SGGS abd GGS for Women win overall trophies

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 31

Sri Guru Gobind Singh College and Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, both of Chandigarh, won the overall trophy for men and women with 92 and 58 points, respectively, in the Punjab University Annual Athletic Championship at the PU Campus here today.
SGGS Khalsa College of Mahilpur finished runners-up with 92 points in the men’s section while this honour in the women’s section went to Khalsa College For Women Ludhiana with 40 points.
Amandeep Singh of KLSD College, Ludhhiana and Shiksha of GGD SD College, Chandigarh were declared the best athletes among men and women sections, respectively.
Overall Championship (men): 1 SGGS College, Chandigarh 92 points; 2 SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur 50 pts; 3 KLSD College Ludhiana 34 pts; 4 DAV College Chandigarh 17 pts.
Overall Championship ( Women): 1 GGS College For Women Chandigarh 58 pts, 2 Khalsa College for Women Ludhiana 40 pts; 3 Guru Nanak Girls College Ludhiana 35 pts; 4 SGGS Khalsa College Mahilpur 22 pts.
Overall Championship - (Evening & Education Colleges) - Men (C-Division): 1 Lala Jagat Narayan Education College Jalalabad 28 pts; 2 DAV College Of Educaton, Abohar 18 pts; 3 Guru Ram Dass B.Ed. College Jalalabad 11 pts.
Overall Championship (B.Ed Colleges) - Women (C-Division): 1 Dasmesh Girls College of Education, Badal 40 pts; 2 DAV College of Education Abohar 24 pts; 3 Doraha College of Education, Doraha 15 pts.
Best athletes: Men: Amandep Singh, KLSD College, Ludhiana.Women: Shiksha, GGD SD College, Chandigarh. Men - (C-Division) = Rajinder Kumar, Guru Ram Dass B.Ed. College, Jalalabad. Women (C-Division) Ramandeep Kaur, Dasmesh Girls College of Edu. Badal.

CM to honour Haryana CWG herores

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 31

Moti Lal Nehru School of Sports, Rai in Sonepat is all set to welcome the heroes of Commonwealth Games belonging to Haryana. They will be felicitated at a state level function being organized at the Sports School Rai in the ‘Chak de Haryana, Chak de India’ rally on November 1. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will be the chief guest in the rally.
A giant LCD screen has been put up on the top of the main stage for the convenience of the people coming into the rally so that they can easily see their heroes clearly. The site of the rally is Pratap Stadium of the MNSS Rai and the entire site has been divided into 12 sectors where sitting arrangements for the people coming in the rally to pay their gratitude to the CWG heroes has been made.
The Maruti Suzuki Company has displayed the cars which would be presented by the Chief Minister to the players. A hi-tech media centre has been set up. All Haryana players who participated in the CWG 2010 will be rewarded with Rs 2 lakh each. The gold, silver and bronze medal winners will be presented cash awards of Rs 15 lakh, 10 lakh and 5 lakh respectively besides the Maruti cars. The Maruti Suzuki Company is presenting SX4, Swift Dzire and WagonR to the gold, silver and bronze medal winners of the state in CWG. Not only this, the state government is also presenting ‘Desi Ghee’ to the medal winners.
The Haryana players won 37 medals out of a total of 101 medals India won in the CWG 2010. Out of the 38 gold medals won by India, the Haryana players clinched 21 medals which is a matter of pride for every Haryanavi.
The arrangements of this felicitation function were given final touches by Political Advisor to Haryana Chief Minister, Prof. Virender Singh, Media Advisor to the Chief Minister Mr. Sunder Pal Singh Rana, Mr. Sukhender Hooda, ADGP CID and Haryana Olympic Association President, Mr. PV Rathi, Deputy Commissioner Mr. Ajit Bala Joshi, Superintendent of Police KK Rao and other senior officers of the state government

Patiala emerge overall champions in State Rural Games

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Ferozepur, Oct 22
Patiala emerged overall champions by garnering 20 points in the Punjab State Rural Games for Boys Under -16, organised by the Punjab Sports Department at the Shaeed Bhagat Singh Stadium here today. Ludhiana finished runners-up by getting 19 points and Amritsar were third with 18 points
Cheered by the home crowd, Ferozepur outplayed and outclassed Sangruru in all departments of the game as they registered a facile 6-1 triumph in the hockey final. Gurdev Singh, Sonu Gupta and Love Kumar scored two goals each for the winners. Moga outplayed Faridkot by 4-1 goals for the third place.
Nawan Shehar clinched gold in badminton by defeating Patiala comfortably in straight two sets where as Ludhiana and Ferozepur got bronze medal jointly.
Sangrur secured top position in kho-kho as they beat Mansa by 4 points and one turn in the final match. Jalandhar had to sweat out to win bronze as they defeated Ludhiana just by one point.
Bikram Banni of Gurdaspur emerged the fastest runner as he won the 100 metes sprint in 11.46s. Harmanpreet Singhof Tan taran won silver in 11.74s and Narinder Singh of Fatehgarh Sahib got bronze clocking 11.75s.
Sangrur bagged the March Past Trophy. A cultural program was also presented by D.C.M Jain School, B.S.M School and D.A.V Sr. Secondary School.
Punjab Irrigation Minister Janmeja Singh Shekhon gave away prizes to the winners. He said that Punjab Govt. is doing wonders for the upliftment of sports in the Rural Areas of the state.
Earlier, Harpal Singh Kanwar, Deputy Director Sports, Patiala Division welcomed the chief guest and other distinguished guests. S.L Lotey, Assistant Director, Sports, thanked the distinguished guests. He also informed that the selected players from this tournament would participate in the National Rural Sports Games. He also disclosed that the selected players would attend coaching camps for vigorous training.

Himmat Singh Rai’s team wins the Pro-Am

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BANGALORE, OCT 31PGTI member Himmat Singh Rai led his team to victory with a score of 52.6  in the Pro-Am event of the  BILT Open played at the KGA here today. Rai’s team comprised amateurs  M C Narayan Gowda, Suresh J K and Dr. Kalyanasundaram.
PGTI member Gaurav Pratap Singh’s team posted a score of 54.6 to finish second. Singh’s team consisted of amateurs  Kishore Chandra,  M K Satya Prasad and  R P Sharma.
PGTI member Digvijay Singh’s team finished third with a score of 55. His team consisted of  Nooraine Fazal, Hitesh Joshi and  Arun Pandurang.
The Pro-Am was played in the team scramble format where the team’s best ball was chosen on every shot including the putting green. After the best ball was chosen all other players were to place their ball within one score card length before continuing play.

Ranjit Kumar completes a golden double

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FEROZEPUR OCT 30
Middle distance runner Ranjit Kumar of Kapurthala completed a golden double by winning 3000 metres race by clocking 9:17.51 seconds in thePunjab State Rural Games for Boys Under – 16 at the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Stadium here today.
Vivek Kumar of Mohali won silver by clocking 9:20.16s and Amandeep Kumar of Fatehgarh Sahib had to content with bronze with a timing of 9:44.26s.
Earlier Ranjit Singh won gold in 1500 metres on the inaugural day of the games.
Mehakpreet Singh of Sangrur won gold medal in long jump with a leap of 6.28 metres. Narinder Singh of Fatehgarh Sahib won silver with a distance of 6.23metres and Vinod Kumar of Ludhiana won bronze with 6.13 metres.
The Patiala boxers ruled the ring as they won the team trophy with 19 points with a haul of six gold and one bronze medals . Sangrur finished runners-up with 19 points with three gold ,4 silver and 1 bronze medals. Bathinda had to remain satisfied with third position with one gold, two silver and one bronze medals. They secured eight points.
In Judo Prabhjit Singh of Amritsar won gold in 60 kg category. Sudhir Kumar of Ferozepur got silver and Gurpreet Singh of Bathinda and Avtar Singh of Patiala got bronze jointly.
The handball title was won by Faridkot after defeating hosts Ferozepur 19-12 whereas Patiala got bronze by defeating Muktsar 17-10.
The kabaddi final match played between Amritsar and Ludhiana was a cliffhanger in which the former defeated the latter by a narrow margin of 4 points (33-29). Faridkot and Sangrur were declared joiint third.
Results: Badminton: Patiala bt Ludhiana 2-0, Nawan Shehar bt Ferozepur 2-0.
Football (semi-finals): Ropar bt Nawan Shehar 3-2, Gurdaspur bt Ropar 4-0.
Gymnastics (Acrobatic): 1 Ludhiana 14.40 points, 2 Mohali 14.10 pts, 3 Bathinda 13.90 pts.
Hockey (quarter-finals): Moga bt Barnala 5-2, Ferozepur bt Amritsar 1-0, Faridkot bt Ropar 6-4 (tie-breaker): Sangrur bt Bathinda 2-1.
Handball (semi-finals): Faridkot bt Patiala 25-17, Ferozepur bt Mukatsar 22-10.
Judo: 73 kg: 1 Parveen Kumar (Gsp), 2 Rahul (Rpr), 3 Gagandeep Singh (Ldh) and Malkeet Singh (Asr). 81 kg: 1 Yadwinder Singh (Bth), 2 Varinderjit Singh (Hsp), 3 Bhupinder Singh (Asr) and Nittin Kumar (Gsp). 90 kg: 1 Rajpal Singh (Asr) , 2 Rajesh Kumar (Fzr), 3 Amandeep Singh (Bth) and Shubham Garg (Mansa) .
Kho Kho: Sangrur bt Ludhiana by 12 points, Mansa bt Jalandhar by 9 left and 5 points.
Table tennis (final): Patiala bt Amritsar 3-0.
Volleyball (semi -finals): Patiala bt Jalandhar 25-18,25-20,25-15, Faridkot bt Tarn Taran 22-25,25-23,25-23,25-15.
Wrestling (finals): 42 kg: Gurnaib Singh(Fdk) bt Mohd. Akhtar(Sng. 46 kg: Suraj Kumar (Asr)bt Tiny Mattoo. 52 kg: Preet Mohinder (Sng) bt Raj Kumar (Jal). 63 kg Talwinder Singh (Jal) bt Lakhwinder Sondhi (Nsh). 85 kg: Satish (Asr) bt Tejinderpal (Mkt).

