by sportswire4u.blogspor.com (Balbir)
JAIPUR, NOV 30
Karnal’s Maniram Sharma and Pradeep Kumar of Noida shot matching scores of two under 68 to take the joint lead in round one of the PGTI Feeder Tour being played at the Rambagh Golf Club, Jaipur. Sudhir Sharma and Divyanshu Bajaj are tied third at one under 69.
The seventh and final leg of the PGTI Feeder Tour 2010 features sixty-two professionals and carries prize money worth Rs. 5 lakh. The field includes eleven professionals from Jaipur.
Maniram Sharma’s two under 68 featured birdies on the seventh, 12th, 13th, 14th and 17th and bogeys on the first, 11th and 15th. He chipped-in from the bunker for birdie on the 12th.
Maniram, the current leader on the PGTI Feeder Tour Order of Merit with three wins in the season, said, “I had a decent outing today. I should have had a lower score had my putting not let me down. I hit it close in round one but did not putt well. The putting was a little better on the back nine and that helped me earn four birdies after the turn. The chip-in on the 12th was the best moment of the day.”
Pradeep Kumar of Noida is tied for the lead along with Maniram. Pradeep’s round of 68 included an eagle, four birdies, two bogeys and a double-bogey. Pradeep made eagle on the par-five 17th.
Meerut’s Sudhir Sharma and Divyanshu Bajaj of Kolkata are tied third with identical scores of one under 69.
Siddharth Sharma is the highest-placed local golfer after round one as he shot a two over 72 to be tied 11th.
Kunal Balhara of Meerut fired a hole-in-one on the second hole in round one. Balhara is currently in tied 20th place since he carded four over 74 on Tuesday.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
Jeev advised three weeks of complete rest
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
NEW DELHI, NOV 29
India's most decorated golfer, Jeev Milkha Singh, has been advised three weeks of complete rest following extensive medical tests on his problematic lower back on Monday.
The Chandigarh golfer, who had to withdraw halfway through the Casio World Open on the Japan Golf Tour on Saturday, will also have to sit out of the Hero Honda Indian Open this week.
After a series of tests and MRI scans, Jeev said he was lucky the injury did not turn out to be as serious as he initially thought it would be.
"I was actually feared the worst. There is a muscle tear around the L4 and L5, and there is a slight bulge in one of the discs which was pinching against a nerve and causing the intense pain," said Jeev.
"The doctor has asked me to take complete rest for three weeks with intensive physiotherapy sessions. Hopefully, the disc will move back in place soon and there should not be any long-term damages. If all goes well over the next few days, I will be able to resume practicing in the New Year.
"Unfortunately, the injury means I will have to pull out of the Hero Honda Indian Open. It's a huge disappointment for me because I was looking forward to playing in India after a long gap, and also because I greatly admire what Hero Honda has done for Indian golf, as well as for me personally.
"I wish the tournament all the best, and hope that the best man will win on Sunday."
NEW DELHI, NOV 29
India's most decorated golfer, Jeev Milkha Singh, has been advised three weeks of complete rest following extensive medical tests on his problematic lower back on Monday.
The Chandigarh golfer, who had to withdraw halfway through the Casio World Open on the Japan Golf Tour on Saturday, will also have to sit out of the Hero Honda Indian Open this week.
After a series of tests and MRI scans, Jeev said he was lucky the injury did not turn out to be as serious as he initially thought it would be.
"I was actually feared the worst. There is a muscle tear around the L4 and L5, and there is a slight bulge in one of the discs which was pinching against a nerve and causing the intense pain," said Jeev.
"The doctor has asked me to take complete rest for three weeks with intensive physiotherapy sessions. Hopefully, the disc will move back in place soon and there should not be any long-term damages. If all goes well over the next few days, I will be able to resume practicing in the New Year.
"Unfortunately, the injury means I will have to pull out of the Hero Honda Indian Open. It's a huge disappointment for me because I was looking forward to playing in India after a long gap, and also because I greatly admire what Hero Honda has done for Indian golf, as well as for me personally.
"I wish the tournament all the best, and hope that the best man will win on Sunday."
Punjab Gymnastics from December 7 to 9
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, NOV 29
The Punjab State Junior and Sub-Junior (Artistic & Rhythmic) Gymnastics Championship will be held at Kotakpura from December 7 to 9, according to Punjab Gymnastic Association secretary PS Virk.
Competitions will be held in artistic (junior boys under-17 and girls under 15) and sub-juniors (boys under-14, u-12, u-10 and girls u-12, u-10).
Competitions in rhythmic gymnastics will be organised for junior girls under-15 and sub-junior girls under-12, under-10 and under-12. About 150 boys and girl gymnasts from all the districts of Punjab are likely to participate.
The Oxbridge World School principal HK Tiwari will inaugurate the Championship on December 7.
CHANDIGARH, NOV 29
The Punjab State Junior and Sub-Junior (Artistic & Rhythmic) Gymnastics Championship will be held at Kotakpura from December 7 to 9, according to Punjab Gymnastic Association secretary PS Virk.
Competitions will be held in artistic (junior boys under-17 and girls under 15) and sub-juniors (boys under-14, u-12, u-10 and girls u-12, u-10).
Competitions in rhythmic gymnastics will be organised for junior girls under-15 and sub-junior girls under-12, under-10 and under-12. About 150 boys and girl gymnasts from all the districts of Punjab are likely to participate.
The Oxbridge World School principal HK Tiwari will inaugurate the Championship on December 7.
CGA honours Asiad silver medalist Abhijit Chadha
CHANDIGARH,NOV 29
The Chandigarh Golf Association (CGA) today honoured golfer Abhijit Chadha with a silver plaque for his achievement at the Asian Games 2010. Presenting the silver plaque J.S. Cheema President CGA congratulated Abhijit and his coach Jesse Grewal.
Abhijit, who is the product of CGA, was all praise for the training facilities provided to golfers at CGA Golf Range. He made special mentioned of the training camps and the visit to the tournament golf course in China organized by Indian Golf Union before the Asiad.
Abhijit was ten years old when he started training under Jesse Grewal. Abhijit performance in Junior tournaments and his winning silver medal in Asian Games 2010 shows promises of a bright future in golf.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
GCG-11 claim PU women fencing crown
by sportswire4u.blospot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, NOV 28
Government College for Girls, Sector 11, Chandigarh won the Panjab University Inter College Fencing (Women) championship for the session 2010-11 with 29 points. S.G.G.S. Kh. College, Mahilpur, Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana and Dev Samaj College for Women, Sec. 45, Chandigarh secured second, and Joint third positions with 19, 14 & 14 points respectively.
Results: Team championship: Foil: 1 Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana (Navinder, Varsh, & Teena), 2 P.U. Campus, Chandigarh (Shruti, Divya, Isha & Jasleen), 3 M.R.S. College, Malout (Neelam, Geeta, Sangeeta & Mandeep) and S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur (Lovepreet, Radha, Rekha & Lovepreet Kaur).
Sabre: 1 Govt. College for Girls, Sec. 11, Chandigarh (Anu, Prabhjot, Joshika & Jatinder), 2 S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur (Geeta, Sandeep, Palak & Kulbir), 3 Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana (Narinder, Teena & Aditi) and M.R.S. College, Malour (Amandeep, Ramandeep, Prerna Yadav & Gurpreet).
Epee: 1 Dev Samaj College (W), Sec. 45, Chandigarh (Dalvir, Gurvinder, Komalpreet & Sarita), 2 Govt. College for Girls, Sec. 11, Chandigarh (Anu, Prabhjot, & Kavita), 3S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur (Lovepreet, Radha, Rekha & Jyoti) and M.R.S. College, Malour (Manpreet, Harpreet, Karamjeet & Ramandeep).
Individual: Foil: 1 Rekha (SGGS Kh. College, Mahilpur(, 2 Komalpreet Kaur (Dev Samaj College (W), Sec. 45, Chandigarh), 3 Suman Sharma GGD S.D. College, Sec. 32, Chandigarh and Isha (P.U. Campus, Chandigarh).
Sabre: 1 Prabhjot (Govt. College for Girls, Sec. 11, Chandigarh), 2 Anu (Govt. College for Girls, Sec. 11, Chandigarh), 3 Aditi *Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana and Sandeep *S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur).
Epee: 1 Prabhjot (Govt. College for Girls, Sec. 11, Chandigarh), 2 Rekha (S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur), 3 Varsha Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana and Komalpreet (Dev Samaj College (W), Sec. 45, Chandigarh).
CHANDIGARH, NOV 28
Government College for Girls, Sector 11, Chandigarh won the Panjab University Inter College Fencing (Women) championship for the session 2010-11 with 29 points. S.G.G.S. Kh. College, Mahilpur, Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana and Dev Samaj College for Women, Sec. 45, Chandigarh secured second, and Joint third positions with 19, 14 & 14 points respectively.
Results: Team championship: Foil: 1 Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana (Navinder, Varsh, & Teena), 2 P.U. Campus, Chandigarh (Shruti, Divya, Isha & Jasleen), 3 M.R.S. College, Malout (Neelam, Geeta, Sangeeta & Mandeep) and S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur (Lovepreet, Radha, Rekha & Lovepreet Kaur).
Sabre: 1 Govt. College for Girls, Sec. 11, Chandigarh (Anu, Prabhjot, Joshika & Jatinder), 2 S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur (Geeta, Sandeep, Palak & Kulbir), 3 Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana (Narinder, Teena & Aditi) and M.R.S. College, Malour (Amandeep, Ramandeep, Prerna Yadav & Gurpreet).
Epee: 1 Dev Samaj College (W), Sec. 45, Chandigarh (Dalvir, Gurvinder, Komalpreet & Sarita), 2 Govt. College for Girls, Sec. 11, Chandigarh (Anu, Prabhjot, & Kavita), 3S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur (Lovepreet, Radha, Rekha & Jyoti) and M.R.S. College, Malour (Manpreet, Harpreet, Karamjeet & Ramandeep).
Individual: Foil: 1 Rekha (SGGS Kh. College, Mahilpur(, 2 Komalpreet Kaur (Dev Samaj College (W), Sec. 45, Chandigarh), 3 Suman Sharma GGD S.D. College, Sec. 32, Chandigarh and Isha (P.U. Campus, Chandigarh).
Sabre: 1 Prabhjot (Govt. College for Girls, Sec. 11, Chandigarh), 2 Anu (Govt. College for Girls, Sec. 11, Chandigarh), 3 Aditi *Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana and Sandeep *S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur).
Epee: 1 Prabhjot (Govt. College for Girls, Sec. 11, Chandigarh), 2 Rekha (S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur), 3 Varsha Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana and Komalpreet (Dev Samaj College (W), Sec. 45, Chandigarh).
PU Coaching Centre trainees dominate
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, NOV 28
Panjab University Coaching Centre players hogged the spotlight by winning all titles at stake in the 22nd Chandigarh State Badminton Championship.
Winner of boys under-19 title, Rupinder Singh was declared the best player of the tournament. Muskan and Nisha were awarded trophies and cash prizes.
International Oscar and Purnica won the men’s and women’s singles titles, respectively. In the men’s singles final, Oscar beat Rupinder 21-18, 19-21, 21-18. In the women’s singles final, Purnica beat Nisha 21-18, 21-17.
Chandigarh sports director M.L. Sharma was chief guest and awarded the prizes to the winners.
Results (finals): Boys (U-16) singles: Kawaldeep (PU) bt Rupinder (PU) 21-19, 23-21
Boys (U-19) singles: Rupinder (PU) bt Kawaldeep (PU) 21-18, 25-23.
Men’s singles: Oscar bt Rupinder 21-18, 19-21, 21-18.
Women’s singles: Purnica bt Nisha 21-18, 21-17.
Men’s doubles: Oscar & Tushar (PU) bt Ashish & Pankaj 21-17, 22-20
+ 35 doubles: Pankaj Mittal & Jagdish Singh bt Manmohan Sharma & Haroon Rashid 9-21, 21-17, 23-21.
CHANDIGARH, NOV 28
Panjab University Coaching Centre players hogged the spotlight by winning all titles at stake in the 22nd Chandigarh State Badminton Championship.
Winner of boys under-19 title, Rupinder Singh was declared the best player of the tournament. Muskan and Nisha were awarded trophies and cash prizes.
International Oscar and Purnica won the men’s and women’s singles titles, respectively. In the men’s singles final, Oscar beat Rupinder 21-18, 19-21, 21-18. In the women’s singles final, Purnica beat Nisha 21-18, 21-17.
Chandigarh sports director M.L. Sharma was chief guest and awarded the prizes to the winners.
Results (finals): Boys (U-16) singles: Kawaldeep (PU) bt Rupinder (PU) 21-19, 23-21
Boys (U-19) singles: Rupinder (PU) bt Kawaldeep (PU) 21-18, 25-23.
Men’s singles: Oscar bt Rupinder 21-18, 19-21, 21-18.
Women’s singles: Purnica bt Nisha 21-18, 21-17.
Men’s doubles: Oscar & Tushar (PU) bt Ashish & Pankaj 21-17, 22-20
+ 35 doubles: Pankaj Mittal & Jagdish Singh bt Manmohan Sharma & Haroon Rashid 9-21, 21-17, 23-21.
Vishal Singh’s team wins the Pro-Am event
NEW DELHI, NOV 28
The Pro-Am event of the DDA Open 2010 was won by professional Vishal Singh’s team. 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.
PGTI member Vishal Singh led his team to victory with a score of 52. Vishal’s team comprised of amateurs Sonia Singh, Rajiv Pandey and Dana Lee.
PGTI member Vinod Kumar’s team posted a score of 54.6 to finish second. Vinod’s team comprised of amateurs Justice R S Sodhi and Lt. Gen. Surinder Nath.
The prize for the closest shot to the pin on hole no. 10 was won by Mr. S Vijay Kumar. His shot landed one inch from the pin.
Kapil Katpalia won the contest for the straightest drive on hole no. 16. His drive was six inches from the centre of the fairway.
The longest drive contest on hole no. 1 was won by Rahul Khanna, who came up with a drive of 320 yards.
PBA congratulates Asiad medal winners
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, NOV 27
The Punjab Basketball Association in a special meeting today congratulated Manjit Kaur, Mandeep Kaur and Ronjan Sodhi who won gold medals in the XVI Asian Games 2010 at Guangzhou (China). The meeting was presided over by R.S. Gill, IPS, (Retd.) President Punjab Basketball Association and attended by Teja Singh Dhaliwal Secretary General, PBA and Yurinder Singh Hayer, Vice President, PBA and Arjuna Awardees Sajjan Singh Cheema, Suman Sharma and Parminder Singh (Senior).
Manjit is the most outstanding athlete of Punjab in recent years. She won a hat-trick of gold medals in 4x400 metres relay at the XIV Asian Games 2002 at Busan, XV Asian Games 2006 at Doha and the XVI Asian Games at 2010 Guangzhou. She also won the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2010 at Delhi in 4x400 metres relay race. She represented India at the Athens Olympic and helped India to finish 7th in the final at these games.
Speaking on the occasion, Gill appealed to the Punjab Government to promote Inspector Manjit Kaur to the rank of officiating Deputy Supdt of Police and recruit Mandeep Kaur as Inspector of Police.
The Punjab Basketball Association also congratulated gold medal winners Vijender Singh and Vikash Krishan (both boxing), the kabaddi teams (both men and women) and silver medal winners Manpreet Singh (boxing), Abhinav Bindra, Heena Sidhu (both shooting), Ranjit Singh and Manjit Singh (both rowing), and bronze medal winners Manavjeet Singh Sandhu, Mansher Singh and Zorawar Singh Sandhu (all shooting).
Gill requested Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to honour all the medal winners of the Commonwealth Games Delhi and the Asian Game Guangzhou in a special function. He also requested for honouring of the coaches of theses champion athletes.
CHANDIGARH, NOV 27
The Punjab Basketball Association in a special meeting today congratulated Manjit Kaur, Mandeep Kaur and Ronjan Sodhi who won gold medals in the XVI Asian Games 2010 at Guangzhou (China). The meeting was presided over by R.S. Gill, IPS, (Retd.) President Punjab Basketball Association and attended by Teja Singh Dhaliwal Secretary General, PBA and Yurinder Singh Hayer, Vice President, PBA and Arjuna Awardees Sajjan Singh Cheema, Suman Sharma and Parminder Singh (Senior).
Manjit is the most outstanding athlete of Punjab in recent years. She won a hat-trick of gold medals in 4x400 metres relay at the XIV Asian Games 2002 at Busan, XV Asian Games 2006 at Doha and the XVI Asian Games at 2010 Guangzhou. She also won the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2010 at Delhi in 4x400 metres relay race. She represented India at the Athens Olympic and helped India to finish 7th in the final at these games.
Speaking on the occasion, Gill appealed to the Punjab Government to promote Inspector Manjit Kaur to the rank of officiating Deputy Supdt of Police and recruit Mandeep Kaur as Inspector of Police.
The Punjab Basketball Association also congratulated gold medal winners Vijender Singh and Vikash Krishan (both boxing), the kabaddi teams (both men and women) and silver medal winners Manpreet Singh (boxing), Abhinav Bindra, Heena Sidhu (both shooting), Ranjit Singh and Manjit Singh (both rowing), and bronze medal winners Manavjeet Singh Sandhu, Mansher Singh and Zorawar Singh Sandhu (all shooting).
