumar Walia awarded the certificates. According to Roll Ball Federation of India general secretary Balwinder Singh Johal , the federation is affilited to School Games Federation of India and recognized by India Olympic Association.

Tarundeep and Honey seize initiative

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Gurgaon, April 29
The third day of the Toyota Etios Tour – Haryana at Golden Greens Golf Resort, Gurgaon saw Tarundeep Chadha of Chandigarh GC maintain his lead from his rivals in Category A for 16 to 18 yr olds with a third consecutive round of even par 72 for a three day 36 hole total of 216. Rahul Ravi shot up to 2nd position after finishing 1 under for a three day 36 hole total of 227.
In Category B for 14 to 16 yr olds favourite Honey Baisoya of Delhi maintained his pole position after scoring an even par 72. He continues to be at the top with a total of 222. ARRUSH AHUJA who shot a 5 over 79 lies at second place with a total of 235
In Category C Prakhar Asawa of Jaipur scored a two over par 74 and now maintains a slender one stoke lead over Piyush Sangwan of DLF GC who scored an 75 for a total 221. The duo have now extended there lead to 14 strokes over the rest of the pack.
In Category D the 10 – 12 yr age group Kshitij Kaul of Delhi GC & Aadilbeer Singh of Chandigarh GC returned with scores with 80 & 86 respectively. Air Force GC’s Anmol Handa who returned with a card of 89 currently lies in third with a total of 221.
Amongst the girls, Vani Kapoor of DLF GC climbed back to the top position after finishing with a superb 76. Over night leader Milli Siroha slipped to third position after returning with a card of 12 over 86. Vrushali Sinha lies second with a total of 163.
The Toyota Etios Tour – Haryana leg is the opening leg of the 7 event Toyota Etios Tour 2010 – the official national tour of the Indian Golf Union from which players earn ranking points for selection of national and international teams. The tour will see top ranked amateurs like 16 yr old national men’s champion Chikkarangappa of Bangalore and recent Nepal Open winner Ashbir Saini in action. Both players were taking a break this week with hectic playing schedules ahead of this years’ schedule.

Chandigarh football coach Tejinder Kumar passes AFC B course

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CHANDIGARH, APRIL 29
Chandigarh Sports Department senior football coach Tejinder Kumar is among the 10 coaches from all over the country who have passed the Asian Football Confederation B Certificate course conducted at Hosur in Tamil Nadu. Out of ten, six are former internationals.
According to information received by Chandigarh Football Association secretary Rakesh Bakshi from All India Football Federation general secretary Alberto Colaco, out of 23 aspirants, 10 have passed the course. Internationals who have cleared the course are IM Vijayan, Jo Paul Anchery, Raman Vijayan, Tejinder Kumar, Naushad Moosa and Mohammed Yousuf Ansari. Others who qualified the B certificate course are: Kundan Chandra, Pradmanabhan Muralidharan, Bino George C and Umer M Mutawalli.
Mohd Yousuf Ansari has pased the GK Level examination also.
Eight coaches -- Augustine Antao, M Sankar, Aleckal Marcellous John, Gangadhar, Arindam Biswas, Augustinho Dias, S Sathyamurthi and P Rajeev -- have been placed as provisional pass. They have to take re-test either for theory specific (Paper I) or general (Paper II).
Tejinder Kumar is a senior football coach with the Chandigarh Sports Department since 2006. He is attached with the Chandigarh Football Academy, a venture of the Chandigarh Administration.
Tejinder Kumar has captained the Indian senior team in 1994 and was also skipper of Jagatjit Cotton Textile Mills. He has also played for Churchill Brothers (1997-99) , Dempo SC (199-2000), Malaysian League (1991), FC Coching (2001) and ITI Bangalore (2002).
In a communication to football association secretareis of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, WIFA, Chandigarh and Goa, AIFF general secretary Colaco said "the federation has also received their certificates. For issue of the same, they have to submit their log book shwoing their 80 hours of work after the course."
Tejinder Kumar who is imparting coaching to the Chandigarh Under-19 probables at the Sector 17 Football Stadium, expressed his happiness on clearing the AFC B certificate course. Tejinder is the only coach of the region who has qualified the AFC B course. Earlier, JCT coaches Parminder Singh and Harjinder Singh, son of Arjuna awardee Inder Singh, have attained this stature.

Mahesh sets up title clash with Aashim

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MUMBAI, APRIL 29
Silver medallist Qatar International Match Race silver medalist and a bronze medal winner at the Asian Sailing Championships in China, India skipper Mahesh Ramachandran defeated Farokh Tarapore and his team by a very comfortable margin in the UTV Match Racing National Championship in the waters off the Indian Naval Watermanship Training Centre today. Earlier in the day the round robin phase of the event was completed with the teams of Aashim Mongia, Sandeep Jain, Farokh Tarapore and Mahesh Ramchandran making the cut to go into the semi finals.
The wind speeds were from a westerly direction and were in the range of six to twelve Knots and made for great racing conditions. Aashim Mongia and his crew of Gulshan Chunekar, Chetan Fernandes and Ninad Mayekar were the first off the blocks in their match up with the team from the Army Yachting Node skippered by Sandeep Jain. Aashim who is an Arjuna Awardee used all his experience to ward off the threat of the young guns from the Army to power into the semifinals in 3 races that he controlled from start to finish.
The next match up was the one that was likely to be close as Farokh Tarapore had recently beaten the team led by Mahesh Ramchandran in the Asian Games Selection trials held earlier this month. However the vastly experienced team of Mahesh Ramchandran who is an Arjuna Awardee and is crewed by Nitin Mongia, Neeraj Sharma and Rajesh Dhulaji won all the starts and seemed to be in glorious form sailing the race in phase with the winds and opening healthy leads in all the races they won. They won 3-1 to enter the finals to set up an exciting finals with Aashim Mongia who had partnered Mahesh in 2002 at the Asian Games to win a Bronze together!
When asked Mahesh said "losing the finals of the Asian Games Selection trials in light conditions where the boatspeeds differed made it a lottery and the luck of the draw which the opposition benefitted from. He(Tarapore) just drew the faster boat which he sailed for 3 races that he won so the event was beyond us in spite of us winning our 2 races in the same boat and all the five starts in the finals. It was important for our team to get back into top racing gear and we are in great form and raring to go as usual. It should be an interesting finals tomorrow that we are looking forward to."
The line-up for the finals which is scheduled to be sailed at 1200 is Mahesh Ramchandran vs Aashim Mongia
Petit finals for the 3rd Place Farokh Tarapore Vs Sandeep Jain.