Shiksha claims her second gold medal

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 29
Umesh Kumar of Government College of Hoshiarpur won the gruelling 5000 metres race in the Annual Panjab University Athletics Championship at the PU Campus here today He was home in 16:01.49 and pushed Rakesh Kumar of SGGS College of  Chandigarh to the second spot. Rakesh timed 16:06.53.
 Shiksha of GGD SD College, Chandigarh with a leap of 5.09 metres claimed gold in long jump for women. It was second gold medal  for Shiksha who had yesterday won the 100 metres dash.
Results (Men): 5000m: 1 Umesh Sharma (Govt. College, Hoshiarpur) 16:01.49; 2 Rakesh Kumar (SGGS College, Chandigarh) 16:06.65; 3 Balvir Kumar (SGGS Kh. College, Maihlpur) 16:18.65. Long jump: 1
Kulwant Singh (GHG Kh. College, Gurusar Sadhar) 7.04 m;  2 Jagminder Singh (KLSD College, Ludhiana) 6.73; 3 Akhil Dadwal (SGGS Kh. College, Mahilpur) 6.55 m. Discus: 1 Gurjit Singh (PG Govt. College, Sector 11, Chandigarh) 40.80 m; 2 Amandeep Singh (KLSD College, Ludhiana) 40.16 m; 3 (Prashant Malik, DAV College, Chandigarh) 39.71 m. 400m: 1 Harpreet Singh (SGGS Kh. College, Mahilpur) 49.55; 2 Gagandep Singh (SGGS College, Chandigarh) 50.76, 3 Gurpreet Singh (GKSM Govt. College, Tanda). Women: 400 m: 1 Mandeep Kaur (KCW, Ludhiana) 1:00.81; 2 Rajni (SGGS Kh. College, Mahilpur) 1:03.37; 3 Nainy Bala (GNGC, Ludhiana) 1:03.42. Discus: 1 Priyanka (Dasmesh Girls College, Badal) 39.46 m; 2 Harmandeep Kaur (KCW, Ludhiana) 34.10 m; 3 Neesha Rani (SGGS Kh. College, Mahilpur) 24.58 m. Long jump: 1 Shiksha (GGD SD College, Chandigarh) 5.09 m; 2 Amandeep Kaur (Dasmesh Girls College, Badal) 5.06 m; 3 Ramandeep Kaur ( GNGC, Ludhiana) 4.96 m. 5000m:  1 Pooja (GGS College for Women, Chandigarh) 21:26.74; 2 Prabhveer Kaur (GNGC, Ludhiana) 21:28.40; 3 Amandeep Kaur (GGS College for Women, Chandigarh) 21:51.11.
Women (Education Colleges) C-Division: Discus: 1 Gurbrinder Kaur (Dasmesh Girls College of Education, Badal) 34.58 m; 2  Kanwaljeet Kaur ( SDS College of Education, Lopon) 21.34 m; 3 Manpreet Kaur (Doraha College of Education, Doraha) 19.57 m. Long jump: 1 Ramandeep Kaur (Dasmesh Girls College of Education, Badal) 4.17 m(; 2 Maya Devi (DAV College of Eduction, Abohar) 3.90 m; 3 Ripneet Kaur (Dasmesh Girls College of Education, Badal) 3.89 m. 400m: 1  Rupinder Kaur (Doraha College of Education, Doraha) 1:18.64; 2 Kumari Deepa ( DAV College of Education, Aboha)r 1:20.83; 3
Sumanpeet (GHGH College of Education, Sidhwan Khurd) 1:23.76.
Men (Evening and Education Colleges):  400m: 1 Kewal Krishan (Lala Jagat Narayan Education College, Jalalabad) 58.57; 2 Manjeet Rai (DAV College of Education, Abohar) 59.79; 3  Sukhjeet Singh (Babe Ke College of Education, Daudhar) 1:02.12. Discus: 1 Lakhveer Singh (JD College of Education, Muktsar) 25.03 m; 2 Palwinder Singh (Surjeet Memorial College of Educaton, Malwal) 25.00 m; 3 Mandeep Rai (GHG Kh. College of Education,Gurusar Sadhar) 24.00 m. Long jump: 1 Rajinder Kumar (Guru Ram Dass B.Ed. College, Jalalabad) 5.64m; 2 Kewal Krishan (Lala Jagat Narayan Education College, Jalalabad) 5.50 m; 3  Mangi Lal ( DAV College of Education, Abohar) 5.43 m.

Haryana athletes set four new meet records

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 29
Pune (Maharashtra) topped the medal tally with three gold, one silver and one bronze medals in the three-day 8th National Inter-District Athletic Championship which concluded at the BHEL ground in Haridwar today. Manbhum (West Bengal) finished runners-up with 3-1-0 while Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh) were third with 3-0-0.
Mumbai Suburban (2-5-2), Lucknow-Uttar Pradesh (2-1-1), Jhajjar-Haryana (2-2-0), Sonepat-Haryana (2-0-0) and Bhiwani (2-0-0) finished in that order.
One national and six meet records were established in the three-day track and field events. Haryana athletes, out of seven new meet records, accounted for four. Jaspreet Singh (Ambala, shot put U-14boys, 14.88 m), Rahul (Sonepat, boys u-16 high jump 1.90 m), Monu (Bhiwani, boys u-16 discus 15.46m) and Yogesh (Bhiwani, boys u-16 discus 46.26 m) wrote their names in the record books by establishing new meet records in their respective events.
Jhunjhunu-Rajasthan thrower Ganesh (boys u-16 javelin 60.35m) and Manavjit Kaur Dhillon (Amritsar, girls u-16 discus 40.01m) and Mandeep (Pune-Maharashtra boys under-16, 800m 1:58.07) also erased the old records.
Mandeep of Pune-Maharashtra gave excellent performance. Besides setting a new meet record in 800 metres for boys under-16 by clocking 1:58.07 seconds, he was the lone competitor to establish a national record in 1500 metres race for boys under-16. He clocked 4:09.06 to obliterate the old mark of 4:14.11 seconds standing in the name of Ch Yerram Naidu of Andhra Pradesh. The previous meet record was of R Singh of Delhi who had clocked 4:09.17 seconds in 2009.

Sangrur gymnasts steal the show

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FEROZEPUR, OCT 29
Sangrur annexed the gymnastic trophy by logging 17.05 points in the Punjab State Games for boys Under-16 being organiseed by the Punjab Sports Department here today. Hosts Ferozepur got silver with 13.20 points and Amritsar claimed bronze with 11.75 points.
Jatinder Singh of Sangrur was adjudged the all-around best gymnast with 11.30 points where as Amariqbal Singh of Amritsar and Moukash Gupta of Ferozepur bagged silver and bronze medals by getting 10.70 and 9.25 points, respectively.
Avtar Singh of Gurdaspur bagged gold in +90 category in judo competitions Ishkaranjit of Amritsar won silver where as Bhagwant Singh of Ropar and Manmeet Singh of Tarn Taran got Jointly bronze.
In the one-lap race Jaspreet Singh of Hoshiarpur clinched gold by clocking 55.72s. Lovepreet Singh of Gurdaspur won silver in 56.70s and Snehpal Singh also from Gurdaspur got bronze timing 1:00.04s. In 800 metres race Lovepreet Singh of Gurdaspur bagged gold in 2:14.95s. Harpreet Singh of Tarn Taran got silver in 2:16.71s where as Manjit Singh of Sangrur got bronze in 2:16.98s.
Arun Kumar of Patiala threw the disc to a distance of 29.88 metres for discus gold while Lakhvir Singh of Tarn Taran settled for silver with 28.66 metres. Bakshish Singh of Ferozepur won Bronze with a distance of 27.50 metres.
Results: Badminton (Quarte-finals): Patiala bt Ropar 2-0, Nawan Shehar bt Amritsar 2-0, Ferozepur bt Moga 2-0.
Kho – Kho: Sangrur bt Amritsar by 12 points and one Innings, Jalandhar bt Kapurthala by 6 points and one turn, Ludhiana bt Mohali by 9 points, Mansa bt Moga by 2 points and 5 left, Gurdaspur bt Ferozepur by 10 points, Hoshiarpur bt Barnala by 3 points and one turn, Patiala bt Tarn Taran by 6 points, Bathinda bt Nawan Sheha rby 2 points and 6 left.
Kabaddi (Pre Quarter Finals): Mukatsar bt Mohali 44-20, Kapurthala bt Hoshiarpur 40-10, Faridkot bt Jalandhar 74-47, Sangrur bt Tarn Taran 47-43, Patiala bt Gurdaspur 57-37, Sangrur bt Fatehgarh Sahib 79-20, Amritsar bt Bathinda 51-17.
Hockey: Mukatsar bt Patiala 4-2, Mansa bt Fatehgarh Sahib 2-0, Faridkot bt Nawan Shehar 2-1, Moga bt Gurdaspur 2-1, Barnala bt Mukatsar 4-1, Ferozepur bt Mansa 3-0.
Basketball (Quarter-finals): Bathinda bt Gurdaspur 47-24, Ferozepur bt Mansa 40-39, Muktsar bt Sangrur 64-28, Ludhiana bt Patiala 60-49.
Wrestling  (semi-finals): 42 kg. Satinder Singh (Fth) Bt Guriqbal Singh (Bth), Gurnaib Singh (Fdk) bt Satnam Singh (Jal). 46 kg:; Suraj (Asr) bt Lakhwinder Singh (Fzr), Rajwinder (Fdk) bt Onkar Rai (Kpt). 58 kg: Gurtej (Bth) bt Ajay (Gsp), Raj Kumar (Jal) bt Jagdeep (Bth). 63 kg: Gurmeet Singh (Fdk) bt Kulwinder (Bth), Lakhwinder Sondhi (NSh) bt Mandeep (Ldh).69 kg: Amandeep Kamboj (Frz) bt Ajay Kumar (Kpt), Satwant Singh (TT) bt Tejvir (Fth). 76 kg: Harpreet Singh (Frz) bt Jasvir Singh (Ldh), ipan (TT) bt Shehzad (Sng).
Table Tennis (semi-finals): Amritsar bt Nawan Shehar 3-0, Patiala bt Ropar 3-0.
Volleyball: Patiala bt Ludhiana 2-0, Tarn Taran bt Sangrur 2-0, Jalandhar bt Hoshiarpur 2-0, Faridkot bt Kapurthala 2-0.
Weightliifting: 50 kg: 1 Manjit Singh(Ldh),2 Harjit Singh (Jal), 3 Amarjt Guru(Nsh). 56 kg: 1 Arshdeep Singh(Bth), 2 Sheru Singh(Ldh), 3 Simarjit Singh (Kpt). 62 kg: 1 Nishan Singh(Kpt),2 Dilpreet Singh(Gsp), 3 Jasvir Singh (Nsh).
Judo: 42 kg : 1 Kumar Vikrant(Gsp), 2 Jaskirat(Asr), 3 Ramnik(Pta) and Lalit Kumar(Frz). 46 kg: 1 Shubham Bhagat(Ldh) , 2 Akashdeep(Gsp), 3 Harwinder Singh(TT) and Akshey Rana(Jal). 50 kg: 1 Jasbir Singh(Gsp), 2 Tejbir Singh(TT), 3 Bigraj(Frz) and Harshdeep Singh(Bth). 55 kg: 1 Lakshya Singh Rana(Jal), 2 Sandeep Kumar(Pta), 3 Jaswant Singh(Bth) and Balwinder Singh(Bth).
Athletics: High Jump: 1 Gurkirtan Singh (Gsp), 2 Satnam Singh (Bth), 3 Sandeep Singh (Fzr). 4x100m relay: 1 Gurdaspur 49.74s, 2 Tarn Taran 49.96s, 3 Fatehgarh Sahib 51.69s.