Gill requested Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to honour all the medal winners of the Commonwealth Games Delhi and the Asian Game Guangzhou in a special function. He also requested for honouring of the coaches of theses champion athletes.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Punjab suffer innings defeat against Baroda
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, NOV 27
Punjab continued their dismal run in the Ranji Trophy league stage of Elite Group B as they lost to Baroda by an innings an 55 runs at Moti Bagh Stadium Vardodara.
Resuming at overnight total of 80 for 4 Punjab soon run into trouble as their overnight batsman Vishwas Bhalla was trapped by Vohra for 20. Their woes were further compounded as Karan Goel and M.S Goni perished without troubling the scorers with teams total reading 83 for 7 in 30.3 overs.
Sarul Kanwa,r who had single handedly held the first innings together with a scintillating century, was also disposed off by Vohra after making a valiant 45 of 63 balls studded with 8 boundaries. Thereafter Jaskaran Singh wielded the long handle and made 25 of 38 balls crisscrossed with 3 boundaries and 1 six.
Punjab innings terminated at 118 in 43. 3 overs with a dismal of Jaskaran Singh. Baroda bowlers never released their vice like stranglehold on the Punjab batsman and were in return rewarded handsomely in term of wickets. MY Vohra 4 for 35, SD Vohra 3 for 40 and BA Bhatt 2 for 24 shared the spoils.
With this innings win Baroda got 6 points whereas Punjab could not log any point. Punjab with 2 points from 4 outings are presently at the bottom of the leaque table in Elite B. They move on to Cuttack to take on Orissa in the next encounter starting on December 1
Brief scores: Punjab (2nd innings): 118 for all in 43.2 overs (Sarul Kanwar 45, Vishwas Bhalla 20, Jaskaran Singh 25, SD Vohra 3 for 40, MY Vohra 4 for 35, BA Bhatt 2 for 24).
CHANDIGARH, NOV 27
Punjab continued their dismal run in the Ranji Trophy league stage of Elite Group B as they lost to Baroda by an innings an 55 runs at Moti Bagh Stadium Vardodara.
Resuming at overnight total of 80 for 4 Punjab soon run into trouble as their overnight batsman Vishwas Bhalla was trapped by Vohra for 20. Their woes were further compounded as Karan Goel and M.S Goni perished without troubling the scorers with teams total reading 83 for 7 in 30.3 overs.
Sarul Kanwa,r who had single handedly held the first innings together with a scintillating century, was also disposed off by Vohra after making a valiant 45 of 63 balls studded with 8 boundaries. Thereafter Jaskaran Singh wielded the long handle and made 25 of 38 balls crisscrossed with 3 boundaries and 1 six.
Punjab innings terminated at 118 in 43. 3 overs with a dismal of Jaskaran Singh. Baroda bowlers never released their vice like stranglehold on the Punjab batsman and were in return rewarded handsomely in term of wickets. MY Vohra 4 for 35, SD Vohra 3 for 40 and BA Bhatt 2 for 24 shared the spoils.
With this innings win Baroda got 6 points whereas Punjab could not log any point. Punjab with 2 points from 4 outings are presently at the bottom of the leaque table in Elite B. They move on to Cuttack to take on Orissa in the next encounter starting on December 1
Brief scores: Punjab (2nd innings): 118 for all in 43.2 overs (Sarul Kanwar 45, Vishwas Bhalla 20, Jaskaran Singh 25, SD Vohra 3 for 40, MY Vohra 4 for 35, BA Bhatt 2 for 24).
SGGS College win PU fencing trophy
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, NOV 27
The S.G.G.S. College, Sector 26 team comprising Varinder, Rajinder, Pankaj and Mukesh Chandigarh won the Panjab University Inter College Fencing (Men) Championship with 47 points here today. Panjab University Campus, Chandigarh, S.G.G.S. Kh. College, Mahilpur and Malwa College, Bondali, Samrala secured second, third and fourth positions with 21, 12 & 10 points respectively.
Results: Foil Team: 1 S.G.G.S. College, Sec. 26, Chandigarh (Varinder, Rajinder, Pankaj & Mukesh), 2 S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur (Natish, Zakir, Parvinder & Vinay), 3 Malwa College, Bondali, Samrala (Sonu, Harpal, Rakesh & Satnam) and P.U. Campus, Chandigarh (Binit, Nishant, Sunit & Sarvpreet)
Sabre team: 1 S.G.G.S. College, Sec. 26, Chandigarh (Kailash, Mukesh, Rajan & Surjeet), 2 P.U. Campus, Chandigarh (Binit, Nishant, Sunit & Joginder) , 3 S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur (Rahul, Gurjit, Ipaldeep & Gurjant) and Malwa College, Bondali, Samrala (Satnam, Sant Ram & Ravi).
Epee team: 1 S.G.G.S. College, Sec. 26, Chandigarh (Varinder, Rajinder, Pankaj & Kailash), 2 Malwa College, Bondali, Samrala (Sonu, Harpal, Rakesh & Satnam), 3 S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur (Natish, Parvinder, Ipaldeep & Sumit) and P.U. Campus, Chandigarh (Khushkaranjot, Joginder & Sarvpreet).
Foil (Individual): 1 Pankaj (SGGS College, Chandigarh), 2 Binit ( P.U. Campus, Chandigarh, 3 Zakir Hussain (S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur), 3 Rajinder (SGGS College, Chandigarh).
Sabre: 1 Binit ( P.U. Campus, Chandigarh ), 2 Mukesh (SGGS College, Chandigarh), 3 Joginder (P.U. Campus, Chandigarh) and Ipaldeep ( S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur).
Epee: 1 Rajinder (SGGS College, Chandigarh), 2 Pankaj (SGGS College, Chandigarh), 3 Saravpreet (P.U. Campus, Chandigarh) and Khushkaranjot (P.U. Campus, Chandigarh) .
CHANDIGARH, NOV 27
The S.G.G.S. College, Sector 26 team comprising Varinder, Rajinder, Pankaj and Mukesh Chandigarh won the Panjab University Inter College Fencing (Men) Championship with 47 points here today. Panjab University Campus, Chandigarh, S.G.G.S. Kh. College, Mahilpur and Malwa College, Bondali, Samrala secured second, third and fourth positions with 21, 12 & 10 points respectively.
Results: Foil Team: 1 S.G.G.S. College, Sec. 26, Chandigarh (Varinder, Rajinder, Pankaj & Mukesh), 2 S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur (Natish, Zakir, Parvinder & Vinay), 3 Malwa College, Bondali, Samrala (Sonu, Harpal, Rakesh & Satnam) and P.U. Campus, Chandigarh (Binit, Nishant, Sunit & Sarvpreet)
Sabre team: 1 S.G.G.S. College, Sec. 26, Chandigarh (Kailash, Mukesh, Rajan & Surjeet), 2 P.U. Campus, Chandigarh (Binit, Nishant, Sunit & Joginder) , 3 S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur (Rahul, Gurjit, Ipaldeep & Gurjant) and Malwa College, Bondali, Samrala (Satnam, Sant Ram & Ravi).
Epee team: 1 S.G.G.S. College, Sec. 26, Chandigarh (Varinder, Rajinder, Pankaj & Kailash), 2 Malwa College, Bondali, Samrala (Sonu, Harpal, Rakesh & Satnam), 3 S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur (Natish, Parvinder, Ipaldeep & Sumit) and P.U. Campus, Chandigarh (Khushkaranjot, Joginder & Sarvpreet).
Foil (Individual): 1 Pankaj (SGGS College, Chandigarh), 2 Binit ( P.U. Campus, Chandigarh, 3 Zakir Hussain (S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur), 3 Rajinder (SGGS College, Chandigarh).
Sabre: 1 Binit ( P.U. Campus, Chandigarh ), 2 Mukesh (SGGS College, Chandigarh), 3 Joginder (P.U. Campus, Chandigarh) and Ipaldeep ( S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur).
Epee: 1 Rajinder (SGGS College, Chandigarh), 2 Pankaj (SGGS College, Chandigarh), 3 Saravpreet (P.U. Campus, Chandigarh) and Khushkaranjot (P.U. Campus, Chandigarh) .
Ashok Kumar cruises to victory with a sublime 62
Ashok Kumar of Delhi cruised to a mammoth 10-stroke victory at the DDA Open 2010 after he posted a sublime eight under 62 in the final round on Saturday. Ashok ended the tournament with an impressive total of 20 under 260. Chandigarh’s Sujjan Singh shot a three under 67 to finish a distant second at 10 under 270.
Ashok Kumar (63-68-67-62) began with a flurry of birdies on the first, second and fourth to launch an early assault for the title. His tremendous hitting prowess ensured that he left himself birdie putts of two feet or less on these three holes.
The mercurial Ashok stepped on the gas with more birdies on the ninth, 10th and 12th to all but seal the title. He sank an 18 feet putt for birdie on the ninth. As he regained his touch with the putter, the leader secured two more birdies from 10 feet on the 15th and 16th.
Ashok thus wrapped up his second straight win on the Aircel PGTI and overall fourth win of the season. The triumph at the Qutab Golf Course also happened to be the Delhi golfer’s 11th success on the Aircel PGTI and he is now tied with Mukesh Kumar for the maximum number of titles on the tour.
“My putting form had deserted me in the previous rounds but fortunately that was not the case today. Three birdies on the first five holes turned out to be a huge bonus for me as I had planned to play it safe over the first five holes where the fairways are very tight. The brilliant start lifted my confidence and there was no looking back from there on,” said Ashok.
He added, “The 2010 season is turning out to be an exceptional one for me and I attribute this golden run to my improved mental strength. I have worked on my mental fitness this year and as a result I am not making as many errors as I used to earlier.”
The winner’s cheque of Rs. 484,950 has consolidated the Delhi golfer’s position at the top of the Rolex Rankings. He is now sitting pretty at number one with earnings of Rs. 4,893,092 for the year. Anirban Lahiri is in second position as he has so far earned Rs. 3,736,208 in the 2010 season.
Sujjan Singh (68-66-69-67), a winner on the Aircel PGTI earlier this year, was the only other golfer besides Ashok who recorded four under par scores this week. Sujjan’s 67 featured four birdies and a bogey. The Chandigarh golfer’s runner-up finish secured him his fourth top-10 of the year.
Sujjan, who took a few weeks break from the tour as he recently got married, said, “I’m quite pleased with my consistency since I shot four red numbers. Ten under is a fantastic total. I have been working on my swing and I recently changed my clubs. These changes are working well for me.”
Vijay Kumar’s final round 67 moved his total to nine under 271 and propelled the Lucknow golfer from overnight sixth to third position on the final day.
Gaurav Pratap Singh claimed fourth position with an eight under 272 total. Vikrant Chopra and Naman Dawar finished one stroke behind Gaurav in tied fifth.
R Murthy of Bangalore made a hole-in-one with his rescue on the 208-yard sixth hole that helped him sign-off with a terrific 66. Murthy secured tied 20th place at one under 279.
Deepinder Singh Kullar also pulled-off an ace on the final day. Number thirteen proved to be lucky for the Gurgaon-based professional as he achieved the feat on the 153-yard 13th hole with a seven-iron. He fired a 75 in round four to end up in tied 53rd position at 10 over 290.
Amateur golfer Karan Vasudeva, who finished overall tied 20th at one under 279, won the prize for the best amateur score at the tournament.
Triple delight for Shobhit Gupta in Shanghai Open
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, NOV 27
Shobhit Gupta cornered glory for India by winning three titles in the recently concluded 2010 Shanghai China Open Table Soccer Championship. He struck first positions in the beginner’s singles, begineer’s doubles with Narinder Singh and semi-pro doubles with Yadvinder Siingh.
Results: Goalie War : 1 James Varnado (Dalian/USA), 2 Shobhit Gupta (India), 3 Thomas Fung (Dalian/Canada).
Beginner’s singles: 1 Shobhit Gupta (India), 2 Narinder Singh (India), 3 Annu (India).
Beginner’s doubles (India): 1 Shobhit Gupta and Narinder Singh, 2 Sagar Saini and Sherry Goyal, 3 Ravinder Kaur Johal and Annu.
Semi Pro singles : 1 Robert Ploeger (Dalian/Holland), 2 James Varnado (Dalian/USA), 3 Dave Rivers (Shanghai/USA).
Semi Pro doubles : 1 Yadwinder Singh and Shobhit Gupta (India), 2 Dave Rivers (Shanghai/USA) and Felipe Closs (Shanghai/Brazil), 3 Thomas Fung (Dalian/Canada) and James Varnado (Dalian/USA).
Injured Jeev Milkha withdraws from World Cup
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, NOV 27
Ace Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh of Chandigarh has withdrawn from of the Casio World Open on the Japan Golf Tour following a lower hip injury.
Jeev, who was two-under for the tournament at the halfway stage and comfortably made the cut, pulled out before the start of his third round on Saturday.
The Chandigarh golfer, who has dropped to world No157 on the back of a season plagued with injury, is expected to undergo a series of MRI scans when he returns to New Delhi on Sunday morning.
The 39-year-old Jeev said: "I have been playing with a slight shoulder injury for some time, aided with intensive physiotherapy sessions. Things were definitely looking better with both my physique, and my form.
"I did not qualify for Dubai World Championship on the European Tour this week and decided to play in Japan, a country I love having spent so many years playing this Tour. I was feeling a little bit of pain in my shoulder, but it wasn't anything alarming.
"However, after I finished my dinner last night, I just could not get up from the chair. I felt intense pain. I somehow reached my room, but even though I tried to rest, the pain just would not subside.
"This morning, I reached the golf course very early and spent three hours with the very capable physio unit of the Japan Golf Tour, but it did not help and I was forced to withdraw.
"I am very disappointed as I had only a couple more tournaments in my schedule after this, and I was really looking forward to it. It's even more frustrating because I know I am playing some very solid golf at the moment.
"I am hoping that I will be all right before the Hero Honda Indian Open. However, I can only take a decision on that after I get the results of my MRI scans."
CHANDIGARH, NOV 27
Ace Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh of Chandigarh has withdrawn from of the Casio World Open on the Japan Golf Tour following a lower hip injury.
Jeev, who was two-under for the tournament at the halfway stage and comfortably made the cut, pulled out before the start of his third round on Saturday.
The Chandigarh golfer, who has dropped to world No157 on the back of a season plagued with injury, is expected to undergo a series of MRI scans when he returns to New Delhi on Sunday morning.
The 39-year-old Jeev said: "I have been playing with a slight shoulder injury for some time, aided with intensive physiotherapy sessions. Things were definitely looking better with both my physique, and my form.
"I did not qualify for Dubai World Championship on the European Tour this week and decided to play in Japan, a country I love having spent so many years playing this Tour. I was feeling a little bit of pain in my shoulder, but it wasn't anything alarming.
"However, after I finished my dinner last night, I just could not get up from the chair. I felt intense pain. I somehow reached my room, but even though I tried to rest, the pain just would not subside.
"This morning, I reached the golf course very early and spent three hours with the very capable physio unit of the Japan Golf Tour, but it did not help and I was forced to withdraw.
"I am very disappointed as I had only a couple more tournaments in my schedule after this, and I was really looking forward to it. It's even more frustrating because I know I am playing some very solid golf at the moment.
"I am hoping that I will be all right before the Hero Honda Indian Open. However, I can only take a decision on that after I get the results of my MRI scans."
Friday, November 26, 2010
Brilliant century by Sarul Kanwar as Punjab follow on
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, NOV 26Punjab gave another in glorious display of batsmanship as they were skittled out for 243 in 77. 2 overs chasing Baroda first innings total of 416 runs. One man who stood amongst the ruins was Punjab young Opener Sarul Kanwar who blasted 130 of 192 balls studded with 14 fiercely struck boundaries and 5 towering sixes.
Sarul Kanwar pulverized the Baroda attack as his other colleagues went on falling by the way side. Punjab at one stage had lost 5 wickets for 121 in 38.6 overs before Karan Goel 24 along with Sarul Kanwar took the score to 185 stitching a 64 runs partnership for the sixth wicket before Sarul Kanwar was snapped by Bhatt off A.T Rayudu for 130. Karan Goel also departed at the same total of 185. Thereafter M.S Goni 35 and Jaskaran 18 put up 47 runs for the eighth wicket. Punjab innings terminated for 243 in 77.2 overs.
Following on Punjab batsman once again failed to click and were 80 for 4 at close of play with the team still needing 93 to wipe off first inning deficit of 173 runs. Ravinder Singh, Uday Kaul . Mandeep Singh and Skipper Pankaj Dharamani were back in the pavilion. First innings batting hero Sarul Kanwar was standing firm unbeaten on 40 and keeping in company was Vishwas Bhalla 15 not out. The Fourth days play will start at 9.15 a.m.
Brief scores:
Baroda (Ist innings): 416.
Punjab (Ist innings) 243 in 77.2 overs (Sarul Kanwar 130 , M.S Goni 35, Kran Goel 24 , Jaskaran Singh 18, B.A Bhatt 4 for 59 , S.D Vohra 2 for 32,J.B Chhaya 2 for 57).
Punjab (2nd innings): 80 for 4 (Sarul Kanwar 40 n.o ,Vishwas Bhalla 15 n.o).