Aashim Mongia maintains his lead

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MUMBAI, APRIL 28
Arjuna Awardee Aashim Mongia maintained his overnight lead in the day 2 round robin stage maintaining their 100 pe cent record wins in the UTV Match Racing Nationals held off the Indian Naval Watermanship Training Centre waters here on Wednesday.
Aashim Mongia has won all the six matches that he was scheduled to sail for the day. Cdr Mahesh won seven of eight matches. Farokh Tarapore won eight win out of nine races. Muthu Rajan has won six races out of eight. Cdr Mahesh who had a 100 per cent record yesterday couldn’t continue his run today as he lost to the team Farokh Tarapore in the last race.
In the match against Tarapore Cdr Mahesh started off with a double penalty due to misjudgment. Speaking about the same he said, “After one penalty we fell behind. And then caught up and went through him and lead the race. However while taking the second penalty at the finish we lost inspite of having a slower boat. We are quite happy and we are raring to go in the semifinals.”
In all 20 races were sailed on day two to bring the round robin closer to completion. Seven more races are left to sailed on Thursday after which the semifinalist will be decided. The most likely semifinal line-up on the basis of the result so far is Aashim Mongia. Farokh Tarapore, Cdr R Mahesh and Muthu Rajan.
Results: Aashim Mongia: Six wins out of six; Cdr. R Mahesh: Seven wins out of eight; Farokh Tarapore: Eight wins out of nine; Muthu Rajan: Six wins out of eight; Yuvraj Singh: Three wins out of nine; Ayesha Lobo: One out of eight; B B Barik: one out of eight; Ayaz Shaikh: Three out of eight; Taramati Matiwade: One out of eight; Sandeep Jain: Three out of eight.
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Second successive par round by Tarundeep

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Gurgaon, April 28
The second day of the Toyota Etios Tour – Haryana at Golden Greens Golf Resort, Gurgaon saw Tarundeep Chadha of Chandigarh GC pull away from his rivals in Categtory A for 16 to 18 years olds with a second consecutive round of even par 72 for a two days 36 hole total of 144. Yesterday’s joint leader Raghav Bhandari, also from Chandigarh GC, slipped to a 78 to fall six strokes behind with a 36 hole total of 150. He is now placedt 2nd two strokes ahead of Army GC, Delhi’s Amanpreet Singh ( 81 + 71 – 152) .
In Category B for 14 to 16 yr olds favourite Honey Baisoya of Delhi who scored a one under 71, the first sub par round at the demanding 7057 yard par 72 Golden Greens course to add to his 79 yesterday to be tied at 150. In 2nd place is Hissar’s Subhankar Sharma followed closely on 155 ( 76 + 79) by Chandigarh’s Feroz Garewal.
In Category C Prakhar Asawa of Jaipur scored a two under par 70 to be in the lead at 146 tied with first day leader Piyush Sangwan of DLF GC who scored an excellent 72 to add to his 74 to establish a total of 146 at the halfway stage. The duo enjoy a commanding 8 strokes lead over the 3rd placed Mohammed Wasil of Delhi GC who scored 79 and 75 for a total of 154 . The category D players in the 10 – 12 yr age group joined in today and Kshitij Kaul of Delhi GC with 78 and Aadilbeer Singh of Chandigarh GC on 81 returned the best scores of the day. On 82 is Air Force GC’s Anmol Handa . They will play the tournament over 54 holes as is customary in this category.
With 30 players in category D joining the field the total strength of the tournament went up on day 2 to 120 participants – the maximum allowed. A cut off was applied after todays round in Categories A, B and C and only the top 15 in each age group going forward to the final two days. Amongst the girls, Milli Siroha of Delhi GC scored a 78 to take the lead from Vani Kapoor of DLF GC, Gurgaon who scored 80. They are competing in the Girls A&B combined category. In Division C girls Suchitra Ramesh of DLF GC returned the day’s best score of 93.

Patiala beat Chandigarh for Markan Trophy

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CHANDIGARH, APRIL 28
Patiala beat Chandigarh on the basis of their first innings lead of 215 runs in the final of the Punjab Inter-District Under-16 Cricket Tournament for ML Markan Trophy at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali today.
Resuming at 211 for 5. the overnight pair of Sagar Kumar and Viren Rehal carried the total to 333 before the former was adjudged leg before wicket to Aditya Sinha for 134. Sagar Kumar was associated in a sixth wicket stand of 182 runs with Viren Rehal.
Sagar Kumar faced 263 balls and his total vigil at the wicket was of 323 minutes during which he played some astounding shots all round the wicket and in the process sent all the Chandigarh bowlers on a leather hunt. His timing was so perfect and placement immaculate that 100 of his runs came through well executed boundaries.
At the other end Viren Rehal however missed his coveted 100 by 13 runs, when he was caught by Arjit off the bowling of Aditya Sinha for 87 inclusive of 16 boundaries. The other notable contributions came from Bhupinder Singh (43 7x4s) and an unbeaten 52 by wicket keeper Vikrant Sarohi off 95 balls with 9x4s. He was involved in a ninth wicket stand of 60 runs with Siddharth Sharma.
Earlier Vikrant Sarohi had done a fine job behind the stumps by taking two catches and effecting two stumpings. Patiala innings folded at484 in 182 overs. Saurabh Vaswani ( 4 for 141) and Aditya Sinha (4 for 168) were the main wicket takers for Chandigarh .
PCA joint secretary G.S. Walia gave away the winners Trophy and a cheque of Rs.60,000 to the winners Patiala Dstrict while runners-up Chandigarh received a cheque of Rs.30,000.
Brief scores : Chandigarh (Ist innings): 269 for all out in 129.4 overs (Simranpree Singh 89, Karan Kaila 4 for 58).
Patiala (Ist innings): 484 for all out in 182 overs (Sagar Kuamr 134, Viren Rehal 87, Prabhjot 44, Bhupinder Singh 43, Harkirat Dhillon 35, Vikrant Sarohi 52 not out, Saurabh Vaswani 4 for 141, Aditya Snha 4 for 168).

Biggest England squad for 2010 Commonwealth Games

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NEW DELHI, April 28
Commonwealth Games England chairman Sir Andrew Foster has said that a 550-member England team for the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi will be the biggest team it has sent for an overseas Games to date.
“England's intention is to compete at the Games and we are currently making arrangements to create the best possible environment for success in Delhi,” Sir Andrew told the BBC. “Security is something we and the Delhi 2010 organising committee take very seriously. We have taken, and will continue to take, expert advice on the situation.”
CGE is set to write to all its sports governing bodies informing them that the team will go to India, putting to rest speculation that the English team would pull out of the Games because of security fears raised after bomb blasts injured 15 persons before an Indian Premier League cricket match in Bangalore on April 17.
CGE, which has been receiving regular security updates from Delhi, believes the assessment that it will be safe to travel. It is confident that athletes will be safe in India, given that Delhi recently hosted the FIH World Cup and a slew of other test events without any security problems.

Indian Railway TT players excell in Russia

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CHANDIGARH, APRIL 28
The Indian Railways players hogged the spotlight in the just concluded World Railways Table Tennis Championship in Russia. Arpit Bhopalkar of Indian Railway beat Albert by 11-4, 11-5, 5-11, 16-14 to claim the open singles title.
The Indian Railway team comprising Anirban Nandi, Arpit Bhopalkar and San Paul Roy emerged team champions.
In the doubles Arpit and Anirban claimed bronze medals. In the women's section the Indian Railway players finished third in the team championship, the doubles and the mixed doubles to bag three bronze medals.