Punjab Shooting from October 31

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 29
 The 46th Punjab State Shooting Championship in Rifle/Pistol events will be held at PRSA Shooting Range, Phase – VI, Mohali from October 31 to November 3. Competitions will be held in senior, junior and sub-junior in both men and women categories. All NR/ISSF matches will be conducted according to NRAI Match book.
Entries will be accepted up to 11.00 a.m. on  October 31,at the Range venue. Entries will only be entertained /accepted through secretaries of the District Associations of shooters, who have attained minimum qualification scores (M.Q.S.) in the district Shooting Championship i.e. I.S.S.F. = 75% and N.R. = 50%.
Shooter taking part in junior category should be below 21 years on 31-12-2010 and youth category below 18 years as on 31-12-2010.
Shooters who attained Minimum Qualification Scores (MQS) will be eligible to participate in the XXth G.V. Mavalankar Shooting Championship being held at Guwahati (Assam) from 18th - 27th November, 2010. Entries of Shooters, qualified in 46th Punjab State Shooting Championship will be accepted at at the Range venue after the completion of the matches.

Amandeep Singh and Shikha fastest runners

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 28
Amandeep Singh of KLSD College, Ludhiana and Shikha of GGD SD College of Chandigarh became the fastest runners among men and women, respectively, in the Panjab University Inter-College Athletic Championships at the Panjab University Campur here today.
Amandeep Singh faced a stiff challenge from his colleague Ajay Tandon before winning 100 metres sprint for women in 10.71 seconds. Ajay clocked 10.82 seconds.  
Shikha won gold in 100 metres for women with a sprint of 12.72 seconds. Rajpreet Saini of GTB Kh. College Women, Dasuya timee 12.87 seconds.

Results men):  100m: 1 Amandeep Singh (KLSD College, Ludhiana) 10.71; 2  Ajay Tandon (KLSD College, Ludhiana )10.82; 3 Gurpreet Singh (SGGS Kh. College, Mahilpur) 10.97. 800 m: 1 Bhupinder Singh (SGGS College, Chandigarh) 1:59.19; 2 Trilochan Singh (SGGS College, Chandigarh) 1:59.52; 3 Parwinder Singh (KLSD College, Ludhiana) 2:00.31. 10,000 m: 1 Rakesh (SGGS College, Chandigarh) 34:08.12; 2 Mandeep Singh (SCD Govt. College, Ludhiana) 34:09.65; 3 Inderjit Singh, SGGS College, Chandigarh) 34:59.85. Shot put: 1 Gagandeep (DAV College, Chandigarh) 14.51 m; 2 Gurdev Singh (LLR Govt. College, Dhudike) 13.62 m; 3 Ranjot Singh (GPC, Alour(Khanna) 12.57 m.
Women: 100 m: 1 Shiksha (GGD SD College, Chandigarh) 12.77; 2 Rajpreet Saini (GTB Kh. College Women, Dasuya) 12.87; 3 Karamjit Kaur (Dev Samaj College Women, Ferozepur) 13.57. 800 m: 1 Kulwinder Kaur (GGS College for Women, Chandigarh) 2:18.00; 2 Rajni (SGGS Kh. College Mahilpur) 2:29.53; 3 Rubina Sharma (GGS College for Women, Chandigarh) 2:30.47. 10,000 m: 1Harinder Kaur, GTB Kh. College for Women, Dasuya) 46:06.60; 2 Amandeep Kaur (GGS College for Women, Chandigarh) 48:43.44; 3 ejinderpal Kaur (Dasmesh Girls College, Mukerian) 51:02.66. Shot put: 1 Lovemeet Kaur (Dasmesh Girls College, Badal) 10.50 m, 2 Amarjit Kaur(SGG Janta Girls College, Raeot) 8.60 m; 3 Harshran (MCM DAV College for Women, Candigarh) 8.53 m.
Men (Evening and Education Colleges) C-Division: 100m: 1 Chet Ram (DAV College of Education, Abohar 12.09); 2 Gurwinder Singh (MD College for Education, Abohar) 12.13; Pawandeep Singh (BCM College of Education, Ludhiana) 12.6. 800 m: 1 Ranjit Singh (Lala Jagat Narayan Education College, Jalalabad) 2:14.35; 2 Paramjit Kumar (DAV College of Education, Fazilka) 2:18.06; 3 Parkash Chand (Kenway College of Educaton, Abohar) 2:23.81.  Shot put: 1 Hardev Singh  (GHG Kh. College of Education, Abohar) 9.69 m; 2 Palwinder Singh (Surjeet Memorial College of Edu. Malwal) 9.49 m; 3 Lakhveer Singh (JD College of Education, Muktsar) 9.42 m.
Women (Education Colleges) C-Division: 100m: 1 Amanpreet (Govt. College of Education, Chandigarh) 15.21; 2 Maya Devi (DAV College of Education, Abohar) 15.54; 3 Bindu Kamboj (DAV College of Education, Abohar) 15.60. 800m: 1 Rupinder Kaur (Doraha College of Education,Doraha) 3:09.92; 2 Kumari Deepa ( DAV College of Education, Abohar) 3:11.65; 3 Amaneep Kaur (Malwa Central College of Education, Ludhiana) 3:17.06. Shot put: 1 Gurbinder Kaur (Dasmesh Girls College of Education, Badal )10.64 m; 2 Kanwaljit Kaur (SDS College of Education, Lopon) 8.27 m; 3 Navdeep Sandhu (GHGH College of Education, Sidhwan Khurd) 7.73 .

Field day for Haryana throwers in Haridwar

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HARIDWAR, OCT 28 
Haryana had a field day in the National Inter-District Athletic Championship here today. In the field events, the Bhiwani throwers when throwers claimed new meet records in shot put and discus.
In the boys under-16 years in shot put Monu of Bhiwani threw the iron ball to 15.46 metres and created a new meet record. Shakti Solanki of Delhi and Vivek Kumar of Una District of Himachal Pradesh won the silver and bronze with a performance of 15.09 metres and 14.65 metres, respectively.
Another good performance and a new meet record came in discus throw in same category when Yogesh touched the 46 metres mark and hurled the discus to 46.26 metres. Shashank of Varanasi (UP) claimed for silver by hurling the discus to 42.71metres while Varun Taneja got bronze with 37.78 metres.
Sanaya Hoshang of Mumbai became the fastest girl of the meet when she clocked 13.09s in 100 metres girls under-16 category and whisked the meet record by .01s as the old record of the meet is 13.08s followed by Sujata Nag of Hazaribag (Jharkhand) 13.74s and Shiby AP of Alappuzha (Kerala) 13.79s who won the silver and bronze, respectively.

Ranjit Kumar and Simardeep win gold medals

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FEROZEPUR, OCT 28
Ranjit Kumar of Kapurthala bagged gold in 1500 metres final on the inaugural day of the Punjab State Rural Games for Boys (Under – 16) being hosted by the Punjab Sports Department at the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Stadium here today. Ranjit covered the distance in 4:16.67. Lovejot Singh of Gurdaspur got silver clocking 4:21.38s and Vivek Kumar of Mohali won bronze in 4:22.25.
Simardeep Singh of Ludhiana won gold in shot put with a throw of 10.69 metres, Premjot Singh of Ferozepur claimed silver with 9.90 metres and Sarbjot Singh of Gurdaspur got bronze with a distance of 9.82m.
Earlier, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Revenue Sukhpal Singh Nannu was the chief guest and he took salute from 2600 participants from all over the state and declared the Games open. Deputy Commissioner Kamal Kishor Yadav welcomed the chief guest.
Speaking on the occasion, Sukhpal singh also congratulated the whole sports fraternity in the state for the performance shown by the Punjabi medal winners in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. He disclosed that Punjab Government was going to honor the medal winners of the Commonwealth Games very soon. He announced that according to the new Sports Policy, the Punjab Government. will encourage sports persons with handsome cash prizes. The Olympic gold medal winner will receive a cash prize of Rs. 2.25 crore, silver medalist will get Rs. 1.1 crore and the bronze medalist will be given Rs. 51 lakh.
Punjab Sports Department Padma Shree Pargat Singh thanked the chief guest and other guests present on the occasion. He inspired the participants to keep themselves fit physically as well as mentally for the competitions. The torch bearing ceremony was performed by international athlete Gursahib Singh, Ram Lal, Navsher Singh (hockey), Sukhchain Singh (athletics) and Veerandeep Sodhi (rifle shooting). Gagandeep Singh national gold medalist in basketball took the oath on behalf of all the participants.
Results: Handball (1st Round): Ferozepur bt Sangrur 18-14, Faridkot bt Fatehgarh Sahib 19-5, Hoshistpur bt Bathinda 20-14, Mukatsar btt Mohali 20-7.
Volleyball (1st Round): Tarn Taran bt Bathinda 2-0, Mansa bt Ropar 2-1.
Hockey: Mukatsar bt Patiala 4-2
Basketball: Sangrur bt Fatehgarh Sahib 38-10, Ludhiana bt Kapurthala 37-32
Kabaddi (1st Round): Mukatsar bt Nawan Shehar 51-24, Kapurthala bt Mansa 38-17, Faridkot bt Moga 60-36.

Kho – Kho (1st Round): Bathinda bt Ropar 13 points one Innings, Patiala bt Fatehgarh Sahib 6 points and one turn, Nawan Shehar bt Faridkot 22-4.

Jhajjar's Poonam wins gold in javelin for girls u-16

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HARIDWAR, OCT 27
The 8th National Inter District Athletics Championships was inaugurated by  Vimal Kumar, Executive Director BHEL here today.
Poonam from Jhajjar District of Haryana won the first gold medal in the javelin throw under Girls 16 years. She threw the Javelin to a distance of 28.60m followed by Mamta of Bhatinda District of Punjab with a distance of 27.11m and Nisha Yadav (Meerut – UP) 25.09m who clinched the silver and bronze respectively of the event.
In the high jump Girls under 14 years Tumla Bouri of Manbhum District of West Bengal won the Gold Medal with a performance of 1.35m followed by Sushmita Mallick (Siliguri – West Bengal) who cleared the height of 1.33m and won the Silver. Puja Kumari of Rudraprayag (Uttar Pradesh) secured the Bronze medal with a performance of 1.31m.
Mandeep of Pune created a new meet record on the track. He touched the tape with a timing of 1:58.07s and erased the 6 years old record of 2:01.56s in the name of Ajit Kumar of Meerut-UP. Suresh Kumar of Haridwar won the Silver of the event with a performance of 1:59.26s followed by Rakesh Sharma of Pune 2:00.55s.