Punjab Under-16 bowled out for 277
Punjab Under-16 were bowled out for 277 in 89.5 over’s in their season opener against Haryana in Under-16 Inter State Tournament for Vijay Merchant Trophy at Baradari Grounds, Patiala. Haryana won the toss and elected to field. Karan Sharma (27 )and Manpreet Singh (20) opened the innings for Punjab adding 42 for the first wicket. Punjab Under-16 kept on losing wickets at regular intervals and at one stage were looking down the barrel having lost 8 wickets for 127 runs. Thereafter Anmolpreet (98) of 197 balls. Inclusive of 16 boundaries and Arpit (60) of 134 balls studied with 9 boundaries got together in a rear guard action and stitched a ninth wicket partnership of 135 runs and took their teams total to some respectability. Punjab Under-16 finally were bowled out for 277 in 93 overs at close of play. The Bowling honours for Haryana were shared by Narender 2 for 40, Ankit Dhaya 2 for 30,Vishal karkal 2 for 64 ,Sushil khatri 2 for 24.
Brief Scores -Punjab Under-16 First inning’s 277 for all in 89.5 overs
Anmolpreet (98), Arpit (62), Karan Sharma (20), Manpreet (20)
Narender 2 for 40, Ankit Dhaya 2 for 30,Vishal karkal 2 for 64 ,Sushil khatri 2 for 24
CHANDIGARH, NOV 26Punjab gave another in glorious display of batsmanship as they were skittled out for 243 in 77. 2 overs chasing Baroda first innings total of 416 runs. One man who stood amongst the ruins was Punjab young Opener Sarul Kanwar who blasted 130 of 192 balls studded with 14 fiercely struck boundaries and 5 towering sixes.
Sarul Kanwar pulverized the Baroda attack as his other colleagues went on falling by the way side. Punjab at one stage had lost 5 wickets for 121 in 38.6 overs before Karan Goel 24 along with Sarul Kanwar took the score to 185 stitching a 64 runs partnership for the sixth wicket before Sarul Kanwar was snapped by Bhatt off A.T Rayudu for 130. Karan Goel also departed at the same total of 185. Thereafter M.S Goni 35 and Jaskaran 18 put up 47 runs for the eighth wicket. Punjab innings terminated for 243 in 77.2 overs.
Following on Punjab batsman once again failed to click and were 80 for 4 at close of play with the team still needing 93 to wipe off first inning deficit of 173 runs. Ravinder Singh, Uday Kaul . Mandeep Singh and Skipper Pankaj Dharamani were back in the pavilion. First innings batting hero Sarul Kanwar was standing firm unbeaten on 40 and keeping in company was Vishwas Bhalla 15 not out. The Fourth days play will start at 9.15 a.m.
Brief scores:
Baroda (Ist innings): 416.
Punjab (Ist innings) 243 in 77.2 overs (Sarul Kanwar 130 , M.S Goni 35, Kran Goel 24 , Jaskaran Singh 18, B.A Bhatt 4 for 59 , S.D Vohra 2 for 32,J.B Chhaya 2 for 57).
Punjab (2nd innings): 80 for 4 (Sarul Kanwar 40 n.o ,Vishwas Bhalla 15 n.o).
Punjab Under-16 bowled out for 277
Punjab Under-16 were bowled out for 277 in 89.5 over’s in their season opener against Haryana in Under-16 Inter State Tournament for Vijay Merchant Trophy at Baradari Grounds, Patiala. Haryana won the toss and elected to field. Karan Sharma (27 )and Manpreet Singh (20) opened the innings for Punjab adding 42 for the first wicket. Punjab Under-16 kept on losing wickets at regular intervals and at one stage were looking down the barrel having lost 8 wickets for 127 runs. Thereafter Anmolpreet (98) of 197 balls. Inclusive of 16 boundaries and Arpit (60) of 134 balls studied with 9 boundaries got together in a rear guard action and stitched a ninth wicket partnership of 135 runs and took their teams total to some respectability. Punjab Under-16 finally were bowled out for 277 in 93 overs at close of play. The Bowling honours for Haryana were shared by Narender 2 for 40, Ankit Dhaya 2 for 30,Vishal karkal 2 for 64 ,Sushil khatri 2 for 24.
Brief Scores -Punjab Under-16 First inning’s 277 for all in 89.5 overs
Anmolpreet (98), Arpit (62), Karan Sharma (20), Manpreet (20)
Narender 2 for 40, Ankit Dhaya 2 for 30,Vishal karkal 2 for 64 ,Sushil khatri 2 for 24
Himal Gusain wins FIDE Rating Chess title
CHANDIGARH, NOV 26
Himal Gusain, a student of SD Public School Sector 32, Chandigarh,and current Chandigarh champion, clinched the B R Luthra Memorial FIDE Rating Open Chess Tournament which concluded recently in Jammu. Himal Gusain secured 7.5 points out of a maximum of 9 points.
With this title win Himal also bagged a prize money of Rs. 35,000. Himal was also able to improve his international rating by 24 points with this win.
Young Himal Gusain is a 12th Standard Arts Student, who spends four to five hours a day practicing his chess game. Himal says "Since I have devoted myself to the game fully to become a professional player in future, I practices for about five hours a day so as to maintain a level. I recently won the Chandigarh State Chess Championship and remained third in the Under-17 National event held in Jammu."
Dr. Vipnesh Bhardwaj, Hony. Secretary, Chandigarh Chess Association congratulated young Himal Gusain on this achievement which has made the chess fraternity of Chandigarh proud. It will also encourage other chess players to take to chess and achieve greater laurels for the city beautiful.
SD Public School, Sector-32 Principal also congratulated Himal for the achievement.
Ashok enjoys two-stroke advantage
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
NEW DELHI, NOV 26
Ashok Kumar came up with a three under 67 to take the third round lead at the DDA Open 2010. Ashok’s total of 12 under 198 placed him two strokes ahead of Naman Dawar, who fired a 68 on Friday.
Ashok Kumar (63-68-67), a winner on 10 occasions on the Aircel PGTI, had a steady front nine despite being in poor putting form. He made pars on the first nine holes. Ashok earned his first birdie of the day on the par three 10th where he sank an eight feet putt.
After making bogey on the 11th, the 27-year-old pulled two strokes back with an eagle on the 12th. Ashok went on to roll it in from 12 feet for birdie on the 17th.
Ashok said, “My poor putting form continued in the third round. I missed a number of short putts, including one on the 11th that resulted in a bogey. The highlight of the round today was the eagle on the 12th, where I landed my pitching wedge approach shot just one foot from the pin.
“I’ll look to play steady on the first five holes in the final round. Since the first five holes are the toughest stretch at the Qutab Golf Course, I’ll be happy if I’m one under after the fifth. I plan to attack the pins from the sixth hole onwards.”
Naman Dawar (68-64-68), who like Ashok also hails from the Delhi Golf Club, made four birdies against two bogeys in his round of 68 on Friday. His total currently stands at 10 under 200.
“The putter was cold today. It was the birdie on the eighth that gave me the momentum in round three. I recovered really well to make birdie on the eighth after landing my tee shot on the adjoining fairway. I hit my best drive of the day on the 12th to set up yet another birdie,” said Dawar.
Gaurav Pratap Singh ended day three in third place at nine under 201. He shot an even par 70 on Friday.
Sujjan Singh and Anirudh Goyal are in tied fourth at seven under 203.
Vikrant Chopra’s score of five under 65 was the best of the day and placed him in tied 12th at three under 207.
NEW DELHI, NOV 26
Ashok Kumar came up with a three under 67 to take the third round lead at the DDA Open 2010. Ashok’s total of 12 under 198 placed him two strokes ahead of Naman Dawar, who fired a 68 on Friday.
Ashok Kumar (63-68-67), a winner on 10 occasions on the Aircel PGTI, had a steady front nine despite being in poor putting form. He made pars on the first nine holes. Ashok earned his first birdie of the day on the par three 10th where he sank an eight feet putt.
After making bogey on the 11th, the 27-year-old pulled two strokes back with an eagle on the 12th. Ashok went on to roll it in from 12 feet for birdie on the 17th.
Ashok said, “My poor putting form continued in the third round. I missed a number of short putts, including one on the 11th that resulted in a bogey. The highlight of the round today was the eagle on the 12th, where I landed my pitching wedge approach shot just one foot from the pin.
“I’ll look to play steady on the first five holes in the final round. Since the first five holes are the toughest stretch at the Qutab Golf Course, I’ll be happy if I’m one under after the fifth. I plan to attack the pins from the sixth hole onwards.”
Naman Dawar (68-64-68), who like Ashok also hails from the Delhi Golf Club, made four birdies against two bogeys in his round of 68 on Friday. His total currently stands at 10 under 200.
“The putter was cold today. It was the birdie on the eighth that gave me the momentum in round three. I recovered really well to make birdie on the eighth after landing my tee shot on the adjoining fairway. I hit my best drive of the day on the 12th to set up yet another birdie,” said Dawar.
Gaurav Pratap Singh ended day three in third place at nine under 201. He shot an even par 70 on Friday.
Sujjan Singh and Anirudh Goyal are in tied fourth at seven under 203.
Vikrant Chopra’s score of five under 65 was the best of the day and placed him in tied 12th at three under 207.
CLTA trainess Ajay and Ravnoor win titles
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, NOV 26
Ajay Yadav and Ravnoor Kaur, both of Chandigarh, won the men’s and women’s singles titles, respectively, in the Rs 50,000 AITA Men’s and Women’s Tennis Tournament organised by the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association at the Sector 10Tennis Stadium here today.
Ajay Yadav toppled top seed Rynold Timothy of Kerala in two well-contested sets 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the final.
Both players were hitting tremendously and hardly commiting unforced errors. They also matched each other in service. Consequently the first set went into tie breaker after being tied at 6-all. it was any body’s set till 3-3 in (tie-break) efore Ajay broke his opponent’s mini serve which allowed him to win the tiebreaker 7-5.
The second set started with good hustle when both of them kept holding their serve till 2-2, After
breaking Rynold in the 5th game Ajay established a 5-2 lead. Timothy broke back in 8th game and score became 5-3. Then Kerala player held his serve and score went 5-4. However, Ajay kept his cool and did not commit any mistake in final game and won the match 6-4.
In the women’s final CLTA trainee left handed Ravnoor Kaur defeated Jaspreet Kaur of Punjab in straight sets 6-4,6-0. Ravnoor Kaur took af 2-0 lead. However Jaspreet Kaur leveled the score at 4-all. Ravnoor held her serve to lead 5-4 and broke her opponent in the next game to win the first set at 6-4.
Ravnoor maintained the pressure and clinched the second set at 6-0 and the match.
In the the men’s doubles final Krishik Diwakar and Kamal Suresh defeated Ajay Yadav and Gurmohit Singh 6-7(3), 6-1,10-8.
CHANDIGARH, NOV 26
Ajay Yadav and Ravnoor Kaur, both of Chandigarh, won the men’s and women’s singles titles, respectively, in the Rs 50,000 AITA Men’s and Women’s Tennis Tournament organised by the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association at the Sector 10Tennis Stadium here today.
Ajay Yadav toppled top seed Rynold Timothy of Kerala in two well-contested sets 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the final.
Both players were hitting tremendously and hardly commiting unforced errors. They also matched each other in service. Consequently the first set went into tie breaker after being tied at 6-all. it was any body’s set till 3-3 in (tie-break) efore Ajay broke his opponent’s mini serve which allowed him to win the tiebreaker 7-5.
The second set started with good hustle when both of them kept holding their serve till 2-2, After
breaking Rynold in the 5th game Ajay established a 5-2 lead. Timothy broke back in 8th game and score became 5-3. Then Kerala player held his serve and score went 5-4. However, Ajay kept his cool and did not commit any mistake in final game and won the match 6-4.
In the women’s final CLTA trainee left handed Ravnoor Kaur defeated Jaspreet Kaur of Punjab in straight sets 6-4,6-0. Ravnoor Kaur took af 2-0 lead. However Jaspreet Kaur leveled the score at 4-all. Ravnoor held her serve to lead 5-4 and broke her opponent in the next game to win the first set at 6-4.
Ravnoor maintained the pressure and clinched the second set at 6-0 and the match.
In the the men’s doubles final Krishik Diwakar and Kamal Suresh defeated Ajay Yadav and Gurmohit Singh 6-7(3), 6-1,10-8.
Pools announced for FIH Indoor World Cups
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, NOV 26
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is pleased to announce the official Pools for the 3rd FIH Indoor World Cup for men and women. The double event – which takes place once every four years – will be played in the Polish city of Poznan from Februrary 8 to 13 next year.
For the first time in the short history of the FIH Indoor World Cup, all five continents will be represented at the third Edition of the tournament. The national indoor teams of Iran (men) and Kazakhstan (women) are history makers by representing Asia in an Indoor World Cup for the first time, with the respective men's and women's teams from Uruguay and Argentina being the first ever participants from South America, showing the increasing popularity of the indoor game outside of its European heartland. There are also Indoor World Cup debuts for Namibia (men & women) and England (men).
In Pool A of the men’s competition, host nation Poland will face Namibia, Australia, Canada, The Netherlands and Germany, the double World Champions. The mighty Germans will be aiming to claim their third successive FIH Indoor World Cup title, following Gold medal performances in Leipzig 2003 and Vienna 2007, where they defeated Poland in the tournament final. The Poles will be determined to rectify that on home soil in February, but will also face stern tests from their fellow Pool A contenders in the fight to reach the tournament semi-finals.
2010 EuroHockey Indoor Nations champions Austria will be one of the favourites to emerge from Pool B, which also features Russia, Czech Republic, England, USA and Iran. Russia were runners up to Austria in the 2010 EuroHockey Nations event, suggesting that they will also be a team to watch in this Pool.
Pool A of the women’s competition sees reigning World Champions The Netherlands taking on EuroHockey Indoor Nations Champions Ukraine, as well as Czech Republic, Austria, Argentina and Kazakhstan. The Netherlands and Ukraine will be considered as marginal favourites to progress to the Semi Finals from Pool A, but will face strong resistance from skilful and unpredictable opponents.
Germany and Belarus, who finished 3rd and 5th respectively at the 2010 EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championships, are arguably the two strongest teams in Pool B. However, host nation Poland will be keen to make home advantage count and secure a place in the Semi Finals. Australia, Namibia and Uruguay complete the Pool B line-up.
The FIH Indoor World Cup will take place at the Poznan International Fair Exhibition Hall in February 2011, a year which marks the 85th anniversary of the foundation of the Polish Hockey Association. A complete match schedule for the tournament will be released in the coming weeks.
Pools: Men: Pool A: Germany, Poland, Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Namibia.
Pool B: Austria, Russia, Czech Republic, England, USA, Iran.
Women: Pool A: Netherlands, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Austria, Argenntina, Kazakhstan.
Pool B: Germany, Belarus, Australia, Poland, Namibia, Uruguay.
CHANDIGARH, NOV 26
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is pleased to announce the official Pools for the 3rd FIH Indoor World Cup for men and women. The double event – which takes place once every four years – will be played in the Polish city of Poznan from Februrary 8 to 13 next year.
For the first time in the short history of the FIH Indoor World Cup, all five continents will be represented at the third Edition of the tournament. The national indoor teams of Iran (men) and Kazakhstan (women) are history makers by representing Asia in an Indoor World Cup for the first time, with the respective men's and women's teams from Uruguay and Argentina being the first ever participants from South America, showing the increasing popularity of the indoor game outside of its European heartland. There are also Indoor World Cup debuts for Namibia (men & women) and England (men).
In Pool A of the men’s competition, host nation Poland will face Namibia, Australia, Canada, The Netherlands and Germany, the double World Champions. The mighty Germans will be aiming to claim their third successive FIH Indoor World Cup title, following Gold medal performances in Leipzig 2003 and Vienna 2007, where they defeated Poland in the tournament final. The Poles will be determined to rectify that on home soil in February, but will also face stern tests from their fellow Pool A contenders in the fight to reach the tournament semi-finals.
2010 EuroHockey Indoor Nations champions Austria will be one of the favourites to emerge from Pool B, which also features Russia, Czech Republic, England, USA and Iran. Russia were runners up to Austria in the 2010 EuroHockey Nations event, suggesting that they will also be a team to watch in this Pool.
Pool A of the women’s competition sees reigning World Champions The Netherlands taking on EuroHockey Indoor Nations Champions Ukraine, as well as Czech Republic, Austria, Argentina and Kazakhstan. The Netherlands and Ukraine will be considered as marginal favourites to progress to the Semi Finals from Pool A, but will face strong resistance from skilful and unpredictable opponents.
Germany and Belarus, who finished 3rd and 5th respectively at the 2010 EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championships, are arguably the two strongest teams in Pool B. However, host nation Poland will be keen to make home advantage count and secure a place in the Semi Finals. Australia, Namibia and Uruguay complete the Pool B line-up.
The FIH Indoor World Cup will take place at the Poznan International Fair Exhibition Hall in February 2011, a year which marks the 85th anniversary of the foundation of the Polish Hockey Association. A complete match schedule for the tournament will be released in the coming weeks.
Pools: Men: Pool A: Germany, Poland, Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Namibia.
Pool B: Austria, Russia, Czech Republic, England, USA, Iran.
Women: Pool A: Netherlands, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Austria, Argenntina, Kazakhstan.