Gourav, Arjun, Simarjeet win titles

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CGA president J.S. Cheema, Capt Jaswant Singh, Mahesh Kumar and Sukhwinder Singh with winners.
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CHANDIGARH, APRIL 28
Gourav Kumar pipped Vasundra Thiara to win the under-8 title in the Pitch and Putt Tournament organized by the Chandigarh Golf Association as part of its Junior Training Programme for children from both the basic and advanced groups at the Chandigarh Golf Range in Kishangarh. Gourav got fourpoints while Thiara secured three.
Arjun Singh and Simarjeet Singh emerged winners in the 10-13 years and 8-10 years categories, respectively.
As many as 32 children between the ages of 3 to 13 took part. The youngest participant Keshav Bagrodia is 3.1/2 years old.
Chandigarh Golf Association president J.S. Cheema gave away the prizes.
Results: Under – 8: 1 Gourav Kumar 4 points, 2 Vasundra Thiara 3 points.
8-10 years: 1 Simarjeet Singh 11 points, 2 Lokinder Singh 7 points.
10-13 years: 1 Arjun Singh 13 points, 2 Ashi Jain 10 points.
Putting competition: 1 Anmol Singh 8 points, 2 Rehan Passi 5 points.

Ragav and Tarundeep lead Etios Tour

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New Delhi, April 27
The first round of the newly launched Toyota Etios Tour – Haryana Open got underway today at the par 72, 7057 yard Golden Green Golf Resort, Gurgaon today with 90 juniors teeing off in the opening event of the 2010 Tour pursuit of national ranking points.
Seen in action today were competitors in age groups 16 – 18 yrs, 14 – 16 yrs and 12 – 14 yrs who will play four rounds and compete for the lowest score over 72 holes. The sub juniors of 10 – 12 yrs will join in tomorrow and play three rounds of competition over 54 holes. There is a cut at the halfway stage and the top 60 players or the top 15 in each age group will compete in the last two rounds.
A pre qualifying tournament on Monday saw 64 players vying for entries as only ranked players in each age division earned automatic entry into the tournament. Leading the field after round one in the 16 – 18 yr category is Rahgav Bhandari who scored an even par 72 with 5 birdies , tied with Tarundeep Chadha who started strong with four birdies on the first nine holes for a record score of 33 but couldn’t sustain the momentum and came back with 39 to finish on 72. In category 14 – 16 yrs, Feroz Garewal from Chandigarh scored 76 followed closely by Vidit Singh on 77 and Atreya Sinha on 78. Feroz scored four bogeys but could not make a single birdie in the round. Favourite Honey Baisoya of Delhi is close behind on 79 but despite scoring three birdies, dropped two many shots on his round.
In category 12 – 14yrs, DLF GC, Gurgaon’s Piyush Sangwan , ranked No 1 in his age group fulfilled the promise by shooting a 74 followed by Prakhar Asawa on 76 and #2 ranked Viraj Madappa on 78. Sangwan showed remarkable consistently with one birdie on the par three 16th offsetting one bogey and one double bogey on the 15th. The hot weather combined with slightly firm fairways provided the players with extra length but the quick greens proved to be difficult to read. As a concession due to the warm weather the Indian Golf Union who manage the technical conduct of the event, decided to permit caddies to all players although the normal convention is that players above age 14 yrs are normally not allowed to have any assistance with their golf bags as per international norms in their age division. Tomorrow will test the consistency of the players as the cut will be applied at the halfway stage. The Toyota Etios Tour – Haryana leg is the opening leg of the 7 event Toyota Etios Tour 2010 – the official national tour of the Indian Golf Union from which players earn ranking points for selection of national and international teams. The tour will see top ranked amateurs like 16 yr old national men’s champion Chikkarangappa of Bangalore and recent Nepal Open winner Ashbir Saini in action. Both players were taking a break this week with hectic playing schedules ahead of this years’ schedule.

Punjab Junior Kickboxing Championship

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CHANDIGARH, APRIL 27
The Amritsar District Kickboxing Association will host the 7th Punjab State Junior Kickboxing Championships for boys and Girls at DAV Public School, Lawrence Road on May 8 and 9.
Accordding to District association president Principal Neera Sharma he affiliated units will take part in light contact and aero kickboxing competitions.
A seminar for referees will be conducted on May 8 before the competition. The Punjab teams for participation in North Zone Kickboxing Championship being held at Roorkee from May 21 will also be selected during the state championship.

Mongia, Mahesh lead the round robin on Day 1

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Mumbai, April 27
Arjuna Awardees Aashim Mongia and Cdr. R Mahesh lead in the day one after they won all the four matches in the UTV Match Racing Nationals held off the Indian Naval Watermanship Training Centre waters here on Tuesday.
The most exciting match was held between Aashim Mongia and Farokh Tarapore where the latter lost to Mongia. Tarapore lost the first match of the day. But they have qualified to represent in the Asian Games to be held in the China in November 2010. Mongia won the start and opened out during the race to finish comprehensively leaving Tarapore way behind the finish line.
At the end of the day Mongia is won all the four of his matches. He earlier won against teams skippered by B B Barik, Sandeep Jain and Yuvraj Singh. Mongia’s crew consisted of Gulshan Chunekar, Ninad Mayekar and Chetan Fernandes.
Fernandes who was in Mongia team recollecting the turning point of the match said, “The turning point was when we managed to generate a boat speed to sail out from below him(Farokh Tarapore) and reached a point where we could tap ahead of them and cross him. We accelerated from leeward and tacked and crossed.”
While Cdr. Mahesh also finished the day with similar outcome after he defeated Taramati Matiwade, Ayaz Shaikh, Ayesha Lobo and Muthu Rajan. Mahesh was ably supported by his team which consisted of Arjuna Awardee Nitin Mongia, Neeraj Sharma and Rajesh Dhulaji. The team has just touch based to India from China after competing in the Asian Championship where they won a bronze medal. They also managed to seize silver at the Qatar Match Race held in Doha last week.
Muthu Rajan and Farokh Tarapore are now tied for the third position winning three of the four matches sailed. They will now have to win their second day matches outright to stay in contention for a place in the semis.
Cdr. Mahesh added that it is important for his team to maintain the winning momentum if they want to make it to the finals and win comfortably.
Results: Aashim Mongia: Four wins out of four; Cdr. R Mahesh: Four wins out of four; Farokh Tarapore: Three wins out of four; Muthu Rajan: Three wins out of four; Yuvraj Singh: One out of four; Ayesha Lobo: One out of four; B B Barik: one out of four; Ayaz Shaikh: Two out of four; Taramati Matiwade: Zero out of four; Sandeep Jain: One out of four.