Stage set for Punjab Ruraql Games for U-16 boys

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FEROZEPUR, OCT 27
In the quest of making the Panchayat Yuva Krida aur Khel Abhiyan (PYKKA) Scheme result-oriented the Punkab Sports Department will organize Punjab State Rural Games for Boys under – 16 at the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Stadium from October 28 to 31. As many as 2600 players from all over the State are participating in 15 sports disciplines and around 200 officials have been deputed for the smooth conduct of the games.
Punjab Sports Director Padamshree Pargat Singh said that the selected players under the “Catch them Young Scheme” the players would be placed in different wings/camps for advanced and scientific training to participate in the coming National Rural Sports Meet. He also informed that like Ferozepur, tournaments will also be conducted at different venues for the promotion of rural sports in this year. The department has made an effort to involve about 1.50 lakh players of rural background under the scheme of Central Government's PYKKA Scheme.
Pargat Singh said that the PYKKA secheme was launched in 2008-09. This scheme was started because 75% of the total population of India lives in villages but the sports facilities are lacking there. The sports projects are limited only to major cities and only 2.00 crore youth avail sports facilities through Youth Clubs, Sports Clubs and other means.
Pargat Singh informed that competitions would be conducted in athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, football, gymnastics, hockey, handball, judo, kho kho, kabaddi, table tennis, volleyball, weightlifting, and wrestling.
According to Harpal Singh Kanwar, Deputy Director Sports, Patiala Division, volleyball will be conducted at Malwa Khalsa Sr. Sec/ School, hockey, basketball and boxing at the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Engineering College, wrestling at Govt. Sr. Sec/ School for Boys, badminton and table tennis in Indoor Hall, football at Railway Stadium, judo at Govt. Sr. Sec/ School for Girls, kabaddi, kho-kho, handball, weightlifting, athletics and gymnastics will be conducted at Shaheed Bhagat Singh Stadium itself.
Sukhpal Singh Nannu, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Revenue, Punjab would be the chief guest on the opening day while Janmeja Singh Shekhon, Irrigation Minister, Punjab would be the chief guest at the the prizes distribution function.

Sacred Heart retain NZ CBSE Chess trophy

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 25
The under-14 team of Sacred Heart Convent, Sector 26 retained the North Zone CBSE Chess in New Delhi on Sunday and qualified for the National CBSE Chess to held in Durgapur in West Bengal from November 28 to December 2.
Sacred Heart scored a perfect 10 winning all their five rounds beating five Delhi schools namely Carmel Convent, DPS, Modern School Vasant Vihar, Sadhu Vasvani, and Maharaja Agarsain Public School.
Led by Arunima Goyal of Class VII, the team comprised Tanya Kaushal, Tarini Goyal, Kashish Kaushal and Kritika Kapila.. Individually, these girls scored 19.5 out of 20 points, making a clean sweep of all the board prizes in their category.
Sacred Heart under-19 team too qualified for the National meet by finishing fourth  the North Zone Championship. Team comprised Ayooshi Tokhi (captain), Neha Goyal, Arshjot Kaur and Sonakshi Kathuria.
Sister Sebastina, Principal of the School has congratulated the girls on winning the title for the second time in succession. .

DAV Model-15 lift CBSE Football

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PINJORE (HARYANA), OCT 24

D.A.V. Model School Sector 15 defeated Shishu Niketan Model Senior Secondary School by 2-0 in the final of the Central Board of Secondary Education Cluster XIII Football Tournament at St. Vivekanand Millennium School, HMT Township, here today. Manish scored both goals for the winners.
For the third and fourth positions, Durga Public School, Solan beat Delhi Public School, Pinjore by 2-0. Satish Sharma and Robin Sandhu scored one goal each for the winning team.
Earlier, in semi-finals, D.A.V. Model School Sector 15, Chandigarh won against Delhi Public School, Pinjore by 3-0. Harpreet scored two goals and Amit scored one goal for the winning team.
In the second semi-finals, Shishu Niketan Model Sr. Sec. School, Chandigarth defeated Durga Public School, Solan by 3-1. The match was decided in a tie breaker. Aarshpreet, Rajan Negi and Sahil scored goals for the winning team.
Prakash Sharan, Executive Director, HMT Ltd was the chief guest and distributed the prizes. Manish Mundri of D.A.V. Model School, Sector-15 Chandigarh was crowned the best player of the tournament. The day ended with the concluding speech of President SMC, Flg. Off. Piyush Punj.

Geeta and Babita wrestlers felicitated

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 24
 Star wrestlers Geeta and Babita, from village Balali district Bhiwani, Haryana who bagged gold and silver medals, respectively, in recently concluded Commonwealth Games were felicitated at IDBI Bank Officers’ Colony here.

Both wrestlers were on a visit to their cousin Satpal Sangwan, Assistant Manager of bank. They shared their experience and said that their next aim was to win gold medals in Olympics.

Manjit Kaur and Mandeep Kaur honoured

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 24
The Punjab Basketball Association at a special function held at the Punjab Police Academy, Philllaur honoured silver medal winning men's team of 2009-10, in the 60th Senior National Basketball Championship and also honoured  the 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medalists in 4x400 metres relay Inspector Manjit Kaur and  Mandeep Kaur, silver medal winner in discus Harwant Kaur.
Chief National boxing coach GS Sandhu, chief national wrestling coach. Ranbir Singh Sidhu, coach of Inspector Manjit Kaur and Mandeep Kaur Baljinder Singh  were also felicitated.  R.S. Gill, President, Basketball Federation of India and Punjab Basketball Association RS Gill, IPS (Retd) presided over the function.

Prominent personalities who attended the function were: Raja K.S. Sidhu, Secy. Genl. POA., Sh. Ishwar Singh, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Ludhiana & Sr. Vice President, Punjab Basketball Association, Sh. Raksesh Aggrawal, IPS, Vice President, Punjab Basketball Association, Sh. Teja Singh Dhaliwal, Secy. Genl, Punjab Basketball Association, Sh. Kartar Singh, IPS, Padma Shri, Sh. Surinder Singh Sodhi, IPS, Arjuna Awardee, Sh. Balbir Singh (Railways), Olympic Gold Medalist Hockey.

Vijay Kumar holds his nerve to win Haryana Open

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PANCHKULA, OCT 23
 Vijay Kumar of Lucknow edged out Sri Lanka’s Anura Rohana by one-stroke to win the Haryana Open 2010. Vijay, who was not in the best of form on the final day prevailed at the end despite shooting a one over 73 in round four. Vijay totaled 12 under 276 for the tournament while Anura’s final round 67 helped him end the week with a total of 11 under 277.
When Vijay Kumar (65-66-72-73) sank the four feet putt for par on the final hole to win the tournament, he heaved a sigh of relief, as this was his first win in almost five years and also his breakthrough win on the Aircel PGTI.
Vijay, the overnight leader by six shots, began the final round with a birdie on the first hole. The Lucknow golfer then squandered away his lead as he hit some poor tee shots that resulted in bogeys on the second, fifth and ninth. Anura Rohana (66-70-74-67) at the same time drew level with Vijay as he earned as many as six birdies from the third to the 12th thanks to his fabulous short-game.
Rohana made bogey-birdie on the 14th and 15th to stay on level terms with Vijay. However, the match swung decisively in Vijay’s favour when he converted a 15 feet birdie putt on the 17th. The overnight leader
finally closed it out with a par on the 18th as Rohana failed to pick up birdies on the last three holes.
Vijay’s win earned him a cheque worth Rs. 646,600 and helped him climb from 13th to sixth on the Rolex Rankings.
Anura Rohana finished runner-up at the PGC for the second time this year. Anura’s five under 67 was the best score of the final round.
Mukesh Kumar finished third at nine under 279 while Shankar Das claimed fourth position with a total of eight under 280. Ashok Kumar and C Muniyappa shared fifth place at six under 282 and Harendra Gupta (one over 289) at tied 10th achieved the best finish among all the Chandigarh golfers.
Gaganjeet Bhullar and Chandigarh’s Sujjan Singh shared 12th place at two over 290.

DAV College win PU Inter-College Tennis trophy

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 23
DAV College, Sector -10 prevailing Panjab University Campus  by 2-1 in the final of the Panjab University Inter-College Tennis Championship at Panjab University Tennis Complex here today.
Mandeep Singh Gill raised hopes of PU Campus by beating Gurmohit Singh in straight sets 6-3, 6-However, Suraj Benwal restored parity for DAV College by beating Shikhar Gadh 6-2, 6-1 in the second singles. Then Suraj Beniwal and Gurmohit snuffed out the challenge of PU Campus duo of Mandeep Gill and Simerveer by beating them by 6-2, 6-4 to clinch the title.
Results (finals): DAV bt. PU 2-1 (Gurmohit Singh lost to Mandeep Gill 3-6, 2-6, Suraj Beniwal bt Shikhar Gadh 6-2,6-1, Suraj Beniwal and  Gurmohit bt Mandeep and Simerveer 6-2,6-4).
For 3rd place: SGGS Khalsa College(CHD) beat GHG Khalsa College (Sudar) 2-1