Pool B: Germany, Belarus, Australia, Poland, Namibia, Uruguay.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Army Red lift overall trophy in Services Weightlifting
CHANDIGARH, NOV 25
Army Red captured the overall trophy by garnering 79 points in the Inter- Services Weightlifting Championship at 3 Base Repair Depot here today. Army Green finished runners-up with 69 points. The third position was bagged by Air Force who secured 46 points. Indian Navy were fourth with 43 points.
Nb/Sub Ravi Kumar of Army Red was adjudged as the best lifter of the championship.
B Narender of Army Red won gold in snatch event with a lift of 135 kg in 105 kg category. In Clean & Jerk event Hav Iqbal Singh of Army Red won the gold with a lift of 175 kg. In Total Hav Iqbal Singh of Army Red won the gold with a total lift of 302 kg.
In +105 kg category Hav Sandeep Kumar won gold with in all the three events with a lift of 131 kg (Snatch), 180 kg (Clean & Jerk) and 311 kg (Total).
Air Commodore Rajiv Sachdeva Air Officer Commanding 12 Wing Air Force was the chief guest for the occasion. In his speech the chief guest congratulated the participants, team coaches and officials from the Services Sports Control Board for making the event a grand success.
Gaurav Pratap Singh rises to the occasion with a 63
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
NEW DELHI, NOV 25
Gaurav Pratap Singh rose to the occasion with a seven under 63 in round two of the DDA Open. The Noida lad is now tied for the lead along with Ashok Kumar at nine under 131. Ashok fired a two under 68 on day two.
The Delhi duo of Naman Dawar and Anirudh Goyal is tied third at eight under 132.
The cut was declared at two over 142 on a day that witnessed forty under par scores. Fifty-six professionals and two amateurs made the cut.
Gaurav Pratap Singh (68-63) followed up his first round 68 with a superb 63 on Thursday. Gaurav, a title winner on the Aircel PGTI during the 2009 season, began the day from the 10th and went on the rampage with three straight birdies on the 11th, 12th and 13th. He hit his approach shot with pin-point precision for the birdie on the 11th and sank a six feet birdie putt on the 13th. Singh added another birdie on the 18th to go four under at the turn.
A good par save from the bunker on the first raised the 26-year-old’s confidence and he went on to collect three more birdies on the third, fourth and eighth.
“I’ve been hitting it really well since the second half of the first round. I only struggled with my hitting in the first half of round one. My putting has also been quite consistent. I converted a few tricky four feet putts for birdie today. One of my best birdies today came on the eighth where my chip hit the flag,” said the free-spirited Gaurav.
He added, “Nine under is a fantastic score for two rounds. However, it’s now important to capitalize on this solid foundation.”
Ashok Kumar (63-68), the overnight leader by two strokes, made five birdies and three bogeys in his second round of 68 to drop into the joint lead along with Gaurav Pratap Singh.
Ashok said, “It was a disappointing day with the putter. I made too many bogeys today and that somehow disturbed my rhythm.”
Naman Dawar’s six under 64 placed him in tied third at eight under 132 along with Anirudh Goyal. Dawar’s round featured eight birdies and two bogeys. Anirudh, on the other hand, shot a 67.
Vijay Kumar also fired a 64 to end the day in tied fifth at six under 134. Sujjan Singh carded a 66 that placed him in joint fifth along with Vijay Kumar.
NEW DELHI, NOV 25
Gaurav Pratap Singh rose to the occasion with a seven under 63 in round two of the DDA Open. The Noida lad is now tied for the lead along with Ashok Kumar at nine under 131. Ashok fired a two under 68 on day two.
The Delhi duo of Naman Dawar and Anirudh Goyal is tied third at eight under 132.
The cut was declared at two over 142 on a day that witnessed forty under par scores. Fifty-six professionals and two amateurs made the cut.
Gaurav Pratap Singh (68-63) followed up his first round 68 with a superb 63 on Thursday. Gaurav, a title winner on the Aircel PGTI during the 2009 season, began the day from the 10th and went on the rampage with three straight birdies on the 11th, 12th and 13th. He hit his approach shot with pin-point precision for the birdie on the 11th and sank a six feet birdie putt on the 13th. Singh added another birdie on the 18th to go four under at the turn.
A good par save from the bunker on the first raised the 26-year-old’s confidence and he went on to collect three more birdies on the third, fourth and eighth.
“I’ve been hitting it really well since the second half of the first round. I only struggled with my hitting in the first half of round one. My putting has also been quite consistent. I converted a few tricky four feet putts for birdie today. One of my best birdies today came on the eighth where my chip hit the flag,” said the free-spirited Gaurav.
He added, “Nine under is a fantastic score for two rounds. However, it’s now important to capitalize on this solid foundation.”
Ashok Kumar (63-68), the overnight leader by two strokes, made five birdies and three bogeys in his second round of 68 to drop into the joint lead along with Gaurav Pratap Singh.
Ashok said, “It was a disappointing day with the putter. I made too many bogeys today and that somehow disturbed my rhythm.”
Naman Dawar’s six under 64 placed him in tied third at eight under 132 along with Anirudh Goyal. Dawar’s round featured eight birdies and two bogeys. Anirudh, on the other hand, shot a 67.
Vijay Kumar also fired a 64 to end the day in tied fifth at six under 134. Sujjan Singh carded a 66 that placed him in joint fifth along with Vijay Kumar.
Yadav and Timothy win in contrasting styles
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, NOV 25
Ajay Yadav of Chandigarh and Kerala’s Tynold Timothy set up title clash in the men’s singles final of the Rs 50,000 AITA Men’s and Women’s Tennis Tournament being conducted by the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.
They recorded victories over their respective rivals in contrasting styles. Ajay Yadav stopped the winning spree of Maninder Singh without dropping even a single game 6-0, 6-0 in the semi-final match. Tynold Timothy dropped first set before bouncing back into the game with a hard-fought 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 win in the second semi-final encounter.
Ravnoor Kaur and Jaspreet Kaur will fight it out for the women’s singles crown.CLTA trainee and student of SD Public School, Sector 32 Ravnoor Kaur outclassed her opponent Baljinder Kaur(Haryana) in straight sets 6-1,6-0.
The match started with a very normal pace and with good hustle on court, where lot of rallies were happening and both were fighting for every single point. Ravnoor kept her cool and didn’t do much of the unforced error at the start.
After gaining a lead of 3-1 in the 1st set Ravnoor showed the class on the court by teeing off her opponent and moving her from one side line to other. From that very moment she became confident, hardly committing any unforced error, not giving enough of room to the opponent for winners or even forcing her to do an error resulting Ravnoor took the first set at 6-1.
The second set became more of a one sided affair when Ravnoor broke her opponents very 1st game. The score was 6-0.
In the second semifinals Jaspreet Kaur(Punjab) defeated shalaka Uddur(Karnataka) in straight sets
7-5,6-3.
In men’s singles Ajay Yadav showed his best tennis on court today. He overpowered his stronger looking opponent and broke all his service game in the entire match. Ajay won the match very comfortably
6-0,6-0.
In the second semi-final, Rynold Timothy staged a brilliant rally to dispose of the challenge of plucky Suraj Beniwal of Haryana in a close contested match 4-6,7-5,6-3
Results: Men’s singles (semi-finals): Ajay Yadav bt Maninder Singh 6-0, 6-0, Tynold Timothy bt Suraj Beniwal of Haryana 4-6, 7-5,6-3.
Women’s (semi-finals): Ravnoor Kaur bt Baljinder Kaur 6-1,6-0, Jaspreet Kaur bt Shalaka Uddur 7-5,6-3.
Men’s doubles (semi-finals): Ajay/ Gurmohit bt Mandeep/Kamal 6-4, 6-3, Kamal/Krishik bt Manoj/Suraj 6-2,6-3.
CHANDIGARH, NOV 25
Ajay Yadav of Chandigarh and Kerala’s Tynold Timothy set up title clash in the men’s singles final of the Rs 50,000 AITA Men’s and Women’s Tennis Tournament being conducted by the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.
They recorded victories over their respective rivals in contrasting styles. Ajay Yadav stopped the winning spree of Maninder Singh without dropping even a single game 6-0, 6-0 in the semi-final match. Tynold Timothy dropped first set before bouncing back into the game with a hard-fought 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 win in the second semi-final encounter.
Ravnoor Kaur and Jaspreet Kaur will fight it out for the women’s singles crown.CLTA trainee and student of SD Public School, Sector 32 Ravnoor Kaur outclassed her opponent Baljinder Kaur(Haryana) in straight sets 6-1,6-0.
The match started with a very normal pace and with good hustle on court, where lot of rallies were happening and both were fighting for every single point. Ravnoor kept her cool and didn’t do much of the unforced error at the start.
After gaining a lead of 3-1 in the 1st set Ravnoor showed the class on the court by teeing off her opponent and moving her from one side line to other. From that very moment she became confident, hardly committing any unforced error, not giving enough of room to the opponent for winners or even forcing her to do an error resulting Ravnoor took the first set at 6-1.
The second set became more of a one sided affair when Ravnoor broke her opponents very 1st game. The score was 6-0.
In the second semifinals Jaspreet Kaur(Punjab) defeated shalaka Uddur(Karnataka) in straight sets
7-5,6-3.
In men’s singles Ajay Yadav showed his best tennis on court today. He overpowered his stronger looking opponent and broke all his service game in the entire match. Ajay won the match very comfortably
6-0,6-0.
In the second semi-final, Rynold Timothy staged a brilliant rally to dispose of the challenge of plucky Suraj Beniwal of Haryana in a close contested match 4-6,7-5,6-3
Results: Men’s singles (semi-finals): Ajay Yadav bt Maninder Singh 6-0, 6-0, Tynold Timothy bt Suraj Beniwal of Haryana 4-6, 7-5,6-3.
Women’s (semi-finals): Ravnoor Kaur bt Baljinder Kaur 6-1,6-0, Jaspreet Kaur bt Shalaka Uddur 7-5,6-3.
Men’s doubles (semi-finals): Ajay/ Gurmohit bt Mandeep/Kamal 6-4, 6-3, Kamal/Krishik bt Manoj/Suraj 6-2,6-3.
CLTA will honour Sanam Singh
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, NOV 25
Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association will hpnour Sanam Singh, who won gold medal in the Asian Games in China.
Announcing this here today, CLTA chairman Rajan Kashyap said that Sanam had received his basic tennis coaching in CLTA’s Junior Development Programme from 1997 to 2003, before joining the National Training Academy of All India Tennis Association, and going on to play in a top University in the USA.
Sanam will the presented a cheque of Rs 1.50 lakh at a public function in mid December, when the champion returns fora brief visit to his home city.
of The CLTA has requested Sanam to conduct a short tennis clinic for the upcoming boys and girls, presently training at CLTA. CLTA’s Executive Committee, including Jai Singh Gill, President, and Dr. Jasjit Singh, Honorary Secretary, has resolved to give Sanam Singh a token cash award for his spectacular performance.
Mr. Kashyap was confident that Sanam’s exploits on the tennis court would inspire the younger group of promising players in Chandigarh.
CHANDIGARH, NOV 25
Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association will hpnour Sanam Singh, who won gold medal in the Asian Games in China.
Announcing this here today, CLTA chairman Rajan Kashyap said that Sanam had received his basic tennis coaching in CLTA’s Junior Development Programme from 1997 to 2003, before joining the National Training Academy of All India Tennis Association, and going on to play in a top University in the USA.
Sanam will the presented a cheque of Rs 1.50 lakh at a public function in mid December, when the champion returns fora brief visit to his home city.
of The CLTA has requested Sanam to conduct a short tennis clinic for the upcoming boys and girls, presently training at CLTA. CLTA’s Executive Committee, including Jai Singh Gill, President, and Dr. Jasjit Singh, Honorary Secretary, has resolved to give Sanam Singh a token cash award for his spectacular performance.
Mr. Kashyap was confident that Sanam’s exploits on the tennis court would inspire the younger group of promising players in Chandigarh.
Army Public School celebrates annual sports day
CHANDIMANDIR, NOV 25
Army Public School, Chandimandir celebrated its 19th Annual Sports Day today. Station Commander, Chandimandir presided over the function. The motto of “Oneness with peace and prosperity” was well achieved as about 1800 students exhibited with enthusiasm voicing the spirit of ‘National Integration’. Students of Ashok House won the overall trophy on the annual sports day.
The programme began with an impressive march past consisting of four contingents representing the houses followed by the NCC contingent of the School and Military Band. The scintillating display of Mass PT by the students of Classes I and II was delightful medley of harmony, rhythm, colour and melody. The aerobics with pom-pom drill performed by the students of Cl III, IV & V on the tune of “Waka Waka” and “ Vande Matram” enthralled the audience.
Ninety students performed taekwondo with immense vigour and zeal. Lazium, yoga and dumb bells and the grand finale presented by the students of Cl VI to XI displayed a beautiful blend of physical exercise and the grace of dance. Indeed it was a treat to watch.The track events and fun races brought out the athletic vigour of students and were applauded by all. The principal, Lt Col NR Baberwal (Retd) presented the annual school report, highlighting the achievements of the school and the students in various spheres of academics, sports and co-curricular activities.
In his address the chief guest appreciated the immense potential of the students under the guidance of the faculty.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Chandigarh players dominate in AITA 50K Tennis
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, NOV 24
Three local players – Maninder Singh, Ajay Yadav and Suraj Beniwal along with Rynold Timothy of Kerala moved into the men’s singles semi-finals of the Rs 50,000 AITA Men’s and Women’s Tennis Tournament being hosted by the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.
Suraj Beniwal, who hails from Haryana but trains at CLTA, had a tough quarter-final match against Karnataka’s Krishik Diwakar in two well-contested sets by 7-5, 7-6 (0). Maninder Singh continued his winning spree as ousted another local player Ranjeet Singh in three sets 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.
Kerala player Rynold Timoty, with 18.5 AITA points, marched into the semi-final with a fluent 6-0, 6-3 verdict against Manoj Sheoran of Haryana. Ajay Yadav ousted Kamal Suresh of Karnataka by 7-5, 6-3 to complete the semi-final line-up.
With 24.5 AITA points Ravnoor Kaur along with Salaka Uddar Manjunath, Jaspreet Kaur and Baljinder Kaur advanced to the women’s singles semi-finals. Ravnoor Kaur of Chandigarh dropped just one game before outclassing Rachita Sarda of Karnataka by 6-1, 6-0 in the quarter-final encounter. Salaka Manjunath from Karnataka ousted Nikita of Chandigarh by 6-0, 6-2 and Jaspreet Kaur of Chandigarh beat Hasan Dhanoa of Punjab by 6-3, 6-3.
Results: Men’s singles (quarter-finals): Rynold Timothy bt Manoj Sheoran 6-0,6-3, Maninder Singh bt Ranjeet Singh 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, Ajay Yadav bt Kamal Suresh 7-5,6-3, Suraj Beniwal bt Krishik Diwakar 7-5,7-6 (0).
Women’s singles (quarter-finals): Ravnoor Kaur bt Rachita Sarda 6-1,6-0, Salaka Uddur Manjunath bt Nikita 6-0,6-2, Jaspreet Kaur bt Hasan Dhanoa 6-3,6-3.
Men’s Men’s doubles (q-finals): Mandeep /Kamal bt Ranjeet /Udai 6-1,6-1, Ajay /Gurmohit bt Gourav /Harry 6-4,6-3, Manoj /Suraj bt Arvind /Janmeet 7-5,1-6,10-5, Kamal /Krishik Bt Fatehdeep /Rynold 6-4,3-6,10-5.
CHANDIGARH, NOV 24
Three local players – Maninder Singh, Ajay Yadav and Suraj Beniwal along with Rynold Timothy of Kerala moved into the men’s singles semi-finals of the Rs 50,000 AITA Men’s and Women’s Tennis Tournament being hosted by the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.
Suraj Beniwal, who hails from Haryana but trains at CLTA, had a tough quarter-final match against Karnataka’s Krishik Diwakar in two well-contested sets by 7-5, 7-6 (0). Maninder Singh continued his winning spree as ousted another local player Ranjeet Singh in three sets 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.
Kerala player Rynold Timoty, with 18.5 AITA points, marched into the semi-final with a fluent 6-0, 6-3 verdict against Manoj Sheoran of Haryana. Ajay Yadav ousted Kamal Suresh of Karnataka by 7-5, 6-3 to complete the semi-final line-up.
With 24.5 AITA points Ravnoor Kaur along with Salaka Uddar Manjunath, Jaspreet Kaur and Baljinder Kaur advanced to the women’s singles semi-finals. Ravnoor Kaur of Chandigarh dropped just one game before outclassing Rachita Sarda of Karnataka by 6-1, 6-0 in the quarter-final encounter. Salaka Manjunath from Karnataka ousted Nikita of Chandigarh by 6-0, 6-2 and Jaspreet Kaur of Chandigarh beat Hasan Dhanoa of Punjab by 6-3, 6-3.
Results: Men’s singles (quarter-finals): Rynold Timothy bt Manoj Sheoran 6-0,6-3, Maninder Singh bt Ranjeet Singh 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, Ajay Yadav bt Kamal Suresh 7-5,6-3, Suraj Beniwal bt Krishik Diwakar 7-5,7-6 (0).