Saurab and Sudha to lead UP athletes in Fed Cup

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CHANDIGARH, APRIL 27
The Uttar Pradesh Athletic Association secretary PK Srivastava today named Saurab Singh and Sudha Singh captains of the UP men’s and women’s teams, respectively in the 15th National Federation Cup Seniors Athletics Championships to be conducted at Ranchi (Jharkhand) from May 1 to 4.
Announcing the team P K Srivastava disclosed that Dinesh Kumar Jaiswal and Bimla Singh (coaches) and Sahibe Alam (manager)would accompany the UP athletics.
The team: Men: Sukomal Pal (Bulandsahar), Dushyant Singh (UP Police), Manoj Kumar (Ghaziabad), Harvinder Singh (Bijnore), Vikas Singh (Ghaziabad), Neeraj Panwar (Bulandsahar), Rakesh Yadav (Allahabad), Nitin Kumar (Meerut), Ram Asrey Yadav (UP Police), Param Singh (Moradabad), Suresh Kumar Patel (Allahabad), Padmanabhan (Allahabad), Nandraj Singh Naruka (Lucknow), Raghvender Singh (UP Police), Manish Kumar Maurya (Allahabad), Vijay Kumar Bharti (UP Police), Sheo Poojan Bind (Up Police),Suresh Kumar (UP Police), Chander Has Kushwaha (UP Police), Nitya Nand Singh (Allahabad), Gajender Singh UP Police), Pushpender Singh (UP Police), Saurabh Singh (UP Police), Md Ujjaed (Kaushanbhi), Sudhansu Mishra (Allahabad), Deepak Chaudhary, JP Nagara, Amit Kumar Singh (Varanasi), Dharam Raj (Bareilly), Chandrodaya Narayan Singh (Allahabad), Harvinder Singh Dagar (Allahabad), Kaushal Kumar Singh (Lucknow), Vipin Kasana (Meerut), Vipin Panwar (Muzaffarnagar), Krishana Nad Tripathi (Allahabad), Jyoti Teotia (Meerut), Anand Sharma (UP Police), Raj Narayan Dhruvanshi (Varanasi).
Women: Aarti (Barabanki), Vinita Sahni (Saharanpur), Alka Rani (Ghaziabad), Geeta Rai (UP Police), Ritu Pal (Alahabad), Sudha Singh (Lucknow), T. S. Luwang (Kanpur), Priyanka Singh Patel (Lucknow), Ambey Yadav ( Allahabad), Ritu Rani (Meerut), Sarita (Bareilly), Gunjan Singh (Kanpur), Suman Devi (Lucknow), Aarti Maurya (Allahabad), Karishma Kashyap (Varanasi).

Simranpreet helps Chandigarh score 241-7

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CHANDIGARH, APRIL 26
A fine knock of 89 by Simranpreet Singh helped Chandigarh score 241 for 7 in their first innings against Patiala at close of play on the first day of the three-day final of the Punjab Inter-District Under-16 Cricket Tournament for M.L. Markan Trophy at the PCA Stadium in Mohali today.
Winning the toss Chandigarh opted to bat. They were well served by openers Shivam Bhambri and Simranpreet Singh who stitched an opening partnership of 88 runs in 24.2 overs before Shivam Bhambri was stumped by Vikrant Sarohi off the bowling of Sukhwinder Singh for 54 inclusive of 10 well struck boundaries.
Simranpreet Singh was then joined by Abhishek Verma and the duo put on 51 runs for the second wicket when Sukhvinder struck for the second time having Abhishek Verma caught by Prabhjot for 24. Vikrant Sarohi accounted for Kuljinder Singh when he brilliantly stumped him for 5 off the bowling of Karan Kaila.
Opener Simranpreet Singh continued to play all round the wicket and struck 16 sweetly timed boundaries in his knock of 89 before he was caught by Manpreet off the bowling of medium pacer Siddharth Sharma with the team's total reading 187 for 4 in 78.3 overs. He had also been involved in a 43 runs partnership for the fourth wicket with Saurabh Vaswani. The departure of Simranpreet Singh was a big blow for Chandigarh team as medium pacer Siddharth Sharma accounted for Kapil Punia without any addition to the total.
Saurabh Vaswani was unlucky to miss his half century by three runs as he was caught by wicketkeeper Vikrant Sarohi by the bowling of Karan Kaila for 47 inclusive of 7x4s. His was the last wicket to fall for the day. Patiala fielding was quite good but for one blemish when Simranpreet was dropped by Bhupinder Singh at Mid wicket off the bowling of Sukhwinder Singh with the team's total reading 154 for 3 and Simranpreet Singh on his individual score of 63.
Wicketkeeper Vikrant Sarohi accounted for four dismissals including two catches and two stumpings. Sukhvinder Singh (3 for 67) , Karan Kaila (2 for 51) and Siddharth Sharma (2 for 55) were the succecessfull bowlers for the Patiala team. The match will resume tommorrow at 7.00 a.m.
Brief scores: Chandigarh (Ist innings): 241 for 7 in 113 overs (Simranpreet Singh 89, Shivam Bhambri 54, Saurabh Vaswani 47, Abhishek Verma 24, Sukhvinder Singh 3 for 67, Karan Kaila 2 for 51, Siddharth Sharma 2 for 55).

Good response to Talent Hunt Scheme in Haryana

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Chandigarh, April 26
The Sports and Physical Aptitude Test (SPAT) being conducted by Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Department under sports talent hunt programme is becoming popular as 5233 boys and girls of various age groups appeared in the SPAT in 18 districts of the State today.
While stating this here today, a spokesman of Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Department said that this test had been conducted since April 15. In district Ambala, a total of 110 boys and 7 girls in the age group of 13 to 14 years participated in the SPAT. Similarly, in district Yamunanagar, 350 boys and 83 girls of 13 to 14 years, in Kaithal 130 players of 15 to 16 years and in Kurukshetra 153 boys in the age of 17 to 19 years took part in the test.
He said that in district Karnal, 125 boys and 37 girls in the age group of 12 years participated in the test, in Panipat 180 boys and 52 girls in the age group of 15 to 17 years and in Sonipat 237 players of 12 years, in Faridabad 253 boys and 122 girls of 12 to 13 years have appeared for test.
In Palwal, 337 boys, 33 girls in the age group of 14 to 16 years, in Rewari 284 boys and 50 girls of 16 to 19 years, in Narnaul 228 boys and 42 girls of 15 to 16 years, in Jhajjar 187 boys and 53 girls in the age group of 14 to 16 years, in Hisar 250 players of 11 to 12 years, in Fatehabad 278 boys and 87 girls of 12 to 13 years appeared for SPAT. Similarly, in Sirsa 256 boys and 75 girls of 11 to 12 years, in Jind 401 boys and 130 girls in the age group of 14 to 16 years, in district Rohtak 239 boys and 32 girls of 14 to 15 years and in Bhiwani 295 boys and 37 girls of 8 to19 years took part in the test.