Vikas Punia and Sonia claim gold in thorw events

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FARIDABAD, OCT 23

Vikas Punia of Bhiwani released the disc to a distance of 55.30 metres to win gold medal in men’s discus throw event in the Haryana State Games here today. His teammate Vikas got silver as his throw was measured 50.25 metres. Sonia of Rohtak threw the iron ball to a distance o 12.75 metres for gold medal for women. Rinku, also of Rohtak finished a close second with 12.75 metres.
Results: Athletics (Men): Discus: 1. Vikas Punia (Bhiwani) 55.30 m, 2. Vikas (Bhiwani) 50.25 m, 3. Lakhwinder (Ambala) 46.56 m. High Jump: 1. Pradeep Kumar (Panchkula) 2.03 m, 2. Shikander (Bhiwani) 1.95 m, 3. Sandeep (Hisar) 1.95 m. Women: High jump: 1. Reena (Haryana Police) 1.66 m, 2. Arti (Shah Satnam Sirsa) 1.60 m, 3. Neeraj (Kurukshetra) 1.45 m. Javelin: 1. Promila (Haryana Police) 47.62 m, 2. Gurpreet (Shah Satnam Sirsa) 41.50 m, 3. Poonam (Fatehbad) 25.86 m. Shot Put: 1. Sonia (Rohtak) 12.75 m, 2. Rinku (Rohtak) 12.70 m, 3. Sushila (Panchkula) 10.90 m.
Seema of Rohtak (57 kg), Nidhi of Gurgaon (63 kg), Rekha of Shah Satnam, Sirsa (78 kg) bagged gold medals in their respective categories in the judo competitions for women. Manjeet of Rohtak (73 kg), Virender of Rohtak (90 kg) and Karanbir of Mahendergarh (100 kg) claimed gold in their respective classes in the men’s section.
Judo: (Women): 57 kg. 1. Seema (Hisar), 2. Suman (Rohtak), 3. Veena (Sirsa) and Ramandeep (Shah Satnam, Sirsa). 63 kg: 1. Nidhi (Gurgaon), 2. Meena (H.A.P.), 3. Anjali (Hisar) and Sarawjeet (Sirsa). 70 kg: 1. Ritu (Shah Satnam, Sirsa), 2. Savita (H.A.P.), 3. Samiksha (Hisar) and Deepika (Gurgaon). 78 kg 1. Rekha (Shah Satnam, Sirsa) 2. Sushma (Sonepat) 3. Priyanka (Hisar) and Ritu (Rohtak). Men: 73 kg: 1. Manjeet (Rohtak), 2. Ramrattan (Hisar), 3. Rakesh (Sonepat) and Sokti (Haryana Police). 81 kg: 1. Ramesh (Haryana Police), 2. Joginder (Kaithal) 3. Sandeep (Jhajjar) and Sukhwinder (Sonepat). 90 kg: 1. Virender (Rohtak), 2. Rahul (Shah Satnam Sirsa), 3. Somveer (Jhajjar) and Naveen (Hisar). 100 kg: 1. Karanbir (Mahendergarh), 2. Prikshit (Rohtak), 3. Anil (H.A.P.) and Rajender (Sah Satnam Sirsa).
Weighllifting (Men): 56 kg: 1. Manipal (Rohtak), 2. Vikas (Bhiwani), 3. Aajay Kumar (Bhiwani). 62 kg: 1. Rajesh (Bhiwani), 2. Surender (Rohtak), 3. Dinesh (Jhajjar).
Taekwondo (Girls)- 46 kg. – 1. Kiran (Sonepat) 2. Kajal (Yamunanagar) 3. Prerna (Ambala) and Simran (Panipat), 46 to 49 kg. – 1. Soniya Verma (Panipat) 2. Sukriti (Yamunanagar) 3. Rashmi (Rewari) and Manju Sonepat), 49 to 53 kg. – 1. Jayati (Yamunanagar) 2. Rakhi (Panipat) 3. Renu (Faridabad) and Anil (Sirsa).
Fencing Final – Epee (Women Team) – 1. Panipat 2. Panchkula 3. Yamuna Nagar and Palwal, Sobre (Women Team) – 1. Karnal 2. Jind 3. Yamuna Nagar and Panchkula.
Karate Do Men Final – 44 Kg. – 1. Gagan Virk (Kurukshetra) 2. Naveen Kumar (Kaithal) 3. Mohit (Fatehbad) and Subhash (Hisar).
Badminton Semifinal (Women) – Panchkula bt Gurgaon 2-0, Faridabad bt Sonepat 2-0, (Men) – Sonepat bt Gurgaon 2-0, Panchkula bt Bhiwani 2.0.
Rollar Hockey (Q-Final) Men – Kurukshetra bt Panipat 10-0, Yamuna Nagar draw Karnal 1-1, Kurukshetra bt Panipat 8-2, Faridabad bt Karnal 7-1, Faridabad bt Karnal 1-0, Panipat bt Panchkula 7-3. Women – Sirsa (Sah Satnam Sirsa) bt Hisar 6-0, Yamuna Nagar bt Hisar 4-3, Sirsa (Sah Satnam Sirsa) bt Yamuna Nagar 7-0.
Koh-Koh (Men)- Kaithal bt Karnal 18-14, Rohtak bt Sonepat 13-12, Women – Hisar bt Fatehbad 8-7, Bhiwani bt Faridabad 12-6.
Chess (Men) – Faridabad first after second round with 7-1/2 points, Gurgaon second with 6 points and Rohtak third with 6 points. Women- After second round Sonipat with 8 points, Faridabad 8 points Rohtak & Gurgaon 6 point each.
Net Ball (Women) Leauge Matches – Sonepat bt Rohtak 22-19, Jhajjar bt Faridabad 20-17, Sirsa bt Bhiwani 30-15, Karnal bt Yamuna Nagar 15-13, Sonepat draw Sirsa 18-18, Jhajjar draw Karnal 17-17. Men – Rohtak bt Fatehbad 20-15, Sonepat bt Bhiwani 28-24, Panipat draw Jhajjar 22-22 and Karnal bt Yamuna Nagar 31-26.
Boxing (Men) – 56 to 60 kg – Deepak (Karnal) bt Krishan (Rewari), 49 to 52 kg. – Keemat (Karnal) bt Bharat (Mewat) and Naveen (Yamuna Nagar) bt Azad Babu (Faridabad). 52 to 56 kg- Sunil (Kaithal) bt Rahul (Faridabad), Manoj (Mewat) bt Himanshu (Rewari), Devinder (Gurgaon) bt Parduman (Sirsa), Yogesh Nain (Fatehbad) bt Manoj (Ambala), Dharambir (Karnal) bt Naveen (Rai), Rohit (Hisar) bt Mohan Rana (Panchkula), Pawan (Bhiwani) bt Sandeep (Haryana Police), Ashish Singh (Rohtak) bt Umesh (Palwal). 56 to 60 kg. – Bhuwan (Yamuna Nagar) bt Sachin (Rai), Balwinder (Haryana Police) bt Rohit (Ambala), Sahil Jaeswal (Panchkula) bt Kuldeep Singh (Sirsa), Karamvir (Hisar) bt Vikas Khatri (Rohtak), Inder (Faridabad) bt Ajmer (Gurgaon), Sandeep Dhull (Kaithal) bt Gurdeep (Fatehbad), Surender (Bhiwani) bt Nitesh (Mewat), Ravinder (Jind) bt Deepak (Karnal).
Kabaddi National Style (Men) – Jhajjar bt Faridabad 42-37, Haryana Police bt Sonepat 31-27, Bhiwani bt Rohtak 22-19. Women – Haryana Police bt Fatehbad 33-03, Bhiwani bt Panipat 41-13, Kurukshetra bt Faridabad 45-21
Circle Kabaddi (Men) – Faridabd bt Kaithal 35-19, Sonepat bt Jind 32-19. Women – Jhajjar bt Jind 37-28, Kurukshetra bt Sonepat 25-14.
Basketball (Men)- Haryana Police bt Palwal 79-34, Rohtak bt Panchkula 62-24, Sonepat bt Kaithal 70-51. Women – Rohtak bt Faridabad 41-15, Haryana Police bt Sonepat 48-31, Kurukshetra bt Jhajjar 32-12.

Pulkit and Shivani set the pool ablaze

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FARIDABAD, OCT 23
 Haryana Police clinched the women's wrestling championship with 20 points in the 24th Haryana State Games here today. Rohtak had to be content with runners-up position with 15 points while Jind  finished third with 12 points.
Pulkit of Sirsa and Shivani Kataria of Gurgaon se the swimming pool ablaze with their sterling performance by winning four gold medals each in the men's and women's secctions, respectivly.
  Pulkit of Sirsa swam to glory by winning first position in 200 metres freestyle for men by  clocking 2:11.11. Vinay of Jind got silver in 2:13.11 and Nikhil Rana of Gurgaon won bronze 2:21.4. In the women's 200 metres freestyle, Shivani Kataria of Gurgaon emerged winneer clocking 2:22.85, Amirit Pal of Sirsa got bronze in 2:58.52. Puneet of Sirsa finished third with 2:58.65.
Gurdeep of Gurgaon clocked 2:35.31 to  win 200 netres backstroke of men. Vinay of Jind got silver with 2:40.56 and Sumit of Jind finished third in 2:46.48.
 In 200 metres backstroke for women, Shalu of Gurgaon emerged winner by clocking 3:08.50 time while Approva of Rai got second place in 3:17.38. Gurjeet of Sirsa was third in 3:19:23.
 Pulkit of Sirsa completed a golden double as he clocked 2:27.85  in the men's 200 metres individual medal relay. Sumit Dalal of Jind settled for bronze by clocking 2:31.50. Gurdeep of Gurgaon finished third in 2:34.31.
The top hoour in the women section in this event was claimed by Shivani of Gurgaon who clocked 2:46.73. It was second gold for Shivani. Shalu of Gurgaon remained second with 2:50.45 while Apoorva of Rai finished third in 3:16.30.
In 100 metres butterfly for menVikas of Jind emerged winner in1:06.00 . Sachin of Haryana Police got second place in 1:07.41 and Yogesh of Sirsa was third with 1:08.15.
In women's 100 metres butterfly, Divya of Faridabad clocked 1:20.8 7for gold. Anveksha of Gurgaon got second place with 1:31.42 while Sweta of Rai finished third in 1:37.28.
Maintaining his supremacy Punkit of Sirsa clinched his third gold as he won effortless won the 100 metres freestyle event for men. He clocked 58.65 seconds. Sumit Dalal of Jind won second place with :59.61. Vinay of Jind finished third with 01:00.64.  In the women's 100 metres freestyle  event for women,  Shivani of Gurgaon emerged winner clocking 1:06.06 for her third gold. Amrit Pal of Sirsa was second as she clockd  1:18.16 and Puneet Pal of Sirsa got third place in 1:19.63 time..
 In 50 metres backstroke for men, Sumit of Jind got first place clocking 31:3.8.Gurdeep of Gurgaon remained second with 32:90 and Amarkant of Haryana Police finished third with 33:60. In the women category in this event Divya of Faridabad emerged winner clocking 38.24. Approva of Rai remained second with 41.50 and Rachna of Rai finished third with 42.00.
 Pulkit of Sirsa struck yet another gold,  his fourth by winning first position in 50  butterfly as he clocked 28.24 seconds, Vishal of Sirsa remained second with 28.81 seconds. Abhimanyu of Rohtak finished third with 29.18. In the women's 50 metres butterfly final, Shivani of Gurgaon got first place  byclocking 32.68. Divya of Faridabad remained second with33.6 3 and Approva of Rai finished third with 37.61 seconds.
Other results: Handball (Quarter-finals) Men)- Sirsa bt Jhajjar 32-17, HAP bt Rohtak 33-31, Jind bt Faridabad 26-24, Hisar bt Kaithal 24-17. Women: Hisar bt Kurukshetra 10-5, Jind bt Sirsa 15-5, Bhiwani bt Kaithal 15-6 and Panipat bt Shah Satnam Sirsa 20-13.
 Tennis (Quarter-final, men): Yamunanagar bt Sonepat 2-0 (Resham bt Amit by 8-0, Rohit bt Ajay by 8-4); Bhiwani bt Faridabad  2-1 (Bharat bt Anuj by 8-0, Vijay lost Maninder 1-8,1, Bharat-Vijay bt Maninder-Anuj by 8-5); Panchkula bt Rohtak  2-1 (Uttam bt Himanshu  8-0, Sanchit lost Harish 4-8, Uttam-Sanchit bt Harsh-Mahary  8-3). HSIIDC bt Jind 2-0 (Yogesh bt Amardeep 8-3, Vijayant bt Sunil  8-0).
Wrestling: Women: 48 kg: 1 Sudesh (Rohtak), 2 Pooja (Hisar), 3 Poonam (Fatehbad).  51 kg: 1 Neha Rathi (Haryana Police), 2 Sumesh (Rohtak), 3 Kavita (Jind). 55 kg: 1 Saroj (Haryana Police), 2 Bhatri (Sonepat), 3 Mukesh (Rohtak). 63 kg: 1 Promila (Haryana Police), 2 Kiran (Hisar), 3 Bharti (Jind). 59 kg: 1  Shiksha (Sonipat), 2 Jyoti (Jind), 3 Sana (Hisar). 67 kg: 1 Manjeet (Rohtak), 2  Santa (Sonepat), 3 Sunil (Haryana Police). 72 kg: 1 Pinki (Jind), 2 Monika (Haryana Police), 3 Dimpy.