Women’s singles (quarter-finals): Ravnoor Kaur bt Rachita Sarda 6-1,6-0, Salaka Uddur Manjunath bt Nikita 6-0,6-2, Jaspreet Kaur bt Hasan Dhanoa 6-3,6-3.
Men’s Men’s doubles (q-finals): Mandeep /Kamal bt Ranjeet /Udai 6-1,6-1, Ajay /Gurmohit bt Gourav /Harry 6-4,6-3, Manoj /Suraj bt Arvind /Janmeet 7-5,1-6,10-5, Kamal /Krishik Bt Fatehdeep /Rynold 6-4,3-6,10-5.
CW star Ravi Kumar displays his class
CHANDIGARH, NOV 24
Commonwealth gold medalist Ravi Kumar expectedly won first positions in snatch (125 kg), clean & jerk (151kg) and totall (276 kg) in 69 kg category of the Inter Services Weightlifting Championship being held at 3 BRD here today,
In 77 kg category CPO LB Singh of Indian Navy won the gold in snatch (135 kg), clean & jerk (162kg) and total (297 kg).
R/ Hav Chandrakant Mali of Army Red won the gold in 85 kg category in snatch (136 kg), Clean & Jerk (170 kg) and overall (306 kg) event.
Results: 62 kg: Snatch: 1 Hav Deva Kumar(AG, 115 kg), 2 Sep Ramesh (AG, 114 kg), 3 LCM (M) Shiv Balan (IN, 103 kg). Clean & Jerk: 1R/Hav Yukar Sibi (AR, 150 kg), 2 LCK (M) Shiva Balan (IN, 138 kg), 3 Sept Ramesh (AG, 137 kg). Total: 1 Hav Deva Kumar (AG, 252 kg), 2 Sep Ramesh (AG) 251 kg, 3 LCK (M) Shiva Balan (IN, 241 kg).
69 kg: Snatch: 1 Nb Sub Ravi Kumar (AR, 125 kg, 2 Cpt Ram Babu (IAF, 121 kg), 3 Lac KL Meitei (IAF, 117 kg). Clean & Jerk: 1 Nb Sub Ravi Kumar (AR, 151 kg), 2 LAC KL Meitei (IAF, 150 kg), 3 Cpt Ram Babu (IAF, 140 kg). Total: 1 Nb Sub Ravi Kumar (AR, 276 kg), 2 LAC KL Meitei (IAF, 267 kg), 3 Cpt Ram Babu (IAF, 261 kg).
77 kg: Snatch: 1 CPO LB Singh (IN, 135 kg), 2 Sub G Vadevel (AG, 123 kg), 3 Sep E Kandan (AG, 122 kg). Clean & Jerk: 1 CPO LB Singh (IN, 162 kg), 2 3 Sep E Kandan (AG, 155 kg), 3 Sub G Vadevel (AG, 154 kg). Total: 1 CPO LB Singh (IN, 297 kg), 2 3 Sep E Kandan (AG, 277 kg), 3 Sub G Vadevel (AG, 277 kg).
85 kg: Snatch: 1 R/Hav Chandrakant Mali (AR, 136 kg), 2 MCPO II CPR Sudhir Kumar (IN, 135 kg), 3 (U/T)CK N Sen Singh IN, 125 kg). Clean & Jerk: 1 R/Hav Chandrakant Mali (AR, 170 kg), 2 (U/T)CK N Sen Singh (IN, 155 kg), 3 MCPO II CPR Sudhir Kumar (IN, 147 kg). Total: 1 R/Hav Chandrakant Mali (AR, 306 kg), 2 MCPO II CPR Sudhir Kumar (IN, 282 kg), 3 (U/T)CK N Sen Singh IN, 280 kg).
Deepender Hooda praises Haryana players
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
Chandigarh, Nov 24
Lok Sabha Member of Parliament Deepender Singh Hooda has congratulated the Haryana players for winning 11 medals for the country in the total haul of 43 medals won by the country so far in the ongoing Asian Games.While applauding the players for their continued sterling performance, Mr. Hooda said that so far Haryana players have won more than 25 per cent of the total medals won by the country. He said that Haryana players have won one gold, five silver and five bronze medals so far and more players would win medals as boxers Dinesh and Vikas Krishan have already entered into the finals, where as Vijender has entered semi-fiinal, thus ensuring medals in their respective categories.
Similarly, matches for some categories of men and women wrestling are yet to commence in which the country has high hopes from Haryana players like Mausam Khatri, Nirmala Bura, Suman Kundu and Geeta. He said that he was quite sure that our men and women kabaddi teams would also win gold medals.Mr. Hooda said that the Haryana players like Sanam Krishan Singh, Abhinav Lohan, Gagan Narang, Annu Raj Singh, Sanjeev Rajput, Ravinder, Kavita Goyat, Paramjeet Samota and Krishna Poonia have made the state and the country proud by winning medals.
Mr. Hooda said that Haryana is a small state with less than two per cent of the total population of the country but has emerged as sports powerhouse as its 61 players are representing the country in the Asian Games, which indicates the hard work put by the players of the state. The players have also excelled in Commonwealth Games 2010, he reminded. He said that there was no doubt that the State government has provided a good sporting atmosphere in the State by encouraging the players but the real credit goes to the players.
Congress MP said that it is a matter of pride for the state that our players constituted seven players in men’s Kabaddi team, seven players in women Hockey, three player in men’s Hockey, two players in women Kabaddi, two players in men’s Volleyball, three players in men’s Handball, three players in Cycling, one in Lawn Tennis, one in women Handball, one in Golf team. Similarly, seven Haryana players are participating in total boxing squad of twelve, seven shooters in shooting squad of 40 and twelve players in the wrestling squad of 16 members, he added.
Chandigarh, Nov 24
Lok Sabha Member of Parliament Deepender Singh Hooda has congratulated the Haryana players for winning 11 medals for the country in the total haul of 43 medals won by the country so far in the ongoing Asian Games.While applauding the players for their continued sterling performance, Mr. Hooda said that so far Haryana players have won more than 25 per cent of the total medals won by the country. He said that Haryana players have won one gold, five silver and five bronze medals so far and more players would win medals as boxers Dinesh and Vikas Krishan have already entered into the finals, where as Vijender has entered semi-fiinal, thus ensuring medals in their respective categories.
Similarly, matches for some categories of men and women wrestling are yet to commence in which the country has high hopes from Haryana players like Mausam Khatri, Nirmala Bura, Suman Kundu and Geeta. He said that he was quite sure that our men and women kabaddi teams would also win gold medals.Mr. Hooda said that the Haryana players like Sanam Krishan Singh, Abhinav Lohan, Gagan Narang, Annu Raj Singh, Sanjeev Rajput, Ravinder, Kavita Goyat, Paramjeet Samota and Krishna Poonia have made the state and the country proud by winning medals.
Mr. Hooda said that Haryana is a small state with less than two per cent of the total population of the country but has emerged as sports powerhouse as its 61 players are representing the country in the Asian Games, which indicates the hard work put by the players of the state. The players have also excelled in Commonwealth Games 2010, he reminded. He said that there was no doubt that the State government has provided a good sporting atmosphere in the State by encouraging the players but the real credit goes to the players.
Congress MP said that it is a matter of pride for the state that our players constituted seven players in men’s Kabaddi team, seven players in women Hockey, three player in men’s Hockey, two players in women Kabaddi, two players in men’s Volleyball, three players in men’s Handball, three players in Cycling, one in Lawn Tennis, one in women Handball, one in Golf team. Similarly, seven Haryana players are participating in total boxing squad of twelve, seven shooters in shooting squad of 40 and twelve players in the wrestling squad of 16 members, he added.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Hard-fought wins for Maninder and Manoj
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, NOV 24
Maninder Singh of Chandigarh overcame a stiff resistance from Kamal Kishore of Rajasthan in three sets in the men’s singless second round of the Rs 50,000 AITA Men’s and Women’s Tennis Tournament being conducted by the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today. After splitting the first two singles, Maninder won by 6-4, 1-6, 6-2.
Manoj Sheoran of Haryana struggled to prevail over a never-say-die Gurmohit Singh of Chandigarh in two evenly-contested sets 7-6 (4), 7-5. Suraj Beniwal of Harayana outplayed Millind Seth of Maharashtra in straight sets 6-2, 6-1.
Local girl Ravnoor Kaur proved too good for Gayatri whom she outplayed by 6-1, 6-0 in the women’s singles second round fixture. Karnataka’s Rachita Sarda ended the challenge of Bhavika Wadhawan of Chandigarh by 6-3, 6-1.
Results: Men’s singles (2nd round): Rynold Timothy bt Dipanshu Garg 6-1,6-1, Manoj Sheoran bt Gurmohit Singh 7-6 (4), 7-5, Suraj Beniwal bt Millind Seth 6-2,6-1, Krishik Diwakar bt Vishwanath Savadi 6-2,6-3, Ranjeet Singh bt Pradeep Deswal 6-2,6-0, Maninder Singh bt Kamal Kishore 6-4,1-6,6-2, Ajay Yadav bt Mandeep Kumar 7-5,6-2, Kamal Suresh bt Arpit Sharma 6-2,6-1.
Women’s singles (2nd round): Ravnoor Kaur bt Gayatri 6-1,6-0, Rachita Sarda bt Bhavika Wadhawan 6-3,6-1, Baljinder Kaur bt Nikita Bishnoi 7-6,6-2, Aashima Garg bt Lavleen Raizada 6-1,6-3, Hasan Dhanoa bt Anaisha Patch 6-0,6-0, Jaspreet Kaur bt Bhavya Wadhawan 6-3,6-3, Nikita bt Charvi Saxena 6-2,6-4, Shalaka Uddur bt Manya Nagpal 6-1,6-4.
Men’s doubles: Fatehdeep /Rynold bt Maninder /Arpit 7-6(5),6-7(4),10-5, Manoj /Suraj bt Gagandeep /Navpuneet 6-0,6-1, Ranjeet /Udai bt Vishwanath / Bhavtranpreet 4-6,6-3,10-4, Mandeep/Kamal bt Dipanshu Nath /Dheer Anush 7-5,2-6,10-5, Gourav /Harry bt Uttam /Prateek 6-2, 6-2.
CHANDIGARH, NOV 24
Maninder Singh of Chandigarh overcame a stiff resistance from Kamal Kishore of Rajasthan in three sets in the men’s singless second round of the Rs 50,000 AITA Men’s and Women’s Tennis Tournament being conducted by the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today. After splitting the first two singles, Maninder won by 6-4, 1-6, 6-2.
Manoj Sheoran of Haryana struggled to prevail over a never-say-die Gurmohit Singh of Chandigarh in two evenly-contested sets 7-6 (4), 7-5. Suraj Beniwal of Harayana outplayed Millind Seth of Maharashtra in straight sets 6-2, 6-1.
Local girl Ravnoor Kaur proved too good for Gayatri whom she outplayed by 6-1, 6-0 in the women’s singles second round fixture. Karnataka’s Rachita Sarda ended the challenge of Bhavika Wadhawan of Chandigarh by 6-3, 6-1.
Results: Men’s singles (2nd round): Rynold Timothy bt Dipanshu Garg 6-1,6-1, Manoj Sheoran bt Gurmohit Singh 7-6 (4), 7-5, Suraj Beniwal bt Millind Seth 6-2,6-1, Krishik Diwakar bt Vishwanath Savadi 6-2,6-3, Ranjeet Singh bt Pradeep Deswal 6-2,6-0, Maninder Singh bt Kamal Kishore 6-4,1-6,6-2, Ajay Yadav bt Mandeep Kumar 7-5,6-2, Kamal Suresh bt Arpit Sharma 6-2,6-1.
Women’s singles (2nd round): Ravnoor Kaur bt Gayatri 6-1,6-0, Rachita Sarda bt Bhavika Wadhawan 6-3,6-1, Baljinder Kaur bt Nikita Bishnoi 7-6,6-2, Aashima Garg bt Lavleen Raizada 6-1,6-3, Hasan Dhanoa bt Anaisha Patch 6-0,6-0, Jaspreet Kaur bt Bhavya Wadhawan 6-3,6-3, Nikita bt Charvi Saxena 6-2,6-4, Shalaka Uddur bt Manya Nagpal 6-1,6-4.
Men’s doubles: Fatehdeep /Rynold bt Maninder /Arpit 7-6(5),6-7(4),10-5, Manoj /Suraj bt Gagandeep /Navpuneet 6-0,6-1, Ranjeet /Udai bt Vishwanath / Bhavtranpreet 4-6,6-3,10-4, Mandeep/Kamal bt Dipanshu Nath /Dheer Anush 7-5,2-6,10-5, Gourav /Harry bt Uttam /Prateek 6-2, 6-2.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Haryana women boxers rule the ring
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, NOV 23
Haryana claimed the overall trophy with a haul of eight gold and two silver medals in the Federation Cup Women Boxing Championship at Sports Ground Nanital, Uttrakhand from November 18 to 21.
Pinki Jangra of Sports Authority of India of Hisar was declared the best boxer of the Federation Cup. She was gold medalist in 48 kg category. The Haryana Boxing Association had fielded a 16-member team, including officials.
The medal winners for Haryana were: Pinki Jangra (SAI Hisar, gold 48 kg), Suman (CHSBA, 51 kg gold), Sonia (SAI Hisar, gold 54 kg), Pavitra (SAI Hisar, gold 57 kg), Rekha (Palwal, silver 60 kg), Suman (Haryana Police, gold 64 kg), Pinki Chahal (Haryana Police, gold 69 kg) Pooja (CHSBA, gold 75 kg), Kavita Chahal (BBC , gold 81 kg) and Nidhi (SAI Hisar, silver +81 kg).
CHANDIGARH, NOV 23
Haryana claimed the overall trophy with a haul of eight gold and two silver medals in the Federation Cup Women Boxing Championship at Sports Ground Nanital, Uttrakhand from November 18 to 21.
Pinki Jangra of Sports Authority of India of Hisar was declared the best boxer of the Federation Cup. She was gold medalist in 48 kg category. The Haryana Boxing Association had fielded a 16-member team, including officials.
The medal winners for Haryana were: Pinki Jangra (SAI Hisar, gold 48 kg), Suman (CHSBA, 51 kg gold), Sonia (SAI Hisar, gold 54 kg), Pavitra (SAI Hisar, gold 57 kg), Rekha (Palwal, silver 60 kg), Suman (Haryana Police, gold 64 kg), Pinki Chahal (Haryana Police, gold 69 kg) Pooja (CHSBA, gold 75 kg), Kavita Chahal (BBC , gold 81 kg) and Nidhi (SAI Hisar, silver +81 kg).
VS Rao claims gold in 56 kg in Service's W'Lifting
 |
| Hav Srinivas Rao in action. |
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, NOV 22
Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Hav VS Rao of Army Red lifted 240 kg to win gold medal in 56 kg category in the the 54th Inter Services Weight Lifting Championship at a function held at 3 BRD, AF today. Rao secured first position in clean and jerk by lifting 136 kg and getting second position in snatch competition with a lift of 104 kg.
Earlier Air Cmde Ravinder Sharma, Air Officer Commanding 3 BRD AF inaugurated the meet. Air Cmde R Sharma during his inaugural address exhorted the personnel to participate in the events with true sportsman sprit and obeying the rules of the governing authorities. He wished the participants very best in pursuance of their personal best and setting of national records.
The championship is held under the aegis of Services Sports Control Board and expected to be a tough event. The competition will be held in 8 categories 56 kg, 62 kg, 69 kg, 77 kg, 85 kg, 94 kg, 105 kg and +105 kg. The presence of five participants including 04 medal winners from Common Wealth Games 2010 and members of Asian Games 2010 team makes it more glamorous. Results: 56 kg: Snatch: 1 Hav Sukhen Dey (Army Red) 107 kg, 2 Hav VS Rao (Army Red) 104 kg, 3 G SwapnilI (AF) 96 kg.Clean & Jerk: 1 Hav VS Rao ( Army Red) 136 kg; Hav Sukhen Dey (Army Red) 132 kg, 3 G SwapnilI (AF) 123 kg.Total: 1 Hav VS Rao (Army Red) 240 kg, 2 Hav Sukhen Dey (Army Red) 239 kg, 3 AC (U/T) G SwapnilI (AF) 219 kg.
Abhey Chautala awards medals in Asian Games
Smooth sailing in first round matches
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, NOV 22
Rynold Timothy of Kerala was given a tough fight by local lad Udai Singh Maan in the first set but demolished his rival to register a 7-5, 6-0 in the men’s singles first rou d match in the AITA Men’s and Women’s Rs. 50,000 Tennis Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.
Kamal Kishore of Rajasthan had an easy sailing against Rajesh Bhardwaj 6-2, 6-3. Suraj Beniwal of Haryana faced virtually no resistance from his rival Fatehdeep Singh of Punjab by 6-0, 6-1. Both are trainees of Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association.
Local lad Gurmohit Singh Janjua struggled to overcome a spirited challenge from Manpreet Singh Chawla 7-5, 7-6 (4).
Gayatri Kumaraiah snuffed out the challenge from Vibhuti Khullar 6-4,6-4 in the women’s singles first round match.