Haryana lift overall National Junior Youth Ahletics Trophy

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CHANDIGARH, APRIL 25
Haryana emerged overall champions in the seventh National Junior Youth Athletic Championships at the Nehru Stadium in Coimbatore on Sunday. Lying second at the end of penultimate day’s proceedings in the three-day under-18 track and field nationals, Haryana pushed Maharasthra to the second spot in the medal tally.
Haryana reached a rich harvest of six gold, six silver and one bronze medals to relegate Maharashtra (6-5-3) to the runners-up position. Hosts Tamil Nadu with six gold, four silver and six bronze medals were overall third.
Haryana claimed the boys team championship with 6-5-1 while Orissa cornered glory in the girls section with five gold medals.
Delhi discus thrower Arjun who established a new national record with a throw of 64.09 metres was adjudged the best athlete in the boys section. Ranjita Mahanta of Orissa who clocked 12.08 seconds in 100 metres heats to establish a new national record, was crowed the best girl athlete with 994 points. Ranjita became the fastest runner with 12.20 seconds in the final but could not repeat her best performance which she displayed in the heats.
Ranjita went on to win gold medal in 200 meters and in the process set a new national record with a timing of 24.49 seconds.
Kuldeep of Haryana put Haryana on the victory path by winning gold medal in 1000 metres walk, the first event of the day in the morning session. He clocked 49:05.94. He was given a tough opposition by silver medalist Kapil Kumar of Gujarat who clocked 49:05.98 in a pulsating finish.
Sushil Kumar Tripathi of Uttar Pradesh equaled the meet record in shot put with a throw of 18.51 metres in shot put for boys. He now shares the meet record with Gurwant Singh of Punjab who had created the meet record in May last year.
Boys: 1000m walk: 1 Kuldeep . (Haryana) 49:05.94, 2 Kapil Kumar (Gujrat) 49:05.98, 3 N. Sanjit (Uttarakhand) 52:13.70.
400 m hurdles: 1 Durgesh Kumar Pal (Gujrat) 51.57, 2 Ajay Kumar Mishra (Gujrat) 53.20, 3 S. Mervin (Tamil Nadu) 54.04.
Triple Jump: 1 S.N. Mohammed Salahuddin (Tamilnadu) 14.65m, 2 Karthik. U (Kerala) 13.14m, 3 P.D. Srinivasa Rao ( Andhra Pradesh) 12.89m.
Shot Put: 1 Susheel Kumar Tripathi ( Uttar Pradesh) 18.51m, 2 Dushyant Dangi (Haryana) 7.27m, 3 Vikas Chikara ( Delhi) 16.76m.
3000m: 1 Indrajeet Patel ( Uttar Pradesh) 8:27.31, 2 Rahul Kumar Pal (Maharastra) 8:36.17,3 Uttara Pal (Uttar Pradesh) 8:51.77.
200m: 1 Ninave Prateek . (Maharastra) 22.50, 2 Jatin Jain (Punjab) 22.76, 3 Sojan K. Shaji (Kerala) 22.87.
1000 Sprint Medley Relay: 1 Haryana (Surender, Ravinder Khasha, Sachin, Sandeep) 1:57.58, 2 Tamilnadu (M. Thavaraj, P. Donaldo, S. Mervin, S. Dharmalingam) 1:58.60, 3 Delhi (Aual, Manav Chauhan, Suraj, Vikas Gulian) 2:02.20.
Girls: Pole Vault: 1 Sinju Prakash. M.K. (Kerala) 2.82m, 2 S.M. Shankari (Tamilnadu) 2.20m
High Jump: 1 Jinu Maria Manuel ( Kerala) 1.58m, 2 Sonu (Haryana) 1.55m, 3 Shipu Mondal (West Bengal) 1.50m.
400m Hurdles: 1 M. Sushma (Andhra Pradesh) 1:04.08, 2 Anu. R. (Kerala)1:04.50,3 Arpitha M (Karnataka) 1:08.15.
Javelin Throw: 1 P. Madhupriya . (Tamilnadu) 36.37m, 2 S.Sowmiya Devi (Tamilnadu) 30.78m, 3 K. Rashmi ( Karnataka) 30.73m.
200m: 1 Ranjita Mahanta . (Orissa) 24.49, 2 S. Archana (Tamilnadu) 25.99, 3 Ammu. K (Kerala) 26.11.
1000m Sprint Medley Relay 1 Orissa (Ros Dipika Baa, Ranjita Mahanta, Purnima Hembram, Bibiana Kulu 2:20.32; 2 Kerala (Rangitha. C, Ammu. K Aparna. K , Anu. R) 2:20.40, 3 Tamilnadu ( R. Soundarya, S. Archana, J. Kerchiyal, Christina Durand) 2:24.46.
Best athletes: Boys: Arjun (Delhi) 1127 pts. Gilrs: Ranitha Mahanta (Orissa) 994 pts.

Maharashtra athletes to the fore in Coimbatore

Namita Kabat... completes a golden double.

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CHANDIGARH, APRIL 24
Maharashtra continued to lead the medal tally by winning five gold, four silver and three bronze medals on the second day of the 7th National Youth Athletic Championship at the Nehru Stadium in Coimbatore today.
Haryana, who were at the sixth position yesterday, jumped to the second position with a haul of four gold, three silver and one bronze. Hosts Tamil Nadu (4-0-4) and Kerala (2-5-1) lying third and fourth places, respectively.
Namita Kabat of Jharkhand completed a golden double by winning the 1000 meters for girls.
In photo finish thrilling race, Namita pipped Sahanara Khatun of West Bengal to second spot. Namita, winner of 800 metres on Friday, Namita today crossed the finish line in 2:58.40. Sahanara clocked 2:59.50 to remain satisfied for silver. Close on their heels was Ritu Dinkar of Jharkhana who bagged bronze in 3:01.47.
Punjab secured their second gold when Khushbir Singh walked away with the first position in the 5000m walk event for girls
Khushbir Kaur finished well ahead of Pooja Jat of Maharashtra by covering the distance in 27:23.14. Pooja timed 29:21.16. The bronze medal also claimed by Maharashtra through Rohini Waman who timed 30:57.72.
Punjab had yesterday bagged gold as shot putter Ketki Sethi threw the iron ball to 11.67 metres for the first position.
Girls: 5000 m walk: 1 Khushbir Kaur (Punjab) 27:23.14, 2 Pooja Jat (Mah) 29:21.16, 3 Rohini Waman (Mah) 30:57.72, 4 Priya PA (Kerala) 31:55.87, 5 K Ramya Krishna (AP) 33:30.49, 6 R Madhumita (TN) 35:05.18.
100m hurdles: 1 Purnima Hembram (Orissa) 15.22. 2 Adheena PG (Kerala) 15.55, 3 Prajna S Prakash (Kar) 15.94.
Discus: 1 MR Gunasundari (TN) 34.22, 2 Ketki Sethi (Punjab) 33.52, 3 Sara Vohra (Mah) 33.07.
1000m: 1 Namita Kabat (Jh) 2:58.40, 2 Sahanara Khatun (WB) 2:59.50, 3 Ritu Dinkar (Jh) 3:01.47.
Triple jump: 1 P Suganya (TN) 11.11m , 2 Mahu Paul (WB) 10.88m, 3 Kari Purty (Jh) 10.76m.
400m: 1 Anu R (Ker) 58.51, 2 M Sushma (AP) 58.90, 3 Priyanka Monal (WB) 1.00.42.
2000m steeple chase: 1 Pooja Warade (Mah) 7:45.84, 2 KR Annie (Ker) 8:54.94.
Boys: High jump: 1 Sikander (Haryana) 2.01m, 2 Devinder Singh (Mah) 1.97m, 3 Surender Kumar (Haryana) 1.95m.
1000m: 1 Rahul Kumar Pal (Mah) 2:34.21, 2 Sanjay (Haryana) 2:34.87, 3 D Babji (Jharkhand) 2:34.95.
Pole Vault: 1 Parmender Patel (UP) 4.20m, 2 Sonu (Pb) 3.80m.
Javelin: 1 Naveen Kumar (Haryana) 62.15m, 2 Manoj Yadav (UP) 62.14m, 3 Virender K Singh (UP) 60.70m.
2000 m steeple chase: 1Shakti Singh (Mah) 6:02.60, 2 Rajender Singh (AP) 6:12.64, 3 M Naresh (AP) 6:13.71.
Long jump: 1 Parveen Muthu Kumar (TN) 6:99m, 2 Usuf Khansama (WB) 6.87 m, 3 Md Noor Alam Anchra (WB) 6.83 m.
400m: 1 Sandeep (Haryana) 48.53, 2 Sachin (Haryana) 48.67, 3 Manoj Kumar Munda (Jh) 49.92.