Facile wins for JP World, Vivekanand Millennium

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PINJORE (HARYANA), OCT 23
J.P. World School, Jammu began their campaign with an impressive 4-0 triumph over Alpine School of Pinjore in the inaugural group A match of the CBSE Cluster XIII Football Tournament at St. Vivekananad Millennium School HMT Township here today.
The highlight of the match was a fine performance by Amir Hussiain who scored three goals. Faisal Aziz contributed one goal to complete the winners’ tally.
In another Group A outing, hosts St. Vivekanand Millennium School drubed Jainendra Public School, Panchkula by 3-0. Kartik, Bhavuk and Suraj were the goal scorers.
Delhi Public School of Chandigarh blanked Pandit Mohan S.D Public School, Chandigarh by 3-0. Subham scored two goals and Aditya scored one.
Vivek International School, Baddi eked a solitary goal against Eklavya Model Residential School, Nichar. Rishab Kalia scored the match-winner.
In Group B fixture, Sophia Convent School, Kalka beat Eicher School, Parwannoo by 2-1. Simranjeet and Sagar scored one goal each for the winners.
K.C. International School, Jammu beat Army Public School, Chandimandir by 3-1. Jayant Sharma, Yudhir, Aman scored one goal each for the winning team.
Satluj Public School, Panchkula proved too good for Laureate Public School, Shimla whom they beat by 3-0. Dikshit Sirkeck, Prakash Dadhwal and Ankit Chaudhary scored goals for the winning team.
Earlier, Mr. R.J. Khanderao, Regional Officer, CBSE, Panchkula inaugurated the tournament. Mrs. Usha Bali welcomed the chief guest.
Lush green fields, jaw dropping football squad, breathtaking extravaganza and scintillating Haryanvi dance marked the opening ceremony.
Besides Flg. Off. Piyush Punj, President, SMC among the dignitaries who graced the ceremony were School Director Mrs. Kamal Rai, members of SMC, Principals of different schools, HMT Officials, Managers and coaches of different schools and CBSE Observer Dr. Amrinder Singh Mann.

Haryana CM inaugurates State Games

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 22
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today inaugurated the four-day long 24th Haryana State Games amidst a riot of colour in Faridabad.  As many as 2872 men and 2524 women players representing 21 districts and five other teams are participating in 29 sports disciplines.

Addressing the players, the Chief Minister announced a grant of Rs 25 lakh to the Haryana Olympic Association (HOA).
Earlier while talking to media persons at the Sports Complex, he said that the real credit of bringing glory to the state and the nation in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) goes to the players as the government and the Haryana Olympic Association could only provide assistance and other support.
Mr Hooda said that the state of Haryana is known as a state of farmers and soldiers. The players from the state performed in both fields as they won medals in wrestling and boxing, which are the games of power and strength and the farmers have plenty of them. Nine wrestlers and boxers had won nine gold medals for the country in CWG. Similarly the Haryana shootooters won nine gold medals in the New Delhi Commonwealth Games.
Mr. Hooda expressed hope that the players from Haryana would also perform well in the coming Asian Games and next Olympic Games.
Haryana Power Minister Mr Mahender Pratap Singh, Revenue Minister Mr Shiv Charan Lal Sharma, HOA President Mr PV Rathee, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mr Chhattar Singh, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr Shiv Raman Gaur, Political Adviser to Chief Minister Prof. Virender Singh, Media Adviser to Chief Minister, Mr Sunder Pal Singh, Haryana Basket Ball Association President Mr Ravinder Singh Hooda, MLAs Mr Anand Kaushik, Mr Raghubir Singh Tewatia, Former MP Mr Jai Parkash, Mayor Ashok Arora, District Congress president Mr B.R. Ojha, Director Sports Mr OP Singh and number of senior leaders and officers were present on the occasion.
CWG medalist Anisha Sayyad, Anuraj Singh, Deepak Sharma, Nirmala, Suman Kundu and number of international players were also present at the inaugural function.

Amyjot and Nagma to lead Punjab

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 22
International Amyjot Singh of Ludhiana Basketball Academy and international Nagma Mirza of Ludhiana District will lead will lead Punjab boys and girls teams, respectively, in the 61st Junior National Championship for men and women to be held at Navi Mumbai from October 24 to 31, according to Punjab Basketball Association general secretary Teja Singh Dhaliwal.
Teams: Boys: Amyjot Singh (captain), Kamalpreet, Jaskaran Singh, Manpreet Singh, Sunil Bajaj, Baljit Singh, Bikramjot Singh, Kamaldeep Singh, Gurdeep Singh, Jimm Joy, Tejinder Pal Singh, Guriqbal Singh. Coach: Dr S Subramaniam. Manager: BS Brra. Physio: Jobin Mathew.
Girls: Nagma Mirza (captain), Gurpreet Kaur, Sandhya, Charandeep Kaur, Mamta, Poonam Rani, Subhi Mohan and Taranpreet Kaur. Coach: Devinder Pal Singh. Manager: Kiranjit Kaur.

Vijay Kumar poised to win tittle

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PANCHKULA, OCT 22
Vijay Kumar of Lucknow fired an even par 72 to take his total to 13 under 203 on a day that witnessed only one under par score as a result of the strong winds ib the Haryana Open here today. With this Vijaqy was leading by six strokes on the penultimate day. Mukesh Kumar of Mhow lies second at seven under 209 as he too shot a 72.
Vijay Kumar (65-66-72) closed in on his maiden title on the Aircel PGTI even as gusty winds that swept across the Panchkula Golf Club, made life difficult for the professionals. The former Indian Open champion brought all his experience to the fore by adjusting his hitting and putting according to the windy conditions.
Even though Vijay began with a bogey on the first, he more than made up for that with birdies on the third, sixth, 11th and 14th. He hit some great approach shots to set up birdie putts within six feet on the third, sixth and 14th. On the par-four 11th, the veteran drove the green and two-putted from 15 feet for birdie.
Vijay then stumbled with a double bogey on the par-five 15th where he hit the green in four shots and then three-putted from 10 feet. The Lucknow golfer managed to pull one stroke back with a birdie on the 16th but a poor tee shot led to a bogey on the very next hole. Vijay found the fairway bunker on the 18th and as a result dropped another bogey to close the day with a round of 72.
Mukesh Kumar’s (70-67-72) round of 72 included five birdies and five bogeys. He is currently second as he trails the leader by six strokes at seven under 209.
Anura Rohana (66-70-74) of Sri Lanka is third at six under 210.
Shankar Das’ two under 70 was the only under par score of the day and thus placed him in tied fourth at five under 211 along with C Muniyappa and Ashok Kumar.
Harendra Gupta of Chandigarh and Jalandhar’s Balwinder Singh Mattu are tied ninth at even par 216.

Jalandhar annex overall trophy

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PATIALA, OCT 22
Jalandhar bagged the overall trophy by logging 25 points in the Punjab State Women Games organized by the Punjab Sports Department at Raja Bhalendhra Singh Stadium, Polo Ground here today. Sangrur finished runners-up with 21 points and Ludhiana were third by 17 points.
Last year’s runners-up and seeded second Sangrur defeated third seed Jalandhar in the badminton final in straight two sets. Damanpreet Kaur of Sangrur outplayed Shehnaz Khan 21-9, 21-12. In doubles Damanpreet and Mariam defeated Rajwinder and Jaspreet Kaur 15-21,21-13,21-15. Ludhiana and Nawan Shehar were joint third.
Hosts Patiala drubbed Jalandhar by 2-0 to emerge winners in tennis. Ropar won the Bronze medal who blanked Amritsar by 2-0 to claim third position.
Amritsar won gold in Basketball by defeating Ludhiana by 42-27 points in the final while Jalandhar outclassed Kapurthala 41-17 for the third place.
In gymnstics Naginder of Gurdaspur won gold in balancing beam by 11.31 points. Sangeeta of Patiala got silver with 10.40 and Monika of Gurdaspur got bronze by 10.30 points. In floor exercise Monika and Rohika of Gurdaspur won gold and silver by getting 11.50 and 11.00, respectively. Sangeeta of Patiala got silver with 10.95 points.
Sangrur clinched kho-kho title by defeating Jalandhar by 5 points (7-4,10-8). Ludhiana defeated Patiala by 5 points (9-4,8-8) for the bronze medal.
Jalandhar had to sweat out to grab gold in table tennis by prevailing over spirited defeated Amritsar 3-2 in the final. Ropar ousted Ludhiana 3-0 for the bronze medal.
The volleyball trophy went to Sangrur who defeated Mohali 3-1 in the final. The contest for the third and position was a cliff hanger in which Ludhiana just managed to beat Jalandhar by 3-2.
Navjot Kaur of Ludhiana emeged the fastest runner of the state as she run 100 metres dash in 12.54s and won the gold. Deepti of Jalandhar won silver in 12.68s and Harpal Kaur of Sangrur got bronze byclocking 12.86s.
Dominating the proceedings through the final Kapurthala won the gold in hockey as they outplayed Tarn Taran in all departments of the game as they raced to an impressive 8-1 verdict. Patiala outplayed Amritsar by 3-0 for bronze.
Earlier Patiala Deputy Commissioner Deepinder Singh welcomed the chief guest. Punjab Sports Director Padma Shree Pargat Singh thanked all the dignitaries present on the occasion. He also informed that the selected players from this tournament would represent Punjab in the forthcoming National Sports Games.

Newly appointed Punjab Finance Minister Dr. Upinderjit Kaur was the chief guest and gave away prizes to the winners. Speaking on the occasion she said that Punjab Government was making all efforts for promotion of sports in the state. She congratulated the medal winners of Commonwealth Games 2010-11. She praised all the medal winners especially athlete Manjit Kaur, who has been recently promoted from Inspector to DSP, discus thrower Krishna Punia and badminton star Saina Nehwal.

6200 players for Haryana State Games

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 21
 As many as 6,2OO players and technical officials in 29 sports disciplines would participate in four- day  24th Haryana State Games, said Haryana Olympic Association (HOA) president P.V. Rathee while addressing a press conference at Faridabad today. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda would the Games on Friday.

Competitions in athletics, basketball, gymnastic, handball, judo, kabaddi (National), kabaddi (Circle), kho kho, lawn-tennis, roller skating, swimming, table tennis, triathlon and volleyball  would be conducted at Sports Complex, Sector 12 Faridabad. Archery, boxing, chess, football, karate, netball, tekwondo, throw ball, weightlifting and wushu would be played at Nahar Singh Stadium, NIT. Badminton and wrestling matches would be conducted at NIT-3 Sports Complex and Fencing at 13 Panth Bhawan, Sector 10 Faridabad. Hockey and ten pin bowling would be conducted in Gurgaon.
HOA President said that some international players including the CWG gold medal winner  Krishna Poonia had already confirmed their participation and we have made suitable changes in sports schedule as per their convenience.
Our small state with just 2 per cent population had won maximum number of medals in CWG. The people’s support during the welcome of Queen’s Baton has endorsed the sports policy of the state government, he added.
"Our next target is Olympic Games", HOA president said. He said that Asian Games would be bit tough as the competition is stiffer. He said that shooting would be included in next state games.
HOA General Secretary Mr Narender Hooda, Media Adviser to Chief Minister Mr Sunder Pal Singh, OSD to Chief Minister & Haryana Basket Ball Association president Mr Ravinder Singh, District Olympic Association president & Deputy Commissioner Dr Pravin Kumar were also present on the occasion.