Results: Men’s singles (Ist round): Rynold Timothy bt Udai Singh Maan 7-5,6-0, Manoj Shoeran bt Sunil Kaushik 6-1,6-1, Gurmohit Singh Janjua bt Manpreet Singh Chawla 7-5,7-6(4), Suraj Beniwal bt Fatehdeep Singh 6-0,6-1, Millind Seth bt Gourav 6-2,6-0, Krishik Diwakar bt Bhavtaranpreet Singh 7-6 (3),6-2, Vishwanath Savadi bt Vijay Bhardwaj 6-3,6-3, Pradeep Deswal bt Navpuneet 6-2,6-1, Ranjeet singh bt Garry Tokas 7-6(2),6-0, Ajay Yadav bt Arvind Singh 6-1,6-2, Mandeep Kumar bt Santosh Kumar Malik 6-3,6-4, Kamal Suresh bt Dheer Anush Bhatti 6-4,6-0, Maninder Singh bt Pranav Suri 7-5,6-4, Arpit Sharma bt Inderjot Singh 6-3,6-2, Kamal Kishore bt Rajesh Bhardwaj 6-2,6-3.
Women’s singles (Ist round) Aashima Garg bt Ayenaaz Sidhu 6-1,6-0, Hasan Dhanoa bt Raahat Manrai 6-0,6-1, Bhavya Wadhawan bt Shiny Raizada 6-2,6-1, Gayatri Kumaraiah bt Vibhuti Khullar 6-4,6-4, Manya Nagpal bt Ayna Arora 6-3,6-2, Rachita Sarda bt Karishma Mehta 6-0,6-0.
CHANDIGARH, NOV 22
Rynold Timothy of Kerala was given a tough fight by local lad Udai Singh Maan in the first set but demolished his rival to register a 7-5, 6-0 in the men’s singles first rou d match in the AITA Men’s and Women’s Rs. 50,000 Tennis Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.
Kamal Kishore of Rajasthan had an easy sailing against Rajesh Bhardwaj 6-2, 6-3. Suraj Beniwal of Haryana faced virtually no resistance from his rival Fatehdeep Singh of Punjab by 6-0, 6-1. Both are trainees of Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association.
Local lad Gurmohit Singh Janjua struggled to overcome a spirited challenge from Manpreet Singh Chawla 7-5, 7-6 (4).
Gayatri Kumaraiah snuffed out the challenge from Vibhuti Khullar 6-4,6-4 in the women’s singles first round match.
Results: Men’s singles (Ist round): Rynold Timothy bt Udai Singh Maan 7-5,6-0, Manoj Shoeran bt Sunil Kaushik 6-1,6-1, Gurmohit Singh Janjua bt Manpreet Singh Chawla 7-5,7-6(4), Suraj Beniwal bt Fatehdeep Singh 6-0,6-1, Millind Seth bt Gourav 6-2,6-0, Krishik Diwakar bt Bhavtaranpreet Singh 7-6 (3),6-2, Vishwanath Savadi bt Vijay Bhardwaj 6-3,6-3, Pradeep Deswal bt Navpuneet 6-2,6-1, Ranjeet singh bt Garry Tokas 7-6(2),6-0, Ajay Yadav bt Arvind Singh 6-1,6-2, Mandeep Kumar bt Santosh Kumar Malik 6-3,6-4, Kamal Suresh bt Dheer Anush Bhatti 6-4,6-0, Maninder Singh bt Pranav Suri 7-5,6-4, Arpit Sharma bt Inderjot Singh 6-3,6-2, Kamal Kishore bt Rajesh Bhardwaj 6-2,6-3.
Women’s singles (Ist round) Aashima Garg bt Ayenaaz Sidhu 6-1,6-0, Hasan Dhanoa bt Raahat Manrai 6-0,6-1, Bhavya Wadhawan bt Shiny Raizada 6-2,6-1, Gayatri Kumaraiah bt Vibhuti Khullar 6-4,6-4, Manya Nagpal bt Ayna Arora 6-3,6-2, Rachita Sarda bt Karishma Mehta 6-0,6-0.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Golden Sunday for India i n Asian Games!
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
Guangzhou (China), Nov 21
Women athletes made the country proud when they took 2 gold and 1 silver medals on the opening day of athletics competitions in 16th Asian Games here today.
Distance running stars Preeja Sreedharan and Kavita Raut came from behind to made it 1-2 in the 10,000m with personal best timings of 31:50.47 and 31:51.44 respectively. Bahrain’s 20-year-old Shitaye Eshete, who briefly led the race after Japanese duo Kayoko Fukushi and Hikari Yoshimoto, took the bronze medal, clocking yet another personal best of 31:53.27.
Kavita, who won a bronze medal behind Kenyans at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games at New Delhi last month, was familiar in Guangzhou as she already won two medals – silver in 10000m and a bronze in 5000m – at the same during the Asian championships last year.
Preeja, who had a disappointing seventh place at Delhi CWG, ran a well judged race to take over her rivals on the waning moments of the race and improved her national mark by nearly 15 seconds to grab the gold medal.
The Indian camp was in celebration again when steeplechaser Sudha Singh of Uttar Pradesh brought the second gold of the day as she too improved upon her national mark set during CWG to return a time of 9:55.67 for the top spot. Unlike in the 10000m, Sudha along with training partner O.P. Jaisha took the field and changed the lead between them right from the beginning. However a tired Jaisha finished fifth at the end with a time of 10:18.97.
China’s Yuan Jin, who challenged Sudha at the last lap, settled with a silver as she finished four hundredths of a second behind the Indian (9:55.71). Japan’s Minori Hayakari went home with the bronze medal in 10:01.25.
In men’s 5000m final, Sunil Kumar posted a season’s best 14:01.76 but it was not enough for a medal. Bahrain’s Mahboob Ali Hasan won the event in 13:47.86.
Earlier in the morning Harminder Singh (1::26:33) and Baljinder Singh (1::28:06) finished sixth and seventh places respectively in the men’s 20 Km race walking. China’s Hao Wang won the gold in this event (1::20:50) ahead of teammate Chu Yafei (1::21:57) and Korean Kim Hyunsub (1::22:47).
In the qualifying competitions, high jumper Harishankar Roy qualified for final with a jump of 2.10m while another Indian Nikhil Chittarasu could not make despite the fact that he too cleared an identical height, but with more attempts.
However sprinter H.M. Jyothi was lucky to qualify in women’s 100m although she finished fifth in her heat. Abdul Najeeb Qureshi and Krishnakumar Rane were moved to next round in men’s 100m.
In 400m, both Mandeep and Manjeet Kaur advanced to next round in the women’s section but Bibin Mathew and Shake Mortaja were shockingly out in the men’s heats fail to qualify further.
Other prominent winners of the day include Dilshod Nazarov of Tajikistan in hammer throw and Li Ling of China in women’s shot put.
Guangzhou (China), Nov 21
Women athletes made the country proud when they took 2 gold and 1 silver medals on the opening day of athletics competitions in 16th Asian Games here today.
Distance running stars Preeja Sreedharan and Kavita Raut came from behind to made it 1-2 in the 10,000m with personal best timings of 31:50.47 and 31:51.44 respectively. Bahrain’s 20-year-old Shitaye Eshete, who briefly led the race after Japanese duo Kayoko Fukushi and Hikari Yoshimoto, took the bronze medal, clocking yet another personal best of 31:53.27.
Kavita, who won a bronze medal behind Kenyans at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games at New Delhi last month, was familiar in Guangzhou as she already won two medals – silver in 10000m and a bronze in 5000m – at the same during the Asian championships last year.
Preeja, who had a disappointing seventh place at Delhi CWG, ran a well judged race to take over her rivals on the waning moments of the race and improved her national mark by nearly 15 seconds to grab the gold medal.
The Indian camp was in celebration again when steeplechaser Sudha Singh of Uttar Pradesh brought the second gold of the day as she too improved upon her national mark set during CWG to return a time of 9:55.67 for the top spot. Unlike in the 10000m, Sudha along with training partner O.P. Jaisha took the field and changed the lead between them right from the beginning. However a tired Jaisha finished fifth at the end with a time of 10:18.97.
China’s Yuan Jin, who challenged Sudha at the last lap, settled with a silver as she finished four hundredths of a second behind the Indian (9:55.71). Japan’s Minori Hayakari went home with the bronze medal in 10:01.25.
In men’s 5000m final, Sunil Kumar posted a season’s best 14:01.76 but it was not enough for a medal. Bahrain’s Mahboob Ali Hasan won the event in 13:47.86.
Earlier in the morning Harminder Singh (1::26:33) and Baljinder Singh (1::28:06) finished sixth and seventh places respectively in the men’s 20 Km race walking. China’s Hao Wang won the gold in this event (1::20:50) ahead of teammate Chu Yafei (1::21:57) and Korean Kim Hyunsub (1::22:47).
In the qualifying competitions, high jumper Harishankar Roy qualified for final with a jump of 2.10m while another Indian Nikhil Chittarasu could not make despite the fact that he too cleared an identical height, but with more attempts.
However sprinter H.M. Jyothi was lucky to qualify in women’s 100m although she finished fifth in her heat. Abdul Najeeb Qureshi and Krishnakumar Rane were moved to next round in men’s 100m.
In 400m, both Mandeep and Manjeet Kaur advanced to next round in the women’s section but Bibin Mathew and Shake Mortaja were shockingly out in the men’s heats fail to qualify further.
Other prominent winners of the day include Dilshod Nazarov of Tajikistan in hammer throw and Li Ling of China in women’s shot put.
Ashok Kumar claims 9th Tata Open
JAMSHEDPUR, NOV 21
Delhi’s Ashok Kumar eased to a six-stroke win at the 9th TATA Open after returning a one over 70 in the final round on Sunday. Ashok thus ended the tournament with a total of 16 under 160. Vijay Kumar finished as runner-up as he totaled 10 under 266.
Ashok Kumar’s win at Jamshedpur was his third of the season and it helped him climb from second position to first place in the 2010 Rolex Rankings as he took home the winner’s cheque worth Rs. 808,250.
The final round on Sunday had the same format as the third round. The entire field played nine holes each on both the courses, Beldih as well as Golmuri. While one half of the field teed off from Beldih, the other half began its round from Golmuri. Twenty-six golfers with the best scores at the end of round three teed off from Golmuri and finished at Beldih. The par for the combined courses was 69.
Ashok Kumar (59-65-66-70), the overnight leader by six strokes, was not at the top of his game in the final round but despite that he did not lose focus and managed to drive home the advantage with a sedate 70.
Ashok made eight pars and a bogey on the front nine to be one over at the turn. He then bogeyed the 10th as a result of missing a chip-putt and went two over for the day. Ashok thereafter shut the door on his nearest rivals with birdies on the 12th and 13th. The leader hit his tee shot out of bounds on the 16th and therefore dropped another bogey. However, he still managed to get home with a six-stroke cushion.
Ashok said, “I’m delighted to bag my third title of the year and be back on top in the Rolex Rankings. I was nowhere close to being at my best today. I struggled with my hitting and putting. I think the huge lead that I had built in the first two rounds got me home on the final day. I was also fortunate that Vijay Kumar and Manav Jaini, the other two top contenders, could not make a charge on the final day.”
Vijay Kumar (67-64-65-70) of Lucknow also shot a one over 70 on the final day to finish as the runner-up with a total of 10 under 266. Vijay’s last round included a birdie and two bogeys.
Delhi’s Vikrant Chopra (67-68-68-64), fired the day’s best score, a five under 64, to end the tournament in third place at nine under 267. Vikrant made six birdies against a lone bogey in round four.
Manav Jaini, another Delhi golfer, fired a three over 72 to secure fourth place as he totaled eight under 268 for the tournament.
Pune’s Gurki Shergill, the winner of the 8th TATA Open, finished in tied fifth along with Anura Rohana of Sri Lanka at six under 270.
Karan Taunk of Jamshedpur won the trophy for the best amateur score. Taunk, the lone amateur to make the cut, finished overall 35th, having totaled four over 280 for the tournament.
Navtez Singh of Jamshedpur secured tied 38th place at five over 281.
Haryana Primary Schools Games at Gurgaon
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, NOV 21
The 24th Haryana State level Primary Schools Games will begin in Gurgaon from on November 22. The Minister for Education, Health and Social Welfare, Mrs Geeta Bhukal, will be inaugurating the four-day competition while the Financial Commissioner & Principal Secretary of Education Department, Mrs Surina Rajan, will preside over the function and Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner Rajender Kumar Kataria will be guest of honour.
All preparations for the Games have been completed which will be organised in Ch. Devi Lal Sports Complex of Sector 38, near Rajiv Chowk of Gurgaon. About 2500 students from Government Primary Schools of all the 21 districts of the state are expected to participate in this event. On an average, 145 students from each district of Haryana are participating.
They will compete in kho-kho, gymnastics, yoga, rope pulling, atheletics, carrom, chess, on the spot painting and cultural events. In all these events, both boys and girls will participate while in kabaddi, only boys will compete. According to Mr Jagvir Singh Malik, atheletics will have seven events including 100m, 200m, 400m races and 4 x 100 m relay race besides high jump, long jump and shot put.
The cultural part would also comprise of seven types of activities like solo dance, group dance, ragni competition etc. The competitions of Cultural and on the painting will be held in Government Girls Senior Secondary School Jaccumpura while all other competitions will be in Ch Devi Lal Sports Complex. The staying arrangements of all these young players have been made in 9 different schools of the city and nine buses borrowed from various private schools would be used to bring the students to the venue from their place of stay,.
CHANDIGARH, NOV 21
The 24th Haryana State level Primary Schools Games will begin in Gurgaon from on November 22. The Minister for Education, Health and Social Welfare, Mrs Geeta Bhukal, will be inaugurating the four-day competition while the Financial Commissioner & Principal Secretary of Education Department, Mrs Surina Rajan, will preside over the function and Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner Rajender Kumar Kataria will be guest of honour.
All preparations for the Games have been completed which will be organised in Ch. Devi Lal Sports Complex of Sector 38, near Rajiv Chowk of Gurgaon. About 2500 students from Government Primary Schools of all the 21 districts of the state are expected to participate in this event. On an average, 145 students from each district of Haryana are participating.
They will compete in kho-kho, gymnastics, yoga, rope pulling, atheletics, carrom, chess, on the spot painting and cultural events. In all these events, both boys and girls will participate while in kabaddi, only boys will compete. According to Mr Jagvir Singh Malik, atheletics will have seven events including 100m, 200m, 400m races and 4 x 100 m relay race besides high jump, long jump and shot put.
The cultural part would also comprise of seven types of activities like solo dance, group dance, ragni competition etc. The competitions of Cultural and on the painting will be held in Government Girls Senior Secondary School Jaccumpura while all other competitions will be in Ch Devi Lal Sports Complex. The staying arrangements of all these young players have been made in 9 different schools of the city and nine buses borrowed from various private schools would be used to bring the students to the venue from their place of stay,.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Vineet Dakha to lead Punjab U-14 team
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, NOV 20
Vineet Dakha will lead Punjab in the North Zone Inter-State Uder-14 Cricket Tournament to be held in Delhi from November 20 to December 6. Punjab play their first match against Delhi on November 23 and 24 at St Stephen’s Ground.
Arun Bedi and Sandeep Sawal will accompany the team as manager and coach, respectively.
Punjab play Jammu and Kashmir on November 26 and 27 and Punjab’s next fixture is against Himachal Pradesh on November 29 and 30. Punjab face Haryana on Decemb 2 and 3. All these matches will be contested at Palam.
The final of the tournament is slated for December 5 and 6 at Ferozeshah Kotla grounds.
The Punjab team: Vineet Dakha (Capt), Sahil Aashim Kaushal (Vice Capt, W.K) , Rajat Sharma, Mansab Gill, Shubham Chand, Akul Partap Pandove, Karan Sharma, Jaswinder Singh, Anirudh Aggarwal, Vishwanath, Lovin Kapoor, Eshaan Mavi, Abhishek Sharma and Sanvir Singh.
CHANDIGARH, NOV 20
Vineet Dakha will lead Punjab in the North Zone Inter-State Uder-14 Cricket Tournament to be held in Delhi from November 20 to December 6. Punjab play their first match against Delhi on November 23 and 24 at St Stephen’s Ground.
Arun Bedi and Sandeep Sawal will accompany the team as manager and coach, respectively.
Punjab play Jammu and Kashmir on November 26 and 27 and Punjab’s next fixture is against Himachal Pradesh on November 29 and 30. Punjab face Haryana on Decemb 2 and 3. All these matches will be contested at Palam.
The final of the tournament is slated for December 5 and 6 at Ferozeshah Kotla grounds.
The Punjab team: Vineet Dakha (Capt), Sahil Aashim Kaushal (Vice Capt, W.K) , Rajat Sharma, Mansab Gill, Shubham Chand, Akul Partap Pandove, Karan Sharma, Jaswinder Singh, Anirudh Aggarwal, Vishwanath, Lovin Kapoor, Eshaan Mavi, Abhishek Sharma and Sanvir Singh.
Natasha, Gurmhal, Sakshi and Mukul fatest runners
PANCHKULA, NOV 20
Natasha (senior girls), Gurmhal Singh (senior boys), Sakshi (junior girls), Mukul (junior bos) emerged the fatest runners by winning 100 metres races in their respective categories at the IVth Annual Athletic and PT display of St. Xavier’s High School at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Sector 3 here today.