Patiala and Chandigarh set up title clash

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CHANDIGARH, APRIL 24
Chandigarh and Patiala will cross swords in the title clash of the Punjab Inter-District Cricket Tournament for Under-16 for ML Markan Trophy at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali from April 26 to 28.
Patiala routed Ropar by an innings and 479 runs in the semi-final match played at the Dhruv Pandove Stadium in Patiala today.
Ropar were dismissed for 115 in first innings and 66 in their second venture. Patiala posted a massive total of 594 for 9 declared in their first innings. Prabjot remained not out on 255 which came with the help of 28 boundaries. Karan Kalia’s 122 contained 17 fours.
Brief scores: Ropar (Ist innings): 115 all out in 42.5 overs (Kanwarpreet 40 not out, Jaideep 14, Akshdeep 13, Siddarth 5 for 31, Sukhwinder 2 for 22).
Patiala (1st innings): 594 for 9 in 214.4 overs declared (Anmolpreet 79, Prabjot 255 not out, 28 x 4s, Harkirat 30, Manpreet 25, Karan Kaila 122, 17x4s, Vikrant 57, 10x4s, Sukhjinder 2 for 93, Jaideep 4 for 83).
Ropar (2nd innings): 66 all out in 41.4 overs (Sahil 30, Siddharth 5 for 15, Harkirat 2 for 30, Sukhwinder 2 for 11).
In the second semi-final played at the PCA Stadium in Mohali, Chandigarh beat Mohali by virtue of their first innings lead of 183 runs.
Replying to Mohali’s first innings total of 252, Chandigarh scored 435. Their innings was bolstered by Kuljinder Singh who slammed a fine century (106) and Kapil Punia posted 94.
Brief scores: Mohali (1st innings): 252 all out in 112.2 overs (Subeer Hayar 51, Anmoljeet Singh 48, Aditya 4 for 92).
Chandigarh (1st innings): 435 all out in 151.3 overs (Shivam Bhambri 43, Abhishek Verma 55, Kuljinder Singh 106, Kapil Punia 94, Arpit 24, Saurabh 30, Amish Sidhu 4 for 101, Jasinder Singh 2 for 122, Manish Srivastva 2 for 59).
Mohali (2nd innings) : 121 for 3 in 39 overs (Kinderpreet Singh 27, Pukhraj Singh 44, Anmoljeet Singh 29 not out).

Ashbeer clinches Surya Nepal Masters in dramatic fashion

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Kathmandu, April 24
Sixteen-year-old Ashbeer Saini made a late charge to forge ahead and win the Surya Nepal Masters which was played at the par-72 Gokarna Forest Golf Resort. The Indian amateur made two late birdies to secure the title by two shots over Rupak Acharya. Ashbeer shot a round of one-under 71, which took his tournament total to 11-under 277.
Rupak made a bold charge but fell agonizingly short and despite holding the lead briefly in the final round, his last-round score of three-under 69 could only take his tournament total to nine-under 279. Sri Lankan amateur Mithun Perera finished in third place at two-under 286. Bangladesh’s Md Milon Ahmed finished ahead of Shiva Ram Shrestha in fourth place after the big-hitting local made a double bogey on the final hole to drop down the leaderboard to fifth place.
But despite finishing second, Rupak Acharya took home the winner’s cheque of 4,86,000 Nepali Rupees as Ashbeer, being an amateur, is not eligible to receive the prize money. Ashbeer, however, also took home the country championship trophy as a result of being the leading amateur in the field.
Starting the day four shots in front of Rupak, the youngster from Punjab hardly showed any sign of nerves as he reeled off five straight pars. With the others in the leadergroup also not making any move, the leader seemed comfortably placed with a handy lead. But in a little less than twenty minutes, all that changed. Teeing off on the sixth, Ashbeer’s drive nestled next to the base of a tree, just off the fairway. Having to chip out from there, he could not prevent the loss of a shot, making his first bogey of the round. Right on cue, Rupak stepped up to his putt and rolled in a 15-footer for his first birdie which saw the lead being cut down by half.
If the alarm bells were ringing, then there was more drama on the next hole as Ashbeer found the water on the par-5 seventh with his second shot. His second straight bogey was followed by Rupak’s second straight birdie and all of a sudden, the two were level at eight-under for the tournament. Just when it looked like nerves found a prominent place in Ashbeer’s game, it was Rupak who made a bogey on the next hole but he corrected the error on the par-3 10th. Both players added a birdie each on the 11th. For the first time, since halfway through the third round, Rupak took the lead on his own with a good birdie putt on the par-4 14th.
With the local fans cheering Rupak on, Ashbeer needed to dig in to fashion a bold comeback and he managed that in style. A long, curling, birdie putt on the par-3 16th saw him draw level with the leader and another long putt from the lower tier on the green to the upper tier where the pin was placed on the 17th helped him regain the lead. With Rupak finding trouble on the last hole and Ashbeer safely on the green in two, the young lad safely made two putts to capture his first title outside of the junior circuit.
Local favourite Rupak played some excellent golf of his own, catching up with the leader and even going one in front but just couldn’t complete it. He said, “I cannot be disappointed with the result. I played really well but you cannot complain when someone plays better. He just made some great putts towards the end and that was the turning point.”
Leading scores: 277: Ashbeer Saini (A) (IND) (70,70,66,71), 279: Rupak Acharya (68,72,70,69), 286: Mithun Perera (A) (SL) (70,72,73,71), 287: Md. Milon Ahmed (BD) (73,76,67,71), 288: Shiva Ram Shrestha (74,71,69,74), 294: Rabi Khadka (72,73,76,73), 294: Md. Rezaul Karim (BD) (71,74,76,73),
294: Sanjay Lama (71,77,75,71), 295: Md. Dulal Hussain (A) (BD) (75,77,74,69), 295: Mani Rai (77,71,74,73).