Sukhjit Kaur runs a good race for gold in 1500m

by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)PATIALA, OCT 21
Sukhjit Kaur of Bathinda ran a good race to clinch gold in the 1500 metres final by clocking 4:40.61 in the Punjab State Games for Women being organized by the Punjab Sports Department at the Raja Bhalindra Singh Stadium at the Polo Ground here today.
Kulwinder Kaur of Hoshiarpur finished a close second by clocking 4:43.09. The third place was clinched b, Navjoban Kaur, also of Hoshiarpur, who covered the distance in 4:47.11.
Navpreet Kaur brought cheers for the home crowd as she cleared the bar placed at 1.51 metres. Devi Punia got silver and Parneet Kaur of Sangrur bagged bronze with 1.49 metres and 1.40 metres, respectively.
Jalandhar routed Sangrur by 21-6 in the kabaddi final match. Ludhiana and Bathinda were declared jointly third.
Sangrur will meet Jalandhar in the kho-kho final match. In semi-finals Sangrur defeated Ludhiana by 6 points and one turn Jalandhar outplayed Patiala by 10 points.
Rohika of Gurdaspur won the gold in vaulting table by pocketing 11.15 points. Monika, also from Gurdaspur, won silver with 9.80 points and Sheena of Patiala got bronze with 9.60 points. In uneven bars Monika and Gulwinder of Gurdaspur won gold and silver by getting 10.80 and 10-15 points respectively . Seetu of Patiala got bronze with 8.70 points.
Results: Badminton (quarter-finals): Ludhiana bt Patiala 2-0, Jalandhar bt Ropar 2-0, Sangrur bt Bathinda 2-0, Nawan Shehar bt Amritsar 2-0. Semi-finals: Jalandhar bt Ludhiana 2-0, Sangrur bt Nawan Shehar 2-0.
Athletics: High jump: 1 Navpreet Kaur (Pta) 1.51 m, 2 Devi Punia (Mkt) 1.49 m 3 Parneet Kaur (Sang) 1.40 m. Javelin: 1 Rupinder Kaur (Jal) 42.22 m, 2 Harmanpreet Kaur (T.T) 38.45 m, 3 Kashmir Kaur (Jal) 36.01 m. 400 mh: 1 Bhupinder Kaur (Jal) 1:03.85, 2Anju Rani (Jal) 1:04.27, 3 Jaspreet Kaur (Bth) 1:06.81. 1500 m: 1 Sukhjit Kaur (Bth) 4:40.61, 2 Kulwinder Kaur (Hsp) 4:43.09, Navjoban Kaur (Hsp) 4:47.11. Long jump: 1 Kulwinder Kaur (Sng) 5.10m, 2 Balwinder Kaur (Jal) 4.99m, 3 Amar Kaur (Rpr) 4.83m.. 100 mh: 1 Arvinda (Jal) 14.15s, 2 Sumandeep Kaur (Gsp) 14.54, 3 Anju Rani (Jal) 15.88s. 4X400 m Relay: 1 Hoshiarpur 4:02.45, 2 Jalandhar 4:02.79, 2 Bathinda 4:14.18. Shot Put: 1 Patwant Kaur (Pta) 12.47 m, 2 Narinder Kaur (Jal) 12.38 m, 3 Manjit Kaur (Moh) 11.81 m.
Volleyball (Quarter-finals): Jalandhar bt Faridkot 3-1, Mohali bt Mukatsar 3-0, Ludhiana bt Amritsar 3-0, Sangrur bt Moga 3-0.
Hockey: Amritsar bt Gurdaspur 10-0, Patiala bt Ludhiana 3-2, Tarn Taran bt Jalandhar 4-0.
Kho-Kho (Quarter-finals): Sangrur bt Ropar 11-2, Jalandhar bt Amritsar 9-2,15-1, Ludhiana bt Mansa13-1, Patiala bt Hoshiarpur 7-4 ,8-6.

Panjab University bag NZ Varsity Badminton

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 21

Panjab University Chandigarh won the North Zone Inter University Badminton (Men) Championship by routing Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar by 3-0 in the final at the Panjab University Gymnasium here today.
International Oscar Bansal gave Panjab University a flying start by beating Bhuwan by 21-16, 21-3 in the first singles match. Saurav Kapoor doubled the margin with a 21-9, 21-14 in the second singles. Oscar and Saurav clinched the title as they beat GND Varsity pair of Love Kumar and Sahil 21-6, 21-13 in the doubles.
Delhi University, Delhi defeated Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh by 3-2 in a match to decide the third and fourth places, respectively.
Results (final): Panjab University, Chandigarh bt Aligarh Muslim Univ. Aligarh 3-0 (Oscar Bansal bt Bhuwan 21-16, 21-13, Saurav Kapoor bt Love Kumar 21-9, 21-14, Oscar & Saurav bt Love Kumar & Sahil 21-06, 21-13).
For 3rd and 4th places: Delhi University bt Aligarh Muslim Univ., Aligarh 3-2 ( Ankit lost to Anurag 18-21, 15-21, Ashish bt Prabhat 21-17, 21-9, Uddipta & Ashish lost to Anurag & Rasheed 18-217, 10-21, Uddipta bt Rasheed 22-20, 21-16, Ankit & Abhinav bt Prabhat & Saurav 21-16, 21-17).
Padam Shri Prof. R.C. Sobti, Vice Chancellor Panjab University, Chandigarh gave away the prizes to the winners.

Haryana CWG non-medallists to get Rs 2 lakh each

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 21

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said that all those Haryana players who had represented India at the recent Commonwealth Games, but were unable to win any medal, would be given Rs 2 lakh each.
He said that it has already been decided to give cash awards of Rs.15 lakh, Rs.10 lakh and Rs.five lakh to the winners of Gold,Silver and Bronze medals respectively in the Commonwealth Games.
He said that a total of 54 sportspersons of Haryana had participated in the Commonwealth Games and the players of the State bagged 32 medals including 17 Gold medals, seven Silver medals and eight Bronze medals. The Indian contingent had won a total of 101 medals, he added.
It may be recalled that on Mr Hooda’s initiative, the management of the Maruti Udyog Limited had agreed to give Maruti cars to all medal winners of Commonwealth Games, hailing from Haryana.
While keeping in view Maruti Udyog's long association with Haryana, the Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had taken up the matter with MUL Management in Japan which agreed to his proposal. Each of the gold medal winners will get SX4, Silver medal winners would get Maruti Dezire and Bronze medal winner would get WagonR.
He said that a State level function would be organised at Sonepat on the occasion of Haryana Day on November 1 to honour medal winners and participants of Commonwealth Games.

St Teresa Convent excel in Rajiv Gandhi Memorial

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 21
A 16-member team of St. Teresa Convent School, Sector 25, Panchkula claimed five gold, three silver and four bronze medals in the recently concljuded Ist Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Sub-Junior, Junior and Senior Boys/Girls SQAY Championship in Kurukshetra.
The meet was organised byy SQAY Association of Kurukeshtra under the auspices of SQAY Association of Haryana. More than 300 participants from various districts participated in the championship. The overall trophy went to the Panchkula. Boys and best player in District goes to Shivani of St. Teresa Convent School bagged the best player's award. Ramlal Bhatt (President of SQAY Association of Kurukeshtra) was the chief guest and distributed the prizes.
The medal winners for St Convent School were Boys Manik (gold), Vaibhav (gold), Parveen:(silver), Sahil Chaudhary (bronze), Mukul (bronze), Rajveer (bronze).
Girls: Shiwani (gold), Tanya (gold), Aarzoo (gold), Vimmi (silver), Pallvi (silver) and Poonam (bronze).

FIH receives two bids for 2014 World Cups

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 20
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has received two bids for the Men’s and Women’s World Cup tournaments which will bei organised in 2014. The last date of submission of bids expired on October 15, 2010.

Both submissions have come from European countries, with England and The Netherlands giving a clear commitment to host these show-piece events.
The bids, submitted by England Hockey and the Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond (KNHB) respectively, will be evaluated by the FIH over the coming weeks.
An official announcement regarding the awarding of the Men’s and Women’s World Cup events will be released during the forthcoming FIH Congress, which takes place between November 6 to 14, 2010 in Montreux (Switzerland).

PU face GDU Varsity in final

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 20
Hosts Punjab University, Chandigarh will cross swords with Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar in final of the North Zone Inter University Badminton (Men) Championship being played at the Panjab University Gymnasium Hall, here today.
PU and GND Varsities recordrd an identical 3-0 verdicts in the semi-final matches. GNDU oiusted Aligarh Musclin University while Panjab University outplayed Delhi University.
Results (semi-finals): G.N.D. University, Amritsar bt Delhi University, Delh 3-0 (Love Kumar bt Udita 21-15, 21-17, Abhimanu bt Abhinav 21-13, 21-13, Prabhjit & Jaswinder bt Udita & Ashish 21-19, 21-18).
Panjab University, Chandigarh bt Aligarh Muslim Univ. Aligarh 3-0 (Saurav Kapoor bt Prabhat Yadav 21-10, 21-14,Oscar Bansal bt Anurag Sharma 21-15, 21-17, Saurav & Oscar bt Rasheed & Anurag 23-21, 21-140.
Q-finals: G.N.D. University, Amritsar bt Lucknow University, Lucknow 3-0, Delhi University, Delhi bt P.T. University, Jallandhar 3-0, Panjab University, Chd. bt CJSM University, Kanpur 3-0, A M.U. Aligarh bt Kumaun University, Nanital 3-2.