Udita and Aryan Pal stood first in the 75 metres race for boys and girls, respectively. The 4x100 Metres mixed relay (seniors) was won by Artic House comprising of Pankaj,Natasha, Rachit,Vasudha. The 4 x 100 relay race for juniors was won by Atlantic House comprising Harsimran, Satyam, Niharika and Anjali. The sub-juniors 4x75 metres relay race was also won by Atlantic House consisting of Aryan, Shiv, Sangeeta and Shivani .
The program was followed by the prize distribution to felicitate the winners. The overall winners were Atlantic House who were awarded the Winners Trophy.
Balancing the ball, pulling the tyre and unwinding paper events for tiny tots kept the spectators spell-bound.
Inspector General of Police (Haryana) Mr. R.K. Mishra was the chief guest. He was greeted warmly by Principal, Mr. George S.Shear by the Welcome Address highlighting sports and games as being of tremendous importance in the school curriculum.
The show began amidst the energy and fervour lent by the march past. Students so well groomed in P.T. uniforms, were a sight to watch and admire. Their perfect steps showed their might and self discipline. The parade was led by the school captain, Nupur Arora. The school cabinet and the batch of meritorious students followed in step. The four houses - Indian, Atlantic, Pacific and Artic led by their vice–captains , were close to follow marching enthusiastically.
Parents had gathered in good strength to cheer their kids who took part in traditional sports events - Porter Drill ( Kindergarten) ,Sunflower drill (Primary school) ,Glove Drill (classes V – IX).
Pyramid formation by boys and girls displayed exemplary precision. It was an Inter House competition . The Inter house pyramids were won by Artic house.
Mr. Mishra in his motivational speech emphasized that schools like St. Xavier’s would lead the future generations onto the path of peace and harmony.
He also advised the students on the value of integrity and honesty to develop the perfect sportsmanship.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Col Kar nominated for AFC Match Commissioner
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir
CHANDIGARH, NOV 18
Experienced Match Commissioner, Col. Gautam Kar has been nominated for the AFC Match Commissioner of the year 2010. The AFC Annual Award ceremony is slated at the Sunway Hotel Resort and Spa on November 24 in Kuala Lumpur. The other nominees are Abdul Ghafoor Abdul Hameed from Maldives and Talal A. Syailmeen from Jordan.
Col. Gautam Kar was elated and said,’’ the nomination itself is an award for me. To be among the top three Match Commissioner of Asia means a lot to me, but at the same time, it’s also an additional responsibility to keep performing better.’’
‘’ Being an Indian, I feel proud to contribute something to the Asian Football Administration,’’ added Col. Gautam Kar.
Kushal Das, General Secretary (AIFF) congratulated Col. Gautam Kar and said that,’’ it’s a matter of great pride for us in the football fraternity that Col. Gautam Kar has been nominated for this coveted award and I wish him all the best.’’
CHANDIGARH, NOV 18
Experienced Match Commissioner, Col. Gautam Kar has been nominated for the AFC Match Commissioner of the year 2010. The AFC Annual Award ceremony is slated at the Sunway Hotel Resort and Spa on November 24 in Kuala Lumpur. The other nominees are Abdul Ghafoor Abdul Hameed from Maldives and Talal A. Syailmeen from Jordan.
Col. Gautam Kar was elated and said,’’ the nomination itself is an award for me. To be among the top three Match Commissioner of Asia means a lot to me, but at the same time, it’s also an additional responsibility to keep performing better.’’
‘’ Being an Indian, I feel proud to contribute something to the Asian Football Administration,’’ added Col. Gautam Kar.
Kushal Das, General Secretary (AIFF) congratulated Col. Gautam Kar and said that,’’ it’s a matter of great pride for us in the football fraternity that Col. Gautam Kar has been nominated for this coveted award and I wish him all the best.’’
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Tarn Taran claim overall trophy
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
LUDHIANA, NOV 17
Tarn Taran lifted the overall trophy by securing 18 points in the Punjab State Rural Games for Girls under -16 organised by the Punjab Sports Department under the PYKKA Scheme of the Government of India Scheme at the Guru Nanak Stadium here today.
Hosts Ludhiana finished runners up by getting 13.5 points where as Amritsar were third with 12.5 points.
Punjab Finance Minister Dr. Upinderjit Kaur away prizes to the winners. Speaking on the occasion she gave an assurance to the Directorate of Sports that the Punjab Government would enhance sports budget in future.
Earlier Padma Shree Pargat Singh, Director Sports, Punjab welcomed the chief guest and other guests . The Sports Director explained the Financé Minister about the budget and financial constraints of the department.
Gurdaspur clinched overall team championships in boxing by getting (23 points with 5 gold,3 silver and 2 bronze). Bathinda secured second place with 18 points ( 3 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze) and Sangrur got third place with 8 points (3 silver and 2 bronze).
Bathinda grabbed gold by crushing Hoshiarpur in a one-sided kabaddi final match by 43-11 and for the third fourth position Amritsar outplayed Ludhiana by 23 -17 points.
In table tTennis Ropar defeated Nawan Shahar in a tough match by 3-2 as while Patiala and Amritsar were declared joint third.
In basketball Amritsar won gold by defeating Mansa 61-52 where as Gurdaspur derailed Sangrur by 67-57 points for the bronze medal.
Ludhiana won gold in kho –kho who defeated Sangrur in a crucial final match played at multipurpose hall by a narrow margin of 2 points. Patiala won bronze by defeating Ferozepur 7-6 points.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Punjab Sub-Junior Football from Nov 18
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, NOV 16
The Punjab State Sub-junior Football Championship will be conducted from November 18 to 23 at Sikh National College Ground, Banga District: SBS Nagar (Nawanshahr). A total of 19 district teams are taking part, according to Punjab Football Association general secretary Inder Singh.
On the opening day, three qualifying matches will be played. The first qualifying match will be between Ferozpur and Mansa at 7.30 a.m. The other qualiying matches to be contested will be Bathinda and Barnala and Amritsar vs Muktsar.
CHANDIGARH, NOV 16
The Punjab State Sub-junior Football Championship will be conducted from November 18 to 23 at Sikh National College Ground, Banga District: SBS Nagar (Nawanshahr). A total of 19 district teams are taking part, according to Punjab Football Association general secretary Inder Singh.
On the opening day, three qualifying matches will be played. The first qualifying match will be between Ferozpur and Mansa at 7.30 a.m. The other qualiying matches to be contested will be Bathinda and Barnala and Amritsar vs Muktsar.
Harman Kaur emerges fastest runner
LUDHIANA, NOV 16
Harman Kaur of Jalandhar emerged the fatest runner by winning the 100 metres sprint with a timing of 13.11 seconds on the penultimate day of the Punjab State Rural Games for Girls under – 16 being organised by the Punjab Sports Department unde the PYKKA Scheme of the Government of India at Guru Nanak Stadium here today.
Khushpreet Kaur of Tarn Taran finished a close second by clocking 13.26 seconds. Kirandeep of Jalandhar had to satisfy herself with bronze in 13.28 seconds.
Jyoty Saini of Hoshiarpur ran an excellent race to clinch gold in the 1500 metres race as she overed the distance in 4:55.60s. Kuljit Kaur of Tarn Taran finished second in 5:09.69s and Seema Devi of Gurdaspur got silver as she clocked 5:18.12s.
In discus throw Gurleen Kaur of Tarn Taran won gold with a throw of 32.40 metres. Ramanpreet Kaur of Hoshiarpur got silver with 28.95m and Navdeeo Kaur of Mukatsar remainded third with 26.80m
Veerdeep Kaur of Ferozepur cleared the bar placed at 1.35 metres to finish on top in high jump. Jaspreet Kaur of Bathinda finished second with the same height of 1.35 but in more tries. Navdeep Kaur of Tarn Taran finished third with 1.30m.
Mansa judokas, Tarn Taran wrestlers and handballers and Ferozpur shuttlers established their supremacy by emerging champions.
Mansa bagged overall team championships by obtaining 17 points in judo. Amritsar won silver medal with 15 points and Jalandhar finished with 14 points.
Tarn Taran garnered 29 points to bag the wrestling trophy. Fatehgarh Sahib were runners-upl with 19.5 points where as Ferozepur secured bronze medal with 19 points.
The badminton trophy was claimed by Ferozepur who outplayed Sangrur by 2-0 in the final match. Amritsar and Ludhiana were declared joint third.
Mansa defeated Mukatsar in three straight sets in the volleyball final. Moga were declared third after defeating Jalandhar by 3-0.
In handball Tarn Taran won gold by defeating Ropar by 16-11 points where as Ferozepur outplayed Moga 15-12 for the third place.
Mukatsar will cross swords in hockey final match tomorrow. Mukatsar outplayed Gurdaspur by 4-0 and l Tarn Taran eliminated Fatehgarh Sahib 5-0 in semi-final encounters.
Results: Kabaddi (semi -finals): Hoshiarpur bt Amritsar 33-30, Bathinda bt Ludhiana 40-15 .
Kho-Kho (semi-finals): Ludhiana bt Bathinda by 3 points, Sangrur bt Tarn Taran bt 12 points.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Kiranjot, Jyoti Saini and Ramanpreet bag gold
LUDHIANA, NOV 15
Kiranjot Kaur of Jalandhar ran a well-planned race to win gold in 400 metres by clocking 1:03.47s on the second day of Punjab State Rural Games for Girls under – 16 being conducted by the Punjab Sports Department at the Guru Nanak Stadium here today. Ravinder Kaur of Tarn Taran won silver with 1:05.74s and Manpreet Kaur of Hoshiarpur got bronze in 1:11.23s in the one-lap race.
Jyoti Saini of Hoshiarpur displayed better stamina and strides to emerge winner Iin 3000 metres race as she was home in 10:46.30s, Swati Mehta also from Hoshiarpur won silver in 11:35.55s and Veerpal Kaur of Bathinda secured bronze in 11:36.21s.
In 4x100m relay the Jalandhar quartet exchanged the baton switly and clocked 53.19s for the first position. Gurdaspur got silver in 54.48s and Tarn Taran claimed bronze timing 55.68s.
Ramanpreet Kaur of Hoshiarpur released the iron ball to a distance of 10.65 metres to win gold in shot put. Simran Dhillon of Fatehgarh Sahib will take home silver with 8.53m where as Sarabjit Kaur of Tarn Taran got bronze with 7.48m.
In long jump Bhumika Thakur of Gurdaspur won gold with a leap of 5.34 metres . Baljinder Kaur of Sangrur got silver with 4.77m and Sukhwinder Kaur of Ferpzepur got bronze with 4.56m distance.
Parveen of Ludhiana (44kg) and Harshdeep Kaur of Sangrur (48 kg) claimed gold medals in their respective categories in weightlifting competitions.
Results: Badminton (PQFs): Sangrur bt Patiala 2-0, Moga bt Tarn Taran 2-0.
Volleyball: Sangrur bt Amritsar 2-0, Hoshiarpur bt Ropar 2-0, Nawan Shehar bt Kapurthala 2-0,
Mukatsar bt Tarn Taran 2-0,.
Hockey (PQFs): Ludhiana bt Mansa 5-0, Jalandhar bt Hoshiarpur 1-0, Gurdaspur bt Ropar 6-0, Tarn Taran bt Moga 9-0, Mukatsar bt Ferozepur 7-0, Kapurthala bt Faridkot 2-0, Fatehgarh Sahib bt Bathinda 3-0, Ludhiana w/o Nawan Shehar.
Handball (PQFs): Tarn Taran bt Mukatsar 13-6, Patiala bt Faridkot 21-18, Ferozepur bt Hoshiarpur 13-5,
Ropar bt Bathinda 18-11.
Wrestling: 38 kg: Sharanjit Kaur (Fth) bt Beant Kaur (Bth), Sukhpal Kaur (Mog) bt Priyanka (Fzr). 40 kg:
Swarnjit Kaur (Fth) bt Prabhjot Kaur(T.T), Gagandeep Kaur (Bth) bt Chetna (Gsp), Pardeep Kaur (Mog) bt Navseen Kaur(Fzr), 43 kg: Parveen Kaur (T.T) bt Madhu (Man), Sharnjit Kaur (Fth) bt Sukhdeep (Bth), Navdeep Kaur (Fdk) bt Kajal (Asr), 46 kg: Manjot Kaur (Fdk) bt Neha Devi (Gsp), Sonia (Fth) bt Jyoti (Fzr).
Kabaddi (PQFs): Bathinda bt Mohali 62-10, Jalandhar bt Sangrur 61-51, Faridkot bt Barnala 28-19,
Hoshiarpur bt Mansa 32-22, Ludhiana bt Faridkot 39-31, Bathinda bt Fatehgarh Sahib 82-38, Amritsar bt Gurdaspur 53-35, Hoshiarpur bt Jalandhar 31-5.
Kho-Kho (PQFs): Bathinda bt Fatehgarh Sahib 8 points, Jalandhar bt Kapurthala 9 pts and one turn,
Hoshiarpur bt Faaridkot 5 pts one turn, Tarn Taran bt Mansa 3 pts.
Weightlifting: 44kg: 1 Parveen (Ldh), 2 Manjit Kaur (Sang), 3 Reema Kumari (Bth). 48 kg: 1 Harshdeep Kaur (Sang), 2 Sonia Rani (Sang), 3 Suman Devi (Hsp),
Table Teniss (QFs): Amritsar bt Tarn Taran 3-1, Nawan Shehar w/o Mukatsar, Ropar bt Ludhiana 3-0.
Basketball: Amritsar bt Mukatsar 45-2, Gurdaspur bt Patiala 50-26, Sangrur bt Mohai 44-8, Gurdaspur bt Bathinda 53-18.
BSF win Punjab Basketball League (Ist phase)
CHANDIGARH, NOV 15
Border Security Force were declared winners in the first phase of the 20th Punjab Basketball Annual League at village Gure District Ludhiana at the Gurdial Singh Malhi Memorial Basketball Stadium in village Gure in Ludhiana District.
At the conclusion of the final day’s matches, three teams B.S.F, D.M.W and Rest of Punjab secured six points each by virtue of their three wins apiece. However, on the basis of for and against score B.S.F were declared winners and D.M.W were runners-up. Rest of Punjab were third.
In the women’s section Ludhiana, Patiala and Amritsar finished in that order.
Gurpreet Sing Toor SSP District Barnala and President District Basketball Association Ludhiana J.P Singh Deputy Director Development Punjab Govt. and Vice President Punjab Basketball Association and Manpreet Singh Ayali Chairman Zila Parishad Ludhiana give away the prizes to the winners.
Haryana boxing squad for Fed Cup
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, NOV 15
The Haryana State Boxing Association today announced a 16-member team, including officials to take part in the Federation Cup Women Boxing Championship to be held at Sports Ground Nanital, Uttrakhand from November 18 to 21, according to association general secretary Rakesh Thakaran. The team will leave for Nanital on November 16..
The team: 48 kg Pinki Jangra (SAI-Hisar), 51 kg Suman (CHSBA), 54 kg Sonia (SAI-Hisar), 57 kg Pavitra (SAI-Hisar), 60 kg Rekha ( Palwal), 64 kg Suman (Haryana Police), 69 kg Pinki Chahal (Haryana Police), 75 kg Pooja (CHSBA), 81 kg Kavita Chahal (BBC) and + 81 kg Nidhi (SAI-Hisar).
Officials: Hemlata Bagarwal (coach SAI-Hisar), Manoj Tewotia (coach Palwal), Surender Attr (mnager Faridabad) and R.S.Tanwar (referee/judge SAI-Gurgaon).
CHANDIGARH, NOV 15
The Haryana State Boxing Association today announced a 16-member team, including officials to take part in the Federation Cup Women Boxing Championship to be held at Sports Ground Nanital, Uttrakhand from November 18 to 21, according to association general secretary Rakesh Thakaran. The team will leave for Nanital on November 16..
The team: 48 kg Pinki Jangra (SAI-Hisar), 51 kg Suman (CHSBA), 54 kg Sonia (SAI-Hisar), 57 kg Pavitra (SAI-Hisar), 60 kg Rekha ( Palwal), 64 kg Suman (Haryana Police), 69 kg Pinki Chahal (Haryana Police), 75 kg Pooja (CHSBA), 81 kg Kavita Chahal (BBC) and + 81 kg Nidhi (SAI-Hisar).
Officials: Hemlata Bagarwal (coach SAI-Hisar), Manoj Tewotia (coach Palwal), Surender Attr (mnager Faridabad) and R.S.Tanwar (referee/judge SAI-Gurgaon).
Sunday, November 14, 2010
FIH Congress brings key changes
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)A number of crucial decisions regarding the future of hockey have been made by Delegates representing member National Associations at the FIH Congress, which took place on Saturday 13th November in the Swiss city of Montreux.
Arguably the most significant decision came in regards to a proposed change to the FIH Statutes, which was one of the five priorities from the FIH Strategic Plan for 2010-2016. The proposals were designed to make the FIH a more efficient, streamlined organization that would be able to make clear and effective decisions to aid hockey’s development.
The 65 Delegates present at the Forum voted unanimously in favour of changing the FIH Statutes. The decision means that the Executive Board has been restructured to a workable number, enhancing its efficiency. The re-structured Executive Board will continue to have representatives from each of the Continental Federations, which recognizes the hugely important contributions that they make to hockey in their own regions.
The restructuring of the FIH Executive Board required the election of three new members. These are: Pamela Stuper (USA), Qasim Zia (Pakistan) and Marc Coudron (Belgium)
They will be joined on the new Executive Board by Michael Green (GER), who has been named as the Chair of the Athletes Committee.