Four new meet records in National Youth Athletics

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CHANDIGARH, April 23
Four new meet records were established on the opening day of the 7th National Youth Athletic Championship at the Nehru Stadium in Coimbatore today. M Thavaraj of Tamil Nadu (110 metres hurdles), Sukhdev Singh of Haryana (hammer), Arjun of Delhi (discus) and Ranjitha Mahanta of Orissa (100m for girls) hogged the limelight by recording their names in the record books.
Thavaraj clocked 14.31 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles. He erased the old record of 14.44 minutes standing in the name of Saba Bhagat of Maharashtra. Arjun of Delhi threw the disc to a distance of 64.09 metres to set a new meet record. The old record of 59.62 metres was standing in the name of Prabhjot Singh of Punjab.
Sukhdev Singh released the chained iron ball to a distance of 65.90 against the existing meet record of 65.48 standing in the name of Ejaj Ahmed of Uttar Pradesh since 2006.
Ranjitha Mahanta became the fastest girls runner by winning the 100 metres dash in 12.20 seconds and in the process established a new meet record. Sabina Khatun of West Bengal was holding the previous meet record of 12.35 sincle 2004.
Maharashtra were leading the medal tally with two gold, two silver and one bronze medals at the end of first day’s programme. Kerala (1-3-0), West Bengal (2-0-1) were at the second and third positions, respectively. Tamil Nadu with one gold and four bronze medals were at the fourth position in medal tally.
Results: Boys: 100m: 1 Ninave Prateek (Mah) 11.18, 2 Sojan K Shaji )Ker) 11.37, 3 P Donaldo (TN) 11.48. 800m: 1 Anvin S Johnson (Ker) 1:56.37, 2 A Laxmi Ram (AP) 1:57.08, 3 Kamaldeep Matiyani (Uttrakhand) 1:58.24. 110mh: 1 M Thavaraj (TN) 14.31, 2 Manvir Singh (Punjab) 14.82, 3 Joshi Anish (Mah) 14.85. Discus: 1 Arjun (Delhi) 64.09m, 2 Vikas (Haryana) 56.64m, 3 Sushil Kumar Tripathi (UP) 51.70 m. Hammer: 1 Sukhdev Singh (Haryana) 65.90m, 2 K Naresh (AP) 44.39m, 3 G Santosh Kumar (AP) 41.70 m.
Girls: 100m: 1 Ranjitha Mahanta (Orissa) 12.20, 2 Ammu K (Ker) 12.88, 3 S Archana (TN) 12.99. 800m: 1 Namita Kabat (Jharkhand) 2:18.15, 2 Sangeeta Yadav (UP) 2:10.62, 3 Sumiti Das (MP) 2:20.99. Hammer: 1 Soniya Shinder (Mah) 38.65. Long jump: 1 Shipu Mondal (WB) 5.30, 2 Priyanka K (Kerala) 5.10m, 3 Kalyani Sikdar (WB) 4.97m. Shot put: 1 Ketki Sethi (Punjab) 11.67m, 2 Sara Vohra (Mah) 10.52m, 3 MR Gurusundari (TN) 10.29. 3000m: 1 Sahanara Khatun (WB) 10:20.89, 2 Pooja Warade (Mah) 10:27.27, 3 P Dhanapriya (TN) 10:40.04.
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IT raid on KXIP vice-president Col Arvinder's residence

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CHANDIGARH, APRIL 23
An Income Tax team raided the residence of Kings XI Punjab Vice-President Col Arvinder Singh in Sector 68 in Mohali this evening. Col Arvinder was in his house when the Income Tax team raided his house. After questioning Col Arvinder, the Income Tax team went back.
Col Arvinder told newsmen that IT team asked some questions regarding the Indian Premier League matches and scrutinized some documents for 45 minutes before leaving.

738 appear in Sports Talent Hunt Programme

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Chandigarh, April 23
As many as 738 sportspersons of various age groups appeared in the Sports and Physical Aptitude Test (SPAT)-2010 conducted by the Sports and Youth Affairs Department, Haryana under Haryana Sports Talent Hunt Programme today at Bhiwani, Rohtak, and Panchkula.
While giving this information here today, a spokesman of the Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Department said that out of the total sportspersons who appeared for test today, 59 boys and 16 girls of various age groups appeared at Panchkula, 226 boys and 45 girls of under 14 years appeared at Rohtak and 347 boys and 45 girls of the age group under 17 years appeared in the SPAT-2010 at Bhiwani .
It may be recalled that the Haryana Government has launched a Sports Talent Hunt programme in the State to identify and promote the sportspersons in the age group of 8-19 years. The SPAT was being conducted at different places in the State since April 15.

Ashbeer holds four-shot lead at Surya Nepal Masters

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Kathmandu, April 23
Playing his best round ever, 16-year-old Ashbeer Saini marched ahead of the competition to take a four-shot lead after the completion of the third round of the Surya Nepal Masters which is being played at the par-72 Gokarna Forest Golf Resort. The Indian amateur carded a round of six-under 66 to total 10-under 206, four clear of local favourite Rupak Acharya.
Rupak who went toe-to-toe with Ashbeer in the early part of the round, could not match the young golfer’s pace and had to be content with a round of two-under 70 which puts him at six-under 210 for the tournament. The long-hitting Shiva Ram Shrestha made his way into the leadergroup for the final round after shooting a round of three-under 69. His second consecutive under-par round took his tournament total to two-under, one clear of fourth-placed Mithun Perera. The Sri Lankan amateur shot one-over 73 after a day when his disobedient putter curtailed his challenge. Bangladesh’s Milon Ahmed carded a round of five-under 67 to move into fifth place behind Mithun.
Starting level with Ashbeer, it was Rupak who made the first move, making a birdie from close range on the first hole to go one in front. The Indian amateur caught up with him on the next hole with a 20-footer for birdie and went on to take lead on his own after he made another birdie on the par-5 third. Refusing to lie low, Rupak, too, came back with a birdie and both players picked up a birdie each on the sixth to be tied at seven-under for the tournament.
But the turning point came on the par-5 seventh where Ashbeer made an eagle, his third of the tournament, from just off the green, after his chip landed on the green and rolled right into the cup, taking his score to five-under for the round. His only blemish came on the next hole, where a poor tee shot resulted in a bogey but he still made the turn with a one-shot lead. He extended that on the par-5 12th and followed it up with a run of five straight pars till the last hole.
By the time the leaders made it to the 18th, Ashbeer held a three-shot lead and a well-controlled shot from the fairway gave him a chance to move into double digit figures in the red. With an eager gallery eyeing his birdie putt, the youngster calmly rolled it in and pulled off the best round of his just flowering golf career.
Last year’s runner-up Perera seemed set to post a low score but a number of missed short putts put a disappointing score on the card of an otherwise quality round by the portly Lankan golfer. The final round looks set to produce exciting golf and with as many as five Nepali professionals in the top-ten going into the final ound of this year’s tournament, which offers a record prize purse of 3 million Nepali rupees, a day of opportunity lies in store for them.
Leading scores: 206: Ashbeer Saini (A) (IND) (70,70,66), 210: Rupak Acharya (68,72,70), 214: Shiva Ram Shrestha (74,71,69), 215: Mithun Perera (A) (SL) (70,72,73), 216: Md. Milon Ahmed (BD) (73,76,67), 220: Rajan Thapa (74,73,73),
220: Purna Sharma (74,79,67), 221: Rabi Khadka (72,73,76), 221: Md. Rezaul Karim (BD) (71,74,76), 222: Deepak Acharya (71,79,72), 222: Mani Rai (77,71,74).