Hoshiarpur athletes dominate track events

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PATIALA, OCT 20
Navjot Kaur of Hoshiarpur clinched gold in 3000 metres race on the second day of Punjab State Games for Women being hosted hare at the Raja Bhulendra Singh Stadium, Polo Ground today. Navjot covered the distance in 10:38.60 ifor the top position. Harpreet Kaur of Patiala won silver clocking 10:57.00 and Sandeep Kaur of Jalandhar got bronze medal in 11:11.37.,
Dominating the track events, Hoshiarpur runner Iqbal Kaur claimed gold in the one-lap race by clocking 58.83L akhvir Kaur also from Hoshiarpur had to settle for silver in 59.71 and Bhupinder Kaur of Jalandhar got bronze in 59.82 seconds. Navpreet Kaur of Patiala who participated in the Commonwealth Games, New Delhi, bagged gold in 200 metres with a timing of 25.9. Navjot Kaur of Ludhian completed the race in 26.62 seconds and the bronze medal went to Harpal Kaur of Sangrur in 26.82.
Gurdaspur won the team championships in gymnastics by by securing 218.10 points., Patiala were runners-up with 197.45 points. Amritsar got bronze by getting 169.25 points. Monika of Gurdaspur was declared the best all-around gymnast with 45.35 points.. Rohika also from Gurdaspur won silver by getting 43.90 and Sangita of Patiala got bronze with 40.75 points.
Results : Kho-Kho (Pre Quarter Finals)) Mansa bt Fatehgarh Sahib 9-6, Amritsar bt Barnala 12-6, Sangrur bt Ferpzepur 9-0, Patiala bt Gurdaspur 15-2, Jalandhar bt Moga 11-1, Ropar bt Kapurthala 16-2, Mansa bt Tarn Taran 9-1, Amritsar bt Nawan Shehar 10-5.
Badminton (1st Round): Ferozepur bt Mukatsar 2-0, Nawan Shehar bt Gurdaspur 2-0. PQFs: Patiala bt Ferozepur 2-0, Ropar bt Fatehgarh Sahib 2-0, Nawan Shehar bt Hoshiarpur 2-0, Amritsar bt Tarn Taran 2-0, Bathinda bt Moga 2-1, Sangrur bt Faridkot 20.
Hockey:  Bathinda bt Mukatsar 4-2, Ludhiana bt Ferozepur 14-0.
Tennis (quarter-finals): Amritsar bt Gurdaspur 2-0, Patiala bt Nawan Shehar 2-0, Jalandhar bt Kapurthala 2-0.
Swimming: 400 m freestyle: 1 Kawalpreet Kaur (Ldh) 4:59:27 2 Shubh Karman Dhaliwal(Ldh) 5:20:92 3 Jasmine Sohi (Pta) 5:29:69. 200 m. backstroke: 1 Suhapanpreet Kaur (Ldh) 2:40:44, 2 Azalpreet Kaur (Ldh) 2:53:00, 3 Richansha Sharma (Sang) 2:56:43.200 m breaststroke: 1 Mankiran Kaur (Sang) 2:52:52, 2 Arpanjeet Kaur (Sang) 3:03:27, 3 Qudratjot (Rpr) 3:11:62.
Handall; Bathinda bt Amritsar 11-5, Hoshiarpur bt Faaridkot 8-7, Kapurthala bt Mohali 20-12,
Patiala bt Nawan Shehar 24-10, Jalandhar bt Ferozepur 20-7, Ropar bt Sangrur 13-9, Bathinda bt Mukatsar 14-1, Ludhiana bt Mansa 16-0, Tarn Taran bt Fatehgarh Sahib 11-0
Kabaddi (quarter-finals): :Jalandhar bt Ferozepur 25-12, Sangrur bt Faridkot 39-9, Ludhiana bt Mukatsar 26-7, Bathinda bt Kapurthala 58-55
Lawn Tennis (semi-finals): Patiala bt Amritsar 2-0, Jalandhar bt Ropar 2-0
Volley Ball: Sangrur bt Ropar 3-0, Jalandhar bt Bathinda 3-0, Ludhiana bt Hoshiarpur 3-0, Mukatsar bt Barnala 3-0, Amritsar bt Gurdaspur 3-1, Moga bt Patiala 3-1, Mohali bt Nawan Shehar 3-0.
Table Tennis (Quarter Finals): Amritsar bt Nawan Shehar 3-0, Ropar bt Mukatsar 3-0, Ludhiana bt Patiala 3-1.

Bhiwani CWG medalists honoured

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 20
The sportspersons of district Bhiwani have brought laurels not only to the district, but also to the State by winning medals in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.
Deputy Commissioner and President, District Olympic Association, Bhiwani, Mr Ramesh Verma while speaking in a function organised at his residence in honour of medal winners said that Bhiwani district players had won three gold, three bonze and one silver medals in  Commonwealth Games.
Anita Sheoran and Geeta had bagged gold medals and Babita silver medal in wrestling, whereas Paramjit Samota had won gold medal, Dilbagh Singh and Vijender Singh bronze medals in boxing. Besides, Prashant had bagged bronze medal in swimming, he added.
Mr Verma honoured Anita Sheoran, Paramjit Samota, Geeta, Babita and Dilbagh Singh on behalf of district administration by giving them Rs 5100 each, a shawl and a memento and their coaches were given Rs 1100 each and a suit. District Bhiwani is known as mini Cuba as it has produced players of national and international level.
Congratulating the players, he asked them to work hard for the Asian Games to be held in China in November.
 

Lakhvir Kaur wins gold in 800 metres

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PATIALA, OCT 19
Lakhvir Kaur of Hoshiarpur bagged old medal in the 800 metres cclocking 2:17.31 seconds on the inaugural day of Punjab State Women Games at the Polo Ground here today. Iqbal Kaur also from Hoshiarpur who completed the race in 2:17.99 for silver and Sukhjit Kaur of Bathinda was with a timing of 2:18.36 seconds.
Mohinder Kaur Josh, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Education, Punjab was the chief guest and took salute from as many as 1900 participants.
Earlier Padma Shree Pargat Singh, Director Sports, Punjab welcomed to the chief guest and others prresent on the occasion. Director Sports inspired the participants to keep themselves fit physically as well as mentally for the competitions. Mohinder Kaur Josh congratulated the whole sports fraternity in the state for the performance shown by the Punjabi medal winners in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and she also inspired all the participants to work hard and bring laurels to the State. She disclosed that Punjab Government is going to honor the medal winners of the Commowealth Games soon. She announced that the gold medalists will get Rs. 7 lakh, silver medalists Rs. 5 lakh, and the bronze medalists Rs. 3 lakh with state honor and will also give prize money to the medal winners of coming National Games for Women.
In discus throw Amanpreet Kaur of Kapurthala won the gold by throwing discus to a distance of 45.05 metres. Baljit Kaur of Jalandhar got silver with 44.08 metres and Navjeet Kaur of Amritsar won bronze with a distance of 38.45 metres.

Results: Kabaddi (PQFs): Jalandhar bt Mansa by 28 pts, Sangrur bt Nawan Shehar by 17 pts, Kapurthala bt Patiala by 9 pts, Ludhiana bt Barnala 16 ptd, Ferozepur bt Moga by 31 pts, Faridkot bt Gurdaspurp by 18 pts, Bathinda bt Mohali by 28 pts, Hoshiarpur bt Tarn Taran by 41 pts.

Hemal Karsanji jumps into sole lead in Natl B Chess

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 17

Thanki Hemal Karsanji of Gujarat with 6.5 points jumped into the sole lead after securing 6.5 pointsafter defeating the overnight leader Hemant Sharma of Delhi in the eighth and the penultimate round of the 19th National Under-25  Chess Championship at St Xavier’s Senior Secondary School in Sector 44 here today. He is closely followed by six with six points apiece.

In the eighth round on the top board Thanki Hemal Karsanji of Gujarat defeated Hemant Sharma of Delhi in 31 moves in English opening. On the second board there was a tough fight between Arjun Tiwari of Railways and International Master Rahul Sangma of Delhi and game ended in a draw in 45 moves with repetition of moves. On the third board Gurpreet Singh Maras of Maharashtra drew with Shreyansh Dhaklia of Chattisgarh in 28 moves in the Sicilian Defense.

Points position after 8^th round: 6.5 pts:  Thanki Hemal Karsanji  (Guj). 6 pts: Hemant Sharma (Del),  Sangma Rahul (Delhi), Gurpreet Singh Maras (Mah), Tiwari Arjun  (Railways), Pradip Tiwari (Mah), Krishna Prasad K C  (TN).  5.5 pts:  Shreyansh Daklia (Chhattisgarh), Bhatt Jalpan (Guj), Singh Gursher (Pun), Rishabh Mishra (MP). 5 pts: Yogesh Gautam (Har), Ganesh Babu S (TN), Vijay Kumar (Bihar), Neetakshya Singh (Har),  Soumya Banerjee  (WB). 4.5 pts: Gusain Himal (Chandigarh), Sumit Grover (J&K), Roop Saurav (Bihar), Joshua A P  (UP), Akshat Chandra  (Delhi), Uma Maheswaran P (TN), Piyush Manuja (Pun), Rahul Lamba  (Pun), Shravan Nilkanth (Mah), Nishant Malhotra (Delhi), Jaydeep Sharma (Delhi).  4 pts: Ravi Teja M  (AP), Pardeep Singh Negi (Chandigarh), Singh Manpal (Pun), Nagpal Tejas (Chandigarh), Akshay Shoshta (HP), Anmol Gupta (Delhi), Nivedan Bhardwaj (Chandigarh).  

   3.5 pts:    Biswajit Bharadwaj  (Assam), Ravikant Sharma (MP), Swapnil Bansod  (Mah), Simranjeet Kaur (Chandigarh), Jaskeerat Singh (Chandigarh), Shivika Jain (Chandigarh), Rakesh Ningthoujam  (Manipur), Tarun Kumar (HP). 3 pts: Rajesh Ranjan (Bihar), Anubhav Tuknayat  (Chandigarh), Subhash Chopra (Har), Deepak Ranga Rao (Ranchi), Amarjeet Singh (Pun), Satbir Singh (Chandigarh), Ratul Sharma (Pun), Ravneet Kaur (Chandigarh), Tanya Kaushal  (Chandigarh). 2.5 pts:  Shweta  (Chandigarh), Atul Moudgil (HP), Kashish Kaushal (Chandigarh), Surender Pal  (HP). 2 pts: Jashan Khurana (Chandigarh), Rishabh Jain ( Chandigarh), Vipul Dogra (Chandigarh). 1.5 pts: Abhimanyu Goyal (Pun). .5 pts: Gursharan Singla (Chandigarh).

Ashish eyeing on medal in Asian and Olympics

 

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by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, OCT 17
After giving outstanding performance by winning silver on vaulting table and bronze in floor exercise in the recently concluded 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, Ashish Kumar is now eying on victory podium in the next month’s Asian Games in China and 2012 London Olympic Games.
Talking to media persons at the Sector 7 Gymnasium here today, 19-year-old Ashish Kumar, of Allahabad, said “I missed gold on vaulting table as I lost control on body while landing and I touched my hand forward. It cost me gold medal on his favorite apparatus.”
“However, one thing was good. I have learnt experience from the mistake. We learnt from the past mistakes,” said Ashish, a product of National Sports Academy of Allahabad, which is a brain child of Dr UK Mishra, retired Assistant Excise Commissioner.
“I am happy with my performance. I feel good to win silver and bronze medals with the support of home crowd,” said an elated Ashish Kumar who is employed by Indian Railways. He has been trained by foreign coaches, including Chinese Li Zying who was appointed for the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games.
“I did not like to get up at 4 while every body is sleeping. With the passage of time, I got deeply into gymnastics. Being living in a joint family, every body extended support,” Ashish ,winner of three gold, one silver and bronze medal in Tulip Peter International in 2003.
Ashish was here on the invitation of Chandigarh Gymnastic Association, headed by Jaspal Singh Kandhari, who is also president of the Gymnastic Federation of India and CGA general secretary Inderjit Singh.
Also present on the occasion were Sports Authority of India Executive Director Prem Chand Kashyap and former general secretray of GFI P S Virk.

Ashish Kumar also shared his experience with the budding gymnasts of Chandigarh.