FIH Chief Executive Officer Kelly Fairweather described the decisions as hugely significant for the sport. “I firmly believe that hockey is entering a new era”, said Fairweather. “These decisions show that our sport is taking a bold new direction which will help us achieve the targets that we have set for ourselves in our Strategic Plan 2010-2016.”
The Congress also witnessed a number of Awards being given, below in the order in which they were presented.
The Rene Frank Fair Play Trophy was given to Belgium Hockey Association, with Mr. Marc Coudron collecting the Award from Honorary Secretary General Peter Cohen. This Trophy was created by the FIH to preserve the memory of Mr. René G. Frank who has been respectively Secretary General the FIH from 1950 to 1966 and President from 1966 to 1983. It was presented to the Federation in Brussels in 1984 by the Association Royale Belge de Hockey during the celebrations of the 60th Anniversary of the FIH.
The Trophy is awarded every two years in conjunction with the Congress, to a team or an individual known to have shown the greatest spirit of sportsmanship during a period of two or four years. Men, Women, Senior and Junior teams as well as individuals may aspire to this Trophy.
The Etienne Glichitch Medal was awarded to Antonio Antonov of Bulgaria for the promotion of growth in the Balkan Zone. The Award is given every two years to a person, Continental Federation or National Association that has made a significant contribution to the growth and development of the sport at local, continental, national or international level, and recognizing innovative ideas and selfless dedication to the sport.
The Pablo Negre Trophy was awarded to the Argentinean Hockey Confederation, with CAH President Daniel Marcellini receiving the award from FIH President Leandro Negre. CAH was also the recipient of a complete set of pitch floodlights from Musco Lighting, which is a new element to the Pablo Negre Trophy.
The Trophy is dedicated to the memory of the greatly missed Pablo Negre, a leader loved and esteemed by all and who rendered exceptional services to the Game of Hockey. It was presented to the FIH in 1973 by his family and his friends. The Trophy is awarded annually by FIH to the National Association which has by its activities, initiatives and sportsmanship served best the course of hockey and made it more popular during the previous two years.
The Theo Ykema Award was presented to the Myanmar Hockey Association. Mr Theo Ykema was invited to present the Award and a cheque of Eur 1000 to K.K. Hlaing of the Myanmar Hockey Association. The Award was created in recognition of Theo’s outstanding service to hockey, especially in the area of development.
The Guust Lathouwers Memorial Trophy was awarded to Japan’s Masako Kamisuki. In her absence the award, presented for outstanding service to the development of umpiring, was collected on her behalf by the Japanese Hockey Association.
This award was created by the FIH and was presented to the Federation by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond, to preserve the memory of Guust Lathouwers and his great contribution to the global hockey community. This trophy is awarded every two years, in conjunction with the Congress of the FIH to an individual considered to have given outstanding service to the development and promotion of Umpiring.
Venezuela’s Tony von Ondarza (VEN), a Vice President of the FIH, was made a Member of Honour. FIH President Leandro Negre presented the award in recognition of his outstanding services to hockey at National, Continental and FIH level over many years.
Within the Federation such an honour is restricted to persons who have served on the Executive Board. It may also be given to individuals outside the Federation as a special honor for outstanding contribution and services to hockey.
Arguably the most significant decision came in regards to a proposed change to the FIH Statutes, which was one of the five priorities from the FIH Strategic Plan for 2010-2016. The proposals were designed to make the FIH a more efficient, streamlined organization that would be able to make clear and effective decisions to aid hockey’s development.
The 65 Delegates present at the Forum voted unanimously in favour of changing the FIH Statutes. The decision means that the Executive Board has been restructured to a workable number, enhancing its efficiency. The re-structured Executive Board will continue to have representatives from each of the Continental Federations, which recognizes the hugely important contributions that they make to hockey in their own regions.
The restructuring of the FIH Executive Board required the election of three new members. These are: Pamela Stuper (USA), Qasim Zia (Pakistan) and Marc Coudron (Belgium)
They will be joined on the new Executive Board by Michael Green (GER), who has been named as the Chair of the Athletes Committee.
FIH Chief Executive Officer Kelly Fairweather described the decisions as hugely significant for the sport. “I firmly believe that hockey is entering a new era”, said Fairweather. “These decisions show that our sport is taking a bold new direction which will help us achieve the targets that we have set for ourselves in our Strategic Plan 2010-2016.”
The Congress also witnessed a number of Awards being given, below in the order in which they were presented.
The Rene Frank Fair Play Trophy was given to Belgium Hockey Association, with Mr. Marc Coudron collecting the Award from Honorary Secretary General Peter Cohen. This Trophy was created by the FIH to preserve the memory of Mr. René G. Frank who has been respectively Secretary General the FIH from 1950 to 1966 and President from 1966 to 1983. It was presented to the Federation in Brussels in 1984 by the Association Royale Belge de Hockey during the celebrations of the 60th Anniversary of the FIH.
The Trophy is awarded every two years in conjunction with the Congress, to a team or an individual known to have shown the greatest spirit of sportsmanship during a period of two or four years. Men, Women, Senior and Junior teams as well as individuals may aspire to this Trophy.
The Etienne Glichitch Medal was awarded to Antonio Antonov of Bulgaria for the promotion of growth in the Balkan Zone. The Award is given every two years to a person, Continental Federation or National Association that has made a significant contribution to the growth and development of the sport at local, continental, national or international level, and recognizing innovative ideas and selfless dedication to the sport.
The Pablo Negre Trophy was awarded to the Argentinean Hockey Confederation, with CAH President Daniel Marcellini receiving the award from FIH President Leandro Negre. CAH was also the recipient of a complete set of pitch floodlights from Musco Lighting, which is a new element to the Pablo Negre Trophy.
The Trophy is dedicated to the memory of the greatly missed Pablo Negre, a leader loved and esteemed by all and who rendered exceptional services to the Game of Hockey. It was presented to the FIH in 1973 by his family and his friends. The Trophy is awarded annually by FIH to the National Association which has by its activities, initiatives and sportsmanship served best the course of hockey and made it more popular during the previous two years.
The Theo Ykema Award was presented to the Myanmar Hockey Association. Mr Theo Ykema was invited to present the Award and a cheque of Eur 1000 to K.K. Hlaing of the Myanmar Hockey Association. The Award was created in recognition of Theo’s outstanding service to hockey, especially in the area of development.
The Guust Lathouwers Memorial Trophy was awarded to Japan’s Masako Kamisuki. In her absence the award, presented for outstanding service to the development of umpiring, was collected on her behalf by the Japanese Hockey Association.
This award was created by the FIH and was presented to the Federation by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond, to preserve the memory of Guust Lathouwers and his great contribution to the global hockey community. This trophy is awarded every two years, in conjunction with the Congress of the FIH to an individual considered to have given outstanding service to the development and promotion of Umpiring.
Venezuela’s Tony von Ondarza (VEN), a Vice President of the FIH, was made a Member of Honour. FIH President Leandro Negre presented the award in recognition of his outstanding services to hockey at National, Continental and FIH level over many years.
Within the Federation such an honour is restricted to persons who have served on the Executive Board. It may also be given to individuals outside the Federation as a special honor for outstanding contribution and services to hockey.
Harmilan Kaur bags gold in 800 m
LUDHIANA, NOV 14
Harmilan Kaur of Hoshiarpur clinched gold in 800 metres race on the openng day of the Punjab State Rural Games for Girls (under -16) at the Guru Nanak Stadium here today. She clocked 2:26.12 seconds to.push Kuljit Kaur of Tarn Taran ( 2:27.72) to second position. Sandeep Kaur of Patiala had got bronze by clocking 2:31.80 seconds.
Earlier, Punjab Minister for Jails, Tourism, Cultural Affairs and Printing & Stationery, Hira Singh Gabbria declared the Games open. Mr Gabria praised the Punjab Sports Department for its efforts for the promotion of sports in the especially in the Rural Areas.
Punjab Sports Director Padma Shree Pargat Singh welcomed the chief guest and other dignitaries.
National athlete Tandeep Kaur took the oath on behalf of all the participants. A gymnastic show by the gymnasts of Gurdaspur kept the spectators spell-bound.
Results: Basketball (1st round): Mohali bt Ludhiana 26-19, Sangrur bt Ferozepur 2-0; Mansa bt Hoshiarpur 47-15, Bathinda bt Fatehgarh Sahib 31-22.
Kho-Kho (1st Round): Patiala bt Mohali 10-2, Bathinda bt Barnala 13 toints and one turn.
Boxing (quarter-finals: 56 kg: Rajia Kumari (Sang) bt Gurpreet Kaur (Mog) RSC; Muskan Sidhu (Ldh) bt Vimaljit Kaur (Bth) pts’; Rajwant Kaur (Gsp) bt Muskan Anand (Asr) RSC. 48 kg: Priyanka Rani (Sang) w/o Khushdeep Kaur( TT); Sumanjit Kaur (Ldh) bt Amandeep Kaur (Ldh) RSC; Kirandeep Kaur (Gsp) bt Surbhi (Asr). 50 kg: Ranjna (Asr) bt Simarjit Kaur (Ldh) pts; Harmandeep Kaur (Gsp) w/o Gagandeep Kaur (T.T) . 52 kg: Amandeep Kaur (Mog) bt Jaspreet Kaur (Sang )RSC. 54 kg: Priyanka (Bth) bt Parminder Kaur (T.T) RSC; Amandeep Kau (Jal) bt Bulbul (Ldh) RSC.
Kabaddi (1st Round): Gurdaspur bt Mukatsar 39-14; Faridkot bt Moga 57-7; Hoshiarpur bt Ferozepur 56-20; Fatehgarh Sahib bt Nawan Shehar 53-20.
Volley Ball (1st round): Sangrur bt Fatehgarh Sahib 2-0; Ludhiana bt Ferozepur 2-0; Mansa bt Patiala 2-0 ; Moga bt Gurdaspur 2-0; Jalandhar bt Barnala 2-0.
Handball (1st Round): Jalandhar bt Mohali 10-5; Kapurthala bt Fatehgarh Sahib 10-4.
Hockey (1st Round): Fatehgarh Sahib bt Patiala 2-1; Ludhiana bt Mansa 5-0.
Double delight each for Arvinder and Chandandeep
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com
CHANDIGARH, NOV 14
Arvinder Singh and Chandandeep Singh claimed a golden double each in the Chandigarh State Junior Rowing Championship for Boys and Girls at the Sukhna Lake Club here today.
Arvinder strucked gold medals in the men’s singles sculls by clocking 4:00.25 and doubles sculls as he partnered Gurwinder Singh to cover the distance in 3:48.22. Chandandeep Singh finished first in coxless pairs and coxless four events.
Results: Men: Single sculls: 1 Arvinder Singh 4:00.25; 2 Satnam Singh 4:01.44; 3 Gurwinder Singh 4:12.57.
Double Sculls: 1 Arvinder Singh and Gurwinder Singh3:48.22; 2 Saurav and Ashish Nain 3:51.20; 3 Ravi Kumar and Jagsir Singh 4:05.91.
Coxless Pairs: 1 Chandandeep Singh and Baljinder Singh 3:53.87; 2 Ravi Inder Singh and Harmanpreet Singh 3:58.40; 3 Shamsher Singh and Ranjodh Singh 3:59.85.
Coxless Fours: 1 Chandandeep Singh, Baljinder Singh, Shamsher Singh and Ranjodh Singh 3:35.92; 2
Gurkanwal Singh, Sarbjeet Singh, Hardeep Singh and Kuldeep Singh 3:56.29.
Women: Single Sculls: 1 Bhavshabad Bhopara 5:08.47.
CHANDIGARH, NOV 14
Arvinder Singh and Chandandeep Singh claimed a golden double each in the Chandigarh State Junior Rowing Championship for Boys and Girls at the Sukhna Lake Club here today.
Arvinder strucked gold medals in the men’s singles sculls by clocking 4:00.25 and doubles sculls as he partnered Gurwinder Singh to cover the distance in 3:48.22. Chandandeep Singh finished first in coxless pairs and coxless four events.
Results: Men: Single sculls: 1 Arvinder Singh 4:00.25; 2 Satnam Singh 4:01.44; 3 Gurwinder Singh 4:12.57.
Double Sculls: 1 Arvinder Singh and Gurwinder Singh3:48.22; 2 Saurav and Ashish Nain 3:51.20; 3 Ravi Kumar and Jagsir Singh 4:05.91.
Coxless Pairs: 1 Chandandeep Singh and Baljinder Singh 3:53.87; 2 Ravi Inder Singh and Harmanpreet Singh 3:58.40; 3 Shamsher Singh and Ranjodh Singh 3:59.85.
Coxless Fours: 1 Chandandeep Singh, Baljinder Singh, Shamsher Singh and Ranjodh Singh 3:35.92; 2
Gurkanwal Singh, Sarbjeet Singh, Hardeep Singh and Kuldeep Singh 3:56.29.
Women: Single Sculls: 1 Bhavshabad Bhopara 5:08.47.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Stage set for Punjab Rural Games for U-16 girls
Stage set for Punjab Rural Games for U-16 Girls
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
LUDHIANA, NOV 13
The stage is all set for the Punjab State Rural Games for Girls (under – 16 years) being organized by Punjab Sports Department in collaboration with Sports Authority of India at the Guru Nanak Stadium here from November 14 to 17.
Addressing a press conference , Punjab Sports Director Padamshree Pargat Singh, the tournament is being hosted under the “Panchayat Yuva Karida Aur Khel Abhiyan” (PYKKA) scheme. More than 2100 participants from all over the state are expected to participate in the games. As many as 200 officials have been deputed for smooth conduct of the games in 13 disciplines.
The Sports Director Sports further disclosed that selected players would attend coaching camps for intensive training prior to participate in the coming National Rural Sports meets. He also informed that the department had conducted Punjab State Games for Boys (under – 16 years) at Ferozepur with a grand success and these tournament 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 from the rural background under the scheme of Central Govt. namely “Panchayati Yuva Krira Aur Khel Abhiyan” during year 2010-11.
Pargat Singh said that competitions will be conducted in athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, hockey, handball, judo, kho kho, kabaddi, table tennis, volleyball, weightlifting, and wrestling. Harpal Singh Kanwar, Deputy Director, Sports, Patiala Division, has been deputed to supervise all the arrangements for the games.
According to Kanwar, handball and hockey will be conducted at Punjab Agriculture University; badminton and table tennis in Shastri Hall, athletics and basketball at Guru Nanak Stadium and the remaining games will be conducted at Multipurpose Hall.
According to Panchayati Yuva Krira Aur Khel Abhiyan technical consultant Sukhbir Singh Grewal, the selected players under the “Catch them Young Scheme” will represent Punjab in the Rural Nationals after training camps.
According to Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner Rahul Tiwari all arrangements have been finalized. He also informed that Pardeep Aggarwal, IAS, A.D.C (D), Ludhiana has been deputed to coordinate with the Sports Department regarding all the arrangements.
Punjab Minister for Jails, Tourism, Cultural Affairs and Printing & Stationery Hira Singh Gabria would be the chief guest at the opening ceremony and Punjab Finance Minister Upinderjit will distribute the prizes.
LUDHIANA, NOV 13
The stage is all set for the Punjab State Rural Games for Girls (under – 16 years) being organized by Punjab Sports Department in collaboration with Sports Authority of India at the Guru Nanak Stadium here from November 14 to 17.
Addressing a press conference , Punjab Sports Director Padamshree Pargat Singh, the tournament is being hosted under the “Panchayat Yuva Karida Aur Khel Abhiyan” (PYKKA) scheme. More than 2100 participants from all over the state are expected to participate in the games. As many as 200 officials have been deputed for smooth conduct of the games in 13 disciplines.
The Sports Director Sports further disclosed that selected players would attend coaching camps for intensive training prior to participate in the coming National Rural Sports meets. He also informed that the department had conducted Punjab State Games for Boys (under – 16 years) at Ferozepur with a grand success and these tournament 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 from the rural background under the scheme of Central Govt. namely “Panchayati Yuva Krira Aur Khel Abhiyan” during year 2010-11.
Pargat Singh said that competitions will be conducted in athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, hockey, handball, judo, kho kho, kabaddi, table tennis, volleyball, weightlifting, and wrestling. Harpal Singh Kanwar, Deputy Director, Sports, Patiala Division, has been deputed to supervise all the arrangements for the games.
According to Kanwar, handball and hockey will be conducted at Punjab Agriculture University; badminton and table tennis in Shastri Hall, athletics and basketball at Guru Nanak Stadium and the remaining games will be conducted at Multipurpose Hall.
According to Panchayati Yuva Krira Aur Khel Abhiyan technical consultant Sukhbir Singh Grewal, the selected players under the “Catch them Young Scheme” will represent Punjab in the Rural Nationals after training camps.
According to Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner Rahul Tiwari all arrangements have been finalized. He also informed that Pardeep Aggarwal, IAS, A.D.C (D), Ludhiana has been deputed to coordinate with the Sports Department regarding all the arrangements.
Punjab Minister for Jails, Tourism, Cultural Affairs and Printing & Stationery Hira Singh Gabria would be the chief guest at the opening ceremony and Punjab Finance Minister Upinderjit will distribute the prizes.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)