Maniram Sharma wins maiden professional title

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Gurgaon, April 23
Maniram Sharma of Karnal won his maiden professional title at the PGTI Feeder Tour event at Golden Greens Golf Course in Gurgaon on Friday. Sharma shot a one over 73 to finish with a winning total of two over 218. Rudresh Sharma, Balpreet Singh Ghuman and Mohd Nawab were tied second at three over 219.
Maniram Sharma (73, 72, 73) fired two birdies against three bogeys in the third and final round on Friday. The 28-year-old from Karnal earned his first professional title as a result of some solid iron-play and putting even as overnight leader Mohd Nawab slipped on the final day after firing a 79. Maniram Sharma took home the winner’s cheque of Rs. 63,575 and is now placed second (behind Arshdeep Tiwana) on the PGTI Feeder Tour Order of Merit for 2010.
Maniram said, “This win is like a dream come true for me as it is my first since turning professional. I was very confident going into round three. My short game was excellent today and I missed just one fairway. It was my fantastic chipping and putting that set up birdies on the fifth and ninth and good par saves on the 12th, 15th and 16th.”
Sharma, who was overnight tied fourth and five strokes off the lead after round two, added, “I saw the leaderboard on the sixth and noticed that the leader who was five strokes ahead of me at the start of the round was now just three ahead. This was the turning point for me as I realized that I just needed to play a consistent round in order to be in contention.”
Rudresh Sharma (74, 71, 74) of Delhi, Patiala’s Balpreet Singh Ghuman (72, 72, 75) and Mohd Nawab (72, 68, 79) of Patna finished tied second at three over 219.
Rajiv Kumar Jatiwal was placed fifth at four over 220.

Olympics and World champions in England's swimming team

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by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
New Delhi, April 23
Double Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington and world champions Liam Tancock and Gemma Spofforth will spearhead the England challenge in the swimming competitions at the Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi in October this year.
Commonwealth Games England has named them among 29 swimmers selected to represent England at the Games, which start on October 3. A further 13 swimmers will be added to the list after the European Championships (August 4 to 15, Budapest) and the National Championships (August 18 to 21, Sunderland).
The swimmers named in team achieved qualification standards at the British Swimming Championships, which took place in Sheffield just over two weeks ago. The team also includes Simon Burnett and Ross Davenport, who return to Commonwealth Games action after winning a brace of gold medals each in Melbourne four years ago.
Achieng Ajulu-Bushell, 16, has earned a call-up after switching her nationality from Kenya. Ajulu-Bushell impressed at the trials where she won the women's 50m and 100m breaststroke double. She represented Kenya in the 2009 World Championships but decided to switch nationalities soon afterwards. The teenager, who was born in Manchester to an English mother and Kenyan father, moved to Africa as a child before returning in September 2007.
England team Chef de Mission Craig Hunter said “I'd like to welcome our first group of swimmers to the England team for Delhi and wish them the very best in their continuing preparations for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.”
England swimming Team Leader for Delhi John Atkinson, said: "The swimmers selected for the England team can now begin their preparations for Delhi in earnest. For the others that didn't meet the qualification criteria there are still 13 places available on the team.
“Having an early trials will give the selected swimmers the chance to have a longer preparations and the later trials gives those swimmers that are hitting form later in the year a chance to make the team," he added. “I look forward to seeing the performances at our later trials as the athletes try to qualify for the Games.”
England's swimmers finished runners-up to Australia in the swimming medals table at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games with eight gold medals, 11 silvers and four bronzes. England finished second to Australia on the overall medal table at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games with 36 gold, 40 silver and 34 bronze medals.
Swimmers selected are: Men: Robert Bale, Adam Brown, Simon Burnett, Ross Davenport, Daniel Fogg, James Goddard, Thomas Parris, Roberto Pavoni, Michael Rock, Joseph Roebuck, Liam Tancock, Grant Turner, Christopher Walker-Hebborn and Richard Webb.
Women: Rebecca Adlington, Achieng Ajulu-Bushell, Ellen Gandy, Francesca Halsal, Joanne Jackson, Sasha Matthews, Keri-Anne Payne, Elizabeth Simmonds, Amy Smith, Gemma Spofforth, Jessica Sylvester, Stacey Tadd, Rebecca Turner, Aimee Willmott, Katherine Wyld and Nova Centurion.

Ropar dismissed for 115 in Markan Trophy

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MOHALI, APRIL 22
Mohali were restricted to 252 in their first innings against Chandigarh on the opening day of the three-day semi-final match in the Punjab State Inter District Under-16 Cricket Tournament for M.L. Markan Trophy at the PCA Stadium here today. At close Chandigarh were 9 for 1 in 1.4 overs.
Mohali won the toss and elected to bat first. Mohali dismissed for 252 in 112.2 overs. Subeer Hayar (51), Anmoljeet Singh (48) and Jagteshwar (38) were the main run getters for Mohali. Aditya (4 for 92) and, Saurabh (2 for 70) were the main wicket takers for Chandigarh .
Brief scores: Mohali (Ist innings): 252 all out in 112.2 overs (Subeer Hayar 51, Anmoljeet Singh 48, Jagteshwar 38, Lovjit Singh 27, Shine Sharma 25, Aditya 4 for 92, Saurabh 2 for 70, Arpit Singh 1 for 68).
Chandigarh (Ist innings): 9 for 1 in 1.4 overs.
In the 2nd Semifinals of the tournament which is being played between Patiala and Ropar at
At the Dhruv Pandove Cricket Stadium in Patiala, Ropar were bowled out for 115 in 42.5 overs. Kanwarpreet topscored with an unbeaten 40. Siddarth (5 for 31) and Sukhwinder (2 for 22) were the main wrecker-in-chiefs of Ropar innings.
In reply Patiala were 160 for 4 in 67 overs at the close of day’s play. Anmolpreet and Prabjot were batting on 68 and 25, respectively. Harkirat and Manpreet contributed 30 and 25 respectively. Sukhjinder bagged 2 for 32.
Brief scores: Ropar (Ist innings): 115 all out in 42.5 overs (Kanwarpreet 40 not out, Jaideep 14, Aksdeep 13, Siddarth 5 for 31, Sukhwinder 2 for 22, Harkirat 1 for 27, Karan 1 for 11). Patiala (Ist innings): 160 for 4 in 67 overs (Anmolpreet 68 not out, Prabjot 25 not out, Harkirat 30, Manpreet 25, Sukhjinder 2 for 32, Jaideep 1 for 22).